Show Sit Sit Do Down lIt P Frank lt l HRC AND ROOSEVELT SAT DOWN I Dy By JOSEPH W. W LaBINE DINE New Yorkers nr are casting worried glances across the Hudson these days Those who will brave the outer world that lies over the river river river riv riv- er may some day visit Jersey Jer Jer- J Jersey ersey er- er sey City and see for them them- selves Jersey City they allege is in the grips of a tyrant a dictator a reborn Huey P. P Long His name is Frank Hague Mayor Hague has undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly ruled all New Jersey at least 10 years probably more He made A A. A Harry Moore a n United States senator senator senator sena sena- tor later a governor More recently he sent his hia personal attorney John Milton MUton to the upper house in Washington Since 1913 he has been in absolute absolute absolute ab ab- ab- ab solute control of Jersey City an overgrown community of souls lying within shot eye-shot of Manhattans Manhattan's towers Frank Hague is a smart pol pol- Behind his multicolored multicolored col multi ored exploits lies a genius I Ifor for grasping votes vote and power by I methods that are exasperating but I legal leal When a legislative commit tee recently tried to seize Hudson count county vote records on a charge charle of election fraud Hague packed ofton off oft on a Florida vacation and his hI assist assist- assistant assistant ant In charge of the books was reported reported re reo ported iu This prompted a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York newspaper reporter to comment comment com ment that the official has been indisposed indisposed in in- disposed on n other occasions occasion when Investigations involving his once office were were in progress At another time in 1928 Hague Vague testified before a legislative com corn investigating Jerse Jersey City by replying I decline to answer anwer to practically every question fired at him And He lie Sat Down 1 The height of Hagues Hague's impudence arrived one night in 1932 when Franklin D. D Roosevelt campaigning for the presidency was being es ce- escorted by the mayor from gathering to gathering Mr Roosevelt was wa Just warming up to a large outdoor crowd when Hague pulling at his hi coat snapped That enough Sit down The future President of the United States Statu sat down Currently Frak lra Hague is 11 In the headlines as ai a C. C L 1 O. O baiter He has refused to open the civic doors to John Lewis' Lewis organ organizers Izera They cannot hire a hall Hagues Hague's em effi efficient dent police pollee simply Imply run them out of town The mayor who once thoughtlessly thoughtlessly thought thought- lessl lessly boasted that I am the law has ha arranged convenient legal weapons weapon 16 to best the C. C I. I O. O One law prohibits distribution of non Ills HIS HONOR DONOR T TILE THE E MAYOR i Frank Vague nape the C. C I. I O. O batting baiting chief executive of 01 Jerse Jersey City CUy N. N J. J virtual dictator over a city In the shadows of Manhattan I am the law he once said laid with administration forces and the lusty Commission Government league In 1913 Hague admittedly Witt Witt- played a double cross on penn perm by throwing tremendous and unexpected support to the league and being elected to the first Jersey City commission He was named commissioner of public safety lafety a tailor-made tailor situation situation situa situa- tion for tor the smart mart politician Hague as 81 head of the police and fire are departments departments de de- de acquired a foundation on which to build his personal political organization To his hi cr credit he transformed trans formed Jersey JereT Cit City's police from a corrupt lot of deadwood into an organization organization or or- of headed clear purposeful purpose I ful young oung men Whether his aim was sincere is I. beside the point the new police and fire departments awakened civic pride and all hl hands nd pointed at Frank Hague as 81 the man who had accomplished It Eventually he was wa elected mayor and end the Hague star ascended rapid ly Next step In cementing pis his ls political political political po po- foundation w was was the Jerse Jersey City medical center Behind this splendid nine building institution Isa is isa isa a story of the mayors mayor's babyhood of the days day when he was so 10 weak and delicate that his mother took him each da day to St st. Francis FrancIs' hospital There she received sympathy the sympathy the future politicians politician's life was saved laved Hague never forgot the stories his mother told him of those dally daily trips S 'S tc 5 fy jf w p. ii-p.- i i Va it a f BRAINS DRAINS Ott OR PUPPETS John Job Milton I new Dew United States State senator tram from New Jersey Jene appointed to replace the new governor A. A A Harry Moore Hoare Hoarer r right bt Is ts a ringleader In the Hague machine and personal banker to the mayor Moore also allo owes owe all aU his political success to Frank Hague commercial literature like C. C L I. O. O pamphlets r enables police poUce policeto to arrest anione anyone who cant can't give satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- reason for his presence on Jersey City streets thereby landing land ing C C. L 0 O. O organizers In the city cooler Toda Today Frank Hagues Hague's well oiled political machine depends on such luch unique Implements as the medical center third largest Inthe Inthe In Inthe the United States and far too im fm imposing posing for such uch a small maU city end and a government that Is really efficient albeit expensive To Understand this amazing situation one must examine exam ine Inc the background from the time young oun Frank Hague was an aspiring aspire lag ing Democratic boss baSI i la t Jene Jersey City City's CIt second ward That was in 1908 Started as a Custodian Custodia Unimportant but Il spending attending Hagues Hague's first Arlt lob job ob was wu custodian of the city hall at 2000 a year under Mayor Maor Otto IL 11 Witt penn Later as II commissioner of the street treet and Water Wa ter tee board he made friends friend both r. r ill illI l. x I 1 S. S i r rW I W p I I II I J I o oi i r i i ii i f t t k I Today's Toda medical center has haa been be n a long life ambition a humanitarian Institution which nevertheless reeks of politics polItic Let the Mayor Maor Payl Any r resident of Jersey r City ma may enter this thI bed 2000 hospital and receive receive receive re re- I the benefit of every ever medical treatment known to modern modem science Providing of Df course course that the patient pa tient says aas he Is 11 poor But Dut rich and poor take advantage of this unique enterprise which costs taxpayers about a year fear O Of discharged discharged dis dis- dis charged patients patient investigated recently recently re re- Gently 30 were said laid S iJ have been treated at public expense when they thel were able to pa pay for hospitalization Have your our baby on the mayor maor Is I. popular advice to expectant mothers moth era ers since the Margaret Margare Hague ma hospital was opened Yes and have your our t tonsils out or take a rest cure cur But Dut dont don't forget how to vote next election Elections are an Important event I too Ever Every hour nil all the votes cast castIn castin cast castIn In each district are are telephoned to I Hague who compares returns with witha a table showing hourly votes in thelast the thelast last lt election lIe He pounces on weak spots with ferocity carving calling responsible responsible sible ible leaders to task Last November when Senator Moore a Hague puppet was elected elect ed governor It is alleged that votes were cast for babies and dead peo people pIe illegally listed in the registration tion books Such allegations have been made after previous elections too but legislative Investigations come to naught Small Salary Dig Big Fortune Not the least puzzling feature of Hagues Hague's success is his hi ability to get et rich on yearly salary He refuses to answer questions on this thI subject on the ground his privacy would be Invaded One investigator tor claimed Hague made on certain real estate transactions at atthe atthe atthe the expense of taxpayers taxpayer The mayor ma may or lives in a fine Ane apartment suite In Jersey City keeps an elaborate summer estate at Deal and ana it is claimed maintains elaborate quarters tars in Manhattan Personal banker and attorney forthe for forthe forthe the mayor maor is John Milton the new United States Stales senator who succeeded succeed ed Harry Moore Himself a subject subject sub sub- of considerable Investigation Milton MUton admits having paid for Hagues Hague's Deal estate Hague In turn reimbursed him In cash This trick has popped up before before before be be- fore federal income tax agents sev sev- several several eral times but the mayor bland as 81 usual refuses to have his hi privacy Invaded Milton is equally suave luave When investigators began nosing gln in his direction direction di dl- he calmly announced that thata a few days day ago ao hed he'd decided to tor r retire and and sd so sorry but sorry but all an his records records rec rec- ord had unfortunately been de troed What will eventually happen to this dictatorship Undeniably the Hague H C Ce e machine has ba a hold on ltd Its constituents that can be compared only to Hue Huey Longs Long's Louisiana regime regime re re- gime a few years back Recently when 28 26 congressmen wrote Hague in protest over wholesale arrest erred and deportation of labor organizers ers er the they received a reply that ev eve everything is under control and dont don't worry I 1 Am m the Law LawlA A few Ife days day later irked Mayor Hague lague sponsored a mass mall meeting attended b by thousands thousand of the faithful faith ful one of the largest gatherings Jersey has ba ever seen There a select elect roster of speakers re-affirmed re the community's community faith in the man who a says I 1 am the law No moral can an be drawn drewn from the career of Frank Hague because ItIs Itis it itis is not yet ended The strange feature fea tea ture fume is that boss bOil c control over Jerley Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey ley City r and New Jersey In gen en I eral has haa been the vogue many years yet et it took a handful of C C. C L I. O. O organizers to bring it into the public eye Equally Equall strange is the seeming ef efficiency with which Jer Jersey ey City is I. governed High mh taxes seem to tobe tobe tobe be the only objection and even that important all item is II sometimes for gotten by zealous henchmen The mayor maor himself sums up the conditions prevailing in his hi unusual city with the following remark Taxes ere are higher here because we had to pa pay for progress We were Just lust about bankrupt 20 years year ago The city it is a city now and business is la beginning to pick up But let me point out one thing about the town The burden of taxation is being borne not by the householder house hOUle- holder and the small business man manas manat at as in other cities but by corpora whose shoulders a are broads That makes em cm smile Next time theres there's an election they'll theU vote for Ha lIag Hague gust gustO t O e western W uro Nt Newspaper r Union |