The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-27
Teachers, Superintendent
of South Bitter Over
'DeStitution.'
GROUP TO VISIT LESLIE
Political Issue Pointed Out
in Failure of State
Aid Plan.
BY BEN STERN
Times staff COrrespOndent

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 81
"Give us this day our daily bread"
was the plant Of seyenty-f1ve south
en- Indiana teachers and superin-
t-ndents, who met in the city hall
here today to discuss methods
Whereby they would receive back
I Y from bankrupt state aid school
{ porationS.
The chairman, D. L. Maybe, prin-
cipal Of the StinesVille high school,
I'D also chairman of the Monroe
county teachers organization, was
c-rpowered to appoint a committee
0 five to meet with Governor Harry
{ Leslie Jan 4 and lay before him
[ 7ir grievances.
tales Of destitution resultant from
: ability of township trustees to pay
} >ck salaries for one, two and three
arS were told by the teachers.
/ agile declared that there is owing
m $4,000 back pay, and that he
C9n not borrow any more money
from the bank.
Paying Interest
He said he is paying 8 per cent
on loans against his unpaid salary.
II can see in this failure to pay
the teachers one of the best political
issues ever turned up in Indiana,
but we will not resort to politics"
Maybe said.
when we sent out the letters
calling this meeting, we wondered if
the teachers could obtain sufficient
money to pay train or bus fare, or
buy gasoline with which to come
here"
Bitter criticism of the promises
made by Roy T. Wisehart state
superintendent Of public instruction,
of an early payment of state aid
was voiced by Maybe.
"Some jellyfish, yellow-backed
teachers have accepted these
promises and didn't come to the
meeting. We have been receiving
promises for three years. am sick
and tired of them" he said.
Maybe also bitterly critised the
inefficiency of Harry Kirk, state aid
auditor, calling him PUSSY
Kirk"
Six Months to Check
He declared that newspapers had
stated that Kirk had said that state
aid would be issued as soon as claims
were filed and checked.
ut takes Kirk six months to check
one claim, he can't even figure
them up correctly. Wisehart has
said that those who come first will
be first served on payment of
claims. I'll be there in the morn
ing" Maybe continued.
Sixty teachers declared the state
owed them $500 each or more, and
seven said that the state owed them
$1,000 or more.
E. G. Dilley, of Solsberry, Greene
county, declared that the state owed
him more than $1,500 in back pay,
and that the eighteen or twenty
teachers whom he represented had
more than $25,O00 coming in back
pay.
Has to Pay Taxes
. IT have to pay taxes on the 1,5O0
which the state owes me-" Dilley
said
Il would like to see school dis
missed early this spring" said Dill
ley. Perhaps then 1 could go out
and earn enough money so that 7
could teach again next winter"
Immediate steps TO be taken by
the state in solving state aid prob
lens include a QUESTIONABLE being
sent out by Governor Harry G.. Les
lie to township trustees, and early
distribution of new state aid funds
by Roy P. WiSehart, state superin-
tendent of public instruction.
Fund distribution will start about
Jan. IS, Wisehart announced. 1t will
be handled on the plan of first
come first served" This will give
the townships an opportunity to get
tie money before making expendi-
lures and save bank interest, he said.