Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-22
APPLEBY BUSY
ON LAKEHURST
confers With Sec'y Weeks on
Proposed Abandonment Of
!. U. S. Chemical Sta. There

WASHINGTON, April Econ
FRESHMAN T. Frank Appleby had a
conference this morning with Secre-
larry of War Weeks relative to the
proposed abandonment of the prov
Ing ground of the United States
Chemical Warfare Service at Lake.
hurst. With Congressman Acker-
man of the Fifth New Jersey Dis
lrict, who was present at the confer
ence, he went into the matter as
thoroughly as. possible, and made an
Earnest plea for the retention of this
government activity. He pointed out
the tremendous loss to the govern
ment its abandonment would entail.
as it represents an approximate in
vestment of $2,500.000; as well as
The entire sacrifice of the cooperative
experiments with Camp Kendrick
naval air station, which is only n
mile from Lakehurst, and which, in
case of the removal of the Lake
hurst plant, would also have to be
abandoned.
The secretary has taken the data
presented by Congressman Appleby
and Alderman under Amusement,
but stated frankly that a program
Of economy was absolutely essential
for the War Department, and the
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ties was the logical outcome of this
necessary economy program, and at
the present time this consolidation
includes the abandoning of the
Lakehurst plant and the removal of
its equipment to the arsenal at
Edgewood. Nd.
Congressman Appleby introduced
bills yesterday authorizing the secre-
tary Of war to donate captured Ger
man cannon or fieldpieces to the
following towns in his district: New
Brunswick, South Amboy. Perth
AmboE, Old Bridge, Jamesburg,
Woodbridge. Metuchen and Gran
bury/in Middlesex county; Freehold,
ReI Bank, Tennent, Asbury Park.
OCEAN Grove, Bradley Beach, Long
<-af,ch. Allentown. Matawan, Key
5rt and Atlantic Highlands in Mon
nouth county: Toms River, Lake
wood, Point Pleasant and Tuckerton
lin Ocean county.
A large number OF these captured
cannon are now stored at the vari-
GUS government arsenals, and Con-
gressman Kahn of California, chair
man Of the Committee on Military
Affairs, has introduced . bill provid-
ing for the distribution of the same
in ratio to the number of men In
the armed forces OF the United
States accredited to each state dur
ing the period of the World War.
Among the prominent people Of
the Third District In Washington
this week in conference with Con-
gresham Appleby were M. A. Edgar.
president of the Edgar Brothers
Company OF Metuchen, N. j., and
Mcintyre, Ca: c. A. Bloomfield.
treasurer of the Bloomfield Clay
Company, of Metuchen, and Assem-
blyman G. Raymond Lyons. of New
Brunswick. Mr.. Edgar is appearing
before the Ways and Means Com
mittee in it's hearings on the perma-
nent tariff bill, Mr.. Bloomfield Is
meeting with the War Claims Adj
justment Board in the settlement for
his property taken over by the War
Experiment. in the enlargement of
the Raritan Arsenal. and Assembly,
man Lyons was in Washington in
connection with state department
business.
Nj. Appleby today presented to
the House a petition of the Citizens
Building and Loan Association, of
Perth Amboy. recommending that
the income tax law be amended sc
as to exempt income Of profit de-
rived from local building and loan
investments to the extent of $500.