New-York tribune., 1922-04-14
Hy1an Clad to
Give Up $4,000
For Home Rule
Didn't Expect Pay Increase
Anyway, but He Insists
Miller Misread Charter
in Vetoing Salary Grabs
Moral Victory His Solace
Invites Governor to Extend
Principle to Other Legis-
lation That Affects CITY

mayor Hylan in n statement issued
Yesterday declared that he bore no i'll
wili toward Governor Miller for veto
ing the bill, which the Mayor approved
increasing the salaries of the Mavor
ana comptroller from Sis, 900 to S25 900
and of the President of the Board of
aldermen from $1,000 to $4,000. He
Salo ne was glad to see the Governor
was beginning to realize 'therc is
son'ething in the principle of home
rule" but he contendcd that the Gov
elnor was wrong in saying the in
creases should be made by the Board
OF -; estimate and not the Legislature
The Mayor vetoed a similar bill last
year on the eve of election. but put his
approval on the measure when it again
came before him recently.
The Governor knows" said the
Mayor, that Section 56 of the chart cr
aoes not permit the members of tae
present Board of Estimate to mere. Sc
'helr own current salaries (Which
charter provision is sound in princi-
pIe), and consequently any increase in
salary to any member of the present
board must be by legislative action at
Albany. He knows this diferentiates
the Mayor Comptroller salary bill from
ell the bills which | vetoed, which lat
ter were ones where the Board of Esti-
mate either had or could have increased
salaries If applications were made
to it,"
The Governor specifically pointed out
that the Board of Estimate had no
power to increase the pay of members
during their term of office, and what
ever advances the board did make
would have to apply to their successors.
u am g lad to sec that the Governor
is beginning to realize that there is
something IN the principle of home
rule" said the Mayor "He may some
day realize his error in not applying
it to the vastly more important tran
SIT and Port Authority matters and
his error in not turning a deaf ear
to the interests that induced him to
violate home rule on those subjects.
1T is to be regretted that the Gov
ernor did not apply this same principle
of home rule to other important bills
which take from the local authorities
the right to locally govern, result
ing in eventual cost to the taxpayers
of the city of millions of dollars.
81 regret that the Governor did not
apply this home rule principle to the
Bronx Parkway Commission bill, which
| understand he approved the last few
days and which compels the taxpay-
ers Of New York City to furnish thou
sands of dollars to maintain sepa-
rate police force for that commission
in Westchester County and enables
it at cost of millions of dollars to
beautify the Harlem branch of the
New York Central Railroad Company.
This commission to date has cost New
York City taxpayers over $1O,000OO0
There are many bills sent down
from AIhanU tO l,or
political reasons. The Republican
Legislature passed this Mayoralty sal
ary bill twice, and did so once even
after the Meyer committees political
Investigation, and l am glad | gave
them an opportunity to show their sin
cerity of purpose and how far they
will 60 to play petty politics"