Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
CITIZENS ALARMED
BY SCHOOL REDS
Mid-City Association Wants
Only Americans Working
With Students.

A resolution expressing alarm over
the spread of Communist propaganda in
the public schools and urging that a
survey be made with a view to both
stopping it and seeing that only bona
fide loyal American citizens" are en-
ployed in the schools was adopted by
the Mid-City Citizens Association, meet
ing in the Thomson School last night
The resolution urged that If the Board
of Education in the District has not
the proper authority to AIRY out the
request of the resolution, that proper
authority to that end be obtained"
Communist Propaganda.
1.-The matter of the growing activities
of the Communists and their propa-
ganda among our institutions of learn
ing, and the grade and high schools in
particular and the public schools in
general, is such as to call for immediate,
vigorous and concerted action upon the
part of all loyal American citizens" the
resolution declared.
THE insidiousness of this cankerous
evil that is eating its way to the heart OF
democracy by seeking TO poison the
minds of our outh and break down
their legal inheritance. all the while
using every effort to combat the train
ing of our public school system and the
moral forces that would make for the
highest development of Christian char
acter and the highest standards of life"
the motion continued.
This vile propaganda is especially
active among certain elements of the
schools of our city, the Capital Of the
Nation"
Investigation Asked.
Then, declaring the association feels
aIa Ntya he cit ln
urged 1.-THE Board of Education to make
a thorough investigation of the whole
situation and use every possible legal
step to wipe out every veStige of Com
munism in our schools and to take every
possible step to further the principles
and teachings of patriotism and 10y
atty to our country"
The resolution then urged that a
survey be made ito determine how
many and who of such employees in
these schools are not bona fide Aneri-
can citizens and how many and who of
such employees are Communist or have
Communist sympathy and tendencies"
The resolution was presented by DR..
William H. Richardson in behalf of the
executive committee of the association,
who spoke on it at length.
Debate Death Penalty.
lie doSOGAdtAO4 ddOpeC0
disappearing proposal To abolish capt.
tai punishment, following lengthy de-
bate on the subject. The subject OF
capital punishment was discussed briefly
by Representative Paul j. Kvale of Min
neSota, honor guest at the meeting, fol-
lowing the adoption of the resolution. A
motion to reconsider the resolution was
lost following the address by Mr.. Kvale.
Mr. Kvale said there are many angles to
both the affirmative and negative side
of the question as to whether capital
punishment should be abolished, but ex-
pressed the view that society would
benefit by it being done. In this con-
nection he stressed the possible HARM
full effect on persons of small mentality
in reading about the scenes in the death
chamber, etc. Mr.. Kvale has a bill in
the House for the abolisnment Of capital
punishment.
The association went on record as OPP
posing the Bingham bill for an airport
here. This resolution was adopted on
the gorund that the methods of paying