New-York tribune., 1920-11-12

sign tho s2,Si2,0oo Limestone contract
'"r the proposed new courthouse.
Ei'er repeated combinations Of this
statement. the Mayor was confronted
WIN letter he had written to Net.
,eicS' dated November IL, 1918. The
tetter set forth that the Mayor had
received communication from uct
trick at the hands Of John II McCoasy
the Democratic leader of BROOKLYN.
ana that Hettrick would be appointed
10 commission arranging for peace
celebration
In other communications produced hv
MIR. Untermyer there we're frequent
references to interviews and confer
ences between Hettrick and the Mayor
The Mayor did not deny the authorship
of the letters, but insisted ne did not
know that man Hettrick, as he
couldn't remember the names of all the
men who called at his Office"
Never Met Hettrcl<
when did you meet Hettrick ?"
asked Mr.. Untermyer.
Il have never met him." replied the
Mayor. "Somc ono who might have
been Hcttrick came to my office on
February Q, 1919, and talked to me
about terra Gotta and labor matters"
''You never heard of Hcttrick prior
70 February 9, 1892"
Il don't remember having heard of
him until after that letter dated Sep
tember Ia, 1920"
The Mayor here explained that he
turned the letter over to Commissioner
Hirshiicld for the purpose Of having
an investlSa made and that he had
not deliberately withheld it.
"The implications that | held that
letter back said the Mayor, ARE de
+,l-. -.i ~, i%--
rests on tho Commissioner Of Accounts,
to whom / referred ii"
$50 you shove it on to him." aske,
UnteTmyer. "W ell, row | am sure he
Will take it,"
The Mayor resented questions as to
why he had not taken action regarding
me courthouse contracts sooner de-
ciaring that this might mislead the
public
III you don't mislead the public any
moro than ! DO retoyted Untermycr,
the public Will know ali about this
business before ! get through
Doesn't Remember Names
When the letter OF November Il, 1918
was produced by Untormyer as cvi-
dence 10 show that the Mayor had had
DEALINGS with Nettrick two years ago,
tho Mayor said:
Il may have written it. I have sent
out lots Of letters to responsible people
MI over the city, and cannot renem-
Der all their names"
During the examination regarding
he Mayors letter to the Board of
Education n which he said linn estore
was better than terra Gotta ard that
thousands Of cut stone workers needed
employment, the Mayor admitted he
had made 40 Investigation of the facts
la
oranGa. at the same time, lie said,
lie mad no intention Of injuring terra
Gotta
The memoranda, il appears, accom-
ranied note from Hettrick to the
Mayor on February 8, 1919, which
reads az 3ollows
Dear SIT: Attached IS q copy Of
proposed letter prepared according to
your instructions of last evening.
Reg 70 say that the statements con-
aimed therein are correct and the
.abor union Representatives. Of the stone
Industry are ready to verify them by
Documentary evidence. Al any time.
Very respectfully yours,
JOIN 7. HETTR1CK."
During his exam nation regarding this
proposed letter. which the Mayor ad-
mitted sending verbatim TO the Board
Of Education under his own name, the
Mayor said he had not made any in
resEFation OF the facts set forth
therein by Hettrick but It the same
-iine had 10 lntcNtion' CT injuring
ARIA Gotta
and yo0 took it and swallowed it,
nook, linz and siuker? You didn't send
Is somebody oise's memoranda ~
asked Mr. Untcrmyer
NO" replied tae Mayor.
pfc- i-,.- Tho aknr C,,n.
You went and wrote the letter and
7lale the statements over your own
Ignatrrc. without even including" "-
Il Wlitc a letter for them to investi-
gate They had the handling Of con
fracts"
"Now, Mr. Mayor. Just look at the
-ltnatlon. YoI know, don't you, that
hetsiick was representing the lime
stone ring
YES"
Don't you see now INA. he was Jus:
Laying The lauor union game as q
stalking horse in the Interests Of the
limestone 9ing ."
''ycs. SIR"
"And be was jus5 working up the
'shor end OF il as 4 bilnd TO help thc
inestorc combination
Yes sir; there is no doubt about
hat"
All this CANNON and talk about
-orbingmen and getting employment,
md all the rest oI it. tina, was just a
p'an to ge' that contract for the lime
tone riug 30
We; ina. seems to be the way he
vas acting
He fooled vop pretty well?"
'fes: 'hink Ae fooled lot OF
.thevs.''
The letter prepared by Hettrick on
ne Mayors Instructions, and which
the Mayor forwarded to Wilsey, also
bore the direction at tho top:
Letter 10 toe sent TO members Of
'le Board OF Est mate. President Ar
bur SomerS Of the Board Of Educa-
tion aud members of the building com
mltteo ri the Board Of Education"
The Mayor said it was possible that
he may save sent the letter to ell those
lndicated but he could not ienember
The Letter to Wiisey
The letter reads, in fuIl:
"February s. 1919.
Hon. Frank D. Wilsey. SO West Street
New York City.
Dear sir; Information has been
conveyed to me that q condition
exists in the construction OF the pub
&c schools of this city which may need
Immediate attention.
"fhc city is about to begin the work
OF erecting a number Of school build
ingS and II mistakes in methods OF
construction have been committed in
Ike past they should be remedied now
am informed that for several Years \