The New York herald., 1921-10-21
CURRAN SAYS HYLAN
SEEKS WIDOW VOTE
Cortisusd from Fret Page.

the men and women Of New York who
vote on election day. are the children's
only chance. 1t Is you who can stand
between them. 1t Is you who can stand
In the path and tell Mr.. Hyian that he
must keep his political fingers out OF
our schools. You can do that by voting
against his demand that he be Mayor
OF New York again. Ano nobody can do
It but you.
1--WE have come to a pretty pass
when the Mayor OF New York tries to
line UP the public school principals
so that they will have to be stood up
and counted either for or against him.
"But there Is worse than that. II
this were not enough to warn mothers
and fathers OF what Hylanism is, let me
tell you how Mr.. Hylan Is trying ia
capitalize the miseries OF New York's
widows and fatherless children for his
own personal political benefit.
'Some time ago. the State OF New
York passed q law which provides g
pension for dependent mothers and chill
dren. so that these little children can
be brought up In the home instead OF
In institutions. This law was not passed
by Mayor Hylan. It was a legislative
act and It provided for the payment
OF so much city money each month
to dependent mothers with children. /,
is quite clear that II there ever was q
righteous law this was that law. BY
this law the State OF New York de.
| clared its duty to care for dependent
mothers and their fatherless children.
Would Banish Tricksters.
1T Is the solemn duty OF every city
official to keep this law and its opera.
ton free from the trickster and schemel
in politics. Every voter In New Yorl
who wants q law like this held alooi
from politics has duty to surround this
office with nothing but the most careful
and honest non-partisan direction.
"Now. let's see what happened. Once
more we find Mr.. Hylan doing what nc
other candidate In our city's history evel
would have dared to do. He and those
who beguile the public with his vanity
got hold OF the list Of all the widows II
New York's five boroughs whose names
are on the Board Of Child Welfare rolls
"Then they sent out notices to these
widows to meet in the Washingtor
Irving High School on Tuesday evening
October IS. to attend an 'Americaniza-
ton meeting. Attached to the Invitation
which was mailed out In Child Welfare
envelopes, was a letter from the 'Hylar
Nom Partisan League Many goot
women thought 1t contained their allow
ances. Instead. they found in the en-
velope q statement OF what q big
hearted man was Mayor Hylan. He had
no pity on them. He demanded that he
be paid in full. And, lest they forget
the letter closed with an admonition that
they vote for Mayor Hylan on Novem.
Der s. 1t was signed by man named
Engel.
Fearing the power over their pen
sions. a large number OF these good
women dressed In their sombre mourn
ing garb and went to the city's nigh
school. Many felt It duty to attend
an 'Americanization' meeting. Perhaps
none Of them had any idea what the
real purpose Of this gathering was, as
one Of them told me to-day she thought
the meeting was called to discuss plan
to help one another in making better
Americans of the children whose dead
fathers are foreign born.
And what took place when this pa
thctic gathering were ushered into their