Abe Ruef , the political boss widely considered to be the power behind Mayor Eugene Schmitz , invited himself to become part of the Committee of Fifty and formed an additional Subcommittee on Relocating the Chinese .
Boss felt the land was too valuable for Chinese .
Abe Ruef , the political boss widely considered to be the power behind Mayor Eugene Schmitz , invited himself to become part of the Committee of Fifty and formed an additional Subcommittee on Relocating the Chinese , because he felt the land was too valuable for Chinese .