Show SECTIONAL SCHOOLBOOKS 1 Gen Gordon Talks on the Action of theGAR j r tsLc Allanla Ga Aug Concerning the action of the Grand Army pf the Repub DRr r lie in condemning school booko alleged loj housed In Southern schools as clilctilutcd Ui to perpetuates prejudice ugiiInst tho general gen-eral Government Gen John T3 Gordon 4tg commandorlnchlct of the United Con fodornto Veterans oald today tL It Is difficult for mo lo believe that any respectable Southorn teacher Is knowingly using any book that Is Intended w Intend-ed to perpetuate sectional prejudice in the minds of Southern children l i More than twenty years ago with the iearly approval of Gen R 12 Ioa and rljcllcvo with the eanctlpn of our whole jeoplc 1 made earnest and persistent efforts is ef-forts to have banished from the schools L1 of thin South and of the Norlh nil section 1 ii al school books and hooks which had any ttW tftlnt of blllerncsB nsrainst cither section 2 Evry movement rn nde by the United Confederate Votcrana und every rccom I uondaMon made by our historical com J nilttcc hLq been lo find and sustain only iiC such books as gave llio truth of history without the slightest tinge of passion or I J prejudice against illh2r tha North or tho South I do not hesitate to say in hoI ii broadest and most emphatic terms that I j nuch Is the apirlt of an overwhelming 1 majority of the Southern tIeople < r I Ifl1 Any effort hownvcr to have book used In schools North or South which p pu would lower the solfrespoet of the children I chil-dren of either section or their legitimate pride In the motives which prompted tho 4ft soldiers of cllhcr army or In their j4 fathers acjiloxements had Just as well bop bo-p abandoned Such an effort will never r succeed It oucrht not lo mccccil because It would bo directly < loatrui tlvo of tins future manhood of our country |