Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-22
ARLINGTON DISTRICT CITIZENS
URGE HIGHER PAY FOR TEACHERS
Grover E. Payne Elected
President of Coun-
~ Gil.
Committee Is Named to
Study Abattoir Permit
Request.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, January a.
The Arlington District Council of Citi-
| zens' Associations, at its annual ban
uuet and business meeting here last
night, by unanimous vote, went on rec
ord for higher salaries for county school
teachers.
The action was taken on recommen-
dalton of the school committee con-
tanned in a report submitted by c. l.
Kephart, chairman. The report Gov
cred all phases of the county school sit
uation, and called attention to the fact
that while the system and manage
ment is Of the best there is need Tor
expansion as to classroom space and
equipment.
In pointing out that the county Is
underbuilt in school capacity, many OF
the schools being overcroWded, the re-
port cites that Arlington County has
an investment of 1924 per pupil as
against 1910 in the District of Colum-
bia and $440 in Denver, Colo.
Has So Acres.
The school system, the report states,
now possesses So acres OF land, which
will accommodate extensions az the
present structures for the lar distant
future.
Dealing with the question Of teach
ers' salaries, the report states that SAL
aries of the county's high school prin-
cipals average less than $3.50 per month,
while those in the District OF Column
bia run as high as $4,000 per year.
High school teachers salaries run from
500 per month to $195, while those in
the District of Columbia begin at 81 800
end are subject to annual increases.
The cost of instruction per pupil for
1929. the report cites, was $38.O3.
Figures were presented to show that
this figure was greatly exceeded in 9TH
err localities of about the same popula-
ton. A..
manner in which the money needed
shall be raised Is left by the comnnt-
tee to the Judgment OF the duly con-
stituted school authorities.
Hits Abattoir Plan.
The proposal of the N. Auth Provision
n IF Washington to establish an abat-
toir on its property on Columbia Pike
was bitterly assailed by l.. B. Burk on
Mount Ida and the Live Stock Bureau
of the Department Of Agriculture. Mr.
Rl,rk declared that while the sponsors
have claimed that the plant would De
odorless and free of other Objectionable
features. he had never seen a "slaugn-
ter house" that was not a dertiment TO
a community. Assuming that the
nronosed plant will be all that 1t Is
claimed for 1t by its sponsors" Mr..
Burk asserted, "the mere name OF the
thing is enough to do the county irrep-
arabic injury.
"To locate the plant on the site pro-
posed, within sight Of the White House.
Capitol and Potomac Park, would not
only be an insult to the people OF Wash
ington and visitors en- route there. but
would depreciate property from to 80
per cent, according to proximity TO the
plant"
The speaker pointed out that the Fed:
eral Government is preparing to spend
millions of dollars in bridges, boule-
wards and parks In the vicinity Of the
proposed abattoir and warned that II II
is allowed to materialize much Of that
development may be dropped.
Admitting that the section Of the
county where the plant Is proposed to
be erected has nothing In the way OF
esthetic values at the present time. MIR
Burk declared that the establishment
of airportS has done much to clean 1t
up and that there Is strong POSSIBLE
ity of further improvement through the
expansion of the flying fields.
Resolution Laid Aside.
A motion offered putting the coun-
ell on record against the project was
laid aside when an amendment which
provided for the appointment of COM
mittee to make q thorough investigation
of all angles and report was carried.
The latter action was thought more de-
sirable after discussion, which indicated
that some members felt that the pro-
posed plant might not be as bad as
result in the impression getting out
that the county does not care for in
dustrial development and still others
that another site in the county might
be found, where the plant would work
no harm. C. I. Kephart of Ashton