Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-05 | Page 1 | Teachers Make Appeal to G. O. P

MAKE MAKEI I nl APPEAL I TO IU R COP I P Party Asked Incorporate Educational Plank in I National Platform Xe New York April 4 A 4 A petition urging ur urging ing ins tho the adoption of an educational plank in the tho national platform of the He Republican party part was presented today loday I to Will H. H Hays Nays chairman of or the Republican Republican Re Re- publican national committee by Judson Juson 1 F. F Wright ht president of ot the tho New York State Teachers' Teachers association William WilliamT T T. MeCo McCoy chairman of the Illinois schools committee and Olive Oll M M. I. I Joncs president of the New ew York Principals' Principals association Teachers arc not attempting to dictated dictate dic dle- tat tate IT fr r McCoy coY said but with the of woman suffrage becom becom- becoming becoming In ing a law thus giving 1 the tho vote to SOper SO 80 SOper per c cent nt o of the time teachers in America the they feel the most important service the they can give gibe t c will be to lo see seo that their vote ote goes to the party part that most definite definitely pled pledges es Itself to remove re re remove remove re- re move educational limitations from the children of the countr country There Thero Is a great and growing g de deterioration deterioration deterioration de- de in public education caused h by a n. tremendous loss of or trained teachers teach teach- ers the petition stated staled The avera average c yearly carl salary salars of or the Iho teacher In 1919 was 63 the petition said and nd there had been ont only a a. 10 per percent percent cent Increase during that year car More rore than rural schools arc without teachers it continued and added The desertion of or farms is largely ch du due to removal of farmers farmerR to cities where thc they can an get ct decent schooling for their children Illiteracy which disqualified drafted men for effective e service In the great war is 13 ison on the increase r