The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-22
TEACHERS PLAN
DEMONSTRATION
FOR THURSDAY
Praise DAILY Worker; J;
May Resort to Radio

With a ringing denunciatior
of the school officiaIdom, which
is led by Superintendent William
McAndrew and Charles M
ModerweIl, president of the
board of education, the organ.
lied teachers of Chicago, at the
last session of the Teachers
Federation, decided to hold q
mass meeting at the StudebakeI
theater on Thursday afternoon
the day after the final decision
of the board becomes known
to present their case to the
people of Chicago.
A suggestion that the pro-
ceedings be broadcasted by
radio may be acted upon.
DAILY WORKER Wins Applause.
The teachers roundly applauded the
praise given by one of their members
to the DAILY WORKER for the at
titude which the Communist organ
has taken towards the war being
waged between the rank and file
teachers and the men in control, and
accepted as Just the criticism which
the DAILY WORKER has made Of
the policy Of the federation-thati il
Is not firm and militant enough.
Margaret Haley, business agent OF
the federation, bitterly assailed the
newspapers of the city which have
been publishing false accounts of the
sections of the teachers.
1.-THE Chicago Tribune has come out
with one false story AFTER another,
said Miss Haley THE newspapers
have repeatedly refused to print real
news which might help people to un
derstand our point of view. Other
newspapers have followed the same
policy"
While teachers were applaudins
Miss Haley's denunciation of the
Chicago press, one of the teachers
arose, saying:
as well do little praising. l wish
that everyone would follow the com
plete, accurate and helpful reports
carried in the DAILY WORKER"
Turn On The Tribune.
What basis the teachers have fol
dissatisfaction with the accounts o.
the teachers fights against oficia
control which the capitalist papers
have printed, is shown by the story
published by the Tribune on the day
after this meeting of the federation
at which militant steps were deter
mined on. The Tribune story was
headed: Rebellion (Among the
Teachers) Is Myth"
RebeIlion-real rebellion-raised its
head at the federation meeting while
Margaret Haley told of the highland
ed and tyrannical actions of Superin
tendent McAndrew in refusing to com
ply with a rule of the board which
provides for the calling of teachers
councils, and the dismissal of the
schools for a few hours during the
year to allow these councils to meet
Tries to Tire Teachers.
This may seem a very trivial mat
ter" said Miss Haley. "It is not.
have been reliably informed that this
Is but a preliminary attack-that the
real purpose of McAndrew's present
stand is to weaken the resistance o.
the teachers so that later on he car
cut their salaries.
Already McAndrew is planning &
salary schedule based on secret mark
lngs, so that no teacher will have the
right to complain if her salary is cut
Present Case to Public.
The school board, at its regular
meeting next Wednesday, may take
one of two steps 1t may decide to en-
dorse superintendent McAndrew's re
port amending the rules in such a way
that he may call them at his discre
ton. It may refuse to endorse the re
port, in this way implying that it ii
the duty Of the superintendent to cal
the meetings in accordance with the
rule-an implication which it is gen
orally understood that McAndrew will
ignore.
In either case, the teachers of Chi
cago will meet at the Studebaker the
ater on Thursday afternoon, presen
their case to the public, and decid,
m furthar action