Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
CHARGE PARK VIEW
BODY REQUESTED
PUPILS TRANSFER
Monroe Parent Teacher
Members Contention Is De-
MED in School Controversy.
PRESIDENT EXPLAINS
ACTION ON RESOLUTION
Holds Only Official Move Was to
Ask Retention of Monroe as
White School.

Controversy over the transfer of So
children from the Park View School to
the Monroe School conferred today on
contention over a resolution which the
E0nroe Parent-Teacher Association
members say was adopted last March by
the Park View Citizens Association and
which asked for the transfer of certain
pupils to the Monroe School. following
the emphatic denial of Park View asso-
citation officers that any such action was
taken by that group.
Fred S. Walker, Park View president,
said today that his association did con-
slider the situation involving the two
schools, but that the only official action
which was taken was the adoption of
resolution asking the retention of the
Monroe School as white school IF it
could be dcne without transferring pupils
from the Park View School" This ver-
sion OK the action at the meeting of
March 10 last, was upheld by John S.
Cole, secretary of the Park View Citi-
zens' Association, whose duty in that
Office is the recording of the events
which tranSpire at every session of the
body. So.
Holds Resolution Adopted.
However. the Monroe School Parent
Teacher officers who yesterday charged
Mr.. Walker with having in effect
repudiated the action of his own aSso-
citation by upholding the parents of
the children who actually are involved
in the transfer in their determination
to refuse to bow to the orders of the
school officials, were equally emphatic
today that at the March 10 meeting
of the Park View Citizens Association,
the resolution asking the transfer
actually was adopted
Mrs. j. j. Sanders, secretary of the
Parent-Teacher group, recalled that a
large delegation of the Monroe School
pupil parents attended the Park View
Association meeting as members and
that when the vote on the resolution
was taken. two counts were made"
and the right of every voting person
there to a voice in the proceedings
were checked.
In this connection the Monroe School
parents are supported by William j.
Kanof. 535 Irving street. who said to-
day that he presented the original
motion for consideration. He admitted
however that the motion as finally
passed carried certain changes, but he
said he was certain the sense of the
final action sought the transfer of
pupils living in the Monroe School dis
trict to that building.
Mrs. j. r. L. Beane, former president
of the Monroe Parent-Teacher body
was the chief spokesman yesterday for
that association, and in discussing her
charges today Mr.. Walker said that Mrs
Beane was not present at the Park View
meeting at which the action was taken
and that she must have been mis-
informed. Mrs. Beane herself had said
she was unable to attend the meeting
but that she was quoting other officers
who were present. among whom were
Mrs. Sanders, secretary.
Ready to Assist Citizens.
In his statement Mr. Walker declared
that the Park View Citizens Associa-
ton lis ready at all times to assist its
members and the community TO the
best of its ability, and even if a group
of parents had been able to force
through a resolution as indicated in
yesterdays paper, the president of the
association would be ready to act with
parents of the community whose chill
dren had been ordered to attend school
In an undesirable neighborhood."
He explained today that at the March
10 meeting, group of parents who were
not members of the association at all
had attempted to push through a reso-
luton similar to that which the Monroe
parent-teacher officers claim was passed,
resolution, which he says was passed,
was the result of request by commit
tee of Monroe Home and School AsSo-
citation members. signed by an official
of the association and two Monroe
School teachers, that enough pupils be
transferred from the Park View School
to fill up the Monroe School. When
the parents in the neighborhood affected
heard of this request, Mr.. Walker said,
they Immediately secured signatures of
all parents whose children would be
transferred. demanding that they be
kept in the Park View School. This
petition was Endorsed by the association.
Text of Statement.
In his statement, issued to news
papers, Mr.. Walker declared:
1T is only reasonable to permit pupils
to attend the school selected by their
parents if there is room for them. I
agree with the superintendent when he
often says that every community should
have the kind of school it wants and
is willing to pay for. But for group
of parents to demand that pupils four
blocks away be sent to Monroe School
over the protest of parents affected
seems to be a rather extreme method
of maintaining the complexion of an
Isolated white school,
Park View, with the platoon organi-
Zation, has accommodated as many as
HOO pupils. Because many have been
transferred to Raymond and Monroe
there are now only about $50. When
the additions are completed, however,
Washington's only platoon school will be
able to take care on full time of close
to 1900 pupils. But if further inroads
are made on the enrolment of the
school by restricting boundaries the
superintendent will not be able to carry
out the intent of Congress and con-
duct an adequate experimental platoon
school,"
There is no dissension among the
parents of children attending the Park
View Platoon School," he concluded.
"They are unanimous in their desire
yes. their determination-that their
children must remain in the platoon
school. So-called economic necessities,
such as the desire to keep teachers en-
ployed in an empty school. should not
be cited as the reason for shifting
pupils against the wishes of their
OarentS"