Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-20
THE PEOPLES ROSTRUM

TO Mrs. Leahy she refused to be con-
WINGED that she had received the ful1
amount Of benefits, and last Septem-
Der brought suit against us in the
District Court of this city. Upon sub
hitting our bylaws and records and
Mrs. Leahy's receipts the court
promptly non-suited her.
At this late date Mrs. I,eahv al.
mits that her brother wilfully desert
ed his union. and in the same S9@ara
asks this union to pay her a premium
for the time of his desertion.
We believe that we have been over.
generous to Mrs. Leahv and her
brother, and feel that she has acted
very ungratefully in trying To he.
smireh the character of the hatteral
officers in particular and organized
labor in general.
Trusting that we have exnIainaa
our position clearly and hopinr tbat
no one will be misled by Mrs. Leabv,s
very unfair and unjust letter, we re-.
main, yours very truly.
HAT FINISHERS' UNION rocAr.
NO. Ia, UNITED IATTERs OF
NORTH AMERICA.
Chris F. Donigan,
President.
James Byrne, l
Secretary.
an. Y. to Mend N. j., oh, Fudee,D
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Sir-I read with great interest the
letter of Economist in your issue of
last Monday on the payments already
made to New York efficiency en-
gineers for advising us as to how tha
different departments and bureaus
of the State government of New Jer.
sey should be run.
Was it not the idea when this
economy and efficiency commission
was appointed that the State depart
ments should be examined and the
details of their work looked into by
the members of that commission, who
presumably as residents of this
State. and I understand members Of
the Legislature. would make the in
quiries required with at least some
knowledge on their own part of the
matters on which they Were to pass
Judgment.
Instead of that being the case tho
entire business appears to have been
turned over to parties having no
interest in the matter other than q
pecuniary one, and who by the very
nature of their pretentions as "effi-
cheney engineers, and for reasons
that all will understand, are bound in
order to maintain them, to recon-
mend any kind of change in depart
mental organization that will serve
to justify their employment.
If this matter is not looked into by
the LEGISLATURE these New York ex-
perts will certainly have a very
snug thing for another year, as Will
also the clerk, Mr.. Tindeil. In fact.
the partial report of the commits
sion, let out under the authority Of
the said clerk, which l have just
read, indicates that all the bene-
ficiaries concerned are expecting to
have the snap extended for another
year.
This, however, should and prob
ably will be headed off by the COM
mittee ON appropriations, and there
should be some means of satisfying
the public as to the competency OF
these experts. and the clerk also. to
pass judgment on the machinery of
our government before any more OF
our good money finds its way into
their Golfers.
BY the way, thought which might
quite naturally occur. to an an
sophisticated Jerseyman is that,
everything considered, there is at
present much more urgent neces-
sity for advice in the matter of in
creasing the efficiency of the public
service on these New York gentle
mems side of the Hudson river than
there is just now on ours; but, of
course. "a prophet is seldom recog-
nized in his own land" B. E. M.
New Brunswick, N. J.