Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-12
EDUCATION BOARD
/ GOT TOGETHER
IN SECRET MEET
But Members Are Chary About
Telling What Transpired at
Yesterdays Session.

A special session of the Board OF
Education was held yesterday after
noon in the City Hall in response to
a call, written OF telephoned, by the
boards president, Charles P. Taylor.
The boards regular meeting day is
scheduled for September 29. Various
reasons were advanced as to what
induced an earlier getting-together y
ITO talk over the alleged friction
among the members one explained,
"ro settle our little differences, ]
suppose" another ventured.
Don't know exactly, but it may
have something to do with intima-
tions that some members may be I'M
Intentionally overstepping the law
concerning the improperly of city Of
cials being directly or indirectly in
terested in city contracts. Can't tell
anything about it just now. Wait
until after the conference"
After the conference this commits
Bioner had less to say than before.
Taylor Acts as Spokesman.
With the exception of the president
the commissioners were reluctant to
talk for publication on what had
transpired at the conference. 1t ap-
peared that they had agreed that
President Taylor should be their
spokesman. The presidents state
-ment was as follows:
IT had seen these newspaper stories
and heard the rumors that there is
friction among the members of the
Board of Education, and 1 believed
that the best way to find out If the
report were true was to call the men,
bers together. l merely secured the
views of the various commissioners
concerning these rumors
LAS far as I could learn, there is no
Foundation for the report that friction
exists in the board. True, there are
differences of opinion concerning GER
tain matters; that always has been
the case, and probably always will be.
] think it is a good thing to have
these various opinions expressed at
meetings of public bodies of this kind.
But, as far as am able to learn from
the statements of the commissioners
themselves yesterday, there is no fric-
afion among the members.
I'VE also discussed the rumor that
a member of the board Is connected
with a concern which has been sell
ing public supplies to the Board
of Education. Not a single member
of the board who was present yes
terday knew Of any such irregular
action on the part of another mem
Der.
After that conference I believe
that there is no more truth to the
latter report of the irregular action
of a member in regards to supplies
than to the rumor that friction ex-
lists in the Board of Education. Both
reports are merely fiction and there
is no foundation for them as far as
am able to learn"
Amicable Agreement Reached.
Despite this statement, the mem
Der who asserted that It was sought
to have more team work. in the
board made 1t plain that there was
more than difference of opinion
to be settled and that an amicabie
agreement had been reached.
Mr.. Taylor further declared that
he could find no verification of the
reported friction in the board, but
another member after reiterating
that the commissioners got together
ito settle their differences" added
''we got together to perform a pub
lie service and get some team work
In the functions of the board"
Commissioners King, McCabe, Bel
fatto. Tompkins, Johnson and Breu-
mig. with the president. attended the
session.