New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
OPPOSE pension BILL.
CGnUass Of Teachers to Lear, Their
Vie1cS on Measure.

Although decided stand has been taken by the
majority OF the teachers of the city regarding the
Pension BILL which President Lyman A Best of
the Interborough Council sent to the legislature
few days before it had been ratified the teachers
associations continuing the work of discover
ing the wishes of the majority, and will do all in
their power to have the bill changed TO suit the de-
sires Of the teachers and passed in this session
Every teacher in Manhattan and The Bronx has
received the following questions from his associa-
ton:
DO you favor per cent deduction from, al
salaries? Do you favor the retirement OF disabled
Of servce Do 7ou 'fa favor o increasing the pensions
9T s all members @ OF the W stan hose SAL
aries exceed 5000 by an unrestricted half pay
amendment TO the pension law?
The work of tabuatng the replies vill take some
time.
The Women Principals Association OF Manhattan
and The Bronx has decided to oppose pension legis-
laton this session The proposed pension DILL ana
half pay pensions were placed under the ban at
a recent meeting. The women said that tney
were not represented fairly in the Interborough
Council and that the scheme to degrade them i'll
rank and pay emanated from the same source as
the determined effort to increase the mems pensions
by taxing the
The Board of Education will oppose the INTERIOR
ough councils pension bills it is said. If the bin
is passed, the board will lose its power to make
rules governing absence and TO compel retirements
A number of the commissioners have expressed
tion TO request the Corporation Counsel TO act IN
their behalf
The best interests of the schools demand that
the board retain right to retire such principals
and teachers as il may ht' said a commissioner
yesterday. IF this bin is passed. the board Will
lose its righc retire, and will have way to get
superaunuated employees out of the system.
1T would deprive the board OF superintendents
OF the right to recommend retirements and would
it in a board of retirement controlled py
teachers it would be composed Of four teachers
the City Superintendent of Schools and the chair
man of the committee on elementary schools OF the
Board of Education
A bill has also been introduced in the legislature
which would give the local boards the power to eX
cuse absences. under general rules made by the
Board of Education. This measure could not pro-
duce good results. an associate superintendent SAID
Yesterday as some local boards would be more
cretionary powers. He also said that the oreaklns
down of the absence restrictions would be a dlrecC
blow at the general school fund. When teacner
is absent her salary for school days goes 70 lte
pension fund and the authorities are competed 70
put substitute in the absentee S place ana pay
him from the general school fund. -,
President Magnus Gross OF the New York Ieach-
Association said yesterday that a decided ma ma
jority Of the board of delegates of his organlzao
was opposed TO increasing pensions by provtdlng
that all should be retired half-pay basis. ne
believed that teachers on small salaries, VINO ndG
little to lay aside money for the 1uture hdu
the first claim to any increase in pensions