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Show J; THE SNEAKING SYCOPHANTS Hif P As au excellent Illustration of the knavery and Bj hypocrisy they ire capable of at all times and Hf under which they do their master's bidding, one Mf( could wish for nothing more vivid than the dls- H, i missal early this week by the Mormon members B J of the city's Board of Education of Rosalie Pol- (lock from the position she has held here several years as primary supervisor of the city schools. ml( To the men and women who have watched the B ' school system here grow to its present state of. HJ efficiency in spite of all the lick spittle Mormons Bj ' who have tried to stop that growth, the Pollock Hf- episode is about as appetizing as a jelly fish Hf and as the term also fits several gentlemen on Hfj the board to a nicety the simile is singularly apt. Hj To those who have come here more recently H and understand but superficially the decay that H ; is to be found the moment the surface is scratch- H I ed on any single combination of conditions of f the nature of the one in question, the affair ie nauseating and awakens, in about even portions, Hi disgust and contempt for the men responsible. H' To the men and women of Salt Lake as citl- H zens, the betrayal of their trust by Bradford, H Giauque, Martin, Thomas and Hammond, should come as a clear call to a 1 ity that is even clearer 1 that of ridding the 'public schools of this city at once and for all time ot the dominance of the Mormon church. Mr. Martin is quoted as stating that he has "the highest regard for the press." Well, a sycophant usually has. Mr. Martin's "confidence that the matter of Miss Pollock's dismissal would not be mentioned" in the papers, seems to have been somewhat misplaced mis-placed not to speak vulgarly by using a stronger and more expressive word. It is evident that, as originally planned, D. H. Christensen, city superintendent of public schools, whose consistency and activity in the entire Pollock matter has closely resembled that of a frog on a hot stove, was to be the dupe for the Mormon members of the board in their efforts to rid the school system of Pollock progressive-ness progressive-ness and aggressiveness. As is usual in a man of his calibre, he bungled. "We want strong work," he says. Permit us to suggest, Mr. Christensen, that you change the field of your endeavors to the packing department of some good limberger cheese factory or, as an after-thought, there's a choice little abbatoir on the road up to the Lagoon that offers exceptional opportunities to a man witfi a strong stomach. In explaining his inability to find in his office files of the answer Miss Pollock "wrote to his letter let-ter suggesting that she take a year's vacation on half-pay, Mr. Christensen describes his feelings feel-ings toward the incident as "delicate." How singularly fortunate a Jearned gentleman gentle-man can be at times in the choice of his words. Since when, pray, has delicacy been synonmous for the trickery of ecclestical puppets and the smelly plottings of men whose activities are subservient sub-servient to the mandates of a '.luster of smug soul savers basking in the glo T of Mammon's smirk? The dismissal of Miss Pollock is but an incident, inci-dent, after all. The conditions which made it possible must be the concern of every voter in Salt Lake, however, who still retains his right to cast an unfettered ballot and realizes the danger dan-ger threatening. Of the personal side of the controversy, con-troversy, as concerns Miss Pollock, there is little or nothing to be said. She is so thoroughly competent com-petent and her ability and standing among educators edu-cators and educational institutions is such that, should she desire it, the doors of the best of the latter will readily open for her. |