Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-17

Mr. Simmons am glad to have
you tell me so.
Mai. Pratt-Mrs. Van Wrinkle. when
she had that moving program we were
established in b street, and the courts
made us move again: she did not live
In the house at that time.
Mr.. Simmons-A number of the en-
ployes are there now, are they not?
Maj. Pratt think the matronS and
people who are actually on duty there
eat there; they may eat there.
Mr.. Simmons-That is what I mean.
They are serving themselves pretty
WE'LL
Mai. Pratt-Yes, SIR.
Mr.. Simmons-Here we are again.
In August 10 pounds of croakers, 10
pounds spot fish 10 sea trout, 10 pounds
pollock. gallon of fresh oysters, a
gallon OF fresh clans.
Mai Pratt-Mr. Luckett Just calls
my attention to the fact that there are
FIVE of those employees who have $500 a
year deducted from their salaries be-
cause they do get their meals at the
place.
Various acquisitions.
Mr.. Simmons would like 10 buy
food for myself and my family with this
kind of set-up at $25 a month. That
was August 10. On the same day, after
they had had all that, they bought 80
pounds of strictly fresh chicken again
with the notation, ''old ROSTERS would
not be accepted" Here is a requisition
for meat in AuguSt-l5 pounds frank
furters. 90 pounds sausage in links, As
pounds breakfast bacon. 40 pounds leg
of lamb 4 pounds lamb chops, 30
pounds pork chops. Is pounds roast
loin, pounds calves liver-the highest
priced meat that they can buy, that is
not used ordinarily except for anemics-
IS pounds ham. smoked and sugar
cured: $50 quarts Of milk.
Mr.. Luckett-What period does that
cover? We are required to put in
requisition covering a definite quantity
of meats and food for the purchasing
office by the month, and that is the
reason they show up in those quantities
there.
Mr.. Simmons understand that. l
understand that they are buying for
more than one day The thing that I
am pointing out is that you are MAIN
tanning place here where you are sup
posed to be caring for prisoners, and
YOU are making it so popular that /
doubt II the woman prisoners would
want to leave it.
Mai. Pratt-That Is what we're trv-
ing to do, to reform them, start them
out on better scale of living, make
them more ambitious to have this kind
of food all the time.
Makes Distinction.
Mr.. Simmons continued reading from
list of' requisitioned supplies and
SAID: That sort OF expenditure, in our
Judgment. cannot be justified at all.
or course. the prisoner is entitled to
food and entitled to good food and in
Suncient quantity, but l do not believe
It is necessary to buy the type of food
mat the average man on a good salary
takes into his home, TO feed prisoners.
Mr.. Holaday-DoeS the chief clerk
have the right to cut out things that
ne does not approve?
Maj. Pratt-Things not in season he
is supposed to invite their attention
to and those are stricken out. II they
are out OF season, all those things be-
ing on contract, they would be higher
IMAM II they were in season.
Mr.. Holaday--As to things that are
IN season, would the chief clerk have
the right to regulate the purchases OF
supplies II, In his opinion, they are not
warranted?
Mr.. Luckett-I have cut down the
quantity on acquisitions submitted by
caSlons. MIR. Holiday. 1 have also re-
turned lots OF acquisitions because the
articles were out of season,
Mr. Slmmons-That set of purchases
LOOKS as II 1t were made UP by some
oody who has an utter disregard for
the matter OF expense involved. The
other home is operated on some sort
OF sensible basis of cost.
Old Offenders.
Mr.. Cannon--ls the class of prison.
ers you have here a class that is ac-
castomed to Just about that sort OF
diet?
Mai Pratt--No. sir: I would say no
Inc prisoners we have there, a large
percentage of them, are what we would
term repeaters or old offenders, al
though she does get number of first
Offenders. and frequently we get girls
from refined homes, girls of good fami-
lies who are temporarily stranded,
something of that kind picked up
around Union Station, waiting for
transportation. They are kept as
dodgers until their families can be COM
municated with, or their family can be
notified and funds forwarded for them
There is no discrimination in the type
OF food that is served. They all are
served the same food. They do not
serve one kind of food to one /
group of persons and another to the /
others.
Mr.. Holaday-You have the authority |
to regulate the food items of the |
House of Detention, have you not?
Maj. Pratt have the authority, I
but have not any desire or have not /
had any desire to tear down the diet
tables which the lieutenant claims are
essential to the welfare and well being
of these prisoners. We have left that
matter largely to her.
Mr.. Simmons-If we should reduce
the appropriation for maintenance.
that would give you an incentive and
a desire to do It?
Mai. Pratt-We would have to do 1t. !
then.