Evening star., 1939-07-05
Attacks on America 5
Rights AssaiIed by
Senator Thomas
Communists Are Trying
To Bankrupt Nation,
Mason Tells Teachers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.-The
Nations teachers studied the prob
lens of their profession today after
hearing two addresses which de-
cried attacks on Americas 'funda-
mental rights" and cited a Com
munistic objective" to bankrupt
the Nation"
High-nghting the extra-curricu-
lar program of the National Educa-
ton Associations 77th annual con-
vention yesterday were the talks by
Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah,
member of the La Toilette Civil
Liberties Committee, and Represent
ative Noah Mason of Illinois, mem
ber of the Dies Committee on Un-
American Activities.
Yesterday Amy H. Hinrichs of
New Orleans was nominated for the
presidency unopposed.
Industrial Spies" Assailed.
Senator Thomas, speaking to sew
eral thousand teachers, pointed out
that "the average American citizen
has enjoyed rights and lib
critics to the extent that he is un-
conscious of them" but that "the
Civil Liberties Committee" studied
industrial and labor abuses" be-
cause something was occurring in
our American life which had all the
seeds of the destruction of Amer
lean fundamental rights"
The Senator flayed the industrial
spy" as IAN evil employed to cure
what was thought to be an evil,
." but we cannot introduce into
society an evil to destroy an evil
without risking the consequences of
having that evil turn on us and
bring our own destruction"
The Senator also also said Con
structive legislation" resulting from
the committees work would prevent
a repetition of some of the abuses,
some of the killings, and some of
the suffering, but mainly the sitting
of the personal liberties of many of
our people"
communists scored.
Representative Mason assailed
Communists in the depart
ments of Government" and in the
schools, labor and churches and
said the objective" of American
Communists" was to bankrupt the
Nation so that a receiver will then
be required-which receiver will be
the highly-organized, militant, small
group known as Communists"
He said Government officials"
had given encouragement to the
activities of Communistic leaders
and cited the case of Harry Bridges
(West Coast C. I. o. directors"
The President is actually playing
into the hands of the Communists in
his purging efforts, the Representa-
tive said.
/. Q. Views Conflict.
Value of the intelligence quotient
as a permanent and definite means
of determining a child's intelligence
was attacked and defended at a
symposium.
III oCol &c SbONooIu Va VIC Jill
versity of Iowa advanced the theory
that primary intelligence is acquired
1t was Immediately challenged by
DR.. Lewis N Terman, Stanford Uni
versity, considered an authority on
the I. G.
The director of the Iowa Child
Welfare Research station told of
placing illegitimate children, whose
parents had low mental ratings, in
good Iowa homes.
Results. DR.. Stoddard said. belied
the belief dull parents have dull
children.
The Iowa claims" DR.. Herman
observed "are rather sweeping. If
they can be substantiated we have
here the most important scientific
discovery in the last thousand years.
Well-nigh unlimited control over
the I. O.