Evening star., 1936-03-31
BLANT0N|ND0RSES
SCHOOLS TEACHING
COMMUNIST EVILS
Federation Action Termed
"Great Victory for Our
Institutions"
ATTACK UPON BALL0U
is RENEWED BY TEXAN
Fate of Sisson Bill Continues to
Rest With Education
Subcommittee.

Action of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations last Saturday in advocat-
ing that the District public school
children be taught the "evil aims and
effects OF communism and other ur-
American doctrines" was described to-
day by Representative Blanton, DEM
ocrat, of Texas as "a great victory for
our institutions, our Constitution and
our Government"
Blanton. sponsor of the so called
''red rider" on the 1886 District appro-
priation act, expressed his views in an
extension of remarks appearing in The
Congressional record.
"The time has come when we must
stop communism he said. THE time
has come when We Democrats must
weed all pinks and reds out of our
Government. I have lowered my visor,
I have unsheathed my sword. I have
entered the lists. I am at war to the
finish against all communism and all
subversive enemies of good govern
ment."
Ballou Attack Renewed.
Blanton also renewed his attack on
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
OF schools, for rebelling against the
''red rider" on the ground that it in
terfered with academic freedom. He
charged Ballou refused to instruct his
teachers that they must obey the law
until forced to do so by a ruling OF
Controller General McCarl.
''The radicals in Washington i'm
mediately began to howl" declared
Blanton. They wanted academic
freedom The Communists in Wash
ington began to howl and to froth at
the mouth. They wanted academic
freedom They wanted their free
speech They wanted to expound
.factual instruction They did not
want any ignorant majority to control
the pink sheets, the red sheets and
the subsidized sheets, which proceeded
to fill their columns with clamoring
demands for free speech and 'factual
instruction and academic freedom" d"
Blanton said the Sisson bill designed
to repeal the red rider" pleases DR..
Ballou, the Board of Education, the
pink, red and subsidized sheets" as
well as the radicals and Communists.
"They all wanted it," he declared.
"They all cry for it. They all baWl
for it. They all clamor for it."
The fate of the Sisson bill contin-
ued to rest meanwhile in the Educa-
tion Subcommittee, despite the effort
of Chairman Kennedy to move it to-
ward the House calendar. Indications
are now the subcommittee may not
take formal action for week or 10
days.
Session Notices Sent Out.
Last week, Representative Kennedy,
Democrat, of Maryland, chairman of
the subcommittee, sent out notices for
a special meeting yesterday at 2 pm.
He wanted the subcommittee to deter
mine its course of action with respect
to the bill, and, at the same time
he planned to give Representative
Jenckes, Democrat, of Indiana an op-
portunity to amplify the charges she
made during hearings on the measure
that the Board of Education is pro-
communistic and grossly inefficient.
In the meantime, however, Mrs.
Jenckes left Washington to keep some
political engagements in her district,
either taking with her, or locking up
in her desk, the official subcommittee
transcript of the hearings. The sched-
uled meeting then was called off, and
Kennedy sent her telegram request
ing that she return the transcript.
4 Mrs. Jenckes is opposed to repeal Of
the "red rider" She made her views
known before Kennedy's subcommit-
tee, of which she is member, as well
rs the House Subcommittee on Ap-
preparations, headed by Representative
Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, which
framed the 1887 District supply bill.