Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

| ficient and that some think increases
In salaries have not reduced inefhciency.
But he added that he was not willing
to make that wholesale charge.
| Senator Hastings, Republican. of Del
| aware, suggested that instead OF launch
| ing an investigation I'VE might do all
that Senator BleaSe has in mind by a
single meeting of the committee"
At this point Senator Jones, Republi-
| can, of Washington, and q member OF
! the subcommittee to which the reSolu-
ton later was referred, pointed out that
| the preamble Of the resolution refers
TO charges based on newspaper articles,
and questioned whether the resolution
was specific enough as to what the COM
mittee Is expected to investigate.
Senator Blaine, denouncing the
Police Department as being inefIieiently
directed, and extending his criticism to
the Commissioners, argued that, even
though the charges set forth in the
resolution may not be SPECIFIC, he did
not believe the committee could avoid
making sweeping investigation, now
that the Senate has approved the
! BleaSe resolution
The charges may not be specific, -
said Senator Blaine, but the Senate
has adopted the resolution, and it is
too late now. We cannot escape the
responsibility of going into everything
in the resolution, indefinite as they
may be-"
/ Senator Vandenberg. who is also a
member OF the subcommittee which
must now decide what is TO be done,
agreed with Senator King that the
resolution leaves it to the committee
to determine when it would be practi-
cable to report its findings to the Senate
! He added that he did not believe ii
would be practicable while matters are
i'll liquidation in court.
Senator Blaine insisted that the
| subcommittee could not escape its re-
sponsibility, except by going back to
the Senate and having the resolution
reconSidered and redrafted.
I Scores Police Officials.
The Wisconsin Senator then declared
that he thought Washington has the
most inefficient direction of its police
department of any city. The rank and
ME of the department is far above the
directing force"
Senator Blaine also criticized the adj
ministration of District affairs gen.
orally, declaring that Washington is
conglomeration of politics
Senator King again called attention
to the extensive Investigations OF the
District government recently made by
the Gibson subcommittee and to other
studies the senate committee mas maze
of local needs. Senator Blaine con-
tended, however that these arguments
should have been made to the Senate
before the present resolution passed.
Senator King insisted that Senate
committees have some discretion as tt
how and when they should proceed
with Investigations, and cited examples
He said he would be willing to take the
, responsibility of letting the proposed
investigation await the December ses.
i sion.
Senator Vendenberg declared tina
would be, satisfactory to Senator Blease
provided he could get at this time the
particular evidence he wanted immedi
ately. The Michigan Senator said h
would not care to serve on a commit
tee unless 1t had some discretion as II
its procedure.
Senator Blaine declared that "nt
mind could picture the ineflciency o
the detective bureau in that case" re
. ferring to the inquiry into the dealt
Of Mrs. Mcpherson.
t Senator King at this point proposet
that the question Of the scope of tn,
: investigation bS left to the subcommit
tee, declaring ne had confidence In IL