The sun., 1919-06-16
CITIZENS UNION
! SEEKS DAYS SCALP
If Organization Does Not Get
His Then It Demands
Hirschfield's.
SENDS LETTER TO HYLAN
Action IL Based on Formation
!, Of Two Community Clubs
: .''Backed by City"

The Citizens Union. Mayor HyIan's
pet aversion among civic organizations,
Is eannins for the ohiciai head Of either
the Rev Or. Jonathan p. Day. Commits
sioner Of Markets. or that Of David
HirschheId. Commissioners Of Accounts
and personal friend Of the Mayor, or
both. ~
The '''Cfts- Union, a. the organisation
II popularity referred to. has even gone
80 far as to send q letter to the Mayor
demanding that either DR.. Day or Com
missioner Hirschns,d be removed. It
appears from the letter that tho execu-
tive committee of the organisation
has just completed a perusai of
the recent report of Commission
er Hirschheid for 1878 dealing
with the circumstances Of orsanixa-
ton and the personnel Of two COM
munity clubs, namely. the Plaza Com
munity Club and the Mutual Finance
and nkchnge Market. Inc. fosh Of
which were Incorporated In ,September
Of last year Records I'M the County
Clerks office show that the Rev. DR..
Day was one Of the incorporafofs and
president of each Of these orgsniza-
tious
Commissioner Hfrsehfeld rspsrtid on
the organization Of these two eoncerns
in part as follows:
IAN extensive investigat ton waA made
by me into the circumstances and per-
sonnet surrounding the organisation and
n rf ~ 81, 10
porated under the names. Plaza Com
munity Club and the Mutual Finance
and Exchange Market. Inc. respective
lily, with one Of the city officials, as presi-
dent Of both corporations. ostehsfbly to
cooperate with the city government for
the purpose OF reducing the cost OF food
supplies TO Consumers In this city.
My investigation disclosed that the
business Of the Plaza Community Club
was to he established in one OF the mar
kets owned by the city. and that like
many OF these attractively phrased or
ganizations the sole object wak to make
personal profits for the inco,porators.
I also discovered that the personnel of
the incorporators OF and the Prime NOV
ers In these two corporations were I'M
reliable and that their financed consist
ed solely of promissory notes and un-
ties were theoretically devoted to the
sale OF stock to innocent purchasers
upon Misrepresentation that the Iroject
was backed by the government II the
city Of New York.
As. a result OF the investigation there
waa an abrupt discontinuance Of. the
project and the head of the particular
department was prevented from vilat-
ing the law by the use OF city proprty
for private purposes"
In his letter to Mayor Hyian, daed
June II. the secretary Of the Citizess
Union says: :
Commissioner Day of tho Department
of Public Markets IL doubtless the 'citl
Official and the head Of the particu
lar department OF the city government
to whom reference Is macs 10 the abov,
quotation from the report OF the Com
missioner Of Accounts.
Commissioner Hirschfieid's charge.
against Commissioner Day. quoted above
are obviously very serious. As Z,
whether they are we'll founded or no
the Citizens Union has no knowledge o.
information. since the investigation
which Commissioner Hirschfeld con
Quoted. according to his report, was no
made in public.
1T Is clear, however, that IL the abov,
charges against Commissioner Day ar,
well founded he should be dismissed
from office. II they are unfounded Com
missioner Hirschfield by the publication
of such charges has demonstrated hi
own unfitness to hold the office he oc
cupies.
an this situation the Citizens Unioi
respectfully submits that as the suDerio
officer who appointed and has the powe
to remove both the officials concerned
It Is your duty in the public interes
7 to ascertain the facts, either through
an investigation by an Aldermanic com
| mittee or otherwsse. and to take actor
accordingly Such proceeding on you
part 10 hereby respectfully requested"