Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-05-13 | Page 5 | Prominent Men and Women to Speak for Teachers

' J IJ ' HUNT MEN ID WOMEN 10 SPEAK FOR TEACHERS The Ogden Teachers' Federaion affiliated af-filiated last night with the Ogden Trades and Labor assembly at the regular reg-ular meeting held in the Eagles' club rooms, regular delegates haying been chosen at a meeting held a short time ago. A number of prominent speakers from among the citizens of the city Will make short addresses tonight in behalf of the teachers at the mass meeting to be held in the Tabernacle., The lenchers request all parents and! citizens generally to turn out to the meeting in the Tnberniele to hearj tnell side of the controversy between the teachers and (he school board over salarv and other matter. The speakers will be State Senator Joseph Chez, City Attorney W. H. Reeder. Jr , Rev C R. Garver, Rev. Ray Palmer, Alva Scoville, Mrs. S. 3. Smith and others. Considerable Interest has been aroused over the school questions Which led the teachers to organize and I affiliate with the American Federation I of Labor and the local Trades and ' Labor assembly In speaking of school conditions, one of the teachers said "The unrest among the Ogden 'each ers is only typical of what is going on everywhere. School boards in many places seem either unwilling or unable to raise the salaries to living standards, stand-ards, and the teachers feel that n great injustice Is being done, not only to themselves, but the pupils now in school, by the refusal to provide adequate ade-quate pay. Without proper salaries, competent teachers will not be induced in-duced to remain in the teaching pro fession, as they must get out to earn a living. It is not just to lower school standards by forcing upon schools in efficients to lake the places of com-petents com-petents who are forced to leave, and it is not right for any competent teacher teach-er to be forced to leave the profession." profes-sion." ri n