The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-07
SAYS UNIONISM
 IS INTOLERABLE AMONG TEACHERS
Head of Board of Education In
 Chicago Says Teaching Is Not 3 Trade.


 union III the public schools of the ,countrv Was intolerable. that teach fne is not q trade,> but profession ma thnt trade unionism is incon- sigtsnt with and unnecessary to . professional career.
 E Nr. Loeb, q president of the Chi- caeo Board. spoke virtually in de- fense of the recent action of the Board in dismissing on June 27 sixty-eight Chicayo teachers, forty of whom were members and ofhcers of the Chicago rsachert association. affiliated with the Amsriean1 Federation of Labor without previous notification. 1t ia gid. oe impending termination o1 their contracts. z Tho stand taken by MT. Loeb. waa that Of justifying the administration of succeaifuI business men of high ideals In naunicipal and educational ofnces He, said that there were two type Of mon in American public life in the municipalities. One set is com posed uf man of legal training. and the other has no training at all.
 spsaau q Business Man.
 T come to you as q business man. 2 said Mr. Loeb, and. in all modcsty say 1t. n successful one. The busi- ness man should not be excluded, but should Do welcomed in the public service for the very capacity which has made, for the development and success Of his business will make for the good and betterment of the pubic servic6. Dusiness management and Ibusinesg msthods are needed. sadly needed in the public service.
 'sThe buain&6s man who etlters pub- lie lifS .must bb prepared to make facrinee not only of time which might sbe valnable to his own businesl but more Heswill be abused. his motives Mf11 be lnpugned- An estab- lished sofdef rteents interference. The profesnienAl Rplitician has SO long bSsn ii undlt<prbed and comfortable control pf municipal affairs that he cannot comprehend the participation of honest. capable. and independent busineGs men S 9s-ss {s
 'ssXou will p1Tdon mo. You will ex- pect mSs8o bbt4k' of the business man in thS branch Of public service in which gnnost 0f 3s here are engaged. uamely. public 1ducation. The busi- 1ess oG xhe public schools is big and vax10u1. There n q large investment Fof tho pubiIG moneys. There are 1Argo holdings of property. real and 6srsonal- There are tremendous in- co1nes mn e1D ditures. The product of that bunlnA Is second A4; inn |portann6 4n fher. T7Sa chIld who 1v to be, citizen of our mu- .nicipalitaes md 1ur nation iss here il tho 1nakins. lt is true that the busi- nsss man iS not qualified to afrahge the curriculuxa nor to. select school toacherr fMf5 Glso true, and must be bey6lsd dtE31hlon, that these thlngr aye not aho 1 7ctions of any persons nor pow7Sr otlle than those of train- "a educSt0rs, fhe general superinten- dent Of fschoo11 and his stan. It ia tor no fAction nor class to say what the child sha1i b6 taught or who shall teach him. .gss
 Inc lsis with Teaching.
 T hass no quarrel with trade unions pkoIexfx conducted and in their pfoifer p1ace. but a trade union in the pfbhc school is intolerable Teaching s not trade. It is one of the nobleA professions. In principle and in pr&cticc trade unionism is in professi4nal career. z
 'In t&es scho6ll unions make for { divided H1)eGiadce; they breed sus- lpicion ai& diacontent; they destroy harmony Gpd creake strife; they inter- .{ere with 1lscipiine and halt eficiency The you1G teacher comes into the eervice fnll of enthusiasm for her work. Her. thoughts are engrossed with tlf6 chaldr9u But no sooner il she engaged AhG4 the union sets to work tokp0isqY her mind. She is told that she cannot stand alone, that her enthusiA4m and her capacity will moi win her recognition. that she must look to the union, as if she were in . trade. either for promotion. or salary increase. The slogan of the union. she is told. sis not children first, bu, teachers first
 Her employer, the board of edu. . cation. she is led to believe, Is trying to crush her and to keep her down Class prejudice is encouraged and class hate eneendered. Her ideals are shattered. She had hoped to devote herself to . noble and sacred calling ehe finds herself in sordid, salary grabbing and self-seeking occupa. tlon."
 Esces as He Found Them. x ssrhe 1oacher b cajoled, then threat. oned, should she still not aniliate her. sslf with the 1eachers' Union. The inner circle. the few in sympathy within control of the union-openiy dissatisned, sconteinpuous and rebel Iious toward those in authority-send forward children who in turn are likely to be dissatisned, contemptuoud i and rebellious toward authority and to have no regard and no respect for law and order.
 II am not theorixlng nor drawing ,cn my imagination I am stating zhcts aa ! have actually found them Not ftness, but allegiance to q class not efnciency, but membership in . trade union. in my experiences, have been the teats by which a teachers Tight to pusition or promotion were Aetermfi1kd The most delicate, the most .plast1c. the most sacred charges which God has given us-the minds ana the sodlS of the school children are made the playthings, the shuttle cocks of sma1l, ambitious. and de- ngniug coterie. blinded to everything but self"
 'sNo other learned profession pre- sents such conditions" said Mir Loeb. NO other is unionized. Bar aasoc1ations. medical societies. so-