Nearly all of greater Cleveland's 4,500 schoolmen & marms belong to a local guild called the Cleveland Federation of Teachers. Few months ago some of them decided it was time to join up with a national movement toward making life pleasanter for pedagogs. Last February they swallowed their professional pride, took out charter No. 279 in the American Federation of Teachers, affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. Last week with 1,200 members the local felt strong enough to beard Cleveland's Board of Education with a petition. That brought up the question...
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