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The Mayor. Reverend clarity on a guest ladies and gentleman. It is a privilege to be here today to share in this ceremony for the third annual presentation of the New York City Public Service Award for professional achievement. It is my pleasure to serve as chairman of the awards committee which has the pleasant but extremely difficult task of reviewing the records of distinguished service and performance of a large number of nominees for the awards and selecting the award recipients a great deal of effort that goes into making the selection because there are many capital and public servants in the city of New York and all wide variety of fields and the comparison is very difficult to make serving on a awards committee with me are the budget director Mr William S. Shane who is here and I'd like in the stands to Shea thank you a little also serving on the award committee you are Mrs Marshall Fields. Dr John can Orton the deputy mayor city administrator and Dr Abbot the chancellor of the City University of New York the Public Service Awards recognize outstanding professional achievement and contributions to the community welfare made by professional people in the employ of the city each award consists of a citation which commemorates the award winners accomplishments and secondly a not so important five hundred dollar U.S. savings bond. I hope we have the bond here I know we have the citation. The heads of city agencies labor civic and professional organizations interested in the public service of the city are invited to nominate prominent city employees employed in professional and technical capacities for the awards a large number of outstanding nominations which I referred to before required very close and prolonged study before the selections were made and it is tangible evidence of the dedication competence and outstanding achievement of our professional people it is now my pleasure to introduce the man who. By his own example has inspired our civil servants to continuously strive to elevate the standards of their performance and achievements so as to better the people of our city the man who made this program possible the man who supported this program through the years his Honor Mayor Robert F. Wagner thank you very much. Lang reverent members of the clergy and ladies and gentlemen I'm very happy to be here today to make the third annual present Taishan of our New York City public service awards for national achieved this is the last time that I will have the opportunity to be present at these awards ceremonies in recognition of the services of New York City's career civil service for the last time on this occasion I express my great appreciation to New York City's devoted servants and salute them for their daily dedication to the welfare of the citizens of our city. I know the extent to which the skills and creative abilities of our civil servants contribute to our capacity to meet the challenges of our vast and complex city we must all be deeply grateful for the tremendous contributions made by all of our city's employees this is a profound tradition and a proud heritage which I pass on to my successor the color of experienced and competent men and women in every area of city endeavor John Stuart Mill assessed government as nothing less than the whole of the interest of humanity this is an eloquent expression of the increasingly important role of government in the lives of our citizens and our citizens in the functions of government today we are gathered as way now to on a six who have devoted their great expertise to advance the wellbeing of the people of oxygen they are outstanding in the professional fields of Minister Bill budgeting surveying law public health child welfare and urban renewal each has made outstanding contributions to important programs which vitally affect the welfare of our community each has demonstrated creative imagination in the pursuit of the highest goals of performance and the ability to attain difficult and crucial objectives and I salute each of today's award winners personally and on behalf of the citizens of our city I know that the people of New York join me in expressing great thanks to all of them who have demonstrated the best qualities of career civil servants and I sincerely regret that Dr Jacobs signer of the health department is ill and unable to be present at the ceremony today. Dr Jacobs Santa received his award for a program he developed to provide high quality medical care to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in poor areas in the city and I know that all of us join together in wishing Dr Jacobs signer a speedy recovery and so on behalf of our city I congratulate our award recipients and I thank you profoundly for all that you have done to help make these last twelve years rewarding ones for me personally and I believe for the citizens of the city we all love thank you thank you. It is now my pleasure to introduce the employees who water receive the New York City public service awards for professional achievement and the commissioners are representatives of the agencies in which they are employed our first award winner is Mr James a cabinet are of the Bureau of the budget and the Office of the mayor Mr Cavanaugh Will you please come on the side near the mayor and Mr SZE the director of the budget with you thank you much thank you. Thank you thank you the citation. Which the mayor now holds in his hand and which is a beautifully hand letted reads as follows The city of New York Public Service Award for professional achievement is given to James I Cavanaugh office of the mayor Bureau of the budget for outstanding professional achievement in the field of municipal budgeting and for contribution to community welfare he has. With great understanding for the value of programs to the community and with outstanding technical competence played a major role in the planning and administration of the expense budget his creative research in numerous areas has helped to increase revenues and reduce expenditures and that's contributed a measurably to the city's ability to meet the increased demand for expanded services to its people dated November ninth one thousand nine hundred fifty five and signed by his on our mayor Robert F. wagging. Her alone. Our next award winners are two employees in the Real Property Assessment Department they are Jerome H. Eric and Benjamin L. Lee and they will share this award for joint achievement Mr Erika Mr Lee would you please join us on the side where the mayor is we would also be pleased to have William S. Boylan the president of the tax commission join us as Bill Boylan here now may I read the citation which is let it identically for the two gentlemen the two Award winners of the city of New York Public Service Award for professional achievement is given to Jerome H. Eric Real Property Assessment department and to. A Benjamin alley for outstanding achievement in the field of surveying and for contributions to community welfare they have played a vital role in the development of improved processes for the production of tax maps. Their innovations have made it financially feasible for the city to meet the community's constantly increasing need for maps and interest and to introduce highly efficient procedures for MAP maintenance dated November ninth one nine hundred sixty five and signed by his not of the man Thank you Lou alone. That's the Maurice hand of the Law Department is our next award winner Will you please join us Mr handle and we are also placed to have with us Mr Leo Locke and Cooperation Council. Would you please join the man Mr Handel citation reads as follows The city of New York Public Service Award for professional achievement is given the Maurice hand a lot of apartment for outstanding professional achievement in the field of law and for contributions to community welfare he has throughout standing proficiency in the preparation and presentation of the city's case been substantially responsible for decisions favorable to the city in the most complex and prolonged condemnation litigation in the city's history has inspired use of his vast and us our state of legal knowledge has been of incalculable benefit to the people of our city dated November ninth and signed by the man thank you a lot. Next Award winner is from the Department of Welfare will Mr John J. Murphy please come forward and Commissioner Joseph H. Locke time of the of the welfare department. Mr Murphy citation reads as follows. The city of New York Public Service Award for professional achievement is given to John J. Murphy Department of Welfare for outstanding achievement in the field of child welfare and for contributions to community welfare he has with outstanding leadership and high professional skill conducted the administration of the children's center so as to provide dependent and neglected children with and an environment for growth to bring them to the realization that they are always while human beings thank you a lower. Our next award winner as Mr Samuel or attention of the housing and redevelopment board would you please join us Mr attends and we are pleased to have Mr Herbert Evans chairman of the board today would you please join the man Mr A tent city receives his award for his achievements while serving as chief of the Bureau of project development his citation reads as follows. The city of New York Public Service Award for professional achievement is given to Samuel are a tent city housing and redevelopment board for outstanding professional achievement in the field of urban renewal he has with the great creativity and outstanding professional ability played a vital role and as tabla shooting and maintaining social economic anesthetic harmony in the field of community planning his contributions to the planning and administration of the most comprehensive urban renewal program in the United States have improved living conditions for the people of the city. Dated November ninth one thousand nine hundred five and signed by his on a Robert F. Wagner lul protest. I've been too busy working on the microphone to congratulate each of the awards when is what I hear but I do hope to shake your hand later on for the entire audience here and for the officials of the city and for the staff and employees of the city I express our admiration to the seven awards when it is your achievements reflect great credit on all the employees of the city's civil service we are proud of you I also wish to thank all of you who have joined us in honoring these wonderful employees today thank you very much ceremony just blew alone.