New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Pay of Police
And Firenen
Increased $3.50
Continued from page 1

chief" civil service newspaper and
.oe;a secretary Of both the =. B. A.
md the [. F. A., said,
"rhe support Of strong newspapers
e vital to the success of sucn cam
r.isn as this. 1t is no use for us to
IA RIGHT unless we can convince the
,.hIlc that we arc right. | have al
xays believed that the taxpayers of
New York would favor these increases
:. only they could be made to under
stsnd and appreciate the conditions
which confront the men.
Discussion Behind Closed Doors
oThe Tribune has done an incalcula-
Me service IN putting these conditions
40 fully before the public The men
,ppreciato what The Tribune has done
for them and viii not be slow to show
their appreciation.
The discussion yesterday at the com
mj,tee meeting WAS held behind closed
doors and nothing was issued to the
press except the statement OF the basis
Of increases which was finally unani-
mously accepted. The $3.50 increase
was warmly supported by Controller
Craig. who is also chairman Of the
committee Exactly what opposition, if
any. developed Is not known, but the
fact that tho final vote was unanimous
mskes it appear that Mayor Hvlan
must have found it advisable to re
verse has former opinion. given to
patrolman Moran some days ago. to
the etfec, that $50 would satisfy
the men" Il was Controllcr Craig's
view that the $50 should be adopted
"as matter Of simple Justice
Still Behind Other Cities
Although the Increase adopted by
;he committee Yesterday will make
New York hremcr Of the first grade
the highest paid IN tic country. it Will
still leave the salaries OF second grade
nen below the Sl.66l paid by Atlantic
City Third grade frcmen Will still re-
ceive less than men of the same grade
get in Atlantic City, Holyoke, Mass
and Chicago. each of which cities pays
$500 or more.
ton Of the men made by The Tribune,
demonstrated that so per cent of
the paltoimcn., and 50 per cent OF
the fremen We've in the hands Of loan
sharks, and that large numbers OF
the men Of both departsments had
been borrowing for years
The increase in living costs, par
ticularly uniforms and equipment,
which t1o mcH must provide for them
selves WAS emphasized. and the fact
tina: the mon ,f both services are com
PEELED hy thc law 10 live Within the
limits of New \ orh City, which makes
them particularly susceptiHle victims
Of fen' protteerIng, was another ar
gument~
Gave Vacation to Drive
Moran aud Guinness, aided BY
0'Rely haYe worked increasingly in
their spare time TO promote the cause.
Gainness devoted his entire fourteen
days vacation 20 organizing the salary
drive and all of Moran's time off duty
has been given to the same cause
Neither president countenanced any
talk of strike and both repeatedly al
fined their position that loyalty to the
cty's interests was the lrst duty OF
both the hremen and patrolmen.
The increases authorized by The com
mit'oe for other city employees are
aloug .he lines suggested by the civil
service forum, with slight reductions.
FTank !. Prail, president Of the forum.
wh'cn includes IN its activities every
department. o. the clty's organization,
expresse hls personal gratincatjon at
the resul. Of the meeting.
The Civil Service Forum. which is an
organization OF all city employees, and
included the police and tiremcn's re-
quests In its petition to the board
asked fer q p per cent increase for
city employees whose salaries were be-
low or at 1900 year The committed s
recommendation is for 20 per cent
For those from Sl.2ol 70 $4,000 the
forum requested a 90 per cent in
crease, and the committee recon-
mends - per cent up to $1,000 The
other recommendation Of the commit
iee' for 10 per cent increase 70,
those between Sl.901 and $4,000, is
IN hne with the request made by the