Evening star., 1925-12-02
Director of Capital Parks OF.
fered City Manager lob
by Cincinnati.
SALARY WOULD TRIPLE
PAY FROM GOVERNMENT
Projected Change Comes in Midst
of Activities Vital to Growth
of Capital.

900 year has been rendered to
Lieut. Col. Clarence o. Sheriff.. Engt-
neer Corps, L. s. Army. until recently
military aide TO the President. who
is director of the office of public
buildings and parks of the National
Capital. and executive and disburs
ingofficer of about dozen important
commissions.
Murray Seasongood. a council man
from Cincinnati. has been In Wash
ington during the past week confer
ring with Col. Sheriff. and consulting
with Federal and District officials
and members of Congress. who have
been in closest touch with Col. Sher
rills work during the nearly five
years that he has been leading fig
ure here in carrying out the Len
liant plan for developing the Capital
City.
Leaves for West.
Lieut.. Col Sheriff. left last night
for Cincinnati TO confer with the
mayor and council, and also TO look
over the situation in the Ohio city.
Those here who are familiar with the
conditions prevailing in Cincinnati
say that the move to obtain Lieut..
Col Sheriff. is the first step in q
plan TO take the mana agement of the
town out of politics, which. II is
said. have permitted il to fall into
a state OF dila pidation.
The negotiations for Col. Sheriff. s
employment and separation from the
military service have gone so far. it
was learned, as to bring up the mat
ter of consideration of his successor.
Col. Sherwood A. Cheney. who re-
lieved Col. Sheriff. as military aide to
the President, is being considered as
the latter's successor as director of
the office of public buildings and
public parks of the National CAPITAL
and the many other Offices incident
to this position which he filed.
Mai. Grant Suggested.
However. there is a strong effort
being made to have the appointment
given to Maj. Ulysses 5. Grant, Sd.
assistant director of the Office and
Col. Sherrills principal aide. the latter
being recommended on the ground
that even before his present assign
ment TO the Office he had served a
detail with il and Is in close touch
with the great amount of work which
comes under II and the great prof,
ects on which 1t is now engaged.
Col Cheney IL was pointed out
while an engineer officer. is not in as
close touch with the affairs of this
Office as the assistant director. and
has been in Washington as a White
House aide only for a few months.
Pay Now Is s6,1l2.
While acceptance of this position
would necessitate Lieut.. Col. Sheriff. 8
resignation as an officer in the Army,
in which he has served efficiently for
the past a years, nevertheless. the
salary is an attractive one. particu-
larly in view of the fact that his con
tinued service in the Army carries
only small increases and will never
reach that Of the civil position. He
now receives in salary and allowa noes
S6,712 a year.
During the five years as head of
the public buildings and parks of the
Capital City no one has taken a more
active and progressive part in devel
oping Washington and impressine
upon Congress the need for securing
suitable sites for public buildings and
in enlarging and improving the park
and playground areas of the Capital
City. particularly the retention of the
watersheds. AS secretary of the Pub
lie Buildings Commission his efforts ir
calling attention to the dilap apidated
and non-fireproof buildings in which
the Government carries on it's work
are largely responsible for President
Coolidge's insistence upon q $50. 900.
900 public building program for Wash
ington in the coming session.
Starting Great Task.
Lieut.. Col. Sheriff. is just starting
on one of the greatest tasks for the
Identification of the Capital, which is
the elimination of years of efforts tc
bring its authorization. 1t is the con
struction Of the Arlington Memoria
Bridge across the Potomac from the
Lincoln Memorial to the Lee Mansion
While the bridge structure proper IL
a gigantic task, 1t involves more thar
this, for in it is included a 10-yeal
program involving the approaches
which on the District side include the
boulevarding of B street northwest tt
the Capitol, and the cleaning up of {
large section of Pennsylvania avenue
which has been an eyesore for years
One of Lieut.. Col. Sherrill's task.
also is the maintenance and upkeeI
Of the White House and looking after
the needs Of the President Only re
Gently he has been giving much at
tention to the renovation of the struc
ture and considering the question o
changing some of the furniture At
tings to conform to the early colonia
period in which the mansion wa!
built.
Holds Other Offices.
Lieut. Col. Sheriff. also Is executive
and disbursing officer Of the Arlington
Memorial Amphitheater Commission
the Commission on Memorial t.
Women of the Civil War, Grant Me
mortal Commission. John Ericsson
Memorial Commission, the Meade Me
mortal Commission. Public Building
Commission, Rock Creek and Potomac
Parkway Commission and Nationa
Capital Park Commission.
He Is director { the Office of publ,
buildings and public parks of the Ma
tional Capital, which includes super
intending the group of structure.
known as the State, War and Navy
Buildings. He is a member of tn.
Washington National Monument So
ciety, and a member of the Zonins
Commission of the District of Colum
bia
In the event that the plans for hi.
taking the position of city manager
of Cincinnati go through, 1t will bt
necessary for Lieut.. Col. Sheriff. t.
leave the military service. An Officer
of the Army may tender his resigna
ton at any time, but 1t Is optiona
with the President Of the United
CONTINUED on Page .. Column p