Show NY CAMPAIGN ON N 1 NI f FARE ARf BIG I ISSUE SUf NEW EW YORK May 9 AP The AP-The The 1929 mayoralty campaign between Mayor Major James J. J Walker and former Mayor John T hn F. F Hylan was vas under underway underway way today with the 7 cent 7 transit tare fare arc as the issue issue Hylan's campaign was was formally launched at a dinner at the Wal Val Valdorf dorf dorf Astoria Astoria last night at which he again flayed the interests and re reIterated reiterated reiterated re- re iterated his his' charges that Mayor Walker Valker had been put Into office by a transit politico-transit c combine that had an agreement to increase fares Mayor Walker who defeated Hylan Hy- Hy Ian lan at the last election made a veiled reter reference nce to his political op opponent opponent opponent op- op in an address at a luncheon earlier in the day In honor of Prince governor of ot Rome The luncheon was At the advertising advertising adver adver- Using club and the ma mayor major or in re ref referring referring re- re f ferring to self advertisers mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- one who had risen from a apolitical apolitical political grave in the midst of ot the cent 7 fare Issue Only this th-s morning ho he continued continued continued con con- I was thinking of the so- so called poor cent 5 fare or 7 cent 7 fare decision as something like a abIrd abird abird bird with with- witha a Broken wing that had fallen from a tree and which lyIng lying ly- ly ing on the ground found every political carrion crow crow trying to tomake tomake tomake make a a. full tull meal of It it At the Hylan dinner where persons paid 8 8 a plate the former mayor heard himself hailed as mayor Honest John Hylan as the man who saved the people hundreds of millions of ot dollars and other laudatory laudatory laud laud- atory titles Mayor Walker had announced his candidacy for reelection n immedi- immedi atel after the federal court decision granting the Rapid Transit company permission to In Increase Increase increase In- In crease its subway and elevated fares from 5 to 7 cents |