Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-03
'|NSURGENTS''
PLAN To FIGHT
Teachers, Who Oppose Miss
Allen, Will Garry on a vig-
orouS Opposition

NOn6tu6TaDic iltttSst was thOWAk
yesterday afternoon by the members
of the Perth Amboy. Teachers Asso-
ciation, which met in the high school
auditorium to talk over the raw
deal put through by Miss Elizabeth
A. Allen of Hoboken, and her forces
at the yearly convention of the dele
gates to the State Teachers Retire
ment Fund Association at Trenton
last Saturday, and to plan for the fu-
name the associations of Middlesex
Monmouth, Atlantic and Camden
counties are known.
The meeting was -cafSad shortly af.
ter half past three by Joseph II
Walker. principal of schools 1 and z.
who is also president Of the Perth
Amboy Teachers Association. Ma
Walker opened the meeting by giving
the teachers present a brief outline
of the convention and the condition
in which the delegates found things
and the way that Miss Allen put
across" her annual victory.
He totld of the way that Miss Allen
controlled her delegates and even in
fiuenced some OF the delegates who
were elected to the convention by the
"antis' and pledged to uphold their
aims. Mr.. Walker pleaded with the
teachers to be very careful in selecting
their delegates to the New Jersey
State Teachers Convention at Allan
tic City and to be sure that the dele
gates would represent them after they
arrived at the convention.
] Mr.. Walker told the teachers that
every one of the delegates TO the con.
snton vent sa at faes ws sns Possd sPoss wS
voted for her as well as those who
voted against her were known. The
convention was ruled by the gag"
law, and 1t is not worth while to send
delegate to convention II they are
going to be controlled and vote against
the people whom they are sent to rep
resent" said Mr.. Walker. He told
how one county gave twenty-nine
votes to Miss Alien and her forces.
At this point the teachers retire
ment fund was taken up by the chair
man. He told how under the law a.
swayed by Miss Allen. q teacher could
not obtain q pension, no matter how
hard she had worked or how many
years, unless tho teacher 10 disabled.
1t was also brought out that the fund
as 1t stands now makes It compulsory
for teachers to Join, while the greater
number. of teachers desire the law to
be optional.
It was pointed out by Mr.. Walker
that under the present law Miss Aman-
da Van MUS, n former teacher In this
city. who had taught for forty-two
years, could not obtain pension be-
cause In the opinion of the board OF
trustees, she was not disabled. IL
seems that Miss Van Nuis has made
application for her pension but that
Miss Allen has notified her to with
draw her application. If Miss Van
Nuis withdraws her application as re-
uuested she forfeits all rights to the
pension in The future,
The teachers went on record, and
the secretary to write Miss
Van MUS to fight for her pension II
and to employ a lawyer to
look after her interests. The local
teachers will stand behind her and
give her what nd they can from their
IL easury Great applause greeted this
statement by efT Walker that mem
ber o. the Perth Amboy Board of Edu-
cation had made 1t known to him that
he believed that the board would
stand .,ehind the teachers in the mat
ter.
forces, Il was decided to elect the dele
rates who are to represent the county
from Perth Amboy by next Wednesday
at which time another meeting will
be held in the auditorium. Efforts
will then be made by these delegates
to find out how many teachers there
are in the state who are in favor OF
the retirement fund as it Is now op-
Grated and how many are not. In this
way 1t is hoped than an organization
may be formed whereby the "antis"
will be strong enough to face and give
a bitter fight to the forces rallied about
Miss Allen anil ready to do her bid
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