Evening star., 1924-03-01
BALL0U APPEALS
FOR TEACHERS BILL
Stresses Need for Higher
Pay Before House SUBJ
committee on Measure.
CITES SIX POINTS IN PLEA
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Says School Workers Would Get
Justice Long Denied Under
Present Plan.
CITES SIX POINTS IN PLEA

Supported by mass OF facts.
figures and statistical comparisons.
DIR. Frank W. Ballou, superintend-
ent of schools. appealed to the
Lampert subcommittee of the House
District committee on six points TO
pass the teachers salary bill. which
would eliminate serious handicars
under which the District school sys-
TEN is now laboring. at hearing
today in the House Office building.
DR.. Ballou summarized the rea-
sons why Il bill should pass as fol
lows: =
1t would legalize and STANDARDIZED
salaries. for school teachers.
1t would give legal authorization
to much needed improvemeut in the.
school system
1t would supply Legislative organi-
zation to proceed with improved de-
Nelopment; would grant higher and
more adequate compensation to edu-
cat1onal employees in the District
1t wouf Id prevent financial loss of
the amount of the bonus, and would
bring justice to those teachers and
officers now in the service who stood
by their posts believing that the flu
ture would bring adjustment in sal
aries when they might have obtained.
higher salaries III other voCationS
Discuss Keller bill.
Discussion centered around proyis-
Ions of the Keller salary bill, which
+, provides the highest increase in sal
aries of measures under considera-
tlon, and about the Reed bill. which
proVldes increases generally for
school teachers but not as high raises in
salary as the Keller measure
Both Dr, .Bailou ana Mrs. Raymond
Morgan told the subcommittee that
their personal preferences were for
the Keller bill
In addition to recogniziu. surb de.
Nelopments as the Junior High school
and similar improvements in the
sihool system, such as the American-
lZation school. DR.. Balluu pointed out
both bills would abolish the number
OF handicaps such as the scale of
wages for principals based on the
number of classes taught under their
supervision The $40 bonus. which
Will be discontinued on July un-
less Congressional action retaining it
Is taken. DR. Ballou pointed out. Is
covered lin" the salary bill
Increases Larger.
Under the present scale of wages
DR.. Ballou pointed out. total of
s4.764,s50 would be needed for sal
aries for the fiscal year beginning
eNpenditure of S5156.000 and the
Keller bull for s5,1sO,S00 during that
period for salaries for the 2,64O en-
ployeS of the school system. As the
years advance. DR.. Ballou said. the
Reed and Keller bills would bring
periodical increases until maximum
Fgure was reached. For statistical
purposes, considering the 2.640 em-
pioyes as a fixed personnel of the
school system. under the present sal
ary scale the maximum would total
-. l23,050. which would be reached
ultimately. Or. Ballou said, while un-
uer the Reed bill the ultimate figure
would be S6.179.700. and under the
Keller bill S7.317.000.
Inc average salary for the next
year Tor u school teacher under the
present arrangement of wages would
pc sl.S04.1S. while under the Reed
beill the average. salary would be
Sl.s52.5 50,- and under the Keller bill.
Sl.951.S9: By the yearly increases
In salaries affored teachers the ulti-
mate or maximum average salary in
years TO come under the present
schedule would be Sl,939S9; under
the Reed bill, s2,33a9l, and under
the Keller bill. $2,77O.54.
Teachers Hnrd TO Get.
Dr. Rallou stressed, the present diff
Suities: e OF the board of education TO.
M vacancies because of the inade
quate salaries and high ability stand
aras III the District schools system. He
told the subcommittee that In 1929
OUT or twenty-five successful ,exami-
nations only six successful .c0mpet-
TORS even answered inquiries as to
the1r aVaIla bility for positions as
teachers and; only one Of; these six
accepted job: The others would not
aeeept posltiorts, DR.. BallOu said be-
cause salaries are lower here than
elsewhere. -
:. So difficult has the work ,of Mac
ing tedcneTs IN ciaSsrootnS IN Wash
lhgton become, DR.. ,Ba1Iou said,
that in Fovember. 1923. the ioIai
school system was forced, to carry
seventy-nine temporary teachers on
the roll. who did not measure up TO
the permanent teachers because they
had taken examinations and filled the
standard requirements for their nosi-
tfons And in February. 1924, he
added, this total of temporary teach
erS jumped to ninety-two Low sal
abtes. aht g.. comparing nnfavorably with
blame for this condition, he said.
Compares Salaries.
Dr. Ballou submitted a nuIsber of
exnlDlts, including comparisons. in
salaries between Washington school
teachers and teachers in other cities,
ana statistics showing in detail the
minimum and maximum salaries of
teachers in each classification.
Chairman l-ampert called the com
mlttee to order. stating that consid
&oh "ouiu De given to all bills
relative to teachers salaries. Renre
sentatives Gasque. Mcleod and Ham
mer as members of the subcommittee
were present. and Representat;va
Keller, father of the Keller bill also
sat In the meeting, from time to time
WIN approval of the chair interro-
eating witnesses
!; president James r. Lloyd of the
hoard of education was the first to
make statement. He told the sinh
committee that the board has care
dully investigated all bills on teach
ere salaries. and suggested that wit
Aesses be introduced by Mrs. Raw
IHond Morgan:
Mrs. Morgan gave brief outline OF
3iaf consideration that the board had
gwen to the various bills
what seems to be needed" she
sid. rs a bill providing salaries ad-
E9uate and satisfactory to teachers.
We first took up consideration of a
fAachers' memorandum and held three
.tsNferences with representatives of
JHPchers.
The result was that we finally ap-
nf0ved revisions to an original ap-
Wpved by the board of education
This was the Keller bill and in it's
revised form it is the Reed bill.
in answer to d question by Chair
@an Lampert, Mrs. Morgan said she
HE sonally preferred the Keller bill
80. the Reed bill. DIR. Ballou was
Aked a similar direct question later.
RNt he answered in the affirmative
HRo.
8he committee room was crowded
H representatives of teachers, Off
Gals of the board of education. rep
mentatives of citizens associations
@3 parent-teacher organizations,
E of whom evinced keen interest in