Evening star., 1926-10-16
Washington States Papers
Hint at Governors Recall

A bitter controversy has been
aroused on the Pacific Coast by the
removal of DIR. Henry Suzzallo as
president of the University of Wash
ington. The action was taken by a
majority of the board of regents, ap-
pointed by Gov. r. Fl. Hartley, who is
freely accused by friends of the de-
posed educator of playing personal
politics and packing" the board. The
case is attracting widespread atten-
ton and some observers regard it as
significant of troubles to come in the
operaSAn Of State educational institu-
tons.
, In support of the governor, the
Spokane Spokesman-Review says:
ut is best that the break has come !;
that the antagonism between Gov.
Hartley and President Suzzallo should
be ended, and that the institution
should be put under q head who can
work harmoniously with the governor
and the majority of the board. This
action, as many who may not see it
now will later come to understand, is
best for the public, best for the uni
versity and best for the host Of young
men and young women who are there
receiving an education. It may well
turn out that it will be best for DIR.
SuZZallo, for it cannot be satisfactory
for an educator of his eminence to
carry on indefinitely in the unsettled
atmosphere into which a combination
of circumstances has brought him.
1t will hardly be denied by DR.. SuZ-
zallo's admirers that he has long been
conspicuous participant in the poll
tics of the State Many believe that
under his adroit leadership the uni
versity has become the keystone in a
combination that had grown up
through the years at Olympia, COM
prising the ambitious and rapidly
growing city of Seattle, the big timber
interests, the big canneries, the profit
able handling Of State funds by
private interests. the cement trust.
highway contractors, Olympia capital
boosters and other minor players in
the big game. It followed of neces-
sity, when Gov. Hartley crossed that
combination and later defied it, that
President Suzzallo was drawn into the
vortex.
An earnest supporter Of President
Suzzallo is the Seattle Daily Times,
which declares that: Newspapers of
Washington generally have condemned
| the unwarranted action Of the Hart
| leyized board of regents in dismissing
| DR.. Henry Suzzallo. The insinuation
| that DR.. SuZZallo has maneuvered the
university into some unholy combina-
| ton Of selfseeking business interests
which profit at the expense Of the pub
| lie treasury Is altogether contempt
ible."
DR.. SuZzallo Is ranked by the Port.
land Oregon Journal as ''one Of the
ablest college executives in America,
recognized in that field as a national
figure. His removal" continues the
Journal, ''is a great loss to the North.
west, to the State Of Washington, to
the university and to educational work
| in general. 1t is politics laying its
| blighting hand on education. 1t is
camouf1aged under the guise of 'econo-
my that blatant cry of political dema-
gogues. The destructive effects of
what a governor may do are fully ex-
sure to follow the dismissal of DR..
| Suzzallo'
"The unfriendly relations between
Hartley and Suzzallo." according to
the Bellingham Herald. date back be-
yond the time when Hartley was elect
ed governor, and it has been evident
| from the time the former entered the
State Capitol that he intended to get
the university president. DIR. SuzZallo
| is recognized as one of the greatest
educators in the United States. He
has done much to raise the standards
of the University of Washington, and
has placed that institution in thefront
rank of State universities throughout
the country-and at the same time,
despite insinuations of the governor
to the contrary, its per capita cost is
| the lowest in the United States. OF
course, Suzzallo is out. and he will