The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1929, Page 12

| WASHINGTON LETTER, By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, April 19.—Leaders of Ataerican education will soon have before them a summary showing the extent to which university profes- sors have been subsidized by the prop- aganda agencies of public utilities interests and the extent to which these professors have prostituted themselves in disseminating mislead- ing information. Requests from the American Politi- zal science association and from mem- bers of the American Association of University Professors have caused the publication of this resume by the Na- tional Popular Government League. It is a lengthy pamphlet entitled “The Challenge of the Power Investigators to American Educators” and is being sent to all members of the American Political Science Association and sev- eral other organizations of educators as well as to all prominent college presidents. The volume is based upon exhibits and testimony before the Federal ‘Trade Commission during its continu- ing investigation and upon previous activities of certain educators in fur- therance of “power trust” propaganda. Judson King, director of the National Popular Government League, has named the professors whom he con- siders the worst offenders and has presented the evidence connecting them with an alleged vast plot to edu- cate Americans to a belief in the vir- tues of private public utility owner- ship. The pamphlet is elaborated from a speech which King made at the political science body's last con- vention, in Chicago. ‘A Deliberate Plot” “Here is the proof,” King says, “that this is not a sporadic thing or a tem- porary phase, but a deliberate plot by the National Electric Light associa- tion to control education in univer- sities and public schools in every re- spect that would suit their purpose. Their primary aim has been to con- trol economic and political thinking through manipulation of educational courses in law, economics, political science, sociology and other subjects.” Pointing for proof to the exhibits “As soon as Dick had agreed to ca: cel my debt to him in just one night ‘Tony began eagerly so great was her need for complete confession, “I was ina fever to get it over with, Funny “I hate him!” Crystal interrupted Vehemently. “I don't—he's not important enough to hate,” Tony answered. “But—that makes it all the worse doesn't it? .. . Anyway, I wanted to get it over with 3 soon as possible, and told him so. It seeméd so—so sordid. But I'd given my promise, and I let him make the plans. I remember he said some- thing about my picture having been in the papers so much lately that it would be hard for us to go anywhere that would be—safe. “Somehow that got me to thinking about Sandy, and how he'd stood be- side me in most of these newspaper anapshots, and I felt so sick I didn't even hear the name of the town Dick decided on. Well, when we got to Darrow, we found that Cherry and Nils and Harry Blaine had already arrived and gone into the movie thea- ter. Their car was parked about a block away, and there was a kidding note—written by Cherry, of course— telling us to join them at the movie if we ever got to Darrow. “We parked behind their car. On the corner was a drug store with a pay telephone-booth, and next to it a five-and-ten cent store. Dick re- minded me that I'd have to trump up some excuse to get away from Cherry's. Lies, Crys! Funny, when I come to think of it, how little lying Tye done all my life. Always loathed lying, even social white lies to get out of Gates. I guess it’s an extra-special sort of vanity—thinking yourself too good to lie, even to save other peo- ple’s feelings—” of official records of the N. E.\L. A. and other material unearthed by the Federal ‘Trade Commission, King tells the professors that the major methods employed to “make higher education an adjunct to the private utility busi- ness” are these: 1. To subsidize certain schools heavily with an understanding of the character of the work to be done. To introduce special courses of study on matters affecting utilities. * To put their approval upon the curricula and subject matter taught. To give outside employment to the professors and instructors for which they are well paid, thus secur- ing their allegiance to the private in- terests’ viewpoint. . ‘To insure the proper education of professors in the utility viewpoint through the medium of conventions and conferences such as conducted by Dean Ruggles. “g, To make secret arrangements with publishers of educational text- books not to publish textbooks ob- jectionable to the utility interests. “7, To seek out authors engaged in writing textbooks, offer to help them with ‘private information’ and revi- sions of subject matter and then en- gage to help them secure & publisher and market their books. War on Unfriendly Texthooks “g, ‘To make a national survey and keep a constant eye on all textbooks on all subjects affecting the utilities and through local chambers of com- merce or friendly members on boards of education to have such texts as they do not approve thrown out of the public schools. “9, To institute a constant espion- Jage on all textbooks, lectures, pam- phlets and expressions by university professors and instructors. “10. In the field of secondary edu- cation, to secure wherever possible through state superintendents of pub- lic instruction and high school teach- ers the introduction of their pam- 'phlets for use of high school and even grade school pupils.” The pamphlet then goes on to ex- pose various specific instances of just how such a program has been worked out with the aid of individual educa- tors. “Then thank God for venity!” Crystal whispered, hugging Tony closer. “Be that as it mi Tony went on, and Crystal knew Tony was grin- ning for the first time since she had come in that night. “I felt pretty low after I'd called up Annabeile and sent her off on a silly errand. Told 1 to buy me a pair of hiking boots id to call me up at the Jonson farm early in the evening to let me know whether she'd found the kind I wanted and was going to mail them. Of course it wasn't Pat calling me. You knew I was lying about that, and I couldn't bear to meet your eyes. Cherry wasn't taken in either, I'll bet, and I suppose she’s keeping poor Nils awake now, while she speculates on evening. I was going home in the morning tell poor Pat what I'd done, and let him have the paternal privil- ege of kicking his daughter out of the. house if he wanted to.” “And have him go gunning for Dick Talbot?” Crystal interrupted. jh, I was going to tell him. the truth—that I'd done that rather than marry Dick,” Tony answered. “I'll bet Pat would have kept his shirt on, but now I'll never know just how he would have behaved. Probably he'd have gone primitive, like any other Anyway, after I'd fixed it with Annabelle to call me, Dick re- minded me of something else. Oh, he wasn't forgetting anything. I believe I accused him of being experienced when he told me I'd better go into the Five-and-Ten and buy myself a wed- ding ring—” Exes Tony buys a “wedding (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) So ® | thing flavored with venom from dis- contented home-goers. 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