New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Hylan Ruffled
As $3,OO0,O00
Secret Is Barred
Mayor Closes Budget Hear
ing When Stewart Browne
Asks Elimination Of Mys-
terious Raises on Payroll
Amount Remains Record
Plea for Restoration Of
$4,000 for Education of
Poor Meets With Refusal

The Anal public hearing on the big
gest budget in the history of the city
was held yesterday at the City Hall
and was brought to sudden close by
Mavor Hylan when q citizen insisted
that TIE Mayor should cut out the 49,
100000 secret salary raise.
The citizen--Stewart Browne, of the
United Real Estete Owners Associa-
tion--urged the Mayor to cut the SAL
ary raises, which amount to $685. 600,
and which were inserted by Mayor Hy-
Ian and his associates after the tenta-
tive BUDGET had been prepared.
The Mayor. with his usual asperity,
replied that Mr.. Browne did not know
what he was talking about.
II know damn sight more about
what I'm talking than you do, Mr. May
or" replied Mr. Browne.
Hylan Loses Temper
Mayor Hylan lost his temper COM
pletely and angrily shouted to one of
his police attendants to see that Mr.
Browne took his seat and kept quiet.
Mr. Browne then apologized, but added
that the language used was not strong
enough TO express his feelings.
One of the prominent Democrats of
tie city, ex-Congressman Jefferson N.
Levy. said II at Mr.. Browne was right
in his charge that the budget con-
taired s3,1sS 900 salary increases which
had been made since the tentative bud
get lad been offered to the taxpayers
and rert payers of the city.
The increases, Mr.. Levy said, should
be stricken from the budget.
eyes, Mr.. Mayor, | " w'uld like to see
you reduce it" interjected Mr.. Browne.
II now weigh go pounds" replied
the Mayor. "and want to reduce that"
Before the force of tie Mayors hu-
NOR could strike the few city en-
plcyees who sat in the room the Mayor
laughed heartily Then the employees
cho1t'ed.
Il dont mean yorr weight, but the
budrct items" said Mr. Browne.
"Ycu're ort of order" exclaimed
Comptroller Crag
Sarcastical:y MIR. Browne retorted:
You're the ahlest Comptroller the
city has ever had"
~ wish | could get the newspapers
to print that said the Comptrol.er
with brood smile.
One unfortunate city employee fell
foul Of Mr.. Craig lie was Joseph
Haag. who has been on the city payroll
for mNre than thirty years and is now
secretary of the Board of Estimate.
turning to nm. tie Comptroller said: {:
"Some day I'm going to pry off the
I'D IN your department"
Protest Against Craig
"Mr. Mayor" pleaded Mr.. Haag, "T
object t. the contempt be slurs of the
Comptro'ler Must sit here meeting
after meeting end listen to item? ?"
Don't par any attenji0n to the
Ccmrtroller,' said President La Guar
7tia g the Roard Of Aldermen.
you'll follow the President of the
Board of Aldermen out of here" de-
clared Mr.. Craig.
President La Guardia ret'res on jan
uary l.
Ernst L. Crandall. hefd Of the Bureau
of Lectures of the Public Schools.
through whose department. cultural fa-
cilities are provided for the poor, called
Mayor Hvan's attention to the fact
that sa2 COO fer this educati 1nal work
among the people the Mayor declares
in his campaign speeches he champions
'had been cut rom the budget. He
made on earnest plea that the $4,000
for this much needed work of instruc-
tlon be put back. The Mayor refused
to grant the request.
Edward p Dovle of the Real Esta te
Board. sa d that much of the BUDGET
increase could be traced to mandatSry
legislation enacted at Albany. When
Mr.. Doyle fin he'd the Mayor said in
seeming seriousness thst he would not
sttend the meetings o. the Board of
EstIn,ote if reelected rrleee the Char
&er Commission agreed that the city
Should he granted full measure OF
homc rule.
Again Mr. Prowne urred the Mayor
TO cut ort the SO 1872 Gao ealary in
creases. The Mayor insisted that there
were no increases. MIR. Browne pro-
ceeded to 20 mt them out and the Mayor
declared the hearings at an end.
The board has from now until Mon
day night to act upon the budget.
Mr.. browne asst night made the fol-
lowing settlement:
TIE Mayor and the Comptroller
both have denied publicly that the ag-
grerate personal service items have
been Increased IS 1873 0c0 in the pro-
posed BUDGET over that of the trntative
budget. Their denials are childish.
Thee increases are set ont in detail
IN the proposed budget so that any one
who examiNes ttem may read the truth.
I'm the C'mrtroller's finance depart
ment alone there are twenty seven new
and increased salaries agcregating
SAo,dl2. From tie pension funds the
sum of 81 420415 he's been taken. The
teht service and TIE tax deficiency
items have also heen manipulated and
the tentative and proposed budgets
plainly show these manipulations."