The New York herald., 1922-06-28
Council Overwhelmingly Re-
fuses to Permit Radicals to
Exploit City Schools.
LOYALTY CALLED A DUTY
Comparing Heroes Of 1776
With Half Baked Socialists
Stirs Big Storm.

The Teachers Council yesterday
voted overwhelmingly in favor of re-
fusing to permit the public, schools 20
be exploited by radicals. The action
of this body, which met at the Board
of Education Building, followed the
final reading Of his report by Aaron /.
Dotey Of the faculty of the DE Witt
Clinton High School and chairman of
the special committee appointed to in
vestigate the activities of the alleged
disturbers Of educational peace.
The opposition to Mr.. Dotey's report
was led by Frederick NJ. Schneider,
principal of Public School "a. Man
haitian, and supporting him were Miss
Elizabeth S. Ferres. supervisor Of Pub
lie School 16s, Brooklyn, and Miss
Edith Seguine, Public School 10, Rich
mond. Members of the Teachers
Union, which Mr. Dotey attacked in
his report, were present, but the priv
ilege of speech was denied to them by
william. J. McAuliffe, president Of the
Teachers Council, but he let them ask
pertinent questions.
Debate Lasts Two Hours.
The discussion lasted two hours and
1t Is some time since the walls of the
board room have resounded to such
sharp bangs of the gavel or voices of
educators have risen to so high a pitch
as marked the clash of the factions.
Mr.. Schneider started the oratorical
as -he meeting was declared open and
announcing that one of the reasons he
was opposed to the report was that 1t
was repugnant to American ideals. He
declared that the report did not repre-
sent educators and that American teach
ers could not stand for II.
TO pin the tag of a radical on a man
and to damn him Is a simple way to
dispose Of the whole question" Mr..
Schneider said, but IL is a cowardly way
for US as leaders to set aside our re-
sponsibilities. The report breeds danger
The greatest danger to-day comes from
anything that savors OF oppression or
suppression. 1t seems to me that that
little group OF radicals and ultra
radicals Of 1875 might appreciate the
OF a new America
Edward ID. Stryker of Public School
20, Manhattan. Indignantly took up Mr..
Dotey's side by denouncing thos. who
accept salarien from the Department OF
Education and then teach disloyalty to
school children. <a
Woman Teachers Take Part.
BY this time the women teachers
found their voices and sprang to their
feet to utter protests against the report
or to denounce the radicals, who, Mr.
Dotey says, are to be found in the
Teachers Union. though he does not
assert that the organization itself Is red
Miss Helen A. McKeon OF Public
School 142. Brooklyn. declared that the
Board of Education had been desecrate ted
by comparing half baked Socialists with
the heroes of the Revolution.
Miss p. Ursula Payne of Manual
Training High School expressed the
view that no teacher In a public school
has the right to decide whether she will
teach American loyalty or not. because
she Is employed by the state and that
her employment demands her utmost
loyalty.
Miss Agnes NJ. Marshall OF Public
School ., Brooklyn. strongly disapproved
of using the schools to put over prppa-
ganda OF any political party.
Miss Agnes Herring and Henrietta
Rodman, both of the Julia Richman
Higl. School. and Abraham Lefkowitz.
members of the Teachers Union. at
tempted to get the floor. but were ruled
out by the chairman.
The report as adopted will be sub
mitted to the Board OF Education and
the board of superintendents.