The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-16
COMMITTEE ARBITRATES
CITY SCHOOL QUESTION
Disturbing School Fight in Union
City Finally Closed.

peace and quiet or the people OIL IN
ion City for some time, and which
for a number of years has been
gradually disrupting church, social
and civic affairs has been finally
settled as far as the Superintendent,
Mr.. Mute, is concerned, and, it is
hoped, is settled for good, at least
for some years to come.
AS stated last week in this paper
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
and Board of Education agreed to
arbitrate their differences. These
centered in the fact that the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen opposed the
retention of A. G. Mute as Superin-
tendent of the City Schools of Union
City and the Board of Education re-
fused to recognize the legal status
and the wishes of the former in their
representative capacity and insisted
on retaining Mr.. Mute Gs Superin-
tendent.
The committee on arbitration
agreed upon, after each one of the
boards had been appealed to by Mr..
John T. Walker in the interest of
the citizens of Union City to COM
promise their differences, was named
as follows: John T. Walker, Union
City; T. ]. Bonner, Rives; Hal Elder,
Trenton. These gentlemen were Sc
lected because of their reputation as
men of the highest character and
standing.
The meeting was held Monday at
the City Hall in Union City, begin
ming at an early hour in the morn
ing. AS outlined below no lawyers
were to be admitted as counsel, but
witnesses were to be examined as
the committee in it's wisdom deemed
advisable. These were limited to
members of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen and Board of Education.
The session lasted practically all
day, and the conclusion, finally
reached is given below, which is an
exact copy of the committees re-
port: ....r ..e
To the Honorable Mayor and Board
of Aldermen, and the Board of
Education of Union City, Tenn.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned,
sitting as a board of arbitration have
carefully considered the matters in
controversy between you after hear
ing all the evidence introduced be-
fore us by both sides.
We are of opinion that Prof. A. c..
Mute has legal and moral contract
with the Board of Education that
will not expire until the close of the
school year in June, 1919; but we
are further of opinion that the in
terests of the people and schools Of
Union City can be best subserved by
the resignation of Prof. Mute as
superintendent of schools and we
recommend that that be done inn
mediately.
Union City, Tenn, this the 18th
day Of August, 1918.
H. H. ELDER, Chair,
THOS. J. BONNER,
JNO. T. WALKER, Sec.,
Arbitrators.
Basis of settlement of school troubles
between the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen and the Board of Edu-
cation of Union City.
Union City. Tenn, August 6, 1918.
Recognizing that the public
schools of the city are the towns
greatest asset, and that the interests
of the children of the city are para
mount to all other interests, the two
boards, thru their members, as at
have agreed upon the following basis
of settlement:
First. Each board shall appoint
two (2) of it's own members to sit
and act together, and they shall Sc
lect committee of three CD men in
or out of the city, to whom the ques-
tions in dispute shall be referred,
and their decision in regard to this
matter shall be final, and will be ac-
cepted by us all, each and every one,
in good faith.
Second. If this committee of four,
two from each board, shall fail to
agree on the arbitrators as set out
above as to who they shall be, then
they shall mutually select a fifth
man to sit with them on their COM
mittee, and their act shall then be
final in the selection of the commit
tee of judges.
i Third. When the judges are con-
vened, they shall ascertain the city
law in regard to this matter so far
as they may desire from the city