The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-10
DATA ON CONTRACTS
ASKED FROM MAYOR
Coatinued from First Page.

fees were paid have told the COMMITTEES
they never received a cent The work.
men are asking the walking delegates
what became OF the money.
John r. Hettrick. the lawyer who OPP
Grated the code clearing house for con-
home I'm Highland Beach. n. J. He
stated he was not running away. Mr.
Untermyer promptly wrote to Hettrick
asking him to appear before the COM
mittee tomorrow afternoon.
The session Tomorrow will be one OF
the most interesting so far held by the
committee and especially so IL the Mayor
appears as witness. II he takes the
stand Mr.. Iylan probably win be ques-
toned at some length Masses of new
evidence are ready for presentation.
Untcrmyer Letter to Mayor.
Mr.. Untermyer's letter to the Mayor
is as follows:
Nothing is further from my wish
or intention or that of the committee
than to do you or your administration
or any other person an injustice. In
view of your public statements the
committee Is DESTROYS of now ex-
tending to you the same invitation
that has been uniformly offered 9TH
ers. 1t has accordingly been ar
ranged that when the committee re-
convenes on Thursday at 10 o'clock
You will be promptly and fully heard.
Having regard to the concluding
paragraph of your statement We have
the right to assume and have as
sumed that this arrangement will be
fa nfs1r tf,
Perhaps you will be good enough
to bring with you from the files of
your Office any correspondence and
other data, if any, that you may
have relating to or concerning COM
munication with Messrs. Brindell,
Hettrick or others and with any
branch or officials OF the city gov
eminent bearing on the making or
execution of bids or contracts for the
Court House, the schools and for
other public work during the past
two years of your administration.
The committee is satisfied that this
viii afford the best and most expe-
ditious means of clarifying the situa-
tiGn and you may rest assured that
II any wrong has been done any one
will by this means promptly right
Itself in the public mind.
OIEbt " ltQQ tiiStt hl4OW-
Hg what l do and what I feel you
nd your subordinates should have
rown as to the collusive character
of many Of the accepted bids for pub
lie work. ] am personally more than
ever satisfied that the contracts
based on such bids should not have
been made and should now be can
celled and payments withheld. but
the committee as wei! as myself will
meet the subject with an open mind
The Investigation being made By the
Comm. SIS .oncr of Accounts into city con-
tracts dealt with the Staten Island piers
The Terry and Tench Company has con-
.racts for piers TO TO IL, inclusive.
According to the transcript of the
testimony made public by Hirshfield and
sent to the Lockwood committee. Mr.
herwin testified that last May he per-
onaliy paid Brindell SIS 900 and the
labor leader put the money into his
pocket and in return handed out q cigar.
lie said he made a second payment Of
500 to Brindeil one month ago.
After the award OF contracts to his
ompany. Sherwin continued, he called
on Brindell 10 talk over matters. as he
wished to conciliate all concerned an
avoid any labor trouble. After that