Evening star., 1942-02-19
Budget Bureau Aide
Sent 10 Make 0. T.. D.
Tick 70 Be Dropped
Londis Also Announces
Positions Held by Four
Ex-Moyors Abolished

Cx-MoyoTS ADoIISneo
S. Howard Evans, who said he
was sent over two months ago by
the Budget Bureau to help
straighten out the Office of Civil
ian Defense and make 1t CO." will
himself be reorganized out of his
$4,000 job on March /, o. C. D. Di-
rector Lands announced yesterday.
Positions held by four former May
ors are also to be abolished.
Among those is Daniel w. Hoan,
former Socialist Mayor Of Mil
waukee, who has been drawing 5000
as associate Director of State and
local cooperation. One Of Mr..
Hoan's minor accomplishments, ac-
cording to officials, was making
phonograph records on which he
impersonated Mayor La Guardia Of
New York, at that time director Of
o. c. D. The records were tryouts
for q big radio broadcast which
never came OF.
Inspector General ONCE Ended.
Although Dean Lands gave no
indication that any new o. c. D.
job will be devised for Mr.. Hoan,
the latter said last night in Cleve-
land that he understood he would
be used hereafter in Washington
headquarters. He has spent much
of his time travelling and spoke
last night to 200 officials from
Northea stern Ohio
Dean Lands announced that T.
Semmes Walmsley. former Mayor
of New Orleans, will also be leaving
because the Office Of Inspectors
General, of which he was chief, is
being abolished. He drew 1922 a
day on that job.
Actually, Mr.. Walmsley told a re-
porter today, he never did much
work as an inspector general He
was right-hand man to Mayor La
Guardia, to whom he paid tribute.
Whenever Mr.. La Guardia dashed
assumed command at headquarters.
Interviewed while cleaning up
his desk" today, the Louisianan said
he was as proud" of his record at
0. c. D. as he was of his battles
against Huey Long in his home
State.
Mayor of New Orleans from $780,
36, he engaged in a running fight
with the Long machine, losing con-
troll of his own police and fire de-
partments, he recalled. The baldish
Mayor was dubbed ''Turkey-head
Walmsley" by Dictator" Long. After
the latter's death, Mr.. Walmsley
said he agreed to resign If "home
rule" were returned to New Orleans.
Battle Against the Public.
At o. C. D., his battle has been
against the public, Mr.. Walmsley
added.
Nobody will ever know the heart
aches that came from active opposi-
ton by the public-and officials and
newspapers-before Pearl Harbor,
he said. "In those days 1t was the
protective services that were rid
iculed, not the community services
being attacked now"
Mr.. Walmsley said that he had
attempted to resign half dozen
times since he came to o. G. D. last
July-but had been inducted each
time to stay.
Dean Lands noted that many
of the men and women affected" by
his firing orders "have been pa
triotically volunteering their serv-
ices. 1t is to be hoped they will find
other opportunities to serve IN the
war effort"
Mr.. Walmsley said his own plans
are complete, but he is not "at lib
erty" to divulge them. Dean Lands
has retained him as an Q. G. D.
"consultant" at $22.22 day when
his services are used-but Mr..
Walmsley indicated that would not
be frequently. The same consulta-
tive status and identical pay will
fall to Bernard F. Dickmann. former
Mayor of st. Louis, who was getting
$500 a year as an inspector gen.
eral.
Approval of Bill Near.
Joseph D. Scholtz, former Mayor
OF Louisville, and Murray Stand OF
New York, who received $500 each,
and James Metzenbaum, Ohio State
Senator from Cleveland, who served
without compensation, also have
lost their inspector generalships. Mr..
Scholtz. who was also acting re-
gional director at Omaha, will keep
that job.
No new assignments were an
nounced by Dean Lands for Mr..
Stand, Mr.. Metzenbaum or for Mr..
Evans, who was chief of the Know
Your Government Division. That
was a morale building" unit which
Dean Lands declared Is OF mo
further value"
Near final congressional approval
today Is a bill appropriating $780,
100000 to provide the o. G. D. with
gas masks, fire-fighting devices and
other equipment. A Senate-House
conference committee yesterday
ironed out differences between the
versions adopted by the two cham
bers, and the House accepted the
committees draft. The Senate Is
expected to follow suit promptly.
Debate on the bill was marked by
bitter bipartisan denunciation OF
what many members of Congress
called "boondoggling" activities by
O. C. D. Main targets of criticism
were Dancer Mayris Chaney, who re-
signed her $4,6oo physical fitness job
Yesterday, and Film Actor Melvyn
Douglas, who was appointed to head
an arts division. Mr.. Douglas later
said he was serving without COM
pensation.