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8 State Amendments3 Other Proposals to Be Voted On and is now a resi- induction dent. Morris Raps O'Dwyer jMayorfo Officiate Lynch Starts Drive PUBLIC INTEREST CENTERS ON PLANS TO. AID HOUSING No. Court tional could 3 Would make the of Claims a eonstitu-court. At present it be abolished bv the Leg On Tax Sales Reports 'At Bridge OpeningT0 Beat G.O.P.

in 10th An important side issue confronting the registered citizenry Mavor O'Dwver will officiate fusion can- date described the Murtagh in-last niuht'vestigation as' a "cover-up" and Xewbold didate for Morris, Mayor, islature. No. 1 Would disqualify any person holding public office I "whitewash" even though the chRAFFrs again lashed out at the O'Dwyer Commissioner turned his renort clubhouse, 211 Prospect Place. A mass rally has been arranged for Thursday evening at which Mayor O'Dwyer and Borough President Cashmore will speak. A military band and fireworks will add to the festivities.

Borough Work Commissioner John J. Lynch, who recently took over the Demo cratic reigns in the 10th Assembly District as the Demo-ocratic co-ordinator, has launched an intensive program of political activity to over at dedication ceremonies for the new south inner roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge at the Manhattan Tlaza of- the bridge tomorrow afternoon. Other speakers will be Borough Presidents Cashmore of jadminstration for suppressing! ovpr t0 I)istrirt Attorney Frank a report on the sale of Queens S. Hogan of Manhattan for ao- on Election Day in addition to voting fur a United States Senator and citywide and borough candidates will be eight proposed amendments to the State Constitution and throe propositions involving State aid for public housing. Of the eight amendments sharpest interest is being centered on two.

Amendment No. would change the method of who refuses to answer grand jury questions about his official tax liens which has prompted a'P'priate action, grand jury inviestigation. Realty Men Questioned come recent Republican plu conduct from holding any other office fur five years. Under existing law such refusal forfeits bis job but does not bar him fi om getting another. ralities in the downtown area Brooklyn and Rogers of Man Republican Liberal Fusion' Last Kridav tne Uistrict At-icandidate Morns branded ln-itornpv brought Philip Godfrey, jvestigations Commissioner Mur-Ia Queens real estate operator.

In addition to a house-to- hattan and William Reid, chair man of the Board of Transpor ragns omee uwyer tne Manhattan Grand house canvass by block cap tains, the Democrats have ar granting preference to disabled "cover-up agency" and .0 questioned about tax tat'on- Frederick H. Zurmuhlcn 3A nd non-disabled veterans ranged a final election week Commissioner of Public Works. jiuc u.Am-ii m-ui jiuuMUKjiens on more than 2(n) lots scandal. 'whtrh hp hmiaht iin schedule which calls for women's teas, rallies, torch civil service and Amendment 7 would exempt Sr.o.ooo.ooo for hospital construction from will preside. The event will mark completion of the conversion to a con light motorcades and several crete roadway of the strip for strategy meetings with election district captains.

merly tned by Brooklyn trolley The Borough Works Com cars until these were replaced by buses on Dec. 5, 1918. This missioner was selected several weeks ago as an interim-compromise leader to succeed the the city's debt limit. The three housing propositions are all related. The first would increase the amount of new State subsidies that could lie granted in any one year from $1,500,001) to Proposi-i tion No.

2 would increase the total subsidy contracts that can ft ffie No. Would replace the present absolute preference given disabled war veterans in civil service appointments and promotions and the secondary preference given nondisabled veterans with a system of point bonuses on both appointment and promotion examinations. The bonus points 10 on original appointments and 5 on promotions in the case of disabled and 5 on original appointments and 2'i on promotions in the case of nondisabled would be given only with a passing mark in competitive examinations. No. i Provides that public housing debt contracted by villages and towns shall be exempt from their debt limits in the improvement- will add two traffic lanes to the six lanes already in service.

i The tax hen sale involves! Several other real estate deal-more than 200 parcels of real er3 who purchased liens at the estate, part of the site of time were also questioned Ravenswood Housing develop-jan, Godfrey is slated to be re-ment in Long Island City. Vailed before the grand jurv. It is reported that the liens, Tne was brought to were bought up by a Queens'(ttermine whether there was real estate syndicate for in the citv Collector's before public announcement ofloffiee or other citv department the housing project plans and real estate speculators total of $.145,000 is now being buv up the tax liens before quested from the city in con- the citv decided to condemn demnation proceedings. property for the housing Report Not Public project. Attention to the tax lien sale; Condemnation proceedings.

late John Lantry. Lynch at Construction of the new road for witfdlnf I hanqutt HOTEL GRANADA present is a registered voter in the adjoining 11th Assembly District and cannot take over the actual leadership mantle way was started Dec. 6, 1948 at a contract cost of $1,315,400 he outstanding any one year; 'from to SlTi.OOO.OOO. two propositions are unless he becomes a resident of was first brought bv Borough1 1 Ml1" -o kcl imoei way President Cashmore' during a last WPek "efore Justice Henry Board of Estimate meeting -'ghetta in Queens Supreme I Km Ik CMttiMei llHMt lltM CaN VW. luvnt MtMfiC fit tKtmtiM Sttiliai the district.

Rumors are circulating freely, without confirmation, that Lynch may take up residence in the 10th A. D. to become the district chieftain. He is now secretary of the Democratic County Executive Committee. Today, the wives of the ma Court, but have been adjourned until tomorrow.

year and Mayor uwyer immediately ordered Commissioner Murtagh to investigate the transaction. No report was made public but John J. Fagan was Sen. Ives to Speak At Dulles Rally United States Senator Irving M. Ives will speak tomorrow night at a rally sponsored by the Brooklyn "Republican organization in behalf of Senator John Foster Dulles.

G. O. P. candidate to succeed himself. County G.

O. P. Leader John R. Crews said that, in addition to Court of Anneals Judce jor borough candidates, neaa- 'Meet Your School Party' Held at Visitation Church Members of the Unitarian same way it is excluded from city debt limits. No.

7 Supported by both major parties, this would exempt $150,000,000 for hospital construction from New York City's debt limit and, in addition, would make the debt for revenue-producing public exempt from city debt limits to the extent that project revenues meet debt charges. No. 8 -Provides for fixing ed by Mrs. John Cashmore, Mrs. Miles F.

McDonald and! Church of the Saviour, 50 Mon Mrs. Walter R. Hart, will be BREAKFAST Start with your favorite food for Fall topped off with perfect coffee, freshly brewed and full flavored. LUNCHEON Hearty food for luncheon to sustain you through a busy afternoon. DINNER Tempting choice of year-round favorite! as well as hearty new-for-this-Fall dishes.

COMPLETE DINNERS from 1.50 DINNER SUGGESTIONS a la carte from .90 CrtRAFFrs 386 Fulton St. 912 Flotbush Ave. AND 35 OTHER RESTAURANTS ABOUT TOWN roe yesterday enjoyed a honored at a tea in the district submitted on the assumption that such changes will be iueeded if the major proposition, No. li, is approved. The latter the amount of housing loans that the State can make by The proposed constitutional 'amendments, in the order that they will appear on the top of the voting machines, are as follows: No.

1 Provides that the person elected Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor if the Governor-elect dies before taking office. It was prompted by the occurrence of such a situation in Georgia. No. 2 Provides that the State soldiers' bonus shall he paid to veterans now living outside the State if they were residents at the time of induction. At present payment is 'authorized only if the veteran1 Iwas a resident at the time of ousted as city I ollector.

1-agan died in Florida last March. "Stripped of its legal technicalities," Morris said, "the Ravenswood scandal amounts to this: In a transaction that has never been exposed to public light, the city transferred to a private buver for a ominal unique afternoon program of Bruce Bromlev, the entire bor worship, work, and fun, in presenting a "Meet Your Church School" party. The afternoon's events began with a Children's Vesper Serv ough Republican ticket will debt limits for counties audi speak. Judge Bromley, a Brook other local governmental subdivisions for which no debt lim payment land which it owner and needed itself. Overcoats by in fxepuniican, is serving an interim appointment on the high tribunal and is a candidate "The New York Citv Housing ice held in the Pierrepont St.

chapel. Following the Vesper Service, the parents and others present were invited to view a complete display of the curriculum ma for a full elected term. it is now provided by the Constitution and, in addition, provides that revenues from income-producing public improvement must be devoted first to A show, including Guv Kibbee Authority needed fhat very land for Ravenswood Houses at that very moment. Then the city had to repurchase the same land at its true value." The fusion Mayoralty candl- of the movies and Hannv Fel ton, radio actor, will augment re- terials being used during the operating costs and then to tirement of project debt. the speaking program.

current church school term. Fulton at Lawrence Street, BROOKLYN Lehman Attack Branded 'Vicious' Continued from Page 1 hearing like that you know all about a man you're investigating, particularly If you're Governor and the man is Frank Erickson," the G.O.P. chieftain added. Attacks O'Owyer's 'Alibi' Pfeiffer also lashed out at Mayor O'Dwyer who angrily described the Erickson incident as a Republican frame-up. The Mayor, who in previous squab bles with the Manhattan Tam many organization described the National Democratic Club as a "cesspool" of politics, reportedly gave Erickson the cold-shoulder when he spotted him.

"As to Mayor O'Dwyer's alibi if the National Democratic the furred hat costume caviar at 15.75 Club is really 'the cesspool' of politics the Mayor called it two; years ago, he should have re fused to go there for the But there seems to be magic in the names of Costello and Erickson," the Republican lead er chided. Making political capital out of Erickson's presence and the red-faced explanations by the Dem ocrats and club officials, Pfeif fer further asserted: "What do these Democrats mean when they all say they don't know Erickson? What do they mean thev were framed? Black, Grey Persian Beaver Mink Ermine Leopard SQUIRREL Grey SaMe-Dyed" MUSK RAT Silver Blue Mink-Dyed Sketched are just a few from our huge selection of the newest silhouettes the most luxurious furs! All designed to match your coat furs, or accent your important suits. And they're particularly wonderful at our special price. Why didn't Police Commissioner William P. O'Rrien, another; guest, know Erickson was at! the dinner? That was his alibi.

He's a police officer and should know gamblers of the Exicicsoni stripe. Further, he had to pass Erickson to get into the dining room of the cluh." If Sable-Dyed Called 'A Melons Low' The Pfeiffer blast was Immediately answered by Edward C. Maguire, Lehman's campaign manager who said that a "vi-! clous low In political foul blows has been reached by the Dulles-j Dewey Republican forces." i "The foul was Maguire added. "The Republi-i can State chairman struck the! new low blow through another distortion of the fact." i The Lehman campaign man-, ager repeated that the former; Governor does not know what Erickson looks like and did not1 know he was at the meeting. "Dulles, Dewey and Pfeiffer, have made this campaign one of the vilest in the history of the State," Maguire "These slimy tactics cannot tarnish, the unimpeachable rec i f3t The Par-Kerry in rich, all-wool velour the ultimate in luxurious overcoats.

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Lehman. Last of War Dead Due From Mediterranean Area The bodies of 1.380 service 8 men last American war dead 95 M1LLISER -STREET FLOOR GENTLEMEN'S CORNER MARTIN'S MEZZANINE Charge privileges extended to be returned from the Mediterranean theater will arrive in New York tomorrow aboard the army transport Lawrence Victory. Shipside memorial services honoring the returned dead will be held at a.m. on the upper level of Pier 3 at the Brooklyn Army Base, 5-ith St. and 1st Ave.

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