Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-06
TEACHERS MONEY ]
I SPENT BY BOARD.
.,ao. 900 Received From State
,s Diverted for Other
\, Purposes
CITIZENS PLAN MAY FAIL

public School teachers VIII nos ono ~
rslve an nnaenor linmen,a's sproul pledged and
sltnousd soiO. 600 to the Board Of Edu-
densertfn DEW Co., that purpose. >.
cfmVn cMca poord No of Education has used the
lne for other purposes.
rggts rs sSiO, 900, abalance from the last
fn' annropriation for teachers sal
say vas included by the citizens COM
,,tss sI,vs, as one Of the items suggested to
nu, mnts nm 81 400, 900 for the purpose OF
n.rine n,"i an immediate increase OF 500 to
.aschers,
The finance committee Of the board
xjll meet this afternoon, and, II is pre- :,
S,rted, will reject the increase plan OF
,he citizens committee.
According to William Dick, secretary
| a, the Board Of Education, the SS4O.oVV.
though not then in hand; was pud ,
| seted away for the general purposes Oh
| the board In the beginning OF the year.
| Harry L. Stoddart, a member OF the
. finance committee, also snid the SZsO,-
| 900 does not exist. And 1t 1s under .
stood that Simon Gratz, presldent OF
the board, expressed himse1 IN simi :
lar fashion yesterday IN conversation
with George, wharton Pepper, mem
Der OF the citizens committee.
Committee Submits Plan
,Ion ,o nav tbe toach,rs n, ;r,,o y.
N.,o ;ncreose and make the Finepan
smalizntion schedule effective on Jan
,,rr / was submitted by the citi-
,sns, committee to Mr., Gratz and
Il John Wanamaker, chairman of The
finance committee, in a letter sent them
An Monday. Reference to the $40 1000
item was made in the first of series
Al four suggestions, pointing the way
toward fndlng tne - necessary Sl '4OO, ,
ss follows:
"First. The payment made to your
hard by the commonwealth of Penn
rivapia OH June 9 last. which was
marked for Use ir increased salaries
and 50 publicly announced, amounting
10 So4O. .000.'
AZ the mass meeting in the interest
o. Increased teachers salaries. held
under the auspices of the citizens com
mittee in tho Academy of Music on
Nav -. Governor Sproul told an audi
t,cc Of IL 900 philadelphians assembled
in and outside the building. that he
had great surprise. He said the state
was prepared to pay the Board of Edu
cation at once the S240 900 balance oi
the salary appropriation.
Tho Governors announcement was
,.octsd With outbursts of cheers from
tbo thronrs of teachers and interested
aIG a;,,zsn. THAT meeting,was attended Inv
Air. C;ratz Mr.. Dick and other mem
hors of thr BOARD of Education. Rut
|
naTmpnt was duly made five doys after
ward, on June ..
s
Nao'ooo spent Long ago
Last night. on the eve of the meet
,us that Is to consider the salary in.
crease nlan. Mr.. Dick came forward
with tho statement that the So4O .OOC
"bos hcor snent long ovo -
tits true that we receive the money
v" knew il was coming to us. and SO /,
had been included in the 1920 budpe,
made I'M in January. 0r
| ""Tu other words" Mr.. Dick wa,
asked "that sum has been spent?"
lang ago =" be renI;od "It va,
,ppnt for the general purnoses ~ m,
Sva,,,,, u shonid go u ,,,, ' ua, sn' 'na
Seen made clear time and again W,
have great difficulty in collecting M,
faxes ahl AS n result. we have 70 nlar
our assets in the first half of the Yea,
to make them stretch over the secont
boil"
Mr.. Gratz. discussing the plan of tn,
citizens committee in an interview yes
terday afternoon. made no reference I,
the S2+0, 900 item, but intimatcd tha
the entire scheme was impracticable be
cause of lack of funds.
II wish it were possible" he said
"But there are certain things that ar,
impossible. II you have only ST ant
you want something that costs SO 70,
want it,
g.. c..
says committee Started Wrong
Mr.. Stoddart asserted tbc ,it;zens
committee started our on the wron,
hypothesis in assuming that tbe bHrs
has $40 900 left over from tbe Iast
state APPROPRIATION, AS II does nor ban,
81 Iii L
this question tomorrow row. aft"rnoon H. 90 say Tt Tl
added. '' 0'A' A'
Franklin Smedley. anotber me,,ho,
u the finance COMMITTEE sad h.
doubted whether the hoard baJ sraR
cient money 70 carry ont tha sohan,.
Edward Bok rho;rman of ~ o;.;