Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-21
SENATORS DECIDE
. TO OPEN DOOR FOR
TEACHERS RELIEF
Adopt Conrad Amendment
Broadening Scope of AS
sembly's Work.
RESOLUTION AGAIN GOES TO
HOUSE FOR CONCURRENCE
Provides for Action on Legisla-
ton Relating to School
Workers Salaries.
MANY TAKE PART IN DEBATE
Amherst Man Declares Schools and
Roads Should Go Hand
in Hand.
RESOLUTION AGAIN GOES TO
HOUSE FOR CONCURRENCE
MANY TAKE PART IN DEBATE
Amherst Man Declares Schools and
Roads Should Go Hand
in Hand.


Gates Of widening the scope of legisla-
tion 10 be considered at the special
session of the General Assembly sue
ceeded yesterday in securing the
adoption by the Senate of Senator Con-
RAIDS amendment to allow the consid-
Grafton of legislation relating TO an
Increase in the salaries OF the public
school-tcachers of Virginia. The
amendment carried by vote of Il
to 16.
The situation in regard TO the pro-
cedure at the special session is as fol-
lows: \ general resolution has been
adopted by both House and Senate
llma'ting II IN ing, legislation to roads matters
mitted by the Governor In addition
10 this. the House has passed a rcsolu-
ton allowing consideration of bills of
a local nature which have been re-
ferred TO committees.
Resolutions Amendments.
This latter resolution has been
Of local bills which have been or may
be" referred TO committees; the other
IS me scos1i Gonsad amendment. a motion
the Conrad amendment is clinched in
the the. Senate, and the whole resolution
currrenee in the amendments.
The STROBE amendment. which broad :
ehed inc reSolution to all matters per-
was yesterday Withdrawn.
Al the beginning of yesterdays ses-
sion In the Senate. the, Committee on
ported the Highway Commission bill
as adopted by the committee, and the
senate ordered 800 copies printed.
Senator STROBE Opens Debate.
the Conrad amendment He declared
that the General Assembly should not
sidestep matter. that was of such
the last session the General Assembly
endeavored to make a substantial in
entis;n crease in teachers each pay, but it did not
cost of living. The pal,ry stipend we
give these faithful public servants has
been be nrtnI found to wither In their grasp
he said. Further he asked
what employer has hcen able to
mold his employees without recoSn'z-
ing them sufficient compensation to
keep the breath in their bodies"
Senator STROBE further declared that
the contracts with teachers for the
coming session must be made now or
in the early fall. Senator Mapp then
asked If the contracts had not al
rsady rsad ,na been made. Senator STROBE
formed on this matter but Senator
Addison replied that he assumed that
the contracts had been let on the
Continuing his address the Amherst
senator declared that Virginia was
financially we'll able to meet the
school emergency, and that he believed
hand in hand as in the past
senator Gravatt declared that ne
Ss. Souid not see how. the simple ad-
rana,. pa,ron TO teachers salaries would
that In some counties there was not
a 90 per cent attendance OF the chill
dren and this he attributed TO bad
roads, He said that the attenda nee
in the cities was far better than in
the country and this was due TO the
difference in the thoroughfares.
snys Office Fnrnlyzcs Initintiye.
Replying to arguments that school
ieSisiation should not be considered
unless submitted by the Governor.
senator STROBE said:
Il have frequently wondered how
the oihce OF Governor has been the
cause apparently OF creeping par
aiysis in Initiative on those who oc-
cnpy IL. The responsibility at Ias.
rests where it ought 10 be- on the
shoulders OF the General Assembly.
would have Governor who would
see the fallow field there lies here in
virginia Tor any sort of fearless
leadership and Initiative"
Senator Royal. floor leader of The
Republicans supported the Conrad
amendment as did also other Kepuh
llcans present. The Senator from
TaZewell denied that il was a BETRAYAL
OF trust for the General Assembly tn
go outside the scope OF the call IA.
declared that he wanted the salaries of
teachers to he Increased and that the
situation was acute in counties OF his
district bordering on West Virginia
and Kentucky.
Rison Is For and Vest Against.
Senator R:son spoke in behalf OF tho
amendment and Senator West against
it. Senator Leedy declared that tho
only question before the Senate ,yus
whether there was real emergency
in school affairs and that this had
been amply demonstrated. lie declared
that this was no time to dscriminntc
between the classes and the masses
and that there was n rumbling in tho
State thar told that some believe thai
the advocates of good roads represent
well-favored class.
Senator Goolrick, called attention 10
the fact that the cities would furnish
GO per cent OF the road taxes although
not one dollar would be spent in their
confines. but Senator Lecdy retorted
that rural communities made possible
the aesrcsations Of great wealth In
small areas known as cities.
Senator Andrews declared that had
he known the question OF. schools was
coming UP, he would have signed the
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