Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-23

Constitution IT, be voted on November
3, instead of opposing two of them.
since the biggest hope they have of
getting an increased ID 2ropriaNion
for schools from this next general
assembly-if not the only chance
IS the adoption of the amendment
which would boost the income tax Ii
NIT to 10 per cent according to oh
servers here who have been studying
the matter carefully For unless the
people approve this amendment to
increase the income tax limit on large
incomes from six per cent to 10 per
cent the 1887 General Assembly is
going to have an awfully hard time
finding the 100000 to $7OOOOOO in
crease in the school appropriation
which the school forces are expected
to ask, it is agreed in most circles
here.
But instead of plugging for the
adoption of all five amendments, the
schools forces are already on record
as being vigorously opposed to the
adoption of at least two of the amend
ments and indications are that they
are lukewarm towards the others.
julie B. Warren, executive secretary
of the North Carolina Education AS
ISOLATION, has already come out a.
gainst the amendment to grant a ST.
600 homestead exemption and the
debt limitation amendment in a sign
ed editorial in the October number
of North Carolina Education" the
monthly publication of the N. c. Edu-
cation Association. While Warren
made it clear that he was writing as
an individual rather than as secre-
tary of the association, and speak
ing for himself rather than for the
association, the belief in most circles
is that the voice of Warren is the
voice of the North Carolina Educa-
ton Association, especially as far as
the $4,000 school teachers and mem
bers of parent-teacher councils are
concerned. AS a result of this edi-
torial, good many believe that most
of the school teachers and the men,
bers of parent-teacher councils which
usually see eye to eye with the teach
ers and the N. c. Education Associa-
ton, will vote against these two
amendments. Warren said he was OPP
posed to one of these two amend
ments because, in his opinion, it's
adoption would impair the powers of
local subdivisions to levy taxes, which
in turn might prevent the levying of
supplementary taxes for increasing
the salaries of teachers. He was OPP
posed to the other amendment-the
one limiting the borrowing powers of
the subdivisions-cecause he thought
it might impair the power to bor-
row money with which to construct
school buildings.
The tendency among most people,
when constitutional amendments
come up for adoption, is to vote a
gainst all the amendments whenever
they are opposed to one or two, most
observers agree. Hence, by urging the
school teachers and their allies to
oppose two of the five amendments,
Warren is actually stimulating OPP
position to all five, since a good many,
not being sure just which amend
ments they or Warren are opposed to,
will vote against all five in order to
play safe, it is maintained. Thus there
is grave danger that in trying to de-
feat two amendments which Warren
regards as likely to limit the taxes
which can be imposed to increase
teachers salaries or build schools, the
teachers and their partisans may de-
feat the amendment increasing the
income tax limit, their greatest hope
for getting more funds for higher
salaries. So in shooting at the hawk
which they fear may try to pounce on
their goose which laws the salary
eggs, they may shoot the goose itself,
it is pointed out.
There are some, however, who be-
lieve that the opposition of Warren
and of the school forces to the $1,000
homestead exemption and debt limi-
tation amendments may help their
adoption and the adoption of the 9TH
er amendments as well. For it many
of the people learn that Warren the
school teachers are trying to defeat
those two amendments because they
believe they may limit the taxes
which can be levied for school pur-
poses, a great many people will vote
for them just that much more eager
ly. some observers maintain. 1t is no
secret that many property owners are
already cycling with concern the
movement to vote more and more sup
Elementary property taxes for schools.
Most observers, however, ioelieve the
school forces would have been wiser
had they not opposed any OF the
amendments and worked for the
adoption of all of them.
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