New-York tribune., 1922-11-04

and having ready feet Of buses for
operation uader his city permit In Sep
tember, 1919, has falsely testified in
every important matter. He said that
Riedl's statement that twelve or four
teen buses reported to McColium and
Riedl on September 20, 1919, was abso-
lutely false.
Victory M. Mclaughlin, clerk in
the Bureau Of Franchises, with more
or less personal knowledge of what
took place, corroborated Mr.. McCollum.
Austin P. Fox, the broker who was
writing most of the bus insurance un-
til Sinnott &. Canty came along, said
that bus owners were complaining that
they were having to pay money to get
on the bus lines and that they were
having other unexpected expenses. He
said he was secretary of the New York
Auto Owners Association, an organiza-
tion Of automobile owners, and it oc-
Cured to him that if he could get the
bus owners into that organization they
might, by uniting, have their grievances
have meeting called for Friday, March
IL, 1921, at 81 Nassau Street. He said
after this call for the meeting went
out Bus Supervisor Frederick Richter
notified the bus men that everybody
who attended the meeting would be sus-
pended, but notwithstanding this notice
being sent the witness said fifty bus
men were present. Statements were
made at the meeting by these men, he
said, that they had to pay 5000, $500
and even $500 to get on bus lines. the
higher amount being paid to get on the
Eighty-sixth Street line, which was the
choice line of the city.
Touches Veracity of Mayor
Mr. Shearn, In illustrating the prob
lem Of who's liar now?' said at this
point that he wished TO spread on the
record something touching the veracity
Of Mayor Hylan.
81 want to have determined who is
who in, this matter of lying" said the
lawyer. He then called attention to q
statement made by the Mayor on Octo-
ber 81 which referred to testimony
given before the Transit Commission
in which the Mayor said:
''They tried to create the impression
| yesterday that I am in favor of city
bus operation. so that some particular
person or firm might be able to write
| insurance. The fact is that the business
| by the Republican Legislature passing
the bill making it compulsory for all
public hack and bus operators to in.
sure against accident"
This bill went into effect in July
1922, Judge Shearn pointed out, wherea,
Commissioner Whalen had required
| the bus operators to take out insur.
ance in April.
Mr. Shearn showed by this and Other
records that the Hylan administration
| had compelled the bus men to take out
| insurance before the state law went
| into effect.
City officials Liable
Judge Shearn then said that in hil
opinion city officials would be equal,
as liable as the city for the illega
| operation of busses.
| On the question whether the cit!
officials would be compelled to restor'
to the city treasury sums of none.
spent for illegal operation, Judg'
Shearn said:
Commissioners Whalen testified tina
between $4,000 and $4,000 a year wa
being spent in salaries in his Office t.
supervise the bus operation which TIL
courts have held to be illegal"
Mr.. Fox, continuing his Testimony
told Of the difficulties he had witt
Commissioner Whalen in getting action
in the matter Of ferreting out graft
1t developed from the testimony tha
at irst Commissioner Whalen did no
show any interest in the graft allega
tions and that Mr.. Fox and his asso
ciates had been told by Mr.. Reigel
mann, OF Mr.. Whalen's staff, that the,
would have to go to other sources. n
then told of The publication in th