Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
WILSON ORDERS
SINCLAIR RIDES
Be DISCONTINUED
Mak Peak Told Oil Mans
I. Assignment Not Approved
by Board.
OFFICIALS SURPRISED
At TRIPS TO CLINIC
Supsrintendent's Action Was Not
With Consent Of Commission, /,
), .,.,s It Is Revealed.

Assignment Of Harry. r. Sinclair TO
dtties afiording him automobile rides
to and from the Ninth street Municipal
Wharf was ordered discontinued i'm
mediately this afternoon by the Board
Of Public Welfare. following disclosure
in The Star yesterday that the wealthy
oil man, serving term In the District
jail, had been on the less combining
! work for the past two months.
Maj. william L. Peak, superintendent
OF the jail, was called on the carpet"
this afternoon by George 8. Wilson. di.
Who told the superintendent that such
an assignment for Sinclair did not have
the approval Of the board.
Commissioner Acted.
II Is understood from a reliable
source that Wilson acted at the in
stance Of the District Commissioners.
Both Wilson and the Commissioners are
understood TO have learned first of
Sinelair's new duties from The Star
They are said to have been greatly
surprised by the news.
Mai. Peak was closeted with Mr..
Wilson for more than an hour this
afternoon and when the former left
the District Building he announced that
he had received the instructions to
eonfine Mr.. Sinclairis duties to the
clinic at the District jail, where he is
serving as q pharmacist and assistant
TO DR.. Morris Hyman, resident jail
physician.
Sinclair finds time in his penal rou-
tine to keep in executive contact with
business activities Of the great oil cor
poration which he heads.
Although minus the services Of sec.
rotary and compelled to conduct his
correspondence in longhand, he appears
to have gotten around the difficulty
through the medium Of a sort OF "liaison
officer" who visits him frequently at the
jail
While this friend" takes no steno-
graphic notes nor performs any other
readily apparent secretarial service, the
oil millionaire holds long and earnest
conversations with him. Their attitude
is suggestive Of business conferences
rather than pleasure chats.
Statement N Recalled.
EszIt was followinEs0ne Of these confer.
eLces recently that Sinclair issued a
statement through the ofaces Of the
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
commencing his employees. Tor their
faithful services and expressing OPP
tiHism over the future Of the oil In
dustry.
These visits by the magnate's friend"
have given rise to reports that Sinclair
In his way has effected q liaison with
the industry that enables him to con-
tinue administration Of business affairs.
Mason Day. business associate of Sin
clair, who, like his employer, also is
serving term for shadowfng a jury in
the oil trials, may be assisting his chief
In answering correspondence, 1t is said
Day spends considerable time writing
letters in the ONCE OF the jail. Less Of
a recluse than Sinclair. he may be seen
often in the outer ONCE at leisure mo-
ments listening to the radio or writing
letters.
Friends Often Confer.
Sinclair and Day see each other fire.
quently. although they are quartered in
separate parts Of the institution. Sin
clair occupies cellroom close to the
dispensary, in which he performs his
pharmaceutical duties, while Day is In
the mems dormitory wing. The latter
is assigned as q helper in the Jail COM
missary.