Evening star., 1920-01-09
EMERGENCY PLAN
FOR TEACHERS PAY
RAISE ADOPTED
Conferees Agree to Lay 1t Be-
fore c9mmittee of Con-
yress at Once.

An emergency measure providing g
for implediate substantial pay in
creases for all teachers of the public
schools5 will be laid before the legis-
lativs committees of the Senate and
HOUSE within ten days as a result of
an f.nformal conference today between
a Special committee of the board of
education and Commissioner Brown
low of the District.
The details of the measure will be
based on the salary schedule submit
ted by the board of education recently
to the joint commission on reclaSSifi-
cation of salaries. AS soon as 1t is
drawn by specially deputized experts
in Legislative phraseology the bill will
be submitted to the subcommittee on
| teachers salaries of the National Cap
! ital school betterment council. com
posed of leading citizens.
After agreement has been reached
between the school betterment commit
tee and the board of education regard
ing provisions of the bill 1T viii be
pa ssed along to the District Commits
sioners. They. in turn. will give it
scrutiny and then the measure will go
to the congressional committees, with
an urgent request for immediate ac-
ton.
Those Present mt Conference.
Besides the special committee. COM
posed of DIR. Abram Simon. chairman
Henry B. Learned and Mrs. Coralie F.
Cook, there were present with Mr..
Brownlow, DR.. John Van Schaick, Jr-,
president of the board of education
Ernest L. Thurston. superintendent of
schools; Stephen E. Kramer, assistant
superintendent, and Roscoe Bruce. as
sistant superintendent in charge of
colored schools.
The conference lasted about forty
minutes. 1t was quite informal and
everybody present discussed the sit
uation with freedom, 1t was said.
Il never saw such perfect unantm-
ity of opinion among SO many per-
sons in one room" Commissioner
Brownlow declared afterward.
please emphasize that statement
said DR.. Van Schaick.
THE board Of education is deter
mined to do everything possible to
aid the teachers in this cause in the
most prac ctical way and with the least
possible delay" said Mr.. Learned.
a. committee composed of Mr.. Kra-
me r and Maj. r. o. Wilmarth will CO.
operate with Maj. D. J. Donovan. Dis
trict auditor, in drawing up the
emergency salary bill.
Would Avoid Delay.
I'VE have all our figures at hand.
DR.. Van Schalck explained. we nave
now only to draw up the bill in sucf
fashion that 1t will not be delayed a
any point because of faulty language
should say we ought to have th'
| measure before the congressional leg
islative committees within a week"
| well, make that a week or tel
days" Mr.. Brownlow put in.
! Asked if the Commissioners woule
pass the measure along favorabl,
| without alteration. and just as il
| came from the board, Mr.. Brownlow
| said:
f'1 couldn't promise that, but I'll say
the Commissioners are heartily ir
agreement with the school. author
tiles on the principles involved"
1t is probable the special commit
| tee of the board of education will be
altered within a day or two, because
Mr.. Learned will leave the city this
week for Leland Stanford University
California, where he is to lecture on
European history for the next three
months.