Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-21

few of the superintendent. The Nc
Donald forces claimed, before the
convention opened that they would
control it and the election of officers.
HOey Makes Appeal
Clyde r. Hoey, of Shelby, has also
been making a strong appeal to the
school forces, and has indicated he
will favor a larger appropriation for
schools and for higher salaries. He
is in particular favor with the super
intendents because he is understood
to have assured them he will work
for the complete abolition of the
State School Commission, which now
controls the ALLEGATION of school
money, and for the placing of this
function under the State superintend
ents have long sought. It is already
conceded that at least rs per cent
of the city and county superintend
ent sare actively supporting Hoey for
governor, in addition to State Super
intendent Clyde A. Erwin.
Graham Courts Favor
Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham
has also declared in favor Of larger
appropriation for schools and for
higher salaries, but has been much
more guarded than either Mcdonald
or Hoey in making promises to the
school forces. For the past three
years he has been chairman of the
State School Commission, was mem
Der of it prior to that time, and prob
ably knows more about the schools
and the school problem in North
NJ Of 0f6
didates. He has frankly pointed out
that the schools can hope to expand
only as tax revenues increase and
that the teachers and school forces
must be satisfied to get what they
want gradually and not expect to get
everything all at one time. It was
thus expected that Graham would
run as a rather poor third among the
teachers. But the Graham forces are
now convinced that he has just about
as much strength among the school
forces as either Hoey or Mcdonald,
in spite of their more elaborate pro-
misses and predict that Graham is
going TO gain instead of lose ground
among the teachers from now on,
due to the fact that many realize his
position is more sound. There are
also many classroom teachers who
would much rather see the School
Commission remain as it is now than
have it abolished and it's functions
handed over to the State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction and a
group of county and city superin-
tendents.
Fail To Get Control
Both the Mcdonald and Hoey fac
tons in the convention failed to get
control of the officers of the conven-
ton, as both had previously intimated
they would do, although the McDon-
aid forces did land the vice presi-
dency.
superintendent Ray Funderburk, of
New Hanover county schools, was
elected president of the education as
lsociation without opposition, while
Miss Oma Claire Lafferty, of Char
lotte, was elected vice-president also
without opposition, since she was the
only nominee for that post. The
secretary-treasurer of the association
is not elected by the association, but
by the board of directors. It is pre-
summed that julie B. Warren, for many
years ecretary-treasurer, will be re-
elected to that post by the new
board of directors.
Before the nominations were made
Thursday night, it had been spread
around that the classroom teachers
woul dnominate Miss Lafferty, who is
at present the president of the North
Carolina Classroom Teachers Asso-
citation, for president of the educa-
ton It is generally agreed that Miss
Lafferty is very strong for DR.. Ralph
w. Mcdonald for governor and the
leader of the Mcdonald faction
among the teachers. 1t is also known
that the Hoey faction at one time
considered nominating Superintend-
ent ]. c. Grigg, of Cleveland county,
Hoeys home county, for president
But neither of these nominations
ever developed, which indicates to
some observers that neither the Nc
Donald nor Hoey factions were actu-
ally strong enough to dominate the
convention and go over the heads of
the others, and break the precedent