Evening star., 1936-07-22
MANY PROMOTED
IN P. v. A. SHIFT.
All But Three Divisions At.
fected-CIas Heads Inves-
tigation Department.
BY NELSON NJ. SHEPARD.

BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.
Transfers and new appointments of
important P. w. A. officials were Or
dered today by Administrator Ickes in
the biggest shake-up his huge money
spending organization has undergone
in the past three years. Word came
Of the changes as Ickes prepared to
put into operation his new $500. .000,-
600 construction program to aid in re-
lief employment.
Every P. w. A. division was affected
by the changes 1t was said except the
finance, public information and legal
agencies.
An outstanding change was the
creation of a new P. w. A. division of
investigation. formerly headed by
Louis r. CLAWS. who recently resigned
his post as Department of the Interior
and P. w. A. chief investigator.
Angelo r. Clss, formerly director
of the housing division was made
an assistant administrator and will
be placed in charge of the new in
vestigating division.
Gray Succeeds CIas.
Howard A. Gray, who has been an
inspector for the last two years, sue
ceeds Clas as director Of the housing
division, which has charge of Ickes'
slum clearance and low-rent housing
program.
Other changes include that of Jabez
G. GholSton, director of the engi-
neering division of P. w. A., ordered
transferred to be chief of the in
spection division.
While a separate investigation divi-
sion is to be maintained for P. w. A.,
Bradley B. Smith will continue as act
ing director of the Department of In
terror division of inspection. He had
taken charge since the retirement of
Gravis, who recently became counsel
at lower salary for a special Senate
investigating committee to inquire into
campaign expenditures.
Bulger, promoted from assistant to d.
rector of the engineering division.
Secretary Ickes gave no official ex-
planation of the changes affecting
four of his principal divisions but
said that the investigating bureau,
now separated into two parts, would
be able to render more efficient service.
The new P. w. A. director Clas,
Ickes said, will have charge of all
P. w. A. investigations, with particu-
lar attention to construction methods
and practices.
Clas had just completed the work
of setting up and planning the huge
low-cost housing program which is
being carried out in IS cities. He
has had wide experience as an execu-
tive of manufacturing and steel cor
porations. After graduating from
Harvard University, he was a prac-
ticing architect in Chicago.
Record of Gray.
Gray, his successor in carrying
forward the housing projects. had
been director of the inspection division
of P. w. A. since January Of 1884,
and has been with the organization
almost since its beginning
He will utilize his experience in his
new position in directing the inspec-
ton of some 5000 P. w. A. nom
Federal projects in connection with
his new work. - Gray is from Win
netka, ILL.,, Secretary Ickes' home
town. The new director of the in
spection division, Gholston, first
joined p. w. A. in 1888. He was a
consulting engineer in private ca
pacities for various ship and dock
companies in Latin America. He is
a native of Mississippi.
Bulger, who becomes director Of
the engineering division, Is another
Harvard graduate and has had a
long career as q private engineer.