The New York herald., 1921-11-01
Declares Mayor Is Bungler,
'Bumptious Vulgarian'
and MOuntebank.
RAKES JEWISH VOTE BID
He Asserts Self Respecting
Hebrews Do Not Care to
Be Made Catspaw.

Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
Lockwood committee and prominent
Democrat. who supported Mayor
Hylan In his last campaign, repudiated
the Mayor last night and came out for
Henry Fl. Curran, the coalition candi-
date for head of the city government
Mr.. Untermyer told cheering
crowd in Public School 81, GIenmore
avenue and Watkins street, Brook
lyn, of the connections between the
building graft ring which he and the
Lockwood committee exposed, and the
Hylan administration; told them of
Hylan's bungling and inefficient
methods of meeting every problem.
and Of how car fares have risen and
rates for gas, electricity and tele-
phones have gone kiting while the
Mayor goes about shouting Five cent
fares and down with the interests"
He declared that the Mayor knows
nothing of the problem of which he
talks and has offered no plan to meet
them. while Mr.. Curran has faced
those issues courageously and offered
a feasible programme.
Praises Curran's stand.
Mr.. Undermyer highly approved Mr..
CuTane position on the transit problem.
which he enunciated In a statement Sum
day. He said.
1T is right that traction should have
been the chief issue. As between an
otherwise competent Mayor who would
support this commission plan and block
head, whofis believed to BE- honestly a
five cent fare man even though he has
not sense enough to know how to get 1t,
] would support the blockhead because
he may find some one who can help him,
while the fellow who is in sympathy
with the commission plan would use his
superior brains to defeat the Ave cent
fare.
81 fnd Major Curran's plan most in
teIligent and well considered In all the
fundamentals that are necessary to re-
store the cent fare with universal free
transfers, although it is lacking in de-
tails that would like to see there. His
unalterable antagonism to the slidins
scale feature which is the keystone to
the arch of the commission plan is par
ticularly gratifying. If after this any
voter can be fooled into believing tha,
we are as likely to have n cent fare
with free transfers restored and main
tanned, with Hylan In the Mayors chair
as with Curran there, 1t is either be-
cause he won't use his reason or cannot
see straight. I predict for you nov
that IL Mayor Hylan Is reelected you
Will have foisted upon you within two
years thereafter that sliding scale fare
scheme that will always slide upward
on you from year to year"
Language could not be made palmer
than the unqualified speech OF Major
Curran that If elected he will oppos.
and use every effort to defeat the com
mission plan and that he will fight tc
the finish any plan that does not alb
solutely. unqualihedy and beyond qpes.
ton assure to the city for all time &c
come cent fare with free transfer,
and the maintenance OF the city:
present contract rights in that respect.
'That pledge Is in line with Major
Currans entire public record on thi,
subject. He courageously opposed tn,
Governor and the leaders OF his owr
party In the Legislature when the com
mission plan was there under considera
tion. No man in his position coult
have done more TO defeat II than he did
Then and ever since then and before n,
became candidate for Office he ha'
throughout insisted that the cent fare
with free transfers must be restored
Why should you hesitate TO trust thi.
man? He submits to YOU a detailed
constructive plan. The Mayor offer,
nothing beyond aimless abuse of the so
called interests
"Why does he refuse 20 tell us wha
he will do TO avoid this sliding seal,
fare. which is the underlying vice O
| the commission plan, and how he will
do II II the courts should declare the ac
constitutional? Major Curran has tol,
US In detail If the Mayor will do III,
same thing as Major Curran promise
TO do we have no traction issue In thi
campaign. That Is the last thing th,
| Mayor wants TO happen. for with tina
out OF the way ! do no. believe IN,
people viii support this bunptious vul
| 2arian for another four years an,
| Major Curran has row effectively burie,
that issue beyond resurrection. II n
/ can f1nd the money TO send 10 ever,
voter copy of his statement to-day tn
Mayor will have 60 go to the people o,
the issues of the school and housin,
problems and on the ptfui record o
his administration. which can never b
Justified.
His Appeal for Lockwood.
| Mr.. Untermyer said that up TO las
night he had made only one campaigl
speech, and that was in behalf OF Senate
! Charles G. lockwood. chairman OF IN
Lockwood committee. vio Is the Repuh
lican-coalition candidate for Comp
troller. whom Mr. Untermyer is supper;
ing on non-psrtisan grounds. lie ex
planned that he had refrained purposel
from taking part IN the Mayoralty cam
paign because he wanted TO learn tn
stand OF the candidates on the transi
question.
But, he said. when he opened news
paper yesterday morning he found
news item that fairly set me anam
with shame and resentment for my city.
II there learned he said. that tn