New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-08
Commissioner and Mayor
TO Confer on All New
Policies.
TAKES HOLD TO-DAY;
MAY KEEP DEPUTIES
McKay's Last Order Practically
Makes Every PatroIman
Traffic Man.

Arthur Woods will take Office as Po.
lice Commissioner at noon to-day, SUE
ceeding Douglas !. Mckay, who handed
in his resignation one week ago last
Friday. Undoubtedly the four Deputy
+ c Commissioners will he continued in
Office.
Mayor Mitchell announced the ap-
pointment Of his secretary to the new
post at / o'clock Yesterday afternoon,
a half hour after his return from A.
lantic city. The announcement tooH
this form:
f 81 have appointed Mr.. Arthur Woods
Police Commissioner the appointment
to take effect al noon tomorrow.
After again reviewing the field. / am
voncinced that there is no one VINO 50
fully meets the existing requirements
o. this post vacated 10y the resignation
of Commissioner Mckay, as does Mr..
/ Woods
After Colonel Gccthals. Mr.. Woods
was my original choice for the Police
. Commissionership His ideas of police
administration and Of the underlying
social problem more closely approXi-
mate my own than those Of any Of the
available men whom have considered.
My opportunities for studying Mr.
/ Woodss point of view and methods Of
police management go back to 1905,
when, as Deputy Police Commissioner,
/ he co-operated with me in my invest-
cation of police affairs i'm connection
with the Mayors Bureau Of Licenses.
To Confer on Police Policies.
Again, in 1910. while dealing with
/ police conditions As acting Mayor, !
had the constant advice and co-opera-
tion of Mr.. Woods Mr.. Woods is ap-
pointed for the fun term Of this admin
istration, and will have the fun ana
/ constant backing and cooperation Of
tie Mayor. Police policies viii be set
/ tied by Commissioner Woods and my
self in conference. The administration
of the department will be left entirely
/ i'm his hands.
7 II wish TO make it plain that the po-
lice force, through its Commissioner
will be held TO strict accountability tor
efficient and honest service and for
maintenance OF order and the law.
"On the other hand, no policeman
need seek influence TO secure 81 full
hearing, or a square deal, or reward
for good services. Supposedly inhucn-
tial friends will neither secure special
consideration or favor, nor prevent
punishment for wrong doing"
May Keep Present Deputies.
When Mr.. Woods was asked for a
statement he read this off:
Il realize the responsibility which
the Mayor has placed upon me in ap-
pointing me to this position. I should
not have accepted had I not believed
that the force as a whole would be
with me in the effort TO give the city
good police service"
'Whdt ABOUT lne present deputies =
Will they be retained
Mr.. Woods thought for several min
utes and then said:
~ should hope that they'll all stay"
The deputies now in office arc John
McClntock, First Deputy Commits
sioner; J. Robert Rubin. Second Dep
uty; Leon G. Cooley, Third Deputy.
and T.. V. ODanel, Fourth Deputy. It
was reported yesterday that in time
two more Deputy Commissioners may
be asked for.
Mr.. Woods said he had not Yet de-
cided on his secretary; that IT would
be several days before he would make
selection. He said Lieutenant
Colonel \. u. Porter. secretary TO Com
missioner Mckay, had offered TO re-
main with Mr. Woods as long as the
new Commissioner desired.
There was recalled with great in
tercst yesterday an address on "The
Control Of Vice and Crime" which Mr.
Woods. then secretary of the Citizens
Committee on Police, made before the
New York University Forum on De
cember 13. 1912.