The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-25
State eNE.C. Directors Start Organizations
ForySeven Have Begun Work of Setting Up Staffs to
 Take Over Complete Operation

Washington, Jan. 25-Forty- seven of the state directors of the National Emergency Council. re- gently appointed, started immedi- ately the work of organizing staffs to take over compliance opera tions of the national recovery ad- ministration and the agricultural adjustment administration to set local information bureaus. Among their first duties will be the estab- lishment of consumer councils where needed, with the help of the national consumers advisory board of MIRA and the consumers coun- sel of AAA. They will supplant some of the numerous emergency boards and agencies and coordinate others and constitute clearing house of both Information and ac- tivity with respect to the divers relief and recovery measures in their respective states.
 The members of the board in ac- cordance with White House an- nouncements 2 months ago, were named with great care and with no consideration for their political af- filiations. The list contains mem bers of both parties.
 As promptly as possible a survey will be made to determine what emergency agencies should be eliminated and how the problem of consolidating all field functions can best be solved. The council will be linked closely with MIRA, which ultimately is expected to di- rect all of its compliance activities through the state directors. Re- ports will be made directly to the national recovery administration in Washington, in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by General Johnson.
 Following is the list of state di- rectors, with the cities in which the state offices will be located:
 Alabama, Birmingham, Judge John D. Petree, of Russellville; Arizona, Phoenix, Steve A. Spear, of Prescott; Arkansas, Little Rock, J. J. Harrison; California, San Francisco, George Creel; Colorado, Denver, Thomas A. Duke.
 Connecticut, Hartford, William Meany, of Greenwich; Delaware, Wilmington, Dr Charles M. Whar- ton, of Dover; Florida, Jackson vile, Walter Hawkins; Georgia, At lanta, Dr Andrew McNairn Soule, of Athens; Idaho, Boise, Will Simons.
 Illinois, Chicago, John E. Cas- sidy, of Peoria; Indianapolis, In- diana, Fred Hoke, of Indianapolis; Iowa, Des Moines, John J. Hughes; Kansas, Topeka, Jonas Graber, of Kingman; Kentucky, Louisville, Judge J. R. Layman, of Elizabeth town; Louisiana, New Orleans, Ed ward J. Gay, of Plaquemine; Mary land, Baltimore, Arthur E. Hunger ford.
 Massachusetts, Boston, P. A. O'Connell; Michigan, Detroit, Ed mund c. Shields, of Lansing; Min nesota, Minneapolis, Mrs Anna Dickie Olsen of Northfield; Missis- sippi, Jackson, Simon s. Marks; Missouri, St Louis, Robert K. Ry- land, of Kansas City; Montana, Helena, Mile Romney, of Hamilton; of Bangor.
 Nevada, Reno, Frank Ingram; New Hampshire, Concord, Charles E. Triton, of Triton; New Jersey, Newark, Charles Edison, of West Orange; New Mexico, Santa Fe, J. J. Dempsey; New York, New York, Thomas Conway, of Plattsburg, and (downstate) Nathan Straus, Jr., of New York.
 North Carolina, Raleigh, J. G. Steed, of Mount Gilead; North Da- kota, Bismarck, Robert B. Cum mins, of Mandan; Ohio, Cleveland, Benedict Crowell; Oklahoma, Ok lahoma City, Frank Buttram; Ore- gon, Portland, Edgar Freed.
 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ed ward N. Jones, of Pittsburgh; Rhode Island, Providence, Le Roy King, of Newport; South Carolina, Charleston, Lawrence M. Pinck- ney; South Dakota, Pierre, Guy H. Harvey, of Yankton; Tennessee, Memphis, Hugh Humphreys; Tex as, Houston, H. P. Drought, of San Antonio.
 Utah, Salt Lake City, Allen T. Sanford; Vermont, Burlington, Henry c. Brislin, of Rutland; Vir- ginia, Richmond, Robert R. Hunt, of Roanoke; Washington, Seattle, J. E. Bradford; West Virginia, Charleston, F. Witcher McCul- tough, of Huntington; Wisconsin, Madison, A. Matt Wernes, of She- boygan; Wyoming, Cheyenne, Nels A. Pearson, of Sheridan.