Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-31
|HIYOR ELECT DEFERS
NAMING TRANSIT HEAD
Until HE TAKES OATH
...;th. However, Repeats State
r,ent That a New Director
will Be Appointed When
He Takes Office
WITH PENRosE
syo stoC Correspondent

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\ .rtANT1C CITY, N. j., Dec,L 81
4 .ar.elect Smith today announced that
#fafv.,a name no Transit Director TO
A..ed Director y. Merritt Taylor until
bas been installed in office. He
insI "a bowever. that he did intend TO
new Transit Director. but he
lpgs s,s ,eIther admit nor deny that Will
pu' TwinIng was the only man being
s.ssered for the place.
~. no announced that no appoint
would be made Immediately, Mr..
IN ,,as asked If that could be taken
ssscote s1.s that the transit situation was
4 ti msettleu'
TvINtNG's CANDIDACY.
a - ,lil\ not answer that" said Mr..
,'Haye you considered any one
~, Mr.. Twining for the placer he
~. then asked "T decline to answer
"a VI aid the Mayor-elect. "t will say
N. however, expect to appoint sue
ssor to Mr. Taylor. but | will not ap-
.,.t him until after I have taken office y
~ Mayor-elect's third announcement
y. that he would be candidate FOR
4sus,o.at. large to the Republican ma
Iii convention, and that he hopes and
.aao,s that Governor Brumbaugh also
4 n be candidate"
~, uayor-elect played golf yesterday
4 rornlng and early afternoon at the sea
~. club with Thomas Il. .Mltten, presi-
NY, of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
r-nsny. and several others. This was
suored by luncheon. which Congress-
-.r william S. Ware attended. After the
l ,,eheon the Mayor-elect, after refusing
I. answer all questions regarding the
,,nsIt situation. also declined to say
| ss.tber he would appoint an engineer as
recessor to Director Taylor.
MAYoR-ELECTS MESSAGE.
usyor-elect Smiths first annual message
Ms inaugural message-to Councils, will
\ rconcise, optimistic. but sane he said
lcday
The message is completed and is short,
aid the Mayor elect. 1t embraces every
nportant detail OF the comprehensive
nrorram for constructive work that he
sutned during the campaign. and since
NE election.
while the Mayor-elect would not discuss
n, message in. detail, .he gave the i'm
prssslon that he will urge in II an early
tart on the construction of the subways
md elevated lines, the Art Museum, n
ewage disposal plant. the completion of
ihe Parkway, the reconstruction of Block
ky and the other improvements included
md advocated under the proposed S95,OCO,-
10 loan that is being held up pending the
Induction of the new administration
II might Just as well give 1t out now,
and not read It before Councils" said
the Mayor elect, when he was asked to-
tay about his message.
II will say this. however" he added. ut
has been finished. II is short and COM
tpt
embraces in a concise but comprehensive
Eay the entire constructive program that
has already been outlined. | will not
discuss II In detail, of course, but | hope
h will convince the people of Philadel-
pha that / will give them business and
an Efficient administration"
The Mayor-elect paid a high tribute to
Mayor Blankenburg
Il have on numerous occasions lately
oppressed my sincere regard and admira-
ton for Mayor Blankenburg," he said.
y admire him very much. He has la
lored hard for more than a score of
lears to better the living conditions in
our city"
Harmony in the ranks of the Republi-
nn Organization in Pennsylvania Is in
lhe balance and is being worked out at a
senes of conferences being held here daily
with Mayor-elect Smith as the host.
Today there is possibility of Governor
Bfumbaugh and Senator Penrose getting
together. They are both in Atlantic City,
and both of them have been invited by
NE Mayor-elect to be his guests at the
Golf Club all day. Senator Penrose ac-
septed last night and announced that he
would spend the day with the Mayor
elect 'on the links"
Governor Brumbaugh did not return
nom Scranton until late this morning, and
bis answer Is not known. The other
John P. Connolly and Thomas E. Mitten.
PRESIDENT of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company.
Mayor-elect Smith predicts harmony,
but at the same time does not take IL
spon himself to speak for the Wares or
or Brumbaugh, for that matter. There
wi be no fight on the question of dele
lates to the Republican National Conven-
non," he said last night. after he had
llned with Senator Penrose at the Shell
lurne and had taken a two hours walk
nth the Senator on the boardwalk, dur
ng which time he discussed the State sit
alton with Penrose at length.
This. however. is my personal opn-
%, he added. The Mayor-elect after
ming with Senator Penrose. Mr.. Mitten
ma Walter j. Chase, of ii. w. Brown
: Co., a personal friend OF his. made
nree announcements.
The first was that Governor Brum-
ansh was not candidate fo- anything.
Isked about Brumbaugh's reported candi-
aey for the Presidency or the United
tates senatorship. he said. Governor
'rumbaugh is not a candidate for any
hng. | d. not believe that any such
noughts have ever entered his mind"
Mr. Smith then said he expected har-
nony on the question OF delegates. but
lslsted that this was his personal view.
Ihe Mayor-elect's opinion is regarded
: significant. inasmuch as he is In the
osltion of a sort of buffer in the jockey
ig Tor position for a Statewide fight be-
Heen the Nare-Brumbaugh coalition and
ne Penrose- -McNiehol faction, his state
lent coming as 1t did after dinner and
long walk with the Senator. who came
Atlantic City late yesterday afternoon.
!" drive out the germs of pneumonia"