Evening star., 1934-12-15
Action Ends Discussion on
HoWIey's Successor as
A. B. c. Adviser.
ALLEY BOARD POSITION
HELD NOT D. c. JOB ONLY
Younger Attorney to Assist Wal.
ter l. Fowler, Who Super.
vises Work.

Appointment OF Rice HOoe, wash
ington attorney, as counsel to the Dis.
trict Alcohol Beverage Control Boart
and Maurice v. Brooks, young attorne,
from Abilene, Tex, and protege o.
Representative Thomas Blanton as as.
sistant counsel to the Alley Dwelling
Authority. was announced today at tn
District Building.
The appointments came - q diplo.
matte way Of settling q problem which
has been on the flre for severa
months. arising when Blanton callet
on the Commissioners to appoint
Brooks as counsel to the A. B. c. Boart
to NIL the vacancy caused by the resig.
nation Of Andrew M. Howsley, another
protege Of Blanton, who gave up hi
position here to return to Texas.
It was decided that Brooks was to<
young to be made counsel to the Liquor
board, but . place was found for hin
Is assistant counsel to the alley group
Chief. council to the Alley Authority
will be Walter L. Fowler, assistant
corporation counsel, who will super.
wise legal matters Of that agency ir
addition to his regular work.
1886 Budget In Oning.
The decision Is to appointment oi
Blanton's latest protege came at q
time when members Of the House Dis
trict Appropriation Subcommittee
were about to take up consideration
Of the 1886 budget.
RrnOkc roNoiuAd q vrxsRxyf,.n
him Of his selection for the alley board
post on December 3. Nothing wa
said about it at the time. The ap-
pointment Of Hooe was made by the
Commissioners this morning. It wa
explained that the alley board posi-
ton Is not strictly q District job, since
the board consists Of representatives
Of the Public Works Administration
and the Park and Planning Commits
sion as well as the District Govern
ment.
Both Hooe and Brooks will receive
salaries Of $500, the same as that re-
ceived by Howsley when counsel to
the liquor board.
BIanton Has Many Backers.
While Blanton was the sponsor foa
Brooks appointment, Hooe had the
indorsement Of q long List of promi.
nent Democrats, including Emil Hurja
assistant to the chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee; Jo-
seph J. Cotter, chairman, Democratic
Finance Committee of the District;
Secretary of the Navy Swanson, As.
sistant Secretary of State r. Walton
Moore, Senators Glass, Byrd, Tydings
and Representative Smith and Bland
of Virginia, and j. Enos Ray, chair
man OF the Maryland Democratic Cen
tral Committee, and q group Of local
attorneys, including Charles A. Doug
las, Hugh H. O'Bear, Col. j. 8. Easily
Smith, John e. Laskey and John
Lewis Smith.
Hooe Is SIS years old. is . native OF
King George County. Va, q graduate
Of National University, and was ad-
mitted to the bar here In 1910. He
has practiced law here since that time
and for three years was attorney In
the prohibition unit Of the Depart
ment of Justice.
Brooks, who is 2s, served four years
as county attorney for Fisher Coun-
ty, Tex, and during the past two
years has been in private law prac-
tice at Abilene, Tex. He attended
McMurray College and Simmons Uni
versity at Abilene and Cumberland
University at Lebanon. Tenn, and
Sewanee University at sewanee, Tenn