Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
ELECTIVE SCHOOL
BOARD BILL DEAD
Reid Subcommittee Discards
Observation-Disclosures Win
Jobs Guarantee.

The elective school board bill, which
has been a bone CT contention for many
years, was thrown in the discard, the
school teachers won their fight with
Superintendent F. w. Ballou for an
amendment guaranteeing them their jobs
on return from sabatical leaves OF abb
scence, and four other bills were ap-
proved at meeting Of the subcomm!t-
tee on education of the House District
Committee yesterday. IS
There was a spirited hearing on sew
eral of these measures, with the WASH
ington Board of Trade vigorously OPP
posing the elective school board Dill
with members of the Board of Educa-
ton, representatives of the American
Federation of Labor and officers OF
parents and teachers associations
crowding the committee room.
Reports to Committee.
The favorable reports from the Reid
subcommittee are to the full committee.
There is also one adverse report to be
made and several other bills were either
withdrawn by their sponsors or tabled,
The Reid subcommittee on education
cleaned its slate of all pending bills that
have been referred to 1t.
The bill for sabatical leave of abb
scence for educational purposes pro-
voked rather sharp clash between Or,
Ballou and Miss Selma Borchardt, rep
resenting the American Federation OF
Teachers. The teachers asked that TINS
bill be amended so as to guarantee 10
the absent teacher his or her return to
his or her position at the end OF the
sabatical leave. This amenoment was
adopted by the subcommittee.
Another bill favorably reported takes
care of IA veteran retired teachers who
had been retired before the retirement
law was enacted.
The subcommittee also ordered IA
vorable report on the bill to amend
the teachers pay act so as to take care
Of vocational teachers.
The bill authorizing use Of the old
Business High School for Amer1canlZa-
ton work was also favorably reported.
The bill sponsored by Mrs. Medil
Mccormick providing for a branch
library in Georgetown was ordered ia
vora bly, reported.
The zihlman bill providing for hu-
name education in the public schools
was ordered adversely reported to the
full committee.
The Cramton bill authorizing the
Secretary of War to convey a plot OF
land in Mcmillan Park to the trustees
of Howard University was laid on the
table at Mr.. Cramton's request.
The Bowman bill to amend the
teachers salary act as a result Of the
Beard of Education denying employees
the right to meet and petition Congress
was withdrawn.
Henry Gilligan was present, repre-
senting the Board of Education. Robert
Cottrell accompanied Mr. Littlepage
representing the Washington Beard Of
Trade j. G. Yaden testified on behalf
of the Federation of Citizens Associa-
lions regarding several of the bills on
the subcommittee program.
Other witnesses at the hearing were
A. c. Hayden, representing the Central
Labor Union: Mrs. Charles Wagner
representing the Parent-Teacher ASso-
citation; w. w. Keeler, Central Labor
Union; Miss Selma Borchardt Ameri-
can Federation CT Teachers; Miss Mary
c. Dent, president of the Washington
Teachers Union: Mrs Mary Mason
Jones, president of the Colored Teach
ers' Union; Mrs. Daisie I. HUFF, presi-
dent of the High School Teachers As
sociation. and Miss May Marsdens vice
chairman Of the Legislative Committee
Of the Teachers Union.
Opposes Measure.
The members Of the subcommittee
present were Representatives Reid, I'LL
nois; Hall, Indiana, and Palmer, Mis-
souri,
Opposition 70 the So-caIled elective
school board bill'' was voiced at the
hearing by Thomas P. Littlepage
chairman of the Public Schools Gem
mittee of the washington Board of
Trade.
THE first effect of the bill under con-
sideration," he said, SIS to legislste out
of Office the present School Board
Whether this is a primary object Of
the proponents Of the bill or rot is
immaterial. but this result we consider
at the outset"