, 1951-11-03
The Congressional Candidates
EDITORIAL

In scanning the coming election, Tuesday, November
g, in which voters will be called on to elect a new cong
FRESHMAN to represent the third district, one cannot help
but make some comparisons between the two candidates.
The political utilization of the two candidates is to us I'M
important, the fact that Paul F. Schenck is a Republican,
and Jesse Yoder is a Democrat, neither adds nor detracts
from their stature in the eyes of this column. Both have
held elective office in the past, Paul schenck, having been
several times elected to the Dayton Board of Education
and for several years served as President of that Board.
Jesse Yoder has been elected to the General Assembly of
Ohio several times, and is presently a member of that
body. In their private capacities both men are engaged in
the real estate business.
Westside votes should have little trouble in making
their choice between these two candidates. They have
simply to recall the record of Mr.. Schenck on the Board
of Education, and all doubt as to their choice should be
resolved in favor of Mr.. Yoder. Dayton has a school sys-
tenn segregated Gin fact) as to color. While Mr.. Schenck
was not responsible for this system in it's inception, he
lcertainly did nothing to alleviate it during his terms in
office. The first civic meeting attended by this writer in
the City of Dayton, recalls to mind the promise of Mr..
s%chenck,. that should the westside voters support the
school mill levy in the election Of 1916, there would
be a new school built on the present site Of Garfield
School. All know that this promise has not been kept.
During his tenure, segregated swimming pools were main
tanned at Roosevelt High School, and it wasn't until his
resignation that this condition was done away with. Thou
sands of dollars of the taxpayers money was squandered
transporting colored students to colored schools, and
white students to white schools, in order to maintain the
pattern of segregation. (This condition still prevails).
Rigid teacher segregation was maintained under his lead
|ership; if there were no openings in the colored schools,
qualified colored teachers went unemployed, while there
was a dire need for teachers in the predominantly white
schools. If their were nothing at all in favor of voting for
Mr.. Ydder, it would still seem that there was sufficient
against Mr.. Schenck, to prevent any right thinking cii-
zen from casting a vote in his favor.
However, Mr.. Yoder should not be without appeal
Ito the voters of the westside. During his terms in the Cen
eral Assembly, he has consistently gone down the line in
favor of FE.P.C. legislation, a matter of vital concern to
all minority groups. He has voted in favor of increased
aid for the aged and blind to modernize the school code,
thus effecting 10 per cent savings in building costs; to pro-
vide Montgomery County with another Domestic Relations
Court Judge. He has sponsored bills to provide off-street
auto parking: to license trailer parks in order to improve
sanitation and health conditions. Mr.. Yoder is in our
pulse of the common need, and remember a vote for Yoder
lis a vote against Schenck.