New-York tribune., 1921-10-12

send their permits.
1t developed tnat the department
tries to recall convicted drivers granted
licenses by means of decoy letters
wherein they are told to report to the
bureau officers to have some correc-
tion made in their license number
Egan said sometimes they respond and
their badges and record books are then
taken from them. IN large ma ajorlty
OF cases Mr.. Wallstein said the inves-
tigation showed the men do not re
spond. He added there were thirty
eight such convicted criminals whom
the department could not reach now
driving cars throughout the city. II
was revealed that the bureau had
granted licenses to 131 such drivers
but that the thirty eight referred to
still retain their permits, which may
have from year to year and malt
to ran.
No Inspectors Hunt Drivers
The testimony showed that no in.
Spcctors are sent out to look for thes,
chautFeurs, nor are the police asked tc
rlck them up.
When Senator Downing, Democratic
member of the committee, asked how
these men got their licenses, Mr.. Wall
stein replied: "The answer to that
Is. iii part, that | am convinced from
my examination there are many
things that have gone on in the license
department that neither the present
Commissioner nor his predecessor
knew about"
Fgan told how the hngerprint records
and applications of drivers are sent tc
the West Thirtieth Street Police Sta
tion for investigation.
Sometimes the applicants themselves
bring these records, according to Cap
tain Finn, another witness, who said:
Sometimes some of the politicians OF
the various parties bring them dowr
TO help them. They may be men out
OF work or something like that anc
have families and they like to facilitate
matters"
Mr.. Wallstein then offered a memo
randum from Commissioner Enright tc
Chief Magistrate McAdoo, in which the
former suggested that the license divi.
sion be merged with the Police De
partment. 1t was here developed that
Senator Meyer had introduced meas.
ure making such provision, known as
the McAdoo bill, bat which was de
feated. It was in this connection that
Murray Lorber, q taxicab driver of 33I
Athens Avenue East New York, told OF
Twentieth Century Brown and White
where rattle tickets for an automobile
were distributed to the members.
Fund to Oppose Bill
A member of the association, ac
cording to Lorber, then expl lined that
the sale of the tickets "was supposed
30 be for a fund to send some men u!
TO Albany for a certain bill that was
being pushed, so that the police coulc
take and get control of the license
bureau 1t was said that several thou
sand dollars had been collected from
various sources for this purpose.
Singer had given testimony to q sub
committee of similar nature. He in
sisted yesterday, however, that his
previous statement, under oath. was
false. Both Elon R. Brown, chief
counsel to the committee, and Mr.
Wallstein, were emphatic in declaring
matter was at once referred to the
District Attorney for prosecution.
Samuel FcSstein, driver of 996 In
tervale Avenue, the Bronx, said il
reply to 4 question from Mr.. Wall
stein, that a statement he made re
specuing payments made to employees
o. the license department, on July 20
OF this year, was true.
This testimony, as read into the
record Yesterday. follows:
"Q.-Had you ever paid anything be-
fore up at the License Department
Al only had my car passed once anc
il cost me a few dollars. Q.-Wher
WAS that? An March. Q.--To whom
did you give that? A dollar te
Walsh and dollar to Gallagher. @
Did they ask you for it? Al coulc
not get my car passed unless paid it
"Q.-How do you know? Al know
passed was this way: Mr.. Galaghe,
comes outside first. He is the man who
tests your car, and if you don't give
him tat he don't pass the 0. k. on tc
Walsh, and if Walsh does not get the
o. K. from Gallagher he says something
IS tho matter with the car. They vii
Nnd fault if you don't give them I
dollar, or whatever you want to pay
,nem, and they work with an o. X. on
and if you don't give anything you,
car won't be passed. They will fnt
fault with the car
How Money Was Paid
20. That IS, Gallagher is the frs
one that tackled the matter? A-~He il
the first man that gets you. Q.-And j
you slip HIM something he gives you
slip Of paper with o. X. on it! n
Yes. Q.--And that goes to whom? A
TO Walsh. Q.-And what does he ex
anime? Ale examines the car, bu
he does not even look at it,"
Did you say that" asked Mr.. Wall
s.ein. Il said IT," replied the wtness
The examination then proceeded in tn
following manner;
Q.~-You are telling what happene
&c Yourself? Al am not telling wha
happened to myself. told you that
. but that is information that I got.
O. As 20 the reasons why you slippc
= the dollars to them? Ayes, sir.
Q.-Where did you get the informa
ton from? A-Mr. George Stahlman.
Q.~He is a taxicab chauffeur? A
Yes, sir. | was working for somebod
b.. driving a taxicab and I was looking t
get car, and he recommended me to
certain car that bought. and when
. bought that car had to 20 up and &c
It passed. and before : went up to &c
F, it passed this story he told me, and
told me the routine how | should worl
Q.-What did he say to you? A.
What told you there.
Q.-To slip the dollar and get tn
o. X? A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-What did you do? Al went i
e. there and had my car passed, and afte
] had 1t passed l gave the gentlemc
81 apiece
The hearing will be continued in Cit
Hall this morning.
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