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Legislatures Generally
Back Education Plans
By TOM GREENE
ATLANTA (UPI)- The Geor
gia Education Association re
cently listed its top priorities
for the 1970 General Assembly
session as teacher pay raises,
kindergartens and reduction of
the pupil - teacher ratio in the
classrooms.
A survey of state legislators
taken by United Press Interna-
Kentucky pied
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tional indicates their program
will be successful.
More than a third of the leg
islators, from all over the state,
answered the survey, and they
overwhelmingly favored teach- 1
er pay hikes—by 90 to seven. ;
But many said the salary in- 1
creases depend on whether or 1
not they can be financed with- j
out increasing taxes. •
The question of appropriating
funds to begin a statewide kin- ]
dergarten system was much 1
closer, however. Os those check- <
ing that issue, 59 said they •
would favor it while 35 said no. <
Most of those voting negatively ■
said other programs are more
pressing.
The survey also indicated
that most legislators would fa
vor a strong ethics code re
quiring them to reveal their
sources of income, and would
reject a move to amend the
new criminal code to allow leg
islators to do business with the
state.
Rep. Hugh Jordan of Stone
Mountain reflected the views of
many legislators on how teach
er raises should be handled. He
said he does not favor a per
centage increase. “I favor a
salary that teachers would com-
pete for,” he said. “These au
tomatic raises kill incentive.
But the beginning salary cer
tainly needs to be raised.”
Sen. Steve Reynolds of Law
renceville said “I am very
much in favor of statewide kin
dergartens, but I do not believe
the people are ready for the
taxation it would require if the
SIOO million figure (to finance
• it) is correct.”
(The education department,
and the GEA, are asking for
only $5 million to make a be
ginning toward statewide kin
dergartens next year.)
Rep. Ward Edwards of But
ler, who said he favors both
salary increases and beginning
a kindergarten program, pre
dicted however, that “the pre
sent school situation (furor over
desegregation) will curtail mon
ey for education in any form.”
Most of those who favor
amending the criminal code to
allow legislators to do business
with the state—the vote was 35
for, 58 against—said it should
be done on a competitive bid
basis.
One legislator, who preferred
not to be quoted, said “the pre
sent law is very foolish in that
it prevents the legislator (from
doing business), but does not,
and can not, keep his company
from doing business with the
state.”
Edwards said “since I do not
do any business with the state,
I feel I can speak out. This pe
nalizes innocent, responsible
firms.”
The vote on legislators re
vealing sources of income was
58 for and 32 against.
“It all depends upon to whom
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they'll be able to get a new bus.
you are going to reveal all of
your sources of income,” Sen.
Robert Andrews of Gainesville
said. “All sources of income
are presently revealed by
everyone on his tax return. Os
course, this is supposedly a con
fidential matter. Theoritically, I
see no reason to put public ser
vants in a different category
from anyone else, insofar as
their rights, liabilities and im
munities are concerned. Howev
er, practically speaking, I have
no serious objections to reveal
ing sources of income by elect
ed officials.”
Rep. Jack Gunter of Cornelia
said he “definitely” favors re
vealing income, “and valuable
favors not in the form of cash
should be included in the term
‘income.’”
But Rep. Ed Mullinax of La-
Grange said “If a man doesn’t
have some ethical standards on
his own, a code will not im
prove on this.”
And another legislator, who
asked not to be quoted, added
“it would wear out the fifth
amendment.”
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I INTEREST RATE UP
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
average interest rate for a
conventional mortgage across
the country last month was 8.13
per cent, according to the
Federal Home Loan Bank
Baard.
The rate one year earlier was
7.21 per cent, the board said.
Although the rate for November
1969 was the same as for
% if 1 si % -1
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October 1969 Board Chairman
Preston Martin predicted there
would be another rise, probably
this month.
NOMINATES GARLOCK
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
. identNixon has nominated Lyle
S. Garlock, an executive of
Eastern Air Lines, to the
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission.
Nixon said he would desig-
nate Garlock chairman of the
commission if the Senate
confirms the appointment. The
commission, established in 1954,
determines the claims of U.S.
nationals against foreign
governments.
POPULATION INCREASE
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Total
U.S. population reached
204,006,000 Nov. 1, according to
the Census Bureau. This was an
increase of 190,000 from Oct. 1
and 3 million from the same
month of 1968.