Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-14
OLD SCHEDULE
PUT IN FORCE
SAN PEDRO TEACHERS ARE
GIVEN NO CHANGE
PRESIDENT SCOTT MAKES DE-
TERMINED RESISTANCE
Pleads for Promises Made by Con-
soIidation Committee but Is
Voted Down by Fellow
Members

Joseph Scott, president of the board
OF education, made determined but
unsuccessful attempt last night to in
duce his colleagues to place all the
teachers in San Pedro and Wilmington
on the salaries paid teachers in corre~
spending position within the old limits
of Los Angeles. The other members of
the board (Stilson was absent) voted
solidly to accept and continue all con-
tracts signed with the teachers by the
whilom boards of trustees in the San
Pedro and Wilmington districts. In
some cases these teachers receive more
money, in some cases less, than teach
ers Of like rating in the city proper.
The matter came up when Superin-
tendent E. c. Moore asked for a formal
vote assigning the teachers in the San
Pedro and Wilmington grammar
schools to their several positions. He
explained that the act was necessary
In order to get the employees on the pay
roll of the board.
President Scott Immediately made an
earnest speech. He said that as
member of the consolidation committee
and as the man who had drawn up a
clause in the promises officially made.
the citizens and employees of the sea-
port towns guaranteeing that Los An
geles would make all salaries there the
same as they are in Los Angeles, he
action whatsoever.
1.-The only thing for this board to do
honorably Is to place all those teachers
on an equal basis with the teachers in
this city" he said. 1T is part of the
solemn promise made the people of San
Pedro by the consolidation committee"
"Was that promise legal or binding?"
asked DR.. Steddom
President Scott replied quickly and
decidedly: DR. Steddom, the earnest
promise of a group of men from one
city to a group of men in another, rati-
fed by the city council and by all the
voters may not be legal or binding on
anyone else, but 1t Is legal and binding
on me-"
Mr.. Frank discovered that some of
the teachers received a higher salary
under the old regime than they would
under the schedule in force within the
city proper. He said that the teachers
who now receive less would take ad-
vantage of the chance to get more,
whereas the teachers receiving more
under their old contracts would no
doubt insist on the maintenance of
their present scale. 1t was case, he
said, where the teachers would get it
all and the city board would be left
holding the sack.
There was considerable discussion on
this point, the members of the board,
save Mr.. Scott. agreeing with that VEN
erable watchdog of the treasury, ]. NJ.
Quinn that the board has little enough
money to spend as things stand.
When the matter came to vote
there were five very suppressed ayes"
and one very positive "No!
The teachers in the grammar grades
at the seaport towns receive now, un-
der their old contracts, $S5, 500 and s95
a month, denending on their places,
and not on their experience. This is
for ten-month school year.
Within the old limits of Los Angeles
the teachers receive from $50 a month
IN hut for the entire twelve months.
The latter schedule totals less than the
former.
on the other hand. the hieh school
teachers in the san Pedro school re-
ceive slightly more. position fer posi-
ton than do the teachers in the Los
Angeles and Polytechnic high schools.