Show WILL NOT OBEY Secretary Shepard Strongly Against Simplified Spelling Los Angeles July Shephard of the National Educational association stated after adjournment the convention that unless so ordered by the executive committee he would not record the vote yote In the meeting to tl today day upon the subject of simplified spelling Inasmuch as It ordered him to use the simplified form of words In publications of the association an as assumption assumption of authority In open meetIng which he regarded as properly belong belongIng belongIng Ing to active members alone or to the board ot of directors He stated that there was no precedent of constitutional constitutional authority for such a vote ill In an open session and that he would not comply with the mandate as the mat matter matter ter Rather he would obey the order of the board of dIrectors ot of yesterday In striking three of the aim sim simplified words from the list of twelve previously used by the association The words struck out were tho and thoro |