Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-18
combine Plans
SPENDING 0Rd|
varsmsn's Eyes Are on Re-
lar Administration After
Moore Regime
JUMP MAYORS sALMl

Even IL Mayor Moore we,e :. |.
clined, which he is not, there iss,s
chance In the world that his ION.
Of administration will come 10 *
free spending. ~
As City Council, in control n 4,
Combine, nears the completion Of r
budget under which the city admit
tration will work out its last yesr.
becomes more evident that money =;
be tight 70 far as the city deparfmSs.ssv
are concerned. 'T.s'.
In refreshing" contrast a.
situation. however, Is the fact thu ss.
Combine proposes, for one thinu. ~ (
the next city administration, wkisS
fondly hopes will he Irregular. y n.
not be hampered by lack of cn,r
the realm. Already Orga nization =.
crs talk about that delightful futuS
And to give poin. to their nl.,.'
Combine leaders plan to put thronsS -
ordinance next year increas sing tbs ~
ary Of the Mayor from $40 900 TO m J
600. They say this ordinance win Il
passed before the organizatio capi. +
date for Mayor IL "slated" 80 thst I
"cannot be said the raise Is beins ~
for some ones special and MAN.
benefit" In fact, when Mr.. Moore -
cleo. cd and before he went into o9ss
the Organization proposed to raise Ii
Mayors salary to $4,000.
Only Twelve. Month Budret
But Mr.. Moore would have mons
II and thereby. for the four. year ,tst,
sacrificed $24 900. lie did not csrs
be under any sort of financial oblisatic,
to the Combine.
It 10 announced BY Combine leadau.
as a mat. .er Of fixed policy, thai r.
budget for 1923, next year, is a tvelssI
month budget: that is, that no fur2A
funds will be avaiia bic unless, Of eos's M
something extraordinary arises. II
policy will sharply limit the actiyiH1
Of the Moore administration, whieh
one Of he objects Of the budget .mak0y
They fear. otherwise, the Mayor mis|
be encouraged overmuch to jump n
the political arena and try to knock d
Combine sky high in the mayorsl
campaign next Fall. ~
Apparently the Combine leaders ip'
ticipate that the Mayor will take ,
hand in the mayoralty campaign ~
cause when the item for laundry Won
in the Department Of Public Health
was reached in yesterdays session, d
Council. Councilman Hall remaris
rather significantly that there woul}
be n '!ot Of dirty linen washed Ae1l
year" In preparation for what th@
Mayor may spring on them, Organiu.
tion leaders have been scraping up an
the scandal" they can find In tkI
course Of the budget hearings.
Premature. Say Some
All of %hich seems premature tI
many politicians who see q conditso|
next year when the new State adminis.I
tration may be most influential d
shaping the course Of the lnayoralh
campaign. Some of these optimit
feel the Combine may be going 10
lot of unnecessary trouble In gettin1
ready for a fight when perhaps MI ths
Is being heard now IL a "fa' 'se alarm,
because Mr.. Hall said right In ffoa
of Mr.. Pinchot, at meetin; 6i thA
City Committee. that the OrganixatioQ
would back n man Of the Pinchot ,cii{
bcr for Mayor. In such n case, n (
not likely that there will be mind
occasion for any particular laundp
work.
In its tnsk Of tightening up
purse strings, the Combine has shov
splendid form In the hearings whk
have been going on for two weeks. b
the artistic touches will be put on w
the tiny sub committee gets into seen
| session and determines just what u
, budget IL to amount 10. This sub-cas
| mittee vii! probably consist Of "
Councilmen. and it's O safe bet "
three of them will be Richard Wegsl3
president Of Council: Mr.. Ganpty
chairman Of the Finance Committee
and Mr.. Hall. 1t Is also a safe ,bA
that Mr.. Develin will not be men
Der.
Deyelin A Combine Thorn
Mr., Develin has been very ~
barrassing to the Combine, and
! would never do to have the quiet 'ltt,
! sessions Of the secret committee VI
spoiled by the pertinent question: :,
the Overlook independent. Y
The sub. committee will get to w
as soon rs the public hearing: e.
which will be- next week. Only
). estimates Of the Law Department;
Purchasing Agent. the Civil SE
Commission and the Clerk OF CopIs
are vet to be surveyed and they
he gone over in jify Iext Tlese!
The sui. committee will then decide
much has been in fun and how mu1
really to appear in the budget.
i ,nhedrin Of BOSSES will decide
salaries are to be increased. II
that further increases or decreases
~ be made In appropriations anu ~
Hcrc behind the closed doors o.
Wer:ein's 5 Office, the sub COMMITTEES 4
make the budget for 1923. Then
300. pages of figures will be thruF
Council. with whatever changes
been made by the Sanhedrin, and ~
ell will adopt them as its owh' uos
tho lash Of the majority whip.
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