CLEANING UP CHICAGO
CALL FOR GENERAL DAWES
MAN OF IRON IN HOUR OF NEED
NEW YOEK, 14th June. A Chicago report says that it is understood that the Association of Commerce, representing two hundred thousand prominent citizens, will address an appeal to General Dawes, who arrived from London yesterday, to assumethe leadership of a drive to clean up the vicious conditions in what has been termed "Chicago's direst hour of need." General Dawes is looked upon as the ideal "Man of Irou" to captain the forces of society and wipe out tho city's underworld menace. Somo hope is held of his acceptance of the post in view of the fact that ho is directing the work for the 1033 Chicago World's Fair. A meeting will bo hold on Monday of the directive heads of various civic and private bodies for mapping a campaign against gang lawlessness, and it is believed an invitation to General Dawes may then be issued.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 139, 16 June 1930, Page 9
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159CLEANING UP CHICAGO Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 139, 16 June 1930, Page 9
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