"The real purpose of this farce is to cover up plans to make the schools of Chicago a part of a political machine and to distract attention fromwhat is really going on behind the scenes, at this very time. When they say patriotism they mean plunder. When they say America First they mean Chicago last. Behind the picture of Washington lurk the conspirators who seek to make the school funds, the school lands, school contracts, school textbooks of this city serve the purpose of political scoundrels; in short, to make the public schools a private,asset. "Moreover Chicago is after all an American city and is not essentially different from the other great industrial and commercial centers of the nation. In practically no large city of the country will the history of the control of education bear careful scrutiny. The most that may...