New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
City Honor For
viviani Fought
By Socialists
Near Riot i'll Board of Al
dernaen When Beckerman
Calls Visitor Renegade:
Compares Him 10 /. w. w.
Hvlan Comes TO Rescue
Calls Emergency Session and
Freedom of City Is Voted
to Ex-Premier, 81 to 5

ano;her near riot occurred yesterday
- the meeting Of the Beard of Alder
zen over the question of comforting
80 freedom Of the city. THIS time it
49, Rene Niviani, special envoy of
rrance. who WIS to be recipient Of the
tnrnr. She Socialist members de-
-e,,rcea Viviani as traitor and rene
~sae to the Socialist party in his own
country and voted against the resolu-
ton.
4son az the resolution was blocked by
he objection of Alderman Abraham
psekerraar. Socialist, and it was only
sf-aY the board had taken a recess for
sor minutes and an emergency message
.rse received from the Mayor request
~ the massage OF the resolution that
: copld be adopted. Under the emer-
ranev rule majority vote Of the board
ssonjd carry the resolution. It was
~so,ted bv q vote of So to 5. Alderman
navia J. Stewart, Republican, of
Brooklyn, joining with the four Social
;s.s in voting in the negative.
Compares Him to |. W. ".
In explaining mis- vote, Alderman
psekerrnan called Viviani renegade
Socialist 4LA ACNtcAC0 Ilt<tS bC We@S
orce leader of an element in France
IDENTICAL with the I. ". ". in this
country
q don't think it will be d great honor
"a Vivian # tnis resolution is car
-ied roughshop through the board with
eut consideration said Alderman
Reckerman 4 east no reflection on
the people of France, fer whom | have
tae greatest admiration, but everybody
vho knows the history Of this man
V;elani knows that he was formerly
he leader Of an element in France
vsich is identical with the |. w. W. in
MS country. The same Viviani then
became q traitor and renegade to the
Socialist PARTY and was expelled from
that party. I oppose the resolution
BECAUSE of the personality of Viviani,
but I would gladly vote the freedom Of
the city to anyone else.
When Alderman Beckerman objected
10 Immediate liberation, Major F.
2 La Guardia, President Of the Board,
left the chair and went to the Mayors
Office 10 get him 10 write the emer-
cencv message TO allow Of the passage
q the resolution by majority vote.
The Aldermanic President brought the
Nsyors message back, and after the
Beard had recessed for ten minutes TO
make it appear that it was another
meeting the roll call was ordered or
motion OF Alderman William 7. Col
Inns, majority leader.
Quinn Deplores Action
N explaining his vote against the
resolution, Alderman Stewart, Republ-
can, said that he agreed with Alderman
BeckeTman as to the personality Of
Ni-f~rf o~-2 shot h. [e3 h. y c
tory, and would be doing himself and
the people OF his district an injustice
i he voted for the resolution. He de-
clared that he did rot consider Niviani
TAR representative of the French
PEOPLE. Alderman Quinn said -hat he
greatly REGRETTED that any Of the al
dermen fslt disposed TO attack and in
suit the distinguished French visitor
he aeplored the incident, he said, and
hoped that il would not be taken as
Indicative Of the feeling of the board.
The Sevres vase which NJ. Viviani
mentioned in his speech at the City
Haii last Thursday, when he was vel
coined by Mayor Hylan, as having
arrived yesterday and was placed in
n the Mayors reception room. NJ
ViFiani could not formally present the
vase Yesterday and a date will be ar.
ranged when he will present it anc
be given the freedom of the city voted
to him by the Board of Aldermen
NJ Viviani was the guest of honor
last night at dinner given BY
Charles A Stone, president Of the
American International Corporation
4 number OF prominent bankers were
present.
James W Gerard, former Ambassa-
dor TO Germany, entertained NJ. vi
viani ~ luncheon with Frank A. Nun
sey. editor Of The New York Herald
and Ogden Reid, editor Of The New
York Trthone