Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-02

set, If not stop, the conduct of the gov
ernment'S business and fine was i'm
posed upon each one of them by the
court.
and finally your committee calls at
tention to the fact that during the adj
miHistration Immediately preceding
the present one the very question of
the practicability of reducing the num-
Der of clerks was raised, and the PresI-
dent appointed a committee of experts.
men of wide experience both IN govern
mental and in outside business affairs
and that committee went through every
government department in Washington
making an investigation. the like or
which has never been made in this DIS
trict. their work consuming nearly
three years of labor. as result of
which they made many recommends
tionS to changes in method, in or
ganization and in detail but made no
suggestions whatever that there were
more government employees at work
than We're required for the perform
ance of the duties incident to the pub
lie service here. And further in this
connection your committee REGARDS II
as most significant that there has not
been found division chief. section
chief, deputy bureau chief. bureau chief
or head of a department in Washing
ton who recommends the reduction of
the clerical force or the increase of one
hour of labor upon the clerks in their
respective depart ments-
I'VE regard the rider. therefore, as
an immature, impracticable and I'M
just proposal.
The report is signed by John G.
Capers tcharman), Isaac Cans, @. Left
witch Sinclair, A. Iisncr and Ralph w.
Lee.
Vote OH Seamen's Bill Referendum.
The directors voted to concur in the
ma jority report of the United States
which reported on referendum No. u,
dealing with the seamen's act.
Chairman Louis Gutenberg reported
that the membership committee has
made plans for active membership
campaign to be waged in manner
which has never been tried by the
hamber here1 ofore. 1t involves the
formation of about fifty teams to bring
in names of possible candidates.
Chaplin Brown reported or the hear
ing granted the special suffrage COM
mittee of the cha mber by the subcom-
mittee Oh judiciary of the Senate Dis
trict committee on the question of Civ
ing the citizens OF the District the
right of suffrage by means of a consti-
tutional amendment and of the testi-
mony given by A. Leftwich Sinclair,
Theodore w. Moves and others. Mr.
Brown said the testimony of Mr.. NoyeS
the most able address ever
-
He made the prediction that within less
than four years the right of suffrage
would he extended to the people of
the District.
of the hundreds of members OF Con-
gress with whom l have talked l have
not met a single one that does not
favor the plan" said Mr.. Brown.
Thank Col. Randle.
The directors gave a vote of thanks
to Col. Arthur f. Randle in recogni-
ton of his efforts to boost Washington
by means of making addresses on the
National Capital in various cities 0:
the country whenever given an oppor-
tunity.
Secretary Grant was instructed to en-
deavor to get q searchHght installed
on the roof of one of the hotels in the
Union station plaza that would light
the Capitol III the same way that the
W ashineton Monument is lighted by
a searchIight on the roof of the Raleigh
Hotel.
a suggestion that the Confederate
Veterans orga nization he invited to
hold it's convention in Washington was
10 the Joint conventions COM
mittee. and to the special highway COM
init'ee. of which Robert y. Harper is
chairman. was referred q recommends
tloh 10 lhhoFSe inc biii Introduced by
REPRESENTATIVE Mudd which provides
for a highway between B!adensburg
and Annapoli Nd.
Cha irrnan Isaac Cans Of the building
con- ruttec reported that in few days
his committee would draf II a report oIt
a plan to provide q permanent home for
the chamber.
At the conclusion OF the meeting prac-
1ically all the directors went TO the
home o. HenneE jennings to attend the
gathering of the committee Of 100 OF
the future Development of Washington.
George +. Faust was lnost INSTANTLY