Evening star., 1916-08-10

Durand said that he had told Mr.. Red
field he would resign, but wanted te
remain, and that Mr.. Redhe1d replied
that the administration had decided or
a change.
In his speech here. Mr.. Hughes said
In part:
I'm my speech in Detroit took occa-
sion to refer to the fact that in very
important bureau, the bureau OF cen.
sus, an eminent statistician, man OF
the place, had been retired. and mar
had been appointed in his place with.
out qualifications for that important
technical work. You must Know now
important that census bureau 49, In
the proper collation. of those statistics
is furnished the opportunity for many
investigators to detect important tend.
encies in our life. 1t is work that
must be done expertly
Now, my statement that r. Dana
Durand was retired, as 1 SAID. IN eHect
and his place given to politician, mas
been challenged by secretary REQ T.
field. Secretary Redfeld telesraphs
me that I was greatly mislhIoriheu ~,
He says 'Durand was NOT renoveu VI
retired, but resigned voluntarily, un-
asked. was glad to indorse him foI
ois present employment
"E. Dana Durand happens 10 oe a
professor in the University OF MIME me
sofa. and l am going TO reao .odav oh in
respect to this matter. He says
Letter From Mr.. Durard.
"Inasmuch as the truth of your state
ment with regard to change III INC
dictatorship of the census mas oeei'
challenged. I think it is only 1alr to
vou that I should make this statement:
NV resignation as director was dls-
tinctly forced resignation AL tne
first conversation l had with secretary
Redfield on the subject I told him tnat
] would, of course, resign whenever ne
desired but that I hoped l mlsht oe
permitted to remain. as was Lnuen
interested in the work. and consioereu ,7 =,
myselr reasonably qualified. especially
bv reason Of the experience alreadS
gained in the position. He at once told
me that the administration had declueel
that it wanted to make a chanse-i
believe 'to create vacancy tnere
were the words used. The next heard
about the matter was the announce
ment in the press that the name OF my
successor had been sent to the senate.
I thereupon wrote out my resig gnatloii. M
I prefer not to be quoted. but II you
consider it necessary you are at io-
erty to do So.
I'm that same speech I referred to a
technical bureau, known as the coasi
and geodetic survey. and to the fact
that in place of an eminent sclents'
there had been appointed a man whom
1 regarded as without proper qualifica- l.
tions Exception also has been taken
by the distinguished Secretary to my
statement with regard to that man. l
am not in a position to state of my own
knowledge the circumstances of the re-
tirement of the eminent scientist VINO
occupied that important technical place
in the bureau of the coast and geodetic
survey. but if T assume that he retired
voluntarily. my point is not SO much
the retirement of the man who went
but the lack of special fitness In the man
by whom he wassucceeded. am now told
that Mr. Jones, who succeeded him. was
promoted from being deputy commits
sioner of fisheries. But this gentleman
stock breeder. l believe, was ap-
pointed deputy commissioner of fish
cries, likewise an important technical
place. involving special qualifications
by this administration. He went. l be-
Iieve. from his stock farm to take
charge of the bureau of fisheries. and
after he had been. there couple OF
years he was put in charge of the coast