The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-24

legislature may depend pretty largely
on the attitude of the governor. If he
should put on the screws and call in
the members of the state organization
as it has recently been limited he
might do. the outlook would be diff
ferent. Many believe he could not
change the result even by that method
but there is no doubt that he could
exert a lot of power.
Before the end of the session Rep
resentative Willis of DeKalb will be
one of the busiest men in the legisla-
ture. He Is chairman of the house
committee on legislative and congress
sional reapportionment and to his COM
mittee will fall the task of making a
new legislative apportionment and
most likely a new congressional ap-
portionment. Already the members of
his committee are at work on the leg
islative apportionment it is announced.
But of course the question of appor-
tionment will not be brought to the
floor of either house until it has been
well thrashed out in committee. While
the matter of apportionment is a
necessary evil" it is generally regard
ed as a political task and it will not
be permitted to interfere with action
on important measures such as the
appropriation bills.
Outcome Uncertain.
In case the United States senate
does not act promptly on the bill to
hold the representation in the United
States house of congress at its pres
ent figure it is difficult to tell just
what the outcome of the COMPRESSION
81 -;ca nd 10,
will be.
If no apportionment is made at this
session and later action is taken by
the congress along the line of that
already taken by the senate it will be
necessary to elect the congressman
at-large in Indiana.
The only alternative would be a spe
cial session of the legislature for the
purpose of passing a congressional re
apportionment bill. 1t is not believed
that Governor McCraya or other party
leaders would look with favor on a
special session.
Fear Complication.
On account of the probable filibust-
ering in the United States senate
there is a fear that final action may
not be taken before the end of the
legislative session and that the COM
plicated situation may arise. 1t was
expected that Lieut.-Gov. Branch
would today call the attention of the
senate to the reapportionment prob
lens that are faced. 1t is understood
of course that the members of the Re-
publican state organization will take
hand in the reapportionment plans.
One of the so-called school teacher
proposals in the legislature is said to
have had it's origin partly in a situa-
tion that arose not long ago in the
Indianapolis schools. The Indianapo-
lis incident related to a high school
teacher named Carroll who was let out
by the indianapolis school authorities,
Friends Rally.
Friends of Carroll and particularly
the indianapolis League Of Women
Voters rallied to his aid, and an effort
was made to force the superintendent
of the schools to make public the rea-
sons why Carroll was not reemployed
Although strong pressure was brought
to bear the superintendent stood pat
and the school board backed him.
The assertion made by some was
that Carroll had made himself obnox-
ious by his activities in connection
with a so-called teachers organization
or union at the Technical high school,
where he was employed as teacher
Urge Civil Service Rules.
According to the bill that is propos-
ed by some of the teachers civil serv-
ice rules would apply: teachers would
oe appointed for a probationary period
of one year and after that time if they
were accepted it would be impossible
to lower the salary of any teacher or
to discharge any teacher except by
action of a majority of the school
board and after public hearing.
Except among teachers the bill is
looked no with considerable doubt
Those who oppose the plan say that
its hackers are looking to the welfare
Of the teachers rather than the well
fare of the pupils. They draw the
analogy of the man conducting a pri-
vate business who would be compelled
to call a committee meeting and give
a public hearing before he could dis
charge one of his employees.
Arguments Conflict.
This might be a very good thing
for some of the employees they say,
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