New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-14
Interests Back
Ut Crime Myth,
Hylan Declares
Mayor Charges Attacks ON
Police Are Political, to
Cover Tracks, of Those
Who Seek to Raise Fares
To Discredit Me, He Saws
Employ Fake Civic Bodies.
Hypocritical Reformers
and Gamblers. He Ayers

Mayor Hylan held the crime ;ssu.
to be purely political in a statement
made public last night. in which he
ascribed "the real reason" for the nres-
ent attacks on the Police Department
to the up state group of Republican
politicians who are trying to cover
their tracks"
The Mayor declared that these poE-
tc'ans were allied with the news
papers. snug surface respcctables. Ger
tam hypocutlcal reform organizations.
take civic bodies" and that this com.
ninatlon was operating in harmony
with disgruntled gamblers whom Com
missioner Enright has put out of bust
ness and with discrcdited Wallstein," of
the Citizens Union. all for a common
purpose Ito increase utility rates
throughout the state"
This combinations" continued the
Mayor. 'intends to humbug the people
into the belief that the Police DEPART
ment has failed to do its duty in
checking crime. and the newspapers
that are operating with chem, ever
responsive to the call of the in
terests. are trying to further this be-
lief.
Try to Discredit Me-" Says HyIan
This combination has evolved the
plan of pounding the police and con
demning the Police Commissioner in
order to draw the public mind from
their past and present nefarou eff
forts to increase utilities rates
throughout the state Thus far we
have beaten most of their efforts TO
increase these utilities rates. and the
effect Of such defeats has been to pre-
vent them from collecting untold mil
lions in the last several years through
out the state
"The utilities ring determined to
put over its program of higher rates
IN all parts Of this state, and to carry
out this end it must attempt to dis
credit and politically try to destroy
those who stand as a barrier to the
accompl shment Of this aim. we must
dlscredit Hylan,' says the ring. and the
strategy is to do SO by smashing the
police.
This is the program that the people
can expect Will be ATTEMPTED by these
traction and gambling interests. These
same interests caused the expenditure
OF half million dollars of the peoples
money last year and the year before
through the Meyer committee and the
Almirall and Whitman fascoes in an
effort to accomplish the same result
They failed then because the people
understand their purpose and they will
fail again for the same reason. In
vain is the net spread in the sight Of
any bird says Solomon.
Calls Wallstein "Chcf Agent"
Zone of the chief agents Of this
traction OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ring is
the offensive Wallstein, who, for his
failure to besmirch my administration,
enough he had all the power of the
Legislature behind him, received $29,-
500 out of the state treasury more
than 10 per cent of which was paid
by the people of the city. This was at
the rate of about 900 a year. Now,
Walstein sees another chance to get
himself on the pay roll of an investi-
eating committee for large amount,
and for that reason he is out in a
statement in this mornings news
papers rehashlng some of the false
hoods about tie police that were dis
proved before the Meyer committee.
'The people passed judgment on
| Wallstein's Citizens Union and his
statements last November. The Citi-
zens Union is politically dead, having
died from the affliction of Wallstein-
tits. am credibly informed that be-
fore its demise that defunct organiza
ton spend 100000 during the first two
years of my administration in an eff
! fort to injure me and my comm issoner
through hostile and false newspaper
criticism.
"The state and local chambers of
commerce are under the influence of
Eugenius H. Outerbridge and the same
interests that put over the Port Au-
thority plan on the City of New York
taking away from the elected city Off
Gals the power to control the city s
waterfront. These interests are the
same as those who control the public
utilities Of the city and state, and
who provide finances for the Republi