Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
Long Debate in Which Pro-
posed Measure Is Defended
PreCedeS Adverse Ballot.
MEMBER REVIEWS APPEAL
FOR RIGHT TO VOTE HERE
Federation Would Have None But
Full-Fledged Residents Eligible
for Candidacy.

The Federation of Citizens Associa-
tons does not want any but full-fledqed
residents of the District appointed as
CIVILIAN Commissioners and said so en-
phatically last night by going on rec
ORD In opposition to the Jones bill lib
eralizing the qualifications of candi-
dates for the positions
Action was taken on a report of the
law and legislation committee, sub
mitted by Thomas E. Lodge, chairman,
Wnlch held that the District has a far
better neld from which to select its
own administrative officers than other
cities. The vote was Sc to 2, George
Il. Wales, civil service commissioner.
and M. G. Lloyd dissenting.
Long Debate Heard.
Adoption of the committees report
was preceded by prolonged debate in
which Lloyd, william Mex. CLAYTON
and William A. Roberts were the prin-
clpals. Lloyd led the fight for an
proval OF the bill, and Roberts de-
| tended the report of the committee on
posing it. Clayton took advantage Of
the opportunity to renew a plea for
local suffrage.
I'm strong believer in home rule"
clayton declared, land there would be
no need Of discussion on the uualifi-
cations of our civilian commissioners IL
we had the privilege of electing them"
Sees BIIPs Provisions.
Roberts said that the bill provides
that a temporary lobbist, can be a
commissioner, and that a man from
Maryland can come to the District and
control our finances" LLOYD, how
ever, argued that there should be no
restrictions on the residence REQUIRE
ments of an appointee to the commits
sionership.
IF you want good administrators for
the District" he said, 1.-The President
should be permitted to go anywhere to
get the best"
Acting on the recommendation of
the education committee, headed by
James G. Yaden, the federation indors-
ed the efforts of the Board of Educa-
ton TO eliminate portableS and other
makeshtftS for housing pupils, but
tabled three proposed amendments to
the constitution which would give it
control over the geographical boun-
diaries Of the member neighborhood as
Sociations.
Adverse Report Submitted.
An adverse report on the three
amendments was submitted by Clay
ton, who served as chairman of spe-
cial committee to which the proposed
changes were referred for consideration.
The report declared the federation
should adopt hands off" policy with
respect to the neighborhood organiza-
tions. A motion to table the report fol-
lowed a protracted debate and was
adopted by a close vote of IS to 80.
The federation also adopted unani-
mouSly resolution introduced by
Grover w. Ayres to petition Congress
to extend the tenure for two years Of
DR. William Tindall, veteran employee
of the District government who is now
serving as head of the Information
Bureau at the District Building. DR..
Tindall is IS years old and his service
in the District government, already ex-
tended four times beyond the limit of
the retirement law, is scheduled to end
in August.
An invitation of the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co. to the delegates
to inspect its central Office was ac-
cepted. Arrangements were made to
make the inspection trip Tuesday, Feb
ruary IL, at 8 pm.
Committee Appointments.
Roberts, who was removed from the
public utilities committee of the fed
Grafton more than a year ago. was re-
stored by DR.. George c. Havener, presi-
| dent, who. announced a number of
other changes in the personnel of
standing committees. Important among
them was a shift in committee chair
manships between Charles 1. Stengle
and Hugh M. Frampton. Stengle was
made chairman Of the committee on
local suffrage and Frampton took
Stengle's position at the head of the
fiscal relations committee.
F. A. Emery, M. 2. Baughman, Ed
| win S. Hege and Eta Taggart were
added to the national representation
committee. Other assignments were
Mrs. F. t. Dubois to the committee on
city planning. James May to the COM
mittee on law and legislation; William
G. Gath to the public utilities COM
mittee, A. c. Fisher to the coming COM
mittee and v. p. DeKnight to the
committee on highways, parks and
waterways.