Evening star., 1923-12-20
MANLOVE URGES
MORE POLICEMEN
MiSsourian Also Says an In.
crease in Salary Should
/ Be Made by Congress.

Increase in the personnel of the
local police department, as well as an
increase in salaries, was urged at the
initial meeting of the public order
committee of the Board of Trade,
which took the form of dinner at
the City Club last night. Odell S.
Smith, chairman, presided, and the
speakers included L. c. Brandenburg
and Representative Joe J. Manlove of
Missouri
Praising the efforts of the public
order committee. Mr.. Brandenburg
said he thought it had accomplished
something for the police and fire de-
partments of the District, but added
he did not believe they had obtained
all they wanted yet
The force, by all means. should be
increased, he said and the salaries of
the personnel should hc raised. Mr..
Brandenburg pointed out that there
were many who thought enactment Of
the eighteenth amendment would
bring about IA millennium. 1t has not
come, and one only has to see the
reports of convictions for violation of
mo prohibition laws TO know this. In
the last year. he said, the reports to
the Attorney General show that there
were $4,000 convictions by the federal
government during the past year.
Treble this, he continued. for the
states and you have approximately
the number of convictions for Vio-
lattng a law by people who otherwise
would be law-abiding citizens.
Adds Greater burdens
This new law. he said, had put
great additional burdens on the po-
lice. IT seemed. he said. that the po-
lice were devoting large part of
their time to the enforcement of the
prohibition laws alone. for. he went
on one sees almost daily of five. ten
or more policemen engaged in raid
ing some place for liquor
This takes men of the force from
thc ordinary police and crime dptec-
ton work. and if the enforcement is
10 be continued there must be addi-
tlonal men to do the other police
work
He told the committee it could do
no better work during the wear than
to strive for an increase in the police
force and to see that its pay is in
creased. He said he would take no
back seat to any mans opinion when
ne said Washington has the best po-
nee and fire force in the country
the peers of any.
Expressing regret that he was not
q member of some committee which
mad to deal with District affairs, Rem
+
Zee he is friendly to the District. had
hecome thoroughly Interested in the
city and would do anything for il he
could He said when he went home
during recess of Congress he never
lost an opportunity in addresses bc
MADE to tell the people about the
Capital City
on the question of citizenship he
believes Washington should have a
IedL SpeakinS representative in the
House. and possibly in the Senate.
lie said he never could understand
why residents of city Of half a mil
hon persons should not have a voice
IN affairs of that city
He said the police here handle traf-
Tic better than any other force in the
country.
Urges Advertising Drive,
He urged Washington to conduct an
advertising campaign to tell the peo-
pie what fine place it is. and
pointed as an example to Los An
geles. Calf. where the population
this manner. 'o''
The following entertained the mem
hers: Mrs. Margaret Cox Hewitt. So
prano; Miss Ethel Goldstein. pianist.
Master Henry Goldstein, xylophone:
Malcolm q. Stickney. baritone.
George Wilson. piano: Ravmnnd Uv
Moore. baritone, and John German.
monoIogist. man,
The guests were Commissioner ReII
Isaac Cans. president of the cham
Der OF Commerce; Maj. HoIcombe
Maj. Wheeler and Capt. Wood. as.
sistant engineer commissioners: MAJ
sullivan. superintendent of police y
{. Ora ham, T.. c. Brandenburg. Mr.
Ethel " Ward. Miss Alma p zT-is
sler and Miss Ruth Fleishen
Members attending were: Harry T.
Hllmond Brooke T -Nmiss, John T
hardrof, Emanuel Baumgarten
Frank w. Ballau. Joseph 4. Rurkart
David ;. CARL, S. q. Cissei. c T t'Ial
gett, Richard L. Conner, y T. Coumhe
i'r. j. &. Gregg Curtis, S VI. Darl
raEh, DR. Charles Diedcl. G. +. Dono-
hoe. DR.. ii. e. Duffey, George 4. Em-
mons, Harry G.. Evans. Robert ~
teatherstOne. Il. j. Febrey. nax !
FISCHER. George VI. Fisher, Il. G
FLETCHER, Z. h.. Gould, Clifford I,
Grant. W. II. Harrison, Harry Y
Jiaynes, Robert d. Haincr, w. a. Hin
hlns, K. g. Drum Hunt, w. A. John
ston' Louis Levy. William e. Luckett. !
James W: Lyons. George H. Macdon-
aid Moritz Mayer, John T. Meanv.
.Iohn j: Noonan, Thomas O'Connor.
lanes L. Owens, J. Mitchell Owens,
u. Il. Palmer, Carl J. QuentelI, Her
man c. Rakemann, B. Jean Raleigh.
w. Pearce Rayner. Odell S. Smith, %
g. Snyder, H c. c. Stiles, Harry w.
Iaylor, {. w. Thompson, Charles r
waters. George B. Watson, NJ. A. Win
ter and William L. Wise.