New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-07
Adler Is Vice-Chairman;
Walistein, Berger, Otis
Slated for Associate
Counsel to Committee
First Hearing Set
For Early i'm june
Brown Says Inquiry Is
Non Political; Urges
Support of All Citizens

The legislative committee appointed
to investigate the Hylan administra-
tion and make recommendations for
changing the charter organized yester-
day forenoon at the Murray Hill Hotel.
with Senator Schuyler M. Meyer ir. as
chairman and ex-senator Elon R.
Brown as chief counsel.
1t is understood that the associate
counsel will be Leonard M. WalIstein,
counsel to the Citizens Union; Deputy
Attorney General Samuel A. Berger,
former Deputy Police Commissioner
Frank B. Lord and Alexander Otis.
Mr.. Brown made a formal statement
outlining his views and purposes. It
is expected that work will begin at
once and that public hearings will be
held early in June.
Present at the organization meeting
yesterday were Senator Meyer. Senator
Clayton R. Lusk, Republican leader of
the upper house; Senators Maxwell s.
Harris. Theodore Douglas Robinson
and Frederick W. Kavanaugh; Assem-
blymen Simon L. Adler, majority lead
er; Charles D. Donohue, minority lead
er; Sol B. Ullman, Theodore Stitt.
Maurice Bloch, Walter Westall and
John r. Yale. The absentees were
Senator Downing, who was at the
Scully funeral, Senator James j,
Walker and Assemblyman McArdle.
Adler Named vice-Chairman
Assemblyman Adler was elected vice,
chairman and Senator Robbins secre.
tary. The committee named Charles R
Hotaling as its sergeant-at-arms with
Harry w. Haines, the Assembly ser,
geant-at-arms, as his assistant. The
Senate and Assembly stenographers
John Marshal and George Munson, were
named stenographers to the committee
Senator Meyer was authorized to en-.
gage Offices for the use of the commit
tee and hire clerical help that will
under way without appreciable delay
In his statement to the committee Sen.
ator Brown said:
every committee that comes to the
City of New York comes here with 6
doubt in the mind of the majority OF
the people Of the city as to the motives
that control the committee. That arises
from variety of causes. Sometimes
committees come to the City of New
York that have not commended them
selves to the city or to the Legislature
Not very often, but once in while
And when anything of that kind hap
pens it sticks in the memory Of the
people.
sin the next place New York City
is intensely political, and there is. al
ways feeling on the part of the peo-
pie who desire to make news items and
on the part of newspapers that it is g
party of ambitious politicians and di.
rected to the accomplishment. of tenn
porary political ends.
$50 far as my work is concerned
shall strive to do and aid, advise and
direct as to the activities of this com.
mittee for the purpose Of accomplish
ing the highest good.
"It is a great cause and great in
terest and great emergency in many
ways, and if there is anything that is
a failure in American government il
is a municipal government on large
scale. These unsatisfactory results in
New York City are constantly recur-
ring. There is no man on this com
mittee SO young but knows it has hap.
pened time and again in his experience
that conditions have reached point in
New York City where it was unsatisfac-
tory to the city itself.
Opposes Particular Program
~ believe in a large constructive
program which will commend itself tc
men as citizens and as patriots in
preference to a program which will
commend itself to partisans and party
manipulation. That is the first thought
have in relation TO it.
ut happens frequently, however, thai
in the performance of a great duty OF
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