New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-08
Standard Oil Dictates PIX
lie School Affairs, Can.
didate Asserts
Tells of Wasted Fund
Judge Says Poor Cbild,..
Suffer by Theories Of
Rockefeller Board

Judge John F. Hylan. Tanmsny =.
didate for Mayor. indicated yes,.,I
that the Gary system and the ,r...,
domination Of the public school 49,
By the Rockefeller Foundation =,
other so-cailed private interest, v.,,.
be large calibre ammunition from ..
Tammany magazine Of issues in u,
coming municipal campaign.
Speaking before committee ot..
Parent7' School Be,'crmeat t.,,r.
made Up chiefly OF Democratic ,.,,,
sentation IN chat body, which e,p..
upon him yesterday at tie leadou,,,.,,
q m" Democratic Fusion Comnit,,.
the Murphy Hearst candidate d,se,ib,.
his attitude toward the Gary sy,,.r
and public matters IN general.
Judge Hylan followed carefully =,
plank in the Tammary platform 4.
nourcing the Gary system and A.,
claiming that the Standard OH oHei,,
were dictator3 in public school ma,
tcrs.
Judge Hylan prefaccd his remar.,b,
tellinH the committee that 10 "a,
product Of the little rod scboolhou..,
he declared that Re rad AWAY, ~
the same vital iatsscs, iu The uvsr.
schools that the parents had. Heu,
he welcomed the opportunity TO dem.
his attitude toward the public scso,
system to all the parents Of scIm
children in this city.
Says School Fund Is Wasted
We have a city Of steadily i7er.,,
ing population" said the candida,
"Yet. when our schools open rex, wee,
it will be without the addition Of
single new gchoolhouse 20 take carr
Of this increase. Money that shovg
have been spent IN the construction
Of now schools has been wasted ina
frofigaty manner upon real estate pur.
chases which are useless 10 the ej,y
but which have provided enormol,
profits for private individuals who a.,
close personal friends OF some Of our
high officials.
Our school children are the on"
who suffer most a. tuc result OF these
real estate scandals. In the futile al.
tempt 70 make raaac.a. showing 10
the taxpayers and Offset the money
wasted in the purchase o; useless real
estate the p-eseH: administration has
sought 10 economic on the schools
They have instituted d system which Is
called tho Gary system. the resu.. o.
which has been 20 greatly reduce fgras.
mental education and place ~ ADDED
physical strain upon tae child. In &C.
di'ion. II has imposed great iHconysn..
cncc ia the home"
Judge Hy.an declared that the Gsv
phau was m fact no plan az s' be-,
simply a political masssh.ft," intend
ed TO coHvey the idaa that Mayor
Mitchell and his ca5Ua. had evolved
plan whereby their campaign pledge o.
1913 ito give seat az school 70 every
child" had been kept. lie declared ths,
they had not kept their pledge.
Urges State Control Of schools
Referring to wna- he you'd DO II
elected. 20 "ameliovlte conditions" the
judge declared that the Board Of Edl
cation must first be freed from the 20
iitical, financial and private iEAuences
which now dominate 't he advocated
the control Of the school system by the
state instead Of the municipal author
ties, declaring that the Board Of Eda
cation should have Unrestricted power
in directing and administering ihs
system OF public education, and that the
public officials should not be in pos
tion TO tighten the pgr estrings or
force the adoption o. any particular
plan"
Disas'cction brokr OIL. Zoo the Demo.
cratic forces IN Brooklyn YESTERDAY
when George v. Curtis, jr, an assist
ant corporation c0uuo.. who IS ashi'
ing Henry Hcsterberc FOR the Deno'
cratic leadership Of tine new DIST A.
emily District, Fla'aush, came ou'
Aatiy for Mayor Mitchcls reslecton.