The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-07-28
l0IJRNALIST
HEAD OF U.
pscents' Choice is Popu-
lar - Gardner Gets
Credit for Job
:. prcHARD HAMILTON

snlar cnOIu ny
.,.' =. spencer, Seattle, to succeed
=, y" Henry Suzzallo as president
- = tie school. Besides, intention
= n, or otherwise, the regents did
- . s.ood turn for Gov. Hartley in
s.sttIe and the country press, two
s,.ces where the governor is more
Z ls,s in need of the helping hand.
: Then. again, the regents renew
.1.tha contract of Fred Kennedy,
"a 8 man. who links the service
: the school of journalism with
4. membership Of the Washington
ct.te y Press association. Mr.. Ken
!. .edy is popular among the coun-
~ newspaper publishers, fire.
oussntIy = helping them to solve
t,oublesome problems, so it is a
s.ie : bet that many editors will be
,nureciative of the retention of
Pop" Kennedy.
Il seems to the writer that this
moeran. the naming of DR.. Spen-
q and the retention of Mr.. Ken
~ was worked out and put thru
n A. r. Gardner, director of eff
iisncy; Joe Stoddard, Waterville,
I'd Chaplin Foster, Chehalis all
former presidents of the Washing
tu State Press association. Thus
hU have made the country press
stonger than ever in the u. of w.
In naming DIR. Spencer, the re-
rents spiked many guns that were
loaded and ready to belch criti-
esm. Some Seattle business men,
for Instance, who were chagrinned
md critical over the removal of
D.. Suzzallo, were silenced by the
appointment Of DIR. Spencer. The
nm president, you see, is presi-
&nt Of the Seattle Rotary club,
! former vice president of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
husiness booster, etc., so the Seat
tk business men hesitate to find
fault with Mr.. Hartley over the
appointment of DR.. Spencer.
His selection is also certain to
Idten editorial criticism of Mr..
Hartley because of the university,
Dr. Spencer is popular among the
eeuntry editors, some of the young
ditcrs having been trained and
enselled by him when he was
can Of the school of journalism,
nese editors, many of whom saw
Nd, as it were, when DR.. Suzzallo
ns ousted, will naturally soft
pdal their critisms-so far as
ne university is concerned-be-
esuse they have confidence in DR..
Spencer.
Whether DR.. Spencer is ssbig e.
nough" for the job, is not consid-
eFed at this time. The general dis
pntlon seems to be that he is big
enough to merit chance to make
secd. 4 But, while the jury is out on
- question of DIR. Spencer's ca
raty as an educational admins
utcr, the influence of his con-
nctlons and affiliations will be
0rking in Seattle and in the
sSsunty 4 press to greatly reduce
: * murmuring against Mr.. Hart
Nys control of the university.
lnese things, together with the
.set that DR.. Spencer is. a man of
= nauependent means, which justifies
! ne inference that he will not bow
= Political pressure, make even
% &c Critics OF Mr.. Hartley concede
= sat the regents turned in pret-
y good job of political strategy.
!, The majority of the state
a'snway committee, Auditor Clau-
"a d !. and Treasurer Potts, has nam
: Inomas R. Beeman, Seattle en-
s4.er, as secretary and technical
srnnsr ss,sor. His salary was fixed at
sIvco' -, Gov. Hartley protested, de-
.,sllng sm Beeman could not be leg
NY ny, paid, and warming that he
~ resist the appointment to
,''s ss Unit of his power as governor.
,rs as means, of course, that the
rSa1 Spasme court will have to decide
4. 'saesner the committee can pay
y IS Secretary.
WIN Mny the fuss over a secretary /?
r,s. r this is the point: If Mr..
~ GSen and Mr.. Potts can pay
M M Seeman he will be, in effect,
ma;o s:ate highway engineer. The
II %,0rity processes to lack conf
vsa e IN Engineer Sam Humes who
vsa.l s named by the governor, and
.haa @ Mr. Beeman to check and
t;onas t;se the plans and specifica.
rb.s prepared by Mr.. Humes
Is where the rub comes in
boos.au a@uei Hill, veteran good roads
ssss, Sser, builder of castles. peace
lines globe trotter, friend Of
out and Queen Marie, stepped
sta.a iew days ago to "rescue" the
neet; road program. He called q
plann;g OF good roads leaders
ent ing to propose an independ.
hioh. .vestlgation and audit of the
s-~ay department. Gov. Hart,
fno~
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