The New York herald., 1922-10-21
BROTHER OF SON-IN-LAW
OF HYLAN GETS BUS PROFIT

his premiums on time. We take care
OF them and finance them for Mr.. Grein-
You see the point?"
Then for keeping Mr.. Grein's records
as you say. financing him. his business.
you get so per cent. of his commissioner
The witness assented.
do you know how Mr.. Grein gets in
formation that a permit Is about 10 pe
issued to bus OPERATOR"
Mr.. Sinnott said he did not.
Does Mr.. Grein come in your office
every day?"
Sometimes he does ana sometimes he
does not. He Is acting absolutely inde-
pendent of our office"
IF he comes in to-day would you
kindly ask him to come up here?" asked
Mr.. Shearn in his most suave manner.
| Mr.. Shearn said he would.
Driver Changed to sinnott Firm.
| James Hayes, a bus operator. testi-
fled that originally he had taken his In
surance from Fox & Fox, but about a
year afterward transferred to Sinnott
Canty. Commissioner Harkness asked:
Did 1 understand you to say that
| when the time came to renew your la
bility policy Fox & Fox did not have any
statesmen around. but that there were
statesmen who came to you from Sinnott
& Canty?"
"Yes. there were several men there
from different companies"
This Is significant" said the Com
missioner. "in view of the fact that MIR.
Sinnott stated this morning that he and
Canty did not directly do any Of this
business. 1t evidently was known 10
these men that they were dealing with
Sinnott & CAVITY"
YES" commented Mr.. Shearn, 'I will
! show you before we get through how 1t
was that Fox & Fox got barred OUT
Samuel Schotkin. who is operating a
! bus under Commissioner Whalen's De-
partment of Plant and Structures, said
he had begun in September. 1919. but
was laid off last March along with
others who already have testified.
Though he lived in Newark, he moved
| to this city and had registered here, but
! he was out of the State at election time
and did not vote His failure to vote
| was the only reason he received when
he was knocked off"
This witness next told in detail how he
went to see Alderman Stand and after
| ward Senator Downing. He was put
back to work and has been running his
bus ever since.
Citizen Papers Useless.
Hyman ]. Hagler, who put a Packard
into the city's bus service, and who still
| is. operating it, though once fired" told
| how he had the misfortune while run
ming on the choice Eighty-sxth street
! line to be bumped by a trolley car His
machine was laid up two weeks for re-
pairs. When he reported back for duty
he was told he had been laid off by order
OF Commissioner Whalen.
| Hagler went to the Commissioners
office. where he saw Mr.. Riegelman,
| Commissioner Whalen's secretary, who
told him he had been laid off because
he was not a citizen. Hagler, indig-
nant. produced his citizenship papers,
but this did not obtain his reinstae-
ment. Then he went to see Benjamin
Gottlieb. district captain Of the Fourth
Assembly district. The witness went
on
"He told me to ,,me over to the
| Ahearn Club in East Broadway and
talk 1t over with the leader. Eddie
Ahearn. went over and had talk
with Ahearn. Gottlieb. the district cap
tain, also was there
did you say anything to these gen.
tlemen about your being a ramI1y OF
voters?"
"Yes, SIR"
How many voters are there in your
family2'
About twenty voters"