Show i z i i i i i i i i ii i i i i iThe N N N N N N N The American Way TO DIRECT AND CONTROL By DeWitt Vitt Emery Editors Editor's Note DeWitt Emery is president of the National Small Business Mens Men's Association r f No matter what t tup its it's called or how it may be dressed up or how thick or thin you slice it the real purpose behind federal aid to education is to direct and control what is taught in all of the schools in this country and to select those who do do the teaching Its It's part and parcel of the determined effort now being being be be- ing made by our labor Administration to substitute national socialism for our Republican form of government The claims made by the supporters of this program that federal control will not go along with the money are poppycock poppycock poppy poppy- cock g plain everyday ordinary poppycock This is exactly the same as saying that the government takes your money my money and the money of other taxpayers and throws it around without paying any attention to who gets it or what they do with it I know that's the way it looks to some of ofus ofus ofus us with the cost of government going up and up and up but that isn't the way it is Actually and without exception in the whole record of national experience the strings of supervision are inseparable inseparable ar arable ble from any form of federal expenditures and it is only natural and logical that this should be true The government has an obligation to see that when some of the peoples' peoples money is for a definite and specific purpose that the money is used for that purpose The Supreme Court has held on numerous occasions that it is both the right and obligation of the government to exercise control where it makes expenditures whose hearts bleed for the The do poor kids who do not have adequate educational opportunities really dont don't give a continental about the kids What they want is control over another large an and l important segment of our population with an ever increasing number of bureaucrats bureaucrats bureaucrats bureau bureau- i on the federal payroll Federal aid to education would be a Roman holiday for forthe tree the bureaucrats There would be hordes of them watching over and messing up the school systems in every city and town and one or more in every village and crossroads l hamlet hamlet hamlet ham ham- let in the entire country This program is typical of the u fool the people type of government which has been popularized in the last gener gener- It professes one objective while actually having an 1 different 4 h b t en t t re y o sec five Assuring more children a better education is the stated objective The actual purpose is to let a handful of people in Washington determine what all children in the United States shall be taught Ideological control of the schools and through them of the children is a basic step of all totalitarian totalitarian totalitarian total total- forms of government Its It's always the number one objective of the communists So mothers and fathers if you want to have anything to say about what your children get et in school if you want your schools run by local people want control of what is taught and by whom to rest in the hand of your local board of education which can be voted out and a new board voted in whenever you and your fellow citizens wish then you'd better become articulate in opposition to federal aid to education education edu edu- cation right now I Express your views on this important matter to the Congressman representing your district and both of the Senat Senators Sen Sen- at rs representing your state in our national legislature in l Washington n 0 |