Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-11
Conferees Break
D.C.Pay Deadlock
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Teacher Increase
Clears Way for
Police, Firemen


Supporters of the pay raise
legislation hope for prompt
Congressional approval.
Under an agreement reached
late yesterday by the con-
ferees, the public school teach
ers would be given salary
increases averaging 10.1 per
cent.
This agreement apparently
clears the way for action on
legislation to give the Districts
policemen and firemen pay
boosts. These salary increases
will average about II per cent.
A Congressional deadlock on
the pay bills had centered on
teachers salary legislation. The
Senate had held back on ap-
proval of policemen-firemen
pay raises, which have strong
support from the House District
Committee, in an effort to get
the teacher salary increase
measure moving.
IA Per Cent Raise Fails
The conferees agreed on the
teacher salary scale carried in
the House-passed bill. The
Senate version would have
given the teachers salary In
creases averaging IA per cent.
The conferees also decided
to go along with a single SAL
airy scale proposal for all school
principals. Under the current
set up, there are two salary
scales - one for elementary
school principals and another
for secondary school principals.
The single pay scale proposal
has had the strong backing Of
District school officials. The
city's personnel office, how
ever, has given equally vigorous
support for maintaining the
dual system.
AS to the teachers pay, the
current scale for the teacher
with the bachelor's degree
starts at $4,000 and goes to
$7.195. The conferees are rec
I ommending the scale provided
/ in the House bill-$5,000 to
I$8,710. If enacted, this will cost
the city $4.5 million a year.
The Senate-passed bill woulc
have set the starting and tor
salaries at $4,000 and $4,000.
This pay scale would have cost
the District $6.2 million a year.
The confereeS agreed to go
along with the House bill pro-
vision holding School Supt.
Carl F. Hansen'S salary at $19,-
900. His deputy's pay also will
not be raised.
$4,000 Proposed
The Senate-pasSed bill would
have increased DR.. HanSen's
pay to $4,000.
1t was reported that there
was general agreement by the
conferees that an effort will be
made at the next Congress to
give Dr.. Hansen a salary
increase.
The pay increase proposals for
teachers, policemen and fire
men had been threatened by
the gap in the teacher salary
increase proposals, and by other
points of differences in the two
bills.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee re-
portedly has had little enthusi-
aSm for any teacher pay in
creases this session.
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia, has waged
a persistent fight to get ap-
proval for teacher nay raise.
Mr.. Broyhill had attempted
to win committee clearance for
the pay proposals carried in the
Senate bill. The committee,
} however, agreed to a proposal
) by Mr.. Mcmillan that the
teachers be given the smaller
salary increases.
House Action Due
House action on the confer
ees' teacher proposals was
scheduled today. If passed, the
legislation will go back to the
| Senate for final clearance.
The Senate is expected to
couple its action for the teacher
Legislation with a vote on the
policemen-firemen pay meas
ure.
Sponsors will ask that the
Senate accept the House bill
for the policemen and firemen.
The House and Senate pay
bills for the policemen and fire
/ men carry similar, but not iden-
tical, salary scales. The in
, creases will cost the city about
$3.7 million year.
A private now starts at S.
160 and goes to S6,450. The new
scale would be $3.50 to S7.150.
The Senate conferees were
Senator Morse of Oregon and
Hartke of Indiana. both Demo-
Gratis, and Beall, Republican of
Maryland. The House confereeS
were, in addition to Mr.. Broy-
hill, Representatives Dowdy of
Texas, Whitener of North Caro-
lima and HuddleSton of Ala
bama, Democrats, and Republi-
can Representative Harsha of
Ohio.