APPENDIX IV— RECORD OF TESTIMONY AND STATEMENTS 

 IN RELATION TO NECESSITY FOR DISTRICTING PLAN 



The intimate relation existing between, a comprehensive districting 

 plan and public health, safety and general welfare was testified to by 

 numerous experts at the various public hearings held by the Commission. 

 Public hearings were held on March 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th, and April 

 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th. 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th and 18th. Adjourned hearings 

 were held on April 20th, May 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 18th, 22d, 24th, 

 25th and 31st. In addition to the testimony taken at these hearings nu- 

 merous statements were presented to the Commission. 



Only so much of this testimony as shows the relation of districting to 

 the police power of the State is here reproduced. Originally much of the 

 testimony was in the form of questions and answers. To economize space 

 such testimony has been put fn narrative form. In this new form it has 

 in each case been submitted to and approved by the witness or author. 



Organizations approve districting plan 



Not a single organization opposed the adoption of a districting plan. 

 Most of them adopted resolutions specifically endorsing the proposed plan. 

 Others confined their activity to the recommendation of specific amendments 

 to more adequately protect their particular localities. Most of these recom- 

 mendations were for more stringent restrictions than those proposed. The 

 following organizations either submitted resolutions endorsing the plan or 

 were represented at the hearings : 



Advisory Council of Real Estate Interests 



Atlantic Avenue Business Men's and Taxpayers' Association of 



East New York 

 Automobile Dealers' Association 

 Bath Beach Taxpayers' Association 

 Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton Citizens' Association 

 Bayside Park Civic Association 

 Bensonhurst Park Preservation Association 

 Broadway Board of Trade, Brooklyn 

 Bronx Board of Trade 

 Bronx Builders' Association 

 Bronx Taxpayers' Alliance 

 Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers 

 Brooklyn Civic Club 

 Brooklyn Committee on City Plan 

 Brooklyn Heights Association 

 Central Fifth Avenue Association 

 Central Mercantile Association 

 Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 

 Chelsea Neighborhood Association 

 Citizens' Union 

 City Club 



City Hotels Association 

 Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Association 

 Commerce Club of Brooklyn 

 Congestion Committee 



