New-York tribune., 1921-11-01
Cllrran Ready
To End Hylan,
School Evils

| Hearst pair the real Mayor in Cali
| fornia and the Man Friday in City
| Eall--eXpect to accomplish for the
chidren's children don't know.
But you and do know about their
miserable failure to accomplish any
thing for the children of to day That
is the promise Hylan broke more than
any othcr-his promise to the children
"Hylan has not denied any Of the
facts that I presented as I have re-
rcatedly challenged him to do. Hearst
has. not denied them either. although,
feeling his responsibility Tor his tool s
conduct, he has conducted a lying cam
paign OF slander and mud singing to
becioud this vital issue.
,"I again ask Hylan to reply to the
| charge, based OH the official records OF
his own Board of Education, that there
are day $4,000 school children on
the vicious doublesession plan and
l22,3o5 children on part time. or the
schools which have been opened in the
last few days, Just preceding election,
where Hylan has presided with his
usual political ilourlshes and rufllcs
every one of them was built with
money which was appropriated for
schools by the preceding administra-
tion and which Hylan found waiting
1or him when he took Office. He has
rot built a single high school during
the administration Of Mayor Hearst
and himself
"Now listen to this: On 496 out of
S95 schools that we have, in spite of
Hylan, there are mor4 than 1000 vic
lations, placed by the Fire or Health
departments OF New York City. These
violations are still standing Hylan' g
Fine Commissioner and his Health
Commissioner fled their violations. In
case OF catastrophe their alibis have
been prepared. But how about the
children? Their helplessness has not
appealed to either Hearst or Hylan.
"First of all we must have more
schools. Up to few months ago do
f; you know how many new schools Mr.
| Hylan opened? Just two. These and
couple of additions to existing build
ings represented the entire effort of
| Hearst's Man Friday to make good the
pledge "a seat for every child" until
Election Day approached with its
threat Of retribution.
School Building Pledge
81 am going to build schools, enough
of them to end this double-session
scheme Hylan has devised to camou-
nage his dereliction Of duty BY this
scheme he has put the Gary system,
under another name, right back into
our schools. He has substituted a
Hearst Hylan Gary system. which is
unfair to the children and a hardship
on the parents At present these
doublesession pupils go to school at
all hours of the day, returning home at
all hours. They are shuffled about
from classroom to basement, to p ay-
ground, to street, while their me I'll -
are hard at work all day long gettinr
meals ready for the O'Clock, o'clocA
and 10 o'clock scholars. Do you know
how some of the children describe this
double session system of Hylans :?
They call it crazy time
l am going ahead to stop this,
whether you call it the Gary plan, the
Hearst -Hylan scheme, on any other,
and I am going to bring it to a stop
just as quickly as human effort can.
cannot do it over night. Hylan has
left us too far behind to catch up at
once. But | am going to hit the cen
ter of this mess and hit it hard.
"1n addition TO toe Hearst Fly Ian
double session system Hylan has also
cuadrupled the number of school
children on part time. He criticizes
those who take notice of these part
time pupils who roam the streets play
ing hide and seek with the motor
trucks because there is no room in the
schools for them. He says that most
Of the part-time pupils are between
six and eight years old, and, therefore,
gram. Does he think that six-year
old child is just as we'll off lodging
death in the streets as it would be in
the classroom? Doesn't he realize,
can't Mr.. Hearst tell hima that the most
important time of childs life is the
beginning at school, when the little
mind is being trained and nodded along
| lines that will make the future man
or woman useful citizen in the COM
ing administration trained the children
for the mill or factory. charge him
now with keeping the children out of
school, with sending them to the mill
end factory himself. because he has
| denied them an education. I shall
ovcrtake this part-time Quagnre that
| Hylan has bequeathed us just as fast
as / can.
! 81 propose to safeguard the rights
! OF the teachers during my administra-
! tion. Their work has been splendid,
even under the most trying conditions.
! Cajoled or threatened by Hylan ap-
! pointees, who arc using every effort to
tie. them to Hyians political chariot
wheels, tie school teachers have gone
steadily ahead with their task Of cdu-
eating our children.
Teachers Plea for Pay
"The present Board of Estimate has
not treated them with even common
courtesy. Three years ago delega-
ton OF teachers appeared before the
Board of Estimate to plead for a living
wage. They brought facts and figures
and showed what school teacher was
| up against How were they received? :?
Did Hylan make any effort to Judge
their case On its merits? He aid not.
! Ae told those Teachers that il they did