The Washington herald., 1922-12-14
I0GET
NATION BEHIND
move PLANNED.
Mrs. Rafter Instructed BY citi-
zens' Committee to Organize
Women's Clubs Of Country
ORDER SEVERAL SURVEYS
Health inspection and Parade
OF School Children Sug-
gested to Impress Congress

Naturalization of the WASH
ington school problem was yester-
day urged by the Citizens Com
'mittee Of five, appointed recently
by DR.. Abyam Simon, president
of the Board of Education. Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, member of the
the committee, was instructed by
Benry H. Classic, chairman, to
communicate with every national
women's organization in an effort
TO enlist their sympathies.
DRIVE ON CONGRESS-.
Al the public hearing to be held
on the school bills now before
Congress, it is planned to have a
representative of every civic body
in Washington and every national
organization present with resolu-
'"'s sunnnrting the measures. Ira
Nutter was named by Mr.. Classic
10 communicate with all Washing
N civic ''od'es.
The committee declared its inten-
lion of standing firmly behind the
original est mates which were sub
nitted by the Board of Education
the Bureau Of the Budget and
ian slsshed by the latter.
I'VE want Congress to get be-
md comprehensive school pro-
ram which will give every child
at in a school building, not in
portable or an unsatisfactory
Hiding but in an up-to-date struc-
re. We want Congress to hack
Man which will provide for full
- o. every ~ III and
- 10 away with half ses-
''cns, shifts. and other inadequate
H. ries." said Ira Nutter.
BAD AS PIG PENS"
Mr.. Gl" sse bitterly criticised the
portable buildings which are now
housing a large number of chill
n, stating that they We're no
'- 'r han pig pens" and totally
unfit for human habitation.
"It may become a knock down.
and-drag-out fight but we must see
it through" he asserted.
n. Milton Fairchild stated that
the committee should commit itself
to the following duties: Full high
school accommodations. assembly
halls in all school buildings. higher
salaries for teachers. comprehensive
child labor legislation, and a gen.
eral lessenine Of the building
shortage.
SANITARY SURVEY.
DR.. L. J. Daniels was named by
Mr.. Classic TO make a report of the
hygienic conditions in the schools
in anticipation of the arguments
which will be presented in favor Of
school legislation. l. was asserted
by all members of the committee
that the sanitary conditions in most
Washington schools are "deplor-
able"
A parade of school children who
are receiving part-time instruction
was suggested by DR.. Fairchild
He said that giving to Congress
practical demonstration of the
faults of the present system would
accomplish good.
SUGGESTS PARADE.
Let Congress see,'' he said. the
large number of children who are
not getting their Just share of edu-
cation in the National Capital. and
who are not derivino those benefits
for which their parents are paying
taxes"
This suggestion will be referred
to Superintendent Of Schools Frank
W. Ballou for an opinion on it's
feasibility.
Plans for presentation of an argu-
ment in favor. of the school legisla-
tion were made and each member
of the committee designated to in
vestigate a certain feature Of the
school system and report on it.
These reports will be combined
later.