Evening star., 1946-07-04
Agreement Due
On Teacher Pay
bill Tomorrow
Mccarron's or New
Compromise Plan
Ready for Committee
By Don S. Worren

The fate of the proposed pay raise
for Washington school teachers
probably will be settled at meeting
OF the Senate District Committee at
10 am. tomorrow.
Acting Chairman Hoey said the
prime matter to be called up would
be the teacher pay raise-still sub
Ject to conflicting proposals. Be-
cause of the nearness of adjourn
ment OF Congress, he said he was
hopeful of an agreement.
If time permits, action also will
be taken on number of other
measures, the most urgent of which
is the Randolph bill, passed yester-
day by the House, authorizing con-
struction of twin spans over the
Potomac to replace Highway Bridge.
McCarran Suggests Compromise.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, Of
Nevada, author of two related
teacher pay plans, last night sug-
gested a new compromise to Sen
ator Hoey, the effect OF which would
be limited to the year ending next
June 80. This is designed to force
new legislative action before the end
Of the next school year.
In this new compromise proposal,
Senator McCarran would abandon
his former plan for teacher pay
raises ranging from 500 to $500 and
would accept the fat $3.50 pay raise,
adding to it the single salary scale"
features of his original bill. This
measure would provide that gram
mar school teachers who earn a
masters degree be given the same
pay as high school teachers, who
must have a masters degree to
obtain their positions. The differ
ence would be an added $500 year
for the lower grade teachers with
the highter degrees.
Hoey Gets Draft.
The Nevada Senator has called
the $3.50 pay raise plan, advocated
/ by the Commissioners and school
authorities, cost of living raise,
whereas he regards his bill as an
overdue adjustment of the scale
itself" with special reference to the
single salary" idea.
He sent draft of his latest COM
promise suggestion late yesterday to
Senator Hoey, who had announced
his support of the fiat $3.50 plan.
Senator Hoey deferred decision
pending conference or tomorrow's
meeting.
Senator McCarran, in his letter
to Senator Hoey, voiced fears enact
ment OF merely fat "cost of living"
pay raise on a permanent basis
would serve to preclude later action
on essential" adjustments of the
teacher pay scales.
| Would Leave Matter Open.
| Senator McCarran said, in his
compromise letter:
L am willing to accept at face
value the promise of DR.. Hobart
ND Corning superintendent of
schools that this matter of adjust
ment Of pay scales will be carefully
studied, but it is obvious DR.. Corning
cannot bind the Commissioners and
unless we can find some way to leave
the matter open and to insure that
1t will receive further consideration
from the Congress at the next ses-
sion, I can only anticipate that we
might find any further legislation on
the subject = " stymied for a term
of years.
I IF the fiat $3.50 pay increase for
all educational employees. which you
have proposed, should be provided
on a temporary basis, for a period
OF one year, and if the principle of
recognizing educational qualifca-
tions of elementary teachers in the
same degree as teachers in the
higher grades-a salient principle of
my bill-should also be recognized
on a temporary basis, for one year,
We might have the basis of a work.
able compromise for which we could
secure speedy Senate approval"