Evening star., 1932-09-19

AS result of his economy program.
national fame has come to the new
mayor of New York City after an eX-
tremely short period of action. The
country gives evidence of desiring
better acquaintance with Joseph v. NC
Kee. who followed Mayor Walker in
Office. He is called "a real personality -
In the Far West. the Walla Walla Bull
letin CindependenD voices the consen-
sus in the statement that he lis meet
ing the problem of increasing taxation
in the only way it can be met, by Slic-
ing expenditures
New York City. which has suffered
helplessly under the preposterOuS min
istrations of Hylan and Walker since
1918, is at last getting a break in the
matter of municipal government" says
the Baltimore Sun independent Demo-
cratic). as it records that into the
office vacated when Jimmie Walker
resigned under fire has stepped a man
who. in the brief space of one week,
has shown not only that he knows how
to conduct himself in the dignifed
manner which becomes his position, but
also that he has some grasp of the
tangled administrative machine for the
direction of which he is responsible. F"
| The Abilene Daily Reporter Gndepend-
ent Democratic) thinks it "a change
! for New Workers, accustomed to a
fashion plate in the mayors chair"
The comment of the New York Her
aid Tribune (Republican) is that
Mayor Mckee continues to wade
through the dugouts Of waste and
slackneSs in the city government like
a mopping-up party going through a
| captured trench" As the Oshkosh
Ra!iS eM Tork Cisy has that
| a man of action for the good of the
taxpayers sits in the mayors chair.
the city hall has become place Of
business, where public affairs are given
serious and economical attention" The
| Providence Evening Bulletin Gnde-
pendent) considers it fortunate for the
| city that, behind the scenes, Mayor
Mckee has acquainted himself thor
oughly with the citys needs and obli-
cations; when the opportunity came to
| him to step into Mr. Walkers shoes
! he was able to start off on the right
| foot"
The city and the country, becoming
acquainted with Mr.. McKee'S person.
ality, are impressed by his characters
tics. He had hardly taken over the
reins of higher office when everybody
DeCdLlt dWdlc blldG lCcl
was in charge of affairs, remarks the
Birmingham Age-Herald CDemocratic) :.
| That New York is the gamer be-
cause of the presence of real man in
the mayors chair" is the opinion OF
the Boston Evening Transcript dnde-
pendent Republican,. The Buffalo
Evening News independent Republican,
is intrigued by his common-sense
methods" and the Rochester Times
Union independently gratified because
| he administers the city's business "as
though he were manager and not a
manikin." Contrasting the personali-
ties of the former and the present
mayor, the Louisville Courier journal
| (independent) says: Mayor Mckee al
ways has been called the Judge not es-
pecially because of his brief service in
a city court, but because his dignified
bearing naturally attracts a certain
amount of difference. If he cared to.
| he could write after his name the let
, tiers A. B., A. M, LII. B. and LII. D."
The Lincoln State Journal dnde-
| pendent Republican, says: Given a
good opportunity. the people of the
| metropolis will be more than glad to
make Walker the answer to Gov. Roose-
velt's prayer, the forgotten man" And
the Rock ,Shnd Argus independently
thinks that Mayor Mckee rs giving
Jimmy Walker more unfayorable pub