The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-25
MANY GET AK
IN SHAKE-UP
At CITY HALL
Sanitary and Safety Boards
Order Sweeping Changes
in Personnel.
N0LEN'S JOB Is LOST
Switches in Police Forces
Follow Abolition of
Civil Service.
N0LEN'S JOB IS LOST

Wholesale changes In personnel
were made today by the Duvall
sanitary and safety boards.
On recommendation of General
Superintendent E. w. Mccullough,
the majority faction sanitary COM
missioners voted a shake-up affect
ing several department heads.
They are:
Abolition of garbage and ash col
lection superintendents post held
by Truly Nolen at salary of $4,000.
Creation of a chief garbage col
lection inspector at $4,000. To be
filled from list of three inspectors.
Assignment of garage and trailer
yard under Chief Mechanic George
Kirkpatrick.
Appointment of Truck Driver
Louis Wall to garbage inspector.
Adjustment Of Sewage Superin-
tendent Cecil Calvert's post at sal
ary of $4,000.
Adjustment af activated plant
foreman post held by M. w. Tet-
lock.
Combination of activated plant
management duties with those of
Pumping Plant Foreman Martin
Ness.
Change Police Force
Safety board changes made on
recommendation Of Police Chief
Claude M. Worley were:
Demotion of Lieut.. Roy Pope,
Shank administration favorite, to
patrolman.
Promotion of Sergt. william Fields
to lieutenant.
Promotion of George Lowe, re-
Gently denoted to sergeant.
Transfer. of Detective Sergeant
Fischer to uniform ranks and
Sergt. Frank Conway to detective
department.
The police shake-up followed
abolition of civil service rules Mon
day by the Duvall cabinet.
Clarence Adkins and Charles M.
Kersey were named firemen, subject
to physical examinations, ON recon-
mendation of Fire Chief Jesse A.
Hutsell. Five other vacancies exist.
Follow Manager Plan
Mccullough said the sanitary
board changes would tend to bring
about efficiency md economy OF
operation" and were in accordance
with the city manager movement
appeal for non-partisan economical
administration. He declared the
abolition of several posts would cut
the payroll $4,000.
st ask the abolition Of several po-
sitions, including departmental
superintendents, because they are
unbusinesslike, wasteful and unnec-
essary," McCuilough's report stated.
He said hostility exists between
departments.
o. c. Ross, minority member,
voted against the shifts. The vote
was taken today over protest OF
Dwight S. Ritter. Grassyfork Fish
cries president, representing the
Chamber of Commerce, and Hubert
Hickam, attorney 1or NoIeI.
Grand Juy Impends
Possibility of 2 grand jury inves-
tigation of separate charges tlled
against Nolen, and the sanitary
boards activities, loomed with the
statement of Russell T. MacFal,
president and majority leader, that
"it was matter for the grand
jury to settle"
"Nolen welcomes a grand jury
investigation of this whole matter
and will go before that body will
lingly," Hickman told MacFall.
MacFall kept secret the charges
against Nolen. Ousting Of Nolen
before a public hearing on the
charges and before he had an op-
portunity to read them, was pro-
tested by Hickam.
MacFall told Hickam the mo-
ton to abolish the post was a
separate matter. -
Ritter pleaded with MacFall to
delay action week and hold a
l.