The broad ax., 1923-03-24

also to give me, as ! am going to be
the next mayor (applause) the power
to remove any member of the school
board for cause. If authority Is
granted under the law l will appoint
men and women who will realize their
duties as trustees for the children and
who will appreciate the fact that our
public school system is the very
foundation Of our republican form Of
government and who will have first
pledged themselves to rec to it that
every child in Chicago has a com
Portable seat in a modern school. I
am not going to discuss at this time
any Of the other problems that NAV
present themselves during the term
OF the next mayor. May it suffice me
to say that if ! am elected, every at
tention will be given to the problems
that may come up during the next
four years.
Denial of Discrimination at Post
Office
4 want to ask your indulgence for
Just a few minutes while | take I'D
with you and discuss before you GER
tain insinuations that have recently
been brought to my attention that, l
take It, have not been made by my
political friends but my political en-
emies of the Republican party. The
other day / was shown a letter in
which it was charged that there was
discrimination at the post Office re-
Gently between the white and colored
employees. I resigned, as / told YOU,
on January 10Th. All the insinuations
IN the letter occurred subsequent to
that time, but no reference was made
to the fact that | had resigned. Any
body reading that letter who didn't
know, might think that / had some
thing to do with the conditions therein
referred to. No basis exists, however,
Tor these charges, because, as a mat
ter of fact about the time that / re-
signed a commission came here from
Washington consisting Of INSPECTORS
who are frequently sent to the various
large towns and, in fact, they 20 from
one city to another. 1t appears that
1t became necessary in order to live
within that appropriation to transfer
certain clerks from one division to
another, and to let out and discharge
All who were not regular clerks, who,
OF course, could not be expected to be
held under the Civil Service laws.
Whites were transferred just the same
as colored-men and women-and I
haven't been able to discover that anv
discrimination was shown there. |
can only say for myself, SO far as my
record as postmaster is concerned.
that am willing to leave my conduct,
insofar as my own treatment towards
the colored boys and girls-leave it to
THE MEMBERS OF THE PHA-
LANX CLUB, TO THE CLERKS
EMPLOYED IN THE CHICAGO
POST OFFICE. (Applause). / do
not believe that you will find a single
employee in the Chicago Post Office,
who was there while was there, who
will not say that always TREATED
THEM FAIRLY, HONESTLY,
AND WITH CONSIDERATION
AND ON ABSOLUTE EQUALITY
WITH WHITE EMPLOYEES.
(Applause).
Now, there is another thing that I
want to make plain. That is this-It
has been said that I am with this
faction Or that faction-that I have
made certain promises to do. this or
that, but ! want to say to you now
that I am not the candidate Of anv
political faction, BUT / AM THE
CANDIDATE OF THE REPUB-
LICAN PARTY (AppIause). An
other thing / want to say is that 1 AM
NOT OWNED OR CONTROLLED
BY AND HAVE MADE NO
PR OMISES TO ANY NEWS
PAPER. Now I know that the news
papers are instruments that in our
modern city and modern way of liv-
ing' we couldn't get along without. /
have the greatest respect for them, be-
cause they serve great useful pur-
pose, but have no interest In any
newspaper financially or otherwise.
In other words, / have a private right
70 40 Is 1 please, and i am not afraid
to make any promises Il / want to
make them. I HAVE MADE NO
PROMISES. Now. somebody told
me yesterday THAI Judge Dever was
here and that he was asked to make