Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-27
TEACHERS DECIDE
To MEET IN DUKE
CITY NEXT YEAR
Albuquerque Polls SCI Votes
to 280 Cast for Santa Fe,
Its Only Competitor; Har-
moniouS Contention Ends.


Only 280 members of the New Mex
leo Educational association voted to
go to Santa Fe in 1920 for the thirty
fifth annual convention. More than
twice as many, Sci, voted to return
to Albuquerque. The membership en-
rolled, 2137, is the largest in the his
tory of the association. The conven-
tion just closed was the most harmo-
nious, and in view of the resolutions
adopted, the most important, in recent
years.
At the opening of the final session,
yesterday afternoon, at the national
guard armory, e. w, Bowyer of Clo-
Wis, made a statement that sent a
thrill through the audience. 1t was q
declaration of self-assertion on part
of the teachers a demand for effect
i've organization to bring about at the
next session OF the legislature a mini
mum salary law, which will assure
every first-grade teacher at lea i
81, 200 a year in twelve monthly pay
ments, and with no limit for the max
imum. He proposed So year con-
triDution from each teacher to be used
in paying a travelling secretary who
would appear before every school
legislative gathering TO. press the
cause of fair salaries. He counts on
a fund Of $4,000 to be used for eff
fective propaganda.
Rice Delivers u Broadside.
superintendent II. Il. k. Rice fol-
lowed with the statement that he
went into debt to fit himself for his
profession, that he is still in debt and
does not expect to get out of debt
until the teacher gets a square deal.
He added that unless the teachers
form their own organization they will
be forced into the arms of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. when that
day comes, he said, 81 shall leave
the teaching profession Pointing to
the fact that sheriffs are paid $4,000
a year in counties in which county
school superintendent receive only
$4,000 year, he exclaimed: -Four
thousand dollars to look after Grim
inals, two thousand dollars to look
after the children."
Superintendent John Milne, of AL
buquerque, said that he was happy 20
be the superintendent in city which
has already established a $1,000 min
imum for salaries of teachers and
hoped that this may soon be the case
throughout the state. County Super
intendent ]. NJ Buckley also made
forceful plea for the adoption of the
plan which during the forenoon had
been adopted and recommended by
the section of city superintendents. IL
was adopted by a unanimous rising
vote.
One Flag, One Language.
Most significant, perhaps, was the
unanimous adoption of the resolution
which declares for lone flag and one
language for America" and which
says further: and oppose the teach
ing of any foreign language save as it
may be presented in its proper place
in the junior and senior high schools
as foreign language" That this
stand had been favored publicly at
the banquet of the schoolmasters and
elsewhere by Congressman Benigno c.
Hernandez during the week, was just
as remarkable, for as DIR. Suzzallo de-
clared at the banquet: 1T is the brav
est stand that | ever saw any politi-
clan take" A weakness of our de-
mocracy is that so many politicians
and even members of congress are
towards when it comes to facing prob
lens like these, was his further COM
ment He told how in Canada he had |
been in touch with the bilingual agi-
tation and not anywhere had he found |
politician who was willing to take
the decided stand of Mr.. Hernandez, |
Declaration of Principles.
The resolutions were adopted as a
whole and included those formulated |
by the educational council last week. |
They open with an expression of graf |
itude to every organization and indi-1
vidual who helped to make the con- ]
vention success and contributed TO |
the entertainment of the teachers.
Then follows a declaration of prin-
ciples, in part as follows;
Gratitude to Almighty God for His
deliverance of the nation from the |
clutches of autocracy and for His
preservation of the principles of de-
and humanity.
Although peace has come to the
world from the bloody fields of Eu
rope, yet we recognize that the nation
is in a most trying period of recon
struction in which we pledge our
selves as teachers as being in opposi
ton to the suppression of law and
order, and go on record as favoring
legislation which shall prevent dis
order, and which shall deprive any
participant thereof of his citizenship
who shall incite anarchiStic control of
the government.
Minimum Salary of $1,000.
The resolutions then declared for
minimum salary of $1,000. payable
monthly throughout the year and
urge legislation for the examination
of all school children at regular in
tervals during the school year; and
further urge that adequate facilities
be provided for the training of chill
dren in physical exercise.
After an expression in favor of the
passage of the Smith-Towner bill
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