NEW YORK CONTROL

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1932, Page 5

NEW YORK CONTROL

SORE FINANCIAL POSITION

WASTE, GRAFT AND CORRUPTION

(United Proas Association.—By Electru. 1 altigraph.—Copyright. J

"• 'Received this day at 0.25 a.m) NEW YORK. January 24. -Air Samuel Seaburv, who lias boon tlio leader during the past six niontiis 01 a series of investigations into tlio conditions of Now York’s city government lias presented a. summary of In’s /hidings. Ho makes allegations wherein lie lias o/l'orod an outspoken and lengthy indictment ol’ Tammany .Mall the chief political organisation ol' the city, stating that paralysing fortunes had boon made by Tammany loaders, and criticising niisgbvernniont which made groat hank accounts possible. Ho assorted: l 'lt is perfectly apparent- that what those men did is part ol a system upon which Tammany exists and expands, and that Tammany approves and protects and wishes to perpetuate a sordid traffic in political influence. Tlie financial position in which New York finds; iny.elf is due to waste, graft and corruption with which the city is infected. Evidence with respect to the administration of unemployment relief funds establishes « shocking abuse of a sacred trust, and shows that money appropriated (.o relieve privation has been used to take care of faithful Democrats.”