Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1920 — TEACHERS LOSE RAISE FOR TERM [ARTICLE]

TEACHERS LOSE RAISE FOR TERM

New Law Provides Increase but Bore No Emergency Clause. Mt Vernon, Ind., Oct 7. —Before a large audience of men and women voters Dr. Carleton" B. McCulloch, Democratic candidate for governor, told the school teachers how the legislature gave them a raise in salary, but was careful not to attach an emergency clause to the act thus preventing the teachers from getting the effect of the increase this year. "I want the teachers of Indiana who have been forced to sign contracts under the old law to get this: The second special session of the legislature passed house bill No. 553, which was approved' by the governor [Aug. 4, 1920. This law provides for Increase in the wages of every school 'teacher in Indiana. This law does ■not contain an emergency clause, therefore does not become effective until the issuance of the proclamation by the governor, declaring the ‘laws passed by the special session in full force and effect "Here Is a case where the legislature' has provided means of relief for the suffering school teachers of Indiana, and the Goodrlch-Watson-McCray combination is denying them the relief given by withholding the proclamation. "The governor knows that it is unlawful for a teacher to teach school until they have entered into a contract covering the full school term, and he further knows that the school, term begins in the early part of September of each year; therefore he - has by his act forced the teachers into a contract that is binding upon them for the school year, thus denying to them what is rightfully theirs.”