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School Board Asked
To Be Responsible fol
Assembly Speakers
The Executive Board Of the Fed.
Grafton of Citizens Associations to.
day sent the Board OF Education 8
resolution demanding that ths
School Board assume full responsi.
bility and set up regulations gov.
erning the delivery Of lectures te
public school students.
The federation board acted at 8
meeting last night as the aftermath
of the Western High School speech
given last Tuesday by Russian born
Mrs. Shura Lewis. The talk or
Life in Russia" precipitated q
four student walkout and launched
two Congressional inquiries.
In reporting the Executive Boards
action, Federation President Cliff.
ford Newell said the board ain.
sisted" that action must be takor
"as reluctant as we are to keep any
sensational matter before the pub.
lic."
eve deeply sense our response
bility," he said, ''in doing all We
can to protect the children of ou,
citizens here in Washington from
being given WRONG ideas in thei,
impressionistic age.".
Asks Corning O. K. Speakers.
| The board demanded that lectures
SO given only after permission by
the superintendent of schools. DR.
Hobart M. Corning, the superin.
tendent, told the school board We'd
nesday that all school principal.
have been instructed to submit to
him for advance approval in the
future any programs which include
outside speakers.
The Federation Board resolved:
THAT we demand that the Board
of Education shall assume whole
responsibility and promulgate regu-
lations governing the delivery oil
lectures and addresses to the stu
dents of the public schools of the
District Of Columbia.
"And that such lectures and
addresses be given only with the
permission Of the superintendent OF
schools after proper investigation
concerning the subject matter o1
such lecture or address, and the per.
son who proposed to deliver such
lecture or address to the students
and under whose auspices such per.
son Is acting in making such address
or lecture and what, If any, remu-
neration is paid therefore and by
what person or organization such
compensation Is paid"
Awaits Dirksen's Return.
On Capitol Hill, a House District
Committee aide said the committee
will await the return of its chairman
Representative Dirksen, Republican
Iof Illinois before deciding how fal
to pursue the committees investiga-
tion of the Lewis speech at Western
Now before the committee is 9
letter from Corning, in which he
described the speech by the Russian
born woman as wholly contrary tc
the philosophy of education under
which we operate"
Mr.. Dirksen is expected to confer
with chairmen of his fiscal and
judiciary subcommittee before de.
Gliding on the next move. -
Meanwhile, Nathaniel A. Danow-
sky, principal of Western High, had
a unanimous vote of complete con-
fidence" from his student body.
Principal Applauded.
The vote of confidence in Mr..
Danowsky, who arranged the speak
ing engagement by Mrs. Lewis, came
at a student assembly yesterday at
which the students greeted their
principal with an enthusiastic burst
of applause.
In response to Chairman Dirksen's
request for an explanation of the
incident at Western, Mr.. Corning
said the entire affair shocked the
whole school sysetem."
"The sincere regret which Mr.
Nathaniel A. Danowsky, principal oil
Western High School feels is char.
acteristic Of and in tune with hi
10 years OF very faithful anG loya.
service in our schools. His was ar
error of judgment for which he has
been criticized by this Office, but any
cenSure of him is directed towarc
his mistaken judgment" Mr.. Corn
ing wrote.
-Four Students Absent.
The four students who walked Out
on Mrs. Lewis and subsequently,
were commended on Capitol Hill fol
their action were absent from school
W4ACA1 otQoC11u dSSGIllUly COIls
vened at Western yesterday.
Student council officers gave thi.
account of what happened at the
assembly:
Larry Gallen, president of the
council. interrupted the applause
that greeted the principal ane
edged" Mr.. Danowsky aside. HI
explained to the assembly that fou,
students had gotten together ane
drawn up resolution expressing the
view that MIR. Danowsky was in M
way to blame for what happened al
the last assembly.
William Walker, who composed
the resolution, then read it to the
assembly.
The Student Council president
/ then asked for comment. He re.
ceived none. When he asked for &
vote, however, the entire assembly
stood up, clapping and cheering.