The New York herald., 1922-02-07
SMASH MY SCHOOL
FOES,' 'HYLANORDERS;
TIE UP ROCKEFELLER
Hirshfield to Show Gary
Crowd They Cannot OPP
pose Mayor.
MUST GET UNTERMYER
Commissioner Starts With
Statement Lambasting
Governor.
CALLS :SLTMY TRAIL HIS
Miller Pictured as Giving
Away the City to Various
Interests

1t was learned yesterday that Mayor
John f. Hylan had sent word from
Palm Beach to his office here tEat
a fight must be started at once on the
educational interests opposed TO him.
Fiis instructions were that David
Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts,
should "land on tEem," smash them,
and smash them hard; that he
should "go for the Gary school inter-
csts, and 'tie up Gary and Rookie
icller."
Commissioner HirsEfield, according to
Samuel Untermyer in connection with
his statement he had spent 100000
in money and time in the Lockwood
Investigation. Mr.. Hirshfield was to
be told to get newspaper to start
something" along that line right
away. The Mayor expressed the opin-
ion that Mr.. Untermyer never spent
any money unless he got lot out of
il himself
Tie Mayor also sent instructions to
"hand it to Meleney hard" Meleney
is DR.. Clarence d. Meleney. Associate
Superintendent of Schools whose
term is soon to expire. He is widely
known among educators.
On Sunday Commissioner Hirshfield
took shot at Mr. Untermyer, intinating
that IL he really did spend 100000 it
was mostly time and he had got much
more than that amount of advertising
out of II.
Hirshfield Gets Busy.
Yesterday Commissioner Hirshf1eld
issued five page statement on the edu-
oational situation. He used the remarks
of Gov. Miller to the Real Estate Board
on Saturday night about the "slimy
trail OF politics" in the school system as
u peg to hang it on.
The fact of the matter is declared
Hirshheld, that IL there has been any
politics played In the public schools,
leaving behind Shiny TRAIL such poll
tics have been and are now being played
by the so-called 'educationa, crowd
headed by Superintendent william l..
dents. backed by the Rockefeller Educa-
tienal Gary system crowd" The state
nent ended
And now. i'm the few months of his
remaining official life, Gov. Miller is
ac"l,ing an excuse to seize the school
system of the city of New York and
hand il over to the Rockefeller Educa-
iional Foundation to Carlyle our
schools, discourage higher learning and
a.
York for the mill and factory.
The next onslaught to be expected
from the Governor is upon the Depart
ment of Public Welfare, with view
of handing over our hospitals and char
table institutions to the Rockefeller
charity organization.
Nathan the Terrible, like Car Ivan
the Terrible in his day is determined
TO strip the conquered province known
as the city of New York of all her
property. prerogatives and self-govern-
ment and hand it over as a prize to his
friends. the interests that never hesi-
tate to play dirty politics and always
leave behind "A Shiny trail
Quotes From Governor.
Referring to the Governors speech.
Commissioner Hirshfield took for
granted there was reference to the
recent election of district supern-
tcndent. although the Governor men,
toned no names. Mr.. Hirshfield's
statement said:
after having declared himself in
favor of the Downing bill, now before
the Legislature, which would extend
Supt. Ettingers tenure beyond Mayor
Hylan's term in Office. the Governor, with
reference to former District Superin-
tendent Grace Strachan Forsythe's re-
cent election to associate superintendent
and disregarding the fact that Mrs
Forsythe had grown up in the New York
city school service. having risen grad
ually from the position of teacher. is
quoted to have made use of the follow
ing language: whenever an ef-
fort is made to drag the slimy trail of
politics through our schools, II n the
time has arrived for the State to say
'"stop," and he urged the members of the
Real Estate Board TO get to Albany by
the quickest possible means and call IL
to halt"
Speaking of tho school crowd" which
he declared was headed by Superinten-
dent Ettinger and backed by the
Rockefeller Educational Gary System
crowd" Commissioner Hirshfield said
they were so brazen they resented any
attempt OF the tax and rent payers TO
find out how their money appropriated
for school purposes was being expended
After recounting his fight for power to
audit the accounts of the Department of
Education. which he said he won in the
Court OF Appeals, Mr.. Hirshfield con-
tinued:
However, in spite OF the Court of
Appeals decision. Superintendent Ettln-
ger continued to block, and is now block
ing, every move to ascertain what Is be-
ing done with the money, how the money
ls being expended and to what extent he
and others in the school system are
profiting annually from the sale TO the