Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
WALKER, DUE HOME,
BANS POMP BY CITY
Aides Set Stage for Week of
Work-Reply to Charges
Expected in Few Days.
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as he pleases, going directly from the
station to his apartment at the May
fair House. Park avenue and Sixty-fifth
street. He has no official or unoffi-
cial engagements for the day and is
expected to have no social engagements
of any nature for at least week.
Beginning Monday, a nsw program
will go into effect. He will go to work
in the mornings contrary to custom.
An extra police officer will help to seed
out prospective callers, while all men,
barS of his extensive secretarial staff
will cooperate in further. selectivity,
ushering accepted" callers into a
closed waiting room. Well wiShers will
be told that the mayor is busy.
Charles F.. Kerrigan, my day man"
to the mayor, has been a day-and-night
man for three weeks, bringing the Office
to a new high pressure efficiency for the
mayors return, including compilation
of data showing the status of each city
department.
Thomas F. McAndrews, secretary to
the mayor, also has been busy in his
Office after a 12-day vacation early in
March. George S. Collins, executive
secretary, has accompanied the mayor
on his "trip. Evelyn Wagner, conflden-
tial secretary: Mary E. Brennan, assist
ant secretary; Joseph G. Conlon, chief
clerk. and many others have been busy
daily for four weeks preparing an I'M
usual volume of correspondence and Of
fetal papers for the mayors quick at
tention.
Will Phone From Chicago.
After telephone conversations from
Chicago with aides and advisors, the
mayor will not be deluged today with
conversations of an official nature. aside
from possible short chats with Mean
drews and Kerrigan. Samuel Inter
myer, former Supreme Court Justice
Daniel F. Cohalan and others who have
prepared data for his answer to the
Governor are expected to delay their
conferences.
Rumors that some designations are
now in writing on the mayors desk
awaiting his action could not be con-
f1rmed at City Hall yesterday. 1t is
known. however, that Tammany leaders,
contrary to indications that they would
sponsor a wholesale housekeeping of
the administration before the legislative
inquiry gets under way, have argued
with some persons contemplating resig-
nation. winning the argument by point
ing out that withdrawal for any legiti-
mate reason at this time would be con-
strued by the public as retreat under
fire" and as constituting admission of
guilt.
Upon his departure on March 9, the
mayor left no specific delegations OF
authority for final action with Acting
Mayor Joseph v. Mckee, as a result OF
which records show less official activity
for the last four weeks than for any
similar period since Mayor Walker took
ofdce January /, 1925.
Aide Prepares Defense.
Mckee has taken no part in the
feverish activity of preparing a defense
Of the administration, except to receive
three brief verbal reports from Com
missioner Higgins to keep abreast of
the city's investigator of department
There has been much greater activity in
the mayors Office at the other end OF
the first floor corridor, where Kerrigan
has received conferees until after dark
daily and has supervised preparation OF
Office records for the mayors return.
1t Is understood that despite the in
itiatiye of his assistants and of Tam
many legal counsel during his absence
Mayor Walker will be In complete
charge of his own defense and the con-
duct of his administration, or at least
be allowed to present such an appear
ance from the moment of his return.
Tammany leaders themselves are
credited with a recent decision that
any appearance of reprinanding the
mayor or debating to him would be
construed by the public as some form
Of unseen guiding hand" at a time
when the guiding hand must be visible
to the public at all times for effective
recognition of leadership.