The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-08
Lockwood Accountants Are
Busy Figuring Leads
Pointing to Millions.
HYLAN ON STAND SOON
To Be Asked Why Public
Contracts Under Suspicion
Are Not Held Up.
DEFENCE BY HIRSHFIELD
New Scheme of Split Partner
ships Gives Silent Intruder
S125,OOO Doodle.

Mayor Hylan's clash with Samuel
Untermyer, chief counsel of the Lock-
wood housing committee. made II cer-
tain yesterday that ne will be sum-
fnoned to the witness stand al an
early date TO tell why he has not
taken action 10 rescind public build
ing contracts believed to have been
obtained by collusion and at extor-
tionate prices to the city.
This Is the outcome OF a controversy
in which the Mayor has become In
volved with Mr.. Untermyer. The date
has not been set for calling the Mayor.
In hts answer TO the committees chai-
l.nge asking him why something wa8
rot being done. the Mayor said Mr..
l'1terfnver vas making deliberate mis-
n p-eso ntation. That stirred the COM
tri.t.e 70 direct further attention to
" y what the Mayor had done and
rp'it dlJ not serve to calm Mr..
|'r'- -rnys-
Til. chi.l 80 u1deT whose gu,d-
tuc. the cauia'.jee : broken the build
iny z1aft sitia tiou v-id cper M Il 'rted
vel along ~ 'hr way t,UarA splittipg
% cHnbnatlo's an1 sending tne graft
~ % JAN SAID ycr'r-d'y 'c did not
car" % comment further On ths Mavor's
attitude ile sald he was content 20
poini &C. tie record OF he case and let
developments IN the case disclose the
facts
The record O. which Mr. Untermyer
referred shows thai the committee first
heard from tho Mayor on September 81.
~ Hy'an offered the aid % city depart-
men'r 20 Mr untcrmycr 10 help along
me investigation then irst getting OF
~ feet The nrNt heard from the Mayor
vas on October 2s, when ne wrote 10
senator lockwood. again Offering assist
ancc
H~ttrfcs'. Letter. Under Scrutiny.
Tie sc-calied 'hri0c letter which
John r He't-ick originator OF the ci"ar-
lns house system fer handling contracts.
wrote 20 ths Mqym was transferred
from City Hnn to tho Commissioner Of
Accounts on scptember IA In that let
TO- Hsttrich offered tho Mayor the sup
port - labor unions N he would sign
,hs limestone cdhtract Tor the court
hou-e eh'sh Wss heirg urged strongly
sy Alderman Rcnnesiiy representatives
81 Charles y Murphy's district in tho
hoard The letter was no, dated and
there is nothing 20 show when the Mayor
received n
Tho committee leean its hear rngs on
October 81 ard for two dsys sensations
we're popping ~ the rate of one min
ute ir IN. Aidermnnic chamber ON
Octoher % the Mayor moved 20 rcscind
~. court hunse contract and three days
later niads pubic the Hettrics letter.
absu, Witch there had been much COM
rr.ni ~ ~. rr~ss The same fav Robert
y Rrinden. he'd % the Bui'di~g Trades
Courcl vac dr1np~d AZ NJ rnbe' %
ths wavor'r housi-r committee
~otning hap rune " I'm the c'tv Haii
- thr rr.rfwa1e committee throwing
Yget on re rfy contracts The COM
nniltee has hncn frviVr tc vt Information
am hns no nc a~aieta nee from the city
orriais VIC have 90 rccords only
nerfunciort nTers ~ 90 have issued
f-~rn thf Msvrra orec members - tho
oarimiftee state
A. saf 81 l. known. the Navor ha. not
ma. nave - hold ur the oontracts
shtrh h ir susrarfrf were pui over On
~ rft adr,ir frofirn ~ rrorieerins
,a,.frarfarf Tf fHre Nar heen such a
rnass u,ser in CIu ga the tocEwocd
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Rr-ardirs b. tie .rrriffee De MAJOR
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ais frnrn cree tnre faat fbev n~nF,n@sd
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