Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-01-31

the General Assembly adjourned
sine die, observers were express
ing the opinion that the issue
concerning the pay Of State en-
ployeeS in general and public
school teachers in particular
would occupy much of the tllIt
and attention of the l94I lcgl$la-
turc. The opinion Of those OBJ
servers has already been more
than born out: this session has
..Iready seen supplementary pay
bill for the balance of the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1917 passed
BY the Senate as introduced Cpro-
viding for Il 200 average IN
crease for the lower" brackets
for the last & months OF the 1916
II fiscal YEAR,, amended by the
House after strenuous argument
to provide increases Ranging ur
10 3U%r has already seen the
Senate reject the House amend
mcnt and throw the bill into con
ference. has seen the Senate
adopt the conference report which
would have appropriated within
IN approximate 100000 "f the
estimated S3,l50.000 additional
cost to the General Fund of the
supplementary pay bill as amend
ID in the House: has also seen
he House by i decided and APP
pare ntlv determined majority re-
icct the same conference report
because it did not give the lower
brackot employees Chose now
earning up To S2.700 per year,,
and especially public school
teachers. the percentage increase
nrnvided by the House amend
mcnt: has seen additional con-
rerecS appointed in both House
and Senate; has seen those con-
CcrcCS bring in Il report which
provide increases above 20G in
the lower brackets bv having the
additional salary payments cover
a longer period than & months
and by having the salary addi-
tons called emergency bonuses
instead of ''emcrgcncv salaries.
and the proponents of the House
amendment got within n very
few dollars per month in each
bracket for which they were con-
tending-all this. whit" both con-
ference reports explicitly and
r0lomnlv declared that nothing in
either report, nor any vote on
either report. would bind anyone
when it came TO the considcra-
ton Of the biennial appropria-
tionS bill-thc bill which would
determine teachers and State
employees pay for the next
bicnium.
All this. of course. was tech
nicallv unfinished business Of
the 1915 session. but it NAV have
proved to have been something
like a testing ground for this
session: in spite of the DECLARE
ton forces" succeeded in holding
off an Act which would seem to
House and Senate, which report
was a victory for all and Il de
feat for none: The "adminiStra-
ton of both conference reports
was promptly adopted bv both
on the supplementary pay bill
that no precedCntS We're being
set. both sides acted quite def
nitely as if a principle were in
volved, and up to now. neither
side has admitted either by word
or deed that il has abandoned its
principle. And in the meanwhile
opposing and even confusing lines
arc being formed: the adminiStra-
ton seems determined to hold
the "2Occ line: the Irregular"
education forces seem 10 be equal
" determined TO bend il. at least
upward TO 30ci for the lower"
tcachcrl brackets. while the
South Piedmont Group. having
not ONLY organized into "A cohcr-
emf and articulatc group but haV-
ing also engaged separate and in
flucntal LOBBYISTS. seems tetCr-
mined to surge we'll upward
through even the 30ci formula.
During the past week. the Gen
eral Assembly received other
bills dealing with school teach
ers: HB 73 would permit any
student at any of the State-sup-
ported institutions 0i higher
learning to give d note for tuition
fees for not over 4 academic wears.
if he is a resident Of the State.
enrolls for d course leading to Il
teachers certificate. and signs an
agreement to teach in the public
schools of North Carolina for
corresponding length of time.
with note 10 be cancclIabIe o.
payable in proportion TO the
time actually spent teaching: lib
90. which would provide free
tuition at summer school con
Quoted by State institutions for
teachers having contracts to
teach during the ensuing school
year and who would agree to
teach. notes given for such TUT
ion to be cancelled upon COM
pliance with the teaching agree
ment, otherwise To be payable
with AZ interest from date; and
SD 36 which would allow teach
ers, principals and superinten-
dents to deduct from gross in
come for State income tax pur-
poses. the '.ordinary, necessary