Congressman proponents of teacher's rights

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1947

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Congressman Propcmenls Of Teac~ers' Righis MARCELINO BAUTISTA Among the men who are in closetouch with the problems of education in our country are the Congressmen of the House Committee on Educat10n whose present membership is as fol- lows: Hon. Juan V. Borra, Chairman Ron. Pedro B. Albano R on. Eduardo A. Barreto Hon. Leon Cabarruguis Hon. Marcos M. Calo Hon. Manuel T. Cases Hon. Luis T. Clarin Hon. Floro Crisologo Hon. Gabriel Dunuan Hon. Esmeralda Eco Hon. Eulogio Lawenko Hon. Enrique Medina Hon. Manalao Mendalano Hon. Ricardo Navarro Ron. Emigdio V. Nietes In the past sessions of Congress many of these gentlemen, such as Congressmen Borra, Piang, Calo, Tizon, Medina, Tojong, Clarin, Samonte, Cabarruguis, Cases and others fought hard for the rights and privileges of the teachers and teach· er-nurses. Their immediate objective is to free the mer;n.bers of the teaching force from economic difficul· ties so that they can devote wholeheartedly their full time, thought and Qnergy to their work. This, they belleve, will raise materially and fu. ndamentally the standard of. our educatlonal system. To them, education of the youth is the best investment of the people's money. It will always pay dividends especially in our Republic, where ignorance of and indifference to public questions are threatening to destroy Democracy. • 14 Hon. Jose Topacio Nueno Hon. Juan R. Perez Hon. Toribio P. Perez Hon. Gumbay Piang Hon. Jose M. Reyes Hon. Jose V. Rodriguez Hon. Juan de G. Rodriguez Hon. Damaso T. Samonte Hon. Felixberto M. Serrano Hon. Conrado Singson Hon. Lorenzo Teves Hon. Tito V. Tizon Hon. Laudio A. Tojong Hon. Cornelio T. Villareal Particularly, these gentlemen desire to see for our teachers a living salary of PBO.OO basic for elementary school teachers in the provinces and PlOO.OO in the City for teachers CJI! the same category. One Congressman or another is also seriously considering the followinf,! proposals for the' amelioration of the teachers' welfare: Automatic salary increases of P5.00 per month for every five years of ·continuous service in addition to possible increases in recognition of individual merits; free hospitalization and free medical care in case of. sickness d,.uring the term of service with pay; matermty leave with pay for regular as well as temporary teachers; sabbatical leave of six months with pay for every ten years of continuous service in addition to vacation and sick leave; payment of a vear's salary to the tamily THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATOR. 15 DECEMBER 7, 1941, THE AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SALARl:ES FROM JANUARY 1, 1942 TO JANUARY ~0. 1945. of any teacher who may die during the term of service; life penston after service of thirty years in addition to whatever benefits ihe teacher gets from hls government insurance. These rights and privileges, they believe, will not only give justice, so long denied, to teachers and teacher-nurses but it will surely attract men and women of hlgh moral, cultural ,and intellectual qualities to join the army of missioners for peace and progress whose sacred task is to lay' and fortify the basic foundations of light and truth, of freedom and justice. On the question of backpay, Dr. Manuel T. Cases, Congressman !rom the district of La Union, asserted that the 57,000 teachers before the war as well as thousands of other government employees in the national, municipal and provincial rosters are entitled to their t!rree years' salar-Y. Dr. Cases advocates the payment of the back pay to all government employees in the form of negotiable bonds redeemable in ten years. Dr. Cases has a b1ll filed in the House of Representatives entitled AN ACT TO PAY PRE-WAR EMPLOYEES SERVING THE COMMON· WEALTH GOVERNMENT UP TO UNESCO IN BRIEF ... (Continued from page 12) in too many fields, thereby duplicating the efforts of already well established organizations. Be that as it may, it is the purpose of Unesco "to promote the evolutionary adventure of humanity and to help to keep to the right direction for achieving true progress. In that adventure and that progress, Let us hope that th& m!xt CGllgt'e:ss will be more incli~ toward the cau.e of the teachers and teacher-nurses and other poorly paid govenunent e.-nployees. Write to your respective Congressmen to support this Back Pay Bill so that, in the words of Dr. Cases, ''not only the big shots but also~ the small fry will be the recipients of the charity of Juan de la Cruz. Juan de la Cruz has no business giving lollipops to the big boys and say later that there is none left for the small potatoes. Let Juan be buried in debt, ff there is no other way out, in orderto serve all, instead of saving in order to serve only the few. This is only one among the many teachings and implieations of DEMOCRACY, the way .I. life we have chosen to follow, a concept which mea. ns freedom of religfon and of expression and security from want and fear. May fhe Spirit of Democracy continue to keep burning its sacred flame in the hearts of our people so that peace, order, justice and. progr:es:s will bless our lives."' education and learning, the science~ and the arts, are one and the same, same time, means . and ends, methocb for achieving growth and also the flower and fruit of that growth. Unesco is the first large-scale organization to be set up to promote this adventure of humanity as a whole, concentratine on the mental and spiritual aspects, but not neglecting their practical applications." (Unesco Com. Report. p. 11.) FOR MODERN OPTICAL NEEDS-SEE KEEPSAKE OPTICAL--80 Escolta

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