The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-12-01
FREE LOVE AND
ANARCHISM FILL
STATE LIBRARY
SschOOl Children Provided With
Startling Books, Declares
League Leader
TROTSKY WORK INCLUDED
Even Washington and Lincoln
Called Corrupt Crooks in
Some Volumes
TROTSKY WORK INCLUDED

There's enough red-bloodcd Amcri.
canism and Christian manhood in this
house to protect the schools and the
homes Of our state from this sort Of
socialistic rubbish and free love rot ii
we have to repeal the board of admin
istration and every other law ON our
statute books declared Walter Mad
dock, league floor-leader, this afternoon
following an expose by Burtness Of
Grand Forks Of the literature which
c. e. Stangeland, whom Burtness re
ferred to has having been huffetcd
from one Jail to another before he en-
tered the service Of the league as H.
brar!an is placing in the circula ting
school lirbarics of the state.
Burtness spoke in opposition to ac.
ceptance of a report from Frank Pra-
ter, chairman of the judiciary commit
tee, recommending indefinite postpone
ment Of House Bill %, measure Gre
ating board of supervisors to look ar.
the higher educatiO institutions ana
restoring to the state superintendent
supervision and control Of the common
schools. Burtness declared the meas
ure meritcQ more serious consideration
than the committee could have given
it in the short time it had. He assert
cd that many Of the provisions of the
board of administration act, whicn
House Bill 2S repeals were not approx
ed by the electors in the referendum
election last spring because these pro-
visions were misrcprcscntcd. He re.
called the legislative history of the BIZ
and the storm of protest against the
evident intent of the original bill to
cmasculate the Office of state supcrin-
tcndcnt. He told how the bill then was
rewritten to some extent with the
avowcd purpose of retaining to Miss
Nelson her powers, and how it wa
approved in the referendum election
with this understanding and on the
solemn promise Of President Townlcy
! and every other Lacquer who spoke for
the bill that no powers We're to be TAX.
en- from Miss Nelson. The supreme
court by recent four to one decision.
said Burtness, had held the protective
clause to be pure camOufage.
LIST OF BOOKS
"Thc history of the past few weeks
has shown us additional reasons why
there should be few changes in the
board Of administration act said
Burtness. ''The board of administra.
ton has placed in charge of the STATE
library. to select the reading for our
schools and colleges and universities. G..
f. Stangeland, a man who was buffeted
from one Jail to another while in the
consular service. This man is telling
our country schools what to read 7
was surprised and shocked when I
stepped into the state library Saturday
to find there at the left Of the door q
circulating library, ready to go out to
some country school. filled with such
literature that if the fathers Of this
state knew what it actually was the:
would be down here with shotguns.
Here are some Of the titles:
"Socalism and Modern Science
Ferri .,.....
"Evolution Of Pronerty-LaFarges.
"Not Guilty-Blatchford
Glove and Marriage-Ellen Key.
Glove and Ethics-Ellen Key.
"Anarchism and Socialism-Harris
American Government and Politics
Beard. y
"The Rolshcviki and World Peace :
LEON TROTZKY.
History Of the Supreme Court
Meyers.
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