Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-28
MISS MCCOY TO
KEEP Up WAR ON
FUND MANAGERS
Says Committees Report Does
Not Prove Association Is
Efficiently Conducted.


Retirement Fund will continue, de-
spite the report of the special commit
tee approving its conduct, submitted
at the annual convention Saturday
afternoon was made known today.
Miss Emma 4. Mccoy, the New
Brunswick teacher, VINO has ques-
toned the methods Of the funds man
aeement. sent a communication to the
Evening Star today, stating that the
report was nothing more than she ex-
pected and that she will keep right
on talking against the present un-
lust law" The communication is as
follows:
''AYhen Miss Emma Mccoy, the del
eeate for the New Brunswick teach
ers To the annual convention of the
New Jersey Teachers Retirement
Fund held at Trenton last Saturday,
was asked her opinion of the rulings
OF the convention she replied that all
her expectations had been fully real
lied / knew perfectly well when the
committee was appointed last year
that 1t was friendly To the present
administration of the fund; therefore
| was prepared for the kind of report
that II would issue, If they issued any
at all, and notwithstanding the nature
Of the report presented on Saturday
we have made progress. ! made not
the slightest comment on the report AT
the convention, merely voting with
the minority against its acceptance.
1t has been duly tested that. the New
Jersey Teachers Retirement Fund is
q big political machine. | doubt
whether there can be found more as
tute politicians In the State of New
Jersey than Miss Elizabeth A. Allen
and Arthur w. Milbury. the pro-
meters Of this fund.
Says Questions We're Dodged.
AS a sample of how some of the
delicate questions were answered. ] |
will give you the sixty fifth question
and the answer of the committee:
QQuestlon--ln the New York Eve
ming Post of January 5. 1901. Eliza
beth A. Allen stated, In conjunction !
with other teachers, that Arthur w.
Milbury had been in connection with |
the promotion of the New Jersey |
Teachers Retirement Fund for nine |
years. In a letter. dated Aprill IA, |
1906, upon the passage of the present |
pension law, Miss Allen stated that |
Mr.. Milbury is elated by our |
triumph, which is essentially his.
In letter. dated January II. 1912, |
Miss Allen stated that MT Mulbury |
has not and never has had any CON
nection with the Teachers Retire. |
ment Fund Please explain the in |
consistency in the above statements? |
To which the committee replies: III |
is not the province of this commit |
tee to discuss any aston except as |
II relates to the fund. And my !
tmestionnaire was on the manage |
ment and promoters of the New Jer- |
sey Teachers Retirement Fund.
ut Is absurd. IL is false to say that !
all the New Jersey teachers are !
pleased with the present pension !
law. Before the compulsory clause !
became effective in 1903, all sorts Of /
promises were made the teachers to !
induce them to join the FUND before |
the door was shut Old teachers |
nst being allowed to join after the
compulsory clause went into effect.
II was declared by its promoters |
hat the law would be amended.
Even the enrolment committee of |
the State Teachers Association made |
such promises to induce teachers TO
Join the association; and not one of
hose promises has been kept. We
were assured that if the old teachers
would come in then, the retirement
fund law would be made broader and
more just to all the contributors,
and, today, any mention of any
such changes are ignored. ct SAT-
urday's convention, one Young wom-
an had the temerity to offer reso-
luton to have the law changed so
that those teachers who had con
tributed a number OF Years should
receive their money back if they
dropped out of the profession before
the twenty years expired. imme-
diately arose and publicly commend
ed her for her action; but the con-
vention decided that 1t was not the
proper time or place to consider her
resolution; and that is the way il
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for them to keep their promises.
Miss Mccoy to Continue.
1.-THE report of the investigating
committee does not trouble me in the
least and shall keep right on talk
ing against the present unjust law.
do believe in the compulsory
clause"--without it the fund could not
be maintained-but | do not believe
In taking or per cent. of q teach
er's salary for nearly twenty years,
and not returning one cent if she
leaves the profession Neither do /
believe in compelling teachers of eX-
perence in other States, when they
come to New Jersey. to contribute to
the maintenance of the fund and not
give them any credit for the years
they have taught in some other State.
1.-THE investigating committee plain
" showed that they would not dare
to submit the question to the teach
ers of the State as TO whether II
should remain under the present man
agement IL was also brought out
that the retirement fund business has
been good business proposition for
Miss Allen and her friends. as they
are state officers" and drawing COM
Portable salaries from the State. |
think that will end the talk about
their great philanthropy to the teach
ers of the State. Another interesting
point is that the fund has been called
4 Million Dollar Fund" because
that has been the amount raised
and. incidentally spent. If we wage
earners began to count up all the
money we have earned and spent we
might be considered quite rich people.
II shall not rest until this fund
has been thoroughly investigated by
an impartial committees neutral
committees committee of expert
fnanciers--not school teachers. |
have good reasons for no longer hay
ing any faith in high-sounding re-
ports and oral guarantees The
teachers pension system of Scotland