Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-03
MAYORS WARE
AFFTLTATTON SEEN
s IN FIRST MONTH
Smiths Alignment w;4,,
South Philadelphia Lead. ~
ers Established
CONTROL APPOINTMENTS
Convention Hall Step Sci.
Move Forward Made in In. D''
provement Program

Thomas b. Smith was in.r.
Mayor OF Philadelphia Just one a'eo
ago today. During the first n,or,,. Vutn
administration he has deflnito,,. ~, " nus
himself with the Wares politicians. sned
taken a definite step toward carryin, "ss .'
his program OF permanent impro,,a.. Vut
Upon his initiative a site bo,
lected Tor the proposed Conventior ,, g.
aIong me PARKWAY. He publicly rsda.l nal
nenoed the Parkway site after two Vn. s.ln
OF quibbllng over the location Years
selection was indorsed by a roio.1, o.a his
the business mems associations IL OF
city. IN this
The s9O,OOOO00 loan which tho Pc.
can Organization leaders announoels suun. ,ol
November they would put through con,s Ss1
CHS, In order to provide for tho in,ss's,,
ate construction of the Art Nn.nl Nyul-
Free Library, subways and elevated ,,.l
the Convention Hall. the comnlet,ou n"es;
the Parkway and Northeast and snn,v vt
ern Boulevards and other permanent H..
proVements. Is still being held lin ~
though Just before he took office Mayo,
Smith publicly announced that Tho ~
would be submitted to Councils a, ~.
very start of his administration Tho ou'' ny
provision that has been made for NJ
manent improvements during the a.,
month OF the new administration was ~
authorization by Councils a week 400 =
the expenditure OF the funds now av.,,-
able for the Free Library. This will nro.
vide for only the preliminary work.
POLITICAL ASPECT
The political apect of Mayor snith,.
administration has been worked out dsa
nitely to an understanding.
The Mayor has played politics" in nj,
appointments and they have been mad
to the complete exclusion of Senator pon'
rose and to the almost complete exclp,
sion of Senator James z. McNichol. NAV.
or smith, who was politically an enigma
on January 3, has shown by his appont.
ments that he Is openly aligned with tbs
Wares. The appointments that he has
made that have not been openly Vare
appointments were personal ones, and hs
mas made them, In the opinion of PEN
rose and McNichol followers, in orde,
to build up his own personal political
machine, which he will use as an auxil.
larry of the Wares.
The Mayor also publicly aligned him
self with the Wares in another way. ia
appeared as their official "issuer of state.
ments.' 1t was through him that tho
Vare-Brumbaugh list OF delegates at large
to the Republican National Convention
was made public.
The appointments made by the Mayct
however, tell the story of his present
political alignment more clearly than am
thing else. His most important appoln,
ments, with the political afflliation of tha
appointees, follow:
WILLIAM H. WILSON. Director of Pusk
HARRY DAVIS. Assistant Director of Paa /
JOSEPH /. BALDWIN. Assistant director Il
HARRY HAIRY NSrN'M W., MACE, Assistant Director 4
1dSEPG PHsiif Heath M1Gf and r!daI GdhaTitiSs.
PETER J. HoBAN, Assistant Director of Sup.
RoBERT N. GRIFFITH. president OF the
FREb f SsrylSf @ LGommJSSi2n HI Ros I'd ~ v.vsr.
william E. FfNEY GaeH aeFcSntiie an eXfTS Xppias
PERSONAL.
GEORGE E. DATEsMAN. Director of Public
DIR. WILMER KRUsEN. Director of Public
J4SSFM SSfFi aF@ 1aFs5ssfk4F Assistant Dr.c
EoSRRESEs" EDGS4i fS2 ESFFiis Assistant director
Il WsEsS WET6S riiaHsA Fl chief of the Bureau
JAMES +; MeLAuGHLIN chief of the Else.
cGEsTER, j.; ALBRIGHT. chief of th.
CHARLES II. FRoMMER. chief engineer
Bureau OF Surveys, advanced.
McNICHoL.
WILLIAM II. KREIDER. secretary Civil
wiIf,fAM II. coNSEiLL. chief of the Bureau
FRANZ J. IcfGMMIsKEY. chief of the Bureau
OF City Property.
WARD LEADERS RECOGNIZED y
The McNichol appointments were all
acceptable to the Wares This Is gen
orally admitted in political circles. In
the smaller appointments, Mayor Smith
has recognized the ward leaders and thus
helped to build up his personal machine.
One major appointment Ia also credited
to the influence of ward leader. Will'
lam G, McAllister. who was recently APP
pointed chief of the Bureau of Charities.
Is a follower of State Senator Edward
w. Patton. leader of the 9th Ward.
The Mayor has not yet appointed q
Director OF the Department Of City
Transit, to succeed A. Merritt Taylor
who resigned when Mr.. Smith went into
office.
Each week since the start of his ad'
minlstration the Mayor has said that he
Intended to announce the new Transit
Director within a few days" William
8. Twlning, consulting engineer with the
firm of Ford. Bacon & Davis. is general-
ly believed to be his choice, but the ap-
pointment has been delayed without any
reason having been given by the Mayor.