The evening world., 1920-12-06
CITY DEPARTMENTS
MUST MAKE GOOD
SCHOOLS DEFICIT
Cuts Must BE Made and Say
ingS Transferred to Educ2-
ton Fund, Says Hylan.

Mayor uylan in a message 70 the |
Board Of Aldermen this afternoon an
nounccd that the only feasible plan
OF Obtaining funds to make up the |
SCI, OOO, 900 deficit in the apartment OF
Education 1921 budget were 70 compel |
department beads TO make radical re- |
ductlons and to transfer their savings |
TO the public school funds The fivo
Borough Presidents and Aldermanic
President La GuardIa have agreed in
conference with tho Mayor to pare
their budgets to tho greatest possible
extent.
The budget Of S345,57i,So9 was for
mally acted on by the board. Unless
there was last minute change in
plans tho Democratic majority men,
bors of tho Finance Committee will
not recommend reductions. Tho min
ority members Of the committee. Al
derman August Ferrand and William
| +. Quinn, hlod minority report
recommending budget slashes "
S7.653,o5o.
Tho present plan Of meeting the S27,-
/ OOO. 900 dcficit in the Department OF
| Education budget IN not n direct tax
| imposed on the city by the state and
then collected by the state and turned
over to the Department Of Education,
! but "A radical reduction Of expenses by
] soc. .tt-. .t1r,o - r,,Cy,f hno1
Democratic Majority Leader Will
lam T. Collins. who attended con-
| ference in Mayor Hylan's office this
morning, declared that the plan to
make department heads meet the
public schools deficit, will not and
must not affect salaries. Others at
the conference wcro Aldermanic
President La Guardia, President An
ming 5. Prall OF tho Board Of Edu-
cation, and former President Of the
Board of Education Arthur s.. Somcrs,
who is stil u member Of the Board.
President Prau is understood 70
have given assurance that $4,000, 900
win be saved" by curtailing contin-
uatiou schools and omitting some Of
the "fad and ranCies" TO which the
Mayor objects.
General criticism OF city depart
mcnts is contained in the minority
report, which particularly attacks the
office OF the city Chambe rlain as
"uselcss" and Commissioner OF AC-
. counts David Hlrshneld declared to
be foremost in inetiicienCy who
seems 10 have spent the most OF his
time telling the public about the in
ycstiga tons he started to make but
p never finished"
one million dollars is recommended
to be- ,.lshed from the office Of {
City Chamberlain with the comment
that the appropriation allowed viii
suffice until action can be- taken by
the state Legislature to entirely abOl-
ish the department and merge II with
the Department Of Finance" Only
the Mayor and the present Chamber
lain. says the report, regard the Of
flee as necessary to the city Govern
ment.
The reason advanced for ciiminat-
ing nearly $6O.OOO from the office
Of the Commissioner OF Accounts is
the inetiiciency OF It's incumbent"
Attention IS called to the fact that
the only report ever submitted to the
Board OF Aldermen by COMMISSIONS
Hirshield was "slauderuus and
personal attack upon members Of the
Boa I'd"
Recommendations Of Aldermanic
President La Guardia for a Nat seven
per cent reduction in all city de-
partments is shunted aside because
Of its illegality
one Of the largest cuts recon-
mcndcd affects the Board OF Flee
tions and totals N,23O.29i, which the