New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
fight to Extend
aousillglnquiry
ls On at Albany
,.,a,or Lockwood Intro
duces Resolution Asking
Funds to Pay Debts and
Continue His Body a Year
srong Group Is Opposed
Many Realty and Insurance
Corporations Are Eager
to End Committees Life
pay, q sfnr Correspondent

.LBANY. Feb. Ex-senator Charles
"1nrlvood chairman OF the Joint
'.~;siativc committee on housing, in
.sSssSrred a resolution to-day on behalf
- .hc committee extending its life to
- ~ I 1923. The resolution. carry
:as an appropriation of $4,000, was
"t t,-red 10 the Finance Committee.
senator Charles J. Hewitt, chairman
= .hn finance Committee, said to be-
,:.vod the resolution would be reported
... without amendment Senator
yoctwood said that if the resolution
:" no. reported out next week he will
rSove for the discharge Of the COM
mittee.
Sneaker H. Edmund Machold said that
under 10 circumstances would the
lakewood committee or any of the
ether special committees have their
lives extended through resolutions. He
said that each committee would have
70 Justify the need of its continuance
in a special bill which would not only
have to pass both houses but be signed
by the Governor.
The protest that rose from this
statement. which if carried out would
a. least change the legal status of the
Lockwood committee caused change
Of heart among some OF those opposed
10 the committee. In fact, many re-
carded it as an indication that the
lockwood committee would be wiped
out Of existence before the present
Legislature adjourned.
To-day Speaker Machold said that
the request of the Lockwood committee
for an extension Of It's life for another
year would be conside red along with
several similar requests at CON
ference Of legislative leaders to be held
here 'in a few days.
The Lockwood resolution specifically
asks that all the sweeping powers Of
Investigation the committee now pos
pesscs be continued, and recites that
Of the sl290O0 additional requested
$4,000 is for debts contracted and the
remaining $4,000 for a further inquiry
into the housing situation.
The complete report of the commit
tee is expected to be submitted to
the legislature in about a week. Sam
uel Untermyer chief counsel for the
committee, is drafting it at Palm
Beach, where he went for rest, which
will be cut short when the committee
Is ready to resume its work The re-
port will be divided into five parts.
The first section was received here
Yesterday from Palm Beach.
There is an active group bent on
ending the life of the Lockwood com
mittee. At its head are certain large
realty corporations and representatl-es
Of casualty and fire insurance com
psnies
1t Was because of this opposition
that the Lockwood COMMITTEES filed
with the Legislature last night de-
siled financial statement in which 4
ifsmHed its expenditures OF sl52.5Oo.
against the sum the committee. quot
ing IRON experts employed by its op-
ponents, showed it had prevented
louging landlords from cxacting more
han $3.50 100000 from their tenants
New York City alone, and enumerat
d other millions saved the city and
be state by its exposure of crooked
ullding supply men.
The Lockwood committee and it's
rlends are hoping that the extension
I life will be granted it without q
ght. But if one must be made the
pposltion will not find Senator Lock
'ood and his associates unpreparcd.