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...John F. Hylan, New York's Mayor, addressed a letter to the President on the subject of a proposed loan to Germany after the Dawes Plan is put into effect. The Mayor promptly made his letter public. It said...
After a prima donna had carolled the National Anthem, John F. Hylan, Mayor of New York, gave the "Caseys" the freedom of the City in one of his famed welcome-speeches. Said he: "If any of you get in any mix-up with the 'cops' while you are here, just give them the high sign; if that does not work, call me up at City Hall. . . . One of your faith has been permitted to direct this city. . . . The work of this Order is well known. . . . Its championship* of American principles and ideals...
...bond-salesmen, mers." commuters, There street were sheiks, idlers, "representatives "bum of 23 organizations"-chiefly athletic clubs and life insurance companies. The heroes and heroines sailed across from Hoboken. The Fire Department Band struck up the National Anthem. All sang, all cheered, all marched to the City Hall. Mayor Hylan's Reception Committee was there and Mayor Hylan himself, with a typewritten speech clutched firmly in his damp and clammy hand...
...Mayor Hylan read his speech, placing tactless emphasis on minor unpleasantries the Americans had suffered in France. Colonel Robert M. Thompson, Chairman of the American Olympic Committee, corrected this bad impression before the Mayor distributed his City's largesse among the athletes in the shape of gold medals for one and all. That gesture completed the welcome, save for a beefsteak dinner uptown, to which all rushed hungrily...
Mayor John F. Hylan of New York City came forward and carefully read a long typewritten address, as the perspiring audience gradually left the hall...