Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-03 | Page 10 | Plan to Organize Teaches of State

PLAN TO ORGANIZE TEACHERS OF STATE Salt Lake. April H. All superintend j ents of schools throughout the state have beMi invited to attend a meet ing in the oftice of the state auditor, Lincoln G. Kelh. today to partii si- j pate in the organization of a sta'e t ichera' retirement association after the manner of the Salt Lake City Re-tirement Re-tirement association. Letters of invitation were sent out bj the auditor at the request of mem- j bers of the state teachers' retirement commission, which was created bj an act of the WIS legislature, but which has never performed its functions. func-tions. The law provided for the organization organiza-tion of retirement associations under j the direction of the retirement com-I mission whenever a majority of the j teachers indicated a desire for such an organization. Recently a strong demand for an organization of the association as-sociation has developed throughout the siate, and ihe members of the re tirement commission were asked to call a meeting for that purpose Ac-cdrdingly Ac-cdrdingly the state auditor, who Is I an e officio member of the commis ! sion. called a meeting for today it Is proposed to perfect an organl- satloa statewide In Its character an rganixatlon that will extend the re-Ircment re-Ircment pension protection to ever mblic school teacher within the state lot already enjoying such protection V retirement fund will be created by mbscription of all the members of he association and will be adminls-ered adminls-ered by the retirement commission, 'rom whose membership the officers if the association will be elected. oo