Commissioner of Markets, Thomas F. Dwyer, reiterated yesterday the benefits Jewish butchers would have, if his proposed ordinance to license them were to be adopted, and at the same replied to the attacks voiced against him Sunday at the butchers’ meeting, where the accusation was made that his proposed ordinance would give market supervisors a greater opportunity for graft than ever.
Mr. Dwyer pointed out that under the present system, when kosher butchers do not need licenses, he is unable to check up on any of them. But if the proposed ordinance were to go into effect, he said, “I would have every applicant for a kosher butcher’s license investigated thoroughly. His record would then be submitted to a character committee, consisting of reliable Jewish organizations, or individuals, or both, and I could make the final decision with all of the facts at hand. It seems that such a procedure could not be regarded as other than a protection to the Jewish traders in the markets,” Mr. Dwyer declared.
The Commissioner further explained that under the present system it was possible to investigate kosher butchers only on complaint, but under his proposed plan to license them investigations would involve little more than a reference to a special card index of the Department of Markets.
The delegation appointed by the butchers’ meeting has not yet called on Mayor Walker in connection with the butchers’ disputes with the Commissioner of Markets.
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