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Local townspeople threatened an investigation. Harry V. Church, Morton High School's superintendent, joined in, told about new jobs being created for friends of board members. But the presidency of the Cicero Board of Education is an elective office, not to be voted upon until next spring. Townspeople in the four communities served by Morton High School had no one to go to but President Svoboda, the man they were accusing. Last week, as the "house dicks" grew more mannerly under concerted pressure, he pooh-poohed all charges as "political propaganda." He said the overcrowded high school needed disciplining...
Burly, surly-mannered fellows slouched in the corridors of a high school in Cicero, Ill. last week. They rasped commands: "Get along now! No loitering!" They insulted girls, jostled students who infringed upon even the most trivial school regulation. Complained a student: "These dumb house dicks push us around like we're convicts at Joliet...
...received only tax anticipation warrants for pay since last Dec. 24, grew irritable, took it out on the pupils by giving low grades. Last week pupils and teachers alike rebelled. They charged that the "house dicks" were appointed, at $140 per month, by President Frank A. Svoboda of the Cicero Board of Education, to compensate them for having lost city jobs in the elections last spring. Students charged also that the cafeteria manager had been ousted and replaced by the friend of a board member. The cafeteria was straightway boycotted. The teachers went even further. They formed a protective association...
...airport in the oldtime Capone stronghold of Cicero, Ill., 10,000 people waited to greet Nominee Roosevelt. James Roosevelt, 23, Franklin Jr., 17. Mrs. Curtis Dall, 23, all of whom had witnessed the convention, fought their way to their father's side. In the crush his glasses were knocked from his nose. Mayor Cermak accompanied him on a swift swing through the city to the Stadium. As Nominee Roosevelt sighted the buildings for next year's World Fair he promised Mayor Cermak to officiate as President of the U. S. at the opening ceremony...
...Jail for the gangsters and payrolls for public employes!" Elected, he declared: "Most of the citizens are of foreign extraction. They are home-loving people and ask only for peace and good government. They'll get it." They will also still be able to get their beer at Cicero's 175 dispensaries...