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Show BETTER EDUCATION NEEDED. i Announcement of Secretary of the Interior Ickes that part of the $3 300,-000,000 300,-000,000 public works fund would be I available to build and repair schools, to aid in reconstruction of the educational edu-cational foundation of the nation, which has been under development for I many years, is encouraging. The seriousness of the injury in-i in-i f licted on the schools as the result of j the depression is not generally fully j : appreciated. Added to that damage is i that which is being generated by the continuous campaigning of representatives represen-tatives of special interests who prefer i to sacrifice the nation's future welfare j to that of their personal and more material gains; greed of such individuals indivi-duals and groups having overcome their judgment and directed them to worshipping the false god of gold and the power that accompanies its ownership. own-ership. The nation is in need of an improved improv-ed educational sytem, not a more restricted res-tricted one. It is undoubtedly true that there has been some extravagance extrava-gance and waste in the development of our educational system. This could hardly have been avoided. The sins of the educators in this respect are far less, however, than are those of the criticising politicians and their sponsors, the latter two being to an extreme degree the acme of accomplishment accom-plishment under a system that breeds greed, graft and gouging. It is well for the nation that its executive administration has the foresight, fore-sight, the courage, to lend aid to education edu-cation under existing conditions. |