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Fuentes Appointment Draws
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Groups Plan to Fight Decision

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Friday, August 11, 1972-5

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The ethical person is content
with what be has: the unethical
one is never satisfied. If a man is
satisfied with his lot, he is likely
ve . a happy hfe. For one thing,
to_
be ! too dependent on
he will '
so rich as one
others.
hers. None
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who is content with
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no wealth like generosit,
treasure like wisdom; no gins;
like self-mastery; no sin like pride;
no poverty like the love of money.
no ornament like
In order to have contentment
one must have faith. If a man hhs
no faith he is likely to worry con-
stantly. lie will be afraid to spend
even a little of what he has lest
he lose everything and become
poor. But the man of faith is con-
fident that God will supply his

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k;nds of trouble and ailment- B:•
generous toward :your rie.gh'xr.
tic as concerned about his V, elfar,
and reputat:on as you are at' iii
your own.
Ile who controls h, anger sho,
that he IS intelligent and follow -
the example of the great men of
Jewish history!. One saintly roan.
for example, used to say every
eveo- Lng before retiring: "I for
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Some centralization low as the chancel. though icr commis,ion does not
250 Jews and non-Jews took part' tar's authority for such action. ' nave direct jurisdiction over the
Tuesday in a- 90-minute demon- ! Blumenthal said that if Fuentes case, she is "very disturbed - by
stration in front of city board of : was innocent of the charges, a Fuentes' alleged anti-Semitic -late-
education headquarters in Brook- hearing would establish that in- meats.
lyn in protest against the appoint- nocence, and that if the charges
"Our job is to forstall intergroup
ment of Luis Fuentes, who has • were substantiated "and demon- conflict•" she explained, "hut I •
been charged with anti-semitic strated unbecoming conduct," can't say what's appropriate in
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remarks and slurs on other groups, Fuentes must be "immediately this case yet."
as superintendent of the commun- , and finally dismissed."
Leonard Stevens, special assist-
ity school of District One on Man-
The idea and plan for a de-
ant to the chancellor, explained
hattan's Lower East Side.
monstration Tuesday followed
that there was as yet "no basis
The demonstrators, led by Bnai ' publication in a New York City
for an investigation" of Fuentes.
Brith protesters, also included ! Spanish-language daily news-
Under the decentralization needs at all times and so he is
representatives of the Italian- . paper, El Diario-La Prensa, of
laws passed by the state legis- always cheerful. He will not he
Xperienced
a sharp criticism of Fuentes as , Nature, the community school tempted to steal from others and
American Coalition, the Jewish
a "racist" by Joseph Monserrat,
War Veterans and some Puerto
board alone has the power to will enjoy a peaceful life. Happy
Xcellent
president of the City Board of
Ricans, who asked to be allowed
hire and fire the district super-
indeed is he who has learned to
to participate. Also present were Education, and a Puerto Rican.
intendent. But the chancellor has rely upon God rather than upon
Xtremely
a number of elected officials, in-
Monserrat made, his charge in
power over the school boards, ' man.
eluding Rep. Mario Biaggi and an editorial in the Spanish lan-
Reasonable
Contentment frees a man from
if non-compliances with the law
James Scheuer, Bronx Democrats, guage daily, declaring he had been
can be proved.
greed and envy. Greed leads to
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and City Councilmen Leonard present when Fuentes made "one
Michael Rosen, legal counsel for 'many evils; envy and contentment
548-5600
Silverman and Monroe Cohen.
of his racist remarks." lie called the chancellor's office, explained can never be found together. If
The Congressmen told newsmen on Fuentes to "apologize" to the that under the grievance proce- you are envious, you court all
at the scene they were strongly Jewish Italian and Puerto Rican dure, the chancellor has several '
opposed to the Fuentes appoint- communities,
options open to him in a case
Fuentes responded to the Moser- where the school board has acted
ment. Rep. Biaggi said he was a
member of a committee "which rat denunciation with a statement illegally. Most severe of these is
supplies funds to carry out school that he had sought the District One removal of the entire scohool
programs" and that he would seek post to "serve all of the individuals board.
.
to determine "What can be done and groups which make up one of
Final power rests with the New
New York's most heterogeneous York State Commissioner on Edu-
from that end."
A few hours after the demon- school districts."
B. Nyquist. who
Monserrat joined New York City cation, Ewald
stration, about 30 supporters of
could remove Fuentes from office.
Fuentes showed up outside the School Chancellor Harvey Scribner
ADL currently is engaged in re-
board of education building head- last week in a meeting with rep-
search on the legal options in the
quarters. They carried signs read- resentatives of Jewish organiza-
matter. Robert Kohler, N.Y. re-
ing, "Fuentes is non-negotiable" tions plus the Jewish Labor Corn-
gional ADL director, said that the
and "How much did Jews pay you, mittee on the Fuentes appointment. ADL may possibly enter into liti-
Monserrat?" (Joseph Monserrat, A spokesman said that though ,gation. Other measures are also'
a Puerto Rican, who supports the no specific date was set for further being considered by his group and
removal of Fuentes). discussion on Fuentes, the meeting the other three organizations.
The American Jewish Commit- was not considered a "final" one
Brotherhood in Action, an in-
tee, the American Jewish Con- by the four groups, which had is-
tergroup relations agency, is
sued a statement last month as-
gress, and the Anti-Defamation
currently
working to bring about
League of Bnai Brith charged sailing the appointment.
some type of resolution in the
Scribner issued a statement
Monday that Fuentes was "an un-
dispute, according to Frank Ar-
after the meeting saying that
fit superintendent for District One
ricali, executive director of the
he "understood" the concerns
or any other school district."
group.
of the four organizations.
The statement was made in
Other individuals, including Al-
The four Jewish Groups also met
response to a statement last
with New York City Human Rights bert Shanker. president of the
week by Fuentes and by District
Commissioner Eleanor Holmes ! United Federation of Teachers,
One board member Henry Ra-
Norton to further discuss the Fuen- I have voiced disapproval of the
mos.
At the same time, the immediate tes case. Mrs. Norton said that al- Fuentes appointment.

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suspension of Fuentes was de-
manded in a letter to New York
Board of Education Chancellor
Harvey Scribner from Albert M
Blumenthal, Democrat - Liberal
State Assembly member from Man-
hattan.
The three-ag,necy statement said
that nowhere in Fuentes' state-
ment "is there any' indication that
Mr. Fuentes recognizes his anti-
Semitism in the past and regrets
it
"
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The Jewish groups said their
"inescapable conclusion" was that
Fuentes was "a convinced racist
whose bigotry and racism are thor-
oughly integrated into his behavior
or that this is a man attempting
to acheive a personal following by
pitting group against group, or
perhaps both."
The statement said Ramos had
declared that Fuentes' appoint-
ment "was possible when we be-
gan opening our eyes to the politi-
cal control of the schools that
whites have had for years."

The Jewish groups replied
that the issue was not political
control, which the groups reject-
ed as "the proper basis" for
such appointments, but the ap-
pointment of an individual with
"a long record of bigotry."

The three groups added that "we
are currently exploring all the,
avenues" for Fuentes' removal.
Blumenthal asked for Fuentes'
suspension pending a "prompt and 1
thorough hearing" into the charH

ges of racism. He cited section '
2590-L of the state approved de-

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