Evening star., 1932-10-02
DEFENDS REMOVAL
OF BURKE AS Chief
GIassford Report Declares
Change "Imperative" for
Efficiency.
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of this amount in his retirement an
nuities. On the other hand, he ex-
planned, II he accepted Gen Glassford's
rank and Is retired later, he would be
the loser to the extent Of $3.50 year.
Shock Is Unconcealed.
No effort has been made by Inspector
Burke to conceal the shock he has suf-
fered by Gen. Glassford's move to oust
him and abruptly bring to close his
80 years of service on the force.
Il will be like a man without q
only work know. I can't do anything
else. Where now could I find a
police job?"
Burke's friends In the Police Depart
ment expect many developments before
he is finally ousted, but Gen. Glassford
said he Is confident his plans will
eventually prevail.
The question Of the legality Of the
procedure adopted to remove Burke Is
Of no concern, Gen. Glassford said. be-
cause that will be settled in the usual
routine way. The police superintendent
admits he has no authority to denote
Burke without the approval of the
Commissioners, but said he would make
a recommendation for the demotion II
the detective chief changes his mind
and decides to remain on the force in
lower rank than that of assistant
superintendent The Commissioners,
ne believes, will approve his recon-
mendation.
If Burke leaves the department by
the retirement route, he cannot go
before November because Of a ruling
Of Controller General McCarl which
forbids the retirement Of an officer dur
ing the middle Of a month In the
meantime, he will continue to command
the Detective Bureau, while Capt.
Edward J. Kelly, his already chosen
successor. remains in an adjoining office
In temporary command of the Crime
Prevention Bureau.
Will Study Changes.
Gen. Glassford said he expected
Capt. Kelly to be Of immeasurable as
sistance to him in carrying out the re-
organization plans because of that Of
ficers familiarity with the personnel
Of the department. Capt. Kelly is to
concern himself chiefly with the
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Bureau when he takes command.
Gen. Glassford admits there are two
possible developments which could car
ry his plans awry for the removal Of
Burke Both of them, however, he re-
CARDS as improbable The first would
come If the Board of Police and Fire
Surgeons find Burke physically At for
continued service and declines TO rec
! ommend his retirement. Burke will go
before the board Tuesday for a phys
ical examination and the Retiring and
Relief Board will pass on the findings
| Thursday.
Other Obstacle Cited
The other possible obstacle cited by
Gen. Glassford would be the refusal OF
the Commissioners to approve the de-
motion and transfer of Burke from the
Detective Bureau should the detective
chief withdraw his application for
retirement But Gen GlasSford said
Brig. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby. Com
missioner in charge of police, has re-
peatedly assured him he would not in
terfere with administrative matters IN
the Police Department.
One other factor that might prevent
Gen. Glassford from carrying out his
plan to make Capt Kelly the chief of
detectives. it was said, is the Federal
economy act, which requires p-esiden-
tial approval of all promotions in the
Federal service. The President, it was
pointed out, could declare that the pro-
| motion of an officer would not be neceS.
sary to fill vacancy created by Burkes
removal, since there are other in
spectors in the department who could
take the position.
Gen. Glassford, however wants no
n hnp ltnf al
the Detective Bureau. He wants Kelly
primarily because Of his long expert
ence as criminal investiga or. and
also because he believes this veteran
cfhcer will cooperate with him
If ! had more men in the depart
ment like Capt. Kelly" Gen. Glassford
said IN tribute, Il would not have as
many troubles"
Capt. Kelly, incidentally, took over
his temporary command of the Crime
Prevention Bureau at O'Clock yester-
Cay morning and proceeded immedi-
etely, on orders Of Gen. Clsssford, to
reSuce the personnel from Is to II
men.
Increase Hack Inspectors.
A few hours later Inspector L. !. H.
Edwards, assistant superintendent and
personnel officer, also acting on Gen.
Glassford's orders. enlarged the hack
inpection force in preparation for an
] intensive campaign of enforcement Of
the public vehicle regulations OF the
Public Utilities Commission.
The seven men dropped from the
Crime Prevention Bureau will return
to the precincts from whence they
came prior to the creation Of the
bureau. They are W. p Ais, John
Auffenberg, Luther C. Wise. j. p. Co.
miskey. C P. Flynn, Alec Friedberg,
E. c. OMeara and NJ K Reading.
| Ais, Auffenberg and Friedberg will
go to the fourth precinct, Wise to the
! ninth, OMeara to the first and Flynn
to the second. Comiskey will resume
his former duties as motor cycle on
Ger in the Traffic Bureau and Reading
will remain at police administrative
headquarters as a precinct detective.
The additions to the hack inspectors
force are T. E. Edwards. w. H Hinson,
F. L. Oswalt, H. F. Skinner c. E. Cra-
ven, J. L, Mavars, Ray Aggleson, Hig-
ginson, Paul Sullivan and H. B. Miller.
The changes will go into effect at
q m tomorrow