Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-17

After the session, which lasted until
1880 o'clock, Mr.. Leonard directed
City Clerk Minahan to call the ses-
sion, inviting Mr.. LIE Master and
heads of the entire group of city de-
partments to hear Mr.. LIE Masters
evidence. Mr.. LIE Master said he
would attend. Councilman Charles F.
Coyne alone voted with Mr.. LIE Mas
ter to keep the helpers pay at 81,
and the resolution was easily car
ried.
The talkfest was the liveIiest one
held this year. Mr.. LIE Master OPEN
ed his criticism by declaring men
employed for the same tasks as
helpers in Newark and East Orange
got but S1.50 day and he said heat
edly that not a city in New Jersey
paid the salaries as generously as
Orange did. Jobs In the water de-
partment could be abolished, he de
clared, and $1,000 to 700 a year
saved. and he suggested that Engi-
neer Berg might re-arrange his forces
so as to reduce the number of en-
ployees.
Chairman Patrick A. Quinn prompt
ly denied the statements and said 1t
was a crime for Mr.. LIE Master at
this late day to say there were men
holding city Jobs, whose services were
not needed" He challenged the critic
to name a single man who was un-
necessary, and insisted Engineer
Berg was remiss IL he failed to in
form the water committee where he
could save money by letting men go
who are not needed
Statements Are All False.
But Mr.. LIE Masters statements
are all false" continued the Third
Ward councilman. raising his voice.
1T is his duty to go before the COM
mitees and have an investigation
made when he believes men are kept
at work whose services are not
needed"
Councilman John j. Condron then
jumped to his feet and said Mr.. LIE
Master did not know the first thing
about the matters he was discussing.
He called his remarks "a grandstand
speech" and. turning toward Mr.. LIE
Master, shouted: do you think you
could support a family on two dollars
day with the cost of things today?
How, then, can you expect any de-
cent man to do It? These men are
not asking for charity. They earn
more money than the raise that is
asked for them. They work hard,
seven days a week. What this
man says is perfect lie. AS
chairman of the water committee
I have tried to familiarize myself
with the work of all the men, and
now challenge Mr.. lie Master to be
Specif1c-let him name one case where
a man is employed whose services
could be done without. We have had
to take men from jobs to put them on
others, in order to catch up with
work. His statement is an out
rageous lie.''
Majority Leader P. Allen Smith
then asked Mr.; LIE Master 10 locate
lne TOUR nunured eInployee5; MI.
Cohuron explained Engineer bSrs, ol
the pumping STATION, lavoreu .n9 au5
vance LOT tne men anu ne oeGIareo
Mr.; lie Masters speech was shame
ano crime.
MT. Le Master tnen was peII IL tss
to speak again. and passed OH the
nard language as unworthy gen
tieman, ana SAID ne Woulu pass II
ey. ne declared tnere are tweive
men at the pumping plant and ne
wondered II the Public Service would
nave tnat number II ~ owned tne
plant. He said that While Mr.. Berg
favored an ADVANCE In pay, ne would
not sanction a 5O-cent raise.
Mr.. Smith repeated his request for
information OF the four hundred, and
then Mr.. Minahan made the correc-
ton in Mr.. LIE Masters tics,
Mr. Leonard remarking that Mr.. LIE
Masters statements were as startling
as his acceptance of challenges to
prove his talk was weak, then named
the special meeting. Mr.. lie Master
accented the invitation to go and re-
marked he had been purposeiy left off
important committees this year, he
had been informed, as "a slap in his
face"
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