The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-13
LOCKWOOD TO MEET
BOARD OF ESTIMATE
Senator and His Committee to
Confer With Officials About
City Contracts.
DATE is SET FOR MONDAY
La Guardia and Craig Again
f; Clash Over Inquiry Into
f Court House Affairs.

The Lockwood committee investigating
building graft Is taking no chances on
getting only a one sided view of the
cfty's building contracts or the views of
officials who have been fooled" by the
building graft ring, as was shown yes
terday when 1t made an engagement
with the Board of Estimate for a con-
ference next Monday morning on all un-
cancelled city contracts. The conference,
II Is expected. will give all of the light
that city officials can cast upon those.
contracts, for the officials in the Board
of Estimate represent all factions and
political persuasions of the city govern
ment- The eagerness of the various ee-
ments In the board to keep one another
pure In heart is evidenced In a constant
exchange of charges and accusations at
every meeting of the board.
That spirit manifested itself at yes
terday's board meeting when Comptroller
Charles l.. Craig submitted uncompleted
city contracts which he has asked bor-
ough and departmental heads to check
up and which he proposes to turn over
to the Lockwood committee If shade
OF suspicion attaches to any of them.
F. II. La Guardia, President of the
Board of Aldermen, Immediately turned
on the Comptroller who represents the
board as committee of one on court
house.
In Guardia starts Sparks Going.
~ want to know vino is going to
check up on our court house committee
or one" said La Guardia. Also / would
like to know why a shift was made
over night from granite to limestone III
the court house contracts
The charge of a shift over night is
absolutely false retorted the Comp
troller.
II said some time ago that this court
house would out-Tweed Tweed" con-
tinued the Aldermanic President.
THAT is not germane to the question
before u.s. replied the Comptroller with
some heat. land I raise the point that
such discussion is out of order"
Let US not have any noise from the
Comptroller" La Guardia persisted,
for this matter is very important. The
fact is very clear that there Is no OBJ
lection from anybody to have these city
contracts checked up, but II is not clear
who Is going to check up on the court
house committee. ! move that the mat
ter be referred to the Commissioner OF
Accounts
THAT Is ridiculous" said Craig.
"Oh, Is it?" calculated the President
of the Board of Aldermen.
Yes, 1t Is, and II is made solely for
the purpose OF advertising the Presl-
dent of the Board of Aldermen"
A Suggestion of Cam outage.
What does the communication of
this list of contracts do?" inquired the
Mayor.
1T seeks to make us forget about
the court house contracts" replied
La Guardia.
a motion to receive the communica-
ton with vote of thanks TO the Comp
troller was lost and the matter went
over until next week.
A communication from the Bethlehem
Steel Bridge Corporation protesting
against the cancellation of its struc-
tural steel contracts for tho court house
was referred to the Corporation Coun-
sci after the Mayors motion to file
the protest had been lost.
Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of
Plant and Structures, asked authority
TO begin operation Of tho Midland troll
ley lines in Staten Island and an APP
against the receipts of the lines. The
request was referred to the committee
on finance and budget.