Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1935, Page 6

FISCALACT RDER - CAUSE OF DEBATE fiews of Corporation Coun- sel and Controller General Compared. « The controversy concerning teach- fng of communism in the District ublic schools grew out of the fol- wing rider to the 1936 District ap- propriation act and an interpre- tation and ruling by Corporation Counsel E. Bar- rett Prettyman and Controller Gen. McCarl. The text of the rider, sponsored by Representative Cannon, Demo- crat, of Missouri, follows: “That hereafter the protracted yawning. lieve her, but hasn’t found a remedy yet. Mrs. Roosevelt Sees Teachers no part of any appropriation for the public scliools shall be available for the payment of the salary of any person teaching or gdvocating communism.” = The substance of the interpreta- ton of the rider by Corporation Coun- 1 Prettyman, made at the request the Board of Education, is that: I Any teaching of communism which as for its purpose or its intended effect the nurture, the training or the indoctrination of the pupils in mmunistic thought is forbidden by e rider, but the fhere informing ¢ of pupils con- eerning the his- tory, existence or gheories of the gommunistic gov- €&mnments or par- es is mnot pro- Iaibited, The mere ggcitation or study f factual data not the teach- b prohibited in the rider. He fimmed out the ford “advocate” eans to plead for or urge the adoption of, which is g easily understood that no interpre- tation was deemed necessary. * McCarl then announced the follow- g ruling: ¢ “In view of this specific limita- fion on the uses of the appropria- gions to pay the salaries of those employed in the public schools of the District, it becomes a duty of this ©ffice to require, before credit may be allowed, a showing of fact in sup- port of each payment of salary to those so employed, to the effect that the law has been duly observed.” He then ruled every teacher or @ther school employe must sign a statement that he or she had not #taught or advocated” communism, in schools or “elsewhere,” but did not de- fine the terms. . S. WORKERS MEET IN STATE CONVENTION National Officers Go From Capi- tal to Maryland Parley in Baltimore. 2 Officers of the National Federation of Federal Employes yesterday attend- &d the convention of the Maryland dtate Federation of Federal Employes Unions at the Town Hall in Baltimore. Among the Washingtonians present &t the meeting were Luther C. Steward, esident; Gertrude M. McNally, sec- tary-treasurer, and Matilda Lindsay, fational organizer. The District Fed- eration was represented by John W. Ginder, president; William S. Kinney, wice president; Belle A. Trouland and Mrs. Ola G. King, members of the txecume Commm,ee Borah (Continued From First Page.) % Rep. Cannon, E. Barrett Prettyman. ffecessary to enter the Ohio primary in May. » The chance for such an announce- Qem already has some key Ohio Re- publicans concerned. Representative arshall at Xenia said yesterday “if tside candidates, including Borah, me into Ohio it would be contrary th to the wishes and plans of most the leaders.” % Want Free Ohio Delegation. 5They want the delegation unat- thched, although Borah and Gov. Bandon of Kansas recently polled 23 shd 20 votes, respectively, as favorites ¢ Young Ohio Republicans. » What the situation amounts to is that the independent Ohioan has put $e regular party leadership on notice: am not a candidate—yet.” * If he and his views are ignored, the areadth of the Republican split next r may depend to an extent on how lly he “follows through.” Both rties are counting on their opposi- n dividing. % Meanwhile, Col. Frank Knox, Chi- g0 publisher who has been men- ned frequently as a possibility for e Republican nomination, asserted Spsterday that President Roosevelt’s test indorsement of Senator Norris, publican, of Nebraska, was tanta- ount to abandoning his own party program and taking up the radicals’.” 'w Deal favor of Norris and Sen- r La Follette. he said. “leaves the mocrats of Nebraska and Wisconsin ? orphans in the storm.” Douglas’ Comment. “Whntever its appeal to Independent publicans, the Norris statement by e President was not calculated to ease dissaffected Democrats. Lewis uglas, former budget director, be- gpoke the sentiments of many of them t week when he complained that e Roosevelt enactments wgre “di- rhcted toward making this Govern- nent into a complete collective state.” %¥The administration took no direct tice. Secretary Roper did move to ure business that it need not rry about more reform. And down Alabama the State Democratic Ex- utive Committee chose four leaders for the delegation to the June con- vention, “to give President Roosevelt fhur years additional term of office.” =Topping off the relatively quiescent ek, Charles Michelson, for the Dem- ratic National Committee, last night ked more jibes at the Republicans er the recent State elections. #“We were gravely informed by the @. O. P. prophets,” he wrote, “that e results in New York, Philadel- and Kentucky would unerringly nt to Democratic destruction next r.” % The reverse happened, he believed, ying “perhaps the complete returns available may account for the w of the Republican chortles.” Embarrassed on ‘Red’ Teaching By the Associated Press. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt yesterday entered the row over a ruling that Capital teachers may not teach Com- munism by citing two examples, which, laid end to end, conveyed the idea she thought it would be hard on the teachers. She refused, however, to express an opinion on the ruling by Controller General McCarl that teachers must sign a statement that they had not taught or advocated Communism be- fore drawing each pay check. But she said she thought it important that some one in authority define what the ruling might mean. Mre' Roosevelt laid down two theses: 1. To teach does not mean to ad- vocate. 2. Teachers here are due for diffi- culties when they meet Russia in geography and economics classes. Her own definition for the verbs “to teach,” which she dryly com- mented would be quite valueless to the | District teachers, Mrs. Roosevelt gave as follows: “To teach, I think, means to tell McCarl (Continued From First Page.) by Thomas E. Lodge, its president, is expected to be considered by the Board of Education Wednesday, together with Dr. Ballou's statement. Dr. Ballou pointed out that his de- cision to continue teaching of the facts of communism in the schools was based on the fact McCarl made no attempt to interpret the meaning of the word “teach.” He explained, however, that the ruling would be applied in so far as it affected all school employes—officers, janitors and clerks, as well as teachers. Text of Ballou Letter. The text of Dr. Ballou's letter fol- lows: “I transmit herewith to the mem- bers of the Board of Education a copy of a statement sent by Controller Gen- eral McCarl to the District Commis- sioners relating to the legislative rider in the appropriations act of 1936 hav- ing to do with the teaching or advo- cating of communism in the public schools. After careful reading of the statement of Controller General McCarl, I make the following ob- servations: “The statement of the controller general has to do with his plan or method of putting the legislative rider relating to the teaching or advocating of communism into effect. The legis- lative rider itself makes the controller general’s office responsible for the withholding of the payment of salary of any person who violates the pro- visions of this law. All Employes Included. “The statement of the controller general indicates that not only teach- ers but all employes of the Board of Education, namely, officers, clerks and janitors will be required to certify in the form indicated by the controller general’s office that they are familiar with this provision of law and have observed it. “In his statement to the Commis- sioners, the controller general does not undertake to interpret the word ‘teach.” The perplexing question of the construction which is to be given to the word ‘teach’ still remains un- answered as far as the controller gen- eral’s office is concerned. “In his statement to the Commis- sioners the controller general adds one new element for our consideration. Heretofore the discussion of the prob- lem of the teaching or advocating of Communism has assumed that it was limited to the schools. In his state- ment Mr. McCarl adds the word ‘else- where,” thereby apparently assuming responsibility over employes of the Board of Education with respect to their advocating communism anywhere Progressive OIL BURNERS See This Oil Burner Before Making a Decision! 5-Year Guarantee Free Service and Parts somplel NO MONEY DOWN 3 YEARS TO PAY Wit] Extra Charge 1st Payment 30 Days After Completion of Work ® B and G Summer and Wi ter Hot er Attachments. ® All makes of nationally known boilers on display at our nN.:V showroom—906 10th St. W, ¢ ECONOMY et 906 10th St. N.W. Met. 2132 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, people about something. I do mot think it means to advocate anything. I teach or tell my child if he puts his fingers on the stove he will be burned. I do not advocate that he put his fingers on the stove to have them burned.” Mrs. Roosevelt said some interest- ing situations might arise with both younger and more advanced puplls, citing: 1. A geography class, with the teacher saying, “Here is an area two times the size of the United States. It is lived in by people called Rus- sians.” A bright child conceivably asking, “What form of government do they live under?” The teacher possibly having to say, “My dear child, I can't tell you.” 2. An economics class, with teach- ers informing, “There is a place two times the size of the United States in which 150,000,000 people are living. |I'm very sorry, but I can't tell you | anything about it.” Mrs. Roosevelt said the teacher would be in a somewhat difficult po- sition unless some one in authority clearly defined whut they were to do. at any time. This provision will ap- parently apply to clerks and janitors as well as to teachers and officers. Situation Unchanged. { “In short, the controller generals| statement to the Commissioners in- dicates the manner in which he will determine whether the law is being compiled with by school employes; his statement does not add to or subtract from the previous discussion of the meaning of the word ‘teach.’” In effect, Dr. Ballou's statement in- dicates he believes the schools should continue to follow the ruling laid down by Corporation Counsel E. Bar- rett Prettyman, which permits the factual teaching of the history of Communism. Off the school property, however, it will be the responsibility of the teacher or other school employe to observe the ruling. In that case, the school employe would be answer- able to the General Accounting Office and not the School Board. Refusal of McCarl’s office to approve the pay- ment of a salary in such an event probably would bring a legal test of the ruling. The McCarl decision has added an- other burden to the office of Auditor Donovan, whose employes will be re- quired to check every pay day the statements of all school employes with regard to the Communism ruling. Donovan estimates it will mean the checking of 5,000 statements a month, in addition to other incidental details. In the midst of the Communism | discussion, the Wheel of Progress adopted a resolution opposing the | teaching of the subject in any school | or college in the Uniled States. A | committee of the organization was| instructed to petition Congress to en- act legislation to “annihilate all sub- versive propaganda in the United States, whether put forth by aliens or | citizens.” 10 Lashes Given for Thefts. WILMINGTON, Del, November 16 (#).—Dennis Leone received 10 lashes at the New Castle County Workhouse today. He had pleaded guilty to jewel thefts from two dwellings. 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