New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-06
WISE DISTURBED BANKERS.
They Talk of Demanding RetraC-
ton of Charge Of Blacklist.
ATTORNEY STANDS GROUND
Men Who Testified in Morse Case
Declare No Bank Will Give
Them Employment.


talked Of forming a committee 10 force
Mr.. Wise N rctract or prove his charges.
Mr.. Wise. however showed no signs OF re-
tracing yesterday.
.They want proof. do they he asked.
Has any OF the men who testified in the
Morse case got place i'm bank livery
word 7 said is true"
10 was tine F. Augustus Hoinzc trial that
FIRST iod Mr. Wise go suspect a blacklist
auona tine bankers. and after that 10 was
Tho case of Adoph RADIO. VINO was assistant
cashier of Charles W. Morse's National
Bank of North America. I'm the Morse
trial tbe clerks willingly came forward and
testified. hrt iu the HeIuze trial the United
states tuorn,r GOT no help from tho c."ri-
..,f force Of the Mercantile National Bank
MI Wise wondered why, and then began
tho periodical visits from RADIO. who could
rot get place I'm New y ofk BANK
despite letters 7f rerommendauon from
1fr Wise and Henry T. Stimson
RADIO was iu lo SOC me only three weeks
AGO." said ar Wise YESTERDAY "and he
had mo position UP 20 that time. though 10
was nearly four wears ago that the Morse
bank went under"
RADIO confirmed ar Wise last night at
mis- home BOO Woodland avenue Summit. \.
T. 81 au forty years DID, me said. and
have been bon the banking business since /
was rrsen years old but since ] testified IN
tre Morse case 7 have not been able 20 land
position All have been able 20 do for
the last foUr wears has been 20 make what
could iH commissions ON private sales of
bonds
No One Would Hire Him.
10 DON'T sax that If was the Morse case
that Fa. kept me ont of work. for no bank
or has cvo~ told me that. but 7 have been
20 every bank uf any size I'm New York and
some I'm New Jersey. asking for work. They
afr took my name and record and said they
would ler me hear from them ! have never
heard. though. and I know there have been
positions open 20 a man of my experience
and ability u that time
"Tle onIv. encOura cement had was from
AR Andrews. the assistant cashier OF the
Bank of New York. He told me few
months ago that le thought his bank was
about to open d new department. where ]
mieht have chance. He said that my
connection with the Morse case would not
make any difference with him. But ] did
not hear from him either. I do not know
whether some officer higher - stepped IN
Or not
the Morse bank who testified has been able
n land a banking Job since. I know Of one
Of the clerks who did not testify who got
good place That was Hunter. the as
sistant collections clerk. lie got q good
place right away
Edward Townsend president Of the I'M
porters and Traders National Bank. had
an exclamation Of why RADIO could not get
place. Almost every bank OF any size
now" DE said. never takes in any people
from the outside for executive positions
They bring iu BOYS who grow mp In the
bank. and 80 is very hard for an outside
man 90 get a job ] don't know OF any
one concerned in the Morse case having
apuli.d here. but If ne did. and did not get
a rIaCe IL was not because OF prejudice,
but because we would not change the sys-
TEN Of the bank 20 make room for him
NJ Wise agreed with this in a lar-e
measure. 'I suppose that is true, he said.
THE banks nowadays train up their own
men. And you will notice another thing.
IL is never the old-llne bankers-the men
VINO have been brought up in the insutu-
tiou-who get into trouble. lt IS the putt
in bankers who set into trou6le-the men
who buy stock control of bank ana then
think they own the institution Morse
1tairze Ee.chmann-Incv were all 'butt-in'
bankers. can't think OF an instance of an
,Id-rra banker who has got into trouble.
Besides RADIO Mr Wise recalled three
ofhor witnesses against Morse from the
National Bank of North America who mad
not -..r, efIe 20 get another banking fob.
--bs,- wore walter W. Lee. Z. p. Wire
and Frank g. PrIrele. Lee is dead and
Efr Wise said that after hIs speech on
"Wednesday night O. man came 10 MIN ana
said that Lee had died from broken heaTt
because Doc could not ret another place.
D oe had laon third yIcc-presiGcut OF the
>-.tforar Rank az North America.
-,. r...L.
says WISE - '''s''' "
Wire u.s. now cashier Tor Ioi"Nils @ ~
dealers iu uasors materials IN Newark
Iie said YESTERDAY chat he had never DeeN
able 90 Ier place in bank since the
Morse trial. Iie was The cashier OF lne
Morse bank. 'i have always been bDie
Dr." get WORN ol some H.""' I' ae1-~ -'''1'
saN. "hut uot iu a bank got inns place
. l.H months ago. and j am very Napp'
bore. Nr Wise l- right in everything ne
says"
IrHncle Was loan clerk of the Morse
hank. lie is no" assistant treasurer Oh the
Assets Retaliation COMPANY when was
formed 90 settle up the affairs OF the Morse
bank As Tar as the ianAlHs interests
.re concerned. they can all go 10 very
not place" was his comment on Mr.. Wise
..tr, HVf.a is .a white nd c0uare