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...dissenting teachers on the Queens faculty were soon the object of much attention. On May 3, James A. Roe and Frank Kenna, respectively the local Democratic and Republican leaders, asked an investigation of the faculty...
...Roe versus Lenz...
...James Roe, the Democratic leader who had requested Lenz's resignation back in May, asked for it again. Roe said that Lenz should resign "immediately because his action (in opposing the Schultz amendment) has proved him to be utterly unfit to serve as dean at Queens College any longer...
...James Roe and other Queens Democrats preferred Dean Kiely. When they heard that Hovde was the "anticipated" selection, they went to New York Mayor William O'Dwyer and complained that the Board was ignoring the "wishes" of their borough's residents...
...Roe defended the Mayor against this criticism. "The Queens taxpayers provided the funds that created the college and they now foot the bills. Their children make up the student body. Certainly they should have everything to say in the selection of their college president and the type of philosophy that is taught their children. This is not Russia; this is America and the rights of the citizens must prevail...