The Detroit times., 1914-04-17
Marx Administration Chief
Backer of Plan To Throw
Schools Back Into Tur-
mOil of Politics
MARTINDALE WILL
ENTER BATTLE, TOO
Bitter Three -COrnered Fight
VIII Start In Earnest With
Elections In Fall

There's keen little plan under way
TO make Frank Cody superintendent
Of schools, when DR.. Charles +. Chad.
sey term expires, July /, 1915. Mr..
Cody is now assistant superintendent,
and he is also member or the State
Board OF Education.
The Marx administration. faction
-2f the school board, several contract
! oIs, and religious and fraternal organ
ilatiohs are Said to be interested In
tire movement 10 seat Mr.. Cody.
To those IN close touch with the,
school situation, it, looks las IL the
political battle this fall, the school
election next spring, and the choice
OF superintendent by the new board.
next July. will be featured by "a
I'three-cornered fight participated in by
supporters of Mr. Cody, Wales G. Mar
tindale and Supt. Chadsey.
Mr.. Cody, il is said, will have the
support mentioned above. Former
Supt. Martindale will have the back
ing of +. ID. Stair and his newspapers.
and the old bipartisan Martindalc
ring, which has ramfications in both
the city and state governments. DR..
NAi'hNNg W III nave lllt HuDDOIl OIL dll
those citizens who have fought so long
and so tFelessly for non-interference
OF politicians in school affairs
Mr.. Cody is not an avowed candi-
date for the superintendency But
there are people working for him
whose designs are by no means Sc
cret Chief OF them is Mr.. Cody's
brother. Frederick Cody. formerly a
l aNhnnl nrfnnfnaI In
Cody now makes New York his head
quarters. 1t was Fred Cody who
tried 10 swing the deal by which
New York concern was to take s4,.
100000 OF Detroit's bonds--the deal
which took Mayor Marx and Control
lcr Engel 10 New York. few months
ago, but which failed to go through.
The deal showed, however, the
close touch between Fred Cody and
the administration. Mayor Marks
school board appointments, too, show
anything but a desire to support
Supt. Chadsey in his endeayors TO
make the schools more efficient They
have been made with but one purpose
to put men ON the hoard who can
be relied on to accept the Marx dicta-
tion. When that dictation chooses 10
take the form OF the naming OF
superintendent these men will swing
into line.
Fred Cody hates Wales c. Martin
dale. There is no secret i'm that. He
worked hard for the unseating OF the
former superintendent SquabbleS
that took place when Fred Cody was
principal OF the Estabrook and the
Webster schools are responsible. in
part. for the bad feeling And when
Fred Cody, working TO unseat Mr..
Martindale looked about for an avail
able man to fiji the superintendent's
chair. II was but natural that he
should think OF his brother.
Frank Cody was on the list OF
candidates for the succession To Mr..
Martindale. but got little support. DR..
Chadsey was appointed. and accepted
the position after receiving promises
which the school board has never
kept Then the campaign for the ele-
walton OF Frank Cody began in ear
nest.
First he was promoted from the
principalship OF the Mcmillan High
school. and made supervisor at an
increased salary. This suggestion, II
IS said. came from outside,' and was
acceptable because Sc was move TO
ward the abandonment of the McMil
Ian building as high school Then'
through . shrewd political deal, Mr..
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