Milford chronicle., 1948-08-27
4 Report To Those Milford
Citizens Who Requested Us To
Ask For Il Meeting With The
Milford Board OF Education
(cOntinued from first PACE

delegated to him the authority to hire the applicant in
question This, even though at eleven o'clock Mr. Humes
had distinctly said that final decision had been made
On Monday Mr.. Yerkes tried to contact Mr. Humes
but was told that he was not available because he was
out OF town; Mr., Yerkes then approached Mr.. John
Rosa, member OF the Board who said that decision
had been reached and that further information would
be given us later.
On Tuesday afternoon Humes called Yerl1es and
informed him that Mr. Ramon CObbs, who last year was
Superintendent of Schools at Richardson Park had
been employed by the Board Mr. CObbs confirmed this
statement and later in the afternoon called at the ChrOn-
cIe ONCE and made himself acquainted thoroughly
convinced that he has the necessary qualifications to fill
the job His record, which had previously investi-
gUed, is excellent We promised him full cooperation in
the presentation of school and other necessary
school publicity He seems to be man who will be easv
to approach and who will listen to a grievance or sun
posed grievance, with a sympathetic approach | want
to make 1t emphatic and positive that the Chronicle will
not throw any obstacle in the way successful admin
lStratlOn OF Mr.. CObbs, will it allow anv others TO
use its columns for that purpose
The above is brief report of efforts to secure
meeting with the Board of Education. It might be of
interest," however, to each and every of you to know
the reasons advanced by Mr. Humes for the release of
Bob Shilling by previous Board of which he and A
RqSSeL ROBBINS are the only remaining members
Immediately answered that "he was not progressive
enough" then asked him just what he meant by this
statement. To this he replied in substance that Mr.
Shilling opposed the use of Federal Aid Funds for the
lunch program at the school, And, secondly that Sh-
ing did not favor the program of visiting other schools
then asked hm for further reaSOnS-but received none
| leave this to you parents and taxpayers to Judge
whether this stated by Mr. Humes is sufficient
reason or excuse for firing official who had given
tWenySeVen years of service to public school svs
tenn. Certainly, cannot accept these two reasons as
being the only for the action of the group who fired
Mr.. Shilling. To me it is weak defense and Door ex-
cuse for an action which deprived a man of possible
pension rights and other employment as a result of long
service.
This final paragraph is addressed directly to Mr.
Humes. Last Saturday morning you stated to me that
l could write editorial and that you had no way in
which you could any charges therein made You
fEO 10 OlOO
you personally We have criticized a previous city ad-
mniStratlOn with which you affiliated. We shall
criticize the present group just vigorously if such
criticism is justified. You know (and don't tell anv one
to the contrary that you have asked for space in
which to answer any criticism of you for the simple
reason that there has been none You know, as Pres
dent of the Milford Board of Education that at no time
has the of the columns of the Chronicle been denied
the school authorities for any reasonable school use
You know or should know that we have solicited from
the proper school authorities articles concerning
the schools for each issue. You know that in some in
stances other provided with this nfOrma-
tiOn before it released to the Chronicle The rntir
ing Superintendent, Mr. Shaterian was most coOpera-
tive in giving these releases Just to disabuse your
mind of any belief prOfessed belief that the columns
of this newspaper not open to you President of
the Milford Board of Education, we herewith publicly
state to you that any reasonable and unbiased cOmmun
icatiOns, articles for the schools will be pub
ished-just thew have in the past Facual news is
what want and will print Our advertising columns
vOu desire to make provided thew do not Overstep the
bounTS of DTODTietv at regular advertising rates
Everv word ct this report has been carefully check
ed for factUal inaccuracies So far as am able to
ascertain they are true in every respect.
G. MARSHALL TOWNSEND