PUT ON SPOT,' SAYS MAYOR; Tammany Backs Berry in Wresting Leadership From McKee. MAYOR CRITICIZES TACTICS Holds 5-Cent Fare Is in Peril Because of Rival's Policy on Long-Term Financing. COUP CREATES 3 FACTIONS Subway Financing and Pay Cuts at Stake -- Budget Now Can Be Drafted at Secret Sessions.
Acting Mayor McKee holds 5c fare is in peril as result of Comptroller Berry's attitude on financing