Evening star., 1932-05-26
recess. IL VI
the crowd.

on the face OF an employe of the State
Of New York"
You're very sensitive today" ssiG
Seabury
Il am not sensitive the mayor re-
piled
Walker said the oil stock pool vas
discussed at Atlantic City. He wa
told about the pool and asked what
it would cost to join. He vas told
he said, it would cost nothing to join
because the market had gone up IS
points since the pool has been orga nized,
Later. he said he was notified the
pool was closed.
Took Profit in Bonds.
Finally, he said. he accepted his profit
in bonds because of a shortage Of
money.
He said McKeon brought them to
him at his apartment.
Il gave them to Mrs. Walker" he
said. She still has them"
There was a good Ceal Of an uproar
while the mayor told the story OF the
S26 600 in bonds.
Substantially his story was that 1t
might have been any one at the At
lantic City party." who told him about
the pool, but that to the best OF mis-
recollection, it was not Sisto.
After he, had been told the pool was
closed, h. forgot all about 1t" he SAID
until they delivered the bonds. .
"Oh. it was after banquet. he SAID
when Seabury asked him how he hap
pened to forget about the pool. L just
forgot it, that's all"
Wy off ha
the bonds to Mrs. walker the day after
they we're delivered to him. in Decem-
Der. 1929 or January. 1880.
Mrs Walker or Mr.. Sherwood.
Walker said, deposited the coupons In
the bank. Probably Mr.. Sherwood did.
for he transacted all her business Tor
her-deposited money, paid bills and
70 IN as he did for me-"
After some discussion among men,
bers of the committee. who demanded to
know what as the motive behind this
line of questioning" the mayor broke
in. saying:
"Mr. Chairman and all the commit
tee, the mayor has many things to do.
Please don't keep me here any longer
than is necessary"
IF I'm willing to take a chance"
he added. turning to the Democrats,
you ought to be-"
The mayor said he had never heard
that Sherwood, as testified Monday by
Samuel Ungerleider had sold to Unger-
leider's firm stocks at more than $4,000
above the market value. He said he
never had discussed Sherwood's private
affairs with him
Sherwood was your representative,
wasn't he?"
He was never my representative"
Didn't you have safe deposit box
with him?"
Il did not"
Showing him q record) "Is that
your signature?"
Apparently 1t is
Doesn't that convince you you had
a joint safety deposit box with sher-
wcod?"
1T does not"
How do you account for your sigma
ture being on this application"
THE box was taken temporarily to
store some valuable papers belonging to
a client Of mine, when I was still with
the law firm"
The mayor then addressed the COM
mittee saying:
If there is any question of my meet
ing with Sisto having any bearing on
the taxicab situation, II there is any
innuendo that Sisto tried to bribe me,
I want to say that after the bonds were
delivered an ordinance was passed to
increase the taxicab rates. The mayor
could pass the ordinance and increase
the taxicab fares or the mayor could
veto it, killing the raise.
THE bill came to me In April, 1890,
six months after I received the bonds
/ vetoed 1t 10 days later. During that
time, there was plenty of chance for
Mr.. Sisto or ANYBODY else to come to
me and try to influence me If they had
wanted to-
The mayor then read to the COM
mittee q transcript of the statement he
made to the Board Of Aldermen at
the time he vetoed the bill
by the way" the mayor interrupted
himself, there was at one time doubt
whether the law would permit the
mayor to sign a taxicab control bill.
I referred the matter to Mr.. Justice
Seabury Of the Supreme Court, and
was told that the mayor could sign
such q bill"
"Justice Seahlrv" he added leaning