Education: On 50,000 Doorsteps

After many a mass meeting, Chicago's 14,000 long unpaid and now embattled school teachers had by last week become an active organization, with an "All-City Publicity Committee" headed by Teacher Mary L. Leitch of Hyde Park High School, with Lawyer Aaron Sapiro of Chicago & Manhattan as counsel. Three weeks ago the teachers received $2,224,143 in real cash, bringing their salaries up to April 1. Last fortnight the Chicago Herald & Examiner obtained from Germany by telephoto a letter from junketing Mayor Anton Cermak authorizing the issuance of $6,750,000 of tax anticipation...