The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-13
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1920.
Eylan's Day Is Over.

II. HYLAN. Mayor Of the city of New
York. Is soon told. The lesson of
what the ring which made a fool of
him means in men polluted and things
bedeviled, in private and public funds
pillaged, In honest contractors driven
out of business and honest workmen
barred from earning their bread and
butter. in taxes swollen and rents
multiplied-this lesson in its various
and varied details of corruption and
crime must run for many day.
A band of thieves fell upon this
town. 1t was made up of building
trades and labor union crooks who
preyed like wolves upon capital and
upon labor alike. They operated from
behind COMPACT which apportione'
contracts for builders and jobs for
workers among those who paid blood
money 10 the head crooks Of this
crime league.
A builder that would not pay the
blood money was put under strike
ban which prevented him from ever
finishing his contract He couldn't
stay in business on that basis. A
worker that would not pay the blood
money could not go on a job or. If
he slipped into a job. he was thrown
out by the crime leagues labor union
deputy He couldn't stay in his trade
on that basis. Thus, anybody want
ing to get anything built must pay
whatever price was fixed by the in
siders of the crime league. just as any
body wanting to take the contract for
building 1t must pay the blood money
exacted by then.
For this bold and Unsuitable band
Of thieves 1t was so easy to bleed the
public on private construction that
they stalked like conquering bandits
In jackboots upon the city treasury.
They picked public works In general
TO aoot hut picked in particular the
schools They had bull!ed. threatened
and terrorized contractors and wage
earners on private construction 10
make a plum pudding for themselves
out Of public construction they tricked
and trapped the head Of the city gov
ernment of New York.
On the bogus claim Of the dsrepu-
table and thieving chiefs Of the crime
league that they could deliver the
union labor vote to HyLAN or take
IL away from him as they pleased.
they wanted the Mayor to lei them
decide how tens of millions of the
city's money should be spent for the
county Court House, for the schools.
for whatever was latest and julciest
in corrupt possibilities. And this poor,
dull witted Mayor fell for II. al least
10 the extent of signing letters urged
and even prepared BY them.
AS II this were not enough, Mayor
HYLAN went on the witness stand and
tried to befool the able. astute, search
ing SAM UNTERMYER as HYLAN him.
self had been befooled by the burly
lowbrows of the crime league. HYLAN
swore on his oath he was not ac-
aunlnted with the head devil of II all
when. as a matter of fact. he had con-
ferred with him. MS UNTERMYER knew
and had the proof of. HYLAN swore
ON his oath he had never had COM
munic,ttion with the head devil of Il
all when, as matter of fact. he had
been taking advice from him, as US-
rERMrER knew and had the proof of.
HYLAN even swore on his oath he
could not remember the head devil Of
IL all when. as matter Of fact. he
had signed and sent out a school CON
struction letter virtually written for
him by the chief Of the crime league.
as UNTERMyER knew and had the
proof Of
Mayor HyLAN squirmed and wrig-
gled away from the facts as UNTEK
MYER pressed him harder and harder
for hours. But the truth had TO
come out.
HyIAN tries to show that the school
work hid been changed from terra Gotta
TO limestone before he rubber stamped
the notorious letter But he was made
n fool Of and admits he was made a
fool Of by the crime league. That he
could he made such q fool Of by sucn
an unsavory outfit In such n momen-
tnus matter and that he could so dis
credit his own word on the witness
stand ms he did discredlt II is good
and sufficient reason why be should
now decide. ms the public will decide.
that his usefulness to this city In his
capacity Of Mayor Is ended.
JoHr v. HYLAN. in truth. ought to
take himself voluntarily out Of the