Evening star., 1935-06-29
HEADLEY ADVANCE
REPORTED BASED
ON PLEDGE TO QUIT
Retirement on August 81 Is
Promised by Blanton
in New Pact.
ABOLITION OF POSITION
is INDICATED BY BROWN
New Assistant Superintendent of
Police Will Reach Age
of IS July 81.

The promotion of Inspector Albert
j. Headley to be assistant superin-
tendent of police, ordered yesterday
by the Commissioners, was based upon
a new ''gentlemen's agreement" in
which Representative Blanton of
Texas gave the pledge that Headley
would retire August 81. it was dis
closed TODAY.
promise regarding Headley's early
retirement was voluntarily submitted
to the Commissioners by Mr.. Blanton
when he paid a surprise visit on the
Commissioners yesterday to persuade
them to carry out an earlier gentle
mems agreement" between Blanton
and Supt of Police Brown for the
retirement of Asst Supt Thaddeus r.
Bean and the elevation of Headiey to
the post, it was declared.
Commissioners Hazen and Sultan
today declined to give any official
report on what transpired at the brief
session yesterday when they were
visited by Mr. Blanton. but there was
no effort made to deny facts reported
as to Blantons promise under the
new 'gentlemens agreement" Head
ley himself was not in the District
Building at the time and it was not
known whether he was a party to the
new agreement.
Can Retire at Discretion.
officials explained. however. that
the Commissioners have the right un-
der law to retire police official after
he has reached the age of so, at their
discretion. The report of the House
Crime Investigation Committee now
up for reconsideration urges that
police officials be retired when they
have reached the age of 65 years
Headley will be IS July 81.
Without giving report on the con-
ference with Mr.. Blanton yesterday
Commissioner Hazen today gave an
explanation of the decision of the
Commissioners to reverse their de-
termination of Thursday not to fill
the vacancy in the post of assistant
superintendent of police. He recalled
that late last Summer Maj. Brown
called to his attention reports that
| Inspector Bean expected to apply for
retirement and asked if the Com
| missioner was agreeable to the pro-
| motion of Headley. the next in line
and rank for the post. Hazen agreed.
He was emphatic today, as he was
Committee in declaring that at that
time he knew nothing of Mr.. Blan-
tons campaign to have Headley pro-
| NOTED.
Maj. Brown indicated today that
the post of assistant superintendent
probably would be abolished on retire
ment of Inspector Headley
! Abolition of the post was one of
the recommendation of the Special
Crime Committee of the House after
/ it singled Headley out for censure for
! his conduct and attitude in his quest
for promotion" as we'll as attitude
toward subordinates and his lack of
| duty as a district inspector.
After Blanton'S conference with the
Commissioners and the promotion of
Headley was announced. the Texan
issued statement TO newspaper men
explaining he believed the officer
would have been promoted without
his intercesSion.
Blanton's Statement.
Blanton's statement to the press
follows:
1T is my Judgment that if I had
not been Congressman and had not
been in Washington, the Commission
ers of the District. who in my Judg-
ment are absolutely just and fair
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