Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-30
SKULL LOSES OUT
To MISS ALLEN
Opposition to Teachers Re-
tirement Fund Heads Routed
--Sturgis Leads Fight

~ IkR(H@s -
TRENTON, Sept. 30:@Miss Eliza
beth A. Allen OF Hoboken n her
forces won their annual victory here
Saturday over the Insurgents" in the
yearly convention of delegates of the
State Teachers Retirement Fund As
ISOLATION.
BY q vote OF Sc to 20 Miss Allen
was reelected to the board OF trus-
tees of the fund over 8. E.. Shull, SUI
perintendent of schools of Perth Am
boy, the Observation-Disclosures candl :
date. Resolutions endorsing the adj
ministration and urging the State
Teachers Association to ask the Leg
islature not to disturb the present op-
GRAFTON OF the fund and the law go~-
erning 1t were adopted by the follow
eis of Miss Allen. despite the opposi-
tion.
The delegations from Middlesex,
Monmouth, Atlantic and Salem coun-
ties formed the backbone of the IAN
It's" but were overwhelmed by the
big vote which went for the admins
tration forces from tde Hudson, Es-
sex, Passaic and other upstate county
| delegations REINFORCED by the con-
tingents from less populous divisions
OF the state.
Glenworth Sturgis. a Perth Amboy
| high school teacher. who nominated
/ III dBaA11l AAo AAACAs oAA1 1f+N
was conspicuous as an opposition
leader, declared the resolutions OF
enforcement and asking the legisla-
ture. to leave well enough alone
were not representative OF the senti-
ment of the rank and file of teachers
of the state.
Miss Allen. in starting the reading
of her annual report, took occasion 70
answer her critics. She pointed ont
4 1I.4 49, .1-rt4tAAA thu
fund. including the state commits
sioner of education. "Tt Is unfair to
level all the criticism OF the fund
management" she declared. against
my d~efenseless head"
Nothing rejoices me more than TO
see annuities granted TO retired teach
ers when the grants are In conform
ity with the teacher fund law" she
added.
The delegates got of to a bad start
In arranging their permanent organi-
State Commissioner OF Education
John Enright as permanent cheirman,
after having unanimously elected him,
because he was not a delegate to th'
convention. Enright had just COM
pleted a stirring appeal for h LIB
erty Loan when he announced that
Miss Allen had tipped him OF that hs
was not entitled TO DE chairman De
cause the school teacher fund law re
quires that a delegate shall preside
over each annual convention. The
point having been made I decline tc
continue to serve" said Enright. Hs
was succeeded by Albert Moncreith oil
Jersey City, who va chosen by a ma
jority made up Of administrator
forces In a contest for a 70
Enrlght. Later 1t was discovered
that a woman teacher named Melon
aid. who was chosen secretary. was
not eligible. being only there by proxy,
and Miss Grice Duffy of Newark was
chosen TO succeed her.
Miss Aliens report. which was sent
to the newspapers. declared the fund
to be In a healthy condition. A reso-
luton endorsing equal suffrage WA
unanimously adopted and sent e
President Wilson and Senator Frel'
inghusen. The executive COMMITTEES
voted $1,000 for Liberty Bonds. A
resolution approving the plan OF ths
Pierson legislative pension fun In.
vestIgating committee was turned
down, evidently because b Piersor
| committee plans run counter to ths
present operation OF the teacher fune
act and administration.