New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
aIyIarl's Tricks
20 Shift School
()nrls Revealed
!, ii 30 Buildings To Be
:, Investigated by Women
furnished by Education
eoard, not Gary Crowd
u.vor's Claims Refuted
.s,.Ninuie Promises to
Furnish ClassrooEns Cam
mol Be Kept, Say Experts

mol DC 2A~Pss 49, &|~~ pa AS
=. forty public schools recently In
.sya.ea by committee of women
r nine impartial civic clubs
:. selected by officials of the Board
yapsation ct the request of the
IAN II was learned yesterday. This
;s severe blow at the campaign
Representation which is now be-
rased by the Hearst-HylanT Tam
~ organization in its desperate eff
- 10 counteract the depressing eff
=. the report has had upon the
;ss.lia
IA report shattered the fast failing
s,;,al reputation of Hylan, because
. .ssved that through neglect and in
sssrsnce the schools were in the
"a ~ condition in the history of the
30 Of Education and were menace
|. ne health and safety of the chill
' !. arder to Offset its effect, Mayor
rr,n and the Hearst papers have or
s,sa bitter personal attack upon
!. Public Education Association, and
:. sersonslity of it's director, Howard
{ Sudd, for the purpose of becloud-
:, Ire issue. The order also has gone
Ii,ss to cry out repeatedly that the
..ic;sm Of the wretched school con-
lions is actuated by the Gary
segi.A
Ettinger Furnished List
ns part of this plan it has been
.,3srsd that while no attack is to be
,,de upon the women members of the
rnnittee or the clubs they represent,
Il i to be asserted that they investi-
,,sd the schools at the behest of Mr..
Ss;a. and that the report is really his
Y,ort Investigation yesterday dis
sesed the fact that the women, before
a,g visited the schools, wrote to
Sssrintendent of Schools DR.. William
]. Ettinger, asking him to suggest
1T Of forty to them.
fhe schools they actually visited and
r.uated upon were given to them by
D. Ett;nger. The Board of Education
Hs fully advised in advance that the
yemen were going to visit the schools
il dsestion, and it had ample time to
,sts them in the best possible condi-
aea under the clrcum stances. The
b, minute Efforts to make amends
ssre not undertaken until after the
svaft had been made public.
Tie letter written by Mayor Hylan's
rss!dent OF the Board of Education
!, reply to the women's report is being
i.afVughiy analysed by experts now
md viii be answered completely within
1 few days.
1t the present time the official sta
asits Of the Board of Education COM
;.stely refu,e the claims made by
lining S. Prall, president of the board,
Il Ills efcr. to bolster UP the rapidly
lFndling fortunes OF his superior at
Gw Hall In mis- reply to the women,
VI. Prall triGmphantiy declares that
'lasre will be ready for occupancy at
of the fall term twenty
gysa new elementary school build
ilsS'
lev near this is to the truth may
Be judged from the report of c. B. J.
Snyder. Superintendent Of School Build
lgs, to Superintendent Of Schools Will
am L.. Ettinger, which shows that If
he contractors do the superhuman
.vehty-three may be ready by the fall.
Tie probability is, however, according
b this report, that not more than fif-
zen will be ready. Only two small
Alools were actually completed at the
me the report was made on April Is.
Repair Appropriations Cut
In another effort to place a laurel
.Eoa the brows of his honor, Mr..
PEall made the positive statement that
he Hylan administration actually had
ippTOprated more than twice as much
.9r the repair of school buildings than
I'D the Mitchell administration. Ex-
ses!s are at work now preparing an
lisver to this, in which it will be
sleTn that Mayor Hylan and the Board
Estimate have persistently and ruth
e.sy cut down the appropriations for
'al' necessary work.
twill be shown that the appropria-
a9as were but little more than those
y The Mitchell administration until the
soaen rendered their report, and then
mere was a rush to increase the
mounts. The figures given by Mr..
'lsil for this year have not been
s'aaily granted in total. Yet even
sAn the figures fulfilled the percent
e s Of the Hylan administration will
w below that Of the Mitchell regime,
10, moreover, the value of the APP
s'opnation in actual purchasing power
ouch less.
D. Edward s. Shallow, associate
,sHgesr.lntendent of schools, in charge of
paid another call upon Dis
ast Attorney Lewis in Brooklyn yes
s.1ay, to DISCUSS the manner in which
!. |. y ste for new school was selected
I Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, after
y SINKING Fund Commission had
!. sned its title to the property. Mr..
,as,ow was with the district attorney
.1ash an hour, but no statement was
. ssae at the conclusion of the inter
se The request for an investigation
y, Vs.; made by Comptroller Charles l..