The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Must Not Neglect
Education Despite
Defense Demands

New York City QLNS).-"While
most of the services of our economy
must be subordinated to the emer-
gency needs of the nation today,
the education of our children is one
of the values that must be main
tanned and improved, for therein
lies the very future of our demo-
cracy," says statement issued by
Arthur A. Elder, chairman of the
Commission on Educational Recon-
struction of the American Fedora
tion of Teachers, meeting here. The
statement continues:
Educational services of the ma
tion, badly crippled during World
War ii and still far from recov-
cry, must not be neglected. Thous-
ands of qualified teachers, lost to
the schools during the war, have
never returned. Teacher training
programs have not yet begun to
take care of the DEFICIENCIES, to say
nothing of making provision for
the millions of children now enter
ing the schools. The school plant,
already inadequate at the begin
ming Of the war, deteriorated dur
ing it's progress. In fact, deficien-
cies in education caused by the de-
preston are still with US.
Big Job Still Undone
"The program to remedy these
deficiencies in plant, as we'll as to
provide much-needed facilities for
the increased school population, has
assumed substantial proportions
only during the last 2 or years.
The major part of the job is still
to be done.
Congress- at its last session re-
cognized it's obligation to remedy
the losses in educational services
and facilities brought on by the
war through the passage of the
Aid to the War Impacted
Areas. In his message to Congress,
President Truman again recogniz-
ed that the needs of the schools
should be given priority in the cur
rent crisis.
"The necessary financing for de-
fense has required planning and a
measure of controls. However, in
the application of these controls
provision is made for upward ad-
justment in prices, costs of pro-
duction and necessary plant expan-
sion, in industry, agriculture and
distribution. Such provisions are
tacit recognition that sound do
mestic economy must be preserved.
too, must be included in
such a program.
Education Vital To Freedom
"The services of our educational
systems must be recognized as
gital and indispensable parts of our
effort to preserve the free world.
The ultimate defense in war of
IDEAS lies in the educational pre-
Daration of our youth. A program
which defends by military effort
alone cannot be successful in a
lash of ideologies. Unless our
children find open doors for the
growth of education in democracy,
we have lost the major objective
toward which the defense effort is
being directed.
"Today states and communities
face austerity programs which may
we'll deplete the nearly depleted
services of our public schools. A
'hort-sighted policy brings with it
The threat of a major crisis in the
services which are the
heritage of our children. The pre-
sent and future welfare of the cit
zens of tomorrow demands that
provision be made for the highest
possible standards in this field
above all others. We insist that
funds invested for essential educa-
,ional services as well as for in
creased essential production, arel
not inflationary-they are invest
nents in the nations future"