Evening star., 1927-10-20
'PRO-BR|T|SH DRIVE
HELD WIDE IN j. S.
School Fight Witness in Chi
cago Says England Wants
to Get "CoIony" Back.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 20.-Echoes Of
Mayor Thompson's campaign slogans,
America first" and Down with King
George" came bounding back with
mower tube volume yesterday at the
board of education trial OF William
McAndrew, suspended superintendent
Of schools.
Testimony that aimed originally to
show that Mr.. McAndrew was foster
ing pro British teaching in the Chica.
90 schools was augmented to lend sub
stance to Mayor Tbompsons charges
that carefully directed propaganda
campaign favorable to England and
unfavorable to America is being car
ried on throughout the entire Nation
Attacks Rhodes Fund.
Frederick Bausman, former Su-
preme Court Justice of the state OF
Washington, was the witness. and he
dealt almost entirely with the nation.
wide propag ganda he said exists. Az
one point in the hearing he voiun'
teered the statement that ne knew
nothing about your local school'
books" ;.
Rhodes trust fund hsq as one of its
objects the return of the United states
TO the British crown, and that ting Is
the apparent origin of the overseas
propa ganda.
The United States. Influenced by
British propaganda" gave up SUI
premacy of the seas, Mr.. Bausman
said. because it was foolish enough
to sink part Of the Navy at Engiaho 3
suggestion"
The witness said that American COLO
MES in England and France are
"toadying to France and England,
that every member OF the EngnSn'
speaking union favors debt cancella-
ton. and that George Locke, until re-
Gently president Of the American LII.
brary Association, is a Canadian ana
was England's wartime director OF
propaganda.
Hits Social Climbers.
The American Library Association,
he said. has been an agency for the
alleged pro- British propaga nda, molding
the literary habits Of America whlie
acting as an agency of propaganda
distribution.
"This (propaganda) is not nebu'
lous thing" said MIR. Bausman. 1t
is the deliberate work Of human minds,
aided by financiers Of England VINO
seek, first, the full cancellation of Eng
lands war debt to the United states
and second, the placing OF the Union
Jack wherever now flies the Stars
and Stripes"
Social climbers in America with mar
riageable daughters have "sickeningly
aided" England's cause, the witness
said.
England maintains in New York
an English bureau of information
which sends out an amazinG amount
of literature, all political" MIR. Baus-
man testified England fears that II
America gets to know England was a
guilty party in the causes for the
World War Americans no longer will
fawn at her feet. as some do.
Will Resume Monday.
"Only one newspaper in England,
the London Spectator, deals fairly
! with us. All the rest hold us in the
lowest contempt"
There was an indirect reference to
the McAndrew charges when the wit
ness was asked his experience with
books written by Columbia University
professors. Mr.. Bausman replied that
''the wealthy classes Of Europe have
tremendous influence at Columbia
and Princeton"
Prof. Muzzey Of Columbia Is the
author. of a history text used in Chi
cago which has been characterized as
pro.British.
When Bausinan stepped from the
stand counsel for McAndreW moved
that the entire testimony be stricken
out. The motion was denied. The
hearing is to be resumed Monday.