The Detroit Tribune

Citizens Protest Cut In School Budget

A delegation of approximately 250 citizens, about forty per cent of whom were colored, assembled in the chambers of the Detroit Common Council Wednesday morning and vigorously protested against the proposed cut in the budget appropriation for the local Board of Education. The appropriation for the Board of Education recommended in Mayor Reading's proposed budget for 1939-40 is $27,766,130, which is $783,870 less than the appropriation for the last fiscal year, and $10,000,000 less than the amount requested by the Board of Education for 1939-40.

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Among the speakers who voiced protests at the meeting were prominent local educators and civic leaders, as well as some from other cities of Michigan. They included Supt. Frank Cody, of the Detroit School system; Mr. Hood, of the Board of Education; Mr. Gorman, of Lansing; Mrs. Mary Farnsworth, president of the Michigan Teachers' association; Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Henry Hosner and Mrs. Comfort teachers; Frank X. Martel of the AFL; Rev. John Martin, of the Detroit Citizens committee; and S. F. Grigsby, chairman of the Detroit Civic Rights committee.

In his talk, Mr. Grigsby said: "The Detroit Police department has been allotted adequate appropriations for their department, so why not give the Board of Education what they need. This would eliminate necessity for providing so much money to combat crime. There are many local areas in which improved educational facilities are urgently needed. I plead with you to appropriate sufficient funds for these educational needs, and you will be remembered in September."