New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-05
AGED TEACHERS
IN PENSION PLEA
With Wilcox Urge Mayor
10 Sign Bill to Insure Their
Means of Living.
DEATH AVE. WRANGLE
REVEALS OLD NlGOR
Civic Bodies Favor Legislatures
Measure Show Disapproval
of West Side Plan.

vsvcr Mitchell held hearings ycster-
5sv on several Of the local bills which
have passcd The Legislature. The most
;,,rortsrt measures under discussion
,.e~e The bin introduced by Senator
OGDEN l.. Mills. 20 take 100000 from
che Retired Teachers Pension Funds
100000 sinking fund and apply II 20
Ibis wears pensions. and the bill de
CARING the New York Central tracks
-- Eleventh Avenue a public nuisance.
MANY old teachers who have depend
a IN their pensions as a means Of
livelihood attended the hearing. They
r..ered eagerly 20 those who spoke
f,- .be bin and declared that the pen
.,ors wore now two and q half months
., arrears. and unless something was
done these old teachers. many o. whom
arc between sixty and ninety years Of
ace. some blind and crippled, would
A.. without the means Of support. There
s-e14-0 Of these retired teachers and
-ss-'v 900 more who are eligible for
-,,i-,r.-. bu, cannot be retired be-
cause the pension fund is practically
bankrupt.
Wilcox Urges Signing.
President Wilcox Of the Board Of
r5ges.ion favored the bill as the only
nav 20 preserve the legal rights Of the
retired teachers.
OF dom. believe We should deprive
che retired teachers Of their just legal
-.rh.s." sad Mr. Wilcox. They have
O. T~.o- claim by virtue Of their retire
-.rrt Those who are now teacnlnG
,eye a ..bord.rate claim, because al
.rev have IS subsequent right 10 re
.rerer-. which has not vet matured.
C.-v Chamberlain Brucre. secretary
- tho MAYORS pension commission
chose ro0r~owise teachers pension
t;u Was defeated IN the Legislature,
r.es-fored the enactment or the Dill
". .L.. +.-,r. He said 70 would be q
rs'',a..ve for only one year and merely
amt q rorous plaster on the presehl
.~s+.o- DESPITE the fact that the
-s+1rss teachers had not been paid ID
,ro and half months, he reminded
,be-, that they had increasingly better
--o.rects because of the improvement.
of The fund "from natural causes
This he later explained, meant lhe
death O. retired teachers.
Pensions Only Support.
,fss r.sber Ennis. Of the Teachers
Retirement Board. opposed the bill be-
,srse it Disseminated ir favor o. re,
|-ea teachers. whereas. the fund
should be administered impartlally.
She wanted 20 know. u inc 1uno vas
bankrupt, why the teachers NeIG ~.
tr.b1,rc per cent or 'ne'I 81 49,
Mayor Mitchell aaIn-''eu JIG 00~'N
answer the question ~. D.
Mrs LaUpson' p.esi'eAt OF -
,red Teachers Ass2cia'io,-'' ulssu s.e
Nayor 20 sign me ply a. 80 -. 80 tbo
we're the only income many OF On. !ng
teachers had. she salo 'Ns ss66 400
fund. or emergehcy !INu. "a LCt,yeen
vas pu- INTO ne PENSION - t'u err an
1898 and l+-' uTt..iI.ov AGREED
emerge Icy' iits4---1
Win her. H.. 49, o,d 81
'but vns' a'9- 49,
the year a , ''' ~ Is mn 70 the
u DO noy hNo",, ~arl:oJ the presi-
next Leg e.-I'' I,i,.-o.;oD
dent o. 'ae bo@I - ~ 4, took sos. 900 a
u was s-o" y '. no,sions Of the 1.47O
iaoI.h 70 pay e- r. ret;Ted list. The
t,s,acheIs, .oH ~" :.5:oa.o that his de-
4a5 o' 4'- ~ L.,, -,-o,,Id he
e'sioA on inc o'-l "0-'u n,r =.
Eleventh Avenue Din Cp'
The bin relating 20 the EleNenth
Avenue tracks was opposed by Ira A
Place. counsel for the New YORK Zen
trail. who cortended that II was uh-
necessary. since the agreement between
The civ and the railroad 20 improve
the West Side and relocate the tracks
would accomplish Just what the bill
planned. julius Henry Cohen. repre-
ssnt,rc the Citizens Union, the O.ty
Club and other civic organizations ap-
proved the bill
Nr Cohen said that II the FORT sho
Ts,imate who reached a settlement on
the West SIDE plans hdc Idu NV ~