The New York herald., 1921-01-07

cratic leader OF Westchester, Will go
out as chairman OF the Tax Board at
a salary OF $500, and Commissioners
John J. Merrill. Republican. and James
B. Smith. Democrat. at $4,000. probably
will be ousted. Mr.. Merrill may be
named in the new organization.
Others who will go are two deputies
at 5000 and staffs of assistant deputy
tax appraisers and counsel with salaries
ranging from $500 to $4,000. BY the
consolidation of these several agencies
it is expected that the tax forces can
be cut in half
Officials who win be hit by the consoli-
do tion of the bureaus in the Department
of Agriculture include George K. Hogue,
Commissioner OF Agriculture. and DR..
Eugene III. Porter. Commissioner OF
Foods and Markets, each with $4,000
salaries s. c. Shaver. Deputy Commis-
sioner Of Agriculture, at $4,000, and AL
bert E. Brown, Deputy Commissioner OF
foods and Markets. at $4,000. All are
Republicans.
One Of the State departments that Of
fers the greatest political patronage is
that of the Health Officer of the Port of
New York, which the Governor purposes
to abolish. The 172 employees on Its
payroll receive SSs2.134.
This is particularly desirable Office
provides many small jobs for the work.
ers in the ranks OF the organization. such
as painters, clerks. plumbers, deckhands.
launchmen. nurses orderlies, watchmen,
laundry helpers, cooks, bakers and
mattresses. 1t also is a Democratic de-
partment, headed by l.. z. Golfer, health
officer, at $12,5O0. Other important Of
ficials are S. b. Doyle, medical executive
officer. at $4,000; c. s. Hudson, senior
deputy. $500; four deputies, E. c. Lin
ton. T. ]. Johnson. Z. Q. Kuhr and G. H.
Guth. whose salaries are $4,000 each.
Some Of the best jobs in the State
are to be abolished with the reorganiza-
ton Of the Industrial Commission. The
Democratic commissioners, Edward f..
Boyle. James NJ Lynch and Miss
Frances Perkins. and two Republican
members, Cyrus W. Phillips and Henry
ID. Sayer. all with $4,000 salaries, will
'ose their places. Others who will go
are Edward w. Buckler. secretary, at
$4,000; Bernard l. Shientag. Democrat
and close friend of ex-Gov. Smith. coun-
sci, at $1,000; James l.. Gernon, first
deputy: William c. Archer. second dep
uty, and Z. d. jackson, third deputy,
each at $4,000.
The narcotic drug department, to be
wiped out. will cut off S126,100 In sala-
I4cb. ne HiOTe Important OillCldtS WIN
will lose their Jobs are Walter r. Her
rick, commissioner. $4,000; Sarah G.
MulhalL William j. Reardon and DR.
John Seeley, deputies, each at $4,000
and Frank S. Harris, secretary, a,
$4,000.
800 Jobs Topped on.
In the office of Superintendent of
Elections, which the Governor will abol-
ish are $50 permanent positions and
f50 temporary deputies, who serve FOL
forty days preceding election at IS q
day. The department is now controlled
by the Democrats. Requests for salaries
this year amount to $270.240
The principal officials who will be
unseated are Henry S. Renaud, COM
missioner. at $1,000; Albert f. Hoyt
chief deputy, at $4,000. and William NJ
Lawrence. secretary. at $4,000. Seven
deputies receive $4,000 each, six depu-
ties s2.100 and seventy deputies S1.650
Abolition of the Military Training
Commission will slash off sixty-five jobs
not including the military instructors
throughout the State. whose salaries. this
year would amount to S150.000. The
total requested for salaries in the de-
partment for the year is S374.365. De-
partment heads who will lose their jobs
are Brig.-Gen. l.. C. Andrews chief
supervising officer, $4,000 Thomas A.
Storey. inspector of physical training.
$4,000: Howard G. Burdge, supervise,
of vocational training, $1,000; Thomas
c. Stowell, secretary, $500; Capt.
Henry C. Perley, military secretary,
5000, and Robert c. Mabel, chief clerk,
s2,200.
The nine port wardens to be ousted
with the closing of their Office in New
York are James A. Farley, Charles w.
Ferry. John Guilfoyle, Leroy A Judge
Julius ". Lyons, Albert Marinelli, Jere-
miah O'Connor, Everett NJ Price and
David s. Rendt.
There are seven. employees In the
office Of the printing board. which is to
be- abolished. with salaries totalling
s14.s50. Probably the biggest single
item in the entire economy programme
will be in the public printing depart
ment. officials estimate that more than
$1.000,000 will be saved this year by re-
versing the old policy of printing AMI
reprinting needless documents.