The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-13

Tribune there appears the following
headline:
"Hylan admits altering $4,000. 600
school bids at request OF Hettrick.'
II desire 10 brand this a vicious and
deliberate falsehood. In THE New
YORK HERALD the following headline ap-
pears:
Terra Gotta school contracts involv-
ing s16,000.OO0 changed by Board of
Education after receipt OF Hylan letter
This is also a malicious, false and
untrue statement.
THE records of the Board OF Educa-
tion will prove this TO be deliberate
and malicious attempt TO mislead the
people of this city, and / submit the
following official correspondence to SUBJ
stantiate this statement"
The Mayor was not allowed to pro-
ceed AS soon as the committee had
taken It's recess the Mayor made public
his letter TO Mr.. Snyder and the lat
ter's answer The Mayor quoted from
the cross examination on Thursday
when Mr.. Unterynyer inferred by his
questions that the Wilsey letter, as pre-
pared by Hettrick, had resulted in chang
ing the school contracts.
When the committee resumed its sos-
sion after the noon recess Mr.. Snyder
took the stand. The Mayor promptly
renewed his fight TO get his statement
and tho Snyder letter into the record
refuse to transfer this proceeding
into beer garden" Mr.. Untermyer
remarked. The Mayor withdrew to a
taole' where he remained In consultation
with the Corporation Counsel
Mr.. Snyder detailed tho work OF his
department, explaining the procedure in
dealing with plans and specifications
in relation to school building. He
pointed out that the city programme
Tor school building called for $1,000. 600
expenditure for forty-six schools. The
witness reviewed all the bids and speci-
fications for these schools.
Getting down to the correspondence
which was exchanged by several school
officials and the Mayor on the ques-
ton of limestone contracts. Mr.. Snyder
produced a report he had forwarded
10 Frank d. Wilsey, yice-president of
the Board of Education and chairman
of the building committee This set
forth the arguments made by the New
YORK Cut Stone Contractors Assoca-
ton In favor of limestone and against
terra Gotta. The United Board of Bust
ness Agents made similar arguments
and Mr.. Untermyer asked if that asso-
citation was Brindels. The witness
didn't know.
There were complaints against terra
Gotta and praise for limestone from
many quarters. The indications. as
shown in the letters, were that an
organized movement was being carried
on In the campaign against terra Gotta.
THESE letters set forth that the workers
pelieved 1t unfair to them to keep the
stone trades out of employment.
The plans were changed so that the
terra Gotta men did not get a chance at
IT.? Mr.. Untermyer asked.
Part of the work was to be done in
terra Gotta and part in limestone" Mr..
Snyder said.
"On most of these buildings?'
THE change took place after January
23-on January g."
Mr.. Snyder said that the difference
In cost between the materials was about
$4,000 on building in favor OF terra
Gotta.
There were letters from Mr.. Wilsey tn
Mr.. Snyder, from Mr.. Snyder to Mr..
Wilsey, from both of them to Arthur
Somers, president of the board. and
from Mr.. Somers to the Mayor There
were frequent references to keeping the
Mayor posted. The tenor Of all this
correspondence was that stone should