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Show LIBERTY SAFEGUARDED ' BY CONSTITUTION During the hysteria produced by a bitter political campaign, the peo-j ' pie of Oregon two years ago voted;1 in favor of a law prohibiting parents j from sending their children to any j. but public schools. Private schools were entirely eliminated by the measure. mea-sure. The United States Supreme court has annulled that law as contrary to every principle of constitutional liberty. lib-erty. There are many reasons why parents par-ents may not want to send their child ren to public schools.. The decision does not affect the- power of the state sta-te to enforce proper schooling. The state, may insist that the academic standards of private schools shall be the' same as those for public schools. It may license teachers and supervise super-vise all schools to maintain the stand ards. But it cannot interfere with special instruction of the normal or cultural nature. This decision illustrates how the (United States constitution and the United tates constitution " and the United States Supreme Court guarantee guar-antee and protect the rights of the American citizen. Hasty legislative action or hysterical decisions at general gen-eral elections cannot override the ultimate ul-timate protection afforded every citizen citi-zen by these two great institutions of American liberty. |