The Washington herald., 1922-03-18
Declare Finances made.
quate Under Present
Revenue.
OTHER EMPLOYEES
AHEAD ON LIST
Commissioners Favor
Higher Pay if Funds,
Are Available.

Attempts were made yesterday to
iron out the differences Of opinion be-
tween the Board Of Education and
the District Commissioners on the Cap
per bill to increase teachers salaries
now pending in the Senate.
At the conference yesterday in the
District Building. James T Lloyd and
E. c. Graham. representing the Board
OF Education pointed out the urgency
and Importance Of the measure as a
means to encourage the best possible
men and women to enter the teach,
ing profession.
Funds Inadequate.
The Commissioners expressed them.
selves in accord with the board in re-
gard to the need for getting a high
standard In school teachers but stated
that the difficulty they faced wa.
one OF finance. II is believed thai
they will urge a bill in the near fu.
ture providing for an increase in the
pay Of the statutory employees of the
District. This drain on the Districts
resources should come first, accord
ing to the Commissioners.
The position taken by the Com
missioners may be summarized by
saying that they are in favor of an
increase in teachers salaries, but
that the statutory employees must
come first. The position of the
school board Is that the Commits
sioners are not helping the statu-
tory employees by opposing the in
crease in teachers salaries and that
since this measure is in a fair way
Of being passed in the near future
1t should have the support of the
Commissioners.
study ID. c. Finances.
After carefully studying the re-
port filed with the Commissioners
by Daniel c. Donovan. District au-
ditor. in which Donovan attempted
to set forth the effect the Capper
bill would have on District finances,
the Commissioners found a number
of points that needed further
analysis and the report has been
sent back 10 tSe auditors Office.
The members of the school board
had arrived at different conclusions
by their method Of calculation and
this exact cost to the District has
not as yet been settled.
a further conference has been
called for next Monday between the
school board and the Commissioners.
Those attending yesterdays confer
etce resdse to discuss the matters
considered until otter a definite
conclusion has been reached.
Opposition wanes.
Little. II any. opposition is ex-
pected to be offered by Congress
when the bill to increase the teach
ers' pay come before that body for
a vote. il was claimed by members
of the House yesterday.
AS indicative of the tenor of the
House regarding the increase in
teachers salaries. members yester-
en- the Begg amendment to the
Lehlbach bill, which was passed by
the House with hardly a dissenting
vote. This amendment was later
stricken from the bill at the request
they were to be provided for by
separate legislation.
Most Poorly Paid.
The amendment was introduced
by Representative James T. Begg.
of Ohio, who, in a speech before
the House, emphasized the necessity
of paying the teachers a salary
with the duties per-
formed. He compared the salaries
paid to school teachers with thos:
received by unskillfd labor to show
that teaching was the most poorly
raid profession under the Civil
Service.
The amendment when voted upon
was carried by large majority
in the House. and at that time there
vas no doubt that the Senate would
pass upon the amendment favorably
W hen the bill reached that body.