Show prominent Pro t laymen form commission I 1 m i ir imbi if 0 1 i to help in public school crisis aroused by the continuing nation nallon vide alde crisis lit in the public schools a gro group up of prominent nen and women have formed a notional national citizens commission tor for we lie public schools will ark tor for concerted action on by citizen C a in their local corn com was anno announced und may 16 tho the cot commission ami salon has received initial financial support from the carnegie corporation and tho the gen oral aral education board dobud dr di james D conant president at t harvard university hailed it as potentially the most important nove move for the advancement ot of public idu du catton cation taken in tho the last roars fears tho the commission Is composed exclusively clu or of I 1 laymen aymen many of 0 them thein outstanding in busin business esc labor la law w and publishing its twenty eight initial meni members bors are conven convinced ed that because of the problems of the times public schools have never before been so important to fo the nation the commission As Is the first or of its kind hind established in this century 0 o devote itself to the public schools it plans to act as a clearing house bouso of information on public school problems for local groups and to cite outstanding examples of community action for the improvement ol of public schools professional educators many conscientious school boards the parent teacher association and other groups are working hard for or better public schools roy E lar sen president of time lite life and chairman of the group said but the problems of public education are so broad that they concern all oj oi us and it la is tl time e for or all of us to understand and andi do something about them headquarters of the commission will be at 2 west street new york city when the group Is tully fully expanded it will have sixty members rho rh initial twenty elijht members of the th new commission ire art mrs mr barry bingham VP louisville Loui iville courier journal i and tidies stuart bradley Brt dley men mem exec bd louisiana Louit lana education roun foundation dation nw new james F brownie vice camj ahm ahm ot of business education committee COMMIt WL committee tor for economic development fairfield conn conni john cowles cowle pros pres minneapolis star and tribune edward R eastman Ettl min pros pres ft ed edi american agriculturist Ari agriculturist lihi N at Y george gallup dir american institute of Public opinion mrs mr bruce gould ed ladle ladies home journal I 1 uster letter B D afan exec dir national urban league ralph A fla layward hayward yard pres kalamazoo Kalam aioo Vege vegetable Parth parchment ment tnt coi co robert ither heller pro pe rol r heller ft Ao clatt inc cleveland palmer hoyt ed bubli denver POX post roy hoy K E larun larsen ahm pres prea time tim ft A lift mrs mr samuel samut A Lw Le iwohn wohn ohn ahm bd of 0 trusts Tru tee teM public education assod hilon N Y walter lippmann washington Wahl non D t ct CI robrt robert Lit lettell senior ed readers reader digest St stanley tinley marcus ex exec exe VP nelman marcus marcu co t dallas dana 1 jame 0 K X mcclure pre Par Far roert mert federation int inc asheville Ath eville N C george houk mead ahrn of od bd rh the mead mad corp daimont dayton mrs mr eugene meyer Wa washington hinton von pot leo perlis secy nad dir biati CIO community services service committee raymond n R rubicam 1111 cam Scotta dalr dalf arigona berdle beardsley Beir diley ruml ahm of 0 bd ba R it macy ft co inc nt N Y harry scherman sch e 1 aman pres pre boo althe of them month club louis B settler ed d cleveland press pres richard joyce smith partner whitman ransom C coulson aison t coats N Y john lohn A Steve stevenson naon treat lies pres penn mutual life ins ina in co joica P philadelphia haa charles charlei allen alien thomas thoma bezec 0 VP kc banto nto Cht chemical mical co st louit louis judge C charle E Wynn ski jr U S districts District 1 Judge tor or hasaj Ms bouen boston |