The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-28
ECONOMY PLANS
CRITICIZED At
TEACHERS meet
Reports Indicate That
Salaries Will Be Cut

n new system OF marking eIe-
mentary school teachers will
soon be put into effect If Super
intendent of Schools McAndrew
has his way, Margaret Haley
told over 1000 teachers In a
mass meeting In the Studebaker
theater Wednesday evening.
Marks Of teachers are all to
be lower, Miss Haley declared,
and McAndrew and the board
of education viii then decide to
regulate teachers salaries ac-
cording TO marks, thus general
ly lowering the salaries of Chi
cago's teachers. The meeting
was called for the purpose Of
giving the teachers the Strick-
Ter report.
Save Money by oustlng Teachers.
Mis- Haley read the report Of Robert
E. Strickler, which advises that teach
ers Of 50 years Of age or less be dis.
charged Stricken is a student at the
University Of Chicago, Miss Haley re-
vealed, who was granted access, by
McAndrew, to the reports Of the prin-
cipals giving McAndrew the marks OF
their teachers. StrickIer's report was
based on how much money can be
saved by discharging teachers, it was
revealed.
Stricklers report, which was p
D. thesis prepared and delivered to
Professor Judd for academic credit
poses the question, will it cost more
to pay the teachers discharged their
100000 pension after firing them. OF
will it cost more to keep them under
employment" The report then adds
"A statistical study Of the average
age of teachers at their death can be
obtained from the life insurance com
panies. We can then determine how
long we would be expected to pay the
100000 pension"
1t was also pointed out by Stricken
that green teachers are paid less than
veteran teachers. thus effecting an.
other saving in discharging those of
SO years Of age. Stricken complains
in his report that the teachers have
been marked too high.
VIII Not Come Before Board.
Miss Haley said that the general de-
crease in salaries. the discharging Of
700 teachers, aud the greater over
crowding of class rooms is going tc
be effected without discussion before
the board Of education unless protest
is made. She told the teachers that
the plan is for the finance committee
to bring in a. budget based on Strick
ler's and on Nelson B. Henry's re.
ports. This budget will set the pay
roll for each school separately, thus
limiting the number of teachers and
necessitating the elimination of many
class rooms and the Overcrowding OF
those remaining. This program is now
being carried out, Miss Haley charged
and teachers already are being dis
charged.
Mss Haley attacked Henry's report
which advises larger class rooms and
less teachers, intimating that the only
foundation for the report is the
framed up investigations" Of stu.
dents such as Strickler who are anx
ious for degree.
Report Says Teachers Die Easily
Stricklers report declared that the
close confinement of teachers in the
class room made them die earlier, and
spoke of determining the lowest age
safe to establish as an automatic re.
firing age" 1--WE must recognize the
effect Of various types of jobs" the re-
port continued.
Stricken said that the teachers
should be pensioned as is done in the
army and in the Industries. This re-
port, altho it was prepared for AGA
demic credit, was presented to Super
intendent of Schools McAndrew with
postscript stating. ITO comply will
academic requirements DR.. Judd has
been given a copy of this report"
The meeting again went on RECORD
against an increase in the tax rate,
The teachers declared in favor Of
forcing large estates and corporations
to pay their full share of the taxes.
Miss Haley charged that the Chi
cago Tribune is netting 100000 on
one downtown plot leased from the
board Of education.
Denounce Women's City Club.
The teachers protested against Tn,
action Of the women's city club which
had criticized the teachers organiza-
lions for declaring their opinion as to
educational control. She read a speech
by McAndrew made before the Teach
ers Federation 20 years ago which
proved that the teachers are the most
capable of deciding on educationa'
policies. McAndrew, who was then
a school principal, said the chief func-
ton of mayor is TO throw cold water
and that school superintendents are
a necessary evil"
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