The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

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the mayor. but people who are in a
position 10 know seem 10 be conf.
dant that this program win be car.
riea uru.
no Immediate aetion ~ lfke'y to be
taken. however. os u fs pretty well
known that Dr Brown plans 10
withhold all appointments until after
he sees how tise city council treats
his appointment OF George Russell
as superintendent of public utilities.
The reported appointments are II.
pected 10 cause one OF the political
sensations OF tho year when--and II
they are officially announced As
matter Of fact. they have already
caused no little dlsqniet In certain
circles.
The Casznan appointment IL due
10 stir up a particular amount Of
eomment-much OF 1t extremely
critical
There IN nothing definite about this
ruulcr. It's apparently based prin.
cirAliy on the fact that Gassman
wa4 unusually active In Browns sup.
poft during the campaign--and the
fsuasiic utilities office seems 20 be tho
iogicai way for Brown to repay his
debt.
And Brown has clearly demon
sirated already that he intends
TO pay every one Of his political
debts with nice juicy Jobs las
witness the appointments OF Rus
sell and Hugo Kelly.
But even Browns firmest
friends find II hard 10 reconcile
the appointment OF Gassman.
radical Of the radicals, with such
Political bedfeIIows as Russell, n
reactionary Of the deepest dye,
and Kelly, democratic warhorse
OF the old school.
Organized labor WIN certainly
split over the appointment, as
Gassman was nj open odds dur
Ing the recent election with
William Short president of the
State Federntion of Labor, who
was an enthusiastic supporter OF
Dan Landon for mayor. And
their animosity dates n good deal
farther back than that.
The France appointment Is also
expected TO cause not little un-
favorable comment 49, not that DIR.
France is unpopular. but because
many people believe that Read is by
far the most capable health officer
that the city has ever had.
Reads downfall was certainty.
however, from tho moment that
Brown was elected. as there has been
feud of sorts between the two ever
since the days OF the vice quaran-
tine during the war. when they were
engaged in a bitter controversy over
health matters.
The Uhden appointment, as a mat
ter OF fact, Is the only one of the
three that seems TO make any appeal
for popular support. Even this oint.
ment is not without It's fly, however
IL is true that the appointment is
really economical step--inasmuch
as It would eliminate az least one
highsalaried official from the city
payroll.
But tho enginecrs--andt they are by
no means politically unimportant in
municipal affairs maintain that both
Jobs provide plenty of work, and that
one man cannot FIJI both capably.
And, further, Uhden has innocent
ly earned good deal OF III win for
the reason that he is not a Seattle
man. but was brought here from
| Spokane.
He is generally considered n high.
| ly capable engineer. however.
Uhden denied that he know any
thing about tho contemplated
change. as did Dimmock, but the de-
NAL wasn't particularly emphatic.
Dr. France admitted that he had
heard "talk," but denied that there
was anything definite
II haven't had moro than min