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UAMAGbL) PAtiE(S)
Highlights 81st Annual Convention
Beaumont—October 22 and 23
By BETSY JOHNSON
More than 500 delegates and members attended the
81st annual convention of the Teachers State Association
of Texas held in Beaumont on October 21, 22 and 23.
Hotel King Edward and the City Hall Auditorium were
headquarters for the convention activities. Registration,
committee meetings and luncheons were held in the Hotel
King Edward. All sessions of the Delegate Assembly con-
vened in the City Hall Auditorium.
The convention theme was adopted from the National
Education Week slogan, INVEST IN LEARNING —
KEEP AMERICA GREAT.
GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
General assemblies were held Friday morning and after-
noon. The third and final general assembly was held
Saturday morning. Primary attention was given to the
following: election procedures, termination of the cor-
poration and annual reports of officers.
Election of Officers
The Delegate Assembly in the 80th Convention in
1964, adopted a constitutional amendment which voided
all statutes related to election of officers and ascendency
to the office of presidency. Also, the amendment provided
that ballots be distributed on or before October 5 and
that they be tabulated at the Annual Convention.
Results of balloting for officers as reported by the
Election Committee:
Firt Vice President
Mrs. Vivian Bowser, Houston 1,066
George W. Lacey, Port Arthur 770
Second Vice President
fames C. McClure, Midland 571
F. A. Moseley, Waco 647
D. M. White, Woodville 478
Departmental Secretary-
Mrs. R. F. Hendrix, Galveston 1,085
Mrs. Ruby Johnson, Liberty 609
Robert L. Gregory, Jr., was elected by the Delegate
Assembly to serve as president for the term 1965-66.
This election was necessary to satisfy prohibitions of the
amendments adopted in the 80th Convention. The amend-
ment prohibited the first vice president from ascending
to the office of presidency until a full term is served
as first vice president.
Termination of the Corporation
The Resolution Committee presented a proposal that
plans and arrangements be made "... whereby the As-
sociation and its affiliate district and local units may ter-
minate operations on August 31 next following after a
satisfactory integration plan has been developed by the
Teachers State Association of Texas and the Texas State
Teachers Association."
The delegates were not able to reconcile differences
of opinion concerning the resolution on termination of
the corporation. They adopted a proposal that the Execu-
tive Committee be directed to develop plans and arrange-
ments whereby the corporation may terminate its opera-
tion at some future date.
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Several questions related to unification of separate asso-
ciations were debated in the Delegate Assembly. Some
of the questions were: What shall be done with the
assets of the corporation? Has any progress been made in
negotiating with TSTA on merger plans? Is it permissible
for members to hold membership in both TSAT and
TSTA ?
Though, there has not been any formal discussion of
unification plans by officers of TSAT and TSTA, some
officers of local and district have held conferences on the
subject. There are reports of several unified locals in
which affiliates of TSAT and TSTA have made arrange-
ments to work as a single organization.
President Robert L. Gregory looks forward to an early
meeting of the Executive Committee at which time action
will be taken on the matter of implementing instructions
of the Delegate Assembly.
Annual Reports of Officers
The executive secretary reported extended activities
during the past year. The activities included:
1. Representing at National and Regional Conferences.
2. Helping members who are displaced as a result of
public school desegregation and application of the
1964 Civil Rights Act.
3- Testifying on National legislation.
4. Developing plans for merger of state and national
associations.
5. Promoting membership campaigns and professional
growth programs.
Some specific problems and cases handled by the Wel-
fare Committee were reported by the executive secretary.
He also gave a summary of particular grievances that have
been reported to the Welfare Committee. The grievances
including the following:
1. Ignoring seniority and teaa'nigig certification in
screening teachers who are to be retained.
2. Offering conditional contracts wljich allow termina-
tion of employment whenever the ADA falls below
a specified number.
3. Postponing appointments without communicating in-
tentions to teachers.
4. Bargaining in bad faith, in failure to fulfill commit-
ments that contracts will be offered. Teachers were
led to believe that they would be placed after com-
pliance plans were approved.
5. Overlooking previous evaluations of creditable per-
formance in citing incompetence as cause for dis-
placement.
6. Giving priority to graduates of colleges and univer-
sities that are commonly called white institutions.
7. Requiring teachers with established longevity in the
school system to re-apply for teaching positions.
8. Employing white teachers who do not have the same
qualifications as displaced Negro teachers.
9. Excluding Negro teachers from consideration for
placement in predominantly white schools.
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