Smyrna times., 1920-03-10
|IIIR CALLS SPECIAL
'gII0I III Of LEGISLATURE
c,rFFRAGE TO BE PUT
l. =, TO THE LAWMAKERS
-. Vote Needed to Ratify The
,neudment-S School Fund
~, Also 10 be Regulated

fstlOn AiSO
,,or Townsend on Saturday
',nyt ancb consideration and outside
= issued call for a special
of the Legislature to convene ,.,l
! an Monday, March p. The
set forth are;
,lisve the tax on real estate for
,apt opportunity for Delaware
up for suffrage.
land the responsibility 10 the
Il Assembly for this action.
,,,Dt the request of the Build
,.,missiOn of Washington Street
aver the Brandywine for per-
4, to borrow additional money.
known that for several months
corenOr Townsend has been
NO tbe tax situation in its re-
to public schools. For some
Il 10 has been delving into State
], and has finally hit upon a
4 which seems not only plausible
Dnsicable-that of transferring
from the general fund TO The
find in order to relieve the
I'M With more than S1,300,000
m in the State treasury, The
/ richer than ever before and
lHe to give relief where relief
\ needed. By transferring a
n Of this money from the gen
lind to the school fund it will
the tax situation which repre-
,nbably 50 per cent of the op-
In 10 the school code, and fur
4 4 will prevent a wild scramble
BppriatiOns at the regular ses-
4 4 the General Assembly. By
n rion every section of the State
share in the States money
than by certain sections get
\ the most Of it by combination of
saSan.
Jonah SUfage Up to Assembly
s to The Oman suffrage PROPOSE
tbnE clearly up to the Gen
Assembly. The Governor has
|Bed the question up to the legisla-
The members who have been
|Hlgy pusSy-footing will now have
Hiald up and be counted.
bat the Governor has given care
bought to all phases of the ques-
! and matters involved in the
a session is evidenced by his de-
. bring about a condition which
|sLeVes will be for the betterment
State in every way. In connec-
|Nth the call for the special ses-
Governor Townsend also issued
A Of election to Sheriff Cross
10 New Castle county for a spec
ascllOn 20 fill the vacancy in the
N0t Senator from the Third Sen
a District of New Castle county,
q by the death of Senator Geo.
'e0ster recently. Thirty days
Z Is required for such special
An. The special session will be
sefOre the Senatorial vacancy is
''iA'r Gives Views on School Tax
al interview regarding his call
'peclal session, Governor Town
! J, IL referring to the school code
.o'n fund, said:
... =. estate in Delaware is, in my
'' paying more than it's pro-
,.t,' .,ua'e snare in the management
,.'u' schools. Something should
-1 g.'. a. once to relieve the situa-
~. /. with the increased costs of
\. -uag' Y the tax rate has reached
lStment. ~ '''''e Soi'ie
=, y sachers' : salaries must be in
~ = we hope at all to continue
4 +lo0ls ~ in any degree, in keeping
4 ~ -, demands of the times. Com.
y !. Wv" many occupations theil
m., mere pittance. Thousand,
l f., @ua y women, by training anc
sSsll., ae profession, are beine
I s'4sa tss to go into other work '. &
,rsi. H. ordinary demands of max.
.s,1 !, under conditions that now
Raa,ir. his unless remedied, will
u noe lsaVe only the i'll trained
irs pe'ent in charge of ouI
Rs,s,, me Y building program nov
! ns,s..al p,,s. and 50 absolutely essentia ia
\ ,an vsIi as every one will ad
Al well be assisted from Stat. at
NJ ,itna'. aan'es in Healthy Condition
@ rsra ra'ion = existing wsuld b
sste a ss.r ! not for the fact tha
~ finances tima are in better shap
Fo,t,l.i -ane in the history Of II
/. \. .aaately We are in the NJ =,
irUl IL. VIZ R1