| Show p 0 I COMMUNICATION Il CO I 4 o 0 0 Editor Herald Heral Recently the tho country countr was as astounded by br the tho resignation o of Secretary W. W G. G McAdoo The gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man resigned because as 18 he said of ot I Inadequate salary Some of ol us liZ s little tr fry who nr arc rearing ia ii larger family than Mr II McAdoo lcJ and are arc struggling along alons on a paltry thou thousand an a year eal Were ero a little surprised that a than man man cannot live well and amid littIe little little lit lit- pretty prett I save n a a. tle tIe on per pcr year Wo We 0 wondered a little whether we are arc tend tending Ins Ins- toward R A. real demo democracy rac w ero all ma may have havethe havethe the time wherewithal to live or 01 toward an autocracy of wealth where the tile few live high and the majority continue In varl varied d d degrees of poverty To our further surprise however ho not a L paper nor a nor a citizen so far faras faras as we an learn has raised tho i Issue suc I In a n. pu nubile wa u a whether tho time secre secre- tary might be bo expected to live on his flis little old twelve thousand Wo We e assume then that tho people at large larKe concur In the opinion that Mr Ir poor poorly paid and anti that lint his Juts resignation was compatible with reason rca rca- son and amid Judgment Wo We 0 arc are still strat strat- tried and arid it takes much more to live Ilvo fittingly if It not de decently In ono one strata than titan another Ones One's social status re requires requires requires re- re quires certain amenities This Timis point Is not to be bo argued here lucre limit hut only serves senes to Introduce a a. more local and vital question which we ve wish to rals raise Wo Sc 0 were astounded yesterday yester yester- day by Ly receiving a card carel from State Superintendent of or Schools E. E G. G Gowans Gowans Gow- Gow ans announcing that ho lie was return return- In to tho time field o of medicine as specialist specialist specialist I In him C eye ear car noso nose and throat I with offices s In the time Kearns building hours from 3 p. p m. m to 7 p P P- m. m The rather unusual hours suggested that the time doctor octor was not retiring from room the time nc of oC schools but hut t that at ho Ito was probably taking up his Imis practice out of or office hours Time The question then arises Is not the tic SrI su- u- u o of tho the public schools o of Utah a it mans man's Job jOh A full Jays Jay's job The reply i Is 18 read ready before tho ho question Is out Tho Th of state schools ls is th time the bl biggest sest Job In tho state th time the governors governor's IS Job not excepted Why h then lien the does the time doctor try tn two lobs jobs guess He lie probably wan wan-tM wants to I piece out hi his salar salary hat What salar salary does doc ho lie get About one half that paid maid to the time president I of ot time the University of Utah 01 or the president of the tho lie n tural college collese or the tIme of or tho time Salt Lake schools vor very vur much mooch I loss hess than that of ot the time superintendent of or O Ogden den schools or the time principal of tho time Salt Lake High school Ills His salar salary is about cipal equal to that of oC time the grade r lle principal prin prin- of oC schools In iii Salt Lake City highest i i 4 A u rather strange strang-e anomaly that hat tho the office In ha tho tim state educational system should the tho same samo salary as ns a w ward ud school principal A rather Its serious reflection upon the state that tha t state statu i of ot schools should bo ho obliged to take taJo the time side Ride up work on to Piece pIcco out his lila salary A re re- re I I. I for tor one think ought not nut t to tend stand i Wo We Ca can camm readily admit that the su- su J HU-J Is underpaid Ho lie cannot maintain a a. proper standard of 11 living otto Olle one that comports with his position on on the time I salary alar paid on the other oilier hand hanel we cannot admit that Ir his I Job Joh is a ft p Part rrt limo f Job b lie lIo cannot time the rho do too 0 well wc b by 11 tIme tho children of ot oft energy state stata y In It if i ihS h hS expends e cr every mHo of or I him In building II the schools or of the state UP C I It If wo we wrote rote I should on for a n week wc we only come to The th thUs tha 8 conclusion II salary of oC tho emit ent ot of superintend superintend- must lie he made adequate to th r W of ot of tho the I antI and ni ho he h position Jn gage S o not bo be Permitted to en engage en- en privately Legislature jn In sido Ide lIne lines Mr tain 3 the Urie It Is up III to you ou to maintain main maln- State Sn ot of the time office of lid or ot schools M Mr MI Public It I iu port nort the tho T 41 i up to ou you to support support SUP- SUP MB time tho In doubling at nt tendon of nf salary schools of or tho thit state superintendent Respectfully AN 0 U UNDERLING |
