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Show "The strongest lobby in this and past legislatures," Senator Patterson said, "comes from the educational group. We ' should curtail rather than expand their powers, and I, for one, am willing will-ing to surrender this state's high educational standing if we must go down to economic ruin to remain in the race." Senator D. W. Parratt, one of the chief supporters of the measure, meas-ure, declared that the compulsory compuls-ory idea had been exaggerated and that the bill was drawn for the purpose of meeting the edu. cational needs of the underprivi-lcged underprivi-lcged children. ' v |