The Washington times., 1937-06-07

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Stringfell W ~
will leave his
desk about ~ a
June 20 to Richard strinEfellow
grab a transcontinental airplane
for Hollywood, where he will re-
main a week as a guest OF the
Times while film moguls give
him a screen test and decide II
he'll do. And he hopes they give
him an o. k, for acting has oeen
his supreme ambition since ne
graduated from Mckinley High
School back in 1881.
Meanwhile, however, the con-
test winner isn't counting his
chickens before they hatch. The
night before he was notified ne
had won the film contest he was
having a tough time" passing
an examination in criminal law
at the washington College OF
Law. And being quite enthusl'
astic over law, he will seek to
become an attorney If luck fails
him at the last Iarrier. He SAID:
"My future career depends,
guess, on what happens this
month, 1 like both law and
acting, but acting comes first.
HIFet something on the Coast,
such as a yearly contract, I'll
C+ov there Rut I don't have to
worry in any event, as I'm
going to take annual leave and
l have plenty of that"
stringfellow, who lives at ID
Bryant st. N. W., works under
Louis Jones, chief of the G. A. o.
check section staff. He was born
in Washington, worked with the
Federal American Bank and Riggs
National Bank after leaving NC
Kinley High, and joined the Gov
eminent in September OF 1885 IN
his present position.
Before becoming a Federal
worker, however, he already had
been bitten hard by the acting
bug. Against the wishes Of his
father and mother, he embarked
for New York and struggled for
weeks with sometimes as little as
so cents a day for food before
he managed to hook on as mem
Der of the cast in "Merrily We
Roll Along" the Broadway success
staged by Sam Harris. He had
other professional experience be-
fore returning to his home, at one
time understanding Walter Abel,
now under contract with RKO.
His father is James R. String
fellow, former D. C. detective
sergeant and at present a Secret
Service man stationed at the
White House. Neither the senior
Stringfellow nor his mother, Mrs.
Sue s. Stringfellow. approved his
stage ambitions, he says, until he
won the recent contest, but now
the whole family is thrilled"
Senator George Berry, the for
mer Industrial Coordinator, has
introduced a bill allowing" a de-
partment or independent establish
ment to pay a IS per cent diff
ferential for night work in ex.
cess Of amounts paid for day
work. This is per cent better
than is now paid by the Post
Office Department. 1t seems un-
fortunate that the measure is dis
cretionary rather than mandatory
on officials.
Meetings Of Washington N. F.
F. e. units this week:
Today - Executive Committee,
Commerce branch Of Local No. 2,
Commerce Building, 4 p. m.
Tomorrow-Finance Committee,
Local No. 2, headquarters. 7 p. m.
Women's Local No. 105, Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, Will
lard Hotel. 8 p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING Commit
tee. D. c. Federation, headquar-
tiers. 5 p. m.
Thursday-Labor branch Of Lo-
cal No. 2, Labor Department, 4:45
p. m.
Friday-Eection Of convention
delegates, Board of Representa-
tives, Local No. 2, headquarters,
Sp. m.
Headquarters. ITO Fourteenth
st. N. W.
Social Security Boards Balti.
more Union, in discussing its fight
to reinstate five members dis
charged for what it alleges was
union discrimination" declares
the Ssh administrations case to
be "a fabric of poorly concocted
misStatements."
One case cited is the Boards
contention that one of the fired
workers was detected talking for
IS minutes with another clerk
during working time During the
second hearing Of the case. held
June /. however. the Baltimore
union had the second clerk
brought to the hearing and de.
clares he could not identify the
ousted worker as anybody he had
ever talked with.
Albert Benjamin, co-chairman
Of the unions adjustment com
mittee. has declared:
"We do not as yet know
whether the hearing we are now
getting Ia impartial in charac-
ter. So pitifulIy indefensible
has the admiDistratiOn's case
been, that any impartial body
Iarsak order the reinstatement