New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-07
Borough President Makes
public His Platform
Based on Record of Ser
rice of lOYears for City
Wants Full Value
For the Taxpayers
Also Advocates Fair Pay
and Hours for Employ
ees of the Municipality

porouch President Henry II. Cur
~ Republican Coalition candidate
;or the mayoralty nomination, last
.;rht issued his own concise platform
:, fifteen planks for the primary and
s,v campaign Reports from the ma
;ority of Assembly districts throughout
re city received by the Curran cam
nsign managers up to last night con-
vince them that theiX candidate is alb
.oIutely sure of the Republican nomi-
nation over his insurgent opponents,
Haskell Bennett and La Guardia
They 60 further than that and con-
fdently predict that he will defeat
Mayor Hylan. the Tammany-Hearst
candidate, in the whirlwind city cam
ysign to follow
In announcing his platform Mr. Cur
ran anticipated the platform to be an
nounced later by the Republican
Coalition Committee. His platform,
however is based solely on his record
Of ten years in the city government,
and what real city government should
be. 1t is brief. direct and right to the
point, clearly understandable by the
average voter and free from the Gus
.omary verbiage and intricate formulas
Of the usual political platform. Mr..
.curran brought it home to the voters
at the series OF meetings at which he
spoke last night.
More Homes and More Schools
The platform, in substance, calls for
more homes, more schools, more play
grounds, parks and beaches; better
transit for scent fare, home rule,
sull value for each dollar spent by the
taxpayer, law enforcement; intelligent
development of the port and harbor,
.sir pay and fair hours of work for
city employees, proper disposal of the
eity,s refuse. police administration
zee from favoritism and politics, re-
Tision OF the city charter, a city plan
.5at will help people to live near their
work and work near their homes, cour-
.ssy and decency at the Board of
istiMate meetings. and devotion of
tHat board to the interests of the CITY
'ather than to its own political future
md its personal likes and dislikes.
In presenting his platform to the
voters Mr.. Curran said:
NY record in the actual work Of
sity government is my platform, and
began making that record ten years
90 The leaders of my party have
commended ME to the enrolled voters
N the basis of that record. What I
give you tonight is a partial summary
OF what you already know Those who
Rave liking for the kind of platform
mat is mile long and full of long
words and sentences will be dis
appointed. Personally, never could
see the use of those political diction-
aries, and | never found time to read
one one of them from beginning to end.
Did you?
People Entitled to More
We are considering the needs and
troubles of the greatest city in the
world. 1t is wonderful city, not only
ior It's wealth, its population and its
industry. but for the spirit of forbear-
ance and tolerance in our people that
enables us to live together as comforta-
oiy as we do. We have every physical
handicap to happiness; we are a more
mixed people than any other com
maalty on the face of the earth, and
yet under all the brick and stone and
wealth, We know that the New York
p', pe hve IN and love is as good Golden
nt nue town as ever grew up in history.
me people of this town are entitled to
q Whole lot more from their city gov
ernment than they get to-day They
,A are entitled to these things in particu-
fathered Tax Exemption Law
Il. More homes. The tax exemption
oiiolnance, oi which I fathered, has start
Cd home building on big scale. This
movement is in its beginning, The city
government should keep close track of
'us AMI other measures to relieve our
ssnortage of homes. When enough
come down.
(. More schools. We must stop the
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