New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Hylan, OF .for
Rest, Warns Aids
To Speed Work
He Again Tells Commits
sioners That He Must
Have Efficiency
Murphy to See Him
Mayor Is to Join Tanmany
Leaders Gathering at
Atlantic City
Murphy to See Him

Before Mayor Hylan went TO Atlantic
Ci.v yesterday for the Easter holiday
be sent letter to all department
heads admonishing them to speed up
on economy and better public service
ard warning them that Il his sugges-
IONS were not carried out it might
.ssult in some removals from office.
The Mayor LETT similar disciplinary
lstter for his commissioners when he
made his famous trip to Palm Reach, in
February, and has not been satisfied
with the result Of suggestions he made
at that time.
Charles +. Murphy. Of Tammany
Hall. with whom the Mayor had a
scrapnc acquaintance prior to his
election. is at the New Jersey resort.
The Mayors friends have not lor-
gotten the incident OF the jellyhsh and
the toad at Palm Reach. which led t.
90 deep an appreciation of W r.
Hearst by the Mayor. and arc hopeful
that some such occurrence at Atlantic
CITY may lead to closer intimacy be-
tween the Tammany boss and the
Mayor.
Alfred L. Smith. president of the
Board of Aldermen; John +. Gilchrist
Commissioner of Licenses and a Tam
many district leader. and other active
members of Tammany Hall are also at
Atlantic City.
Mr. Smith is an associate of the
Mayor on the Board of Estimate. and
the suggestion was made in political
circles yesterday that he and other
Tammany leaders headed for the sea
shore at an opportune time % encour-
age q better understanding between
Mayor Hylan and Chief Murphy. While
the Mayor has done pretty we'll by the
Tammany organization in the way OF
appointments. some of the leaders feel
that so far the Mayor has seemed tc
understand" Mr. Hearst better than
Mr. Murphy.
In his letter the Mayor reminded
the commissioners OF what happened tc
the head of one city department
namely the Police Department-Whe her
he said;
81 have made several suggestions
since the first of the year along these
lines and have seen no definite results
in any of the departments. excepting
IN the Police Department. Unless my
suggestions are given immediate at
tention may be obliged to put some
head. the same as was obliged TO dC
in the Police Department.'
The Mayor declared that conditions
should not be allowed to exist in any
department whereby certain persons
are permitted to loaf while others bea1
the burden o. the work. lie emphasized
the point that in is opinion salary IN
creases are undesirable and to be
avoided. He asked the commissioner.
70 send him tbe names OF any one II
their departments 'who thinks he ha:
4 pull"
now wrote the Mayor, "to supervls'
and arrange for large reduction il
the cost Of maintaining and running
your department, so that when you
budget requests come in they will SHOW
. material decrease. Waste, careless
ness and extravaganza should be elm
mated without delay and econom
ehould be the keynote. You can ask tn
heads of the different bureaus in you
department to point out what can b
done and how much money can b
saved. If they are not gated aloni
this line and have an eye only to tn
exploitation of Father Knickerbockel
then possibly some other person n tha
bureau might be able TO make som
suggestions which would help alon,
the line Of economy and better servic
to the people. would advise that sucl
person, if possible, be put in charge o
that bureau"
The Mayor ended by telling his com
missioners that before long he woul(
cal for repor. as TO what progress
they Rad made along lines of economy
and better service TO the people. H.
is expected back Monday