Evening star., 1937-03-01
SCHOOL GROUPS
FIGHT COMPROMISE
OF RED RIDER"
Scores of Petitions Tell Con.
gress Complications
Would Arise.
REPEAL DEMANDED
FOR THREE REASONS
Loyalty of School Board and
Teachers and Evidence Before
Hearings Are Cited.

Declaring that any COMPROMISE m
the red rider" issue will "comnlicate
rather than relieve the situation" the
Parent-Teacher and Home and School
ASSOCIATIONS today sent to key members
OF the House and Senate scores of
petitions from leading educational
CIVIC, political and patriotic groups in
washington. calling for repeal of the
controversial measure.
The organization demanded repea
on the following grounds:
l. The Board Of Education. appoint-
ed by tthe justices of the District
Court, has given every evidence of up-
holding the authority vested in 1t.
2. All employees Of the school svs-
TENS are obliged to take the same oath
as that of members of Congress IN
uphold and defend the Constitution
OF the United States
5. Congressional hearings have
proved that no employe of the school
system has been guilty of teaching or
advocating communism. Had any en-
ploye been found guilty, the Board of
EDUCATION, charged by law with the
supervision of the courses of study in
the schools would have dismissed him
Immediately for violation of his oath
Of Office"
Officers Signing Petitions.
Those who signed this petition in
cluded officers of the following asso-
Citations: District Congress of Parents
and Teachers. Parent Education Law
Leadership Group. Central High
School PIT. A, Mckinley High School
PIT. A, Roosevelt High School PIT.
A., Gordon Junior High School PIT.
A., Powell Junior High School PIT. A.,
Bancroft PIT. A, Woodbridge PIT. A.,
w. B. Powell PIT A., Truesdell PIT.
A, BrooklandNoyes PIT. A., Petworth
P.-T.A.
Takoma Home and School Associa-
ton, Park View PIT. A, Hilton
Peabody PIT. A.. H. D. Cooke PIT. A,
Emery-Eckington PIT A., Henry PIT.
A., Blair Hayes PIT A.. Barnard PIT.
A.. J. G. Adams PIT. A., Whittier
PIT. A.. Thomson PIT. A., Gage
PIT. A., W"heatley PIT A.. Burroughs
PIT. A.. Bunker Hill PIT. A., Lang
don PIT. A., Keene PIT A., Mac
farland Junior High PIT. A., Hire
Junior High PIT A. Langley Junior
High. PIT A., Hearst PIT. A.. Jackson
PIT. A., Janney PIT. A. and Mann
PIT A.
The Education Association Of the
District. which has a membership
of 1909, or 80 per cent of the teach
ers in divisions 81. declared that
only by outright repeal, not by COM
promise. can Congress right its past
action toward the teachers of this
city-an action the vicious results Of
which are affecting the teaching pro-
fession of the entire country"
Allied Organizations.
Among allied organizations who in
dorsed this stand against the red
rider" were the Board of High School
Principals, the Junior High School
Principals Association, the Junior
High School Teachers Association. the
Senior High School Teachers Associa-
ton and the Elementary Principals
Associatio.
The following citizens associations
in Washington are in favor of repeal
of the rider. the petition said:
Kalorama. Rock Creek. Hillcrest.
Barry Farm, NJ E. Boundary, South
west, Forest Hills. Burleith, North
Capitol, Washington Highlands, Chevy
Chase, Midcity, Georgetown. Brook
land, Trinadad, Rhode Island Avenue,
citizens associations of Takoma. D.
c.; Conduit. and Dahlgren Terrace.
Other organizations which have
taken the same stand. the petition
stated. are: Executive Board, Women's
City Club, Young Women's Christian
Association National Council on Re-
ligion in Higher Education, Progress
sive Education Association. Washing
ton Progressive Discussion Group, In
terprofessional Association, Columbia
Heights Civic Forum, Washington
Newspaper Guild, Columbian Educa-
tion Association, Administrative and
Teaching Staff of Western High
School, Wilson Teachers College
Faculty, Washington branch. Womens
International League for Peace and
Freedom, Washington Central Labor
Union. Friends Meeting of Washing
ton. Voteless District of Columbia
League of Women Voters, Professional
Directors of Religious Education.
Washington Board of Trade. Wash
ington branch, American Association
Of University Women, and the Dis
trict League of Women Voters.