Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
RETIREMENT
FUND IS WEAK.
Twenty-one Teachers will Not
Get Their Annuities This
Year. earof ell ri

81.
Because of a report made at the
meeting Of the executive commifyEse a
the New Jersey State Teachers Ass6a
citation, Saturday, at the Hotel Albert,
New York, that the teachers retire
ment fund was unable to pay Twenty.
one..applicants their annuities,1 diuca-
tors all over the State are agitated,
and q demand will be made al the
annual meeting of the organization
December 81, 20 ami 80, in Trenton
for the adoption of resolutions calling
for an investigation of the fund.
Il was said at the New York meet
ing the proce edings, of which it was
sought to keep secret, that the condi-
tion of the fund had been known for
some time by certain officers, and that
measures should have been taken to
remedy it. The allegation was made
that when the fund was organized tho
educators faileo to secure the services
Of men who were conversant with the
operations of such a society, and that
consequently the payments to annuit-
ants were arranged on ton liberal a
scnle, leaving the organization with
out sufficient money to meet all the
claims upon 1t. Those who were now
on the waiting list were unable to
support themselves, it was said, and
were now being taken care of by
friends or fellow educators.
It was openly predicted that tie
department would either have to lie
abandoned or be reorganized. An in
vestigation will be insisted upon at
any rate. IL is expected that wnen
the report of the retirement fund is
read at the annual session, there will
be n general demand for further in
vestigation.
1t was also reported at the execu-
tive committee session that a letter
~cireulated during the campaign and
advocating the election of Charles @.
b 'ack for governor had not been issued
by the association, MS it was intimated
in the cpistle, and that authority to
Issue such o document had not been
eranted by any member Of the com.
mittee. 1t was limited that some
member Of the Hudson county section
took upon himself to issue the letter
and now the committee will insist
that the question be satisfactorily
explained, Some one will ask for M
explanation of the matter Mt the an
nual session, aud 81 we're criticism will
probably be forthcoming.
AT any rate the Essex county teacll-
ers are now anxious that they shall
have rs much voice in the work of
the association rs any other county.
The enrolment of Essex teachers this
year exceeds that of any other county,
and those in charge are anxious TO
make a good showing. Already ten
schools have reported that every
teacher hns been enrolled.
"Tlie program for the annual meet
inp,n said a Newark educator yester-
day, ''has usually been arranged by
the Hudson county teachers, but at
the executive session, l understand,
The Essex teachers insisted that other
! educators have a voice in the matter.
III almost every instance the retire
msnt fund was made the most prom
inent thing on the program. don't
understand why that department.
should he given more time than any
other. If it had been organized on a
q sound financial basis they would not
have had the trouble they are having
now. In order to straigliten things
up they are trying to scrape up enough
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