| Show co congressional L BILL TO PROVIDE FEDERAL AID FOR EDUCATION we hold these truths to be self eident proclaims our declaration la of independence that all men are created equal 2 but no one has ever contended that the environments environ m ants into which men I 1 aae ai e born and which influence j their lives so overwhelmingly are equal it should be one of the aims of the schools in a democracy to lessen these differences but at the present time our schools are actually accentuating them because these c schools range from excellent down to the very very poor the harrison thomas fletcher bill now before congress is the result of a countrywide country wide study of our educational systems it revealed deplorable conditions the bill H R provides federal funds for the purpose of I 1 lessening inequalities of opportunity I 1 for elementary and secondary education among states and within states surely this is in line with our ideals especially as the sovereignty of the several states has been carefully preserved all who believe in giving every american child a chance to secure a fair elementary and high school education should write to the president of the united states or to the chairman of the education committee of the house and to his own senator and congressman in support of this bill Is any one worthy to be called an american if he would deny the boys and girls of our country this simple service |
