Show Pr pa nd Plan Daring I Would Have Invaded Schools Hoover Takei Take D Definite fi it Stand Stand 1 By Dy RODNEY RODNEY DUTCH DUTCHER ER W WASHINGTON NEA NEA Anyone Anyone who k keeps ep lan l'an an eye eb yo on nth thi n 1 w wi of Washington va hinston mu must t b be r realizing t that we e are are- living in an an ago of ot propaganda ro gm ganda and that ther there Is w vc r and mor moro of ot it tro from week cek to w week ek President Herbert Hoover however however how how- ever r 8 seems emil to th b be one ond who d doesn't altogether r i approve at of it at le as d 8 tar fat aa nH au the tho federal g government vernin nt i Ii conc concerned i d Within n tho the last Jait f few tew nv days day he has h knocked out two two very ery extensive propaganda a. a p plans Ono On of f them he killed c completely upon th the other he be simply frowned d sternly but A II presidential d frown Wn can bo be a a. Withering blight and title this second plan llan is we weak k and p pallid Uld right now The g government of of co course urn b has 11 b been n propagandizing i for r some time in one way or another with th tho war and navy departments tHa laying 1 down do th the tho heaviest but th the th r re recent rC- rC cent ann announcement nt that the prohibition prohibition l. tion bureau iren was going t to spread propaganda in favor vor ot or prohibition lit the public cho Th go beyo beyond d them all WIDESPREAD PROGRAM Mr Hoover ft folt ost t. t ver time Urna InComing in inComing Coming doming down on on thu this scheme with both C feet feet- et He p the clamp on it so effectively ty that ev even n the bi 11 p hIda h- h lets Ida that were er drawn up to AId in inthe the ROOd good work u- u are not to see he ie light lIht of t day But ev even h th though ush d dad lId the the is worth rth examining just Juat as an instance of or Ut the extent of ot the propaganda machinery that co could ld under c certain conditions be put putt to w work rk by Un Uncle Sam I The b bureau reau educational 1 campaign in the schools sva was wall wasby I by no ho m nan means nl t to tc tl l lave VB b been n limited tl to preaching th the virtU of f l w servance f and law enforcement Tho bureau nu went ent so o far AS u to outline m methods by which to inject the Into classes in arithmetic arith arith- I English hl history lory drawing I current events and nd url various us other subjects and rind all al ot of this this' pr prOpaganda Was designed to to p prove pi ov that prohibition I tion lion was as corr correct Jn theor theory find dud successful suc suc- cc ful in ope operation tion Good o d or b bad d this was certainly a a. drastic step ettl for tor tl the government Nothing lIko Il ever er been pro- pro lx sed before b fo t The Tho navy and war department h havo v persistently tried to convince the public what tine fine things s. s armies navies and preparedness prepared pAr d- d ness ar are are but attempting to proto prove pro to school children the wisdom I of one one sp specific law Is Is for tor the His federal gov government something n new w. w HAD NO AUTHORITY There Thero Is of c course ree no fe federal law Jaw under which tho the federal government could h have he e made courses In prohibition tion School children in inmost most moist places arc taught th the desirability desira 1 o of law observance and anti some somo states stAles provide for teaching lel them the evils of alcohol but no state law to tite has provided d that the UiG young idea shall shah be Impressed with the goodness or the th b d o 1 ot of any ny given given en statute i HoWo the I ly Iy dead killed dead killed by ty half a n. dozen words from the White House The Th other proposition was less less Jess formal und had direct It consisted of ot otan an appeal from m the tho National lic lie magazine for tor funds turid to combat radicalism and nd support the policies of ot Pr President Hoover This seemed to be something now nos' t too o and It Jt would be ba considerably funnier if some om at the of-the the Republican leaders such s Oa as Chairman Work and Senators Watson Vatson of ot Indiana and Burton of ot Ohio hadn't be been n pictured as s giving the movement their indorsement The pretension was vas mn made o that thal President Hoover himself was be behind behind be be- hind It but th the tha White House promptly announced that h ho wasn't In 5 sympathy VIlh with the tha drive The The- National Republic is la a monthly ly magazine devoted devotee to publishing publishing pub pub- lishing patriotic articles I strati on propaganda and mn material apparently designed t to prove pro that t the country Is in some danger of u. u n communist revolution The Tho Th propaganda effort ot of the tiie pow power r interests has hu been perhaps the major scandal uncovered here hero heroin hereIn In the last hut year This was still another typo of ot propaganda th the effort of t an enormous ous Industry to educate educato children and v newspaper readers against ng public Ownership of ot utilities public regulation and a d anything eia else IS which might ham hAni- hamper per per monopolies In making huge h pr profits prOfit This Thie great propaganda effort effort ef- ef fort tort affecting public publio schools colleges col eel leges n newspapers pers and numerous Um other channels of ot reaching teaching the pub- pub lie He Is la being baing uncover uncovered d by the federa federa federal fed fed- era eral trade commission by direction of t the e senate |