Evening star., 1933-11-12
LA GUARD|A SHAPES
REF FORM PROGRAM
Mayor-EIect to Start Picking
Aides on Return From
To-Day Vacation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November l1.-A far
reaching program of civic reform is
being whipped into shape by Mayor
elect Fiorello H. La Guardia in support
of his prediction pledges to stamp
out the influence of Tammany Hall In
the city's complex government.
Among La Guardia's promises are:
l. Elimination of thousands of "un-
necessary, extravagantly paid jobs"
2. A new charter with the abolition
of county governments within the city
3. Abolition of the Board of Alder
men as presently constituted
T. Elimination of incompetence and
graft in the letting of public contracts
5. Breaking of alliances between
politicians and racketeers.
6. Rehabilitation of the city's credit.
OFF on To-Day Vacation.
These are but a few of the more i'm
portant reforms promised
La Gua1dia, accompanied by his wife
his former secretary-who played an
important part in his campaign, slipped
away today for Today vacation
aboard the liner Pennsylvania. He
tentatively plans to leave the ship in
Panama and fly back to Washington,
d. G. When he returns it will be to
plunge deeply into the task of selecting
the men who will surround him in his
four-year administration. With the
Board of Estimate controlling the city's
purse strings they will help him to rule
the city.
La Guardia believes his first and most
difhcult task will be to rid the city of
oosslsm and machine control" Hun
dreds OF job-holders with Tammany
Hall affiliations, are scheduled to walk
the plank
Is the office of police Commissioner
James J, Beian, who rose from the
ranks. and is a close friend of John F.
Snrry; - Iammany leader. is expected to
After attacking the problem of re-
trenchment, La Guardia is expected to
turn his attention to taxation. He has
promised there will be no increase in
real estate taxes and that he is op-
posed to the recent jump in water rates.
Transit Problem Difficult.
A greater share for the city of taxes
collected by the State and rediStributed
TO localities is a major phase of La
Guardlais tax program. He is hopeful
the proposal will receive favorable con-
sideration by the Republican-controlled
Legislature.
La Guardia has asserted he can rid
the city Of racketeering in 60 days. He
said that with police commissioner CO.
operating with the district attorneys it
can be accomplished
The transit problem is one of the
most difficult he will face. La Guardia
indicated the scent subway fare could
be saved through unification of the
systems and municipal operation.
There will be no decreases in the SAL
aries of the classified civil service en-
ployes and pension funds will be reor-
ganized, If another campaign pledge
OF the mayor-elect Is carried out. He
also said teachers salaries would be re-
stored to the 1882 level as soon as the
city's finances permit.
At a fusion victory dinner tonight
Bernard S. Deutsch, the successful
candidate for aldermanic president, said
he had heard that Tammany plans to
offer him Supreme Court nomination
in the hope of recapturing the three
votes he will have in the Board of Esti-
mate
If he accepted the nomination the
Board Uf Aldermen would choose his
successor. Deutsch said he would re-
fuse it.