New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
DayDeniesAccusing
Hvlan of Violating
His Market Pledge
Calls Tribune's Account of
Meeting SSErroneous and
False: I'M. G.. A. Official
Says 1t Was Most Fair

Markets Commissioner Jonathan c.
Day, who urged Sunday afternoon that
pressure be brought to bear on the
city administration to fulfil it's cam
paign pledge Of terminal markets, de-
MED yesterday in a letter to Mayor
Hylan that he had accused the Mayor
of violating any pledge. He said The
Tribune's story of Sunday afternoons
meeting at the Twenty-third Street Y.
NJ. C. A. was 'false and erroneous"
Secretary Joseph Gamson, of the Y.
NJ. G. A., who presided at the meeting
where Commissioner Day made his
plea for stronger official support, said
yesterday The Tribune account did not
misquote and was "a very fair analysis
of Commissioner DAYS talk"
His Letter to the Mayer
The letter of the Commissioner to
Mayer Hylan follows in full:
"My Dear Mayor Hylan:
MY attention was called this morn
ing to the glaring headlines on the
stating that l had made an attack on
you. because you had not kept your
pledges. The thing is so grossly mis-
represented that perhaps it does not
even need an answer, but | want to
make statement to you at once, be-
cause, whether your mind is concerned
about it or not, the enemies will make
the most use of it,
: mot only did / not say you had not
I kept your pledges, but l did say that !
had received every encouragement from
in ho ff1. &c m
porter for The Tribune evidently took
advantage of one question I answered
After the address was delivered, ques.
tlons were asked from the floor, and the
audience, sympathetic with the idea OF
getting terminals and an open channel
asked what they could do. My answe.
was: Write to the Mayor and to other
members Of the Board of Estimate urg
ing that the market programme be put
through Then / stated that in ou,
campaign of 1917 we were definitely
committed to a system of public mar
kets in New York, which system, o1
course, would require may years to es
tablish. | stated, however, that one.
fourth of our present administration
had expired and we had only three
years ahead in which to work, ard il
we did not make some genuine head.
way toward establishing a terminal sys
tenn the people would know WHY. So
invited their hearty cooperation with
me and all others designed to accom-.
plish the end.
II am sure you have been misrepre
sented quite enough, and PARTICULAR,
by the enemy paper, and I wanted vol
TO know that this is absolutely falls,
ana erroneous representation which i,
given in The Tribune"
Not Misquoted,'' Says Gamson
Mr.. Gamson made the FOLLOWING
statement yesterday:
Il consider The Tribune reporter,
account very fair analysis of Com.
missioner's Days talk As for tha,
matter IN direct quotation marks. the
commissioner certainly was not mis
quoted. unless my memory fails me
II do not think, however, the com
missioner meant to launch a persona
attack on the Mayor. His idea wa
simply, think. to get some action or
his market plan, through whatevc,
channels possible. His plan hadnt
been turned down. butNt hadn't beer
accepted either and he didn't want /.
10 lie on the table another three
years"
1t was in answer 10 a question from
Chairman Gamson Sunday afternoon
az to what the audience could do te
bring about market reforms, that Com
missioner Day said:
Write to the Mayor, write to tn.
Board Of Estimate, write to th,
borough presidents. ne-tourth O.
me present city governments time i.
gone and not single thing has beer
dons to csrry ous this pledge. Unles,
he promise isskept. the people of New
York are going 20 know The reasor
why"