New-York tribune., 1920-11-12

! taxpayers, rather than in material pro-
duced by labor in New Jersey and else
where. Very truly yours.
JOHN F. HYLAN,
Mayor"
And here" went on Untermycr
"they were about 70 determine on
forty-onc schools on what sort of stone
they should use. and here YOU wrcfc
them lot Of stuff about terra cotta
and non-union men and New Jersey
plants and a lot OF other things tend
ing TO injure the use of terra Gotta
and You didn't look into single one
of those matters?'
"With no idea OF injuring terra Gotta
Mr.. Untermyer."
Doesn't Know OF Change
"You took the statement Of 4 man
whose name you don't know and you
wrote il over your own name and sent
it to the Board OF Education and they
acted on it and changed from terra
Gotta to limestote?"
II don't know that they acted on it.
you mean they cannot tell us to-
day whether they changed?'
u don't know whether it was
changed or not"
After writing this letter to Mr.
Wilsey, did you sec any members Of
the Board of Iducation?"
"Oh yes, saw the Board of Educa-
slon very oftcn.'
"Did you take up with any Of them
the subject matter Of that letter.
"I cannot remember. / may have"
Didn't you see Mr. Wilsey and tell
him YOU would like to have those
buildings Of limestone Z"
"No. sir. | did not"
Did he ever report to you H''
"l think he probably answered the
letter l am not sure"
Don't you know that the statements
embodied in that letter that Hettrlck
sent you, ard you sent on to Wilsey
were pack of fabricatons ?"
Il merely sent them on to Mr.. Wilsey
for his investigation"
IN reply to questions. the Mayor ad-
mitted he never had examined the terra
Gotta work in the College Of the City
Of New YORK, or the Municipal Building
or the Bureau Of Fire Alarm Telegraph
Building in Central Park.
Have you ever known for whom he
was actns?"
$40; never knew Hettrick.'
Would it not have been better if
you had simply handed on the state
mcnt as somebody else's who was in
terested m limestone
at probably would have been better
"Don't YOU think that the last para
graph in your letter was direct init
nation 70 the Board Of Education that
ii should use limestone o.
"No, positively not
Don't you think you'll have a hard
time explaining away that last para
graph ?'
Il don't see why ! should"
Price Boosted S1,0O0,0CG
"But when you say to department,
the heads Of which are appointed by
you, it is for you to decide whether it
isn't better to use material made in
New York City, by taxpayers, rent
payers, union labor. than an article
you didn't see that that was practically
direction to them what 10 do? ."
1T was not direction"
The result viii show what they did.
The contracts have Seen changed to
limestone, and the price on the forty
one schools involved boosted from S15.-
000,o 600 to $4,000 000'
Following the disclosures regarding
the limestone letter Of FcbruaAy {. 1918,
Mr.. Cnternyer produced another com
nunication from Hettrick to the Mayor
Ut>ltu Marcn u, IVY.
The Mayor said he had read it as
part Of the big batch OF correspondence
which he took three hours to get
through. The letter reads
Dear Sit: Referring to the conver-
sa.loNs | had in reference to the use
Of natural stone in the public school
buildings, beg to say that I an in
formed ~ the labor union organization
men that there has been an attempt or
foot now, even after your letter was
sent TO the Board Of Education, 10 use
terra Gotta in several buildings, the
contracts for which have been awarded.
My clients feel as they have their
homes in the city and all the cut stone
plants are located in New York, pay
ing taxes to the City Of New York,
they should not be brought into COM
petition with terra Gotta products,
which are inferior for permanent pub
lie buildings and are made outside Of
Che City Of New York By nom-union
labor.
Feeling that you viii stand firmly
IN the position of assisting the labor
union men OF New York We
ask your continued help in this matter.
| beg to remind YOU that in my last in
terview with YOU stated that the in
lernatlonal organizations We're greatly
Interested in the use Of stone in New
ork, and from clients have received
The Information given 10 YOU shove.
Hoping for your continued asaist-
anCo, am
~ ours very truly.