Evening star., 1933-01-03
LEADERS SUPPORT
POWER COST PROBE
Roosevelt, Lehman and
Pinchot to Cooperate With
Engineer Institute.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 3.-The power
authority of the State of New York
announced last night that President
elect Roosevelt, Gov. Herbert H. I,eh-
man of New York and Gov. clifford
Pinchot of Pennsylvania have agreed
to Cooperate with the Institute of Pub
lie Engineering in its inquiry into the
cost of distribution of electric power.
The institute, formed to provide q
forum for the discussion and study of
such costs by eminent engineers, VIII
launch its inquiry at meeting here
January 20.
It's announced purpose Is to attempt
to establish a foundation upon which
the distribution costs Of electricity, with
special reference to hous .old and rural
service, can be determi d accurately
and scientifically.
Those who will preside at the sessions
are d. S. Steinman, president of the
New York" State Society of Professional
Engineers and past president of the
American Association of Engineers;
Clyde L. King, chairman Of the Public
Service Commission of PENNSYLVANIA;
Robert II. Fernald, dean of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania School of En-
cheering; Milo r. Maltbie, chairman
of the Public Service Commission of
New York; Francis Lee Stuart, consult
Ing engineer and past president of the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Officials WIN Cooperate.
Among the representatives Of Federal
and State regulatory boards, engineer
ing societies, municipalities, the public
utility industry and other groups who
will cooperate are:
Frank r. McNich, member OF the
Federal Power Commission; Henry C.
Attwill, chairman of the Department of
Public Utilities of Massachusetts,; Fred
H. Brown. United States Senator-eiect
and member of the New Hampshire
Public Service Commission; Theodore
Kronshage, jr, chairman of the Wis
consin Public Service Commission; !;
David e. Lilienthal, member of the
Wisconsin Public Service Commission |;
Maryland H. Morse, chairman of the
New Hampshire Public Service Commits
sion, and Paul Walker, chairman of the
Corporation Commission of Oklahoma.
Others cooperating will be:
Stuart Chase, economist; Floyd L.
Carlisle, chairman Of the board of the
Niagara Hudson Power Corporation;
John H. Fahey, past president Of the
United States Chamber of Commerce; I;
Samuel S. FelS, Philadelphia manufac-
turer; Felix Frankfurter, Harvard pro-
fessor of law; DR.. John H. Gray, past
president of the American Economic As
ISOLATION; Ernest Gruening, editor of
the Evening News, Portland, Me-; Dr.
Walton H. Hamilton, Yale professor Of
law: John B. Harris, mayor of Water
town, N. Y: Harold B. johnson, presi-
dent and editor Of the Watertown Daily
Times; DR.. William Draper Lewis, di-
rector of the American Law Institute;
DR.. W. E. Mosher, director of the School
Of Citizenship and Public Affairs at
Syracuse; Dr. Ernest Minor Patterson,
president of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science; Kari
Peterson. chairman of the Board of
Public Utilities, jamestown, N. Y;
Amos Pinchot, publicist; Sumner H.
Slichter, Harvard professor OF economics:
Oswald Garrison willard, publisher of
the Nation, and Bruce Bliven, president
Of the New Republic.
Accept Membership.
Among those who have accepted
membership on the Cooperating Engi-
neering Committee are:
Judson G. Dickerman, former assist
ant director Of the Giant Power Survey
of Pennsylvania; w. II. Kavanaugh,
professor of experimental engineering at
the University Of Pennsylvania; Guido
H. Marx, Stanford University professor; !;
E. J. McCaustland, University of Mis-
souri, dean of the College of Engineer
ing; r. E. Mcdonnell, Kansas City
(Mo), engineer; Fred J. Miller, past
president of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers; A. L. MuIlergren,
Kansas City MOI, engineer; T. A.
Painter, in charge of Operation Depart
ment Of Water and Power, Los Angeles;
Willis J. Spaulding, commissioner, De-
partment OF Public Property, Spring
field, Ill.