New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-21
CALL ACTION llBSURD.
Members of Board of Education At
tack Equal Pay Bill.

George II Wingate and Abraham Stern. Nom
hers 81 the Board Of Education. %h'It told last
nigh; of the criticism Of the boa-d r'o by the
senate cities Committee for IT'S failure to Pay
equitable salaries to the teaching STAFF. said that
the board did what ii able With tcH money
at its command and that f. was not The place 81
the board 70 20 Albany 70 compel the Mayor
and the BOARD OF Estimate to give them more
money. They declared that the so-ca!led equal
pay' bills now before the Legislature were absurd
and would additional expense 10 the city
OF 100000
the Board OF Education" said NJ. Wingate.
receives from the Board az Estimate The funds
considered necessary to carry the work in Tie
schools. and the board as far az possible. cxpends
this money so that it will DO tho greatest good,
The board is appointed by the Mayor. and has
business to 90 10 Albany 70 Try to get the Leg
islature compel tire Mayor and tho Board of
Ia my opinion the application made 70 the
is the most absurd thing ever present =. II made
ha a sooo T q ~ aaq 70 the gsasy St VI
penses Of the Board OF Education from S43Glo.Oo1
from supplying the money necessary for building
he schools needed to accommodate the children ot
II admit Uni that a rise in salaries reasonably to
bat not by the methods proposed.
II is ridiculous for the women teachers to de-
fact that in all business occupations women work
Ior less ma; men When the women teachers
smaller salaries than the Ninety per cent
or me women teachers owe their places 10 that
fact
The board has found it practically impossible to
Get competent men TO accept the salaries
ald out \ has no trouble TO get ali the women II
wants at tle salaries now paid 20 them.
The beard would never appoint women II It had
funds enough to get men teachers Now the
women after accepting their appointments at these
salaries. turn around snd ask the Legislature 10
siEe them arbitrarily, the salaries that are
paid 10 men. 1t Is ridiculous.
The fact is that the Legislature and a lot Of
prominent people haven't got The nerve. when a
lot Of pretty women come to them. 70 tell them
they are not entitled 20 what they ask but allow
themselves TO be buttonholed and persuaded 10 do
what Is asked
When the Equal Pay bill WAS presented to the
Legislature the teachers asked for a conference
in which they proposed that should prepare an
equitable salary schedule said Mr. Stern. They
declined TO enter into any arrangement unless we
would agree TO give women much men. We
declined 10 make any such arrangement and they
refused consider any other proposition We
sent protest against the bill TO tie Legislature,
as the increase in salaries would require over
S6,04o.00o additional for the school fund
The bill presented now. providing that woman
teacher shall receive the salary as man IN
similar grade, is worse than the other bill If i;
becomes a law five thousand women teachers i'm
tee lower grades viii receive three times the salary
and whoever drew it did know what he was
about 10 any one who understands tho situation
the actions OF the legislators in the mater are non
sensical and show that they do not know anything
about the requirements.
I'VE shall apply TO the Mayor and The Board Of
Estimate and expect to get from them the money
needed for the proper salary Increases