Evening star., 1922-11-14
ADEQUATE SCHOOLS
PROMISED CAPITAL
Returning Members of House
D. c. Committee Declare for
Increased Budget.
HOPE TO RAISE SALARIES
Representative Lampert Says Edu-
cational Program Will Not Be
Sidetracked for Other Interests.

Drive for legislation that will give
Washington adequate school facili-
| ties. including salaries that will be an
inducement to keep efficient teachers
| in the service. is promised by return
ing members of the House District
committee. Many local associations
are pledging their efforts to get an
adequate school budget.
Representative Florian Lampert. a
member of the committee. who is also
a member Of the Wisconsin delegation
which is expected to be the corner
stone of "the balance of power in
Improvement of the public schools of
the National Capital Is the first and
most important work before the Dis
trict committee.
Mr.. Lampert's Statement.
After commencing the work of the
Joint congressional committee on the
District school needs. and predicting
out will place the schools of the Ma
tional Capital as models for the en-
tire country. Representative Lampert
said:
There are other matters of vital
importance confronting the District
of permanently. such as the street
car merger. but until the public
schools are put upon an equal plane
with schools in cities of the same
norulation and the teachers are given
4 salary commensurate with the serv-
'ceS demanded, other legislation
should be delayed.
1T is necessary for the schools to
continue to function and although it
is desira BILE that the school program
trxS NVt,tf 1..A WI tod
and passed as soon as eXpediency
will permit. the aid to be derived
through the bills now in the House
and Senate should be given immedi-
ate1y.
"As soon as the school Legislation
has been disposed of / would be in
favor of taking up the traction sit
uation in the District and settling it
! for all time Lampert said. In or
| der to do SO it will be necessary to
| effect merger he said.
Representative Reed in Accord.
! The heartiest cooperation in carry
| ing out the proposed program Of Dis
/ trict legislation has already been
! nledged to Representative Stuart F..
! chairman of the House District COM
] mittee in the new Congress. by the
! na tional director of patriotic and
; "dIcation work of the Maccabees.
| 4erreSenattlVe Reed has received Il
; letter which says:
i Your advocacy Of model schools.
! model police and fire departments for
! the District of Columbia should strike
| a responsive chord in the minds of
progressive. thinking men and women
! throughout the United States and par
| ticularly in the city beautiful.
/; Proud of Nations Capital.
/ Every patriotic American is justly
| proud of the architectural splendor of
the national Capital City. 1t should be
+. the best governed city in the world Its
+, public schools should be models of archi-
,ectural beauty, the last wore in santa
tion and conducted by the best educa-
| tors in the world. The District of Co.
/ umbia is the ward of the nation, and
nowhere else has the national govern
;nent such an opportunity for intiuenc-
ing the popular mind through whole
some example.
! Your views coincide with the teach
i ings of the Maccabees. whose 800 900
| members in America and 800 mem
; hers in Washington would back You in
| SUCH a program as you outlined. We
! are now cooperating with the United
! States commissioner of education, and
| the federal director of AmericaniZatior
work, in educational work"