Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-06
THE COMMON DEFENSE
BY Rev William c. Kernon


AT its annual convention this year the National Edu
cation Association approved resolution which stated
1t is the responsibility of the schools to ndoctrinote
our youth in the American way of life they know it.
believe in it, and live it continuously"
This that the principles underlying the An,eri-
can way of life we'll known and highly regarded
that it becomes the nescopobIe duty of teachers to in
struct their students in them.
Creator with creton inoienobe rights" that rights
consequently not derived from given by the State
and that the bounden duty of Government to guoron-
1t means he recognition of the principle that all
men not of them - "ore endowed by their
tee, secure, end protect them for oil.
1t means that the right of every American to work
to get good education, TO live in decent house. and
to own property is much part of the American way
OF life os the right to worship, to speak, and to print
We must strive to moke democratic proctice con-
form TO democratic principle and must not take
it for granted that young people will understand I'M
less definitely fought, what this means
But, ITO indoctrinote our youth in the American woy
of life also means that teach them that the destruc
ton of free society is implicit in every form of soto
torionsm.
This is obviously the mind of the NEA For it's re-
solution further declares, THE Association urqes that
oil members of the teaching profession expose and OBJ
struct the activities of all groups which have as their
United Stotes."
Accordingly youth must be taught that noz-fos-
csm, and the rocio and religious hatred on which it
feeds, is un-Amercon Whoever condemns and holds his
neghbor up to obloquy and rdicue on account of his
race religion, is doing the work and spreading the
propaganda of the nozifoscists Who on the boss Of
racial and religious hatred seek to gather following
with which to ottoin political power, destroy the Con
stituton and institute tyronny under which human
rights would be denied in brutal and unconscionobIe
foshio
American education is against that Americon Youth
must be lndoctrnoted against it. There is no poce in
America for rociol and religious hate on which nozi
foscism grows strong.
American youth must be touoht thor communisr,'s
firmly held principle is the necessity of class conflict in
the interests OF overhrownq capitalist society end &C.
tobishlng the communist dictatorship under which in
dWlduo rights denied to everyone and mans sioni
fconce is found wholly and utterly in object sIovev r.
to the State.
According to Lenin, as quoted by Ston in Problems
or Lenlnlsm, it is the task of communism victorious in
one country to rise against the rest of the copitoIst
world ottroet TO itself the oppressed classes of other
countries, roise evots among them AGAINST the enn
toIsts, and in the event of necessity, come our avon
with armed force against the exploiting classes ond their
stotes"
We must be against tho., and young people who
ore fought to value Americonsm must be touoht 70
values 1T enough to oppose communism
The NEA deserves the Thanks of all Americans Now
ets put the DISSOLUTION to work Let's teach our vouth
to practice Americonsm Let's teach them TO sneok mn
against communism, rozifoscsm, rocio, RELIGIOUS and
class hate Let's give them the focts which thew con s
to protect our American way of life
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