The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-30
Teacher Who Fed
Hungry Children
Refused Hearing


ger, 23-year-old relief teacher, who
was fired from her job in P. S.
36, Brooklyn, three weeks ago on
the ground that she had given
lunches to children who had no
lunch tickets. but who she says were
badly undernourished, has been re-
fused reinstatement and denied
hearing by Frederick I. Daniels. ex-
ecutive director of the State Tenn
porary Emergency Relief Admin
stration, it was revealed today by
the Associated Once and Profess
sional Emergency Employees. The
association, of which Miss Ettinger
is a member, appealed her case to
Mr.. Daniels after the city Works
Division had denied her a hearing.
Repeating it's charge that the
stated reason for her dismissal was
"glaringly flimsy" and that the real
reason was discrimination against
Miss Ettinger for organizational &C
tivity. the association told Mr. Dan
iels in a letter yesterday that a
committee would call upon him to-
day to press for a reconsideration of
his decision.
The letter declared that in de-
Gliding not to reinstate Miss Ettin-
ger and in refusing her a hearing,
Mr.. Daniels had not availed him
self of documentary evidence Of
fered by the association in support
Of Miss Ettingers contention that
anti-organization bias was the real
cause of her dismissal.
The A.O.PE.E.'s letter follows:
Frederick l. Daniels
Executive Director
Temporary Emergency Relief
Administration
30 Madison Ave, City
Dear Sir:
eve have your letter of the 9th,
expressing the satisfaction of your
administration with the action Of
the city Works Division in dismiss
! ing Miss Sylvia Ettinger from her
! job.
Let us make clear at once that
we are not satisfied with your dis
position of this case, for the fol-
lowing reasons:
81. You have refused a hearing
at which those making charges
against Miss Ettinger would be
required to validate those charges
in her presence and under ques-
tioning.
-. You have not seen nor asked
to see the documentary evidence
we told you we had assembled in
support of Miss Ettinger's conten-
ton that her dismissal was dis
criminatory act directed against
her because of organization ac-
tivity. You have disregarded this
evidence in the face Of the glar-
ing f1imsiness Of the oStensible
reason for her dismissal. i.e., the
giving Of lunches to children who
had no lunch tickets.
80 In basing your denial of a
hearing and your support of Miss
Ettinger's dismissal solely on the
report of the persons who fired
her, and whose actions in that
] ANcttCCb VIC nave Clldl WCIC us
criminatory, you have placed
yourself in the position of refus-
ing to rule that there could have
been discrimination unless those
charged with it made a voluntary
admission. Such q position is, of
course, a grotessue travesty on
justice
"A committee of this organization
will call upon you Thursday to
press for q reconsideration of your
position in this matter and to ask
again for hearing We feel sure
that you, as a responsible public
official, will see the folly of persist
ing in course which can only con-
vince everyone that justice cannot
be obtained at your hands.
Sincerely,
ALEXANDER TAYLOR,
Executive Secretary"