New-York tribune., 1921-08-04
eacIlers Gave
Roses TO I4lasl&.
posies TO f1ylanl
Hirshheld Probes Flowers
Presented by Teachers to
Senator's; Silen, on the
Floral Offering 10 Mayor
Salary Bill Is Attacked
Short Sgenmed American
Beauties " eni 10 Lock.
wood Because of Size

Miss X. Louise Hartt, assistant pro-
fessor at Hunter College, was sum
moned 10 the Office Of David A. Hirsh-
field, Commissioner of Accounts, yes
terday and put under oath to enable
Commissioner Hirshfeld to interrogate
her concerning the means by which
Hunter College professors expressed
their appreciation of the passage of
the extension to the Lockwood :
Donohue law, which gives salary in
creascs to professors of Hunter Col
lege and those Of the College of the
City Of New York commensurate with
the Increases received by public school
teachers.
Commissioner Hirshfeld succeeded
in finding cut that the teachers gave
some pink roses to State Senator
Charles c. Lockwood and some Amer
lean Beauty roses to State Senator
Clayton r. Lusk He found out also
that Hunter College instructors gave
flowers to Mayor Hylan three years
ago, when he signed the teachers re
tirement bill
Hirshheld Keeps Silent
Commissioner Hirshfeld announced
to the public his discovery of the roses
sent to Senators Lusk and Lockwood
but ne said nothing about the flowers
Mayor Hylan got According to Pro
fessor Hartt, he wone after the Scna.
tors roses in ferocious fashion, de-
handing to know just what variety
each recipient found on his desk and
why one got pink roses and one Amer
lean Beauties.
Professor Hartt explained that. while
the American Beauties were more eN-
pensive, there were more of the pink
roses. Pressed as to which had the
longer stems, and why, she said in ex-
asperat.oa that perhaps they had given
the long-stemmed roses to Senator
Lusk because ne was the taller man.
He attacked me like q lawyer eX-
amining a criminal!" exclaimed Pro-
fessor Har,t after the ordeal was over.
She explained to him. she said, that
the Hylan administrati was entirely
indifferent to the claims Of the pro
fessors Of the citY's colleges and left
them out OF the salary increases, and
1t was necessary to send representa-
tiyes to Albany TO interest legislators.
Two teachers We're sent, she said A
fund Of about $500 was raised. but it
was not all spent, although the two
teachers made ten trips to Albany.
Il suppose YOU enjoyed your trips to
Albany Professor Hartt said the
Commissioner of Accounts demanded
Of her, in a very slurring way" She
told him, she said that she was too
ANXIOUS about the DILL TO derive mucn
enjoyment from her trips to Albany.
Teachers Demanded Rights
Again, she said, Commissioner Hirsh-
field demanded to know whether the
teachers "expected 10 get anything un-
der this bill" She told him, she said,
that Vt was q law Of the state and they
expected their rights under the law
TO which the Commissioner rejoined
that IT was q law that was put over"
Professor Hartt said that besides hav-
ing woman stenographer, Commits
soner Hirshfield had man to
prompt him and that when the exam
nation became too savage for her she
told him it wasn't fair. as there are
two Of you and | am alone" He
made nc response, she said.
She explained, she said, that not only
did the extension Of the LOCKWOOD
Donohue law put college professors on
salary basis only slightly better than
that Of high school teachers but it
ADDED only about 100000 to the city's
expenses for Hunter and City colleges
and the full increase would not be ef-
1ective until next year.
she said that giving flowers to state
Senators was q custom OH closing day
and that the desks Of many Senator'S
on that day we're piled high with flow
ers their friends had sent them. Never
theless, Commissioner Hirshfeld left
her with the impression that he sus-
pectsd dark plot lurked beneath the
roses.