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SAT AND ROOSEVELT I I By JOSEPH JOSEPII W LaBINENew LaBINE LaBINENew New Yorkers are castIng castIngworned castingwormed castingworried worned wormed glances acrossThose across the theHudson theHudson Hudson ThoseHudson these dayswho days Those ThoseI Thosewho Thosewho who will Wlll brave the "outer outer "outerworld "outerworld "outerworld outerworld " I world " that lies hes over the flV- flV riv- riv flVer river riv river - , er may some dayvisit day visit Jer- Jer JerI Jersey Jersey Jer Jersey - I sey City and see for them them- themselves themselves themselves - selvesI selves I selvesJersey Jersey City , they allege , IS ISm isin isin m in the grips gnps of a tyrant , a adIctator adictator adictator P PHIS PLong PLong dIctator , a reborn Huey ' Long His name is FrankHague FrankHague Frank FrankHague Hague HagueMayor Mayor Hague has undoubt undoubt- undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly - edly ruled all New Jersey at atleast atleast atleast least 10 years , probably probablymore probablymore probablymore more He made A Harry HarryMoore HarryMoore HarryMoore Moore a United Umted States sena sena- senator senator senator - More Morerecently Morerecently Morerecently tor , later a governor recently he sent his personal personalattorney personalattorney personalattorney attorney , John Milton , to the theupper theupper theupper upper house in m Washmgton Washington WashmgtonSmce WashingtonSince WashingtonSince Smce Since 1913 he has been in m ab absolute absolute absolute solute control of Jersey CIty Cityan , of of315000 an overgrown community commumty 315 000 souls lying lymg Wlthm within Wlthmeye.shot withineye-shot withineye shot withineyeshot eye.shot eyeshot eye-shot eye shot - . of Manhattan stowers stowers s stowers towersFrankHague towersFrankHagues towersFrank towers FrankHague FrankHagues Frank Hague ] is a smart pol poi polItcan poiitician politician Itcan itician ] ] Behind Behmd his multi col colored colored colored ored oredexploits exploits lies hes a gemus genius gemusfor geniusfor geniusfor for grasp ng votes and power by bymethods bymethods bymethods methods that are exasperating exasperatmg but butlegal butlegal butlegal legal When a leg 1eg slative slatlve commit committee committee committee tee recently tried to seize sClze Hudson Hudsoncounty Hudsoncounty Hudsoncounty county vote records ( on a charge of ofelection ofelection ofelection election fraud ) Hague packed off offon offon offon on a Florida vacation and his assist assistant assistant assistant ant in 10 charge of the books was re reported reported reported ported ill III Th s prompted a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York newspaper reporter to com corn comment cornment cornment ment that the official has been m in mdIsposed indisposed indisposed dIsposed on other occasionshen occasions \\hen hen when wheninvestigations \ vheninvestigations henmvestlgatIons mvestlgatIons investigations involving mvolvmg his office officewere officewere officewere were in m progressAt progressAt progress progressAt At another time in m 1928 Haguetestified Haguetestified Hague Haguetestified testified before a legislative com corn commlttee cornmittee cornmittee mlttee mittee investigating mvestlgatmg Jersey City by byreplYIng byreplying byreplying replYIng I decline declme to answer to topractically topractically topractically practically every question fired at atlum athim athim athimAnd lum him lumAnd himAnd And He Sat Down ' The height of Hague s lmpudence impudence lmpudencearrived impudencearrived impudencearrived arrived one night m in 1932 when whenFranklm whenFranklin whenFranklin Franklm Franklin D Roosevelt campaigningtor campaIgnmgfor campaigningfor campaIgnmg campaigning for the presidency was being bemg es escorted esconed escorted corted coned by the mayor from gathering gatheringto to gathering gathermg \ Mr 1\1r 1 1r Roosevelt was wasjust wasjust wasjust just warming up to a large outdoor outdoorcrowd outdoorcrowd outdoorcrowd crowd when Hague pulling pUllmg at his hiscoat hiscoat hiscoat coat snappedThat snappedThat snapped snappedThat That s enough Sit downThe downThe down downThe The future President of the UnIted UnItedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States sat downCurrently downCurrently down downCurrently Currently Frank Hague is in the theheadlmes theheadlines theheadlines headlmes headlines as a C I 0 O baiter He Hehas Hehas Hehas has refused to open the civic doors doorsto doorsto doorsto to John Lewis organizers orgamzers They Theycannot Theycannot Theycannot cannot hire a hall Hague s effi efficlent efficient efficient clent cient police simply run them out of oftown oftown oftown town The mayor who once thought thoughtJessly thoughtlessly thoughtlessly Jessly lessly boasted that I am the law lawhas lawhas lawhas has arranged convenient convement legal legalweapons legalweapons legalweapons weapons to best the C I 0 O One Onelaw Onelaw Onelaw law proh roh b ts is distr dlstr but on of non , " ' V7'l V7l ' ' = ' ? J n y t R M 1 r rN N s y a ak k k ka a , g gr r 'b b 'bms ' the C I 0 O baltlng batting baltlngchlef battingchief Frank Hague ms HONOR THE 1\IA 1 IA MAYOR \ YOR . ctator over a CIty in the theshadows theshadows vIrtual d chlef chief executIve of Jersey Clty City , N J , shadows of 1\lanhattan 1 lanhattan Manhattan \ I am the law , , he once said with Wlth administration forces and the thelusty thelusty thelusty lusty Commission Government Governmentleague Governmentleague Governmentleague league In 1913 Hague admittedly admittedlyplayed admittedlyplayed admittedlyplayed played a double cross on Witt Wittpenn Wittpenn Wittperm penn by throwing throwmg tremendous and andunexpected andunexpected andunexpected unexpected support to the league leagueand leagueand leagueand and being bemg elected to the first Jersey JerseyCity JerseyCity JerseyCity City commission commissionHe He was named commissioner of ofpubhe ofpublic ofpublic pubhe public safety a tailor tal10r made sltua situa sltuatlon situalion situation tlon lion tor for the smart politician polI.tlclan polItlclan . Hague Hagueas as head of the police polI.ce . and fire de departments departments departments partments acquired a foundation on onwhich onwhich onwhich which to build his personal persona1 polI.tlcal polItlcal political polI.tlcalorgamzal1on politicalorganization politicalorganization . orgamzal1on organization To his credit he trans transformed transformed transformed formed Jersey City Clty s police pohce from a acorrupt acorrupt acorrupt corrupt lot of deadwood into an or orgamzatlon organization organization gamzatlon ganization of clear headed purpose purposeful purposeful purposelul ful young men Whether his aim aimwas aimwas aimwas was sincere smcere is beside the point pomt the thenew thenew thenew new police pollce and fire departments departmentsawakened departmentsawakened departmentsawakened awakened civic ClVIC pride prtde and all hands handspomted handspointed handspointed pomted pointed at Frank Hague as the man manwho manwho manwho who had accomplished accompllshed ltEventually itEventually it lt itEventually Eventually he was elected mayor mayorand mayorand mayorand and the Hague star ascended rapid rapidly rapidby rapidly ly by Next step in m cementing cementmg his Ius po pa pohtlcal political palitical htlcal litical foundation was the Jersey JerseyCity JerseyCity JerseyCity City medical center Behind Behmd this thissplend thissplend thissplend splend d nine mne bu Idmg lding institution mshtutlon IS ISa isa isa a story of the mayor s babyhood of ofthe ofthe ofthe the days when he was so \ weak eak and anddelI.cate anddelicate anddelicate delI.cate delIcate . that his mother took him himeach himeach himeach each day to St Francis hospitaL hospitaLThere hospitaLThere hospital.There hospitalThere . There she received sympathy-the sympathy the sympathythefuture sympathythefuture sympathy - thefuture future politicians politician s life 11fe \ vias was as saved savedHague savedHague savedHague Hague never forgot the stories his hismother hismother hismother mother told him of those daily dally trips " /7 7 / = " ' " ' > " , ' " ' " _ ry ryr r 9 9a 9f 9di y / L a f - > 1 / di 7 7K K 7 7y 7a 7t y a t s . at atV atc V /c c / , . , 41 . D Dp p w + " 'x x ' BRAINS OR PUPPETS ' " ' > Jo ] from New Jersey appointed appolnted to rcpla replac reply replacrIght replyright rcplaright < ( right ) , . is a ringleader in the Hague Haguema Haguemay Haguema e : ma may ) } or Moore also owes all al1 bis hIs polil poht poll pollcommercial polilcommercial commercial literature like hke lake C I 0 O 0pamphlets Opamphlets 0pamphlets pamphlets policeto pollceto Another enables pollce police to arrest anyone who can t give sat satlsfactory satisfactory satisfactory lsfactory isfactory reason for his presence on onJersey onJersey Jersey onJersey City streets thereby land landmg landing landing mg ing C I 0 O organizers orgamzers in the city citycooler citycooler citycooler citycoolerToday cooler coolerToday Today Frank Hague s well oiled oiledpolitical oiledpolitical oiledpolitical political machine machme depends on such suchun suchtin suchun un tin que implements as the $25 25 $ 000 000000 000 medical center ( ( third largest m in the inthe mthe United States and far too 1m Im 1mposmg Imposing imposing posmg posing for such a small city ) and a agovernment agovernment agovernment government that is really efficient efficientalbeit efficientalbeit efficientalbeit albeit expensive To understand this thisamllzmg thisamazing thisamazing amllzmg amazing situation one must exam ine me oxamine examine examme the background haCkground from the bme time bmeyoung timeyoung timeyoung young Frank Hague was an asplr aspir ing aspiring asplring Democratic boss in Jersey JerseyCity City s second ward Thatas That \ was \\as as in 1908 1908Started 1908Started in1808 in1808Started Started as Custodlan Custodian CustodlanUnimportant CustodianUnimportant CustodianUnimportant Unimportant b but u t nscendmg ascending ascendingHague nscendmgHague Hague s first Snot Job ] ob was w l5 < < is custodian of the ofthe c1l city hall at $ 52 $2 2 000 a year under Mayor underMayor Otto H W ttpenn Later as commISSIoner ascommissioner of the street and vater ater water wa . , a ter board he m nnde m1de ide friends both uj a \ Milton l\Illton l Illton new United States senator e 1looremachme Mooree the new governor A Harry \ Moore 1\loore 1 loore machine machme and theleal personal banker to the success to Frank HagueToday Hague Hai'ue Haiue HagueToday : ' Today s medical center has 11fe life alifeJOELe been II a long amhiimn ambition 1 a humamtarlan humanitarian . . . - - | institution 'hlch hlch which " ' hich nevertheless .t.KiAiao t.KiAiao tKiAiao ' ot of politics pohtlcs reeks politicsLet pohtlcsLet Let the \ Mayor 1\Iayor 1 Iayor Pay ' Pay'Any PayAny Any resident of Jersey C ty enter this 2000 2 000 bed hosPitaland hospital may ceive celve the fhe-b fhe b - benefit ' "fl fl " * of every - - - - and - re _ treatment known to modern medIcal SCIence Provldmg Providing of COUrse that tent t ent the pa says he lS is poor But rIch rIchand and poor take advantage , tage of thIs ( his uaiqug UlIique unique enterprise whIch whIchcosts costs about $900 900 $90o 90o $ 000 coo taxpayers a year ; Of 108 charged dls dos patlenls patients cently Gently 30 3o mvest invest ga gated gatedre ted tedre re Were said to have treated at pubhc public been expense when were able to pay . . tor for . . they - hospLtallza hospitalization " " l-ldilZi l ldilZi - tlon lldilZiHave _ Have themasirtnt'1 your baby on the themas irtnt'1 irtnt1 ' - ' mayor IS popular advice r- r ras - - to * expectant ers era s nee the Margaret moth Hague ternlty ternity ma hospital . .as as was < as Yesand opened Yes and have ; your tonsilsout tonsils a takea rest cure But out or take don t to howto vote next election forget how electionElections electionElectrons Elections Electrons are an too eventtoo Every hour important event all the In castin each district votes cast arc aro are telephoned to Hague who compares returns with witha a table showing showmg hourly votes m 1D in the thelast thelast thelast last election He pounces on weak weakspots weakspots weakspots spots with ferocity calling callmg respon responsIble responsible responsible sIble leaders to taskLast taskLast task taskLast Last November when Senator SenatorMoore SenatorMoore SenatorMoore Moore ( a Hague puppet ) > was elect elected elected elected ed governor it lt is alleged that votes voteswere voteswere voteswere were cast for babies and dead peo pen peopIe penpie peopie pIe illegally listed hsted in the reglstra registra reglstratlon registration registration tlon tion books Such allegations have havebeen havebeen havebeen been made after previous elections electionstoo electionstoo electionstoo too but legislative legIslahve Investigations investigationscome come to naughtSmaIl naughtSmall naught naughtSmall Small SmaIl Salary , Big Blg FortuneNot FortuneNot Fortune FortuneNot Not the least puzzling puzzlmg feature of ofHague ofHague ofHague Hague s success is his ability to toget toget toget get rich on $6 6 $ 200 yearly salary He Herefuses Herefuses Herefuses refuses to answer questions on thiS thiSsubJect thissubject thissubject subJect on the ground his privacy privacywould privacywould would , " ould be invaded mvaded One InVestlga investiga InVestlgator investigator mvestlgator tor claimed clauned Hague made $600 600 $ 000 on oncertain oncertain oncertain certain real estate transactions at atthe atthe atthe the expense of taxpayers The may mayor mayor mayor or hves l1ves lives m 1D in a fine apartment swte suite swteIn suitein suitein In Jersey City keeps an elaborate elaboratesummer elaboratesummer elaboratesummer summer estate at Deal and ht ( it lS is lSclaimed isclaimed isclaimed claimed ) maintains mamtams elaborate quar quay quartcrs quaytens quarters tcrs tens in Manhattan . . Personal banker and attorney for forthe forthe forthe the mayor is John Milton the new newUmted newUnited newUnited Umted United States senator who succeed succeeded succeeded succeeded ed Harry Moore Himself a sub subJect subject subject Ject investigationM of considerable Investigation InvestigationM M Iton ton ! admits having paid for forHague forHague torHague Hague s $125 125 $ 000 Deal estate estateHague estateHague estateHague Hague in m turn reimbursed him hun 1lI in 1lIcash incash incash cash This trick has popped up be before before before fore federal income mcome tax agents sev several severa several eral era ] times but the mayor blandds bland .s s ds dsusual . asusual .susual usual refuses to have his prIvacy prIvacyInvaded privacyinvaded privacyinvadedMilton privacyinvaded Invaded InvadedMilton Milton is equally suave When WhenmvestIgators Wheninvestigators Wheninvestigators mvestIgators investigators began nosing nosmg in his dl di dlrectlon direction direction rectlon rection he calmly announced that thata a few days ago he d decided to toretire toretire toretire retire and-so and so and - so sorry-but sorry but sorry - but all his rec records records records ords had unfortunately been de stroyed stroyedWhat destroyed destroyedWhat What will willeventually eventually happen to tothis thIS dictatorship dlctatorshlp ? > Undeniably Undemably the theHague Hague machine machme has a hold on Its constituents itsconstituents that can be compared only comparedonly to Huey Long s Louisiana re glme gime regime reglme a few years back Recently when Recently.when Recentlywhen 26 . , congressmen Haguein Hague1D wrote Hague 1D in protest over " . + "wholesale wholesale arrest and arrestand deportation of labor orgamz organiz organizers organizens ers ens they receiveda received a reply thatev that ev erythmg everythmg is under |