The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12

The National Education Asi
big business men to reduce teacl
ing class sentiment out of the
schools and pervert the teach
ing of truth into mere feeding
of capitalist propaganda to the
school tel C l. crs and the
children.
Feted by A. Of c.
The chambers Of commerce always
act as hosts to the national conven-
tions OF the National Education Asso-
citation.
Red-haters, labor union smashers,
and capitalist morons who preach doc
trines Of "docility necessary to sue
cess" are given the Platforms at these
conventions. In the 1922 convention
Of the N. E. A., Pershing, Coolidge
and Hughes formed the battery Of cap
italist henchmen who praised the
profit system. The Boston Chamber of
Commerce paid the expenses Of this
convention and had charge of the en-
tertainment Of delegates. Strike
breaker Coolidge was the honored
guest Of the ~ E. A. convention held
in Washington last year.
Every act Of the National Educa,
ton Association, aims to distort the
truth and to control the minds of the
school children.
N. &. A. Is Political Machine.
THE National Education Associa-
ton is political machine" says Up
ton Sinclair, maintained by big bust
ness to do a certain job in the In
terests of big business" And this job
is the safeguarding of the profts Of
these business men, and the assur-
ance to them that the schools will
continue to turn out plentiful supply
of cheap labor which will not have
been stimulated to learn the truth
about the profit system.
John ]. Tigert, commissioner of
education, appointed by Harding, who
is directing education week." said in
an address in San Diego that "the
increasing tendency to delve into eco
Monies and sociology in the public
schools comes perilously close to rad
icalism." Tigert deplores allowing
the teaching Of truth because it is not
capitalist propaganda
II Is 100 Per Cent.
"Only subjects that function in the
industry or in good citizenship are
taught" we learn in a report to the
superintendent Of the N. e. A. made
last February, in describing model"
school in Massachusetts. "There is
relatively small initial expense in
starting such a school, The Beverley
industrial school is a part time, regu-
lar trade extension school for machin-
lists made possible thru the co-opera,
tion Of the United Shoe Machinery
corporation. The boy is paid in pro
portion to his productions whole.
some encouragement to effort The
company accepts all perfect work pro-
duced. The graduates have to make
no adjustments from school to indus.
try.
"The school is distinctly a public
school, controlled by board Of trus.
tees. The presence Of a representa-.
tive Of the cooperating company on
the governing board has proven a very
valuable asset. The public schools
would do well to follow the lead of
this school,"
This is the pioneer" work the Ma
tional Education Association is doing.
and this is the sort Of propaganda
that is to be spread broadcast on
education week" The schools, if the
N. e. A. has its way, are to be di-,
verted from the teaching Of the truths
Of life.
Children Taught contentment.
The children are to be taught how to
be contented laborers for the manufac-
turers. The children are to be made
docile slaves knowing only the me.
chanical movements Unnecessary to the
unskilled trades, and are at all times
to uphold the capitalists profit sys.
tenn, according to the Education
week" propaganda.