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Show 6-MILL SCHOOL TAX, BID'S COMPROMISE PLAII Hope of New Weat Side High School It Virtually Gone; Meeting Tomorrow Probably Will Settle It TI1AT ii compromise of the school -tax queatioii will bo effected at tonight's luerting of the board of education in con-junction con-junction with a joint committee merciaTclub and bankere and ral ee-tate ee-tate mm, is the opinion today. The plan to erect a nfW hlub school on tha int aide haa been virtually abandoned, nnleae public opinion ahould favor a bond iseue for thla pur-poM. pur-poM. Many other Improvemenle which tha board had contemplated from the Increased revenue have likewise like-wise been abandoned. Will O. Karrell. a member of the hoard, will Introduce a reaolutlon at tonlght'a meeting calling- for an In-crraae In-crraae of but one and one-half mllla over laat year'e levy, or a total of mllla on the dollar for eenool purpose. In till. Several other membera of the board have expressed themaeicea In favor of thla plan. J. C. Howard, also a member of the board, aald that he waa oppoaed to the levy only because of existing condition, con-dition, but that "The board membera did not make a mistake In aeklng for a nine-mill levy when the needs of the city were taken Into consideration." Certain membera of tha board aay that perhapa It might be iinwlee at thla time to undertake the building of several new atructurea because of the construction errora 'hat have been made In the past. They are Inclined to withhold all building operation until un-til a definite plan of architecture haa been decided upon. War and tha high coat of material! are other consideration consider-ation That taxpayers have not sensed the Importance of the Increaaed levy In , arhool taxea waa evidenced by the lack of attendance at the meetlnga held laat night In the five municipal wards when the propoaed ' levy waa discussed In detail Tha board had Intended to guide Ita acta to a large extent on tha eentl-ment eentl-ment expreesed at these meetlnga. At tha conclusion of the meetlnga committee com-mittee were appointed from each ward to meet with the hoard tonight and. If possible, to express the aentlment of the taxpayer of their Individual wards. |