“ In this he came to be keenly alive to the unfair conditions that affected the staff in regard to their lack of pension rights, for which over a period of months recently and constantly to the extent of sheer abandon, he fought valiantly and tactfully and grace fully against considerate opposition to right a wrong. His patience and erudition ... much to promote that cause ... was an unselfish service, given generously and without a whimper. ”

“ The Mayor appointed him to that board In February 1918, to succeed the late John W. Devoy, who like his successor served 19 years as a reliable representative of the Catholic people in Brooklyn. Mr. Webber died on February 9, 1937, after having been chairman of the law committee of the Library Board from the outset of his service until the end. That involved a host of routine and incidental services of such a corporation having extensive interests in property rights and the administration of book service for a community of two and a half million Inhabitants. ”