Evening star., 1924-11-04
WEEK
PROGRAM SCORED
7. w. c. A. Support Reported
WithdraWn-Reputed Mill
fancy Blamed.

Officials of the three organizations
| cooperating for nationwide OBJ
| servance of American Educa tion
week, November II to 23, inclusive.
proceeded with their plans today, not
withstanding withdrawal of the sup
port of the Young Women's Christian
| Association, announced last night ia
New York. The program for the sec
ond day Of the weeks observance has
drawn upon the heads of,its sponsors
| the wrath of many organizations Of
which the Young Women's Christian
Association is the latest The Y. w,
c. A, with a combined membership
| Of more than 100000, has had a prom
/ inent part in supporting Government
! educational campaigns over the last
eight years.
| Attacks of many organizations have
| been directed against the program
| outlined for Tuesday, November is,
| designated on the program as Pa
| triotism day" with the slogan, The
United States flag is the living sym
bel of the ideals and institutions OF
our Republic"
Stand Held Incompatible
The national board of the Y. w {.
Baldwin, director of the American
Civil Liberties Union, hich has taken
a prominent part in attacking the
program, explained the board had felt
1t necessary to decline the invitation
to participate this year, because of
certain elements in the announced
program which seemed to be incon-
sistent with the position of the board
in regard to world peace and interna-
Anderson, general secretary of the J.
W. c. A. here, said she had not been
advised today of the decision of the
board in New York, but doubted If il
would be binding on individual mem
bcrs who wished to take part in the
observance of education week.
The elements. according TO Mr..
Baldwin, referred to are these, issued
by the American Legion. the United
States Bureau of Education and the
National Education Association
The red flag means death, destruc-
ton, poverty, starvation. disease, an
archy and dictatorship.
"Revolutionists communists and eN-
treme pacifists are menace TO our
guarantees.
Stamp out revolutionary radical
ism.
The red fag-danger"
President Coolidge, according TO-
the Interior Department. is to issue
within a few days proclamation
setting aside the week of November
II as National Education week.
Program Going Through.
J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the Ma
tional Education Association, said
that although the association has re-
ceived protests against the program
from a number of organizations, in
- w. naFs
League for Peace and Freedom, the
program will be carried out as an
nounced. with the three cooperating
organizations participating.
John J. Tigert, commissioner OF
education, is in Iowa today, while
Garland Powell, director of Ameri- =
canization for the American Legion, i.
is in Indianapolis at legion headquar-
ters. A. F. kalbach, chief clerk of
the Bureau of Education, said as far
as he knew there would be no change
in the announced program.
Mr. Crabtree said that, while the
protests of the several organizations
which have written to the education as
sociation would not be entirely disre-
garded, there was no intention to change
the program. At least two of the or
ganiZations protesting against the
language of the program have their
headquarters in Washington, Mr..
Crabtree said
Education week, under the an
nounced plans, will be made nation
wide affair, with the message of edu-
cation to be carried into every city
and town in the country through
schools, clubs and other organiza-
tions. A historic pageant, entitled
The Quest of Youth" is to be issued
in pamphlet form to be used in the
schools.