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November 10th. Resolution ~WHEREAS, the present system of privately-sold school books has been found very ~usatisfactory, been widely orotested and ia of exorbitant expense to the many poorer parents of local sohool children, placing a premium on~so-called ~free education" that the poor can not afford to pay, and WHEREAS, it is a recognized principle in Ar~erica, that the ~ost of education should be borne by ~he public and paid for out of public funds, and WHEREAS~ the American Pubiic School SysTem constitutes the orincipal pillar in the fo~udation of our form of government, and bolds forth our,c~f hope for continuing the benefits of popu~!ar government for posterity; and WHEREAS, text hooks are absolutely essential to education as provided in our public schools, and therefore should be as much a part of the system for educating the youth of the land as are the very buildings in which the class rooms are located, and NHEREAS, the better control and more intelligent supervision of the selection of text books would be possible, and would be a logi- cal result of the publication or purchase out of the public ~rea sury of text books for study by the children in the public schools, and, WHEi~S, public purchase or printing of text books would affect a material reduction in the unit cost of such books not possible to obtain in an~ Qther manner, besides relieving the parents of an unnecessary expense in supplying text books to their children each term, the books changing so frequently for some unexolained rea- son, tha~ new books have to be bought almos~ every t~rm, be it hereby, RESOLVED, that we~ the undersigned Legislative Committee of the Portsmouth Central Labor Union do hereby urge upon your honorable body the advisability of appropriating the necessary sums ~o cover the purchase of text books for the public schools of th~ City. (Signed) V.E. tylvester, Chairman. E~. Boncer Eric S.$teed H. E. Phelps T.J. Martin L. M. S. Bodwell M. L~ McCarty Motion of Er. Hutchins to refer to the lsd? budget, The following letter was read: Charlie ~. Wilson C. Powel] P~ Berna.e was adopted~ "I~ is my desire to give our annual charity show at the City Auditorium on December ytho It has been your pleasure ~o give us the use of this auditorium for this Der ~ formance yearly after we made the usual fee for its use. - This show sponsored by the Helping Hand Mission of Portsmouth is a produc- tion made up of s~ateur talent that donat~ their services gratis ~o help this good cause. There is no admission charged ~o this show as only an article of food that is not perishable will admit anyone. During the week before Xmas this food is distributed to indigents of the City by baskets. This year we are in a poor financial condition, and we are asking that the Council give us the hall on this date this year, without pu~ting ~n the usual fee of ~25.00 so as no cash will be involved in any transaction of this year's p~oduction. The Helping Hand Mission in which Mr. J.H. ~oodworth is Supt. has had a great deal of clients to care for and only through the help of some merchants of this City has made it through the year. However, there are a plenty ~o ~ake care of on this~Xmas, is our only rea- son we are asking this favor of you gentlemen. Hoping you see fit to ~ender this assistance to us, we beg to remain, the usual fee Yours very t~uly, (Signed) E. Edward Williams, Director.~ Motion of Mr. Hutchins t?~t Mr. Williams' organization be required to pay and reques~ the Council for refund, was adopted. The following letter, with inclosures, was read: "Enc!ossd you will please find a re~olution, passed ~ry this body, in regular meeting assembled,which we trust will merit your serious consideration, and moreover, favor - able reception and action on your worthy part. We have sought thus to crystallize sentiments you will agree, which we have expressed verbally to your Honorable Body, at various and sundry times. With renewed expressions of our sincere desire to co-operate with you in all mat~ers that may mutually concern us. We beg to remain, Cordially yours, The Portsmouth Central Labor Union. (Signed) L.Ho Edmondson, President.~