The New York herald., 1921-11-04
CURRAN STIRS MIRTH
BY FARCE QUOTES
Continued from First Page.

in California has operated here in New
York in the person of his tool Hylan-
1T charge Hylan with having fallen
down utterly and completely as the
chairman of the Board OF Estimate, as
the head of this great business corpora
ton of the city of New York. Where
his position demanded dignity. courage
and Initiative, Hylan grovelled at tho
feet of Hearst and Hettrick and did
their bidding regardless OF the welfare
of the people who elected him. Where
his Job required foresight and ability
and a definite fixed policy, Hearsts
Man Friday Hylan lodged and shifted
and evaded every issue.
when the teachers and other city
employees came before the board and
pleaded for a living wage Hylan in
suited them and told them TO go get
other Jobs When the housing short
age was at its height this manikin OF
California millionaire was too busy
with contracts for the building of "a
s20,O0o.cO0 court house to Listen. He
tripped over a limestone scandal, but
he managed to spend more than a mill
lion dollars of the peoples money. and
all we have Is q hole in the ground.
Tweed, at least, got court house built
When I am Mayor pledge you my
word to eradicate the last vestige OF
Hylanism from the Board of Estimate
There will be team work IN my board
instead OF dissension. There Will be
courtesy and decency. not only among
members OF the board but likewise be
tween the board ana the public. City
employees who come before my board
will find they have the same rights and
privileges as any other citizens and
their requests viii be heard and decided
on their merits.
Instead of the Hearst-Hylan hit or
rniss methods of aimless drifting. 1 pro-
pose that my Board OF Estimate shall
work along definite lines with a definite
policy Of city development. In my pro-
gramme for constructive Board OF Esti-
mate work include:
More homes, more schools, more
parks. Fairgrounds and beaches; home
rule, better transit for five cent fare.
full value for each Taxpayers dollar
spent. intelligent port development to
reduce the cost Of living. revision OF the
city charter to reorganize the city's
financial system, city plan that viii
help people live near their work and
work near their homes"
Besides telling Just how the Hylan
Board OF Estimate. which IL in reality
the board of directors OF tho city's tre-
mgnuOuS business tnteIpttSe, SOeb About
spending st.o0O,o00 n day, Mr.. Curran
reviewed the sinister conditions OF graft.
Incompetence. mud singing, whitewash-
ing and bowing to the wishes OF William
Randolph Hearst, "the California mil
llonaire." that 'Ifylanisn' has come Ia
lnea n TO New York. He promised to oust
overy Hearst appointee and Hylan in
competent the first day he Is Mayor.
'It is a fight to the finish" he said
TO see whether Hearst shall continue 10
govern New York. say that the man
who viliified Mckinley and Roosevelt
and who threw tho mud OF his poison
pen papers at Mayor Gaynor and Gov.
Al smith has got to get out OF City Hall.
Hearst handed us Hylan and we have
had enough OF both of them"
Speaking before the Harding and
Coolidge Club. Mr.. Curran charged that
n public school teacher was compelled to
have her pupils COPY pro-IIylan letters
which later we're sent ont as campaign
material. Here IL a part OF one OF the
letters as quoted by Mr.. Curran:
DEAR PARENTS There arc no part
time or double session scholars IN our
school Every pupil has a tuil dsy's
instruction throughout the city.'