How to Raise Salaries?

The salaries of St. Paul's teachers ($3,300 to $5,300) were lower than those in any other big city in Minnesota. There had been no raises for three years, and while St. Paul was already short 169 teachers, those on hand were quitting for higher paid jobs elsewhere. How could the school board put through a $50-a-month raise when it was facing a $335,000 deficit? Last week the board seized upon a drastic solution that stunned the whole town.

Henceforth, said the board, there will be no kindergartens, no more junior-high or high-school basketball, football, debating, dramatics or choral singing. Janitor services will be reduced, and the high-school day will be cut. Whether meant as a shocker or not, the announcement brought a chorus of protests. Cried one angry father: "They've decided to get us where it hurts most, by making our kids suffer." But other citizens found reason to examine their consciences. Twice they had had the opportunity to pass an amendment that would give more than $1,000,000 to the schools--and twice they had blithely voted it down.

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