Show BROOKlYN TEACHER TEAMER TOFIT TO rIGHT FIT fOR N. N E A A PRESIDENCY i I i I OAKLAND Cal Aug 17 The The declaration by Miss Grace Strachan of Brooklyn that under no circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances would she withdraw from the race for tor the presidency of ot the tho National Education association and that 1 if the repot report t of ot the nominating committee should be unfavorable to her she would seek the nomination from the floor of f the convention fanned the flames today of ot political activity among the tho thousands of or teachers gathered nero I Miss Strachan who ho Is district su superintendent superintendent su- su I of ut schools for or Brooklyn added that she he was surprised that the the- West Vest would even en think of at such an unfair thing as putting up a candidate candidate candidate can can- when the presidency was given to them last year car Miss Strachans Strachan's chief opponent In Inthe inthe the fight for the presidency appears to be David B. B Johnson president atthe of at the Winthrop Industrial and tursi college of or South Carolina who I at nt convention at St. St Paul Minn I last year ear withdrew from the race In favor or or a u of David Starr Jordan chancellor chan chan- of Stanford url who was elected The suggestion that thal In view of ot the struggle between Miss Strachan and Johnson a third candidate be put into the field was being discussed ed toda today among the teachers Mrs Mra Jo Josephine Josephine Josephine Jo- Jo C. C Preston Washington state superintendent of ot public In Instruction In- In I was as being mentioned as a candidate and it was said that she would have the support of ot a strong trong I faction on the Pacific coast Ii LY |