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...similar ruling was made by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Murray Hearn two weeks later in the suits brought by the Teachers Union and individual tax-payers. Hearn also voided the Feinberg Law and ordered the New York City Board of Education not to enforce it. His decision closely resembled Schirick's decision, but Hearn added the complaint that a teacher's "rights on appeal are ambiguous and essentially inadequate...
...Justice Hearn's December decision was also reversed in March, by the Second Department of the Appellate Division. Ruling only on the suit brought by eight taxpayers, Justice William B. Carswell asserted that there is "no constitutional right to be a public employee," and said that it was within the powers of the legislature to "protect the public service" from those who advocate forceful overthrow of the government...
...Robert O'Hearn deserves special praise for his very attractive sets, and for his dancing and choreography of the incidental dances that fronted for several scene changes...
...Robert O'Hearn's sets are adequate, but they seem too heavy and static. The costumes, by Robert Fletcher, are generally brief, but interesting, if you don't mind gilded lumberjack hoots and bathing suits. Miles Morgan's lighting is well handled, particularly in the last seene after Hector's death...
Through a shrewd winnowing of repetitious and overwritten pieces, Editor Goodman manages to show Hearn at his best, but still does not succeed in lifting him into the first rank of19th Century U.S. writers. Lafcadio Hearn's brightest virtues were the human compassion that sweetened all of his work, and his ability to spin out atmosphere like yard after yard of fine Japanese silk...