The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-07
No Anti-American Textbooks Used In| Local Public Schools, Says Dr. COndOn
We'll Organized Drive to Destroy ChiIdren's Faith
 in American Ideals

and In objects of allegiance" The authors of the report challenge the educators right to decide on his own responsibility that childrens "objects of allegiance" should now be changed.
 Illustrating Rugss method of sub- stituting skepticism for the child's natural love of country, @ passage is quoted from one of his teachers guides. Admitting that most pppiIs believe that this country is the best in the world, Rugg warns teachers that this attitude lis one that we decidedly do not want to develop in our classes" In another quoted passage, Professor Rugg instructs teachers, 'Treat the War for Inde. pendence essentially as an eco. homie struggle between the ruling classes of England and the Colonies"
 Tn connection with his discussion of the United States government in the textbook, Americas March Toward Democracy Rugg is quoted as instructing the teacher, Con- front the pupils with an important question: Did this ruling class ad- minister the Government in the interests of all the people or chiefly in their own interests"
 About Rugg's descriptions of con- ditions in contemporary America in his textbooks, the Guardians report says, The digs int othe darkest cor- ners and brings out the worst pos- sible illustrations, which are then set before his juvenile readers with the presumption of being typical One example is the following quo. tation from Rugg's description of conditions in the T. V. A. area; These people did not want to 60 to the towns to work in factories because the wages there were poor indeed-fifty hours a week for $5." Washington Attacked Throughout Rugg's textbooks, says the report, i've find overem- phasis on the unfavorable aspects of American life and history and underemphasis of the favorable as- poets or omission of them altogeth- er." The chief impression given the child about such men as Washing ton and Jefferson is that these men were large property owners and members of the ruling class"
 Concerning the working of our economic system, continues the analysis, much is said of poverty, depressions, unemployment, and other ills, with hardly any mention of the tremendous economic and social progress ... the impression is clearly given that our situation as Q whole is growing steadily worse and that 1t is the rivate-enterprise system which Is at fault" Wherever possible, 1t is charged, Rugg assigns the neanest of motives" to busi- ness men.
 The effect on the child, of Rugg's description of failure of our present system, plus the selfish motives of the running class in setting up the present system" says the report, is to receive "in refreshing contrast" the shining suggestions of a beau- tiful new social order where every. thing is perfectly plnaned." In the textbook, "An introduction to Prob lems of American Culture," Rugg Is quoted as saying that the great ob- stacle at present is private owner. ship and individual enterprise Communist Russia comes In for glowing praise, in q number of places in Rugg's textbooks Coming after his woeful description of con- ditions in America, ascribed to lack of planning, the brilliant example of the Communist Fve-Year Plan is held up to indicate the remedy, says the report, with "the confident pre- diction that things are going to be all right soon, provided, presumably, that we follow the example of Soviet Russia"
 Destroying Child's Faith
 The long list of excerpts from Professor Rugg's books, given to show how his teachings tear down the child's faith in American Ideals and his belief in our basic institu. ton, Is concluded with this signifi- cant from Rugg: "Thus through the schools of the world we shall dis. seminate Q new conception of gov. erninent-one that will embrace all of the collective activities of men; one that will postulate the need for scientific control and operation of economic activities in the interests of all people,
 The editorial committee signing the report for the Guarians of American Educations consists of Augustin c. Rudd, Hamilton Hicks, and Alfred T. Falk.