The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . politicswas raised in defense, public confidencein the truth of the charges has beenstrengthened by the statement of ShelbyM. Singleton, the long and well-attestedsecretary of the Citizens familiar with much of the evi-dence which he helped the states attor-ney to secure, Mr. Singleton states it tobe convincing and believes each oneof those blistering charges is true, uponwhich the nine indictments are refers to the situation disclosed asalmost unbelievably rotten, in whichpolice officials were conniving withcrooked politicians of
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . politicswas raised in defense, public confidencein the truth of the charges has beenstrengthened by the statement of ShelbyM. Singleton, the long and well-attestedsecretary of the Citizens familiar with much of the evi-dence which he helped the states attor-ney to secure, Mr. Singleton states it tobe convincing and believes each oneof those blistering charges is true, uponwhich the nine indictments are refers to the situation disclosed asalmost unbelievably rotten, in whichpolice officials were conniving withcrooked politicians of both political par-ties. His statement concludes withthese ringing sentences: A whole Police Department longsteeped in corruption, cannot be freedfrom the shackles of graft and extortionand the life and the property of citi/ensmade safe without the cooperation of aconscientious, courageous and truly patri-otic mayor. The forces of corruption THE SURVEY FOR JANUARY 20, 1917 463 Photos by Hine 1 !? m 1 it MMHI » ^^^^^^^W^B ? *v. OUT TO WIN 77te Massachusetts Child Labor Committee appeals to boys to stay in school. The captions under these pictures from its latest pamphlet are: Tom, a factory boy, learning to forge tools at an industrial school so that he could cam more wages; In the mill George oils all the spindles in the spinning room. When he has finished he oils all the spindles again. have held Chicago in their grasp for along time. When the guardians of thelaw themselves become enmeshed in cor-ruption, and when the police departmentbecomes the tool of crooks and criminalsit is the duty of every citizen to rally tothe support of every influence that aimsto divorce them. The situation thus squarely put up tothe mayor of Chicago, not only by thisstatement but by the expression of pub-lic sentiment through the press, resultedin an unexpectedly good exercise of ap-pointive power by the mayor. He namedas chief of police Herman F. Schuet-tler, who through thirty-four years ofcon
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