The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-09
POLICE TERROR
RULES TAXIMEN
WITH IRON HAND
Tammanv Shown AS
Tool of Big Fleeters
(By Taxi Correspondent

were introduced in the city and since
then the lot of the taxi driver has
become even worse than it was be-
fore.
According to the new regulations
issued by the police department
parking is prohibited on Fifth Ave
below 59th Street from p. m. to
"a p. m. During the 1925 I. R. T
strike, emergency regulations pro-
hibited parking from 4 to 7 p, m
But due to objections from the
Fifth Avenue Merchants Associa-
ton a change was made, resulting
in the mo Parking" rule beginning
one hour later every day,
No Relief.
The new regulations will not and
has not relieved traffic on that ave-
nue., as the heavy traffic begins
about 8 p. m. At that hour all the
brokers start on their way home
after a "hard" days work on the
floors of the stock exchange in Wall
Street. Pierce Arrows, Rolls
Royces, Packards and other high
priced cars are parked at the curb
on Fifth Ave-, while their owners
are shopping or having tea at the
club, making the task of the taxi
driver one which is a strain on his
nervous system.
Another difficulty which they
must face is the Fifth Ave. buses
According to the franchise issued tc
the Fifth Avenue Coach Corporation
no more than two (2) buses are to
be permitted on the avenue in one
block. Yet IL and Ia buses are
often seen crowded together in one
block.
Always Blamed.
Whenever a difficulty arises the
taxi driver is the "fall guy" for he
is the one who is always wrong
all attempts being made to satisfy
the Fifth Ave. Coach Company or
the Fifth Ave. Merchants Associa-
ton. All at the expense of the taxi
driver.
While there is no city ordinance
which prohibits taxi drivers from
cruising on Fifth Ave. the Tam
many cops stationed on the avenue
have for the past four years beer
handing out summonses to. taxi
drivers so unfortunate as to be
caught there.
H. A. Innes Brown, the editor of
"Taxi Weekly" knows of these
abuses, such as the discrimination
against the taxi driver on Fifth
Ave. and the violation of the fran
chise issued by the city to the Fifth
Ave. Bus Corporation, but not once
has he raised his voice in protest
against these conditions. Why
should Brown, self-styled "cham-
pion" of the rights of the taxi driv
ers, raise his voice against the Fifth
Avenue Coach Company? Browns
paper is the advertising medium of
General Motors, of which it is said
the Fifth Avenue coach is a sub
sidiary. Nearly every week the
"Taxi Weekly" runs full page adds
of the General Motors.
The above enumerated regula
tions are carried over as part of the
policy of Former Police Commits
sioner Enright, who served under
Mayor John F. Hylan.
Fake Campaign.
When the present mayor, James
j. Walker, was candidate, his taxi
friends in the industry carried on
an extensive campaign among the
taxi drivers, promising them Gus
tice" and Square deal" if he was
elected. They went so far as to or
ganize the "Sqquare Deal Taxi
League" And also to publish a
small paper called "The Square
Deal" which called on the taxi driv-
ers to rally around "Our Jimmy"
AS bad as Red Mike (referrinc to
Hylan) was, our Jimmie is worse
That's what we get for voting for
these Tammany takers. But never
again.
N. M. P.