New-York tribune., 1920-12-14
State Industry
Board Destined
For Upheaval
Failure of Commission. With
LOCO Employees, to Tn.
cover Building Combines
Said to Merit Overhaulins
Inquiry Begins To-day
Judge Miller TO Prohibit
Dempsey.CarpentierBout;
May Permit Sunday Sports

Hearings will begin this forenoon in
the rooms OF the Bar Association, in
West Forty-fourth Street, which are
expected to lay bare the Ineffective
ness Of the State Industrial Commits
sion as at present constituted and di-
rected. The commission is politically
dominated by Tammany Hall. through
the appointment by Governor Smith on
January -, 1920. Of Edward f. Boyle
as chairman. after Mr.. Boyle had been
defeated for President Of the Borough
of Manhattan by Henry II. Curran.
The Republican state leaders assert
that Boyle and James NJ. Lynch domi-
nate the commission. and that their
control has resulted in the refinement
Of scores Of efficient employees, while
at. the same time the department as a
whole has gone back in efficiency.
In addition to Boyle and Lynch in
the commission are Edward ?. Lyon.
Henry d. Sayer ana Mrs. Frances Per
kins-W Wilson.
Failed to Bare Combine
The failure on the part Of the state
commission, with nearly thousand
employees on its personnel service
roll, to discover and make public the
operations OF the alleged Brindell- IIet
trick building material trust in New
\ ork is charged up against them By
the Republican state leaders, who con-
slider that that dcrcliction alone is SUI
ticient cause for thorough roorgani-
zation Of the commission, with large
~. 10, Of i,-
pairing down of its budget appropria-
ton.
The legislative committee which will
begin to-day hearings for information
looking to a recodification of labor
laws is constituted as follows: Sem
ator John knight, Of Arcade, chairman;
Asscmblyman George +. d. Brady, Of
Buffalo. vice chairman; Senators Peter
J. McGarry, of Brooklyn; Caleb II.
Baumes, Of Newburgh; John ]. Boylan,
Of New York; Burt 4. Kasson, Of Glov-
ersvillc, and Assemblvmen David T.
Jetfery, Of Lockport; Theodore Roosc-
welt, Of Oyster Bay; Alton A. Walrath.
o. Fort Plain; Frank J. Taylor, OF
Brooklyn, and Cesar 3. f. Barra. OF
New York. William S. Cofey and
Franklin y. Lord are attorneys for the
committee.
The Industrial Commission has put
in a requisition for 1921-'22 for 1,2l5
employees, as against 1856 for last year,
and for a personal service appropria-
uon Of 50, ,305,530 for 1921, as against
Sl,1l3,2V last year. The maintenance
item asked for 1921 is $572 ,675, as
against S407lS2 last year
Predicts Reorganization
Governor-clcct Miner yesterday at
the st. Regis would not comment on
the published reports that the State
Boxing Commissioners had .fered to
.esign. The Tribune two weeks ago
called attention to the intention of
the Republicans radically to reorgan-
ize the commission and amend the
Walker bill.
There no longer is any hope that the
Dempsey Carpenter przetight wili be
held III the State of New YORK Judge
Miller said yesterday, when asked
about the prohibition Of Sunday base
ball and Sunday movies, that he was
listening every day to suggestions with
reference 10 changes in laws, but that
his mind was still open and would
remain open until h. wrote his first
message to the Legislature.
!, OF course. am in favor of all
o'ean sport but az opposed to the
spert, said Judge Miller.
The Republican leaders have an old
grievance against Governor Smith in
connection with tic organization OF
the Boxing Commission. They re-
cred assurances from their Demo
cratic colleagues both in the Senate
and Assembly that Frank Dwyer. for
molly well known upstate baseball
N2nager, would be appointed. to the