John F Hylan - 96th Mayor of NYC 1918-25.

The Invisible Enemy?

Hylan's most famous statement against "the interests" was the following speech, 1922.

The real menace of our Republic is the INVISIBLE government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities

states & nation. To depart from mere generalizations, let me say that at the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller–Standard Oil interests &a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as the international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international

Bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes.

They practically control both parties, write political platforms, make catspaws of party leaders, use the leading men of private organizations, & resort to every device to place in nomination for

high public office only such candidates as will be amenable to the dictates of corrupt big business.

These international bankers and Rockefeller–Standard Oil interests control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country. They use the columns of these papers to

to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools,

courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.

We Know Who the Invisible Enemy is!