The New York herald., 1922-02-05
Insists Action Is Needed With
Shiny Trail of Politics En-
tering Local Control.
RENT LAWS ARE TO STAND
Governor Startles Realty Men
by Announcing Another
Year for Statutes.

THtcSli iluIlureu real estate Illeu at
the twenty-sixti annual dinner of the
Real Estate Board of New York at
the Commodore were thrown into tur-
moil last night when Gov. Miller came
out flatfootedly for State interference
in the New York city school system
because of the charge that an effort
is being made ito drag the Shiny trail
Of politics through our schools"
The Governor said that while he
ordinarily urged hands off on strictly
local problems he would advise that
when it comes to a matter of such
Importance as TIE school system the
duty of the citizen is to take the fast
est train to Albany to bring about
reforms
The Governors address was to Lave
beer on development OF the port but
he threw aside that topic to dwell on
the transit muddle, housing and the
school situation. In regard to housing
he urged the real estate men to do
everything in tEeir power to further
the own-your- home movement,
primarily as a means of bettering the
citizenship of the State and ultimately
increasing the number of homes.
Speaking of the rent laws he told the
real estate men frankly that they
would kave to suffer these laws for at
least another year.
Views on school Problem.
Touching on the school problem the
Governor said:
You have in your city great prob
lem which gives a, point to what sad
about home rule, and that is the prob
lem OF education. Education is a State
function. but the State selects the To-
callty. the machinery of the locality, and
makes it the agency OF the State to
work out the school problem. But the
States does not discharge its full respon-
sibility by doing that.
"lf the locality fails to discharge ts
responsibility the duty is still resting
upon the State, because the education OF
our future citizens is absolutely vital to
the very permanence OF our institutions.
"And so to Illustrate what have TO
say, although We rely upon the local
agencies to handle the school problem in
part, with the assistance OF our State
Department OF Education. whenever the
time comes that those powers are abused
1t is time for the State to interfere.
Whenever the time comes, as is sug-
gested in the public press. or has been
recently that any effort is made to ex-
tend political influence over the school
system OF any locality. whenever an
effort is made to drag the Shiny trail
of politics through our schools, then the
time has arrived for the State to say
'Stop'"
Says Now Is Time to Act.
81 have recently deplored the ten
dency. which | think ought to be
checked, TO rush to Albany for legisla-
tion as to matters of purely local con-
Germ, which ought to be settled locally,
and I am in favor OF having adequate
power vested In local agencies to settle
those problems. While have deplored
the fact that the tendency has been TO
contribute In the past to the revenues
OF the transportation facilities between
nero ana Albany Dy CitiEenS Oh new
York travelling there to secure action
which ought 10 be secured locally, yet
when 1t comes to a matter such as that
TO which have referred let me say TO
you that any means OF transportation
which will get YOU to Albany the quick
est advise you 20 take.
The transit facilities OF New York,
the Governor said. were laid out in
nakeshift fashion to meet temporary
needs. The time has come, he said.
when you must take look ahead and
make provision for the future"
Speaking OF the housing problem. Mr..
Miller said the real estate mer had two
things TO accomplish. The solution lay
in more houses. but the temporary emer-
gency which afforded opportunity to
some men engaged in the real estate
busineas TO take advantage of others"
created the situation which resulted in
the rent laws
Now. we still have these laws" he
continued, "and am going TO tell you
frankly that you will probably have
nbem fer another year."
This announcement OF the Governor
Continued on Page Seventeen.