The evening world., 1919-02-20
BILL TO RAISE PAY
OF TEACHERS HERE
NOW IN ASSEMBLY
Measure Fixes Ettinger'S Sal
ary at Sl5,OOO-Repeals
Education Boards Power.

salary bin applying to tho entire
state including New York City and
backed by the state Department OF
Education was introduced to-day by
Asscmblyman John Malone Of Al
bany
The hill was prepared under tho
direction Of Thomas l.. Tlnncgan,
Deputy Commissioner OF Education.
u fixes tho salary Of CITY Supcrin-
tendcnt William l.. Ettngcr ut $4,000,
and tho salaries Of As%pciutc Superin-
tcndcnts at 5000 Salaries for every
employee of the Board OF Tducation
are fixed IN tho bin and there arc
provisions for additional conpcnsa-
ton, absences, credits for prior ser
vice, salary incrementa. and changes
In assignments. Fixing Of existing
salaries at the time the law Eucs into
effect nro prescribed
In addition to tho fixing OF tho sal
aries OF supcrintondents there are the
Following; Director OF attendance.
1880; examiners, $1,000; supervisor
Of lectures. $G,5OO; director of yacn .
ton schools, $4,000: assistant di-
rcctOrs OF attendance, S5,5OO: as
sisiant directors of vacation. evening
and recreation schools, $1,000: as
s'siant director OF reference, $500:
superintendent OF libraries and as
sisi1nt directors Of lectures. $1,000:
directors OF art, cooking music. vari-
Gus grades OF training and kinder
gartcns. $4,000. with annual ipcra-
mont Of 5000 and number Of incrc-
monts flvc. There are also salary
specifications applying to the teach
ing force in New York City.
Specific repeal Of section 1oel Of
the New York city Charter is pro-
vidcd for in the bill. This is tho
section giving the Board OF Educa-
tlon power to fix salaries and rcgl-
late them. In lieu Of that section I'M.
biIl provides the following:
Ihc schedules adopted by boards
OF education In cities OF the first class
having "A population OF one million or
over shall not discriminate botwcc,
the salaries of members Of the su-
porNlslng and teaching star because
OF tho sex of said members. The
salaries and salary incrcments ~
members OF tho supervising o,d
teaching stan in cities OF the first
class having a population OF one mil
! hon or over shall be not loss tb,,
those prescribed in tho following
schedules, and shall he subject IA tbo
7'hedhIc conditions set forth"
ohe OF the Brooklyn Senators on
examining the bill threw il from hin,
with the remark:
ITO "a taxpayer in the CITY Of Nov
York 1t looks like 4 chamber of nor
hors."
IHa' thcr" is movement 1Indcr
way to have another state lee Conn
Pollcr designated TO succeed Ron
Iamln - Odell was evidenced here
to-day Those who mentioned the
matter did not know who WIS h,ck
oi the movement or If they did wouId
not tell II was suggested thai Rurns
brothers. Incorporated. were pusb.
lhE the matter one OF the mcmbers
on the Senate said that he und,r.
stood there was representative ot
the wholesale ice dealers adyocotin,
the naming Of another Conntrol,,.,
and that the representative had
called ON Gov, Smith to enlist his an.
proNal Of continuance of the stat,
control.
senator Loring VI, Black. who b3.
introduced resolution coIIinc. ,,n,,
Ice Comptroller Odcl to inform IN,
senate how much ice there is in stor.
age IN the state, said tha, ali h,
Nhe" about 1t was that he WAS told
there was such movement undc,
way.
Senator Black mumatcd dircctl,
mat some At Albany had tried T,
abolish All Odclls Office before h,
had made any report on the amount
"i nee IN storage and how much
money ne had contracted for tn,
state 10 extend under the terms q
the act creating tho office he held
IN this connection Senator BlacI
aid:
Under tho 1918 statute maxim
benjamin B. Odell. state lee Conn
trollcr, he was required to make
report TO the legislature at some tim
during the session OF 1919. II did no
require him to state the amount q
ice IN storage. A bin to repeal IN
1918 aot Is well on its way to pas
sage, and II my resolution had mo
passed, he might have been Gbolishe
before he could report. Now Il
must report the amount of naturi
i zee in storage on the Hudson, an
the capacity Of artificial ice max
4 plants IA the city, The office VI
created so that surplus ice might !
4 stored ast winter because It ",
anticipated that the war would d,
Il prlvc the companies OF Lahore
Il necessary to harvest ice in 1919. III
Il law also provided Cncourugemont
n contracts to store surplus ice,
N provisions for awards for such su