The New York herald., 1921-11-01
UNTERMYER THROWS
SUPPORT TO CURRAN.

Mayor in his electioneering campaign.
had invaded the pulpit of one of our
sacred houses of worship and had there
made a cheap and vulgar bid for the
votes of those of Jewish faith, dwelling
on the fact that he had honored Prof.
Einstein and DIR. Weizmann on their re-
cent visit to this country.
Here are the words of the speech
that was written for the Mayor and
read by him to that audience and In
that place
TT was a pleasure for me to appoint
a short while ago a committe of prom
inent men and women to pay tribute
to the two eminent Jews Of high ideals
who came to our shores. DIR. Chain
Weizmann. the leader in the movement
to establish a Jewish homeland in Pales-
tine. and Prof. Albert Einstein, the dis
tinguished world scientist and discov-
erer.
1T was low appeal and It was
wrong of the rabbi of that temple to
permit his pulpit to be used as the plat
form for political strife In the heat of
a campaign. ] quite realize, however,
that he could not have contemplated the
extent to which the privilege would be
abused
IF these distinguished men had sus-
pected the motive back in the Mayors
head they would have travelled all the
way around the continent to avoid the
City Hall. The self-respecting Jews Of
this city do not care to be made the
cats paw Of political mountebank
The sooner the Mayor learns that there
Is no such thing as a Jewish or any
ether kind of vote except an American
vote in this town the better 1t will be
for him. Let us teach it to him now"
Mr.. Untermyer then reviewed the rev.
elatons of the Lockwood committee,
showing the relationship between John
L. Hettrick, head of the contractors
ring. and Mayor Hyian.
Nov 1 come to the sequal of my
story" he continued. "On the Gath OF
this month. just a week ago tonight
these unregenerate criminals, these same
master plumbers. including those who
had pleaded guilty some Of them fresh
from Jail, held meeting at which they
eolemnly resolved to oppose the cleo
ton of Senator Lockwood on account OF
what they humorously describe as his
and my pernicious activities in pros
ecuting them
would you believe such things pos.
sible? The members Of the thirty
other criminal combinations that we
have exposed, some of whom have been
punished and disbanded and others OF
whom are awaiting trial, will doubtless,
either singly or collectively, take the
same course in opposing Senator Lock-
wood.
''Now what are you going to do
about it with the power in your hands
to protect this man who has been shield
ing you? Are you going to sit idly by
and see him slaughtered because Of his
courage and loyalty in protecting your
interests and making 1t possible to build
houses to shelter you and save you
from being robbed by the extortion OF
landlords?
"See to It that whatever else may
happen to this election Senator Lock
wood Is reelected by such a laundering
majority that 1t will strike fear into the
heart of every criminal profiteer and
will inspire every public spirited citizen
with renewed courage to fight for the
redemption Of his city"
Mr.. Untermyer then referred to
speech which Mayor Hylan read to half
dozen Brooklyn audiences week ago,
In which the Mayor claimed that i'm
provement of the housing situation be-
longed exclusively to him and his adj
ministration. Words simply fail me
in the effort to describe adequately this
unexampled piece of impudence," said
Mr.. Untermyer. He then showed that,
contrary to the Mayors claims, the rent
laws were framed by the Lockwood COM
mittee and were passed by Senator
Lockwood without consultation or as
sistance from anybody In the Hylan adj
ministration.
The speaker was greeted with a storm
of laughter and howls when he said:
Tell me, my friends, what are we
going TO do with man or ahoti., mn =,
who dares appear before great audi
ences of his fellow citizens and makes
such reckless statements"