The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-21
Profession Against Statements OF
Robertson That Time Not Ripe
for Amendment to Provide
For Larger Salaries.
RESOLUTION is PASSED
RECORDING SENTIMENTS
Meeting at Times Took On Radical
Trend Reports Say; Organization
Shows Growth OF Several
Thouand Last Year.
BY United Press.

BY United Press
Oklahoma City, Feb. 2l.-The con.
vention OF Oklahoma teachers ad
journed today without any further
reference TO the wage increase ques-
tion. With tie exception of a 10
minute business session the morning
was filled by speakers Apparently
an unknown force is working to keep
the convention from a discussion Of
the wage increase matter.
That the teachers OF Oklahoma
are opposed to Governor Robert
sons attitude expressed yesterday
in his speech to the Oklahoma Edu
caAional association in which he op-
posed the taking up of an amend
ment at the special session Of the
legislature to boost the teachers sal
aries, was the statement of Grady
county teachers returning today
from the session of the O. L. A. in
Oklahoma City.
Reports of the meeting are that at
the business assembly resolution
was passed, which in measure was
intended as an answer to Gov Rob
ertaon's opposition, and which asked
in substance for a six mill blanket
levy to provide for higher salaries
for teachers.
The assemDly's resolution propos
ed an amendment reading: For
the purpose of maintaining the com
mon SCHOOLS OF this state, the state
board of equalization shall each year
levy tax on an advaorem basis
in addition to all leyies as now pro
vided by Section Of Article 10 OF
the constitution of not less than six
mills nor more than ten mills on all
taxable property within the state.
The adoption of this resolution by
ehe general business assembly was
preceded by a heated discussion Of
Aiit N'ANHfhiVh ~ - tlhONhibto VI fshPSi
intendents. Smaller city educational
chiefs favored the levy, but were op
posed, they claimed, by an organ
lied clique of city superintendent
The latter wanted the present con
stitutional Limitations on school
leyies removed entirely.
The radical movement in the bust
ness assembly clearly had the lead
and only one voice was raised in pro
test against mequivocal demands on
the legislature, L. L. Perciyal o.
OiIton. thought the time inopportune
to attempt to force any beneficial
measures through.
The amendment If passed by the
legislature would be up for the peo-
pies ratification or rejection in the
November elections this year.
Following the levy discussion, the
assembly unanimously passed a reso-
luton demanding yltalization of the
teachers pension and retirement law,
They also asked for a constitutional
amendment to provide for the coun-
Hy unit plan in the state and as a
final utimatum to the legislature
they went on record as in favor of
codification Of school laws and i'm
mediate steps to provide adequate
homes for teachers in rural dis
tricts.
The only woman member of the
board of directors of the association,
Mrs. Susan r. Fordyce of Shawnee,
who represented the east-central
section of the state, was nominee
to succeed herself but was defeated
Ivy II. G. Faust, superintendent o.
schools there All the other d.rec
tors were reelected Each repre-
sents d section of the state, there
being seven in all.
The directors are elected by the
assembly which in turn is elected
to represent the teachers Of the sew
en- sections.
A~eport or the directors shove
the association had grown from
body of $500 memsers at its reorgan-
izGuon year ago to a present mem
bcrship of nearly 10000. The total
hummer Of teachers in the state is
said to be 1900.