The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-05
EDWARDS LETTER
EXPLAINS MIDDLE.
School Board Head Tells Of
Hudson Resignation
Proposal.

Pres n i Edwards N The oklahoma
City school hoard has gwen out = letter
written by him SATURDAY. TO clark G.
Hudson explanatory OF the resignation
issued hy The Time and.
further. presenting hls conception of tho
Issues involved bon the hool rourd trou-
hlc Ills letter fullows
Last night I received YOUR special
delivery letter Of Juno enclosing
me newspaper clipping of certain
statements that you arc purportrd
by the Oklahoma NeWs To- have made
IN an Interview two or three diys
ago. and In which sou further state.
II viii ioiu YOU personally IN dou-
hlc resignation II ig quite probable
that this would sufficiently relieve
the situation and unless the board
can work together II appears the only
alternative AZ tO tho other mem
hcrs they rnn do Hs they Ike. thst
II then affair, not oIrs
The proposition you maxi" IA clev-
or hut IA not. IN my Judgment. Rc-
tuatod by sincere motives In fact.
70 any thinking person II IA a very
palpHhlr effort 10 pcrpetunte rather
than to break tile deadlock IN the
board of education You may or may
not be- q member ~ tie board ot
education Ht this time You arc
thoroughly familiar with the fact as
90 whether you did or did not rc-
move from the ward md from tho
city. and YOU are thoroughly fAml-
lar with the fact that ynu filed a
resignation with the board n re-
mains TO ne determined whether or
not YOU have already vacated Your
position upon the board NJ education.
When the hearing 10 determine that
fact was called ~ sueoiR meeting
of tho board oi education on tho
morning of May /. YOU and what
you refer 10 ~ the faction that YOU
are touted 10 head" remained away
rom tho board meeting for tho puT-
pose ~ preventing n quorum
Calls Meeting -or -5onCsy
nm today calling another meeting
Tor Monday morning for tho purpose
o. determining che same fact ana
unless n he first determined that
yOI are StiIl bona fidc member OF
the hoard of education n is very
evident that your o'for 20 'rpde your
resignation for mine IL an offer 70
trade nothing for something
As to the fairness ~ your pforn-
sition at this time the public may
be well lcft to Judge
Nv calling the spsr.a' meeting f0r
Monday morning, you viii he given
An opportunity 10 have the fullest
possible hearing and 10 ndiucc all
tho evidence within your control or
command, even though YOU ahoull
have MANY witnesses to testify I'm
your behalf also fun opportunity viii
.ho given Go tho petitioners to pfe.
fent their witnesses In support ~
their charges that you have vacated
your office
urus, Pun Nearing.
I sincerely trust that ,uu will mp
pear st thla meeting with witnesses
In Iolr h'hhlf ana l,l ml hearing
~ had upon tnis Htu,
MeauN NIL" o,ll your attention to
tl' fhUf TINT four members uf tn,
bon d. including ms rlf nnf, uf.
for'd iu resign .HriiiIuncd that ull
the present members of tho board f,-
fgn and permit their surrcs.nrt 90
he named hy tho MAYOR and ritv
commissioner This viii furnish q
complci" remedy f1r tho situation in
nnN event nni 'fn in mo- WIsr H"
classified H. wNtorfugp 90 p.rp.f.
ulir the deadlock rather than tn
sUlt, ~
Furthermore. since tho rr0rosIiI,n
wrs FIRST submitted and has hcrn
acted upon ',y1fnhly nv mo. Il IA en-.
TITLED in hu fIfyt answered nv oil
members of tho board before any
other proposition Il considered or rc-
sorted Goo
Mr. Edwards urn went on ,o .sv. I,
an interview.
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