Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-17 | Page 1 | Mayor Walker Has Answer Prepared

MAYOR WAlKER AKER HAS ANSWER PREPARED I Not His Business to Check Actions of Em Em- He Says NEW YORK April 17 Associated Press Press Mayor Mayor Walker against whom charges of incompetency have bare been flied with Governor Roosevelt Roose elt has d decided on on th I keynote of his reply It will assert that the mayor is an administrative officer not a a- detec detec- tive Uve It is not the mayors mayor's business he said to Uto open desks and drawers and go snooping and sniffing around corners to check up hourly on the actions of city His fits answer running int into thousands of Dt pages of statistics and history will Willbe willbe be delivered to the governor shortly In III Albany Commissioner Samuel Seabury who Is directing the oust ouster r proceedings against District Attorney C. C T. T Grain Cram conferred with the governor governor governor gov gov- yesterday They were together almost two hours Mr Grain Cram has received notice from Continued on on rare Page nine MAYOR WAlKER VALKER HAS ANSWER PREP REU Continued from Page rare One Mr s Seabury's assistant that th the next phase of ot th the inquiry will bring into question the prosecution of Charles I V. V Bob and various stock frauds One of the witnesses will be Watson Vatson M. M Washburn former assistant attorney general In charge of the bureau of securities who turned over the evidence evidence evi evl evi- evi dence against Bob to Mr Grain Cram Previously Previously Previously Pre Pre- the tho Investigation of Mr Grains Crams office has involved only his attempts to deal with racketeering in the Fulton Fish market Leaders of Tammany Hall Ball are arc re reluctant reluctant re- re to discuss a speech of MI Miss Annie Mathews Tammany In the Nineteenth district In which II she implied that It is 13 proper for leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers to accept presents from the themen themen men they recommend for or judgeships Newspapers forecast that she will be called at the coming legislative in inquiry inquiry in- in quEry Into city cUy affairs to explain her views more fully Seabury is counsel counsel coun coun- sd sel for the legislative committee The New York committee of one thousand composed of citizens seekIng seeking seeking seek seek- ing an improvement in municipal af affairs affairs af- af fairs held Its first meeting yesterday and organized to cooperate in the in In- In