Askov American., 1942-02-05
SCHOOL, lBoardsO OF
State Will Study
Interim Report
Will be Main Topic at An
nual Session of Associa-
ton Next Week.

In session Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday of next week the annu-
al meeting of the Minnesota School
Board Association is expected to draw
about 5000 delegates and others to
Minneapolis. Headquarters will be
maintained at the Curtis hotel.
First days activities will be in the
grand ballroom of the hotel. These
will be meetings of the working COM
mittees of the association.
Convention sessions of Thursday
and Friday will be held in the audi
torium of the Lyceum theatre, Min
neapolis, which is near the headquar-
tiers hotel. Annual dinner at $50
p. m. of Thursday will be in the
grand ballroom of the Curtis hotel.
Important Main Topic.
President Tom O'Brien of Brain
erd, Secretary-Treasurer John E.
Palmer of Fergus Falls, and vice
president Ira Lambert of Chatfeld,
with the other officers announce that
the principal subject before the con-
vention will be Legislative Interim
Committee Report on Education"
This complicated topic, up at last
years convention in st. Paul, was by
agreement deferred until this year for
further study. The joint committee of
l w m a k ers proposed numerous
changes, especially in the manner of
allocating and distributing state aids.
At the afternoon meeting of the COM
mittees on February IL, Mrs. F. N.
Christofferson, White Bear Lake,
member of the Legislative Contact
committee, will review the situation.
Interim committee findings will be
the sole topic of panel discussions by
delegates in the Lyceum theatre at the
Thursday afternoon session from the
angles of schools of the first class,
schools of the iron range, supplement
tai aid schools, rural schools and
middle class schools. A state senator, a
farmer, superintendent of large city
school system, a small town school
superintendent and county superin-
tendent will guide the different pam
els.
Demand Income Tax Good Faith.
During the last four months of 1941
and so far in 1912 the board of di-
rectors of this numerous group have
conferred frequently concerning the
implications contained in proposals of
the Legislative Joint Committees In
terim Report on Education. The board
of directors is composed of President
O'Brien, Vice President Lambert, Re-
tiring President John E. Casey of
Jordan; board members ]. S. Sic
vert of Window, E. L. Peterson of
Isanti, Mrs. F. N. Christofferson of
White Bear Lake, DR.. Chas. r. Drake
of Minneapolis, G. P. Rognlie of
Pine River, Mrs. Maurine Allen of
Candy, Arthur H. Swanson of CHS
holm, L. A. Ulvin of Roseau, and
Secretary-Treasurer John E. Palmer
of Fergus Falls.
In these conferences many pro-
posals in the Interim Report were
approved, some not approved, some
modified; also the MSBA Board rec
commended "that no drastic changes
be made in Minnesota school laws
until the end of our national emer-
gency." Original promise that all
Minnesota state income tax moneys
must be devoted to the schools is de-
manded kept as per the following
statement by the Board of MSBA:
1--WE again reiterate and en-
phasize with all possible urgency
that the revenue derived from
state income tax collections, less
collection and administration cost
only, be devoted solely and ex-
clusively to school purposes and