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Show 83 many of the nation's workers. escaped teachers. In 1937, Benjamin A. Fowler, for Utah teachers of the man Yet, such New Deal recovery had cent increases in salaries so period, called He stated, that New Deal which will us give salaries could be "Let us 'Square Deal a To further illustrate the financial Welthea M. Learned, for ten to fifteen per- that teachers' stored to their 1929 levels. prominent spokes a I have portion of for teachers ... 17 plight of teachers, UEA Board of Trustee member, a a re- quoted in a 1939 article: While public welfare is the primary objectiv.e of association activities, the human interests and needs of teachers are also recognized as valid concerns. After securing his job, the teacher has three worries: (1) to live on it; (2) to keep it; (3) to leave it decently. As to the first, Napolean's apt observation applies: 'The army advances on its stomach. My solders can fight without muskets, but not without biscuits.,18 While obviously frustrated with low salaries of teachers, the UEA increasingly talking about how collective action and was political activism might be necessary to obtain better conditions and salaries. As a past president of the UEA, Norman Hamilton stated: The time is and action. ization our together for ripe when the teaching profession needs unity Under the present social and economic reorgan profession will be submerged unless we work our the order of the own welfare. Collective action has become day.19 l7Benjamin Educational A. Fowler, "Restore Teachers' Review 30 (January 1937): 184. l8Welthea Utah Educational 19Norman Educational M. Learned, Review 33 Salaries," Utah "Our Professional Organization,1I (November 1939): 88-89. Hamilton, liThe Education of Tomorrow," Utah Review 28 -- (November 1934): 61. |
