Anti-Semitic Educator

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The four Jewish organizations
addressed their letter to Chancellor
Schribner, State Education Com-
missioner Ewald B. Nyquist, NY
City Human Rights Commissioner
Eleanor Holmes Norton and Com-
missioner Jack Sable of the NY
State Division of Human Rights.

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of Education, Rabbi William
Berkowitz, president of the New
York Board of Rabbis, demand-
ed on behalf of the board that
the officials review statements
by Fuentes. Rabbi Berkowitz
charged the Puerto Rican mili-
tant with "blatant bias and pre-
judice toward Jews" and de-
manded that his appointment as
school superintendent on the
Lower East Side be rescinded.

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Black teachers for Blacks ant
Puerto Rican teachers for Puer,
Rican , . Some of them said that if
they remained in the district they
could - expect harassment."

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"There's real fear on the
Lower East Side. Jewish teach-
ers call to tell me they're scared
and want out," Mrs. Natalie
Schutzer, the only Jewish mem-
ber of the Community School
Board in District One. told the
J•A when asked to comment on
the appointment of Fuentes as
the district's school superintend-

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They cited sworn affidavits from disti- let of Brooklyn, was elected
two Jewish assistant principals to
$37,000-a-year post July
who in served
under
Fuentes in PS I..
, by the unanimous vote of six
the Ocean
Hill-Brownsville
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members of the school board.
school district in Brooklyn in 1967
- What the newspapers neglected
and a public statement by Fuentes
at a NY City Board of Education tc report was that there are nine
meeting in May, 1970 as grounds I board members," Mrs. Schutzer
tnid the JTA. Three did not par-
for his removal.
icipate in the July 12 vote. They
"We find totally inexplicable the are herself. Mrs. Antoinette Di-
face that these statements. a Maui, and Albert Zachter, who
matter of public record for some
only other Jewish member
was
time now, were not sufficient to :. 1 *'
, of Inc board. Zachter was "dump-
prevent this man from. even being erl,' Mrs. Schutzer said. She ex-
considered for appointment within nlained that the board had voted
the New York City school system." him out rec. ntly because he al-
the letter said.
1110V0.1 out of the district
thou,,h he retains an address on the
The sworn affidavits stated
Lov er East Side.
that on one occasion Fuentes

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said that supervisory examina-
tions must be written in Yiddish
because all New York principals
were Jewish. When informed
that the examinations were coded
and the identities of those taking
them were not known to the ex-
aminers, Funetes remarked,
"Maybe I should put a star on
my examination paper," the
affidavit said.

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Schutzer said she and Mrs.
DiMi, uro did not attend the school
meeting
the night Fuentes
boa,, ,
was appointee because the screen-
ing:, for the port were held during
the day when they both had to be
lat work. '"1 here were six candi-
dates `or the job and they (the
board) picked the worst of the
lot, - she saiCl. She described the
six who voted for Fuentes as
i' an t extremists" and herself
It said that on another occasionre,:
Fuentes replied to an assistant and the other two members as
principal's expression of concern I 'moderates - She claimed that
about ethnic challenges to the Mrs. DiMaur. was struck on the
merit system. "Why don't you i head in the course of a recent
bnar ,i meetir.4. She said school
change your name to Gonzales:
your people (referring to Jews) ; board and executive board meet-
I ings were being held in areas "too
have always done that."
' dannerous fc.c cabs.' •
The four organizations noted that
Mrs. Schutzer contended that she
while Fuentes was under fire for
these and other similar statements was being kept in the dark about
board events but said she
that were revealed in public print, s hen ,
he stated at a May 7, 1970 board intends to continue attending meet-
the
of education meeting. "I charge inns "as long as I am still on
that the boad of examiners is hoard She recalled that the pres-
ent i.-tairroan of the District One
being used to screen out certain
School Hoary', Georgina Hoggard,
ethnic groups under the thin veil
who like Fuentes, is Puerto Rican,
of its being a legal way while at
had said of Fuentes' candidacy for
the same time it lends itself well.
the superintendent's post four
very well, to favoring one ethnic
years ago, "(lell be appointed over
group." He added, "I maintain
that the greed of this elite group
or this country club bunch of of-
ficers are performing a service for
racists that are dedicated to keep-
ing Blacks and Puerto Ricans in
their place. I face the axe June
BERKLEY, BEVERLY HILLS,
30 because I'm untested, I m un-
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circumcised."

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The four organizations said
they were "appalled that a com-
munity school beard should ap-
point to its bigh•-st professionai
anti•
position a man whose
Semitism is well documented."

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Rabbi Berkowitz said in his
letter that Fuentes' appointment
underlined "the serious problems
Jews face in the inner city. Ste is
a
man totally insensitive to the
.Jewish community who has time
and again exhibiteO blatant bias
and prejudice toward Jews . .

"His uncalled for remarks 0
against Jews are a blot o those in
the field of education who arc ke
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