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PjSljgiTiifoys "PP'F'P'BnH MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION TRIES TO INFLUENCE SCHOOL APPOINTEE The Illinois Manufacturers' ass'n is very much interested in the Loeb rule, aimed at the school teachers' federation. Through their mouth piece, Dudley Taylor, an attorney who became famous prosecuting the striking waitresses, this infor mation was given to Chas. Ffrench. Ffrench was appointed to the school board last night Dudley was incautious enough to say that the association also wanted Loeb as president of the school board. He dropped mysterious hints as to the power of the I. M. A. He told how members of the school board who opposed them would be opposed in return and Ffrench had the nerve to come out and tell the council how an attempt was made to coerce him into favoring the Loeb rule. He is on record against the Loeb rule. Aid. Kennedy read to the councilJ a letter he had received from Ffrench, detailing a conversation he had with Taylor and Wm. Rothmann, former member of the school board, who attended the three-cornered con ference in place of Loeb. It follows: "Having expressed myself in reply to questions as opposed to the Loeb rule in the board of education, I would like to explain that this was not set down without thought and deliberation. "Mr. Dudley Taylor asked me over the phone for an appointment He said he was attorney for the Illinois Manufacturers' ass'n, who were greatly interested in the Loeb rule and incidentally in Mr. Jacob Loeb as president He invited me to lunch with Mr. Loeb and Mr. Kruetgen. "Mr. Loeb was not able to be pres ent and Mr. Rothmann was there in stead. I was given a courteous ex planation of the rule and the Teach ers' Federation, etc., but expressed no opinion except that I thought any rule decreasing the salaries of the teachers he gave the salaries was wrong. "Air. Rothmann spoke of salaries I paid stenographers and said the teachers' salaries, in comparison, were too high for the time they worked from 9 until 3:15. "I was also informed that the HL Man. ass'n was a very strong body had a very considerable power with the city council and that those in agreement with it would be assisted, while those against it would be fought. Yours respectfully. Chas. Ffrench." "We knew that the Illinois Manu facturers' ass'n was back of the fight for the Loeb rule," said Kennedy to the council, "but we never had it down in black and white before." "We have been used like a package of peanuts in the past year," de clared Aid. Toman. He defied the Illinois Manufacturers' ass'n to de feat him and dared them to take of fense at his vote. The council passed the mayor's three appointements to the board, Ffrench, E. J. Piggott and Charles R. Young. o o MANDEL'S SUED AGAIN One of those revolving doors that the loop stores use to handle the crowds which push their way to buy on State street has mixed Mandel Bros, in a personal injury suit Mrs. Fannie Berman of 1404 W." 12th st asks $10,000 in the circuit court Mrs. Berman, according to Att'y A. A. House, who is handling the suit with C. C. Spencer, slipped and fell, Jan. 12, 1914, while trying to get into Handel's through one of the turning entrances. She hurt her right arm and back, causing injuries that will affect her permanently, he says. j2feL -.