Evening star., 1937-03-09
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WIDENING IS URGED
Montgomery Civic Fedora
ton Also Approves Teach
ers' Pay Increase.
BY a Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

BETHESDA, Nd, March 9.-Ap-
proval of a s100-a-year increase for
teachers in the county school system,
In addition to the normal increment
specified in the present schedule, was
requested last night by the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation.
The 500 increase, recommended by
the School Committee. pending estab-
liShment Of a long-range program to
bring the schedule up to the District
scale. was approved after an amend
ment offered by Cary Quinn, Bethesda,
to make the increase 5000 was voted
down.
The Federation also gave approval
to the proposed widening Of Old
Georgetown road by the State Roads
Commission. which. has been urged by
residents of that section since last De-
cember, when two motorists we're
killed on the narrow, winding thor.
oughfare in a collision with a bus.
Widening of Georgia avenue north of
the traffic light in Silver Spring and
repair Of the center portion of Con-
necticut avenue from Chevy Chase
circle to Chevy Chase Lake was like
wise Endorsed on recommendation Of
the Street and Roads Committee.
Budget Boost Looms.
The county school budget of $612,-
600 for the current year will be in
creased next year by about $25, 900 for
additional teachers neceSsitated by in
creased enrolment and $4,000 for
normal salary increments, according
to Vernon H. Brewster, chairman Of
the School Committee.
The $l00 raise would add $37.700 for
the BIT white teachers in the county.
The total for the So colored teachers
was not specifically considered by the
committee, as their status is now be-
fore the courts, Brewster explained.
II their suit for pay equal to that of
the white teachers Is successful, ap.
proximately $4,000 will be required
to bring the 50 colored teachers SAL
aries up to the white teachers sched-
ule and an additional $500 would
be needed for the 500 increase pro-
posed by the federation, he pointed
out.
ITO sum up" the committees re-
port stated, the county next year
will have a normal increase in the
amount spent for teachers salaries
under existing schedules Of either ap-
proximately S41,00o or $4,000, de-
pending on the outcome of the colored
teachers suit
Seek Farley on Chest.
Your committees recommendation
that teachers be granted an increase
of $l00 in addition to the normal in
crement means an additional expendi-
ture of either s37,700 or $4,000. de-
pending upon the outcome Of the COL
ored teachers suit"
The federation also adopted a reso-
luton urging that the Social Service
League, the countrywide welfare
agency, seek a conference with the
District Community Chest before the
1887 campaign in order to afford
county residents employed in the Dis
trict better opportunity to contribute
TO the county agency.
Thomas w. Pyle. chairman Of tie
Social Welfare Committee, reported
that more than 100000 was realized in
the 1885 campaign, an increase over
previous years. but that more than
100000 was contributed by county
residents. He estimated that approx
mately s50,000 would have been turned
over to the county had the solicitors
co-operated lin a fair way"
Pyle said hundreds Of Government
employees residing in Montgomery
County reported that when they at
tempted to make contributions to the
Social Service League, their donations
were declined, or persuasion was used
to divert them to the Community
Chest, or pressure was used to make
them divide their contributions, or al
least to make a contribution also to
the Community Chest.
The federation voted approval CT
House bill ll6, to amend the motor
vehicle law SO that half the fines COL
lected for violations. when the arrest
was made by a county policeman.
would be turned into the county treas
ury; and disapproved Gov. Harry w.
Nice's proposal to divert gasoline tax
revenues to the general fund.