Evening star., 1936-11-08
ABATT0|R PLANS
UNDER NEW FIRE
P. W. A. Renders Unfavor.
able Report on New York
Plant of Firm.

Renewed attacks were made yes
terday on the projected Gobel abat-
toir operations adjacent to new park
developments in the Anacostia dis.
trict, as Secretary Ickes awaited q
chance to plead the opposition OF
park and housing officials before Pres
ident Roosevelt.
A new development was the rem
dering of an unfavorable report by q
P. w. A. engineer on Gobel packing
house operations in New York City
as indicating what might be expected
from the resumption Of their activi-
ties in Washington on a large scale
if the company is permitted to re-
build its plant. A suit is pending
in District Court to compel the Com.
missioners to issue the packing house
firm a permit.
The report, which was brought to
the attention of Secretary Ickes, was
made by H. r. Stocker, who was sent
to. New York by Director Howard
Gray Of the Housing Division to in
spect the Gobel plant in that city
Permit Opposition Urged.
He found the Gobel equipment wa:
not as satisfactory as that of other
packing plants which he also In.
spected and reported: &a
IF the operations of the Gobe
plant Tin New York; are claimed by
its owners to be . model Of cleanii.
ness and to be entirely inoffensive
and If the operations at the Anacos.
tia plant (in Washington) are to bt
conducted in the same manner, ther
cannot recommend too strongly that
the Gobel company be prevented from
securing Q permit for the operation
Of the proposed plant at Anacostia. y
The opposition of park and city
planning officials in Washington was
united on wide front yesterday
against the proposed resumption of
slaughtering operations at Benning
road and Kenilworth avenue, regard
less of the fact that it was established
that the slaughter Of animals on a
smaller scale is conducted by various
plants in the city limits.
Determined to stand by its suit in
the United States District Court to
compel the Commissioners to issue a
permit, Adolf Gobel, Inc, struck back
yesterday at Secretary Ickes. Through
w. Gwynn Gardner the packing firm
pointed out that the operating plans
submitted to the District government
"were stamped with the approval of
the Department of Agriculture"
Other Firms Mentioned.
Gardner protested further that there
are at least eight packing firms in
Washington that slaughter animals
on their premises and that all are To-
Gated within the city.
The Gobel plant has operated at
the Benning site since 1887. he said,
except since 1884, when the buildings
were burned down.
I'VE are doing nothing more than
asking for a permit to rebuild q plant
that was in operation for over 40
years." he said. "The new plant will
be the same size and duplicate the
earlier operations on the same scale.
and furthermore, the plant will be
conducted under Federal inspection"
DR.. John E. Mohler, chief of the
Bureau Of Animal Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, stated last night
that he had approved" the plans for
the Gobel plant as meeting all Fed
eral requirements and regulations"
Permit Is Something Else.
He added, however, that approval
Of plans by the Federal bureau has
nothing to do with the issuance Of
a permit by the District Commis-
sioners.
ut would hardly be desirable to
erect a slaughter house near the
White House." he added, "but that is
q matter left to the District regula-
tions."
The chief objection of park and
housing officials to the proposed
slaughtering and rendering of ami
mails at the Benning site Is based on