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Show As the result of balloting by teachers of Utah, schools of the entire state began opening this week and all others will follow next week, in spite of the fact that the perplexing perplex-ing financing and teacher salary problems have not been solved. There were many teachers who felt that the financial fi-nancial question should be brought to a showdown by all teachers refusing to report for the scheduled opening of schools, but the majority voted to return to the schools and attempt to solve the problem in some other manner. In this action the teachers have shown that while they are not satisfied with pay schedules, they feel that it would be wrong to sacrifice the children to force a salary issue. Now that the teachers have shown their good faith it seems to us that Governor J. Bracken Lee should prove that he is genuinely interested in doing what is the best for the people of the state and call a special session of the legislature to cope with the school financing problems. Such a session should be called immediately and not in December. The question must be settled one way or another, an-other, and the sooner the legislature acts the better it will be for all concerned. We have always admired Governor Lee for his fight to reduce taxes or at least keep them from going higher, but we feel that this is a question that should be settled by the people of the state, and that the governor is making a mistake by refusing to call the legislature into session. There is no need for delay exhaustive studies have been made by the Public School Survey Commission, and by the Utah Legislative Council, and further study will avail nothing. The proposals of these groups should be brought before the legislators as representatives of the people for final action. When and if such a session is called, however, we hope that the questions can be considered on their merits without with-out high pressure tactics of lobbying being done by any faction. If the problem is considered fairly and honestly without lobbying we feel that a solution will be found and the will of the people will be manifested. |