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Small Increases
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Bring Criticism

teachers and officers their first
basic pay raise in 81 years, were
made today at hearing before the
Education and Fiscal Subcommit-
tees of the House District Com.
mittee.
These dealt mostly with the
salary to be received next year by
teachers in the lower grades, some
OF whom would receive, under the
pending bill, an increase of only
500 or 5000 above the present pay,
plus bonus.
1t also was brought out that ele-
mentary teachers, now at the top
Of their salary grades, would receive
no net increase in the next year.
The hearing, conducted by Repre-
sentative Feighan, Democrat, Of
Ohio, also was marked by renewed
questions as to heavy" increases
proposed for supervisory and adj
ministrative officers. Witnesses also
questioned the proposal to placs
principals of vocational schools on
the same pay level as senior high
principals, whose proposed new
scale would run from $4,7O0 to
$500. Vocational principals nov
are in the same bracket with junior
high principals, who, under the
pending bill, would be given $4,000
to $4,000.
One Scale Previously Rejected.
A. w. Heinmiller, assistant super
intendent of schools in charge Of
budget, defended the proposed new
scales, but told the committee that
if it felt there should be higher
scale in the next year for lower
grade teachers, this could easily be
written into the bill
The officers of the schools, Mr..
Heinmiller said, do not want any
increase which would imperil pas
sage of the bill. He said the off,
GERS had rejected scales recon-
mended for them by the joint leg
islative council, majority Of
which consisted of teacher repre-
sentatives, but that the Board Of
Education had proposed higher
scales than the officers had sought
for themselves.
Mr.. Heinmiller also made the
point that relatively small increases
in the next year are proposed for
elementary teachers - over their
present wartime levels - because
District officers had sought to
spread the cost of the pay boost
over flve-year period instead Of
taking the full weight of it at once.
Bill Gets Backing.
Mr.. Heinmiller said the new scales
proposed for teachers would bring
them much higher up in the rank
among the larger cities of the coun-
try than the ones proposed for SUI
pervisory and administrative ofi-
GERS.
Strong support for the bill was
voiced by Edwin w. Beitzell, speak
ing for the Education Committee of
the Washington Board of Trade;
George A. Corbin, representing the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions; Mrs. Mary S. Resh. chairman
OF the joint Legislative Council, and
others representing school groups.
Mrs. William Carrigan, an ele-
mentary teacher, serving the schools
for 20 years, called the bill fair and
equitable" but under committee
questioning said she would receive
no increase next year and that she
and other teachers in this situation
would welcome longevity step next
year IF it won't jeopardize passage
of the BILL
Il agree. don't blame you," Rep
resentative Grif1ths, Republican, of
Ohio, said.
10 Per Cent Increase Denied.
Chairman Feighan questioned
closely into reports that Assistant
Supt. of Schools ]. j. Crane, in
charge of business affairs, would
receive an increase of 702 per cent.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president
Of the Board of Education, denied
the percentage was correct and ex-
planned the salary range for that
position would go from $1,000 to
$4,000 at present to $1,000 or $4,000.
The bill in general was indorsed
by Charles F. Lotion, secretary of
the Legislative Council, and Mrs.
Mary Dillon, president of the Ele-
mentary Classroom Teachers.