SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 5962

TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE THROUGH THE
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO ASSIST THE STATES
AND TERRITORIES IN PROVIDING MORE
EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION

MARCH 30 AND 31

APRIL 1, 2, 6, 8, AND 13, 1937

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education

SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

U.S. Ang HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 5962

TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE THROUGH THE
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO ASSIST THE STATES
AND TERRITORIES IN PROVIDING MORE
EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION

3410

MARCH 30 AND 31

APRIL 1, 2, 6, 8, AND 13, 1937

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education

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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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CONTENTS

Statements of—

Hon. Lewis L. Boyer, Representative in Congress from the State of

Illinois

Thomas F. Cadwallader, representing the Sentinels of the Republic,
Baltimore, Md__

Hon. Francis H. Case, Representative in Congress from the State of
South Dakota___

R. Floyd Cromwell, principal of the Cambridge High School, Cam-
bridge, Md._

E. N. Dietrich, assistant director of education, State Department of

Education, Columbus Ohio____

Page

227

441

258

144

Dr. Howard A. Dawson, director of rural service, National Education
Association, Washington, D. C...

Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, professor of sociology, Atlanta University,
Atlanta, Ga..

Walter C. Eells, professor of education, Stanford University, Califor-

nia, representing the California State Education Association..

Fred C. Fischer, County superintendent of schools, Detroit, Mich.

Hon. Aaron L. Ford, Representative in Congress from the State of

Mississip

Hon. Hampton P. Fulmer, Representative in Congress from the

State of South Carolina_.

Mrs. Mary Foley Grossman, representing the American Federation of

Teachers

Sidney B. Hall, State superintendent of public instruction of the

State of Virginia..

207

403

352

295

James L. Hanley, assistant superintendent of schools, Providence, R. I.,

chairman, committee on State aid, Rhode Island Institute of

Instruction_

M. E. Harlan, mayor, El Paso, Tex-

184

130

Charles H. Houston, special counsel for the National Association for

the Advancement of Colored People, New York City.

C. M. Howell, secretary, Oklahoma Education Association_

Rev. Father George Johnson, secretary general, National Catholic

Educational Association, Washington, D. C...

185

352

419

Hon. Jed Johnson, Representative in Congress from the State of
Oklahoma..

386

Earl R. Laing, chairman, legislative commission for Michigan for the

National Education Association_

197

Charles S. Longacre, general secretary, Religious Liberty Association

of America__

388

Hon. Henry C. Luckey, Representative in Congress from the State of

Nebraska..

433

Dr. J. R. Mahoney, professor of economics, University of Utah.

W. T. Markham, State superintendent of schools of Kansas..

Benjamin C. Marsh, executive secretary of the People's Lobby, Wash-

ington, D. C.......

306

139

427

Hon. Sam C. Massingale, Representative in Congress from the State

of Oklahoma..

437

Dr. Charles Maxwell, president, Pennsylvania State Educational As-
sociation__

163

Prof. Robert H. Montgomery, professor of economics, University of

Texas...

260

Dr. Paul Mort, professor of education, Teachers College, Columbia
University, New York.

229

Hon. Robert L. Mouton, Representative in Congress from the State
of Louisiana___

162