New-York tribune., 1922-05-25

my recommendations to Your hoa,a,
Mr Chambers. at once nn Joaru'
oeeiared that if there was . MS lee1
to.sl me loyalty or fitness of cer.air
atnels ne saw no reason vhv th.
S.aue commissioner should no, +ai.e wv
eNeiH pfecaution to keen tho,, o,,. "n,
ene sehoots. He knew persons1I,e y. y.
NV ene such case, he said. addinr ,bo.
ne soard could not justify jtSelf fo,
''Vc, -, 1srlhg IN the enforcement of tha
A. ia" Affecting teachers.
nSaf interrupted with tho state.
cn,, ,',,.. way II was not a matter that
concor,, reu ,he Lask law, but that did
~ Tnne1Ih tne advisory council. Tben
pr' tttinger, an ex-offcio mar,bor ne 90 u
the board, arose. OF
exaggerated. Says Ettinger
Ihis whole thing about the advisory
counciI has been greatly exaeooratoi ,,,1'
~ am not mistaken" said the S,,nori,,'
uueHt, on AS matter Of fact. out of
- ''oou teachers in this citv's nuhlic
sSnoois know of but thirty th rec or
f'y-tour teachers whose LOYALTY ;s :. +.
d" open TO question, That's SAVING n
good deat for the teachers Of this So
,ei"' considering the number of them
uon th'nh 1t advisable for this board
- 'uN" action as embraced in Mr.
nHaIl state ment. I'm saying this in
tenSe OF the state Commissioner of
!-ducatIon, who asked this department
i"f data and whose idea of the advisory
S@unc}i hrSt received the Endorsement
% .ue teachers Council of this citv >
>, Mr. Chambers sought to remind Wr
hyan tina. his statement in roaIi,,,
eondemned the advisory council r.
ms mn Ryan replied bv re-readinr
me statement and adding that tbore
was no such intention. Mr Cbamhore
'hen moved that the statement be dis
approved. saying that he refused TO be
:; party to committing the Board Of
E0ucation to the policy.
member, approved Of Mr. Rvan's couTeo
as did in effect. Arthur s. Somnrs ubo
however, suggested that Commjssionor
graves be asked If the Board Of SUPER
,nlendents cou d no. do the work of
the Advisory Council lust as well r
not, IN fact, better Mr.. Somers's sno-
Eestlon was lost in the haste with
which Mr.. Ryan brought the discussion
to close by asking for vote. There
oelnS heard only the further objection
OF My Chambers, he overrucd Mr.
Chambers and declared it 80 ordered. ="
At DIR. Ettinger's request the board
te" minutes. What happened there
none of the members would disclose.
Labor Men TO Investigate
The council VIII be investigated by
special committee Of the Central Trades
and Labor Council. The committee will
include John Sullivan, president of the
Labor Council; James P. Holland, rep
resentatlve Of the United Hebrew
Trades. and members of the executive
board of the Labor Council
Formation Of the committee followed
a three hour debate and vote for It's
appointment at a special meeting held
last night after Hugh Frayne, who was
appointed on the teachers advisory
council by Governor Miller, invited the
labor body to make the inve stigation.
Arguing that q committee of labor
mon, Investigating a body which was
totally opposed 10 the spirit of labor.
would only lend an unwarranted
prestige to the council, Abraham Lefko-
WITT, an instructor in Washington Irv-
ing High School and delegate to the
Central Trades and Labor Council from
tho Teachers Union, vigorously op-
posed the resolution, denouncing Frayne
as "a deluded pawn"
Frayne said the spirit of the coun-
ci 5 secret meetings had been misn-
terpretcd.
The secret meetings were inspired
by desire to avoid embarrassing the
teachers against whom charges had
9een made he said
Defends Membership
Frayne said his membership in the
eachers council was not evidence that
,e was in complete accord with IL If
t was undesirable, he argued he