The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-11-02
CURRAN NAILS LIES
in HYLAN PLANKS
Shows Where They Are
Identical With Those Put
Out in 1917.
EVERY ONE BROKEN
Crowds Cheer as Coalition
Candidate Rips Up
Platform.
MAYOR FEARS DEBATE
Tallacy of His Traction Claims
and School Delinquencies
Are Played.
MAYOR FEARS DEBATE

Henry III. Curran, coalition candidate
for Mayor. discussed the 1921 platform
offered by Mayor John F. Hylan in
four speeches in Queens and Manhat-
nine planks and showing in detail just
where they resemble exactly similar
promises made by Mr.. Hylan in the
last campaign and broken by him as
soon as he became Mayor.
There never was a more brazen
and fragrant attempt to fool our peo-
pie IN all the history of New York
politics." said Mr.. Curran. 1.-THE hui
initiating part Of 1t is that Hylan
thinks he can make US forget the dis
graceful record in Office by Offering us,
for the second time, the same old gilt
tering promises of four years ago. SO
cheaply does he hold the intelligence
and memory Of our people! These
1921 promises are the very same
pledges he made in 1917. and he broke
every one of them"
Mr.. Curran spoke before some Of the
largest crowds that have greeted him
since he began his campaign for cleo
tion and he received tremendous recep-
tons everywhere he went. The crowds
seemed to like particularly the manner
in which he drove home his points in his
discussion of the Hylan platform. and
he was frequently interrupted by APP
plause. More than a thousand persons
pushed their way into the auditorium of
the Richmond Hill High School, in
Queens to hear him. and fully half that
many managed to crowd into the small
auditorium of Public School 81. in Wood
haven. Crowds equally as large greet
ed him In Public School II, In Ridge
wood, and In the Leslie Hall, at Eighty
third street and Broadway.
brings Crowds to Feet.
Mr.. Curran brought his audience to
their feet when he demanded that Mr..
Hylan meet him on the platform and
debate the issues of the campaign. and
he criticised the Mayor for falling to
keep an appointment 20 appear in Hun
ter College to speak on the same plat
form with Mr.. Curran and with Jacob
Panken. Socialist candidate for Mayor.
Hylan will not debate with me-" said
Mr.. Curran. He had a chance last night
at Hunter College, when he and I and
ths Socialist candidate were invited. I
came and the Socialist came, but did
Hylan come? No. He has always re-
fused to come forward and face the
charges that have made against him.
Mr.. Curran took up each of the nine
planks Of Mayor Hylans platform and
discussed each in turn.
The platform" he said, els con-
fof al E--tI-
dodger called THE Peoples Advocate, -
which he threw at US under the same
name four years ago. 1t begins:
IF reelected Mayor l will continue
my efforts to:
i. Rid the public schools of every
vestige of the Rockefeller Gary system.
which aims to fit the children of the
poor for the mill and the factory
That Is a fake on Its face. That a.
exactly what he told us four years ago
and what has happened? To-day, ac-
cording to figures OF the Hylan Board
of Education, there are 1877, 900 children
who go to school on the Hylan-Hearst-
Gary double session plan. I charge
Hylan is doing his level best to drive
the children Of the poor into the mill and
the factory. because he is keeping then,
out of school. This nails lie Number /.
Number in the Hylan platform
promises to: Provide school accommo-
dations for every child of school age"
"Mannfl<in of Hearst
And this mannikln of a California
millionaire has the sheer effrontery to
renew this 1917 promise when, under
his administration, the number of part
time pupils has increased from 10000. in
1917, to more than 120,00 to-day.
NO. 8 In the Hylan platform promises
10 prevent the grasping traction cor
porations from gouging the travelling
public of additional millions through in
creased fares
This promise will be understood by
the men. women and school children who
are to-day paying 10 and is cents car
fare. where they formerly paid 5 cents,
because under Hylan, their transfers
were taken away. Will Hylan tell us
just how much money he is goueing
out of the peoples pockets through this
discontinuance OF TRANSFERS. That nails
lie Number 3.
3 Number Of Hylan's platform prom
si5e to: Extend the subway system 10
sections OF the city not now reached as
rapidly as there Is need for such services
and the financial conditions of the city
permit
What subway system has IIylan ever
made any pretence of extending? This
idea only occurs 10 him as election draws
near. Instead of extending the subway
system. Hearts Man Friday has blocked
any Increase In our rapid transit. He
has refused 20 finish even the uncom-
pletcd contracts for subway construction.
We have no trains running In the Four
teenth street tunnel to-day because Hylan
won't release the money TO buy tho ties.
while have fought in the open for
cent fare, and always will, Hylan's
one constructive effort In this field was
his secret decker with Shonts OF tho
PETERBOROUGH TO stick us with cent
fare. have asked Hylan nine questions
about this whole film flam plan for New
York straphangers and no has answered
not one of them. This nails lie Num-
bar 8.
Number ak OF the Hyian platform
promises to: Eject the New York Cen
trail Railroad from the west side of the
Borough OF Manhattan and 10 wrest
nom the control Of this corporation
vast stretches Of the water front which
II has seized Well. has no elected
them?
"I1l let you nail lie No. q.
mo. In the Hylan platform prom
ises to: Oppose in tho courts ali the in
crcascs In gas, electric and telephone
rates,
!. '1favc your gas bills gone up since
Hylan took office four years ago. or
haven't thcy7 Have your electric light