The New York herald., 1921-02-13

the city take over a unified system"
How does the Governors plan COM
pare with yours?"
I'VE are not very far apart
Then you can work together from
now on?"
You know I hate to quarrel with
any one. If two groups OF men have
honest Intentions in the solution of this
problem ] do not see how they ran
disagree on the fundamentals. If they
are willing to go ahead and perform the
operation / have spoken OF, that is,
squeeze out the water and do away
with the overhead then ] do not see
why We can't agree. On the question
of financial terms I do not wish to
comment without further study. / do
not think it will be possible to force
participation In this plan through leg
isl hon, but i think they may be per-
suaded in the way the Governor
hints att
Mr.. La Guardia, however. declared
his belief that the RoarS Sf Estimate
should retain ''all the powers it now
has in the premises"
''I told them I didn't care whether
Governor was a Democrat or Repp3t
lican," declared Herman A. Metz. Con
menting on the fact that members. OF his
own party had criticised him for APP
plsuding Republican Governor. "The
traction situation has been football
long enough, and it will never be taken
out of politics until there is single
commission control
Gov. Miller has brains combined with
backbone, a>rare combination in a public
official He's the only man with the
nerve to come out and take the traction
situation by the throat. A lot of others
would have lodged the ISSUE"
Mr.. Metz continued:
"There wasn't any home rule cry
raised when we took the control OF
traction affairs away from the Board
of Aldermen. But a lot Of people are
using the issue to protect the Board of
Estimate. which has simply adopted
og-in-the-nanger policy There will
never be any harmonious action as long
as there is political conflict between the
city authorities and the upstate COM
mission.
Put the matter in control OF one body
and therell be some action, provided OF
course. the Governor makes the proper
appointments, which have no doubt he
will
Connolly Scents Danger.
Borough President Connolly took is
sue with the Queens Chamber of Com
merce. which has indorsed the Miller
pm. It's directors might have expressed
the sentiment of the business interests,
but not OF vast majority OF the peo-
pie of our borough" he said. His (the
Governors) ideas contemplate the alb
rogation of the existing contracts, and
this, of course, will be followed by an
increase in fare, nobody knows to what
extent"
The traction situation will be discussed
at a dinner of the Speakers Bureau OF
the Republican County Committee at
the Cafe Boulevard tomorrow night.
Harold I. Aron will preside. The speak
ers will be william A. Prendergast,
former Comptroller; Travis II. Whit
ney, former Public Service Commits
sioncr. and Representative-elect Ogden
l.. Mills.
Mayor Hylan, Aldermanic President
La Guardia, Borough President Curran
of Manhattan, Corporation Counsel J.
p. OBrien and Grover A. Whalen, Com
missioner of the Department OF Plant
and Structures. have been invited to
talk at a meeting Of the Yorkville
Chamber of Commerce on Friday night.
1t Is In the interest of the continuation
OF the bus line between Ninety-second
street and the East River and West
End avenue and Eighty-sixth street