Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-16
ilAlL BREAkUp
.P0u(E'sDFT Snaps
vlRo Admission From Nsads
! .Jhs4 Men Do othsr Than
Regular Duties
COUNCIL TO GET REPORT


IN 10 the chief factional opponent. t.of
Mayor Moore bids fair. according to In.
6le6uons In City Hall today, to break
vp the long established and politically
testered practice Of assigning policemen
- "soft snaps"
soft snaps is the description given
b assignments Of patrolmen to work
other than regular street or patrol
duty, even though, In many cases, the
nan 90 assigned may render valuable
service TO- the city. i is conceded that
abuse and leads directly to the use Of
yatrolmen at IS a day for work which
IN b. done. for less.
The custom originated under Organi.
yation Mayors. The criticism against
the Moore Administration. now that it
= admitted BY city employees that the
system Is still in vogue. Is that efforts
were not made strenuously to wipe It
out since Council decreed last year that
policemen were to do nothing but po.
Ice duty.
In this connection the question was
raised: "Why did not the Controller
men assigned 10 other than police duty
when the budget clearly stipulated pay
vas 10 be given only when the men were
Aoing regular police duty?",
Hall Incensed at Removal
It may turn out to be a good thing
for the city's service that Mr.. Hall
vas highly incensed when lieutenant
Of police in his district, whom he hap.
pened to admire. was removed when
the Moore Administration began to
take the police out Of politics" Since
that time Mr.. Hall has been on the
th Qna{nof TIM rn1iro damn -
indepensenas '"s wRils Hee sues,onins
whether Mr.. Hall would have been 50
jealous II the Mayor were an adjunct
Of the Combine, felt that the situation
was peculiarly productive Of benefit.
Mr.. Halls campaign Is likely to get
more or less immediate results, and
when these results are finally obtained,
Il may be difficult for even an Orguni.
eation Mayor to 90 back to the old
Idea.
Councilman Hall. at yesterdays bud.
get hearing before Council. with Di.
rector Cortelyou and Superintendent of
tion OF his point that policemen were
assigned to other than police duties
in the face of a stipulation that such
assignments should not be made. There
was disagreement as to the number /:
Mr.. Hall said 630 policemen were af.
fected. while the Police Department said
the total was only 4S3.
Director Cortelyou said such assign.
ments were necessary. as otherwise Ger.
tain work would not be done. Mr..
Halls answer was that II the police
were returned to police duty the other
dsve,cnsd % hr ,r%danendsrt. % ;n III. pu,n. ."n,r.,
Cere that the Cnmhins nnioht mata sood
an that and then again mivht not nnJ
fhe other was That M. Hail WAS w:c;no
his feht 70 nrevent The director's ,st J.
fir~ fhe additional An nolicers,S no
S"r. -. ,asJ. % cors ,v,th cSm "a
franc conditions. '' ".'
Rut Mr. Halls fpbt showed thai M =.
Ncemen were serving as mecbs n;cs ~
X a day' for instance when .rch
workers. could be had for less: that one one
r"trclr,n Was a.LuneJ oS ch.rtFar. "ne ~.
S1son . resr % when . cbnnSsnr u nprr nrorsr al
could be had for less: that natrn,msn
we're assiened AZ clerks to j;emtsna nts
doing work Tor which house ser1ea M.
are poid. These points were admitted
and. In fact. brought out by police Oh
ciaIc. In The csse az the house ser
seauts II was testified nv Sunerintend, ,
ent Mills, that the patroimen had In he
detailed for the reason that the bouss
serseants we're not oualified IN do thar
own work,
In short Il appeared that thousa ands
Of dollars a wear could be saved ~ cor.
tain work now heine done Nv natro,men
at the rate Of IS a day we're done by
men hired especiallv FOR that nurnosc