BOARD PROTESTS SCHOOL CLOSING Adopts Resolution Bearing on Steps Taken to Fight "Flu." The city board of education adopted one resolution last night authorizing payment of the teachers for the month endin- December De-cember 13 and another protesting "against the discrimination in favor of places of amusement and churches as against tho public schools," in the lifting of the influenza in-fluenza ban. A communication over the signature of Dr. Samuel G. Paul, under date of December Decem-ber -6. furnished the basis for' the irsolu-tion irsolu-tion of the board bearing on the li flint; of the influenza ban. In the letter the city health commissioner advocated the use of the school system as a means of combating the epidemic. On the same day Dr. Paul, at a joint meeting of city and state health officers, failed to voice an argument in favor of the opening ot the schools and voted for the resolution providing for tho opening of the churches, playhouses and places of amusement while not providing for the opening of the schools. This action 'or the city and slate health officers in cooperation co-operation was taken subsequent to an action of the state board of health in November authorizing local boards to lift the ban wherever conditions warranted such action in their judgment, at any time after November US. Dr. Paul's letter, which was not addressed ad-dressed to any one, but which was filed with Dr. . Ernest A. Smith, citv superintendent super-intendent of schools, and turned over to the city board of education, follows in full: "December 6, 1!U$. '"If the city schools are opened the, coming week, the city board of health is ready to furnish not only the full quota of nurses, but additional help to thoroughly thor-oughly inspect the children throughout the system In the city, and aiso to give thorough instruction to teachers and children chil-dren as to methods of fighting influenza. "I believe that an army .f 2o,no) children chil-dren will be a most efficient aid to the Police authorities in helping to stamp out a disease at an early date. The children will be keen to report those who do not wear the mask from infected homes, and wi'l be efficient police In seeing that all houses are properly marked. "1 .am a Isn convinced that the hundreds hun-dreds of teachers who have been serving as nurses , will, if (hey are allowed to function in the public schools at this time be another snktnlid force to help accomplish accom-plish what all the public so urgently desires, de-sires, namely, that the Influenza be slamocd out at the earliest possible moment. mo-ment. "SAMUEU C. PAUU," The resolution adopted by the board last night follows: "Whereas, on ac'-unt of the epidemic of influenza, tl Male board of health on October TO, !: .. --lus-ed all public schools, picture houses a cd assemblages of ail kinds because of the likelihood of the spreading of the disease by the contact con-tact of one infected person with another, "And whereas, on Deeemhcr 7 the board of health modified Its order by permitting permit-ting theaters, picture show houses and hurehes to be opened, but preventing- tho opening of public schools. ''And whereas, the public schools are under the supervision of competent principals, prin-cipals, teachers and nurses, whose duty j it is. among other things, to care for the ! health of tiie children, and the board of . education, through its hundreds of teachers teach-ers and thousands of pupils, lias oppor-. oppor-. t unities for detecting the presence of , disease in the homes and in the schools and method? of preventing the spreading of the disease, and churches, theaters and moving pie lure houses have not the same opportunities and cannot take the same care of the health of those who congregate congre-gate in such assemblages, "And whereas, the contagion being spread bv contact, it must necessarily be spread by congregations In churches, theaters and moving picture houses, and being so spread, the schools will then be required to be kept closed for a longer period than if such places- were not permitted per-mitted to be opened, "And whereas, in the judgment of the board of education and upon the advice of competent medical authorities, the public pub-lic schools are less likely to spread contagion con-tagion than arc theaters, moving picture houses and churches, and if any preference prefer-ence is made in opening, it should be in favor of the schools, "Now. therefore, be It resolved, that the b'tard of education protest against the diseriihination in favor of places of amusement and churches as against the public schools, and protests against the opening of anv assemblage that may. spread this disease and thereby prevent! the early opening of the schools. ' "Be it further resolved, that the mem-' bers of the board of education, the em-ploveea em-ploveea and the teaching corps of the board, in so far as they agree with tho sentiments of this resolution," give this resolution publicity and use all proper methods of helping to bring about regulations regula-tions closing all moving picture bouses and other assemblages until such time as it shall be safe, i-f it is not safe at the present time, for Die opening of all public places. ' "And be is further resolved, that whenever when-ever conditions are such as to justify the ! removal of the ban against moving picture pic-ture performances, theaters, churches, Sunday schools and like public assemblages, assem-blages, then the ban be likewise removed from the public schools at the same time. I "lie it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the governor .if the state and- to the state board of health and the city authorities of Salt Uake UHv and to the newspapers of this citv with" the request that tho same be I published."