The evening world., 1921-03-01
PLAN TO GIVE FULL POWER TO
UPSTATE BOARD.

bF-S = Z BOARD.
To the layman 1t would appear that
he said exactly the opposite OF what
the legislators handling the bill said.
The result has been that the legisla-
toTa are slowing up to i'm out where
they are at In view of this fact it
makes the resolution Of the New York
State Association of Real Estate
Boards. adopted at Utica on last
Saturday indorsing the Governors
bill. look rather ridiculous. II that
body knew what 1t was indorsing, no.
body in the Legislature up to date
knows. Another amendment prom
ised for the bill is one giving the
same regulatory powers TO the State
wide Public Service Commission as
those with which the Rapid Transit
Commission will be invested in case
The bill becomes Il law and permitting
The present upstate Public Service
Commission to pass on the cases now
e5efore it
A Following the amendments the
j Traction Bill will be sent to the
printer, and it will be a close call to
get II back again in time to permit
the friends and foes of II to digest II
before arguments start on the meas
ure.
The hearing will be before tho Pub
lie Service Committee of the Senate,
Of which John Knight of wyoming
County Is Chairman, and the Assem-
bly, Judiciary Committee, of which
Louis Martin of Oneida is Chairman.
Mr.. Martin was a CO-author of the
Carson Martin bill which was passed
by the Assembly in 1919 and defeated
in the Senate when the announce
ment was made that fund OF $780,
900 had been raised to secure its
passage.
Quite a stir was created in the
Senate last night by the introduction
of a resolution condemninP the action
OF Federal Judge julius NJ. Mayer in
sentencing Comptroller Charles l..
Craig of New York City to sixty days
in jail for contempt of court for his
remarks in relation to the receiver
ship Of the b. r. 7.
oENouNCEs MAYER's ACTION
IN CRAIG CASE.
Senator Bernard Downing intro
duced the resolution and spoke al
some length on II, as did Senator
Katlin. while Senator Duell Of West
chester spoke for the jurist. The
resolution was referred TO the Judici-
ary Committee, OF which Senator
Burlingame is Chairman. Three
weeks ago Senator Burlingame, In
connection with the b. r. T. receiver
,-Ghp. alluded to Judge Mayer as q
Car.
Downing contrasted the sentencing
of Craig TO a Jersey penitentiary
where no meeting of the Board oi
Tstimate could be held, with the
treatment accorded DR.. william T
Scheele, sentenced last Friday by
MAYER to only one day in jail. He
emphasized that Scheele, whose name
he did not mention, had been con-
vieted of having conspired against
America during the war and haC
planned TO blow up ammunition
plants.
'aThe sentencing Of Craig, in view O.
this" mainta aimed Downing, "is a dis
grace and a rebuke to all Of US a.
Americans" He added that "ther'
never was a really great man who di'
not welcome criticism, and only
small man resents it."
'~rhere may be a difference OF
opinion" remarked Downing, 'as L
the kind Of Comptroller Charles L
Craig has been; but not a man, woman
or child in New York city question
his honesty, sincerity and integrity
In the discharge Of his duty he ha'
known no party or clique and he ha
called into the service of the city tn
best assistants obtainable.
u "Craig did not write the letter a
= Individual, seeking TO vent petit
n .leen," the Senator exclaimed, "bu
an officer OF the New York Cit
overnment charged with grave re
.,oEsibihties ~ the people wh
LAected hiRa"