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Show 1 in 'SALT LAKE TEACHERS DISCUSS SALARIES SALT LAKE, April 29. The Salt Lhke teachers association met yesterday yester-day afternoon to discuss salaries for the year 1920-21 and were addressed by J. Fred Anderson of the emergency committee who said that there had undoubtedly un-doubtedly been coercion used whereby some teachers have felt themselves forced to sign a next year's contract under the threat of being "marked." Mr. Anderson said that members of his committee did not feel hardly about any teachers who had conslen-tious conslen-tious objections to signing tho "Ironclad "Iron-clad .pledge" and that all his commit I tee had tried to do was to secure what' tho teachers felt wna their proper due.' "The pledge which 2G0 teachers have signed Is as follows: I will not, sign a contract for the-coming year of 1920-21 unless the board of education authorizes the payment of $200 this1 year as asked by the teachers or un- less the board call a special election' as provided . in section 1591. to deter-j mine ihe wishes of the public in regard re-gard to an increase of salary." ! 00 1 |