Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-08

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tional opportunity" througho'
At the same time the Q
Department of Education and
Research, derided as "bug-
aboo" the criticism of op-
ponents of federal aid that it
would result in federal control
of local schools.
School Systems Suffer
mo responsible organization
wants federal control of educa-
tion," the Outlook said. "Con-
gress is attempting to avoid
this"
MANY of our school systems
suffer from unrepresentative
school boards dominated mainly
by business groups which are
not representative of all groups
in the community. This type of
control Is more dangerous to the
development of d e m ocra t C
schools than is the so-called fed
eral control.
Federal Aid To Education
"Those who shout the loudest
about the dangers of federal
control see little or no danger
in business control of our pub
lie schools"
The Outlook pointed out that
hundreds of organizations, re-
presenting "a cross-section oi
American life" have endorsed
the principle of federal aid to
education. 1t listed "only a few
= including the Chamber o1
Commerce, the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers ano
the Daughters of the American
Revolution-as opposed to the
bill.
Show Differences
The Outlook recalled that q
series of studies of American
schools have shown differences
as great as sixty to one in the
amount of money spent on edu-
eating children in various parts
of the United States"
Differences between states
run as high as 41s-1, the Out
look added, in terms of expend.
itures per pupil, and three to
one in teachers salaries.
"These comparisons of diff
ferences between states hide
many of the inequalities within
each state" the publication no.
ted. Thus, city students and
teachers are faring much better
than those in rural areas; and
1945-46 figures reveal great in
Iequalities on the part of Negro
children in the II states and the
District of Columbia which
maintain segregated school sys-
TENS.
Equalize Opportunities
Figures show that $57.57 was
spent on each Negro child in
segregated schools, compared to
$104.66 for each white pupil.
Negro teachers in the same
states were paid an average an
nual salary of only 1928, while
white teachers received $1,512.
"It Is assumed that in these
states much of. the federal
money will have to be spent in
equalizing educational oppor-
tunities," the Outlook said.
The Outlook said that low sal
aries make it almost impossible
to recruit the kind of young peo-
pie necessary for the teaching
professio," and some 100000 of
our "best trained" teachers left
the profession during the war.
80 Receive $4,000
About half the nations teach
ers were paid less than $2,40O in
1947-48, the Outlook reported,
and only $3.50 vert paid more
than $4,000 a year. Teachers
salaries have hardly kept pace
with the increase in the cost of
living since 1940," the CIO pub
lication said.
Recalling that labor has al
ways stood in the forefront of
those seeking improvement and
extension of the public school
system, the Outlook pointed out
that unions have felt in recent
years that lin order to guarantee
every child in the United States
an adequate education, we must
have federal aid to education"