The New York herald., 1921-03-14
POLITICIANS Wall
AS MILLER L0PS
OFF 1900 PLACES
Refusal to Raise Pay Of
.,iany State Employees
Also Brings Gloom.
SURPRISE TO LEADERS
Pap Fattened Bosses Try
Pressure. but 1t Brings
No Results.
GOOD FELLOWS MUST GO
Narcotic Drugs Con troll and
Military Training Com
missions Left i'm Cold.
GOOD FELLOWS MUST GO
Special Despatch 10 THE NEW loEk HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Albany, March H.

Special Despatch 10 THE NEW 1oEk HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany, March IL.
Politicians who have been fattening
or the State for many years, and who
have been holding and increasing their
prestige in their districts by obtaining
State jobs for their more deserving fol-
lowers, are weeping bitter tears now
that they have learned that Gov. Miller
and the leaders Of the Legislature are
in earnest about their campaign prom
ises of retrenchment. The State budget,
which will be introduced tomorrow
night not only is many millions lower
than the total of requests. but it is S10,-
100000 lower than that OF last year. II
will total s135. 5.O00o 900. and will spell the
end OF 1900 jobs in the various depart
ments and bureaus OF the State govern
ment
The political leaders made the most
had selected for their favorites, but
their efforts have been unavailing. So
FAR as can be learned, political influence
has not been able TO save one single
job, although the politicians have ap-
peared before Gov. Miller and before
senator Charles j. Hewitt, chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee, literally
with their hats in their hands and
begged for some little tidbit to fulfil
their political obligations and promises
But the budget makers have gone
ahead with their idea of operating the
1ts.,Il
II were a private enterprise. Virtually
every state department and bureau sup
plies it's quota OF the 1900 employees
who are to be let ou. because they are
not necessary The exceptions were the
Banking and Insurance departments, on
account of the increase in the number
Of banking and insurance companies, but
so long as the companies pay the entire
expense OF the operation OF these de-
paftments a cut there vas not necessary
from the states standpoint.
looked for the Old Time Bunk.
E''rhc experience OF the budget max
ers said Senator Hewitt Tonight,
shows that neither department heads
10. political leaders al first took seriously
GOV. Miller's announcement for q 2sradcai
economy programme. They apparently
considered Ii the same as retrenchment
pledges OF previous administrations,
high sounding and determined before
election, but 10 bo forgotten after Jan
ue4y /.
"They found TO their sorrow that this
time II was not forgotten. They APP
peared before tho finance committees
early IN the session with their usual re-
quests for salary increases. and were
amazed and chagrined 10 find the budget
-. Il,
lnent programme irto operation. They
were told without ceremony that there
were TO be no salary Increases.
"They made an awful fuss at first,
said senator Hewitt. They told us
that their employees could not live on
the salaries they were getting. that they
would lose their best men and that their
forces would collapse. When they found
we were determined they came back here