The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-13
81, 100000 VISION is
DISPELLED BY REPORT
Appointment of Perkins and Gary
RidicuIed In Letter.

The So, 000, 900 worth of authorized pub
lie work which Chamberlain Bruere said
could be started this winter to provide
Jobs for the unemployed dwindles to
s62,ll5 in u report the corporate stock
budget committee OF the Board OF EST
mate prepared yesterday. In March, the
committee says Improvements amounting
to si.264,95O can be started, but the
vision of millions TO be distributed ut
once is dissipated.
The committee whose members are
Comptroller Prendergast. President Nc
Aneny OF the Aldermen and Borough
Presidents Pounds aud Mathewson. scores
the City Chamberlain and the Commits
sioner OF Accounts office for sending 10
the Gary committee and the Mayor the
$1,000 900 list, which. according TO the
committee. is full OF errors.
This statement" says the report COM
uilcd Yesterday, has created the imp cs-
sion that approximately so,OOO,OOo wVrtH
of work could now be undertaken by the
city but for reasons OF economy or M
disposition to incur expenditure AT TINS
time is ocinR deferred Your committee
desires TO state that outside of short
neriod of about one month Immediately
after the beginning OF the European war
there has been no disposition to delay the
prosecution OF any new public WORK
..We have therefore addressed our.
selves 10 very minute Investigation OF
this list of work which II Is said could
be done in the winter months. ana wn.cn
renrey,nts a total OF sJ,4Se,ooo. In order
| to determine II all or any part s"ou'u
| or could be done at once
u.., Possibilities Cited.
"r, app.ars that this list was pre-
narsd nv the Commissioner OF Accounts
office at the request OF the City Shan.
herlain Had the corporate STOCK ouuBe,
committee as the regularly const,'uteu
representative OF the Board OF EstiihH'e
and Apportionment in such matters oee,i
requested to prepare ist Oh lne $50
| that could be done during the WINTER
months or requested to review any sucn
lis, prepared by others. the ilst unuv'
| cor celebration would not have oeeh 'uo
| n1Ittcd 10 your board through tne ua'
| cmployment committee and muSh pVpu,
lar misapprehcnsion regarding the Guy
attitude toward work for the u"e'"p''''o
| would have been avoided ..,..o,
,rha real possibilities the committee
| 80 arc az follows: Work totaliInt
SIS, SIS already has been started go o.
| worth OF work can be started 60, ia
$4,000 February 10; N.2et'SSo
March /: s2o0.615. April ss'SlS.o"V
MAY 1; s9e. 900, June l sfoo'ooV, ouIS
Ssse 200 September I, and s3o4's'u y
'raonni,c hut can be started before
| December !. .or,, ~
| Tic committee requests that copy o
ne rsport be sent to the Mayors com
mi,tee on employment. ,,.o
Amos Pinchot sent letter TO the Mayo
Yesterday ridicullng the appointment
| Iudge Gary and George w. Perkins al
chairmen OF the Mayors employment
and, food committees. lie said the averag
citIzen would interpret these selection
Ias having been made on the theory Of
which Gen. Diaz chose dlstinguishe
bandits to lead the police force OF Mexie
city" A., ,,,aho,
treats unemployment "as II II We're a.
unexpected crisis instead OF chronl
condition" 1t and the Gary commute
are 'passing the buck to each ocher, y
Mr. Prnchot's words. and the!r tactic
.haye been a masterpiece or reticen
evasion" He says "a large and power
! full group of taxpayers" are hghtlng !
hold up city contracts because III IN
civ should furnish employment to IN
unemployed the poor would be relieved
this unjust burden and the taxpayer
would largely assume H.
Judge Gary would not comment o
Nj. Plncho.s remarks. lie SAID nj
committee was making progress and tina
cumming the business OF billion dol!a
. corporation was chtd's play compared
solving the labor problem"
The newspapers" he said "shoul
suggest to every employer IN the coint'
! that instead of laying off half his me
be nut his entire force on haf tl'n
That's about the soundest sugges'.o
that has been advanced