The graft Inquiry to start inure
1 diatcly after the Legislature adjourns,
i which means within the next two or
| three weeks. The commlttce lj to "on
sist of fivo Senators and six Assembly
men. -?-ltl* lilon It. Urown of Waterto'xn
as senior ioun.?-?l and Mr. Wallstein as
associate counsel.
Meyer Resolatinn nroaiteue*.
Tne resolution which -w. ill create the
committee will follow the general llaesr
of the motion presented in the Sens..?
by Schuyler L. Meyer last January. The
amendments which are now being
drafted. It 1* stated, are technical and
designed to slve the committee even
broader powere than were conferred by
the criminal Meyer re-joluilun
The purpo.-e 1 ur.de rsUitil o ma e
the committee e\en more povorful than
the L?*ow Committee, which treated a
?er.aitlon a generation ago when It in
vestigated the New York city police.
"Waste and possible corruption in the
various departments In the city govern
ment," arc recited in the original Meyer
resolution as being responsible for the
perilous financial condition of the city's
affairs, for Inefficiency In departments,
for the la<-k of schools, for "inefficiency
and corruption in tlie Police Department
and District Attorney's office." for
duplication nad defeats In the city ad
ministration and for other abuses and
defects. This language will be sub
ctantiuliy retained in the new resolu
tion, It is understood.
The Legislature also Is going to cre
ate a charter revision commission to
conrlit of tlft"en members, eleven c?
whom are to h? named by the Oovern'".
Othe.- members are to be the Mayor,
Comptroller, 1'rcsMent of one c? the
boroughs anu a member of the Hoard of
Ald-rmen.
M??? Flalali by Vorfmbfr 1.
