Evening star., 1932-02-23
MILWAUKEE MAN
HEADS EDUCATORS
u. S. Superintendents Press
for National Study of
Tax Reform.

DR.. Milton C. Potter, superintendent
of Milwaukee schools for 18 years, will
be the next president of the National
Education Associations department of
superintendent. DR.. Potter was the
only man nominated for the Office at
the business session of the department S
convention at noon today.
At the same session the Superin-
tendents urged unanimous action that
a careful study be made of existing tax
systems throughout the United States
looking to general tax reform. This
resolution was proposed by the depart
ment's Committee on School Costs.
DR.. Potter was nominated by DR..
Paul StetSon, superintendent of Indt-
annapolis schools. His nomination was
supported by DR.. William ]. Began,
superintendent of Chicago schools; DR..
Frank Cody, superintendent of Detroit
schools, and delegates from Iowa,
Georgia, Wisconsin and California, be-
fore it finally was moved to close the
nominations.
Kansas City Man Nominated.
DR. George Melcher, superintendent
of Kansas City schools. was nominated
for second vice president. DR.. Edwin G.
Broome, superintendent of Philadelphia
schools, the retiring president OF the
department, automatically becomes first
vice president. The two candidates pro-
posed Tor the departments Executive
Committee were DR.. David j. Malcolm
superintendent of schools at Charlie
mont, Mass, and DR.. Carroll r. Reed,
superintendent of Minneapolis schools,
one of whom will be elected.
The formality of voting will be held
throughout Wednesday. The ballot box
will open at IL am. in the Washington
Auditorium, Constitution Hall and the
Hotel Washington. The board of tellers
will report Thursday.
The resolution which was adopted at
the morning session points out that
the current economic emergency re
emphasizes the fact that the financing
of public education is responsibility
which should involve the technical ad-
vice of experts in taxation, the cooper
alton of professional school people and
the educational policy of the public"
Careful Study Asked.
The resolution follows:
THAT the department of superin-
tendence recommends that there be
constituted in every State group of
citizens, including expert economists,
competent school people and repre-
sentative laymen, to make careful
study of the existing system OF taxa
ton, and
BE it further resolved, That since
comprehensive national study of school
finance is underway under the direc-
tion of the United States Office Of Edu-
cation, the utmost cooperation should
exist between such groups as may be
established in the several States and
the national survey of school finance
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of Washington schools, presented the
report of the departments Committee
on Financing Educational Research.
Dr. Ballou acted as chairman by vir-
tue of the death in December of DR.
Randall J. Condor. the chairman. The
report, which the Washington superin-
tendent presented today, lists the prog
ress made by the committee and in
cludes lengthy statement lauding the
life and work Of DR.. Condor, which
was prepared by DR.. Sherwood D.
executive secretary of the
Of Supertntendence.