Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-04-09
|bOOz REPLIES
To BROWN IN
KARKUs NOTE
City Engineer Resents Attack
Made on City Govern
ment in That Way
HE ASKS FOR MOTIVE
Asks If Move for Commission
Government Prompted
His Letter
HE ASKS FOR MOTIVE

In an open letter to Thomas
Brown, today, City Engineer. Louis
P. Booz, Jr.. answers the charges
made by Mr.. Brown in his letter to
Mr.. Karkus, and asks Mr.. Brown II
the motive behind the letter is not
the outcome of the Zambory-
Csipo trial and If ne made the as
sertion at the city hall, that Mr..
Wilentz would be out as city attor-
ney within three months.
The cor2municat.on follows:
Thomas Brown, ESQ.,,
"174 Smith ST.,
Perth Amboy, N. J.
Dear Mr.. Brown:
II read your letter of April Z ad-
dressed to Jacob s. Karkus, and
published in the columns of the
Perth Amboy Evening News. with
mingled emotions of disgust and
contempt. Your letter, under pre-
tense of being a congratulatory mes
sage to Mr.. Karkus, is in purpose
and effect a vicious. vulgar and un-
justified attack upon the entire city
administration. / do not contest
your right as a citizen to congratu-
late Mr.. KarlSus when you feel that
he has performed a public service.
l do, however. feel that you should
not use such an occasion as a SUBJ
terfuge to indulge in a nasty, In
direct attack upon the local govern
ing body. Your letter to Mr.. Karkus
is written as a citizen of Perth AM
boy. All good citizens have the
courage of their convictions. A cour-
ageous citizen, If he desires to at
tack the local government, should
display the courage and good taste
to openly attack our local govern
ment by a communication directed
to them or to one of the publica-
tions In our city. but not to attack
them under guise of congratula-
tory letter written to a private citi-
zen.
I'm light of this situation your
letter really should not be dignified
by a reply. To men of affairs In
Perth Amboy who know anything
about the local political situation
and who know your real motive for
this attack, your letter is so ridicu-
lous and assinine that the advisable
ity of replying is disputed; but in
view of the fact that l am an office
holder | feel that in justice to my
self and the office I hold, that
a reply should be made and a
decent plain statement made so that
the people of Perth Amboy may
Judge the entire situation.
"Since your letter is written as
citizen I feel that it is proper to In
quire concerning the motive that
prompts you to write this letter
Now, Mr.. Brown, was your letter
inspired by the high and decent mo-
tives that should prompt a good
citizen to take an interest in local
self-government or was 1t not in
spired by a vicious. vengeful desire
to vent your personal feeling and
antagonism toward a certain Office
holder in city hall who was up until
a very short time ago one of your
warm, personal friends? In your
letter you deal in rumors. 1t is fair
therefore, for me, for a moment, to
deal in rumors. 1t is rumored about
the streets that you have made the
remark that you would have Mr.. WI
lentz, our city attorney, out OF city
hall within three months. Is your
attack upon the local government
and your sudden enthusiasm for
commission form of government
prompted by the desire to get Mr'
Wilentz? To the average person on
the street who knows anything OF the
local political situation, this is the
obvious purpose of your attack
Now, Mr.. Brown, be honest with
yourself; be frank enough and fair
enough to tell everyone whether OF
not this is not the real motive be-
hind your attack. Don't be "Klu
Kluxer;" don't hide behind smoke
screen; come out and let us have
your real motives.
Further in this connection your
sudden change of heart with re-
CARDS to our city attorney Is due.
as most people understand it. to the
fact that Nh. Wileatz handed you
a rather artistic beating in the case
of Zambory VS.. Csipo, wherein Mr..
Zambory obtained a judgment OF
$4,000 against your client, Mr..
Csipo AS an outgrowth of this case
you severed your friendly relation
ship with Mr.. Wilentz and 1t is this
case. so popular rumor says. that is
behind your sudden burst of good
citizenship and civic enthusiasm.
The average man on the street re-
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