New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Both Parties
Bad, Is Slogan
OF Socialists
Dissenters Open Municipal
Campaign by Advocating
Public Ownership as a
Cure-All for Peoples Ills
Panken Criticizes Hylan
Unemployment Is Declared
Due to Capitalistic Ex-
ploitation of Producers

Democratic and Republican policies
and candidates alike were criticized by
speakers at the opening of the Social
lst municipal campaign which took
place at the Lexington Opera House
yesterday afternoon.
Munic pal Court Justice Jacob Pan
ken, Socialist candidate for Mayor;
James O'Neal, candidate for President
OF the Board of Aldermen; Mrs. uar-
rlet Stanton Blatch, running for Comm
eroiler, and Morris Hillquit were the
principal speakers. They addressed an
audience of nearly three thousand per-
sons.
10 solve the problems of high prices
shortages OF essentials and unemplov-
rlent, Justice Panken proposed that the
city should operate municipal bakeries
slaughter houses, laundries and trac-
lon lines, as we'll as sell and deliver
coal at cost. AS a solution to the hous-
ing problem he declared that the c;ty
could better have used the sum that
tax exemptions on present buil.inc
Will total to construct homes to be or
Grated by the city. He charged that
Ihe question of five-cent fare was
ialseu only tor election purposes.
Ownership Declared Real Issue
THE real issue between the neonle -
our city and the traction interests ;s
not to what extent the fraction trn 81
shall impose a tax upon the citizens
but whether it shall impose anv tay
at ALL Justice Panken declared. The
cars run upon and under our streets
", we built the subways They are ours
we own them. We need no private cor
poratlon to run them for US.
We Socialists are in favor of owner
SNIP by the people not only of traction
facllltles, but of all socially necessary
means Of production and distribution. j
the mayoralty candidate declared later
Responsibility for lack of school
accommodation for 143 900 children in
the city was placed alike on Dem ocrats
and Republicans for the stated reason
that two Republicans sit in the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment.
1T is business mans administra-
ton, so much so that the Mayor. John
Hyian, attends an opening of fall
snow OF dress manufa cturer as the
chief attraction for buyers" he de-
clared. 81 wonder if he were used as a
model to show off dresses. In bust
ness mans administration the Mavor
lends himself as an attraction to the
display of lingerie'
System Blamed for Idlcness
The present social system. capital
istlc production and distribution and
exploitation of the producers we're de-
cared to cause present unemployment.
Inc solution advanced was the build
ing of better transit facilities, termi-
nal markets, canneries, milk stations,
electric and gas plants and laundries
which should reduce the cost OF living
as we'll.
Candidate O'Neal suggested that the
city. government should be turned over
to those who actually perform the work
Of the city, and that the City Hall
should be moved up to the Central
Federated Union headquarters.
Mrs Blatch dealt only with the prob
lem Of education, declaring that in 1917
the United States stood in illiteracv
Just above Russia, while as a book buy
ing and reading public we fell below
the level Of Spain
Mrs Blatch charged that neither of
the two greater parties intended to
meet the part-time situation, or if
they did, that they intended to cram
children into classes already too large,
and turn more buildings into 1.-TWO ses-
sion, Ettinger- Gary schools"
More than $1,000 was raised at the
meeting for the Socialist campaign
fund.