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Show DO OUR SCHOOLS NEED YOUR PERSONAL HELP? Speaking before the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools at Cleveland, Ohio, Frank W. Abrams, chairman of the board of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, said: "There is nothing in this world more important, as I see it, than the education of our children." Later, he said the problems prob-lems of our public schools should be dealt with by individual t tion of our greatness as a nation. But if we unselfishly and energetically ener-getically come to grips with the many challenges to the welfare of our public schools, we can be sure that we are cultivating well the greatest of our natural resources re-sources the children of America." citizens. ' "Our Board of Directors has adopted the following statement, state-ment, which is being brought to the attention of our employees: "The importance of our public pub-lic school system to the growth, prosperity, peace and security of our country can scarcely be over-estimated at 'any time. Its significance is never more apparent ap-parent than in times of emergency. emer-gency. At times like these the relationship between freedom and a literate and educated population pop-ulation is thrown into clear focus. 1 "American business enterprise enter-prise is aware of its own great debt to the public school system sys-tem of this country, because it ' is essential to their own sur- . vival and growth. "We are aware of the many ' problems and many of the op- 1 portunities of the present. We I believe, as so many others do, ' that the teacher needs greater J public interest and support. "If, out of apathy, we were jto let our American public school system decay, we would gravely undermine the founda- |