Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-06 | Page 15 | Walsh Scores Efforts of Power Interests to Pollute Textbooks

Wal Walsh vii h Scares S Efforts Eff ts of Power P Po w r Interests Interests' to Pollute Textbooks WASHINGTON Dec 6 United d Press TIie rhe The practice practice of power companies in attempting to Influence influence ence once school text books and tea teachers hers was vas denounced today b by Senator Thomas J. J Walsh of Montana who announced ho he would press for forI I early eally action in congress on his bill making the practice subject to toI I OO fine and six months s Imprison Imprison- ment merit Walsh told toM the United Tress Press he lie I did no not expect to hold hearings on the bill In the senate judiciary committee com cons where the bill has been re re- re erred He will pl place co before the committee records of tho the federal trade commission hearings which he believes sufficient to justify adoption of his bill The Introduction by selfish private private vate vote interests into the public schools of text books prepared by them or under their thell direction particularly particularly particularly par par- when they deal with controversial controversial con con- questions in the field of politics or economics is not to be tolerated Walsh said Walsh said the commissions commission's evidence evidence evi evi- dence showed text books In Ohio in two years were polluted b by the National Electric Light as association association as- as on allied interests He said the evidence revealed a a. letter stating that Ginn Co o. o largest n manufacturer of text bool I bool had assured the power Interests that it would submit to them any work ort ork dealing with public utilities the publication Atlon of which was wac was plated The senator pointed further to evidence that Theodore G. G Grayson Gray Gray- ara Grayson son son in charge of ot a a. pUl public lIc utilities course at the University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn renn- s sylvania had l' l received elved each for fora a number of speeches and d that he was paid by pow power r interests In one of these addresses delivered delivered ered at New Ney Orleans he linked advocates ad advocates advocates ad- ad of government ownership with and parlor reds and denounced the Boulder dam dani legislation Walsh said Dean William C C. Raymond Rarmond University Uni Uni- e of Iowa and Dean Ruggles University of Ohio also were m men mentioned mentioned men men- n- n In testimony he lie added Val urged evidence e of tho the commission commission com corn mission as cause for his companion bill authorizing tho the postmaster general general general gen gen- eral to suspend from front second class mailing privileges any publication which failed to mark as advertisements advertisements advertisements advertise advertise- ments any printed matter for fot which It received pay In Ohio Walsh said columns of material had been sent out by power interests in one year