Evening star., 1919-09-24
WANTS3O WOMEN
IN POLICE BUREAU
Commissioner BroWn!oW, at
Hearing in House Commit
tee, States His Policy.
ABOLISH PRESENT FORCE

Continuation of the women's bureau
of the police department with an in
creased number of women, with aboli-
tion of the present force OF TOUR
policewomen. was forecast at the
hearing today before the House Dis
trict committee. After extensive tes-
timony regarding the work OF the
bureau. Commissioner BroWnlow
stated that his policy was to enlarge
the bureau to 80 women. and that he
believed this bureau was an 1mpor-
tant branch of the police departments.
He said it was his intention not 10
ask the appropriation >commlttee ior
AN appropriatfon to continue the
services of the four policewomeh uui
ing the next fiscal year.
representative Ben johnson OF Ken
,uckv the ranking democrat on the
srhcommittee, said that from the evil
dence presented he believed the "oIn-
ems bureau was doing an important
work and should be enlarged. Mods
of annroval were given by other mem
hers of tn. subcommittee. of which
penresentatiye Gould of New YORK IS
Tommissioner : Brownlow, in re-
snonse to questions from Chairman
Gould in regard to the autnorlty los
establishing the woman oureau' s
that he found nothing in the law OF
1eo6 recurring a sex qualification 1or
anpointInent to the Washington po-
lice force and that he had the auvtSe
of the corporation counsel, lne auu-
itor for the District and autnorlties
in the Treasury DepartHeh' III
port of this belief.
Review of Bureaus Work.
The subcommittee devoted It's at
tention today to review of the WORK
dona by the women's bureau, with
Commissioner Brownlow, Mai. Pull
man and Mrs. Nina c. Van Wlnckle'
tho head of the womens bureau as
witnesses Chairman Gould calieo at
tention to many letters received iro,H
different parts of the country and
various organizations addressed to
members of the District committee
and other members of Congress,
which. he said, seemed to indicate a
campaign in behalf of Maj. Pullman
and the women's bureau.
Among letters he quoted were from
Ithaca, n. Y; from. the president OF
the Texas Suffrage Association, from
Dorchester. Mass; the Antl-Saioon
League. the National Woman's Trade
Union, the president of the League OF
Woman Voters, in Detroit, etc.
He asked Commissioner Brownlow
to explain what campaign. If any, had
been made. Commissioner Brownlow
recalled that he had previously told
the District committee that he knew
propaganda had been circulated
cause of its activity by some persons
connected with three distinct phases
of violation of the law. He also told
the committee that Immediately after
the race riots, he made a speech to
the Pastors Federation, following
which Mr.. Dinwiddle assured MIN that
as far as enforcement of the liquor
law was concerned he would have the
support of the Anti-Saloon League. Mr..
Rrownlow suggested that the commit
tee hear Mrs. Van Winckle.
Propaganda Against Maj. Pullman.
Mrs. Van Winckle explained that
early last spring she began to interest
women's organizations in the work
done here by the women's bureau by
encouraging the establishment of SINH
lar bureaus in other cities. She said
that during an investigation which she
carried on for several months before
becoming affiliated with the police de-
partment, she was aware of propagan-
da, feeling and pressure against Mai
Pullman. She said that after she was
in charge of the bureau certain
Washington man threatened to put the
bureau out of business.
Members of the committee asked
for the name of the man, and, on
the advice of Commissioner Brown
low, she gave it-Edward B. Mclean,
editor and owner of the Washington
Post She said he threatened to close
up the bureau, because he disap-
proved Of it generally. and said that
it was interfering in particular
case in which he was interested. He
threatened to oppose the bureau In
his paper, and. ION the HILL" Mrs
Van Winckle said.
In response to questions from the
committee, the case in which this
man was interested was explained,
and, on the suggestion of Mr.. BroWn-
low, ''in justice to Mr.. Mclean" it
was made plain that his concern in
the case was entirely of benefactor;
that he was contributing for the hos
pital care of young woman in whom
his wife had become interested. At
the close of the hearing Mr.. Mclean,
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