Evening star., 1931-06-25
SEEN
IN u. S. SCHOOLS
Power Interests Also Use
Newspapers, Trade Com
mission Told.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Evidence showing the extent Of dis
tribution Of electricity and gas propa-
ganda material to schools and news
papers in various parts Of the country
wss introduced today in the Federal
Trade Commissions public utility in
quiry.
A chart showing that in 1927 in
Ohio 10000 electricity and gas
pamphlets" were distributed to schools,
was introduced by william T. Chant
land, assistant to the chief counsel In
charge of the investigation. Illinois
and New York were next in line with
125,0O0 and Il4.195, respectively, for
the s2me year. The total for New Eng
land, exclusive Of Connecticut, was
165, 900.
Reflected in Newspapers.
Reports of State public utility In
formation committees and bureaus were
quoted to show that a large percentage
OF their material sent to newspapers
was accepted and published or was ''re-
f1ected in the editorial columns"
Among the States In which distri.
button Of pamphlets to schools was re-
ported were:
Colorado, 800 pamphlets against the
bate purposes
Illinois, a yearly distribution Of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 Of each of two
pamphlets to 691 schools
Indiana, pamphlets to 81 high schools
Distribution from 1920 to 1927 totaled
41.191 pamphlets.
KansaS-School pamphlet reported
to contain also sections covering the
telephone and the electric railway.
~ xft -
100 schools reported, having an enroll
ment Of 88,453, or 81 per cent Of tho
total enrolment.
Nebraska-An incomplete list showed
distribution of approximately 5000 elec-
tricity pamphlets up to May, 1928, to
90 schools.
Huge Distribution Given.
Ohio-Pamphlets distributed to 604
Oklahoma - Distribution to 6e2
schools up to May, 1928.
Texas-Between 10000 and $4,000
pamphlets entitled Electric Light ana
Power" distributed in 1927 to "Uni-
versities and power companies; school
pamphlets to $50 Of the 1000 schools.
Washington-About 75. 900 school chill
dren in washington and others IN Ore
gon reported reached by monograph:
school pamphlet sent to 2s9 schools. )
normal schools and 80 county superin-
tendents
On some States no details were given
except the number Of pamphlets dis
tributed in 1927. These showed for
Michigan, 10000; Wisconsin, $4,000;
Oregon, 1000, and New Mexico, $50.
The Great Lakes Division was re-
ported to have distributed to IL univer-
stiles in 1927 copies of H. c. Spurs
s,1gIS IorfV ty1IA ~
Regulation"
Used in Connecticut.
In Connecticut approximately 10 per
cent Of the schools were reported to use
the CathechiSm, one of the utility
publications. The distribution was said
TO include $50 clip sheets" sent to 76
schools; The 1s5, 900 pamphlets dis
tributed in New England outside Of
Connecticut, including telephone and
railway material, was said to have gone
to 800 of the 900 schools.
The New York State distribution was
said to have covered 400 schools In the
same year, 1927.
Details were not given concerning
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where
10000 and 1900 pamphlets, respect
lively. were listed as having been dis
tributed in 1927.
Georgia was found to have distrib-
uted no school pamphlets in 1927, Al-
though about so teachers were on the
mailing list for the Week, one OF the
utility publications.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, listed
together, electricity pamphlets were
reported distributed to l76 schools and
gas pamphlets to 130.
North and South Carolina commit
tees were reported to send pamphlets
to educators on their mailing list.
Aided by Newspapers.
In Kentucky 500 pamphlets were said
to have been distributed TO schools.
The report on Illinois for 1921 said
that helpful editorials appeared liter
ally by hundreds"
In Florida it was stated that about
so per cent of the newspapers print
| the committees material, which aver
ages about 900 inches months" About
20 per cent Of the newspapers were said
to reflect the material In their editorial
columns.
The report on Arkansas said "hun-
dredS OF columns were reprinted from
the weekly bulletin" and that "the
newspapers Of the State clipped very
generously"
In Connecticut in 1925 the amount Of
the committees material printed in
every newspaper to which It was sent
was said to average about 61a col
umns."