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fsiHfgfpH ggw ; vvq,-yo9-v-i- 1 RECORD BREAKING POLICE PROBE STARTS NEXT WEEK While Mayor Thompson and party of aldermen are off to California next week there will get into action in the city hall a record-breaking probe of the police department and police sys tem. -- The first clash on this job comes Monday night when Chairman Thos. J. Lynch of the council police com mittee will ask power for his commit tee to search anybody and anything in the police department from Chiel llealey and Sec'y Luthardt on down 10 plain clothes men and beat po licemen. A report by Pres. Percy Coffin is slated for reading. The report rakes over and tries to tear holes in the work of the Merriam crime commit tee and Aid. Merriam personally. In this report Coffin will held up his -nds and holler with horror again i ir the employment by Merriam of oks, snitches, boozefighters and people to go into saloons and i igouts of thieves. The Merriam bunch in the council ill come to bat and ask where else but in dives, joints and shady raths kellers is anybody going to hunt ror the system by which detectives and police fixers are to be found. Chairman Lynch will read into the record an up-to-date list of the crimes happening since Chief Healey was appointed with a promise to "drive the crooks from the city." Aid. Lynch has been in conference with Aid. eMrriam. The two of them told a Day Book reporter they want one point understood about like this: It's a certainty there will always be more or less crime in a city of 2,000, 000 people. The crimes that can be stopped, however, are those com mitted by known crooks who stay in the city and get protection from crooks inside the police department. First, clean out the crooks in the po lice department Then there'll be less chance for the crooks outside to do business. That the department has violated or evaded civil service law is a minor point That Chief Healey should O. K. the reinstatement or former Chief McWeeney, Detectives Powers, Mulvey and others, after those officers were put off the force under peculiar conditions, needs ex planation. o o SHOWDOWN SOON ON HOW MANY CROOKS HEALY'S DRIVEN OUT What will Chief Healey's batting average be on his showdown Monday night? Both Mayor Thompson and his police chief are pledged to "drive crooks out of the city." Monday night the chief is under council orders to hand in the official squeal book telling how many and what crimes have been pulled off in Chi. the last four months. Average number of crimes ran 2,200 a month before the period to be covered by the squeal book. Will the squeal book Monday night show 8,800 crimes or more or less. If it's more, the mayor and his chief need more time to keep their promise to drive crooks out of the city. "Strikers seem to take more time and energy of the coppers nowadays than crooks," said Aid. John C. Ken nedy of the police committee today. "While the Armour jewel burglars are eating and sleeping easily, working girls are ridden into by Healey's mounted squads. Fine work!" CALL NEW STRIKES Raincoat makers have not settled their strike at Rosewald & Weil, Kin zie and Ashland. Furthermore, they don't intend to settle until R. & W. sign up with garment workers at their 510 S. 5th av. factory. Rain coat Makers are affiliated with the A. F. of L. v New raincoat makers strikes have been called at Chicago Raincoat Co., New Era, Harrison and Blue Island av., and Home Raincoat Co., 1144 S. Halsted. More pay and union recog- l nition demanded, Ifctalftftlfflfclftfclftffcftfe