The Washington times., 1922-06-13
TORIES GONE
TO AID Of j. :.
HOTEL BOSSES
Charges. and countercharges
Fly Thick and Fast as Fac
tions Align for Finish Fight.

Mutual recriminations are flying
about the Government hotels for
women workers these days thicker
than snow flakes in the blizzard Of
January 28. That several roofs have
not been raised Is proof that the con-
tractors for the Temporary" struc.
lures builded better than they new.
The New York tornado wouldn't have
made a dent in them.
Several weeks ago petition for the
removal of Mrs. Sarah Sumner. gen.
eral manager, said to have been in
spired by the Plaza Council, consist
ing Of thirty-six delegates, three from
each Of tho twelve hotels, commenced
circulating around the group, 1t was
received with the eagerness Of a call
to arms in Fiume. The paper, set
ting forth charges Of false economy
Sumner, and calling for her resigna-
ton and the abolition Of the office
OF superintendent Of residence houses,
occupied by Miss Lillian Randall, is
said to have been signed by A200
or the 1880 guests. 1t will shortly
go forward to Secretary of Labor
Davis, its approval by the council
being regarded as a foregone con-
clusion.
Tories to the Rescue.
Meanwhile, it has been learned,
certain adherents Of the present ad-
ministration l"Tories" the petition.
ers term them) have taken up the
cudgels for the officials assailed.
Letters have been addressed 10
Miss Jean Henderson, president of
the council, and officials of the
Department Of Labor decryfng TIE
movement. They 60 so far as to
term the councillors q vicious, des-
perate element" II they had their
Jay, says one irate correspondent,
they would inaugurate a dictator
ship OF the. proletariat" as in Rus
eta. In the efforts Of the petition
signers against Mrs. Sumner, the
letter further says. they constitute
Q Bolshevist nroup which should be
broken up and scattered. %,
I'm other words, II is set forth
"the Government hotels should
cease to exist, but give us Mrs.
SUNNI or to the end
Queries Propounded.
A set Of questions is propounded
TO members Of the Plaza Council
In another letter. Among them are.
"If Mrs. Sumner is removed, what
guarantees has the council to offer
that the successor to the position
will be appointed at an appreciable
reduction In salary?"
IF appointed at less salary, what
ts the guarantee that a manager can
be secured who will satisfactorily
manage the hotels, especially in view
OF the present dissatisfaction and the
most reckless, unladylike and un.
refined remarks made by many
guests?"
What guarantees can the council
offer that we will not be annoyed by
any further requests to sign petitions
for removal Of members Of the man.
aEement staff? The removal Of Miss
James. the first manager, was re-
quested: the dietitian who preceded
Miss French Nfiss Mary Lindsey,
who is now making a splendid sue
cess Of the Grace Dodge Hotel evi-
IDENTIFY resigned from the Government
hotels on account of the bitterness
shown in connection with the raise in
board rates. The removal of Miss
French was applied for by petition,
and now we are asked to request the
removal Of at least two of the present
management. incidentally, many Of
tht HSWcT BuCbtS HOt aware Oh
this brilliant record of complaints
by guests against the management.
When this has been referred to, many
newer guests have been much sur
prised, evidently thinking that prior
to this the two bodies Of women, the
guests and the staff, have managed
to live In comparative peace and har-
mony. Many Of the newer guests are
mt i,ferested IN anv great axfa,t q,
all this excitement. 30 long as they
are allowed TO live in their rooms and
secure reasonably good meals in peace
and comfort. Some will, therefore,
sign any petition without knowing
anything whatsoever concerning Its
purport, N some Of them have said
20 the writer, I'm order to get rid of
Il. II therefore behooves the council
TO be extremely careful what material
n presented for signature"
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