Evening star., 1932-09-11
NOMINEE IN DOUBT
AS WALKER SAILS
Activity of Mayor Mckee
TangIes Political Situation
in New York.
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Democrat, rounded out week Of spot
light activity and continued to ignore
reports that organization leaders are
being urged to give him the mayoralty
nomination.
His work during the few days he
has been in office includes:
A voluntary cut Of $4,000 in his own
salary, and the slashing Of all his ap-
pointed commissioners pay checks.
Plans for general salary cut among
the city's 100000 employees, with the
exception Of those earning under $4,000
year
An attack on the 1888 city budget,
with the object of cutting it by S75,-
| 600. 600 to 100,000,0o0.
The awarding of a printing con-
tract to the lowest bidder, rather than
to the firm which has been doing the
city printing for years, thereby saving
the city $4,000.
An investigation into the use Of
city automobiles by city oflcials, and
the storing of the expensive car which
has been used by Walker.
Appointment of special committee
10 abolish gambling in the city.
A meeting with Communist COM
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Of demands they submitted.
Market Commissioner Under Fire.
An ultimatum to the commissioner
of markets that he would be fired
forthwith" unless he could furnish a
plan to put the s19,o00,000 Bronx Ter
minal Market on a sef-sustaining
basis.
Mayor Mckee, who inspected the
market on his way to work this morn
ing, said he found that salaries and
supplies amounted to $162,485, while
the total receipts for the year up tc
last month were $4,000. He said he
found 36 helpers in the engine rooms
to attend to IS engines, only one oi
which was running.
Asserting the income from New York
real estate has decreased from 20 to
80 per cent during the last four years
Mayor Mckee said that taxation must
be reduced to a point where the prop
erty owner can realize a fair return or
his investment.
"I have set as my goal" he said, "a
reduction of the budget of from $75,-
100000 to $100,000,000. I realize it will
be painful thing to do. sympathize
with the people who will make sacrifices
as have made them. They must real
1ze that it means, however, the assur.
ance that their positions will go on and
will avoid serious effects upon the city
government. Taxation must not be al
lowed to demoralize the home owner
and the real estate owner"
Meets Communist Leaders.
Communist leaders engaged in an
impromtu debate with Mayor Mckee
as several thousand Of their follow
ers paraded through downtown streets
The marchers received the assistance
Of police, and 80 leaders were received
in the mayors Office by Mckee himself
Police estimated the number Of
marchers at from 5000 to 10000, and
said it was the best behaved Com
munist parade New York had seen.
Carl Winter, Communist leader
opened the interview with a briei
presentation of his organizations pro-
gram. 1t included immediate ap-
preparation of S100 100000, relief ticket:
to be abolished, and $40 week cash tc
go to every family Of two, with So addi-
tional for every other person, and 81 q
day cash for every unattached, single
person out Of work.
Replying TO questions by the mayor
/ Winter said the Communists favored
expropriating empty houses and apart.
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I to run on their own cooperative plan.
! do you advocate direct action?'
/ Mckee asked. Down here We havenr
: taken any ones property as yet"
! That's your problem" Winter
answered. Maybe you should have
more of an appropriation to take care
! Of the rent"
Il want you to tell me how, If you
were mayor, you would furnish this un.
employment relief. You've been telling
the people up in Fourteenth street that
I've been doing bad job," Mckee said
II would declare a moratorium fol
one year Of all city debts and take the
budget to apply for unemployment re.
lief" Winter said.
But what about the bankers?" asked
the mayor. How would you stave of
the bankers?"
That is your problem" Winter re.
piled. do the bankers come before tn,
unemployed"
You're evasive."
;. I'm not"
The conference ended when Winter
was denied permission to send a com
nittee to sit in with the director OF tn,
budget.
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