The New York herald., 1922-03-11
If O'BRIEN SAYS 50
THEN HYLAN WILL GO
As for Whole Board Taking
Trip to Albany, What's the
Use?' Mayor Asks.
HEARING ON TUESDAY
Corporation Counsel Sees Hope
Of Getting Home Rule
Bills Through.
HEARING ON TUESDAY

The Board OF Estimate devoted itself
Yesterday almost entirely to legislative
matters that affect New York city
Mayor IIylan and Comptroller Craig
agreed that it did not seem TO make
much difference what the city admin
istration wanted, it would be useless to
seek it in Albany.
Corporation Counsel O'Brien. fresh
from a conference with Gov. Miller at
the capital took more cheerful view.
He announced that the Governor might
give his approval TO the home rule bills
il there were certain changes that
would not take from the State all au-
thorty over the affairs of cities. a
conference 10 discuss such amendments
will be held in the Corporation Coun-
sells office this morning.
The Mayor said he did not see any
use in wasting the taxpayers money in
trips to Albany when Mr.. O'Brien tried
to get promise that the Board of Es-
innate would appear in protest at the
legislative hearing ON Tuesday on the
Simpson bills that would give the Tran
sit Commission more power. He would
go, the Mayor said If Mr.. O'Brien
wanted him 10. but as for all going.
what was the use? 1t was left to the
individual judgment of each member of
the board.
"i<iIiins'' fhe Bus Bill.
Denouncing the Legislature vigorously
for practically '.throttine" the bill that
would enable the city to go into the bus
business, the Mayor secured the pas
sage of a resolution asking that the bill
be reported out at once by the Rules
Committee of the Assembly, where 1t
now lies.
The plan is to kill 1t in secret in
committee" declared the Mayor. THE
execution of this scheme can only be
prevented by a united protest and ac-
ton on the part of civic OIL ganizations
and by the people of this city generally
This should be followed up by bonn
bardment of the city's legislators by
these civic bodies and the people gener-
ally, so they too may bring pressure to
bear on their upstate Republican as
sociates to compel them to grant a
hearing TO the bill.
This situation affords an opportunity
for the newspapers that profess to be
concerned with the peoples welfare to
bestir themselves into proper activity
by way of asking that this bill be re-
ported and passed by the Legislature .
''Tbe Citizens Union!"
Speaking of his conference on the
home rule bills. the Corporation Coun-
sci said
THE Governor before approving these
bills would require the verbiage relating
to the adoption of city charters to be
so modified as to provide against a
complete divorcement from the State
Legislature. conference is to be held
in my office at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning between representatives OF the
Citizens Union, the City Club and other
organizations for the purpose of dis
cussing how the Governors views may
be met without entirely emasculating
the home rule bills"
THE Citizens Union - snorted the
Mayor in fine scorn. You are getting
into fine company I'll say"
II hope our efforts will bear some
fruit" responded the Corporation Coun-
sci. There are four or five bills pend
ing. which provide for larger measure
of home rule. While they do not. con-
tain what the Board OF Estimate or the
Mayors conference would like to have
passed, they are steps in the right
direction"
..Buncoed," Says Craig.
Il think we are being buncooed."
calculated Comptroller Craig. pleasantly.
You can'tdo anything TO help the situa-
ton. In fact. I'm not so sure that the
greatest benefit will not be derived by
the passage of still harsher laws. Then
the city may have a chance legally and
voters have more determination to upset
the bills
what does il do. take the clothes
off our backs?' inquired the Mayor OF
Corporation Counsel O'Brien. regarding
the Simpson transit bill.
NO." replied Mr.. o'Brien. The posi-
ton of the city so far as court pro-
ceedings are concerned is very clear
Notwithstanding what the subsidized
press says" shot back the Mayor