Evening star., 1946-04-29
Group 10 Judge
Non-Residentia|
Projects Named
Will Decide Which
Ones in This Area
Are Essential

Names Of the Washington men
who will screen applications for non-
housing construction in the Dis
trict and surrounding counties were
announced today by Edward M.
Synan, Washington district man.
ager for the Civilian Production
Administration.
Selected to judge which COM
merclal and industrial construction
is essential and which can be de-
ferred are:
Thomas Somerville III, Mai. Gen,
David McCoach, jr.; Arthur j. Sund-
lun, Glenn F. Preller, John A. Reilly
and Karl F. Jorss.
The committee, over which Mr..
Synan will preside, will screen ap-
pllcatlons for construction from the
District; five Maryland counties. in
cluding Prince Georges, Montgom-
cry. Charles, st. Mary's and Calvert,
and Arlington and Fairfax Counties,
Va, and Alexandria, Va.
Press Representatives.
The following will represent the
press, each serving on the COM
mlttee for period of two months
In rotation:
Washington Post, Charles C. Boy.
sen, business manager, will serve
during May and June.
Evening Star, Herbert F. Corn,
managing editor, will serve during
July and August
Times Herald, William C. Shelton.
business manager, will serve during
September and October.
| Washington Daily News, John T
ORourke, editor. will serve during
November and December.
| Mr.. Somerville is president of the
Washington Brick Co. and vice
president of the Thomas Somer-
vile Co., plumbing supply firm at
Muirkirk, Md. A past board men,
Der of the Homebuilders' Associa-
tion, he will represent the building
materials industry.
McCoach in Army 30 Years.
Gen. McCoach, vice president of
the Charles H. Tompkins Co., is a
former District Engineer Commits
sloner. He is veteran of 80 years
of Army service. attached to the
Engineers Corps. He was an Army
engineer in the Mediterranean the
ater during the war. He will repre-
sent the construction industry.
Mr.. Sundlun is president of A.
Kahn, Inc, retail jewellers, past
president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, member
OF the KiWanis Club and the Wash
ington Board of Trade and was
chairman of the District OPA Au-
tomobile Trade Board for three
years. He will represent the COM
mercial interests.
Mr.. Preller, president of the Gen.
trail Labor Union, AFL, will repre-
sent labor Mr.. Preller is president
of the Building Trades Council and
executive member of the Interna-
tional Executive Council, Interna-
/ t1onal Brotherhood of Electrical
| Workers. He is a member of the
Board of Trade, an Elk and was &C
tive in war bond drives.
Reilly Heads Bank.
Mr.. Reilly, who will represent the
public, is president of the Second
National Bank, second vice presi-
dent of the Board of Trade and
treasurer of the Republican Sena-
torial Campaign Committee. He
was chairman of the third, fourth
and fifth Treasury bond drives here
and is a former president of the
District of Columbia Bankers Asso-
ciation
Mr.. Jorss is president of the A. F.
Jorss Iron Works, president of the
National Aluminium Window Manu-
facturers' Association and an officer
and director of the National Asso-
citation of Ornamental Iron Manu-
facturers. His company was
awarded Army-Navy E with three
stars for outstanding war produc-