Evening star., 1948-08-04
Lane Appoints
Baltimore Men
To State PSC
One of ; Incumbents
Retoins Post in
Lone-Expected Shift
By the Associotsd Press

A1NNA1 o140, mug. lAC A0446
expected reorganization of Mary
lands Public Service Commission
was reality today, following Gov.
Lanes appointment OF two new
members.
The Governor named John H.
Hessey, 57-year-old Baltimore cor
poration lawyer, to succeed Charles
B. Bosley of Towson as PSC chair
man, and appointed the commits
sion's executive secretary, Frank
Harper of Baltimore, to succeed
Thomas Elmo Jones, Prince Georges
County lawyer, as a member.
Arthur H. Brice of Betterton
third member of the commission,
was the only one unaffected by
the changes announced yesterday
Mr.. Brice, whose term runs until
1851, is a Lane administration stall
wart. He conferred with the Gov
ernor yesterday.
Baltimore Case Up.
Gov Lane said he had decided
the public interests would best be
served by the appointment of Bal
timore residents to the commission
because of the forthcoming hear
ings on a Baltimore Transit Co
petition for rate increases. He
called this matter one of para
mount Importance to the people o1
Baltimore"
designations of all three men,
bers of the old commission hao
peen on Gov. Lanes desk for IL
months. They offered to resign
when q ripper bill to oust the group
was drawn up at the 1947 session
of the General Assembly.
The Governors statement re.
ferred only to the designations o1
Mr. Bosley and Mr.. Jones.
soon after I became Governor
both Mr. Bosley and Mr.. Jones very
generously offered me their resig.
nations, effective at my pleasure
because they felt that the incoming
Governor should be free to select
officials of his own choice to carry
out the policies of his administra-
tion," he said.
Term Has Expired.
IT did not, however, at that time
desire to exercise complete freedom
OF action left to me by the two gen.
tlemen.
Since then the term for which Mr..
Jones was appointed has expired
194O, and Mr.. Bosley Whose term
would have expired in 1949) has re-
newed the tender of his resignation
with the request that it be accept
ed" the statement went on.
Commission members are appoint
ed for six-year terms. ..-
The term of Mr.. Hessey will expire
June l, 1949. the State House said
Mr.. Harper will serve until June, 4,
! 1858. six years from last June l.
| BY law the terms are set so that
one new member is appointed every
two years.
Mr.. Hessey, a World War I pilot,
has been reappointed as chairman
of a selective service appeal board
under the new draft act, Gov. Lane
said He held the same post in
World War II.
Law School Lecturer.
A native of Kent County and
graduate of Washington College
and the University of Maryland
Law School, he has lectured at the
University of Baltimore Law School
for 20 years.
Mr.. Harper has been associated
with the PSC since 1912, two years
after 1t was established. He Gre
ated, and for nine years headed
the commissions rate bureau, which
issues information on freight rates
and utility charges.
He was admitted to the bar in
1909 after graduation from the old
Baltimore Law School, which later
became part of the University of
Maryland Law School.
He is a member of the Board of
Trustees of the State employees re-
tirement system and of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Maryland
State Classified Employees Associa-
ton.