The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-31
TO DISCUSS
WOOD CASE
FACTS TO-DAY
Attorney for Teacher and As
sistant Corporation Counsel
VIII Settle Misunderstanding

An agreement on facts in the an
swer Of the board OF education 70 The
petition OF Miss Alice wood, In tils
District Supreme coart. win be dis
eussed at a conference OF Paul 3.
Lesh, counsel for Miss Wood, and As
sistant Corporation Counsel Stevens.
representing the board, this after.
noon. ..s------....
Miss woods petition 20 the District
Supreme Court asks for the rescind-
ing OF the boards order suspendIEg
her for discussion OF current tOpiea
among them Bolshevism, in her class
room at Western High School
The District Supreme Court re-
quired the board to give reasons o.
Thursday why Miss Woods petitiOa
should not be granted. The time was
extended to today through an agree
ment between the attorneys, and win
be extended again to netx week at The
conference to-day .rss
Settle Matters Of Fact.
The date set by the attorneyR
which OF course. must be subject %
the approval OF the court. viii most
prbably be, next Saturday, said Ar.
i
will be devoted mostly to settling
all Misunderstanding a. to facts, thus
leaving only the question OF the legal
ity OF the boards aeeon 70 be decided
by the Supreme Court
The case OF Miss Wood. will be On0
OF the main topics OF discussion e
special meeting Of the High School
Teachers Union Monday. ~
The action of the board in suspend
ing Miss Wood, was the immediate
cause OF the fight against the board
which has resulted in the decision Of
the teachers to offer a revised school
law for the approval OF Congress. and .
the nomination OF Miss Alice Deal,
president OF the union, as . candi--
date for the Board OF Education
Entire COunfPY IuteFeseeds
7 During the three months which
have interviewed between the start oe
the Wood case. and the present, de-
tails of the Tight have spread over the
United States School teachers and
officials in every large city in the
country are said to be as interested
in the outcome as the teachers and
school officials OF Washington.
THE Teachers Unions made use Of
the justice OF Miss Woods case, be-
fore they decided to support her de-
cision to take the matter to the Dis
trict Supreme Court" said Miss
Deal" The public has realized that
Miss Wood was not given a hearing.
and the American sense Of fair play
has caused public sentiment in
Washington 10 crystalline in her IA
vor.
Washington school teachers. in
their controversy with the Board OF
Education. have taken steR toward
Improvement in the public school
system, which have. heretofore. been
considered outside the pale OF actiV-
tiles OF teachers.
But tie public knows, as well a.
the teachers. that the teachers ars
working for the best interests of the
schools in which they are deyotins
their lives
Hope 10 Have Name Cleared.
We feel sure that. Miss Woods
name will be cleared OF all stigma
which may have been attached by the
action of the board in branding heE
in effect, as a supporter OF Bolshe-
vism, and that hereafter the school
teachers Of Washington will receive
just treatment.
Miss Wood is not a Bolshevist.
neither did she defend Bolshevism-
and as far as the reports that the
teachers unions are clOaking. the ae-
tivities of Bolshevists are concerned.
he rumors have been branded false
and proven false
The Grade School Teachers Union,
Miss Maude Alton. president, is plan
ming q meeting for next week 70 tAkS
up the question of action on revisiOa
q IL . Z b., To-