The sun., 1919-09-20
HYLAN HITS NEWLY
FORMED COUNCIL
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him for the city should receive your con-
sideration."
Thirty city or county departments or
divisions were represented by the dele
gates in yesterdays meeting of the Mu-
nicipal Employees Association. One OF
them said repeatedly that I'VE are go
ing blindfolded, we are going at ram
dom, we don't know what we're here
for until 1t was made known posi-
lively that while the association was in
tended to be permanent, the only i'm
mediate object was more money. 1t
was evident that 10 or 20 per cent. in
creases would not satisfy; in fact men
tion of those figures excited laughter;
several voices cried Fifty per cent,
whereupon one of the speakers re-
marked that he did not see any use In
chasing the moon and bespoke reason
able consideration of the problem. At
one stage OF the discussion a nah
shouted: 1.-THE delegate from the De-
partment of Education doesn't like your
methods and would like to, have his
name stricken from the record"
so Per Cent. Increase Advocated.
II move that the gentleman from the
Department Of Education be wished
godspeed," chirped another delegate.
Another speaker, insisting that the cost
of living was UP 1926 per cent. and
wages had almost stood still, said the
association believed that "the city of
New York was bound to pay its en-
ployees a living wage and that Is all
they are asking for" Dr. T. b. Collins,
who has charge Of employment at Belle
vue Hospital testified that it was sim
ply impossible to hire scrubwomen and
others of the lower grades of labor for
what the city offers. He favored so per
cent. advance for everybody.
A. B. Brandon, who had been reading
an evening newspaper meanwhile, turned
to the assembly and said: "See that.
The Mayor says that the men who are
working to better our conditions are
agitators and have got to be fred. You'll
not get anything from the Board of
Estimate. You gotta get out and make
a lot of noise. You have got to concen-
trate on the Legislature. You know the
salaries of members of the Legislature
are going to be increased from $500 to
$500 this winter. We've got to ask
each candidate If he favors an increase
for us. We've got to go over the head
of the Board of Estimate like the
teachers did"
The reply to this proposal was that
the meeting was not political. that no
campaign pledges were being exacted
and that the city employees would ex-
haust every normal method OF appeal be-
fore attempting ANY action that tended
to ALLEVIATE the sympathy of the public"
This view, set forth by c. A. Weiss of
the Department of Charities, was
generally applauded.
George Stansield. clerk in the Depart
ment OF Charities, was elected temporary
chairman of tho association, and Miss
Catherine +. Reilly, clerk in the Office of
Frank l.. Bowling. President of Manhat-
tan Borough, temporary secretary. The
committee on organization. which will
recommend the salary scale. consists of
Samuel Prayer. Charities Department ;
DR.. IT. Bayard Collins, Bellevue and
Allied Hospitals; James Higgins, NUM-
cipal Civil Service Commission Miss
Edna McKeever. Bureau of Child Wei
fare; Alexander Cooper, office of Man
haitian Borough President Thomas w.
A. Grove, Law Department, and Miss
Wilhelmina Rotherman. Health Depart
ment.