Word: foehn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Guided by Lawyer Joseph Alioto, Mary Ryan and five other prominent teachers wrote to Mayor Elmer Robinson urging him to reappoint Chairman Charles Foehn of the Board of Education, the only member to vote against the political gag. Then, just to make sure that their insubordination would be noticed, they wrote letters in favor of various candidates to the city health system and the city retirement system boards. Thus defied, the Board of Education faced a dilemma. Should it risk firing six of the city's top teachers? Or should it simply try to overlook the whole affair...
Last week 250 citizens jammed into the board's regular meeting to see what it would do. At first the members-Chairman Foehn presiding-hemmed and hawed. Finally, one member moved that the political gag be reconsidered. The move was defeated 4 to 3, but with Foehn's vote, this was a gain of two "ayes" for the teachers. Then the board tried to squeeze out of its predicament by considering an amendment excluding the health and retirement systems from its rule. It never mentioned the six insubordinate teachers, left the pertinent documents in the case sitting quietly...