New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
Day Ousted,
Threatens to
Expose Mayor
Continued from pnre I

mitted to laugh for few moments
before replying.
"Thc charges are ridiculous.' he
said. Both Mr.. Smith and myself arc
under bond Of 100000 each and
there isn't any possibility of getting
away with any Of the surplus money
from the sale of army or navy food
stufTs. Neither | nor Mr. Smith has
ever made claim to this money. got
out an Injunction because | wanted to
make sure that MIR. Day would not gair
control of this money. That Mr. Smith,
acting as an emissary fo me, pro-
posed to divide this money is absolutely
untrue
"Dr. Day stultiticd his own accusa-
ton when he appointed Mr.. Smith %
act with him as agent for the sale of
navy foodstuffs. |, seems very pc
culiar that Dr.. Day should be willing
to intrust Mr.. Smith with the custody
of these moneys after the alleged pro-
posal to divide tho surplus supplies
had been made
Mr.. Smith said last night that if DR..
Days statements were true it was
strange that the Commissioner should
accept Joint responsibility for deposits
of government money made two weeks
later.
Say Murphy Ordered "Ax"
The friendship of Mr.. Smith for
Charles +. Murphy is understood 10
have brought about DR.. Days downfall.
The story went the rounds yesterday
that MIR. Murphy told Mayor Hylan
not to permit Dr.. Day to stay so near
City Hall, because he was always max
ing it unpleasant for his (Mr. Muir.
phy's) friends
DR.. Days letter to Mayor Hyan fol.
lows:
81 am in receipt of your letter
dated the 1st inst, informing me
that my services would be no longer
required as Commissioner of Public
Markets and removing me from said
office-to take effect Immediately.
II am neither surprised nor disap-
pointed by your summary and dis
courteous action, which is entirely
consistent with your whole course Of
conduct relating to me and the ad
ministration of my department. Your
present action convincos me of what
have for a long time suspected. VIZ,
that despite your pretcnsc Of loyalty
to me in the administration of my
department you were wholly insn-
cere, hypocritical and not impclled
by a conscientious desire to promote
the best interests of the public in
sofar as the administration of my
Office was concerned.
Removal Of Deputies
Before | removed Deputy Commits
sioners O'Malley and Smith ] called
their attention to certain irregulari-
ties and asked them to correct them,
and only after they refused to make
proper amends did | summarily re-
move them. giving a statement Of the
reasons for said removals.
~ thOOVh Won have NOT pvtprtc1
to me the ordinary courtesy of in
forming me as to the reasons for
your drastic action. have a very
definite opinion as to the underlying
motives which prompted your action.
"lt is apparent to me that from
the time first attempted to block
the efforts Of certain individuals to
use my department for their personal
advantage and against the public
later to forfeit my official position
have known for a long time past
Of the Vaccinations and sinister pur-
poses Of your Commi sSioncr OF Ac-
counts to get rid Of me by hook or
crook, and to replace men with some
one who would be more readily sub
missive to his purposes. / do not
know what kind Of stranglehold
your Commissioner of Accounts has
upon you. but in common with many
other citizens, whose curiosity has
been aroused by his Importance in
your administration, have certain
very definite opinions.
No Decision on Charges
Ever since the hearing on the
Bennett charges against me was
closed | have endcavored persistent
ly 10 get decision from you on