1968 Press Photo Representative Allen & Horace Lester discuss teacher's pay bill

Mississippi State Representative Charles B. Allen, Jr. of Amory (right) and Horace B. Lester of Jackson look over a legislative chart. Allen, chairman of the House Education Committee, led the big teacher pay raise bill to passage Thursday with scarcely a discouraging word and only 2 "no" votes.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.