The New York herald., 1921-04-12
Gov. Miller and Legislative
Chiefs at Conference Get
New Evidence Making
Probe Necessary.
TO HURRY RESOLUTION
SWann's Office. Police.
Docks. Street Cleaning and
All City Departments
Will Be Scrutinized.
FINISH BEFORE ELECTION
Results to Be Turned Over to
Charter Revision Commits
sion. Which Legislature
Also Will Authorize.
Special Despatch 90 THE NYw TozE IIya.:o.
New York herald Brr,aau,
Albany. AnriI n


New York herald Bur,s.u,
Albany. April n.
The legislative leaders and Gov. Mil
der q sweeping investigation of the
Hylan administration. The resolution
creating graft hunting committee IS
being drafted tonight. and Il IS cx-
pected Will be passed tomorrow or
Wednesday.
All Of the alleged irregularities. hints
of wiiicl, are contained in evidence ard
allegations presented to-day. are 10 be
sifted. Every bureau and branch o.
the municipal government is 20 be put
on the grill. Every official. from the
Mayor down, against whom charges
have been made either officially or un-
officially will be investigated.
This action was decided on after the
officials had been IN conference for an
hour in the Governors office. Those
vino conferred with the Governor tn
cluded Speaker Machold OF the Assem-
bly,: Clayton p. Lusls majority leader
OF the Senate: simon +. Adler. majority
leader OF the Assembly; Senators Robir-
son and Meyer, who have introduced
resolutions calling for Investigations:
COL Arthur Woods. formerly Police
Commissioner OF New York. and Leon
ard NJ. Wallstein, counsel for the Cit.-
scna' Union
The graft inquiry is TO start inin,e-
dia,ofy after the Legislature adjourns.
-.~ftf, 10 S...-.
threc weeks The committee IL 10 con-
sist of five Senator'S and six Assembly,
men. with Elon r. Brown OF VatcrtoTn
as senior counsel and Ar. Wallstein as
associate counsel
Meyer Resolution Broadened.
The resolution which will create the
committee viii follow the general lines
OF the motion presented in the Senate
by Schuyler L. Meyer last January. Tho
amendments which are nov being
drafted. II is stated. arc technical ard
designed to give the committee cyea
broader powers than were conferred BY
the original Meyer resolution
The purpose Is understood 10 make
the committee even more powerful than
the Lexow Committee. which created a
sensation a generation ago when Il in.
yestisated the New York city police.
Waste and possible corruption In tho
various departments Ia the city govern
ment." are rccited in the original Meyer
resolution as being responsible for the
perilous financial condition OF the city's
affairs, for inefficicncy in departments.
for the lack OF schools. for 'inefficiency
and corruption in the Police Department
and District Attorneys office.r for
duplication aud defects IN the city aG-
ministrat!on and for other abuses aud
defects. This language win be sub
stantially retained in the new resolu-
tlon IL is understood.
The Legislature also IS going TO cro-
ate charter revision commission 70
consist or fifteen members. eleven o,
whom arc 10 &c named BY the Govsrno-.
Other members are to be the Mayor.
Comptroller. President OF ono oe tho
borcuShs and member of the Board o;
Aldermen.
Must Finish by November 4.
Tie graft committee viii report 20 ths
charter commission not later than No
vember !. The latter will then draft
measures for the revision OF the char
ter and for putting the government fair
r. on moro scientific and UP to date
basis. Its recommendo tiors VIII - sub
mittcd 70 the next session OF the Les.s-
ature
Additional Information dealing With
mismanagomcrt under the Hylsn ad.
nlinis.rauon was submitted Is the con-
Terence to-day. Tnis is understood 70
have been given mostly By DIR. Wall
stein. VINO was associate counsel FOR the
Lockwood committee. Samuel Inter
myer. counsel. and members OF the
Lockwood committee have insisted that
the information they obtained and were
unable TO pursue was adequate to Jus
tify thorough legislative inquiry.
Some Of that matter probably was pre-
sented 70 the coneerees.
II = understood the Information re-
u es 70 half dozen departments. O.
pccislly the Office OF the District Attcf-
ncy * New Yor'; county. tho Police De-
psTtmcnt. Street Cleaning Department
and the Dock Department. TIC leaders
have entered a castiroH agreement that
none OF the evidence IN hand Is 70 b.
permitted TO leak Until presented on
clally upon tho witness stand.
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