Evening star., 1924-01-15
TEACHERS PAY BILL
WARMLY INDORSED
Measure Prepared by Education
Board Favored by Home
School Association.
SENATOR JONES ADDRESS
Regrets Friction Between School
Board and Commissioners.

Support of the teachers salary bill,
as prepared by the board of educa-
ton. was given by the seven hundred
members of the Home and School AS
sociation of the Western High School
at a recent meeting.
The association in adopting q reso-
luton favoring the bill as prepared
by the board of education said:. The
bill is more in accordance with the
provisions Of the bill submitted by
the teachers of the public school sys-
tenn than any other proposed legAsla-
ton" a copy OF the resolution has
been sent to the Commissioners. the
bureau Of the budget, the subcommit-
tee of the committee on appropria-
tionS of the House of Representatives
.or the District OF Columbia and to
the subcommittee of the Senate.
Regrets Spirit of AntagOnism.
Senator Jones of New Mexico. chair
man of the committee on rcclassifica-
ton of salaries OF the employees OF
the District. III an address declared:
i want to express my regret at
the spirit OF antagonism which ap-
parenly has developed between the
board of education and the District
Commissioners. | think that is de-
cidedly unfortunate. This is the first
time ! have heard OF it. but I do
know that it cannot be for the bene-
fit OF the schools of this city. Wheth-
er 1t is due to the members of the
board OF education or the District
Commissioners. that friction ought to
stop. ! do not know who is to blame.
but II is quite clear to me that that
cannot be for the good OF the schools,
and the good of the schools ought to
De the one great thing for which
every one of us should strive and be
willing TO sacrifice any feeling of
pride, sentiment or temperament.
! one of the things have noticed
during my life in Washington Is that
there is really no bond between the
member of Congress and the citizen
ship of the District Of Columbia. That
comes about in a perfectly natural
wayne have our duties there to per-
form, our interests are there and our
Work Is there, while you have your
businesses. carrying on various af-
fairs in the District, and | feel that
tnere is not the contact which there
should be between the members OF
Congress and the District of Colum-
bia.
Il think / can give you this assu--
ance, however, that there is no il
feeling existing between the mem
oerS OF Congress and the citizenship
Of the District. so far as I have been
able to observe. The feeling is just
to the contrary. have not the slight
est doubt but what at least 80 per
cent of the members of Congress-
want to see this District made the
most beautiful city in the world We
want to have here an ideal school
system.
Assures sympathetic Hearing.
However. these are matters solely
for the consideration of the subcom-
mittee. When il comes TO the ap-
preparation committee as a whole it
expects that these subcommittee
will have worked these matters out,
and | feel quite sure that the sub
committee will at least give you a
sympa thetic hearing.
1T really doesn't accomplish any
thing to approach the members of
Congress generally. You should see
some one whose business it is to look
after these particular matters. We
have our various duties to perform,
and they require quite all of our time,
and l think it will save the time and
the temper of some senators If you do
not bother them. But so far as the
members of the subcommittee are
concerned. / would not hesitate at all
in going to them, and they will not
have any hostile spirit in regard to
the matter, because 1t is the business
Of that subcommittee to look into
these things and do the right thing
about it."