New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

an equal amount to all the industries
Of " state.
"a. The bill creating state trade
CO. t-i n &c "4.c4 ani suppress lille
gal combinations, which can only be
done by administrative action. 1t
would be q boon to the business man.
He would know just what trade asso-
citation he may join and would be safe
in doing so.
"5. The bill requiring jail sentences
for offenders under the antitrust law.
Senator Lockwood said:
~ wrote letter to Chairman Gibbs
to report the housing bills and made
four verbal requests. He denied my
committee. | prepared and had eight
members, majority, sign letter, re-
questing that all the bills be reported
to the Senate. He refused. I then
served formal notice to discharge the
committee from further consideration
| of the rules | was then told to be in
Albany Saturday night and Sunday tc
confer with the Republican leaders
over the bills and that there rwould be
no committee meeting until Monday
night. was then excused by both
leaders to come to New York on com
mittee business.
after l left, Senator Gibbs, without
the written notice, which he has served
called together the meeting and found
majority had left Albany. He had in
his pocket the written approval of eight
members, and could have reported the
bills had he wanted. His statement
that I in any way delayed the bills is
utterly without foundation"
From, a StuF Correspondent
ALBANY, March 1.-THE remainder
of the housing bills introduced by the
Lockwood Committee will be reported
Monday afternoon and will be voted
! on Tuesday.
This was announced here tonight by
Senator Lockwood after conferences
with Majority Leader Lusk and other
legislative leaders. Before Senator
Lockwood's arrival the Senate maj jority
leader declared that no technical use
of the rules of the Senate would be
permitted to interfere with "the prompt
and full consideration of the housing
| bills.
Senator Lusk said that it was he who
informed Senator Lockwood on Friday
that the Senate Cities Committee would
not act on the unreported housing
DSlOIc uouudy. IL Was JHcN
that Senator Lockwood asked permis-
sion to be excused for the day, so he
could go to New York City to confer
with Samuel Untermyer. Previous to
this Senator Lockwood said that he
was informed by Senator Leonard w
H. Gibbs, chairman of the Senate Cities
Committee, that the bills would not be
considered by the Cities Committee
until Tuesday.
Promise Made to Senator
Senator Gibbs, according to Senator
Lockwood, informed him that he would
not call a meeting of the committee be-
fore Tuesday, after Senator Gibbs had
read a written notice signed by Sena-
tor Lockwood and seven other members
of the committee demanding that the
Cities Committee report out the hous-
ing bills.
1t is a matter of record that after
Senator Lockwood and two other sign
ers of the demand had left town Sena-
tor Gibbs called meeting of the Cities
Committee. There was no quorum, and
consequently no action was taken. Inn.
mediately after, reports from various
sources were circulated here that Sen
ator Lockwood had lodged the meeting
to kill the bills.
1t is also a fact that had Senator
Gibbs called the meeting when Senator
Lockwood and the rest of the aigners