Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
It's News
To Me
By o. J. Pecord


nancing public education.
TAX LEVIES
Public support of the public school system throughout
the been based real estate taxes
additional eves voted by the political subdivisions to give
the schools increased revenues
In general tax leves have not been too well received by the
public defeat the proposals in cases
become to close the schools weeks in
advance of their normal closing time
Reluctance tax payers additional burdens
entirely the fact that they opposed
giving the schools but because thousands OF
Ohios citizens the sales which the state has
been collecting for has not been utilized properly
the schools has become political instrument used
by gubernaora candidates to perpuae themselves in office
member of the state education department. in
rash moment recently he felt that
leves defeated in political subdivisions
that the fault of the superintendent of schools and that
administrator should be dismissed by the
Board of Education
FOOLISH STATEMENT
statement appears to ridiculous and foolish in
light has here in Toledo in recent
after school levy down to decisive
defeat hands of the Any school superintendent in
be big remain in such obscure position
He could President of the United States either ticket
and stand excellent chance of being elected
Perhaps the principal why the school system
has not had the type of support which deserves due the
uation.
Maybe it is beneath the dignity of those who should do
something to show the public exactly what stake in
schools bat whatever the cause fact that the job has not
been DONE has been attempted has not been of sufficient
force make impression the hard bitten taxpayer whose
sales resistance is extremely high
only the schools failed dramaze their position
but backbone the system themselves
have failed meraby exert the kind pressure to
their situation.
Down in Columbus sits politician who claims that he
mans collar but who would extremely sensitive
the kind of dramatized political pressure put
him.
Down in Columbus lie millions idle dollars the
paid into the three per period
of 10 years This money these ndoent and sterile dollars will
eventually used how they largely dependent
the political possibilities which their expenditure would
give politician.
is fact that the state of Ohio through Frank
j. Lausche is not only toying with the though paying
bonus to the veterans but that such bonus paid
Nobody has any objections seeing the veterans get
chunk out of the state treasury but everybody
cerned about what the schools going schools
must be maintained regardless what extremes we may forced
to take in order to educate our children properly
There isn't in the world the public schools
of Ohio should not receive larger portion of the
than they have been receiving excuse of the
should be accepted though says that the funds
used for nebuou public project the depression
takes hold of the country.
In the meantime while Governor Lausche initiates the
png in the state treasury with hopeful Iasche always
the alert for expedien finally stating that
lief that funds should alocaed to the political sub
divisions.
Today when the sales tax actually the the
time that the school boards superntendentS teachers
crested people OF Ohio should the on the
The answer to the school problem largely in
and to that spot that we should direct our efforts