New-York tribune., 1921-08-23
Hylala Called
I'm City Bureau
Probe To-day
Mayor Must Explain Trans
actions of Departments
Directly Under His Com
troll 10 Meyer Committee
Market Inquiry Is First
Facts Sought on Educational
and Dock Dealings and
S3O,000,O00 Pay Raise

With the resumption of hearings this
morning before the Meyer legislative
committee. which is investigating the
Hylan administration, Elon Il. Brown
committee counsel, is expected to launch
INTO thorough scrutiny Of the numer-
Gus city departments directly under the
control of the Mayor.
1t is understood shat the Department
Of Markets viii be the first bureau ex-
amined and that the Mayor and Edwin
}. O'Nalley, head of the department. are
TO be among the witnesses to be grilled
in connection with certain practices
said to have been uncovered in the
bureau
The Mayor. it was said. will also be
questioned with regard TO the control
Of the educational and dock depart
ments and the reasons fer the $50 ,O0O,-
0oo increase in the city pay roll during
his administration. The relationship
between g large number Of city ofhce-
holders and Charles T. Murphy, Tam
many chief. also will be gone into.
Committee to Push Work
Senator Meyer. chairman Of the con1-
mittee, yesterday definitely disposed OF
the reports that Republican leaders
were seeking TO curtail the activities
Of the committee on the alleged ground
thai they were Interfering with their
political campaign. Senator Meyer
said ne had TO intimation, direct or in
direct. from any Republican leader
that the committees work was causing
any embarrassment in Republican
ranks, and that the committee would
proceed with its program until its
work is completed.
Edwin j. O'Malley, Commissioner of
Markets, issued a statement yesterday
in reply to reports that his department
was to be examined by the committee
IRREGULARITIES. Commissioner O'Mal~
lev challenged the committee to sub
NIT proofs of any alleged grating
practices in his department. saying
that the committee had been for q
month handing out statements to the
effect that something wrong had been
discovered in connection with the mar
ket bureau He welcomed show
down, he said
With regard to the assertion that
he favored the choice of Tammany
leaders in making his appointments he
said he would plead guilty, adding that
Office holders had ever distributed any
patronage to any Democrats.
Extravaganza Charge Denied
He admitted that the commmitt4e
might dig up something discreditabfe
to some of his employees, but denied
that his department had been extrava
CANT. His department, he pointed out,
had earned a net profit last year of
$27O0O0. He estimated the profits for
this year at S325,000 and predicted that
the profits for next year would reach the
S1O0O,000 mark. He insisted that the
department had greatly increased it's
activities, but that the expenses had
nevertheless been cut. The budget al
lowance for this year, he said, was Sl5,
900 less than that of 1920, and thinks
that the budget for next year will be
less.
The Metropolitan District Commit
tee OF the American Legion, which was
10 have taken up the case Of Winthrop
D. Lane, Meyer committee investi-
gator. announced at meeting yester-
day that the district committee pro-
poses to call upon Lane to-day and re-
quest kim to appear before it on Thurs
day in company with his attorney.
Lanes withdrawal from the Meyer COM
mittee as an investigator has been
sought by several Legion posts because
OF his alleged radical leaningS.