New-York tribune., 1918-08-23
Newsdealers to
Carry Fight for
Rights to Court
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sons. they are individually respon-
sible, I think.
The letter to License Commission
er Gilchrist, to which Mr.. Quigg re-
ferred, follows:
"John F. Gilchrist, ESD, Commits
missioner of Licenses, City Of New
York.
"Sir: I have been this day retained
by the United Newsdealers' Protec-
tive Association, of Brooklyn, Inc;
by the West Side Stationers and To-
bacconists, Inc; by the New York
Elevated and Subway Newsdealers'
Association, by the New York News
boys Union and by number of indi-
vidual newsdealers, who received
menacing letters or verbal communi-
cations from officers of this city with
regard to a revocation of their IL
censes issued to them under one or
another of the provisions in Section
GAL or perhaps other sections of the
city charter.
"In some of the New York news
papers this morning there is printed
what purports to be copy of let
ter from the Honorable Mayor of the
city addressed to you, in which he says
that complaints have been made to
him that newsdealers who have re-
ceived a license from your depart
ment have refused to sell the daily
papers. published in this city. You
are Informed that none of my clients
or those they represent have refused
to sell the daily papers published in
this city. This purported copy of the
Mayors letter goes on to say that on
receipt of any complaint by you that
newsdealer will not handle the
daily papers, and which upon inves-
tigation you find to be true, he wishes
you to revoke his (the newsdealer's)
license forthwith.
Demands Law Re Obcyed
"You will permit me to say that
wish that you will obey the law
under which you are authorized to
act. and that neither the Mayors
wish nor mine is, in my opinion.
binding upon you, but only the law
under which you may act. If. there
fore. you do an injury to any Of my
clients beg to notify you that by
such actions and proceedings as l
may be able under the law to in
stitute | shall hold you personally
responsible for the wrong you do,
whether you do it at Mr.. Hylan's
wish or any one else's.
Concerning the final sentence in
the purported letter of the Honorable
the Mayor as to what the acceptance
of license by the newsdealers puts
on Them | beg to suggest that that
is matter for the determination Of
the courts, to whom you and the
Mayor and the newsdealers are all
responsible for what any one of you
does to the injury of another.
BEAUTIFULLY yours.
(Signed) LEMUEL Z. QUIGG."
Mr.. Quigg intends to meet the news
taken in Brooklyn against Williamson
also the threatened action throughout
the city to compel the newsdealers tc
buy Mr.. Hearst's and the other papers
at the publishers price, and to pro
pose a method of bringing the entire
affair to the attention of the courts
William II. MulGoon. acting Parl
Commissioned of Brooklyn, who dealt
with the case of Williamson, the Bor-
cugh Hall dealer, served notice of his
intention on the newsdealer's father
and then wrote to Williamson himsel1
the following letter:
"Mr. John Williamson, 220 Adelphi
Street, Brooklyn.
"Sir: At noontime to-day I in
formed your father, in charge of your
newsstand in the rear of Borough
Hall, that His Honor John F. Hylan
has ordered the revocation of the
permits Of all newsdealers refusing
to accept newspapers for sale +, in
person, g1ve this information to your
father, in charge of your newsstand,
that you might not be taken un-
awares and deprived of due notice,
"This afternoon there has been
submitted to me an affidavit made
by Charles Sands. who swears that,
in company with William Brown, he
called at your stand and offered one
hundred copies of The Evening Jour
nal' for sale; that the man in charge,
presumably your father, acting un-
der instructions, refused to accept
the same, and said he would not sell
said paper for a while.
"1n the light of the Mayors order
and his decision that no newsdealer
has right to discriminate against
any newspaper. and that permits are
issued to newsdealers for the accom-
mediation of the public, l herewith
revoke your permit and shall imme-
diately notify the captain of the
Ninety-second Precinct of the action
taken. Very truly yours,
(Signed> civilian H. MULDOON,
"Acting Park Commissioner"
Manhattan Dealers Warned
License Commissioner Gilchrist ane
Park Commissioner William F. Grel
saw to it that Manhattan newsdea1er.