Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-11
V0NDERLEHR ENTERS RACE
|. FOR BUREAU MANAGERsH|P
Former Councilman Applies for Ap.
pointmcnt as Head of Employ
ment Office.
BOARD WILL ELECT TONIGHT
Will Choose From Between Thirty
and Forty Applications for Mana
gership, and More Than Twenty
Aspirants for Office OF Clerk.


Former Councilman A. L. Yonderlehr,
OIL Leo ward, 1t was announced last
night, has fled application for ap-
pointment to the managership Of tho
Richmond Public Employment Bureau.
Tho entrance OF tho former Councilman
In tho race has infected new interest
IN the contest for the managing office
or the new department appointment to
which Is sought by between thirty and
forty candidates.
In the Council preceding this one Mr..
Nonderiehr was member OF the lower
branch from Lee Ward He was de-
feated for reelection In the last prI-
mary. While In the Council he took
an active part in tho business Of the
city. He Is best known rs the father
OF the segregation ordinance. which Is
now much in the limeliEht AS the re-
suit OF tho difficulty arising from tho
sale of Emmanuel Baptist Church to a
negro congregation.
Mr.. Vonderichr has had considerable
experience with various forms of labor
through his former connection with I.
J. Smith e Co. the contractors who
built the Mayo Bridge. Since retiring
from the Council Mr.. vonderlehr has
been engaged In the printing business.
RECEIVE APPLICATIONS
FROM ,TWENTY-NINE
No less than twenty-ninc formal APP
plicatiQns for the managership OF the
bureau were on Ale last night with
Frank l.. Butler, of the board of i've
which will direct the bureaus opera
lions. At least ten or fifteen more, 1t
was estimated, have been filed with
Individual members OF the board
The board will meet at o'clock to-
night in tho City Hall to elect a man
ager and clerk. The ordinance Gre
ating the bureau provides salary OF
$1,000 year for the manager and 5000
year for the clerk. both OF whom arc
elected for term of two years, or
until removed by the board.
as far IS I know, the members of
the board have reached no agreement
with regard to the selection OF n man
ager," said Chairman John Z. Wilson
yesterday. ct Is more than probable
that several men will be nominated at
Tomorrow nights meeting. None of
the board has conferred with me with
regard to any ones candidacy, and
have no idea whom the board will
elect"
DREAMER WAS FIRST
IN FIELD OF CANDIDATES
Since the creation OF the Municipal
Employment Bureau last month and
the appointment by the Mayor of q
hoard OF Ave to direct il, interest has
centred In the selection of the man.
ager. The field OF candidates was led
by James ]. Dreamer. formerly n MEM
Der OF the House of Delegates from
this city, who was IA recognized aspi-
rant for the position even before tho
ordinance creating the bureau was
passed.
Shortly after Mr.. Dreamer followed
the candidacy of James Il. Dickerson,
chief clerk in the Water Department.
There arose promptly much loose talk
about the Introduction OF politics in the
management of the bureau, since Mr..
Dreamer and Mr.. Dickerson have both
been well-known figures in local poll
tics. The well-defired feeling against
the introduction of considerations of a
political character Ia the organizat ion
of the now department., It Is generally
admitted, has impaired the strength Of
these two candidates.
SALARY OF MANAGER
EXPECTED TO INCREASE
While several of the candidates who
are applying for the position have made
the point that they are making now
more than the $500 a year that the
managership of the bureau pays. they
have uniformly expressed their will
ingness 10 shoulder this disadvantage
for the opportunity of greater service
that the position offered. 1t Is com
monty believed, also. that If the En-
ployment Bureau attaiEs to the measure
of success expected Of 1t. the salary OF
the manager will not long remain
$1,000 Il year.
For the position of clerk there have
so far been filed twenty formal appli-
cations. Several additional applica-
lions are on file with individual mem
bers. Chairman Wilson, OF the En-
ployment Bureau Board, has been fur
nished with the following list of ap-
plicants for the clerkship:
A. S. MacFarland. e. Ray Richardson,
Malvtn OGrady, w. r. Walker. G. r..
Baughan. Frank Kimbrough. It. b.
Stone, Charles +. Vial. Thomas
Humphreys. William r. Dennis. r. NJ.
Baker, John r. Hooper. John c. Pollard,
IL. q. Blanks, F. Z. Brooke John
sharpe. G. f. Angel and Miss Frances
II. OVERLY. The names OF Clarence l..
Ford and WILDER G.. Whitlow have been
filed with another member Of the board.
list OF CANDIDATES
FILED WITH WILSON
The twenty -nine candidates who have
filed applications for appointment to
the managership of the Employment
| Bureau follow:
James j. Creamer, inspector in the
Gas Department.
James L. Dickerson, chief clerk in
the Water Department.
Harry Tucker. newspaper reporter.
Clarence f. Bottoms, machinist.
T. c. Dawson. machinist. president
Of the State Federation OF Labor
]. w. Throckmorton. architect
Wortley Dlckie, manager Franklin
Gum Company.
w. ID. LiDscomb, machinst.
Ben Brockenbrough. district manager
Rawlings Metal Strip Co.
William Ball, machinist.
NJ. II. Pace, printer
AdolDhus Blair, clerk
W. III. oxcnham. vice president and
superintendent Richmond Machine
Works.
George s. Guy, insurance.
w. Reginald Walker, secretary
treasurer Picot Printing Company
James Il. Maynard. insurance agent.
Floyd GARRISON, salesman
J. Page Ramos. clerk.
II. T. Sale. collector.
]. NJ. Binford, carpenter
r. S. Lafoon. railway clerk.
G. II. Nicholson. contractor
a. l.. Vondcrlehr, machinist, former
! member. OF the Common Council.
Charles II. Hudnall. r. b. Lipscomb.