Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
New District Heads Assume
Duties After Simple Induc.
ton Ceremony.
MASSES OF FLOWERS
ARE SENT BY FRIENDS
DOugherty and Taliaferro, Ending
Service, Will Return to
Business Life.

The Districts two new civilian Com
missioners were sworn in and started
to work this afternoon.
Daniel E. Garges administered the
oath of Office, first to DR.. Luther H.
Reichelderfer and then to Mai. Gen.
Herbert B. Crosby. Immediately after
DR.. Reichelderfer had sworn to defend
the Constitution of the United States,
Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro pin
ned on his coat the gold badge emblem
attic of the power of the Commissioners
and when Gen. Crosby took his oath
Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, his
immediate predecessor, pinned badge
on him.
Ceremony Is Simple.
The ceremony took place in the Of
fee of Commissioner Dougherty and
department heads Of the District Gov
eminent and private and professional
friends of the two new Commissioners
were present. Mr.. Dougherty announced
that at the request of the new Com
missionerS there would be no speeches.
Immediately after the administering
of the oath, the new Commissioners
posed for photographs and then settled
down to their first board meeting this
afternoon, at which they were to elect
new president of the board.
Commissioners Dougherty and Talia-
ferro, whose terms automatically ex-
pired with the taking of the oath by
their successors, both left the building
within a few minutes, going to their
respective homes.
The NnroVOOnU Vxy{kL,
brevity and simplicity. Masses of flow
ers sent by friends of the two new city
heads and the crowd of persons present
were the only touches of the unusual
in routine day at the District Build
ing.
Mr.. Taliaferro goes tomorrow to the
Riggs National Bank, Of which he was
recently elected vice president and
trust officer. Next Monday Mr.. Dough-
erty will take over his duties as director
OF the Eyesight Conservation Council,
with offices in the National Press
Building, Fourteenth and F streets.
Mr.. Dougherty announced his con.
nection with the council yesterday
afternoon upon receipt of word that
Gen. Crosby had been confirmed by the
Senate. 1t had been known for some
time that Mr.. Taljaferro had been
elected to his position with the bank.
Establish Headquarters Here.
Headquarters of the Eyesight Con-
servation Council for the past eight
years have been in New York City,
but will be moved to Washington, with
Mr.. Dougherty as national director.
The purpose of the council is promo
ton of the general conservation and
of those external conditions and cir
cunstances of everyday life that infect
and may impair eyeSight. It is sup
ported by contributions from interested
individuals and from industries in which
its work is done.
The retiring civilian Commissioners,
accompanied by the Engineer Commits
sioner, Col. William B. Ladue, paid
brief formal call early this morning
Massachusetts, avenue. The Commits
sioners Immediately returned to the Dis
trict Building to make preparation for
receiving their successors. DR.. Retc-
helderfer paid a formal call on the
Commissioners shortly after his name
was sent to the Senate and since then
has made many visits to the various
institutions which will come under his
control.
Reichelderfer May Head Board.
1t was thought today that DR.. Reichel-
derfer would be the next president of
the Board of Commissioners in ac-
cordance with the expressed WlSnes
of President Hoover, who declared IN
recent statement that he wished Gen.
Crosby to have time to concentrate on
the Police and Fire Departments. 1t
is expected that jurisdiction over the
Health Department, exercised by Com
missioner Dougherty, will be transferred
to DR.. Reichelderfer, who would then
have control over the Board of Public
Welfare, which governs the various city
hospitals and welfare, charity and cor
rectional Institutions the legal and
financial department of the District,
including the Offices of the corporation
counsel, auditor, assessor and collector
Of taxes, the insurance department and
probably the Health Department.
Issue Debated Three Hours.
The vote of 40 to "a in favor of Gen.
Crosby came after three hours Of debate
on legal questions relating to eligibility
under the law, with participants en-
phasizing that they had no objection to
the nominee personally.
The fight for confirmation of Gen.
Crosby was led by Chairman Capper of
the Senate District committee, sup
ported by speeches of Senators Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan, and
Kean, Republican, of New Jersey. They
laid stress on the opinion Of the At
torney General in support Of eligibility
and on the report of committee of
the Federation of Citizens Associations.
Aside from the question of eligibility.
there was brief discussion as to whether
Gen. Crosby would draw both re-
tired Army pay and the salary Of Dis
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