The New York herald., 1922-01-23
NASSAU VIGILANTES
WIN SCHOOL TRUCE
With 120 Followers They Ar
range for a Full Meeting
on "Wednesday.

Had Cornelius t. Rensen, supervisor
OF the town of North Hampstead. l.. T..
refused last night to promise to attend
the public meeting to be held in the
Great Neck Station schoolhouse Wednes-
day night, this accouat OF what hap
pened might have been much more
exciting. There were forty automobiles
containing more or less irate citizens
In front OF the Reansen home at Roslyn
when the invitation was extended to
the Supervisor. and they We're led ty
the Great Neck vigiiantes.
There is no way of telling just what
they would have done because. whom
they Were asked what they were going
to ito. they merely replied;
'fWait and see"
Inasmuch as Mr.. Ranisen said that
he'd be clad to attend the iueetinS they
did nothiu~ and thereafter they, changed
tilsir answer to:
well If he hadn't agreed you would
have seen what we would have done"
Problem, for an Outsider.
Nobody who hasn't lived in the town
Of North Hempstead for q long time can
completely understand what it all is
about. But fusing the many contra
dictory versions. Il resolves itself into
sshool fight This fight involves Great
Neck. aIanhasset ana Lakeville. all of
which use the Greet Neck station on
the Long Is'apd Railroad as their door
70 TIE outside world. Each constitutes
q school district. but the population.
growing has Revived To concentrate
arA-nd tho schools in the tNraA diz--'ets.
Therefore there are cit'zans in Great
Necls who want to s"nd heir chi dran to
the nearby school IN Menu -asset instead
OF To the distant school in their own
district. And there are citizens OF AXE
Vile who want to ~e-d their youngsters
TO school in Great Neck because II Is
closer to home than Is the LAX vile
school. Bnt fand here the fieht starts>
the law saws that peTerts mist send
their children t. the schools in The s~hool
district in which they i'v,. Otherwise
they nl~st nav extra 'aves for the sup
port ~ 'hs schools thev Use.
Now the Manhasset folk say that the !
old residents of the village OF Great
Neck are inclined to be a bit snobbisli. !
So do the Lakevilie neooIe They all |
say that Roswell ID. Eldridge. the bank |
er. and Mr.. Ramsen are urdemocratic |
III that they desire to keen the children !
OF the poor away from the schools at |
tended BY the children OF the financially |
more fortunate.
Another Home Hule Question.
Matters became so involved and folks |
became SO indignant that such repre- !
sentative and substantial citizens as |
William II. Conklin, Herbert S. May, ". |
Charles Andrews, Oscar Houston, Bruce /
jIielaski and Malcolm c. Rorty--all busi- |
ness and professional men in RESPONSIBLE |
< rositions-became the leading lights in /
the vigilance committed
SO they petitioned James s. Cooley. |
district superintendent of education. to |
redistrict the place, that school children /
Right attend the nearest school without |
extra cost to their parents. Mr.. Cooley |
osreed TO their plan and a meeting was /
called at Great Neck Station January z. /
But Great Neck--the old village---re-
fused TO participate. Mr.. Remsen,
whose presence was necessary to make
it all legal, didn't attend. They accuse !,
Mr.. Eldridge Of being absent. although |
ne Informed THE NEW YORK HERALD re- |
rorter that he was there but remained
quiet and therefore may have been over
looked.
Therefore the meeting has been set for
W ednesday night. ana Il was To get the |
of Mr.. Remsen to attend that |
the Vigiiantes and 120 followers went
over to Rcslyn to see him last night.
When the chiefs OF the Vigilantes We're
admitted TO the Remsen house they
handed their host summons to pe pres
ent ct the Wednesday meeting He read
L and agreed TO attend
The summons. which sets forth the
more intricate side of the whole situa-
ton. reads in part as follows:
Political conditions In Nassau county
are bad. Rurors float about of public
'fficiais becoming wealthy through profits
made at the expense OF taxpayers. There
are tales OF protection given to disrepu-
able road houses and gambling dens. 1t
Is claimed that back of these thngs Is
political and private power