The New York herald., 1921-09-07
ENFORCE ALL LAWS,
IS CURRAN PROMISE
Five Manhattan Audiences Ap-
plaud Candidate and His
Personal Platform.
GREETS JUDGE HASKELL
Borough President Addresses
Women and Again Urges 5
Cent Car Fares.

Henry III. Curran, Coalition candidate
for Mayor, read his platform and made
brief speeches at five meetings In Man
haitian last night and was received with
enthusiastic applause everywhere. even
In one club supposed 70 be La Guardia
stronghold. Helen varick Boswell. can
didate for Register and Vincent Gilroy.
candidate for President Of the Board of
Aldermen. accompanied him on the
swing and also spoke briefly.
Mr. Curran enlarged bit on plank
No. OF his platform, which refers -
law enforcement. He declared that In
that plank he referred to the prohlbi-
ton law as well as to all other laws.
IF / am elected Mayor I propose to
enforce all the laws" he declared.
Judge Haskell is trying to fool US. He
has not the power to change any law.
Haskell is the Joker OF the pack
The candidate then went to the Four
teenth Assembly District Republican
Club, at 324 East Seventy second street
then to the University Forum. 33b West
Eighty eighth street. and wound up the
evening at the Fifth Assembly District
Republican Club, $40 Eighth avenue.
AS Mr.. Curran entered the Fourteenth
District Club, he met Judge Haskell COM
ing out The Brooklyn Judge advanced
with his hand outstretched and Curran
met him with a warm and friendly
shake.
.'well, Major you know that's not
so, what the papers had about our not
being on speaking terms" Judge Haskell
said.
Sure. you're right, Judge, It's all be,
tween friends" Mr.. Curran replied.
Referring to Plank IA, he said n
believe In courtesy and decency In the
Board OF Estimate meetings. Did you
ever read about those meetings? Did
YOU ever read about the Mayor holding
his gavel in the air and the ComptrolleI
telling him to hit the President of the
Board of Aldermen on the head with II
That sort of thing will be done away
with If / am elected"
Mr.. Curran spoke first at the club
house Of the First Assembly District Re-
publican Club, 80 Macdougal street
where more than two hundred gave
him a hearty greeting. His second
speech was made at the Second Assem-
bly, District Republican Club. az Grand
street. where he was introduced by Jake
Rosenberg, district leader, as 'regu-
lar man and friend to the people OF
the East Side"
TT is my intention to see,' Mr.. Cur
ran said in his speech there, that the
ignorance, incompetence ad petty grail
of the present administration are rooted
OUT
During the afternoon Mr.. Curran ad-
xtnn par
Women's Cooperative Anti-Tammany
Society at 40 West Thirty-ninth street.
and the Republican Committee Of One
Hundred, at the Republican Club. q
West Fortieth street. Virtually every
Republican women's organization in the
city and many Democratic ones are
represented In these committees Mrs.
Edward Van Zile, former suffrage
laader. Is chairman of the former and
Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard is chairman
OF the Committee of One Hundred.
After emphasizing the Importance Of
getting out the Republican vote at the
primaries next Tuesday Mr.. Curran said
that II elected he will not need to take
the first three years of his term to
learn the job. Some OF his opponents.
he declared. never have been inside OF
City Hall. He then referred to the
report in THE NEW York HERALD yester
day regarding his advocacy OF home
rule.
There Is nothing novel about my be-
lief In city home rule" he said. Il
have believed in It for ten years and
l have written magazine articles about
1T have no quarrel with the Governor
OF this State or with any one else OF
the subject. however, and I intend tc
leave personalities out of this cam
paign."