The Washington times., 1920-06-27
WEALTH RESTS
ON NEDUCAT|ON
-CLoxton
Commissioner Speaks A
Launching OF Campaign
for Better Schools.

4 gotten his mathematics. the chemist
| has forgotten chemistry, no man or
. woman In the world could read or
write. All government would go to
! pieces. and you could buy land In
New York city for 10 cents an acre
, II there were such q thing as money
In a world without education"
With this graphic illustration Of
! education as the basis Of the worlds
[ wealth. Commissioner OF Education p.
p. Claxton yisualised for the dele
gates OF thirty-four national organ
ixations, whose membership totals
millions, the supreme position that
education occupies in the world from
, q standpoint. apart from its ethical
cultural. and spiritual values.
That the men and women making
up the personnel of the Educational
Campaigns Conference. which yester-
day outlined a program for an educa-
tion campaign SO broad and square
that every American citizen can stand
upon 1t. agreed with the commits
sioners view of the value of educa-
7 tion was indicated by the unanimity
with which the resolutions dealing
with the national educational crisis
were passed.
FIRST STEP IN CAMPAIGN.
The conference. which met in Wash
ington at the call Of the Commissioner
i. Of Education, represented the first
! step in the campeign to carry out the
recomme nd ations OF the National
Citizens Conference on Education,
which met in May.
As the delegates present detailed
the machinery Of their respective Or
sanizations and the facilities for
reaching every section OF the United
q States, 1t became evident that the ma
ition-wide campaign will he waged
with characteristic American energy
and that the citizens OF ths nation
' will press for the needed legislation
until the forty-two State legislatures
which will convene within year have
'heeded the wishes of American moth
ers and fathers.
The American Bankers Association.
the American Federation Of Labor.
the women's Christian Temperance
Union, the salvation Army, the Cham
Der Of Commerce of the United States,
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs, the Y. w. G. A.. the National
Association Of Manufacturers, the Or
der of the Eastern Star. the National
Civic Federation, the Sons Of the Rev
olution, the American Red Cross, the
National League of Women Voters,
= the Council Of Young Mems Hebrew
and Kindred Associations, the Girl
Scouts, the Council Of Jewish Women.
the American Women's Legion OF the
Great War, the Vocational Education
Association of the Middle West, the
Council OF Church Boards Of Educa-
tion, the American Automobile Asso-
citation, the Southern Commercial
Congress, the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the American Farm Bureau
Federation, the National Garment
Makers Union, and the National Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teach-
ers' Associations were among those
whose delegates formulated resolu-
tions and endorsed the program dis
cussed by the Commissioner of Edu-
cation.
w. C. r. U. ENTHUSIASTIC.
The scope of the various associa-
tons activities was indicated by the
fact that the w. c. T. U. reported that
its organizations in $4,000 communi-
ties would work for the educational
program. The church boards Of edu.
cation reported that they included
twenty Protestant denominations.
with a membership Of approximately
$4,000, 900, and the American Automo-
bile Associations representative de-
clared each of it's 250000 members
would work for better schools. be
cause every man who travels on
wheels believes in better roads and
better schools"
The Salvation Army's delegate re-
ferred to the 1000 commissioned Of
flcers of the Salvation Army. who are
always in close touch with the "peo-
pIe who need education the most
and said the vast resources of the
Salvation Army would be used for the
educational campaign, along the CO.
operative campaign outlined by the
committee.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton announced approximately
] 500 agricultural counties are repre-
sented in the federation and it's mem
bers have no hesitancy in waging an
aggressive campaign. 1t was an
nounced there are 1000, 900 members
OF the Order OF the Eastern Star, and
the president of the National Congress
Of Mothers nd Prent-Techr Asso-
Citations reported 100000 paying
members of her organization as po-
tential workers for the cause of edu-
cation.
The Representative of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, c. F. Man
ming, said there could be no doubt
where the federation stood on the
educational question. He referred to
the 4,500, 900 membership OF the fed
Grafton, and its $4,000 subsidiary
unions and S87 central labor unions.
"While we recognize that the teacher
Is a public servant whose mission Is
OF the highest, we recognize also that
she is a wage Garner, and there can
be no question as to where the fed
GRAFTON stands" he added.
The resolutions committee was
composed OF Albert G. Bakersfield.
chairman, representing the Vocational
Education Association of the Middle
West; Florence King, representing
the National Women's Association OF
Commerce, and Robert L. Kelly, rep
resenting the Council OF Church
Boards OF Education and the Asso-
citation OF American Colleges. The
resolutions as adopted said: There
Is no question OF greater interest and
concern to the people OF a democracy
than the question OF education. The
achievements of our people through
out their history have been due in
large measure to the ideals and prin-