Evening star., 1924-07-04

cooperate for. the protection Of our
boys and girlSN of high school age
Manners and morals today need safe
guarding and direction.
National Recreation Conference.
The National Education Association
heartily indorses the national confer
ence on outdoor recreation and be-
lieves it may furnish a wholesome op-
portunity for the proper development
OF our youth physically and morally.
Literacy Tests.
We believe that the reading and
writing of English understandingly
should be qualification for citizen
ship and also a qualification for vot-
We, therefore, urge upon Congress
and the President, the wisdom Of add
Ing the ability to read and write Eng
llsh Understandings, as an additional
qualification for citizenship. and that
federal agencies already in existence
in conjunction with the bureau of edu-
cation.
We further recommend to such
states as are not already provided
with a literacy test for voting that
writing English understandingly, to
be administered by the educational
authorities of the state.
International Relations.
The National Education Association
is opposed to war except as a means
Of national defense.
Child Labor Amendment.
Believing in governmental re-
sponsibility,. in our last convention
we Endorsed an amendment to the
Constitution empowering Congress to
make laws regarding child labor. We
now advocate the prompt ratification
by the states of the child labor
q n n I,,
Congress and urge the members of
this association to make every eff
fort to obtain its ratification by the
legislatures of their respective states
at the earliest possible date.
Narcotic Education Service.
We give our hearty Endorsement to
the bureau of education for having
agreed to establish a narcotic edu-
cation service recognizing that in
narcotic addiction, especially the
spread of the use of heroin among
the youth, there is a grave peril to
the youth of America and to the hu-
man race and we urge the National
Education Association and the de-
partments and boards of education
of states. counties and municipalities
to cooperate fully with this service.
Law Enforcement.>
We regret that in many commune
ties there has developed a spirit of
disregard of laws, especially those
dealing with personal conduct. This
attitude is reacting unfavorably upon
the youth of America by causing lax
ness in the respect for and enforce
ment of law. Teachers everywhere
should endeavor to inspire respect
for law and should advocate the
strict enforcement thereof. We re-
fer in particular TO national and
state laws, forbidding the liquor
traffic and the distribution Of obscene
literature, posters and pictures. This
is equally true with regard to the
enforcement of laws in many states
forbidding the sale of cigarets to
children.
American Education Week.
In order to bear in upon the con-
sciousness of all citizens the i'm
portance of education in our national
life, we urge the widest observance
of American Education week in the
schools. churches and civic centers
of all communities.
District of Columbia Schools.
The National Education Association
reaffirms the resolution passed at the
Oakland-San Francisco meeting Of 1928
relative to the schools of the nations
Capital We heartily indorse the action
of the present Congress of the United
States in passing a salary schedule pro-
viding increases for officials, teachers
and other employees of the public schools