Evening star., 1952-02-08
Senate Decision
Awaited Today
On Teacher Pay
House overrides
McKeldin Veto by
96-to-23 Vote
By J. B. Zotmon
Star Sfaff Correspondent

emphatic approval from the House
lof Delegates, the $300-a-yeal
teacher pay raise bill today needed
only Senate decision to over
ride the Governors veto in order
Ito become law.
The outcome of the issue in the
upper chamber remained in doubt
however, as opposing sides con-
Itinued to jockey their forces. Only
12 of the 20 votes in the Senate
are needed to sustain the veto.
The House yesterday left nc
doubt of it's stand by casting q
smashing 96-to-23 vote to over
ride the Republican Governors
action. Nineteen Republicans
joined II Democrats to kill the
veto and send the measure to the
Senate.
The approximately $3.5 million
cost involved would be made UP
|by a 1-cent raise in the corpora
ton tax rate. But Majority Leader
"A. Gordon Boone. Democrat, OF
Baltimore County, revealed a move
is under way to provide for pay
ment of the salary increase out OF
the States general funds after
this year.
Other Vetoes OverrIden.
At the same time, the House
|overrode vetoes on seven other
bills, including one to increase the
pensions of teachers retired fol
disability and another to raise
the pensions of all other retired
teachers. The two measures would
cost the State about sos. 900. ac-
Icording to Education Committee
Chairman Perry o. Wilkinson
Democrat, Of Prince Georges
County.
In Baltimore Gov. McKeldir
last night criticized two officials
of the State Department of Edu.
cation for lobbying at Annapolis
for higher saleries.
Criticizes Pullen.
"The lobby now seeking to have
the Legislature override my veto
/ is directed by DR.. Thomas G. Pull
len, State superintendent o1
schools, the Governor declared
in a radio speech. "His assistant
DR.. John j. Seidel. is on hand
button-holing legislators anc
whispering into their ears.
"Who is performing his work II
the Department of Education
while he neglects his prescribed
duties and spends his time ir
Annapolis at your expense and or
your payroll in an effort to In
crease your taxes?"
Among bills on which the vetoe:
were sustained were two affecting
Prince Georges County liquor laws
They would have permitted GER
tain taverns to sell liquor until
am. on Sundays, instead of th'
present deadline, and would havt
allowed certain restaurants to sci
alcoholic beverages until 4 am
on New Years Day, If it fell on
Sunday.
In both cases, Delegate Alber
r. Hassall, Republican, chairman
of the Prince Georges delegation
said his group was unanimous il
urging that the vetoes be upheld.
Most Bills Local.
Most vetoed bills overriddel
were local, although one woult
give the Board of Regents full
control over University of Mary
land endowment funds.
A measure which failed to ge
the necessary ree-fifths majorit.
was the bill for a S. million Stat
Office building in Annapolis.
Delegate McNulty, Democrat. o
Anne Arundel who led the figh
to override the veto. said later HI
would put in a new bill for a 81
million Annapolis building.
The Senate, meanwhile, over
rode the Governors veto on onl.
one bill. It provides for a one
third increase in the amount o.
traffic fines remitted to the coun
ties by the Department Of Moto
Vehicles.
/ Pay Action Delay Beaten.
Before voting on the teacher pa.
bill, the House beat down, by a 70
AZ vote, a motion by Minorit.
Floor Leader Arthur H. Green
Republican, of Garrett County, Il
postpone action to / pm. today
Mr.. Green explained the Republi
can delegates wanted more tim,
to discuss a possible compromis'
with Gov. McKeldin.
During the debate on the bill
itself Delegate j. PAUL Marshall
Republican, of Montgomery Coun
ty insisted that teachers salarie
are a local responsibility. Thi
was the opinion expressed by tn
Governor in his veto message,
When the result of the voting
was announced, Democratic Dele
gate Leroy Pumphrey. the onl,
member Of the Prince George
delegation to support the veto
\ took the floor to denounce tn
bill and the school lobby, whicl
he charged had attempted to pu
pressure on him.
/ This is a cowardly BILL" h
I shouted. 'I have voted for othe
bills to- help teachers, but the.
1put the tax where it belonged
Nov you want to make some on
else pay for it by taxing corpora
tions.
. Il was against the bill before
land ! would have voted against
liz I were the only one here +
lido so because Ut the pressure pu
lon me by the school lobby"
1 In the all-Republican Mont
i gomery delegation j. Dougla
i bradshaw and Robert A. Wallac
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