Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-18
Conference With Cover
nor Ends With An
nouncement of An
other Gathering
NOTHING REPORTED
ABOUT MONEY ROW
By a sid6 Correspondent

announcements n
ence Of committee members and Governor
Rrufnbaugh here this afternoon.
The Governor said there would bc another
conference next Tuesday. George Wharton
Pepper chairman OF the public safety com
fnittee, gave out a long statement rchear%
Ing the organization Of the committee. ~
the end OF his statement was a Schcdule
Of salaries paid the department heads the
committee has engaged for the work.
At the end OF Mr.. Peppers ninc-p7Ee
ntatoment tho salaries OF tne "iIy'IS
of the committee, excepting the clerical
workers were given In this II appears
that Ivy l.. Lee, who was credited WHO
being engaged at $4,000 a year, VIII nave
only his expenses such as raNelllk 'I'Ih
hire and other work for the publicity u"'
payment paid by the committee ON VI"
publicity stafr are Thomas f.. orr em-
ployed and paid by Mr.. Lee at 5000
month and Daniel T. Pierce, Of the Barber
Asphalt Company whose services are
~loaned" by that company.
The statement says that $1,000 monih
was offered 10 Lee, from which his salary
and all department salaries werc TO be
taken but that he refused 20 do this, and
will contribute his services without charge
shove expenses.
other paid places arc those Of Y. y. Rad
ellff assistant to A. Y. Newhold, on the
finance committee OF the main committee,
al $4,000 year; and Frederick 7. Puscy.
N charge OF the local committee and recon-
mended for the place by Governor Brum-
haugh. at $4,000 a year.
The accounts given are as follows.
"Received advanced by MIR. T. r. Stotes-
bury, $4,000.
aExpenditures. total amount paid and
classified under the following accounts:
"salaries. S6l2.32; rents, $l5Il6s; Of
Tee expenses, $5292 stationery ana PRINT
ng. s2652.65.
''Furnture and fixtures $2359.sO.
postage, S53245.
'-relegraph and telephone, S7iil.
miscellaneous, S6754.
"Cash on hand. S14A9,
-rotal, $793s26.
"Balance on hand May II, Sl7,O6L7l
"All office furniture including type
-sriters and filing cabinets. will be repur-
hased when we are through with them
sMemorandum-There are outstanding
npaid bills largely chargeable to station
cry and printing account approNimating
51b612.
',Of this amount $474696 has been in
clrred by the Publicity Department on be-
alt 90 the Department Of Food supply
The conference today was a three-cor-
cred meeting Of the public safety commit
se members, the Governor and the MEM
ers OF the official war board
II seemed unlikely that there will he any
session 10 whether full power will be
zlyen the public safety committee to spend
,e fe,000,000 defense appropriation until
ne meeting Of thd tS6ternor and the offi-
al 'war board" .1IeKt Tuesday Mem
srs OF the public shfety committee will
rcbably take part, in, ths meeting, too.
Meanwhile. the status of the $50,000 ad.
ance 10 the committee by Drexel & Co,
through F.. r. Stotesbury. Is unsettled.
Some of the members OF the official war
oard" have been saying they would not APP
rove the expenditures for the publicity de-
trtment and other items the Public safety
lmmittee have dsbQrsed from the fund.
VI i At the meetinR Tuesday the Governor
epd the war board will decide just what
rn the co-operatlth between the board
sild the pubic safety committee will take.
The Governor said thsre was no discussion
'the minor activities Of the committee
hen asked II the reported heavy eNpend-
tires had been taken up
Mr.. Peppers statement. which was given
r't after the meeting. was read at the
cfaference. II rehearsed the history Of the
ganization of the public safety committee
Pennsylvania saying that the original
ganizatlon was voluntary committee Of
gzens. who set out with the idea Of aiding |
Federal Government in the state far !
possible. and that later members of the |
feltative committee were appointed by |
GOVERNOR Brumbaugh to constitute the |
present public safety committee OF the Com |
.aonwealth OF Pennsylvania,
Connections had been made with the state |
ID War Departments in Washington the |
pper statement said, and the committee |
fru Aueauy ildue some progress IN planning 7
r defense work in the State
HEARING BEFORE GOVERNOR
Members OF the official war board and |
committee from the Pennsylvania Public |
fety Committee, headed by George Whar- |
\ Pepper. OF Philadelphia, went into con-
renee In the private office Of Governor |
limbaugh just before noon. The meet
. was still I'm progress at 1880.
on his arrival at Harrisburg Mr. Pen
IA nlr rad ha had
to criticisms directed at his committee
ca4se OF certain large expenditures au-
srized by the committee. said that ne
,uld probably issue a statement later in
day setting forth his views and the COM
tees position.
Accompanying Mr. Pepper were the fol-
wing;
Arthur w s. Evall, Arthur f.. NewboId
Bingham r. Morris Sidney l.. Wright.
dney II. Clark secretary of the COM
ftee Daniel iPerce, OF the publicity de-
rtment; r. Leo Hunt, assistant to the |
airman. and John Radcliffe, treasurer's
eountant
other members OF the executive commit
present were Colonel l.. A. Watres,
rantonS James A. Scarlet Danville; y.
Jones, Jr.. Pittsburgh; Allan p. Pur-
Willamsport Spencer l.. Gilbert Har-
burg p. NJ. G. Africa, Huntingdon.
Members OF the ctficial commission are
Dected 10 address some very pointed ques-
ms 20 the Pepper committee as 10 expen-
urea. The Commission is expected To
ornl AIR. Pepper and his associates that |
conlmission does not propose TO disburse /
sums from the $4,000 900 fund.
The members or the official Commission |
Public Safety and Defense were reported |
unwilling TO disburse any sums from the |
100000 fund for such items as Lees S15,- |
year salary as publicity counsel" or |
salaries OF his $1,000 assistants, and sew |
a ~ them are particularly opposed to pay |
the bilKtotaling more than $1,000 for the |
blIcation called ''the Manual OF the Penn |
Nania Farm Legion" prepared by the |
pllciy men and bearing the imprint "is- |
cd By the Committee OF Public Safety for |
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania"
rllcy saw this publication for the FIRST |
dl yesterday. II contains a score Of poems |
Browning Swinbnrne, William Morris |
Harte. Edward Markham Edward |
ef4il Hale. ]. @. Holland, Edward s. Van |
l and Henry Holcopb Bennett. The |
farIcr Of other articles and paragraphs |
Indicated BY such titles as what the |
Iu11 Meau" Fertility From the Air" |
o00fIunify' Much OF the matter IL like |
~ Hhieh could ha clipped from aErlcri- |
"11| ana other IQuntsais. ana several Of The i