New-York tribune., 1922-05-06
Plan to Save
Mestchester
FromCitvRule
= lar, Moses. of n. ! State
''' i..'n. Says County Needs
largest Capitalization
W;,h Local Safeguards
p-esent Form Outgrown
o...sn;zation Would Give
" 1e.s Reason for Absorption
I.,o New York. He Asserts

..rou. cities and villages of the
''s.t .ssrn .nd Of the county into City
winchester would have the support
:, o,Iv hopeless minority IN the
..,,tv. according to Robert Moses sec
'..ry Of the New York State Assoe'a-
ION .l, Wet
A,s.er County situation YESTERDAY
Ga .,,.b representative of The tribune
FltN 100 a personal study OF govern.
no. ."i conditions in the county and
,ue'ts ~. had field agents working under nm
u,.a. i.a Westcbester County needs, &C
1ord;nc to Mr. Moses IS the largest de
Sroo of county centralization compat-
shIs With city and village home rule.
0,Iv strong central government IN
.aa onirion Of Mr.. Moses VII save
Ves.cbester from ultimate annexation
70 New York City, or what ne conS'd,
ere equally bad the unreguIated
grosth Of the county. he present
sor,, Of government, he added, 5 obso-
5 ete and wasteful, but he expresses
.one that the commission studying the
,roblem will present plan OF govern
rental reorganization which will meet
With popular approval ana oe sane
toned by the Legislature.
No Need of Amendment
81 ,.,s road the articles i, The Tri.
..rs m the threatened establishments
~ c;,,, government in Westcbester
C,nr+r With qreat Interest said Mr
voses
"If vere No. already convinced NJ
-. foc. that there nnvor has moo,
.-;ouo noven,on4 on foo+ oeiciol or
o.so-nise n establish r;,v oororn.
rer. in Westchester or sou+born Wast-
",ostor tho yorioue Tribune ort;cioe
III oo,,,.;,,ooa 49, * ~ 80
Tho Westchester CITY rumors carry
hell own refutatlon. In the first place
!, s apparent that the constitutional
amendment adopted last fall, which
permits "estchestcr and Nassau to
modernize their forms Of government.
nas nothing to do with the creation
Of a city government. city govern
nent can be created without any ref
eIence to this constitutional amend
ment.
The only thlng before the people OF
"eSicnester IS the modernlzng OF the
present county government under the
constitutional amendment passed last
all!
III IS quite cIear mat leaders IN
Westchester County would not plan for
number OF years TO get the constltu-
ton amended IN order to improve the
county government, If their reaI in
tehtlon was TO create city govern
ment winch requires no constitutional
fmeNoment' Moreover 1t is quite ap-
parent mat the creation OF city gov
ernmeht IS very unpopular ana that
Guy party "hlch seriously proposed
susn program would ma ltseif IN
"ope'eSS mlhoflty'
City Government Not in View
There are nrohab]v as many on
ponents of city charter as there
would be opponents to nlars for an
nexing Westchester 10 New York CIV
The New York State Associatior bae
been actively interested in the ;Tonrove-
ment of county government and looss
upon the plans bejnc made IN West-
So anu nassau aS OF the utmost
State and indeed in number of other
Ma.qS' ~ ne association was active in
uIl'ne' nE the passage Of the West
."JSteI ."I G ~ aSSeu amehdmPnt last fall
s"u ua' oeeh III cIose touch with the
+s,.'oPne"'S III 'hese Two counties for
''.'It 81. Ln ',i"'
,o !, naS county government commit
49,. M"'Gh 'hc'udeS some OF the best
;n'ot.i'eu ;u people on county government
~. =, 'i.e S.ate' NO one on TINS commit
|e mas taken serious " the discussion
Ut orl ci'y government in Wostchester.
ne ne, ASSOCIATION printed bulletins
.as' ian deScrloIng the purpose of the
SonSIl'u'ionaI wi amendment and outlin-
Ws Ts .ne de'ecIs IN the governments of
MeS'G,hester and Nassau and proposed
circriae-o invL,es neSe sc. nuIietIns were widely
ronntios 'Neu oIa III w eSJcheS'er and Nassau
ons s"'reS moot;rd ana We're discussed at numer-
ssfoI, b'.!,5 bo anEI . enu uISPujeS- 1t may
sjderabl,- 4blu 4bn Cl4a' tlei ilnuehced con-
smendrsnt ,@raE ri'e we on the constitutional
rr,voJ h.. "n!oH was not only ap-
was siso W lnal9fity in the state but
in tho +Hn rnpio.ed Dy marrow margin
fec,ed WV '0uHOleS Immediately af-
ror centralized Government
T. IN the case Of Wostchestcr County
tn me suggested organization involved
.ae establishment Of small board Of
Supervisors, administrative contraIiza-
'. uon under county manager or spner-
VISOR at large, and practirsIi, i,,,,aI,.d4 rapel
the abolition of the towns%;n s"ao'aed ad
minlstrative unit. Sncb cen+rai;sod %4 r'I az
county government lesyn. oIn'lail4eo ali ia .f5o
essential local powers in tho o. bands NJ '1f af
cities and villages wbirb 'i,o houo ANUS soI oi
IDENTITY and signifcance +o ',atJ .hotr 'eal ga
naotants. Their movers ~ 20 ,onal eneIr N ~
Government. wbere t1e,' VI a 1pea' ,o Sell
enough to function ;,donaraaa!l,. % ia *
should not be abridged 'GorepgnoenL'y. on ven,
asnd' most of the fou,,s fou' on 'ne otner
but srbitrarv c,oo,.r. we owns are nothing