New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-13
REPLIES TO PROF. MOORE
w. H. Allen Explains His b.
reau'S Part in School Inquiry.
PRESIDENT mitchell TALKS
Friends of Hanus Say, How
ever, That Investigators
Made Allen Get Out.

William II. Allen, OF the Bureau OF Mu-
niclpal Research, took up the defence OF
the Board OF Estimate school inquiry
openly yesterday when he made reply to
the charges OF Professor f. C. Moore, one
Of the Hanus investigators, who declared
in a magazine article that Allen had
tried to manage the inquiry
Allen insisted that his interest in the
school inquiry was simply that natural TO
the Bureau Of Municipal Research, which
organization had been interested in school
matters for years.
1T Is true" Allen said, that the bu-
reau was very much in favor Of having a
school inquiry"
He showed a recent printed report or
the activities Of the bureau, among when
were enumerated these items:
Drafted the resolution authorizing the
New York City public school Inquiry by
the committee of the Board of Estimate.
Supervised the inquiry from June
through December. 1911"
The latter date. it was said yesterday
by friends Of Professor Hanus, who was
In charge Of the inquiry, was the Tune
when he. Hanus. went to President Mitch
81 of the Board of Aldermen. who was
chairman Of the Board OF Estimate com
mittee. with the message that he and MS
associate investigators would quit unless
| Mr. Mitchell persuaded Allen to get out
and stay out"
So prominent had Allen made himseH
in all the meetings between the Board OF
Estimate committee and the Hanus IN
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| Hanus. that the Harvard professor ana
| others associated with him believed AT
| first that Allen was city official, with
some kind of special line Of work ei'ner
| I'm the Department OF Education or IN the
Office OF President Mitchell.
When Hanus learned. however. tha'
Allen was connected with an indepeh-
dent bureau outside OF the city employ
| he served his ultmatum on Mr.. Nitche"
and was not hampered in his inquiry
| from that time on.
From the developments since the HrS'
filing Of the reports OF Hanus ana ms
| associates. which was before May l. lsi-'
| friends OF the Harvard educauonal tx
pert believe that DR.. Allen has Nehte"
| his feelings against Hanus by haV'hs
the reports held up while criticisms OF
them are made public.
| Az that Professor Hanus wants az
| cording To- those Interested, IL that 'ne
reports -. be printed so that the pubhc
| can nudge whether his Investigations ana
recommendation have been beneht 70
Tho school svstam. and Il IL understood
| that they are formulating some SUCH de-
| mand to be presented 10 Mr.. Mitche' IL
| chairman OF the committee.
II is the contention OF these supporters
OF Professor Hsnus that he has been
| Imposed upon by the manner IN "hi'h
| IN. Board OF Estimate committee haS
mad. public criticism OF his WORK an"
! that OF his associates, without having
! given the public any chance to judge oy
| tho ptItllsheI reports whether the Grill
cisms are justified. ana for that state OF
affairs they hold that Allen Is RESPONSE
| bic.
President Mitchell. who takes enu''
! r..ropsibllIty for the holding UP OF the
Harus reports, said that the acuon o'
/ the BOARD OF Estimate committee IN IN
slsting upon certain ampllhcauons IN the
,euorts ~ the experts was taken with
,ba Intention 81 strengthening these re-
morris and not In any spirit Of criticism
He brushed aside Aliens connection
with the inquiry with the statement that
the committee had avaied itself OF Al
t.,.e aid as II saw NJ. but had az the
ssr,. time rejected whatever OF his ad-
to. had not struck them as good.
THE whole report has to Toe printed III
The city Record anyway he SAID.
1T is a part Of the proceedings OF the
BOARD OF Estimate, and the only prop
os,tion is to make the report as strong
and unanswerable as possible before
printing IT,"
II was noted In Dr. Aliens office now