Evening star., 1918-05-17
FL WARNE MADE
| NEW BUREAU CHIEF
Labor Leader Put in Charge
7 of Statistics of Fleet
Corporation.

Frank J. warne, former represents
tive of labor organizations in their
movement for an eight-hour day, has
been appointed chief of the bureau
of statistics Of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation by Vice President Hur-
ley. Mr.. Warne's appointment dates
from May 2 and was ratified today.
His task will be to organize all the
Bhipyards of the country and the diff
ferent districts and divisions of the
corporation for the collection. classi-
acation and distribution of statistical
Information necessary for tho con-
duct Of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
Aon.
The object of Mr. Warnes job is
not only to assist the corporation in
the ascertainment of facts necessary
to its conduct, but also to protect and
safeguard the districts and shipyardS
from duplicating inquiries. The gen.
oral scheme of organization is for all
divisions, sections and officials of the
corporation to secure their statistical
information through the statistical
division. There will be a statistician
sn each shipyard cooperating with a
etatistician in each district.
The statistical section will be rep
Tes>>1ted locally by statisticians in
each district and by resident statis-
ticians ~ each local yard. The dis
trict and resident statisticians will
be provided with such assistants as
are necessary for the proper fulfill
ment of their responsibilities by the
officials in charge and so designated
in their local Jurisdictions. District
officers and supervisors will appoint
and designate district statisticians
and report their names and qualif1ca-
tionS to Mr.. Warne.
The title of chief statistician Is
new one as is the establishment of
the statistical section as part of the
office of the vice president in charge
Of administration.
For the past eight years Mr.. Warne
has conducted a statistical bureau of
his own in Washington. located in the
Southern building
Expert in Rate Cases.
He was employed by large indus
trial corporations in the preparation
OF expert testimony before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in rate
cases and before numerous state pub
1ic utility commissions. He repre-
eented large shippers in the several
recent rate advance cases before the
interstate Commerce Commission. He
also has been expert representative
of large labor organizations, in par
ficu1ar the railroad brotherhoods in
their wage movements in the eastern
anu their more recent
eight-hour-day movement through
out the entire country. He was sta
tistician to the board of arbitration
appointed by President Taft in 1912
to arbitrate the wage controversy be-
tween the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and the railroads of the
eastern territory. Prior to that time
he was a special expert for the United
States census bureau.
He Is the author of a number of
books. including "Warne's Elementary
Course in NChartography," "Warne's
Book of Charts" '1The Tide of Imm,-
grafton" The Immigrant INVASION"
and has been contributor to many
magazines. He is a member of the
American Economic Association and
the American Academy Of Political
and Social Science.
DR.. Warne is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, with the de-
grees of master of arts and doctor of
philosophy. He was a lecturer on
economics and statistics at the Unr-
versity of Pennsylvania and the New
York University. Since he came to
Washington he has been residing at
the Cosmos Club.
DR.. Warne is to have charge not
emily of the statistical section unocr
the vice presidents in the home Office.
but will have jurisdiction over the
district statisticians and their work
District statisticians are to be located
at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Cleveland, Jacksonville,
New Orleans. Houston, San Francisco,
Seattle and Portland, Ore.