Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-06
MAYOR REPLIES
TO QUESTIONS
BY SOCIALISTS
Mr.. HaussIing Answers Every
Query Frankly, With Appro-
pirate Comment.
ALSO POINTS TO
LAW AND CONDITIONS
Reminds Sec. Milo of Many
Things Done and Other Things
in Contemplation.
ALSO POINTS TO
LAW AND CONDITIONS

Mayor Jacob Hausshng. in com
munication today. answers the ques-
tions asked of him by the Essex
county committee of the Socialist
party. The letter issued by the mayor
was sent to Milo c. Jones. In it
Mayor Haussling takes up every
point, analyses ii and then tells jusl
what he will do in the instances re-
ferred to.
The letter in full follows:
Il am in receipt of a letter adj
dressed to me and other candidates
for office in the present campaign
careful consideration of and "a candid
reply to which you request on behalf
Of the Socialist party of New Jersey
Without suggesting possible motives
inspiring your letter, | will endeavol
to comply with your request.
you predict a winter of acute
distress in the city, because of your
belief that numbers of wage earners
will be unemployed and that the cost
OF living will be increased, and ask
me what remedy I have in mind for
such conditions. ] would reply that
should the situation you suggest come
TO pass, / would use my best en-
deavors to have the city do such pub
lie work as 1t has the means and
facilities for doing and as will not
only afford employment to wage
earners, but will also result in per-
manent benefits or Improvements to
the community at large.
Would Alleviate Conditions.
IF these measures do not suffi-
GENTLY alleviate conditions | would
then appeal to the State government
for such legislation as would free
the hands OF the city and enable it
TO engage in even larger projects to
give employment to its idle residents,
and, at the same time, to secure bene-
fits to the community I do not be-
leve In employing persons in useless
work. | would supplement these
measures, If necessary with in
creased activity on the part of our Mn-
iicipal Employment Bureau; would
urge as | have urged before, the or.
ganization of State bureau OF en-
ployment to cooperate with munich
pal or county branches, and | would
endeavor to arouse those in the COM
nunity who have means to the neces-
sity as well as the desirability of Civ
ing employment at useful work to
persons who would otherwise have
to subsist on charity.
''As to reducing the cost of living,
that line are being tried now. and
when thoroughly tested may be eX-
tended. either privately or officially,
as may seem desirable and possible.
LET me add, that this particular
problem is one which gives great con-
Germ to a great many of us, and that
! will say to you. very frankly, that
If you or anybody else can suggest
practical and more satisfactory So
buttons I will be pleased to adopt
them, so far as am concerned as an
individual.
A Civil Service Guard.
''You ask: What definite method do
You propose to take the street
cleaning and paving departments
out of politics and improve the I'M
Just and intolerable conditions under
which many men employed therein
are compelled to labor?
'The street cleaning department is
already guarded against manipula-
tion for partisan purposes by the
civil service law, and should be fair
~ out of the range of politics. No
employe can be dismissed except for
cause. and any one suspended or laid
off must have his name placed on g
preferred list so that he has the first
chance of complement when fuller
activities of the department are re-
sumed.
81 would say that stability of en-
ployment, rather than immunity
from political interference, is what is
needed in this department now, and
think you will find that measures to-
wards the end | indicate are being
taken.
with regard to the abolition OF
contract work in street paving,
would proceed with some caution,
notwithstanding the glowing success
YOU describe OF the Milwaukee eX-
pertinent. We are gradually proceed
ing in that direction, though. posi-
bly,, not as fast as you would desire
In the matter of street repair and OF
preparing such materials as grant;
block taken off the streets for use in
fepavine, the city is now doing work
that formerly went to private con-
tractors In other departments the
work is done directly by the city
and from time to time doubles,
other work of similar character viii
be undertaken. There are certain
financial and legal aspects to this
problem which do not leave the city
as free-handed as might be thought
You ask me what l propose to dc
to compel full time school accommo-
dations for all children of school age
and add, There are today in New
ark III classes on half time, with tbs
school authorities apparently taking
1t for granted that the school accom-.
modations must always lag behint
the need
This Is scarcely an accurate oil
fair statement on your part. At Tho
moment of writing there are not IL
but 100 classes on half time. The
opening of new buildings will, by TIL,
first of the year, or some such 4
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