Show OPINIONS ELSEWHERE E End d of the Marri Married d r cf ers Issue It ho appeal from the board of ot f education to the Missouri supreme su su- u pr preme prem e court to get a sound policy polte est bUshed b- b In hi the Si St Louis Loui public schools school yet that th t is is exactly y how w it h has ha worked out Inthe in inthe inthe the controversy controversy- oV over r married teachers Two St St. Lq women teachers married In 1941 Th They were dismissed fr from n their p posts because ot a rule nile of the school board oard w which t forbids the employment of married women as teachers Th The teachers sued for reI reinstatement only lo to have have their plea re rejected re re- j ted by y Circuit Judge JUdg Cha Charles les B. B WillIams Williams Wil Wil- liams hams in 1944 Joined with the A F L Teachers Teachers' Federation of St St. Louis thet the t teachers Mildred Mildred Holmes and Anita Landy Weis Weis carried their case to supreme court courtat at Jefferson City Division No 1 I of ot the courtIn an opinion b by Judge Douglas has upheld the t teachers acher l in an opinion which is te notable for foz Its clear statement of ot a thoroughly Iy sensible vl view w. w Characterizing the ban as unreasonable and iid arbitrary Judge Douglas said laid I the evidence evi evl- dence inthe the lower court demonstrated that the status of ot marriage does not ne necessarily affect or reduce the competence of a woman teacher teher With this ruling the guide for the school board becomes the teachers teacher's merit and abil abU ity So long 03 as a 8 teacher was automatically automatically automat automat- cally dismissed on marriage the guide was Inthe final analysis analysis- economic status tatus Those ose who have battled this i issue ue to a successful end en enand and they include de former school board oard president Putney can take genuine satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction in the outcome long delayed though it was St. St St. Louis uis Post |