The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
EDUCATORS URGE
 PASSAGE OF FOUR MILL SCHOOL TAX
Birmingham Gets Next Con- Vention Of Rural Let
 ter Carriers
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD

The legislative committee of the Alabama Education association in joint session at the Exchange hotel here today with a cltizen's committee appointed at large meeting of citi- 2ens of Alabama and Birmingham last April, adopted and urged the pas sage of the education program as contained in the resolutions previ- ously adopted by the citizens at the April meeting, which includes the four mill tax amendment.
 J. Alexander Moore of Jasper, chairman of the committee on legisla tion, presided at the Tuesday ses- sion. In the conference that followed the reading of the set of resolutions by MT. Moore. Methods of extending and maintaining an enlarged state education program received the at terAtion of the committee.
 Particular stress was laid by the two committees upon the following eXerpts from the resolution as drawn by committee of citizens composed of John H. Bankhead, Mrs. Charles J. Sharp, Virgil Bouldin, R. E. L. Cope. John T. Ellison, Louis Bowen and Victor H. Hanson in the Birming- ham meeting last April:
 We approve Gov W. w, Brandon's amendment levying additional mills on all taxable property in this state for the enlargement and maintenance of institutes of education in Ala bama.
 We urged our representatives in the legislature to take such action as may be necessary to submit this amendment to the people at the earli- est date possible and to make the tax effective when approved by the peo- pie. We appeal to inc people to sup port this legislation both now and at the polls when the amendment is submitted for ratification"
 BIRMINGHAM GETS CONVENTION
 Efforts were made at the closing sessions here today to merge the two organizations of rural mail carriers of Alabama into one large body. Of- ficials of the assvc1ation expressed the hope that this would be done of ficially within short time.
 Four years ago number of car riers are said to have disagreed with certain policies Of the Alabama Rural Letter Carriers association and formed an organization called the Alabama Federation of Letter Carriers. Both bodies of carriers were in session here this week
 The Alabama association reelected officers for the ensuing year just be- fore noon. The executive committee Es l.. Bright.
 Delegates to the national conven- are J. H. owens or Slocomb, B. B. Padgett, Andalusia; l.. H. Robertson, Piedmont, and B. H. Slough, Midland City. Birmingham was given as the next convention.
 s. A. Reynolds of Minter, Ala, was elected president of the Alabama Fed eration of Rural Letter Carriers. J. W. Hicks of Camp Hill was elected vice president, W. B. Woodall and J. R. Wilson of Haynesville and Orr will, respectively. were made members of the executive board. F. P. Dun can was reelected secretary treas urer. Delegates to the convention visited Camp Kilby this afternoon.
 WOULD BAN DANCE HALLS
 A bill proposing gross sales tax on tobacco of one per cent was in> troduced in the house Tuesday aft ernoon by Representative Werner of Tuscaloosa. Representative Travis Williams of Franklin seeks to levy tax on the various forms of to- bacco and on candies sold above 60 cents pound.
 Representative Long of Butler in- troduced 8 bill giving utilities the right to appeal to the Montgomery circuit court, and thence to the su- preme court where their petitions for certificates of convenience and neces- sity are denied by the Alabama public service commission.
 Representative Jeter of Jefferson introduced a bill to prohibit the op- eration of public dance halls in the state of Alabama.