Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-07
HOOVER TO NAME
CROSBY TO BOARD
White House Announces
President Is Satisfied With
Selection of Officer.
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Army officer was needed TO clean az
up"
1t was explained that tile PRESIDENT
is ambitious to have the Nations Capt.
tai a model in all respects. its Police
Department included, for the rest OF
the country. He is inclined to think
hat the police and traffic departments
could be bolstered up somewhat to
bling about more desirable conditions.
but he certainly is not of the opinion
that organized crime is rampant here.
He was represented further as being
of the opinion that a capable, strong
| officer could bring about improvement
in both the police and traffic depart
| mentS, and there Is no doubt n his
mind that Gen. Crosby because of his
long training in the Ann and. his
| recognized capacity as leader and
disciplinarian, is the man 20 make ttFse
| Improvements.
BY way Of further explanation II was
said in behalf of the President today
that he did not choose Gen. Crosby
without consulting others Interested in
the welfare of the Capital City.
Senate Debates Appointment.
Appointment of Gen. Crosby was de-
bated in the Senate yesterday after
noon, with Senator Cole Blease. Demo-
crat, of South Carolina defending the
selection. and Senator Copeland, DEM
ocrat, of New York, calling attention to
the possibilities OF the city being under
military rule.
Senators Blease and Copeland both
/ are members of the District committee,
which will consider the nomination
when it is sent to the Senate. The dis
cussion was one incident in speech
| by Senator BleaSe, in the course Of
which he reviewed his former asser-
tons regarding the prevalence Of crime
IN Washington and attacked Supt. of
Police Pratt.
IT am not a defender of the present
President of the United States from
any standpoint" Senator BleaSe began,
referring to selection of Crosby, but
when he is right I shall always back
| him up with my voice and my vote,
and think this is one time when he
is eminently correct"
Senator Copeland inquired If the
| Senator from South Carolina wanted
i the President to name another major
| general as Commissioner.
If they will give us a clean city,
do not care if they make Hoover HIM
self the commander in chief Of the
| whole business" BleaSe replied.
us there no impression in the Sena-
| tors mind about the law that two Of
the Commissioners must be civilians?"
Senator Copeland continued.
ct understand this man viii be q
civilian after March 81" was Bleases
answer.
"Then there is no reason why the
| President should not appoint another
major general, who will retire little
later" Copeland went on.
Il hope he will" was the terse reply
of the South Carolinian.
"Then we will have the city under
military rule Senator Copeland
observed.
~"I hope we will. if necessary, to have
a better city than we have. said
Senator Blease. closing the colloquy
with the New Yorker.
! Senator Blease said he had noticed
with establishment few days ago that
the number of White House guards was
| to be increased, and suggested that If
necessary he could furnish a company
OF South Carolinians to guard the White
House.
The South Carolina Senator said he
had on several occasions called atten-
| ton Ito the crime ins this city, and
have been unable to get any assistance
whatever" Further on in his speech
Senator BleaSe declared that crime Is
rampant in Washington while Pratt sits
Serenely on his throne"
Refers 10 Chinatown.
Senator BleaSe, who has frequently
referred to Washington's Chinatown IN
previous speeches, turned to this sub
ject again yesterday when he raised the
following question:
81 would like to have an investi-
CATION of another thing while we are
having these investigations. If it cost
$4,000 to kill three men in a certain
Chinese dive here, would like to know
who got the money and why those men
who did the killing have never been
brought to justice and why this crime
was hidden. The authorities might
also find out to whom that money was
paid and for what purpose IL was paid.
do not know how they arrived at the
figure of $4,000. It looks like it ought
to have been $4,000 apiece, but perhaps
the extra $1,000 was for burial ex-
penSes."
In closing his speech Senator Blease
again commended the President for
selecting Gen. Crosby to be commits
sioner. He said he wanted to see the
President appoint the best man It is
possible to obtain, whether from the
bench or the Army.