The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-06
TO
FILE PROTEST
ONPAY DELAY
Grade Instructors Union Ap-
points Committee to Draft
Petition to School Board.

Members OF the Grade School
Teachers Union opened fre today on
the school officials responsible for
the salary mix-up which has re-
suited in the holding up of so per
cent of the longevity pay of all
school teachers in Washington.
A special committee, composed of
Miss Katherine Burden and Miss
Janney, and appointed by Miss Maude
meeting of the executive committee
last night, is engaged in drawing up
a protest, which will be presented to
the Board of Education.
An effort will be made to have the
protest Of the SIS teachers in the
hands of the board before next Mon
day. because Of the statement made
by Secretary Hine OF the board yes
terday.
Mr.. Hine declared that the board
could not consider communications
from the public or from any organ
ization. unless they are received on
the Monday preceding the wednes-
day meeting.
The protest Of the grade school
teachers will include a request to the
board to guard against similar mix
ups in salary IN the future" said Miss
Alton. The protest will also state
for the beneft OF the board the need
Of the teachers for receiving their
salary on time, inasmuch as the in
structors, as a rule, receive so little
for their services that it Is impera-
tive for them to receive their salary
on time to meet business obligations"
To Ask Investigation.
The Grade School Teachers Union
also plans to ask for an investigation
to place responsibility for the salary
muddle.
"If the longevity pay for the month
Of May or June continues to be
held up, the teachers, especially those
who have dependents, will find it diff
fcult to live through the summer
without going deeply into debt" said
Miss Alton. This loss is particularly
serious at the end of the school year,
since all Of the teachers have made
plans for the summer, which will be
impossible to carry out, IL any large
portion of their salary is held up"
The appropriation bill, now up in
Congress, providing for an increase
in salaries, and the teachers pension
bill, were also discussed at the meet
ing Of the grade school teachers last
night
Action by the Grade School Teach
ers' Union, to cooperate with the
High School Teachers Union in the
movement for revision of the school |
a pof the District was started yes
tefdaH.A
Alton announced today that a |
committee was appointed to decide !
QpOA plan for the best way to set /
about the task OF helping the high /
school teachers to revise the school |
laws.
Plan Reorganization.
although the Grade School Teach
ers' Union includes in its membership
about so per cent of the grade school
instructors in the city, steps will be
taken to enlist the support of all the
teachers in the lower grades in the
for reorganization Of pub
lie education" said Miss Alton. I'm
this way the campaign will assume
and will be doubly sure OF success
when Congress is asked to consider
q new set of school laws.
I'm order to carry out this plan, a
meeting of every grade school teacher |,
In the city will be called this month L
before the end of the school term to Il
the plans for a change in
the school laws.
THE teachers generally recognize
the need for some change in the edu-
cational system Of the District, and II
Is believed that a general agreement
On all proposed changes will be in
1orsed."
One OF the reorganization questions
which will be taken up by the in
'tructors will be that Of the election
II the members OF the Board of Edu-
,ation by vote OF the people Of Wash
ngton.
The teachers Of Washington are al
most unanimously opposed, union
members say. to the methods of the
present board Of education, because
II its action in the case Of Miss
Wood, who was suspended without a
and because the board has
teadily refused to grant the teach
RS a hearing in which their rights
night be stated.