STATES & CITIES: Mayors Without Money

Mayors Without Money

Boston's Curley, Milwaukee's Hoan, Houston's Holcombe, New Orleans' Walmsley, Akron's Sparks, Cleveland's Miller. Bridgeport's Buckingham, Elizabeth's Williams. Salt Lake City's Marcus, Providence's Dunne. Newark's Ellenstein, Jersey City's Hague. Rochester's Oviatt. Yonkers' Loehr, Nashville's House, Worcester's Mahoney and a score more mayors of a score more U. S. cities trooped into the Chinese Room of Washington's Mayflower Hotel one sizzling hot day last week. They took off their coats, loosened their collars, lighted cigars, settled dowrn heavily in brocaded chairs. Mayor Curley, with his shirt sleeves rolled up...

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