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With the aid of the citizens and the attitude of the financial 

 officers of the city we took up the question of an educational 

 campaign. Now, you realize that a large part of our city popu- 

 lation is a temporary population that comes across the river or 

 under the river from New Jersey, and that they are as interested 

 in the conditions in New York as they are in the conditions in 

 their homes. They have contributed to the elimination of mos- 

 quitoes in New Jersey, and they are mainly interested in not 

 being invaded by mosquitoes coming with the east wind from 

 their friends in the City of New York, so Dr. Goldwater asked 

 for a Committee to consider this very broad point of view of 

 the municipality, and at the first call there were a hundred and 

 fifty people present, representing different parts of what we call 

 the metropolitan area. Nassau County on Long Island, West- 

 chester County, New York City, Connecticut, and New Jersey 

 were the five areas represented in this Committee. Each 

 of those areas had a representation of two, and each of these 

 district groups has organized or is organizing supporting com- 

 mittees to develop a local interest where it has not already been 

 done. 



I appreciate that it is not needed in New Jersey, but it is 

 seriously needed in Connecticut. It is positively needed in Long 

 Island and in Westchester, and there are parts of the City of 

 New York that have not waked up to the fact that what they 

 suffer from, can be prevented. 



Now, the plan of the Committee was, in the first place, to 

 see what changes were necessary in the law, and it was apparent 

 •that the authority of the City of New York was sufficient if it 

 was properly applied ; that the means of applying the State law 

 outside of the City of New York, in the State of New York, 

 were insufficient; that they were cumbersome; they were likely 

 to lead to too many difficulties, and there was little attempt 

 made to improve them. The result of that has been the prepara- 

 tion of a bill, which has the support of good legal talent and 

 very strong citizens' backing, to give something of the authority 

 in New York State in its respective counties that is enjoyed by 

 New Jersey at present. 



