Ha! Ha! Ha!

Recently New York's Republican State Legislature and New York City's economizing Board of Estimate cut $8,300,000 from the budget of New York City's Board of Education. Last week the Board announced that it would have to:

> Abolish kindergartens (20,000 pupils).

> Close night schools (94,000 students).

> Discontinue 118 community centres, summer play schools, nature-study classes, many another activity.

>Fire 1,184 teachers, leave 600 teaching vacancies unfilled.*

New York parents were shocked. Soon parents, teachers, Mayor LaGuardia, the Board of Estimate and the City Council demanded that Governor Lehman call the Legislature into special session to restore the $5,300,000 it had pared from State aid to the city's schools. Meanwhile 1,500 teachers marched to Board of Education headquarters on Park Avenue. And up & down before the Republican State Committee's offices in 42nd Street marched Charles Hinckley, 5, and Jill Hinckley, 3, leading a procession of 150 school children. Charles carried a sign: "WE WANT TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN." His followers chanted: "Republicans promised to protect our schools--ha, ha, ha!"

* The Board could not cut teachers' salaries because they are fixed by State law.

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