New Britain herald., 1929-06-18
.PAl)NESSA REPLIES
 ID CHAIRMAN KING
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took the form Of statement to the press, reads:
 Although the statement made by Mh, King in behalf of the school committss has hardly anything to saT concerning the subject under dis cuasien. namely portable schools. it doNn bring out certain surprising fae1s with reference to the present attitude of the school committee prssident on matters educational.
 Whose who are familiar with the peculiar position which Supt. heemes occupies with reference to ouT school system and our school board can best appraise the state- meat that Mir. Holmes did not rec oufmend the use of portables bu. that the school modations committee made this recommends tion.
 INT. King is appearing in new rols-defender of portable schools. Members of the board of finance and taxation who have heard him plead for funds to discontinue the usv of these himsy structures will have difficulty in drawing mental pictures of the school board head sanctioning appropriations for build- inGk other than those threatened win the use of portables. and going . step farther by resenting refer enee to their manner of construc- tion. It is significant that no denial wal made of my statement that the school board was informed last Sep tember that the Stanley and other bu{ldiDgs were in imminent danger of being overcrowded, and that, with thsse facts before the board. vote wa passed to ask additional school funds, not for the relief of these elementary schools, but for mas slvo theater. a pair of gymnasiums. offYces of various sizes and for va-i- ouS purposes, and here and there a string of classrooms. this to be known as an addition to the Senior hi@ school. and to cost SS40,o0o.
 Calls "Insult" Overworked
 "The school, committee president regards my statement that the high school addition could have been de- iayed for some time to come as an inaI,lt to the intelligence of the citi- zens.' This insult to the citizens business is trifle overworked when better arguments are lacking. |! Me, King could spend a week in my ofgAce and hear men and women pleading. even crying. for relief from conditions of taxation. threat ened with foreclosures and the loss of their homes and life savings, he would flnd that this insult does not concern the average taxpayer; he would know that the people who are footing the bills don't want school buildings aA monuments or theaters. but that they want to approach the educational problem on sane basis. knowing that we must provide ele- mentary school accommodation un- der state statutes, and that we can postpone high school construction, even though 1t is sometimes incon- venient to the faculty and the build inss may not match those of wealth. Ter communities.
 When Mr. King says have op- pssed the school committee in the past. hs tells the truth, but when ne said I have adopted an obstruction ist attitude he is in error.
 School in "Huckloberry Patch"
 II fought the school committee when some of it's members were considering the erection of the The odore Roosevelt school in the 'Huckleberry Patch near Newing- ton. My first objection was the com mittee's refusal to bring plans 10 my office 70 that we might work to- gsther and determine whether it wss possible to effect savings.
 'The second reason for my oppo- sition at that time is known to cer- tain of the present board members. I prefer not to discuss this matter, awaiting such publicity as those concerned might wish to give it.
 The sum total of my opposition was change in the site and a de- ciAion by the board to bring in plans for future schools for study in my office. With Chairman Hall