Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
T,ENOY HODGES,
LEROY HODGES NAMED AS
GOVERNORS SECRETARY
Will Take Office With West
morcland Davis on
Friday.
HAS HAD VARIED EXPERIENCE
Served as Socrcfary of Con,r,is iop
HAS HAD VARIED EXPERIENCE
Served as Secretary of Commission
on Economy and Efficiency. Which
Recently Made Comprehensive Sur
vey OF State Government.

/ Thc appointment OF Leroy Hodges.
Of Petersburg. az private secretary 20
Governor Wcstmorcland Davis was an
,ounccd yesterday. Mr.. Hodges IS also
appointed to Governors STAFF With The
rank or colonel. The appointments
take cnec, February |. when the new
Governor is inausurated. Colonel
Hodges. however. Will move into the
Capitol several days earlier. in order
10 become familiar with the ma achinery
of his Office. Ills assistant has not been
named.
The new secretary IS a Nirginian. lcss
than thirty years old. but with long
and varied career in governmental
work that Will prove helpful TO him
4 self and 10 Governor Davis in hts new
capacity. AS secretary of the Commits
SION on Efficiency and Economy. whose
/ report, With many recommendatiplS for
/ governmental reform, vas spbnliilsh "
| THIS session Of TIE Gene nerdI.ASSHtnh! ~
4Si,a- pitt in tI ga 5srars Of hard work re-
v!ewin. the mechanism Of Virginia. s
( government. lie gave up Federal ap-
/ po!ntment with salary OF $500 4
year TO serve with the commission NTH
ou, pay. so pleased with the thorough
! ..csS OF his work was Mr.. Davis that
was yesterday appointed. IN accept
ing Colonel hodges declined 5000
/ position as civic secretary offered BY Z
Middle Western city.
WE;LL-hNOwN STUDENT
or Federal. ECONOMY
Colonel Hodges is an economist. As
such lie ran in the Democratic primary
+ in Prince George and Surry Counties
last year for membership IN the House
OF Delegates. lie had little time TO
give 70 his candidacy however. and
was defeated ~ a small majority. Dur
I ing lAa; campaisn !e s'ated as on. OF
his principles ,hat: Here in Virginia
We have a rather efficient system Of
collecting the tax dollar. :iSuratively
speaking. and the time is now upon us
when we must devise an even more
efficient system OF spending that dollar.
7 The establishment OF such a system
i cannot BE- accomplished without 4 state
budget system, better accounting. aud
\ :tinG and business methods, closer eS-
\ ccut.ve and administrative control and
mana cement a proper functional group
ing OF governmental departments and
\ institutions. centralized or collective
I purchasing, public appointments under
/ reasonable cIvil-scrvice regulations,
/ Standardization Of salaries. the adop-
/! tion OF uniform working hours and the
4 elimination Of all t!tle-hold:nG. non
working department. and institutional
i heads. officials and employees"
The reforms advocated by Kim then
I were later incorporated III the accom-
/ nsndstions If TIE Commission on E:-
/ ijciency aud Economy.
4 MAS HAD UNIQUE
GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
I, 4,
/ Petersburg Rurcau OF Governmental
! Rrscarr. and was reared mt Norfolk
| where nc received his scholastic rdu-
i cation under the late DR.. Robert Gate
! wood. and where mis- parents, Mr. and
/ Mrs. Il. L. Hodrcs. still reside. He
/ is a graduate of Washington and Lee
and OF the University OF Chicago. In
/ l9l3-lf hc served as Eirgina's repre-
sentative with the American commits
! sion for the investigation in Europe
I OF cooperative agricultural finance,
| production, distribution ard rural life,
! and was assistant dircctor-Ecneral OF
! the commission. l!c was also assist
/ ant TO the United States commission on
rural credits while in Europe. In 1911
/ he represented Virginia at the inter
national urban exhibition at Lyons and
went through mobilization with the
/ French armies during the early part
!, CT the European war. lie has also
served as. special agent for tho United
| States immigration Commission. COM
+, mercial Eeographcr for the United
| Tariff Board, and special field repro
| sentative OF the United States FOOD
administration.
Captain Gilbert Vincent RamLaut. c.
$. a., heir to the estates and title of
Count dc IL Roche, of france, who
| commanded the Petersburg Heavy Ar
| fillery during the War Between the
States. WAS n grandfather OF Colonel
Hodges. Through Captain Eanibaucs
wife. he. is sreat-GranGson Of Joel
hammond. Mayor Of Petersburg during
| the War of 1912. Colonel Hodges mar
ricd Miss hlmeria Orr IIili, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert n. Hin, OF
Petersburg.