The New York herald., 1921-11-01
Ready, if Elected, to Fight
for Decent Salaries
for Teachers.
AGAIN HITS HYLAN POLICY
Candidate Gets Cordial Recep.
tion at Meetings in Man
haitian and The Bronx.

Henry II. Curran, coalition candi-
date for Mayor. in several speeches
last night gave the programme for
the schools and the school children
which he pledged himself to follow il
elected Mayor!
"Our school childi en-" said Mr.. Cur
ran, will be my first consideration
Here is my school programme:
II am going to build schools.
Il am going ahead with repairs to
existing buildings.
ITO the full extent Of my power !
viii take the schools out of politics.
Il will fight for the preservation of
the decent salary standards Of the
Lockwood Donohua law for teachers.
Il will push forward my plan for
the financial independence Of the
Board Of Education"
Mr.. Curran again took Mayor Hylan
to task for having broken his promises
In regard to the schools and the school
children. He declared that when the
Mayor says the war prevented him from
doing anything "he knows that he lies
The war. said Mr.. Curran. did not pre-
vent other cities from taking care of
their school children. He said he had
inquired of the school superintendents
OF Cincinnati, New Orleans, st. Louis.
Boston. San Francisco and elsewhere,
and in all of these cities there are
really seats for all children.
That nails the lie that Hylan tells
to the children Of New York." said Mr..
Curran
VIII Build More Schools.
First of all. we must have more
schools said the candidate. "I am
going to build schools to end this double
session scheme that Hylan has devised
to camouflage mis- dereiiction of duty.
BY this scheme he has put the Gary
system. under another name. right back
into our schools. He has substituted
Hearst-Hylan system which is un-
fair to the children and hardship on
session pupils go TO school at all hours
of the day. returning home at all hours.
They are shuffled about from class
room to basement, to playground, 10
street, while their mothers are hard at
work all day long getting meals ready
for the s O'Clock. o'clock. 10 o'clock
scholars.
do you know how some OF the chill
dren describe this double session system
of Hylan's? They call it Crazy Time
and many of them. not understanding
that Hylan is cheating them out of an
education, chuckle at the confusion and
at the bewilderment Of the ovcrworked
teachers. am going ahead to stop this,
whether you call II the Gary plan, the
Hearst-Hylan scheme. or any other. and
] am going to bring II to a stop just as
quickly as human effort can. I cannot
do IL over night. Hylan has left us too
far behind TO catch up at once. But,
am going to hit the centre OF this mess,
and hit 1t hard.
"In Addition to the Hearst Hylan
double session system. Hylan has also
quadrupled the number of school children
on part time. He criticlsss those who
take notice of these part time pupils,
who roam the streets playing. hide and
seek with the motor trucks because there
Is no room in the schools for them.
Unsafe and Unsnnftary.
May of our old school buildings have
been Investigated and shown to be un-
safe and unsanitary. Violations have
betn placed on two-thirds of the schools
Ia the city for filthy, damp and obsolete
toilets inadequately lighted class rooms.
leaky roofs. inadequate rest rooms for
teachers and innumerable fire hazards
The health and life itself of every
teacher and every child I'm one of these
buildings is menaced. Repeated requests
for funds to remove these violations have
been made by the Board Of Education
to the Board OF Estimate. Not a 1.-THE OF
the money requested has been appro-
priated I shall tackle these Hylan con-
dtions at once and start the remedies
on their way.
Hearst and Hylan have. between
them. put politics in the schools. ] am
going to change this. / will see 10 IL
that principals. teachers and other civil
service employees suffer no interference
in their duties, regardless of how they
vote"
The most important of the meetings
at which Mr.. Curran spoke last night was
in Hunter College, under the joint aus
pieces OF the Park Community Council
and the League OF Women Voters. Jacob
Panken. Socialist candidate for Mayor.
also spoke mt this meeting. Mayor Hylan
was TO have spoken there. but sent word
that he could not attend.
The other Curran meetings were at
the Marquette Club in the Commodore
Hotel. the ball OF Legion Posts in the
Pennsylvania Hotel, Public School 81. in
The Bronx, and the Womch's Republican
Club In Williamsbridgc road.