Show I HIGHER GHER PAY DEPENDS ON LEGISLATURE Increase for Teachers Must Wait Wt W i on Special Session of o State Legis Legislature H. H A. A Smith Announces I Calling of ot a a. special session of or the state legislature is le the only means ti by which the teachers In the city schools will bo able to get bet an an additional OO Increase In salaries saric this year That Is 19 the information given tho special committee com corn of the teachers teachers' association Inno in ina a no letter mailed them thorn yesterday by br H H. A. A 4 Smith president of at tho the city board of at and L E. E chairman chair man nan of at the finance committee of ot the board This letter Is in reply to the re request request re- re quest of at the tho special committee made madet t to the board early last ast week that their I salary Increase for tor tho the fiscal year ar be beI I or r in addition to the Increase already granted No Fun Fund Available f Mr Smiths Smith's letter avers that the tho board Is unanimous in its decision that i no further Increase in teachers teachers' sat sil- t be made mado arles aries for tor this school chool year can I and then sets forth the tho reason by b explaining ext ex ex- t that thero are no funds of oC oCI I i a any character available and that th thIt I Aboard board is prohibited from borrowing i It that money for tor purpose i i t railed to the fact tact that f t th tho salary Yc contracts t t to r for th the tho year 1919 j I f 20 O were fixed In the spring spring- of ot 1919 to tot t which tb the tiro teachers agreed The tax taxi i was then fixed to cover the I amount necessary necessary- The Tho section se-cUon of ot the tho estate state constitution forbidding the raisIng rais- rais log Ing of or money mone for tor salary increases Is J f then quoted The rho assertion Is then made mado that the board Is anxious and anel willing to make further Increases but f cannot do so and calls cans Attention to the fact that the Increase already 1 t granted ranted was done without legal right The appropriated for tor this In Increase increaSe In- In crease ho he says will nl result In Improvements Improvements Improve Improve- ments on thirty one schools being delayed delayed delayed de de- de- de to some somo future date 1 Contract Binding Attention Is called to the fact tact that ther hero la is a a. state la law which does doe empo empower empower em em- po power er the tb board to go into debt If I It Itis Itis itIs is necessary In order to maintain and support schools but Infers Inters that Inasmuch Inasmuch Inasmuch Inas Inas- much as the teachers are now und bo-und by valid aUd subsisting contracts from Which they have no right to withdraw aw such contracts preclude any action on that thai to the suggestion that the board submit to the vote o of the people people peo peo- pie tho the matter of ot raising money b by loans the question then arises as ns to where the money mOmy could be obtained when such a loan would be illegal In Incase Incase case such a 3 loan were negotiated where would the board secure enough money to pay th the tbt Inter Interest t. t to say nothIng noth noth- Ing of ot the principal is the next query The increase of ne next t year rear over the contract salary of or 20 1919 will bring the board up to a 9 mills lev levy which Is the limit the law allows for tor educational educational edu edu- purposes Will Go Limit The board will go th limit In salary salay increases for tor next year and desires to work in harmony with the teachers and to 10 operate co-operate with them hern having In mind the welfare of the entire ys- ys tern tem It is stated In In conclusion the tho following statement statement state state- ment Is made IAU I AU All of ot the people are suffering Tinder under under Tin un- un- un der the burdens of or the war ar and under tho the present financial condition and we wo must all be patient until such time as this situation can be remedied |