The sun., 1919-01-29
FUND FOR WELCOME
VOTED BY ALDERMEN
Socialists Aided by Republic
cans Fail to Balk $3.50. 900
Appropriation.
POLICE SQUAD on GUARD
Report That Discharged Sol
dierS Would Make Trouble
Spread in City Hail.

With City Hall surrounded by police
men because OF a rumor that lot of
discharged and jobless soldiers we're
coming downtown to protest against
such waste of money" the Board of
Aldermen voted yesterday an appropria-
ton of s250,oo0 in revenue bonds to be
combined with 100000 raised privately
In celebrating the Homecoming OF the
Twenty-seventh and Seventy seventh
divisions. There were heated objections
by Aldermen Falconer and Squers. Re-
publicans Alderman Lee for the Social
lists and even Alderman McGarry, Demo-
crat. OF Brooklyn, but the final vote was
So to O.
One of the noisiest meetings the AL
dermen ever had became a fairly plump
riot when, after the welcome money had
been provided, the temporary chairman.
Alderman Kenneslly. who represents
Charles +. Murphy's district and was
responsible for the resolution passed
some time ago prohibiting any display
OF the red flag, refused to recognize the
Socialist members.
In the midst of the hubbub woman
who said she was NJ Martinez and in
terested in the milk question. rushed
down the gallery stairs screaming, II
thought this was America it seems
more like Russia" A moment later a
20 hn
gallery by an assistant sergeant-at-
arms and searched in a corridor by a
policeman. He was Ralph Tropp of the
205th Field Artillery. wounded In Fin
ses, France. and honorably discharged.
He had presented TO the Board of Alder
men letter containing resolutions
adopted by ex-soldiers. sailors and ma
rines at the Rand School on Monday
evening. There was nothing in hts
pockets except his army discharge.
Reds" Quietly subside.
Police Inspector Conboy and twelve
plain clothes men were posted outside
the hail. They had heard that the same
young men who provoked the provost
guard az the Rand School on Monday
were going 10 mob the Aldermen, but
twenty reds clustered about three for
lorn soldiers were all that showed up,
and they melted away when they learned
that the gallery was crowded
In the meeting Aldermen SQuiers Fal-
coner and Quinn introduced a substitute
resolution protesting against the spend
ing OF a great sum OF money in addi-
ton 10 the 100000 appropriated in the
1919 budget and $4,000 already set
aside in revenue bonds 1t argued
nc ttDE Npln fal frr 81
captive balloons. camoufiage netting and
"a pomp and pageantry more extrava-
giant and wasteful than any seen since
the days OF tho Roman Empire II
was suggested the money necessary for
real celebration might be taken out
of the Si50,00O in the 1919 budget for
special policemen hired for war time ser
vice 1t was said private contrac tors
would probably benefit by the celebra
ton and that such contracts as were let
should be subject TO public bidding.
Alderman Lees point was that Il
would be better to spend city money "a
help soldiers who would actually bs yr
need. Alderman McGarry said They
talk about the Statue OF Liberty and
freedom arches. All the liberty there is
is in the statue and all the freedom f.
In the arches. We want something don,
for the soldiers that will count We
don't want charity, but Justice 1t may
take courage to vote a you think agains,
this proposition, but am going TO do il
whether l am sent back to this boa rd
or not"
President Moran insisted that Alder.
man Falconer and the others ouposine
the resolution represented the same
class of people who refused to buy Lib
erty bonds Alderman Falconer said
We want something that will stand for
all time. and We object TO the issue OF
any special revenue bonds because II is
unnecessary. The beautiful Avenue 81
the Allies decorations for Fifth avenue
cost 100000. but now We are asked "a
spend $4,000 for the same purpose in
Welcoming the troops"