The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25

 sesyors of sheer power won by as- sassinatoin and Intimidation. Al- ready the drill sergeant, aided by tho yellow press, iS abroad in many parts of our own country, seeking to terrify, maiign and dominate school boards, superintendentS and teachers" pr. Beard addressed Q general session of tho 06th annual coiivens ton of tho department of Supcrin- tendenco of N. E. A.
 Tn tho light of constitutional ex- perienco," ho said, "the immediate obligations of organized education in America are clear. They are:
 Obligations Clear
 "i. Draft c national code of good practice for the teaching of subjects which involve or touch upon con. troversial questions--a code incors porating the Fundamental liberties of press, speech, and religious wor. ship guaranteed by our conStitu- tions.
 "2. Define the rights and duties of teachers and pupils In conduct- ing classroom exercises.
 a. Secure the cooperation of parents and school boards.
 "4. Provide rules of procedure for the examination and adjudication of specific cases of controversy.
 "6. Publish c constitution for tho teaching profession, setting forth tho principles, rules and procedure of good practice.
 c. Educate teachers and tho public in the liberties, reBponSibili- ties, and duties Of inquiry, research, and scholarship !n American society.
 "7. Establish Q national body, provided with funds and competent legal talent and charged with tho duty of promoting and defending tho rights of freo scientific inquiry before tho public in general and In in particular communities beget by witchburnerS and fanatics"
 Tho convention entered It's third day today, with hundreds Of edu- catorS from oil sections Of the coun- try attending. Yesterdays session Was featured by an appeal for the frank teaching Of the fundamentals of communism and faBciBfn, and by message from President Roogc- welt, acknowledging that the dcg- tiny Of the nation lies primarily in the hands of it's educators.
 Academic Freedom
 4 telegram advocating complete liberty of political conduct for pub- lie school teachers was sent today by the department of supcr!nten- dence, National Educational ASgo. Cjation. to Frank w. Dallou, super. intendent of schools, Washington, D. c.
 The telegram was aimed primarily ct the so-caIeld "red rider" on the District of Columbia appropriation bill passed by congress at ib last session, which requires teachers tc tAkc an oath not to give ifiStruc- ton iil communism under penalty of receiving no pay. Modification ci the rider N now being considered. No specific mention of the Red Rider" was made in tho telegram but its dispatch to Baliou was sig nificant, for he was asked to present the telegram to the congressional committee now considering the Dis- tFict of Columbia bill.
 Text 0f Telegram
 Text Of the telegram was taken from c resolution on freedom from politics, which will Do presented to the convention this afternoon. 1t read:
 "glnce t b essential for the suc- cessfui functioning Of Q democracy that the citizens Do well informed upon the vital issues of the day, and since it is . primary purpose Of OUT schools to train students tt take theiF places in democratic society, we gre heartily iFl favoF Oi that sort of academic freedom:
 "i. Which permits the teacher to complete liberty Of political cons duct and thought to which he i entitled as on American citizen, and: "a Which at the same time cb.