New Britain herald., 1925-12-24
BUTLER PROMISES
 10 EXPOSE MAYOR
DepOSed Phila, Police Head to
 Make Diary Public

Philadelphia, Dec 2i Pe-General smedley D, Butler dismissed by Mayor Kendrick as head of the Philadelphia Police, kept a diary during the two years he was al" rector ol public safety, in which he recorded, among other things, con yorsations with the mayor and other city officials,
 will Raise Ruction'
 The general said today thG> pub ncation of .he u1ary would raise a ructon" and that his hroadSlde ID which he alleged the mayor Was protector ot the big law breakers while insisting that the smaller ones, without political or other in- fuen 6, must be punished Was only d. preliminary blast,
 I'm going to keep right on with the attack until l get ready to stop" said General Butler and won't stop until prove my case
 Would Recall Resignation
 General Butler let it be known that he would endeavor to recall his letter of resignation from the marine corps which he submitted Monday in order to remain here He plans to visit Washington early next week for conference Wlth Major General John A. Lejeune, commandant Of the corps, who has indicated that he was anxious To have him remain in the service The general expects to spend Christmas at the home Of his father, Congressman Butler at West Chester, near here. but beyond that his plans for the immediate future were not revealed.
 Held Of by Mayor
 In making public after his dis r1issal a, series of official letters and memoranda which passed between himself and Mr. Kendrick and Joseph P. Gaffney, city solicitor. the marine general attempted to sho" that his efforts to prosecute the management of some Of the city s largest hotels were halted by the mayor. He declared that he wanted the Ritz Carlton hotel padlocked for liuuor law violations and the dance license of the Bellevue-Strat- ford and the Walton hotels revoked also for infractions of the prohlbl- ton law, but that the mayor had refused to give his consent. David P. Provan, manager of the RltZ Carlton. is under $1,000 bail for 6 hearing on charges of violating the prohibition laws as a result of q raid made by Magistrate Edward r. Carney on two rooms of the hotel where a private party was being held
 "Powcrlcss" Were Prosecuted
 "You have not interfcrcd in the enforcement against poWerless Nlo- lators in whom you are not inter- ested," Butler wrote the mayor in answer to the letter of dismissal adding that the chief executive had "balked" and directed that no ac- ton be taken against the Ritz Carl ton. He declared the mayor had promised "to back me 10 the limit in law enforcement, but refused tc support when 1t came 10 padlocklng or revoIing the dance licenses oi some of the citys largest hotels controlled by your friends, when oNl- dence was presented as damaging aS has caused the revocation of many other licenses, all of which actor was urgently recommended by me
 Making public of the letters, But Ter wrote was ''in order that the people of Philadelphia, who are youi supporters, may know that the fail ure to take action on my part is due to your lack of moral courage anC through no fault of the police de partment, and In order that they may know that your reason is sim ply camou1age,"
 Lay or Big Places
 In one memorandum, Butler quot ed the mayor as saying: You ar going too strong on these S7.00o, ,NVi investments" and that you have tt lay off these big places" because there Is a difference between a ST., n00,000 investment and cheaT place who blackmail people"
 It was because he would not "gc