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MILITANT FIGHT PLANNEDBYNEA Teachers Hear * Leading Educators Criticize Re- strictions in D. C. BACKGROUND— The red rider, attached %o last year’s District appropriation bill, has been the subject of long . con- troversy. A bill to repeal-the rider failed in the last session of Con- gress, lost in the scurry to adjourn. The red rider forbids the teach- ing of communism, either pro or con. in District schools. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., June 30.—The National Education Association began Jaying groundwork today for a militant fight for independence of thinking and learning in the Nation's schools. Nomination and election of officers 1o lead the fight was the first concern. Balloting starts today, but thie Elec- tion Committee will not report before Thursday night. A Delegates to the seventy-fourth an- nual convention of the association yes- terday heard prominent educators brand educational restrictions as “dic- tatorial censorship of thinking and | Jearning” and call for “solidarity and mmtancy of the educational profes- sion.” Studebaker Is Critical. John W. Studebaker, United States commissioner of education, voiced vigorous criticism of congressional action in limiting the mention of governmental science in the District of Columbia. ‘I am certainly not contending for | the establishment or advocacy of communism,” he said. t I do wish to point out that the implications of the situation in the District of Columbia are of great significance. = + + If democracy means freedom to inquire, to learn, to express one's self * * ¢ then we can tolerate no dmamnal censorship of thinking and learning.” Thomas W. Gosling. national di- rector of the Junior Red Cross, told the delegates “until we remove dicta- torships from the schools, we cannot with good grace attack it elsewhere. P The restraint imposed by fear sup- plants the joy of free inquiry. Com- pulsory oaths of allegiance and com- pulwr\ salutes to the Flag are flagrant examples of dictatorships * * *." Teachers Must Feel Free. The association was told by its key- noter yesterday that educating Amer- fca’s children is a task set in a scene “poth terrifying and inspiring.” The association’s committee on aca- | demic freedom meanwhile reieased 2| report declaring “teachers must feel| 1rre in their teaching” and declaring “it is futile to expect independent, ju- | dicious and courageous minds to be ! developed in students * * * by timid and submissive teachers The report, issued by Dr. Henry L. Smith, education school dean at Indi- ana University, the association. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancel- lor of Oregon's higher education sys- | tem, shortly after the association’s legislative commission voted to ask re- peal of the congressional ban on teach- ing of communism in the District of Columbia public schools. Dr. Edgar C. Higbie, president of Wilson Teachers' College, has been elccted State director of the National Education Association for the Dis- trict, succeeding Miss Edith Grosvenor, physical training instructor at Cen- tral High School, according to a tele- will be presented to | BY J. A. FOX. EAVING as his legacy a terse I demand for economy in Govern- ment, John R. McCarl, for 15 years controller general of the United States, goes out of office ai the close of business today. Serving through four administra- tions—Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt—as the agent of Congress designated to see that appropriated moneys are expended in strict accord- ance with the law, McCarl, always noted for his vigilant supervison of public funds, dropped the reins with this pointed observatjon: “I am deeply interested in the re- organization study recently authorized to be undertaken by & special com- mittee, of which Senator Byrd is chairman, and if the work is to be seri- ously taken up I would wish to be available to give the Senator and his associates such assistance as I can. “A systematic and sensible reor- ganization of the regular governmental agencies and activities would result not only in a vast monetary saving, but would eliminate duplicate and con- flicting operations, bring together re- lated functions, simplify procedure | and in every respect make for better | administration. This is a legislative problem, and I am in hopes that the next Congress may be so constituted that there may be assured not only & systematic and thorough reorganiza- tion of the regular agencies, with proper consolidations and eliminations, but that many, if not all of the exist- ing special or ‘emergency’ agencies, which, due to their nature were loosely and extravagantly set up, and as tax- consuming in the extreme, may be promptly eliminated with such of their | functions as may be proper for tem- porarily carrying on, assigned to the more economically organized special establishments.” May Aid Senate Groups. This statement tends to bear out re- ports that the Governmental-Reorgan- ization Committee, headed by Senator Byrd, Democrat of Virginia, a critic of administration spending, has made | overtures to McCarl to act in an ad- | | visory capacity. The phraseology in | which McCarl couched it also supports | | the contention of his friends that he | | would have no part in this study un- | 1ess he was convinced it would be pro- ductive of some good. Senator Byrd reacted to McCarl's announcement with the sxnlrmenl' that he would urge his committee m, use the retiring controller general's! services “to the greatest possible | extent.” | “I know he would be of great value to us.” Byrd said. McCarl well summed up his own phil- osophy toward Federal office holding | generally yesterday, when he gave out ! the statement which also disclosed his | tentative plans for the future: “Had I not been convinced that there was real need for such an office—the controller generalship—and that there | was work to be done, I would not have remained here 15 vears.” Equally as interesting as McCarl's strictures on Government spending was his announcement that he might take some part in politics,” but he gave no inkling of definite in(emion in this regard. McCarl is a Republican: he is an appointee of President Harding, and served in the 1920 campaign as sec- retary of the Republican Congressional Committee, but no hint of partisan- gram received today from Hugh Stew- | art Smith, principal of Jefferson Junior High School and member of the Washington delegation at the N. E. A. convention Other delegates District are Dr. J. Orin Powers, Miss Arnie C. Keliher, Miss Getty Hannah Bonnell and Miss Maude Anton. FUNERAL RITES TODAY FOR ROBERT ELLIOTT Robert Elliott, 71, who died Sunday at his residence in the Concord Apart- | ments, was to be buried today in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. The funeral services were in Cunningham'’s chapel. Alexandria. Mr. Elliott formerly had been in the real ecstate business in xandria, his native city. He had made Washing- | ton his home the last five years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sybil M. Elliott: a daughter, Mrs. Oscar R. | representing the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Controller General John R. M’Carl Leaves Record of Independence Retiring Controller Has Held Fast to Theory Taxpayers Must Be Protected From Waste, Big or Small. McCarl shown at his desk yes- terday and (inset) as he appeared 15 years ago when he first took over his office, ship ever tinged one of his rulings, either in the 12 years under the Re- publicans or in the past three, when the New Deal has held sway. Carried Out Congress’ Purpose. As he said yesterday, in the first and only press conference he ever held. his only desire was to adminis- ter the office in accord with the in- tent of Congress, and to give effect to the laws as written. Pursuing this unyielding course, the sturdy McCarl has stepped on some toes. He once brought down the wrath of White House and State De- | partment in the Hoover administra- | tion by refusing to allow an arms | delegation to go abroad in a foreign ship, despite the fact that he was told that it was absolutely necessary to get them across the Atlantic in time. His answer was that needs should have been anticipated so that— in accordance with law—an American vessel could have been used. The upshot was that the sailing time of a ship flying the American flag was EE = COLD CUTS much more appettzmg B Mustard 4 Would YOU LIKE TO SAVE ONE THIRD of the $$5$5$ you are going to spend for transportation? Then Buy a Up to 35 Miles Per Gal. |§ 1231 20th St. N.W. WILLYS 77 Up to 70 Miles Per Hour Holleman Motor Company Sterling 9544 10.000=Item Baker of this city. and a sister, Miss | % Katie Elliott, Alexandria. .MWM ¢ 'The Lily Pool —Harris-Ewing and Underwood Photos. advanced to get the delegation over for the start of the parley. Frequently since 1933 he has clashed with President Roosevelt and others high in official circles, and at one time it was rumored that recall might be attempted. However, it quickly developed that Congress wanted McCarl right where he was. His critical attitude toward Demo- cratic expenditures brought about a break with his old-time friend and For Carefree Summer mentor, the progressive Senator Nor- ris of Nebraska, with whom he came to the Capital as secretary. Requested by Congress to report on the Tennessee Valley Authority—a Norris pet—whose expenditures are not subject to General Accounting Office supervision—McCarl pointed out widespread abuses of good account- ing practices and emphasized & change was needed. Norris heatedly implied that presidential aspirants were behind McCarl's attack—his one- time aide being mentioned about that time as & possible Republican noini- nee. Breaking precedent, McCarl’s office, without reference to what had gone before, made public a letter he had written Norris, and with ~ a brief statement which said in effecy that the controller general was in- terested only in sticking to the law. ‘Through the years. a McCarl saga has developed, and some of the stories of his decisions are more apocryphal than otherwise. It is a fact though that he never has hesitated to disallow any expenditure he felt not justified, no matter how small. This question came up at the press conference, one of the interviewers recalling some of the McCarliana growing out of rejected accounts, particularly one for 17 cents on & traveling allowance. Small Sums Add Up. “Well,” McCarl said seriously, “there are hundreds of people travel- g and you add all these ‘17 cents’ together and you start running up the tax bills.” McCarl has purchased his inde- pendence at the cost of an almost monastic seclusion, so far as concerns the usual social amenities indulged in by Government officials. About once & year, he and Mrs. McCarl have appeared at the White House. That is all. An ardent golfer, his invariable companions have been office associates. There has been no hint as to his possible successor. Several names have been suggested, but that is all. Until the post is filled, Richard N. Elliott, the assistant controller general, will carry on. Heeis a Republican, and former member of the House from Indiana. 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