The sun., 1916-11-23
Naval Officer Not S0othed
Even When Called 100
Per Cent. Efficient.
NO sINECURE, HE INSISTS
Frank NJ. Halstead Sticks to
Original Statement Position
Is Unnecessary.

cent. efhcient yesterday by Frank NJ.
Halstead. head Of the customs division
q he Treasury Department. but As MI
1laistsad persisted in his original asser-
Sioa that Naval Ohicers Of the port are
Unnecessary. the personal praise appnr-
entity soothed Mr.. wittpenn moi at all.
Il all began when Mr.. Halstead as
osstsd at the opening Of the convention
q customs oficials that the naval ON
oers have s~inecures. Mr.. wittpenn re-
piisd to him. and Mr.. Haistead yesterday
ysplisd to the man who Just missed be-
INC Governor Of New Jersey BY 10000
votes or %. w%hereupon the three time
aspirant for G%ubernatoriai honors came
hack at Mr.. Halstead. There the matter
stood last night. the score being thirty
oll. % to speak. but likely to 90 to
81 not only have no personal quarrel
with Mr.. Wittpenn. but. on the contrary.
] hold him in the highest regard and
consider him an entirely emcient IN
etal." said Mr.. Halstead In his second
trcadside. mot only 10 he An eficient
Naval Oficer. as compared with other
Naval Oficers both past and present, but
b. u e~ficient ~ compared with an alb
soluts standard Of 100 per cent. EN-
e1oncy.
Tells Of Big saving.
ssrh. rroos n, this lies IN the fact TINT
-. 1T Ste concvrrsnce hut vith
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go ~ .nnwsi
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forms to other naval omces az resu'tsn
.srs>s 81 shout sso o O
IA ,ns,ste6. hovever. that. while the
49,, omcsrs hsvs hacoms auditors M
= .tstut. .,,ii .t.nd. thew nracticaliy
S,,,,i~sts ths v,nc,ion. ~ n. coiIectors
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Naval Omcer H
..FI,rthsr 7 vou,a ..x ana n mi. ,
am verv arm mat the m~aint.nan ce ri
tho auditing function, OF the Naval or.
Ace do NOT necessitate the maintenance
Of q Presidentiai ofacer Tor that pur.
pos, and that the mere existence O,
such . Presidential ONCE gives our peo-
sc6eer. in N. cmstoms s.rvics"
Wittpenn's Reply.
After r..d,n. mi, Mr. w,,,n.rn ram.
back with the remark that naturally an
once which has for its chief function
'ths duty OF checking and viseinE ths
work Of other departments il not a DOB.
ulaf Office"
Then he cited the attitude OF Presi.
cents Taft and Cleveland toward the
Naval Oficers. which was that the au.
eiting power must reside in an indepen'
dent organization. responsible only tc
q personal representative OF the Ad,
mInistration IN power. A Dill proposed
% inc secretary OF the Treasury will
Shanse the title Of the once to Gus
S%Ssa. NoS''oI ."o vi" s've u moro au'
sn"''sy. nc sA'o.
Ie.e'e. Hss,s'sht oecretsry o
'eosu'y, o'u 'he .us'oms onIc'ai
~ sue s''e,"oo" nat inc en1ciehcy o
- 'v.ee 20 In.'eas'hs constantly. ina
!" .",pISvsene"! has oeen Particuari!
~. ou'I.s VIZ Ias. Two years AM
sn~. .e~ yeArs ~ see ever
Ceee eus@"Ses. o.ahu,hs Vote q
n 7 Even h!m TOT MS expires
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