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Rotarian^ jWill
[Help Teachelrs
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Legislation in Behalf of
j Profession To Be Drawn
\ hy Public Affairs Com
? mittee of Club at Once
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Members Eager to Assist
Luncheon Gathering Hears
!How Crippled Schools
Haniper Progress of City
t Members of the Rotary Club were
iriven flrst hand information concern
}ng the educational crisis in this city
jht their luncheon yesterday at the
jMcAlpin Hotel by Eugene A. Nife
}iecker, assistant director of the bu
Yeau of research and statistics of the
Department of Education.
? Efforts of the school authorities t,o
?irouse the citizenship to the meaning
of the teacher shortage and its effect
on tens of thousands of children who
are being denied instruction because
?of the failure of the city and state to
*neet the problem are proving success
Jful, the speaker suid. The Rotarians
f.vpeet to be anothor infUiential organi?
zation of taxpayers to support the sal
tiry requests of the teachers. The
Chamber of Commerce and the Citi
7-ons' Committee of One Hundred, both
tnrg-anizations mt.de up of taxpayers
Jrom every walk of life, are two of the
Jnost recent champions of higher pay
rfor the profession.
Club to Suggest Legislation
? A motion to place the Rotary Club
rn record as supporting the Lockwood
)>onohue bill, providing for increases
%f from 10 down to 20 per cent, would
1iave gbne tlirough by a unanimous
jotei, at once had it not been for a
techmcality in the club's rules which
requires surh recommendations to be
prst submitted to the committee on
public affairs. At the instance of August
Hianssen, chairman of this committee,
Jthe resolution was tabled. The com
Vnittee will be ready by the next meet- |
fnp day to offer a definite plan for 6b- j
<iaininjr state legislation favorable to
tthe teachers.
? "The war showed us the supreme !
^mportanco of education," Mr. .Nife-'
ffiecKert said. "Both the strength and
?ueakness of our countrv have been di- |
Mectly' iraceable to tlie efficiency and
peficiency, respectively, ln our system
of education.
. "To teach American ideals is one of
sthe most important functions of that
? school system. We must maku sure
jthat the foundations of this Republic
^are fft upon rock, It is clear that
Iwifhout proper education -he millions
rof .hnmigrants cannot become good
jAmefican citizens. Yet, when there
(is such great reed for qualified in
SStructors, teachers who are 100 per
fceni Americans. they are being driven
Jaway by lack of economic support.
jtJ.S. Is'Babein Woods' in
iKadio Game, Expert Says
j WASHINGTON, March 18.?Charges
that four or five great nations had
i'teubsidized news agencies in order to
4ilay their political ^ame throughout
Jhe world" were made before the
(House Merchant Marine Committee to?
day by Walter S. Rogers, of Washing
ton, in charge of government trans
mission of news to foreign countries
during the war.
Urging enactment of a bill which
would pennit the Navy Department to
use its radio service for transmission
of press matter and commercial mea
sagea, Mr. Rogers declared that on tha
whole question of comraunications the
United States was "a babe in the
woods and waa being played for a
sucker every day."
Mr. Rogers said anything that would
make wider the flow of American news
to the Orient ahd South American in
particular was of fundamental impor
tance.
Representative White, Republican, of
Maine, said he believed the committee
was unanimous in the view that Con?
gress oujrht to permit naval stations
on the Pacific to transtnit American
news to the Orient.
Emil M. Scholz, representing an
American newspaper printed in Japan,
said his-4 paper would not be able to
obtain newa direct from this country
unless the Pacific radio rate was re?
duced.
Swann to Ask
U. S. Prosecute
Sheffield Firm
CantlniMB fram aaaa en*
the increased volume of new business
showed for the flrst time in the re?
ports of that year.
"What we actually earned during
1918," he says, "was 2 54-100 cents on
each dollar of sales. The profit on bot
tled milk was one-eighth of a cent a
quart, the exact figures being .001252?
a margin so BmaTl that it cannot be
regarded as workable in any other in?
dustry. This profit was the smallest
this company ever earned except for
one year."
George W. Alger, counsel for Mr.
Horton, has said that 2,500,000 quarts
of milk ccald be brought into New
York if the distributors accepted all the
farmers produeed. Mr. Horton has said
he couW not get rid of the milk here if
he were to take all the farmers sent
him.
Mr. Horton said that the notice which
was poated Upstate advlsing the farm?
ers to hold down their production and
stating that.no new dairies were to be
accepted until they had been properly
inspected to meet the requirements of
the company was a mistake. He said
it never should have been sent, and
that the farmers should have been in?
formed of the company's wishes by
word of mouth. then all this fuss would
have beeli avoided.
Health Commissioner Copeland said
that he had received letters and visits
from farmers concerning the milk situ?
ation. He said the farmers are flooded
with propaganda distributed by the
milk companies and the offieials of the
Dairymen's League and believe that the
Fair Price Milk Committee is seeking
to get.them to produce and sell milk
at a loss. x
Pledges Fair Profit
"This," said Dr. Copeland, "is abso
lutely false. and they know it. "W?
intend that they shall get a fair profit.
There is no chance for improvement,
however, until vthe farmers sever con
nections with offieials of the Dairymen's
League."
R. D. Cooper, president of the Dairy?
men's League, said ln answer to Dr.
Copeland's suggestion for a conference
between milk producers and consumers
to arrange for a distribution which
would mean cheaper milk:
"lf Dr. Copeland wishes the league to
assemble a group of milk producers for
a conference with consumers, let him
write to the Dairymen's League to this
effect."
County Judge Dike, of Brooklyn,
urged the members of the grand jury
to see if they could not bring to pun?
ishment milk profiteers. He said that
the office of the District Attorney
would cooperate.
Justice McAvoy s
To Resign in Few
Days, Says Report
Gov. Smith Will Have Three
Supreme Bench Vacan
cies to Fill Between Now
and April 1, It Is Saiil
?-?
Announcement was made in the
County Courthouse yesterday. though
not offlcially, that Justice John' V.
McAvoy, of the Supreme Ckourt, would
forward his resignation to Governor
Smith in a few days.
This will give the Governor the ap?
pointment of three Supreme Court
justices between now and April 1. Jus?
tice Francis K. Pendleton announced
two weeks ago that he intended to
quit the bench for private practice xm
April 1. The other vacancy was caused
by the recent death of Justice Eugene
A. Philbin, of the Appellate Division.
Only last week Governor Smith named
Edward J. McGoldrick, Assistant Cor?
poration Counsel, as a justice to suc
ceed the late P. Henry Dugro.
Justice McAvoy, who was elected in
November, 1917, after ten years on the
bench of the City Court, has been in
the Supreme Court a little more than
two years and two months. It was
said that his contemplated resignation
was due to an offer to be counsel to
a large corporation at a salary amount
ing to more than three times the $17,
500 a year salary of a Supreme Court
justice. Justice McAvoy, who lives nt
56 Haven Avenue, is the son of former
Police Inspector Thomas F. McAvoy,
who quit a little more than a year ago
as Tammany leader of the Washington
Heights District, and also is a sachem
of the Tammany Society.
Another report heard yesterday was
that Judge Abram I. Elkus, now of the
Court of Appeals by appointment of
Governor Smith and former Ambiissa
dor to Turkey. probably would ho se
clected by the Governor, who is his in
j timate friend, to fill one of the vacan
i cies in the. Supreme Court. Judge
! Elkus, of course, would stand a better
chance of election on the Democratio
tickefc if'he were. a candidate in New
York City rather than in the state. If
ho were appointed to the less desirable
Supreme Court place he would be a
candidate next fall for the full four
teen-year term.
With the death of Justice Dugro and
Justico Philbin. ahd the resignation of
JuRtice Peildleton and Justice MeAvoy
nnd six vaeancies that will occtrrln the
Supreme Court by the expiration of
tho fourteei^-years terms of\hatmany
jusiices there. will be ten justices elect?
ed.ln 'November iri Manhattan and the
Bronx, the largest number ever voted
for at an election.
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i\ppeals jH-if>. Conviction
Because of Woman Juror
Feiriinine Member . of Panel
' Was Made Foreman by
Men Associates
Special Dixpatch to The Tribune
DETROIT March 18.?Harold Bartz,
convicted of a crime in Judge Jeffries's
court here Wednesday, announced to?
day through his attorney that he
will appeal to the United States
Supreme Court in an effort to show
that women have no right to sit on
a jury in a criminal proceeding.
The juror to whom he objects is
Miss C. M. Gitzen, 283 Atkinson Ave?
nue. She was selected by the eleven
men on the same.. panel to act as
foreman.
"The case in itself is not import?
ant," S. J. Birnkrant, attorney for the
defendant said, "but I believe that
a woman juror is against the law,
which .expressly says that a jury shall
be composed of twelve men. The aj
peal will be made merely to settle
this point and I will carry it to the
United States Supreme Sourt, if nec?
essary."
Miss Gitzen expressed regret that
on her tirst case sh'e'fou'rtd it neces?
sary to bring in a verdict of guilty.
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Bill Bars Sundav Movies
ALBANY, March 18.?A bill designed
to prohibit motion picture cxhibitions
on Sundays to which an admission fee
is charged was introduced in the Legis
' lature to-day by Assemblyman Hunter,
Repuhlican, of Steuben.
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