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Chicago City Council to impeach a mayor). The mayor attempted to fight the reinstatement of the three school board members, having fifty policemen guard the Chicago Board of Education's offices to keep the three out. State's Attorney Hoyne launched an
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Chicago City Council voted to refused to recognize the appointment of new school board officers selected by Mayor Thompson. They instead voted to reinstate Loeb and the two other removed
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of attempting to extend their political influence to the school system. On June 18, 1917, the
Chicago Board of Education voted to oust Loeb as president. The school board's attorney disagreed with this action, and Loeb This was orchestrated by Mayor Thompson and his allies on the board. Mayor
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Loeb served as the president and the chairman of the Eliel & Loeb insurance agency. He founded the company in 1901 with Herman J. Eliel. He retired as president in 1940 in order to assume the role of chairman. One of his sons, Hamilton M. Loeb, succeeded him in the office of president.
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officers of the school board. The mayor had attempted had adjourn the meeting before the vote, and left the meeting, but
Alderman John A. Richert presided in his absence. The City Council saw a resolutions proposed at the meeting request the mayor's resignation, and another to launch an
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Chicago Board of Education, removing Lewis Larson as secretary of the board and Angus Roy Shannon as the board's lawyer. Loeb soon blamed his ouster on the
1091:"Rabbi Wise Scores Relief Fund Failure; Says Jacob M. Loeb Was Right as Drive for Jewish Orphans Is Extended. Only Half oF Quota Made To Match Chicago, Local Jews Should Raise $ 10,000,000, He Declares--High Living Blamed"
1062:"JEWS CONTRIBUTE $ 1,100,000 TO RELIEF; Jacob M. Loeb of Chicago Denounces Apathy of New York Jews, Richest in the World.WARBURG'S REPLY, $ 100,000Louis Marshall Compares Loeb'sSpeech to a Common-LawIndictment for Murder"
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for the Jewish people, particularly in the city of
Chicago. For 22 years, until retiring in 1933, Loeb was president of the organization initially known as the Chicago Hebrew Institute and later renamed the
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Chicago Teachers Federation's attempt to see a more union-friendly board appointed. The city's largest unions all lined in opposition to the confirmation of Loeb's reappointment, even the
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650:"Labor Unions Against Jake Loeb's Confirmation"
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626:"City Confirms 5 Year Term of Jacob M. Loeb"
546:"Loeb Elected; Gets 12 Votes Pledged to Him"
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