The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-18
REVOLT AIMED
AT BOSS RULE
OF TEACHERS
Reign of Federation Bloc
Will Be Fought at
Convention.
10000 AT CONFERENCES
Sectional Meetings Start;
Committees Work on
Nominations.
News of sectional meetings PaS, ?.


A fight to wrest control of the
Indiana State Teachers Associa-
ton from the Federation of Public
School Teachers group was waged
III the thirteen district meetings
of the teachers convention late this
afternoon.
The convention of 10000 teachers
opened with sectional meetings
with a voting bloc of 1000. the fed
Grafton has been in successful con-
troll of the state association for
many years, educators here charge.
The group received its first set
back last year, when after bitter
battle in the nominating committee
the federation's candidate was de-
feated. 8 to 5, and G. E. HinShaw of
Kokomo was elected chairman.
Teachers from each of the thir-
teen districts in the state met this
afternoon at Cadle tabernacle to
select district representative on
the nominating committee.
The nominating committee will
meet at Friday morning and make
its report at IL a. m. at the general
meeting in Cadle tabernacle.
accommodations of the nomi-
mating committee have in the past
been accepted, although it is per-
missible to lead a fight on the floor
to nominate another candidate. But
the 4,000 federation votes have been
considered strong deterrent in the
past.
1t has been agreed universally
that a woman should be selected
as the 1929 president.
The federation group has decided
upon Miss Matte Frye, assistant
superintendent of Anderson schools.
Twelve thousand teachers had
registered by late this afternoon
and several thousand more were ex-
pected to be present by tomorrow
morning.
Federation Is AsSaiIed
No possible candidate for the
anti-federation group had been sug-
gested by late this afternoon, al
though it is expected that when the
nominating committee meets tomor-
row morning several names besides
that of Miss Frye will be suggested.
Several school superintendentS of
large Indiana cities meeting in a
group in the lobby of the Claypool
today were unanimous in condemn
ing the federation, which, according
to Louis Ward, Ft. Wayne school
superintendent, "is stronger than
any labor union in the state and
has succeeded in foisting the teacher
tenure law upon the people"
Ward denounced the tenure law,
which provides that a teacher after
serving for five years holds prac-
tically life appointment and can
be discharged only for extreme
viciousneSs.'
Called Backward Step
ut is dragging education back
ward in the state, because when a
teacher has completed five years of
service she can lay back on her oars
in her profession" he said.
The federation bloc of the aSso-
citation will wage determined fight
to have the association reaffirm its
faith in the tenure law.
1--WE shall not plan any legislative
campaign this year, but we will
make determined effort to retain
what we have" declared Miss Mar
tina Whitacre of Richmond, last
president of the association, and
member of the state board of edu-
cation.
Name Committee Members
The Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
and Thirteenth districts will elect
executive committee members to
succeed c. w. Steele, Tenth dis
trict; M. C. Townsend, Eleventh dis
trict; E. M. Suter, Twelfth district,
and George w. Worley, Thirteenth
district.
Two executive committeemen-at-
large will be chosen to succeed Don
aid Du Shane, Columbus, and Verna
Hoke, Gary.
Inaugural address of c. E. Hin
shaw of Kokomo, president of the
association, will be the high point
of the general meeting tonight.
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