Shieago, Feb. 2.
'The Mayor, Mr. William Hale 'Thompson, must make a final sion to-morrow at to whether he. will accept the $50,000,000 which Ma, Silas Strawn, as head of the Chicago Citizens' ' Committee, has raised to pay the city ployees.
The money was raised, or rather pledged, through sale of tax warrants to private citizens. The tity of Chicago is virtually bank-supt and Mr. Strawn's action appears to furnish the only way out a dificult situation, "as banks refuse to take any part in further financing.
'Attached to the $50,000,000 is a "joker" in the form of an ultimatum that the Citizens' Committee must supervise the expenditure of the money to see that it "is not wasted fon padded pay rolls." Members of the committee are strongly opposed to the present city administration and they declare that "Big Bill the Builder" has so far belied his title to have virtually wrecked the tity's finances through permitting employment of parasites, letting of Irvegalar contracts, ' downright "grate" and similar undesirable Mayor Thompson declares that the present embarrassing situate is largely a result of the re ment of property in district," with reductions in valuations and consequent' reduction in the city's tax income. He strongly opposes the efforts of the Citizens' Committee to discredit his regime Forty thousand teachers are unpaid, however, and landlords have ordered that a number be evicted from their homes for failure to pay their rent. City sanitary, fire and police services have been reduced {o the minimum in order to economise—United Press.
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