Evening star., 1924-03-11
COOLIDGE TO S|FT
CHARGES AGAINST
2D|STR|CT HEADS
Remaining of Rudolph and
Oyster Will Depend on
Investigation.
COMMISSIONERS FRIENDS
DEFEND ADMINISTRATION
Complaints About School Funds,
Public Utilities and Alleys
Are Answered.

President Coolidge will thoroughly
examine charges against Commits
sioners Rudolph and Oyster laid be-
fore him by several groups of citizens
before he sends their names to the
Senate for confirmation
This was learned at the White
House today, where it was stated
that President Coolidge probably will
withhold his decision on the reap
pointment of one or both of the Com
missioners for several days.
Charges Answered.
The Commissioners. in the mean
time, have laid their side Of the mat
ter before the President. Both OF
them have sent to the President an
answer in writing to several Of the
implicat tions contained in the general
charges laid against them by citizens
who arc protesting their reappoint-
ment.
1t was intimated at the White
House today that these answers have
been satisfactory. to a large degree
especially the Commissioners refuta,
tion OF the charge that they have not
acted to the best interest of the CITY
as members OF the Zoning and Public
Utilities commissions.
The President was represented TODAY
as saying that it is not surprising for
two men to serve at the head of gov
ernment for period Of three years
without calling for some displeasure on
the part of some one, which was taken
to indicate that the complaints made
the two civilian Commissioners have
not ibiased the President in his judg-
ment.
e. G. Graham, d member of the
board of education and prominent in
local republican politics, who was
consulted several days ago by the
President regarding the Commission
ership appointments and other Dis
trict matters. was at the White House
again today: He intimated that his
call had TO do with the protests made
yesterday by citizens against the re-
appointment Of Commissioners Ru-
doiph and Oyster, hut did not care TO
discuss any of the details. He did
Gould. not be, held to biams fo,'asl for any
,SbJe ettonSbfs aEfs Of the sontfg eosss-
nnissi6h. Rof which they afe Members,
because they. are Id = the minority.
He stated that III there was any crit
icism of the Commissioners It should
be directed at the Engineer Commits
sioner of the District and not the CIV
ilian COMMISSIONERS
=
AnSwered by Records.
At the same time. city officials and
friends Of the two civilian Commits
sioners took the stand today that
records at the District Building con-
stitute satisfying answers to the
charges against them.
Among the complaints made were
that the two civilian Commissioners
have interfered with the operation
and development of the public school
system and that, as members of the
Public Utilities and Zoning commits
sions, they have not acted for the
best interests of the community. Ref
erence also was made to the fact that
the Commissioners rewrote the board
of education bill providing for school
teachers salaries. ="
1t was pointed out at the District
building today that the tentative es-
timates of the Commissioners for next
year amounted o'$2s. s.s91,562, of which
$S,143,533 was for schools.
The bureau Of the budget which
passes upon all local finances, or
dered the total cut to $25,144,8S2.
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