The New York herald., 1921-04-30
'C0MMlTTEEPICRED
FOR HYLAN INQUIRY
MachOld and Lusk Choose
Six Upstate Men Among
Investigators.
WON'T BE GRAFT HUNT
Speaker Says Object Will
Be to Urge Constructive
Work to Legislature.
SLATE is BADLY BROKEN
Steinberg Fails to Be Named
-Burlingame Also Left
Off List.
SLATE Is BADLY BROKEN

Here is the personnel of the joint
legislative committee to investigate
the administration of the city of New
York, as announced last night In the
Murray Hill Hotel after a conference
of the leaders:
Senators-Schuyler NJ. Meyer (Rep),
Seventeenth Manhattan district Max
well S. Harris (Rep). Fourth Brook
lyn; Bernard NJ Downing tDem),
Fourteenth Manhattan; Theodore
Douglas Robinson (Rep.). Herkimer-
Lewis Hamilton Fulton district: Fred
erick w. Kavanaugn (Rep). Saratoga
Schenectady district; Clayton r. Lusk
(Rep), Cortland -Chemung- Broome dis
trict, president pro tenn. Of the Senate.
and James J. Walker (Dem.), Twelfth
Manhattan district, minority leader, ex
officio.
Assemblymen-Sol. Ullman (Rep),
Sixth Manhattan district Theodore Stitt
(Rep.), Eighteenth Brooklyn; Maurice
Bloch (Dem), Sixteenth Manhattan !:
Peter McArdle (Dem.), Fourth Brook
lyn; Walter W. Westall (Rep.), Second
Westchester: John r. Yale (Rep.), Put
nam. and Simon l.. Adler (Rep.), Second
Monroe, majority leader, and Charles d.
Donohue (Dem), Fifth New York. mi
nority leader. ex-officio.
The committee will meet here for or
ganization on Friday. 1t has been def
be chairman and Assemblyman Adler
vice-chairman. Elon r. Brown, former
Senator of Jefferson, Is to be counsel
but it is still uncertain whether Leonard
NJ Wallstein and Samuel Berger will be
associate counsel
A fight is being made against the last
two named. That and the fact that As
semblyman Joseph Steinberg Of the Fiji
teenth Manhattan district was left off
the committee led some to the conclusion
last night that the investigation would
not be graft hunt.
When Speaker Machold was asked II
the legislative leaders had any concrete
evidence Of maladministration he re-
piled:
so far as am concerned the purpose
of this investigation will not be graft
hunting. It's purpose will be to find what
constructive work can be done for the
city and report 1t to the next Legisla-
ture"
Then you will not go after graft?'
the Speaker was asked.
when anything like that develops"
was the reply. 1T will be pushed to the
limit. The evidence will be turned over
to the District Attorneys"
The tentative slate of the committee
was ripped to pieces at the conference
among the Speaker, Senator Lusk. SEN
ator Walker and Assemblyman Donohue,
the Democratic leaders of the Senate
and Assembly respectively. They were
IN session from O'Clock until some time
after s. In It's final form the committee
contains six upstate men-three of
seven Senators and three of eight AS
semblymen. There are two Democratic
Senator's and three Democratic Assem-
blymen. The Republicans in Manhattan
get one Senator. the Democrats one.
Republicans in Kings one Senator, a
Livingston man. but not Senator A. III.
Burlingame. who wanted to be chairman.
Republicans in Manhattan get one
Assemblyman. while the Democrats get
two. In Kings each side gets one. The
Bronx. Queens and Richmond are not
eepresented.
Senator Lusk and myself take ful!
responsibility for the appointments" "
said Speaker Machold 1T would be an
unfair inference TO say that Samuel s.
Koenig or Jacob A. Livingston opposed
the naming of Mr.. Steinberg."
Among a number of leaders called into
conference were Mr.. Koenig and Mr..
Livingston. Mr.. Koenig said later he
was satisfied.