New-York tribune., 1921-06-28
Col. Hayward
w ont Run for
Mayor, He Says
Declares Flatly He Will
Continue to Serve Fed
eral Government as Dis
trict Attorney for N. Y.
He Makes Himself Plain
Announces That Even il
Nominated He Would
Keep Name OFF Ticket

united states D1str1ct Attorney VIII
liam Hayward, under discussion by the
local Republican leaders as the anti
Hylan candidate for the mayoralty,
yesterday declared unequivocally that
if nominated he would decline to run.
Colonel Hayward has been United
States District Attorney for two weeks.
Republican politicians, desirous Of
picking winning candidate, have
been telling one another that Colonel
Hayward could run for Mayor without
resigning his Federal office and that 1t
would be good thing to name him.
This talk was not distasteful to Cole
mel Hayward unil there was coupled
with it the suggestion that his pro-
posed prosecution of certain trust Off
cials would inure to his benefit as a
candidate for Mayor. That nettled him.
Last Friday and Saturday he passed
in Washington in consultation with
Attorney General Daugherty and Presi-
dent Harding He told them that he
had no intention Of quitting his new
post. When q Tribune reporter saw
him yesterday in the Federal Building
he was ready to tell the people where
he stood.
Appreciates Compliments
"You may or may not have noticed
in the last few weeks" said the Colo
mel, that the papers have been say
ing nice things about me in connec-
tion with the nomination for Mayor.
That was kind of them and l appre-
ciate the courtesy But when it was
suggested here and there that certain
prosecutions which / have in hand as
United States District Attorney would
be fine political propaganda for the
Mayoralty l thought the people were en-
titled to plain statement from me.
"If / had any ambition to be Mayor
of this great city | would not wait to
be drafted would frankly tell the
people of my ambition and l would
volunteer. ] haven't any ambition to
be Mayor. | don't want it to be un-
derstood that do not think highly of
the Importance Of the office, for I be-
lieve it comes pretty close to being
the second official position in this
country.
"But the work of the United States
District Attorney is very important.
We handle here annually from 10000
to $4,000 criminal cases. On the civil
SIDE the cases now unQ6T way Involve
the tremendous total of 00,000000.
Then there is long list of admiralty
cases, with S40,000,000 involved. These
have mostly to do with the Shipping
Board.
Lots of Work to Do
~ have thirty-two assistants here
and they are ridiculously underpaid,
considering the work they have to do.
These are some of the considerations
which impel me togive my whole atten-
tion to the work of this office and
leave the mayoralty business zout.
lam not an active nor passive candi-s
date. | would not permit other party
to entertain the impression that j
could be induced to be a candidate
for Mayor. If any party should nomi-
nate me | would decline to run.
cone thing more. 1t has been sug-
gested that the Harding Administration
was back Of my mayoralty boom.
There is nothing in that. l give you
my word that no one in Washington is
entertaining any notion of that char
acter. | am servant of the Federal
government for an indefinite period"
Colonel Hayward said he had re-
ceived many letters and messages from
Republicans who wanted him to stand
as candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for Mayor.
This announcement from Colonel