The New York herald., 1921-09-12
CURRAN FORCEFULLY
REVIEWS PROBLEMS
FACING NEXT MAYOR
Candidate Drops Politics to
Deal With Conditions in
City Government That
Concern Taxpayers.
BRONX CROWD CHEERS
Park Republican Club En-.
thusiastic Over Economies
Manhattan President
Wrought in Office.
CITIZENS UNION FOR HIM
Voters Urged to Blazen Hand
writing on Wall Against
Hylan, Hearst and Tam
many Tomorrow.
CITIZENS UNION FOR HIM

Lets go!" was the spirit yester-
day, upon the eve of the primaries.
az the headquarters Of Henry II. Cur
ran, President OF Manhattan, Repub-
iican-Coalition choice for Mayor, and
that optimism wAs reflected at
rousing meeting which Mr.. Curran
addressed in The Bronx in the after
room. Several hundred persons heard
Mr.. Curran at the Park Republican
Club, 477S Third avenue, and inter.
rupted him with cheers until it was
diff1cult at times for the candidate to
proceed.
Mr.. Curran made no effort to stir
up his hearers over the so called
Issues Of the campaign" but got
down to the sort OF stuff II takes in
a man to be the kind of Mayor New
York needs. Upon that subject he
spoke from the fullness OF his knowl-
edge gained In ten years OF expert
ence in the actual work OF the cIry's
government. He outlined some OF
the problems the next Mayor will
have to settle for the city and de.
clared that the job is going to take
all the courage, honesty and stead
fast singleness Of purpose man can
command.
Bars Political Henchmsn.
Mr.. Curran also pointed out the inn
portance OF selecting subordinatcs who
are competent and efficient rather than
the selection of some political hench-
man who happens to be out of a Job.
In that connection he complimented
the splendid work OF Clarence Fay. his
Commissioner OF Public Works. "Ons
Clarence Fay" he said, is worth
hundred O'Malleys."
IN vivid contrast TO the methods OF
the Hylan administration in letting
contracts 80 exorbitant that they had
TO be cancelled when exposed by the
Lockwood committee, of which the
money planned to be poured into the
new court house furnishes an illus
tration, Mr.. Curran told of the thou
sands OF dollars Mr.. Fay had saved
the taxpayers of Manhattan by rejec-
ton Of bids and By bargaining in the
open market FOR supplies until rca-
sonab!e figure could be obtained.
1t is an illuminating commentary
that the court house contracts for
millions or doiiare x,-or~ ~, -~;roa-1l =.
Comptroller Charles L. Craig who Is
seeking reelection and were exposed
and forced to be abrogated by Senator
Charles c. Lockwood, chairman OF the
Lockwood committee, who is seeking
the nomination 10 oppose Comptroller
Craig.
With the full expectation that. Mr..
Curran viii receive the Republican
nomination. number or notable writ
crs have sieEified their intention 20
join hands to sweep his campaign
along 10 victory over the Hyian-
Hearst -Tammany outfit in the niuni-
cip9l election. Those writer's. il was
announced at Curran headquarters. in
clude Julian Street. Will Irwin, Louis
Evans Shipman. Herman Hagedorn.
Edward s. Van Zile. Kendall Banning
and others
The Citizens Union came out yester-
day with the same note OF confidence
that was apparent everywhere among
the Guarantees. The Citizens Union de-
clared that the first victory against
Hylan. Hearst and Tammany must be
Won in tho primaries" and to that end
urged all enrolled Republicans 10 make
every effort to Pile up vote that viii
be hardly less than the handwriting On
the wall of the Tammsny OUTFIT
what Next Mayor Must DO.
At the Park Republican club Mr..
Cerran told his hearers:
Let's not talk politics to-day. have
tried for the last two weeks to outline to
you issues that must be decided in our
campaign this fall. including port deyel-
opnent, housing. the school situation, tho
reorganization OF the city's finances ana
the transit problems believe they ars
well understood.
The next Mayor IL going 70 have 10
answer all these and many other ques-
lions for YOU. and on the way lie
answers them will depend the happiness.
the health and the general wellbeing IL
every one OF the 100000 people that
dwell in this wonderful city OF ours.
"rhe man who enters City Hall on
January ]. 1929. Is going 20 need all the