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...Cambridge School Committee last night overrode the protestations of Judson T. Shaplin '42 associate dean of the School of Education, and postponed a consideration of the petition to annul the 17 "political" appointments made by the committee in a closed session last month...
...Shaplin cited the city regulation stating that the committee had to "reconsider the appointments immediately" upon presentation. Edward Fitzgerald, Shaplin's most voluble opponent, revealed that "authorities" had told him that "immediately" could be construed as "within 30 days." His motion was passed, empowering Mayor Edward Sullivan, the chairman, to call a special meeting to consider the petition...
...majority of the committee later passed Sullivan's motion to photostat copies of the petition to be distributed to all school committee members. Shaplin requested that the group ask legal counsel to determine whether the move was within the law, but, agreeing with Fitzgerald that the committee could do what it wished with the petition, the majority defeated his proposal...
...Shaplin revealed that he would attempt to collect 6,600 valid signatures in the next 15 days in order to revoke the committee's "illegal" appointment of the teachers in a closed session last week. Shaplin will be aided in this effort by the League of Women Voters, the P.T.A. Council, the Council of Neighborhood Associations, and the Cambridge Civic Association...
...support of the annulment at Tuesday's meeting, when those present roundly applauded the first P.T.A. speaker, who was "definitely opposed" to the committee's action. The group hissed Mayor Edward Sullivan, chairman, and laughed during a speech in favor of the appointments, by James Fitzgerald, who referred to Shaplin...