Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946
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1946] I 4 I 1 2 2 1 I I UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Duplicating key punch $ Printing punches, at $28 Duplicating printing punch : Mechanical verifier.: Sorters, at $32 Alphabetical electrical accounting machines, at $292 Automatic reproducer Transfer posting machine Collator Total per month $ Total per year $11 14 112 40 5 64 584 80 20 64 983 803 40 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 60 20 "59 T h e Comptroller and Secretary request authority of the Board to execute such a contract. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Fornof, the execution of this contract was authorized as recommended. RESOLUTION FROM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS REQUESTING SALARY INCREASES TO MEET INCREASED LIVING COSTS (16) T h e University of Illinois Chapter of the American Association of University Professors has sent me the following letter and resolutions. June 13, 1946 To THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY: On June 4th a meeting of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors was held, at which the enclosed resolution was unanimously adopted. This petition has been circulated throughout the University for the signatures of the academic staff. A committee, consisting of the officers of the association, was directed to present this resolution to you for transmittal to the University Council and to the Board of Trustees at their next meeting. T h e A.A.U.P., in sponsoring this resolution, has acted as an organizing agent for the faculty as a whole at the request of many members of the faculty who are not affiliated with the A.A.U.P. It is our hope that you will present this resolution to the University Council at an early date and to the Board of Trustees at the next meeting which we understand will take place on J u n e 15th. According to instructions contained in the last paragraph of this resolution, the committee has sent copies of the resolution to Deans and Directors of Colleges and Schools and to H e a d s and Chairmen of Departments. The resolution has been signed by 764 members of the University Staff up to date, but further signatures are expected as soon as contacts can be made. C O M M I T T E E O F T H E A.A.U.P. H. W. W. W. A. M. ANDERSON President NEISWANGER Vice PARRISH president Secretary June 4, 1946 RESOLUTION: Relative to Salaries at the University of Illinois. Adopted and sponsored by the University of Illinois Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Whereas: Official estimates place the rise in the cost-of-living at not less than 33 per cent since January ist, 1941, and Whereas: Changes in wages and salaries of the academic staff at the University of Illinois since 1941 have been mainly confined to merit increases
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