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April 24,
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JEWISH SCHOOL COMMISSION RESIGNS IN A BODY
Claiming that the repeal of the Jewish Schools Act of 1930 places the Jewish members of the community in Montreal and its neighborhood in a position of inferiority to the other citizens, the members of the Jewish School Commission have resigned in a body.
Their reasons are set forth in a letter addressed to .Hon. L. A. Tas-
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chereau, Premier of the Province, by S. W. Livingston, chairman of the board, as follows: .
"I regret very much the necessity of herewith handing you the resignations of the members of the Jewish School Commission of Montreal.
�In explanation of our action, I wish to state as follows: - -
"The Jewish School Commission accepted office under the provisions of the Act of 1930, known as Act 20, George V. Chapter 61. Among the rights and powers conferred upon the Commission oy this act was that of equality with the other school commissions of Montreal. Clause 10 of this act states:
" 'The commission shall be vested, in respect of the education of persons of the Jewish faith, with all the powers vested in the Montreal Catholic School Commission and the Protestant Board of School Commissioners of the City of Montreal, in respect of education in their schools respectively.' .
"In accordance with such powers, we entered into formal agreements, for a period of 15 years, with the Protestant Board of School Commissioners of the City of Montreal and the Protestant Board of School Trustees of the City of Outremont, for the education of children of the Jewish faith, which agreements were considered fair and satisfactory to both Protestants and Jews, and in the* best interests of the community generally.
"The Legislature has now passed an act confirming the said agreements, but repealing the Act of 1930, including Clause 10 aforesaid. Whereas we have no objection to legislation that had for its purpose the confirmation of these agreements, we feel that it was entirely unwarranted that such legislation should, in addition, have taken away from the Jewish School Commission of Montreal, the status of equality granted by the Legislature In 1930. While the bill containing the recent legislation was still pending, we conferred with you and presented our objec-
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tions thereto, and we particularly urged that Clause 10 of the Act of 1930 be retained. Our objection was disregarded, and furthermore, an amendment introduced in the Legislature, containing the equivalent of Clause 10, was rejected.
"The Jewish School Commission of Montreal, representing the Jewish community of the Island of Montreal, feels that the school problem can never be settled as long as any portion of the community is left in a position of inferiority to the rest of the community. The recent legislation places the Jews of Montreal in a position which is intolerable, unfair and contrary to the tradition of the Province of Quebec, which recognizes equality for minorities and majorities. As a protest against the injustice and Indignity of the recent legislation, the Jewish School Commission of Montreal resigns."
"It is a matter primarily for the Jews to decide/' stated Premier Tas-chereau, when ' questioned on the resignation.
"I received the letter of resignation yesterday," the Premier explained, "and I consider that it would be premature to discuss the problem which it raises, �before meeting the Commissioners to discuss privately the whole matter.
"At this meeting, I expect to obtain from them an option as to the best manner of reorganizing the body, which still remains in the legislation voted last session, though with reduced Jurisdiction.
"It is because of this reduction of powers, seemingly, that the Commissioners have resigned. They have been named last year to endeavor to come to an arrangement with the Protestant School Board, as regards the education of Jewish children in the Protestant schools of Montreal. They have achieved this end and a contract was signed between Protestant and Jewish school boards, which settles the problem for some time to come. Because of the contract, certain powers which the Jewish Commissioners possessed have naturally become useless, which explains why they do not appear in last session's bill. Under the circumstances, it is perhaps possible that Mr. Livingstone and his colleagues may have decided to resign, so as to leave others the task of controlling the execution of the contract ratified by the Legislature.
"But it Is a matter for the Jews to decide, and in which no other body has a right to interfere. It te not absolutely necessary to -have a full commission, as previously, to survey simply the execution of the contract concluded with the Proteetant Board.
As. a matter of fact, the Jews mi�ht decide not to replace the resigning commission at all, relying on the Protestant School Board for the full execution of the contract, there being reason to suspect that the latter body would try to evade Its obligations.
"Naturally, again, the interested parties can always come back before the Legislature for the solution of other problems which may arise in relation to the matter, and the Government may also intervene If necessity arose for it. But this Is only speculation, for there are no reasons to believe, that any such eventualities-occur. However, I repeat that the Jewish community has the full say in the matter, In the limits of the law, and I will await their decision in-fore saying anything more."
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Mrs. H. Levine was hostess at .1 meeting of the Ladies' Bikur Chpltim Society at her home, 786 Stuart A\. -nue, Oulremont, in memory of tin-late Mrs. I. Levine. Mrs. H. Leviin-donated a pair of bath towels which were raffled realizing $10.65. Th<y were won by Mrs. G. Endleman, who redonated them to be auctioned, ainl were bought by Mrs. Goldberg for $1.65. The hostess was assisted l>v Mrs. Mendel.
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