TEACHERS' OATH HIT BY LANDON
G. 0. P. Nominee Steps Bold ly Into "Hornets' Nest" in Plea for Freedom. BY JAY G. HAYDEN. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., August 24 (N.A.N.A.)Gov. All M. Landon stepped boldly into what may prove to be a political hornet's nest when, ■peaking last night in the same hall and to very much the same audience that President Roosevelt addressed here two weeks ago, he declared flatly against any oath for school teachers not required of all other citizens. This has been the pet project of William Randolph Hearst, one of Mr. Landon's most conspicuous supporters, and of a large element of the Ameri can Legion, of which he himself is a member. His utterance was an un disguised swat at both of these. Whether or not the speech was de liberately so intended, its effect.was to serve notice on Mr. Hearst that Mr. Landon is not "under his thumb" and that he intended to oppose him when ever the two disagree respecting pub lic questions. The sudden arrival of a leading Hearst executive aboard the Landon train Monday morning, shortly after the advance copies of the Chautauqua address had been given out, caused rumors that an effort was being made to have the speech modified. Speech Not Softened. Whether or not such representa tions were made to Gov. Landon could not be learned, but it is certain that the speech was in nowise soft ened. To the contrary, Gov. Landon added the line, "In Kansas we believe in academic freedom and we practice It.'' Mr. nearer is in r,urupe auu mcic is much speculation as to what his attitude will be when he learns of the seemingly studied break with him by Gov. Landon on an Important issue. A number of the Governor's close advisers, including William Allen White, are known to have been urging him to seize the first available oppor tunity to differentiate his ideas from those of Mr. Hearst. More than that, the ''teachers' oath" and related questions df gov ernmental interference with educa tional institutions is a hot political Issue in a score of States. It was significant, for example, that Gov. Landons pronouncement on the sub ject came almost coincidentally with the news that Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Texas Democrat, had been overwhelmingly beaten for re nomination. Author of "Red Rider." Blanton was the author of the so called "red rider," passed by Con gress and approved by President Roosevelt as a seemingly innocuous part of the District appropriation act for 1936, which requires all teachers in the District of Colum bia to certify in writing on every monthly pay day that they have not been guilty during the month of teaching communism or other "sub versive doctrines." The "red rider" figured prominently Jn the fight against Blanton and in the same way it has placed on the de fensive a large number of other Rep resentatives and Senators who voted for it. Quite a few of these are mem bers of Mr. Landon's own party. In Massachusetts Gov. James M. Curley forced through a similar "teachers' oath" requirement in the face of bitter opposition from the fac ulties of all of the universities and col leges in the State and this has become a leading issue in the fight between Curley and Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., for the United States Senate. In Minnesota action of the Farmer Laborite State administration taking over publication of school books and revising them to include Farmer-Labor propaganda was one of the main bases of attack upon the late Gov. Floyd B. Olson in the 1934 campaign. The Lutheran church particularly staged a hot fight against Olson on this ac count, and it was credited with cutting his majority by about 100,000 votes. In virtually every State "red riders," LOST. CAT yellow Persian, male, strayed August 18 from 5812 32nd st. n.w. Cleveland 6046,__ COLT .38 SPECIAL REVOLVER. No. 288880. Reward. L. A. 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similar to those enacted by Congress and in Massachusetts, have been intro duced in the Legislatures, and in sev eral other States they have been passed. Gov. Landon struck with blunt di rectness against all legislative pro posals of this sort. Further, he de clared against all species of control of education by the Federal Government. "In Kansas," he said, "we believe that our schools--public, parochial and private--must be kept free from all control by the Federal Govern ment. "In Kansas, we insist that no teacher should be required to take any oath not required of all other citizens. "I believe that a teacher has a right to the same freedom of speech in expressing his political, social or religious convictions as any other citizen. And I believe that a teacher has the same right to work for ac complishment of his political and so social Ideals as any other citizen. "Why should we make teaching into a suspect profession, by making our teachers take a special oath?" Asked Complete Freedom. This. Gov. Landon made clear, he regards as just one of the many in fringements by Government bureau cracy, which are endangering indi vidual liberty and democracy every where in the world. He did not hold the national administration responsi ble for the "teachers' oath" law, but in his demand for complete freedom of educational institutions from Fed eral control he may have had in mind Mr. Roosevelt's National Youth Ad ministration, which has been branded by some educators as the opening wedge toward such Federal control. Mr. Landon vigorously assailed the propaganda methods of the adminis tration. Declaring that "the danger of Government propaganda'' is more serious "than the danger of our teach ers becoming propagandists," he said: "It concerns widespread use of the machinery of the Federal Government to maintain the present administra tion in power and to bring into ques tion the faith of the people in their way of life and In their form of gov ernment. "When money is forcibly taken by the Government from citizens and used to tear down those things most precious to our people, we see propa ganda in its most shabby form. "We should not overlook the fact that today, both at home and abroad, men are striving for power through leadership of the mob. Because of this. I believe that our educators should make a more than normal effort to see that our youth is given a back ground of our heritage and tradition-- a fundamental understanding of the form and the philosophy of our Gov ernment. "If this is done, we need have no fear of allowing our youth to study any and all systems of government to which .their curiosity leads them. Only through ignorance or bigotry can we be destroyed." communism mot Mciuoeu. Clearly the latter declaration ex pressed Gov. Landon's belief that not even "communism" should be ex cluded as a subject for study In the public schools, but at another point he said: "This does not mean that a teacher should use a class room to put forward his own pet views and theories. If he does, he is no longer a teacher; he is a propagandist. Our schools must always be institutions where views are expressed free of the personal preju dices of the teachers. Upon this I am. I believe, in complete agreement with the opinions expressed in resolu tions by the teachers themselves through their own associations." Gov. Landon lnferentially answered the criticisms that have been made of his administration for cutting the pay of school teachers during the depres sion when he declared that "my own State devotes more than 40 per cent of each tax dollar to the support of its schools, and other communities and States act with corresponding liber ality." All through the speech were sprin kled the same doctrines of individual initiative and local self-government which have featured all of his utter ances. In this case, his promise was that "education is the best insurance that can be taken out for a democracy" --but to be effective it must be a free and untrammeled education, locally applied. "Our educational system has not been a thing apart from that restless search of the American people for ways of doing new things, and of doing old things better. "Letting every man have his say is the constitutional method of solving our problems." (Ccpnrisht. 1936. by the No.-to Americas Newspaper Alliance, Lie.) Limerick, Ireland, is to have a new large central hospital. WOMAN ADMITS KILLING DAUGHTER, POLICE SAY Girl Had "No Pretty Clothes or Nice Home,'' According to Alleged Confession. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, August 25--Mrs. Ester Hilda Olson, 33, sat unperturbed in the county Jail today after police said she admitted killing her 16-year-old daughter out of kindness because ''she had no pretty clothes, no nice home." Deputy Sheriff O. K. Bodia quoted the woman as confessing she killed her daughter Rose on her birthday last Thursday with an ax and butcher knife. "Rose and I had to live like ani mals," Bodia said Mrs. Olson told him. "I've been on relief, getting $10 a month. What chance did Rose have to be anybody or have any thing? "After she had gone to bed I ate a grapefruit with a lot of sugar on it and I got a funny feeling and funny ideas came into my head."
Atkinson (Continued From First Page train at Sniatyn, on the Polish-Ru manian border, when she failed to declare all her foreign money while en route from New York to visit rela tives at Cerrantzi, Rumania. Relatives there became alarmed when she did not arrive as scheduled on July 9 and ascertained that she was held by the Polish authorities. They were unable to communicate with her, however, for 10 days, after which time they cabled the woman's daughter in New York an urgent request for $300 ball. The daughter said last night she re ceived the first communication from her mother since the incident--a letter dated August 15. which explained that she was released from prison on Au gust 14. but still had been unable to leave the country. She wrote that Pollsn uorder guards confiscated all her money, amounting to $320, and that most of her baggage had disappeared while she was held in prison. Reports here stated Mrs. Atkinson crossed into Poland from Germany, to which country she was returning when stopped by customs officials. A bank draft she carried with her, it was asserted, was cause of her de tention. Presumably it was held in violation of stringent Polish customs regulations. (The Polish Government sought to restrict foreign exchange dealings by decree last April. Exportation of valuta was prohibited. (Recently, the government an nounced it would refund dollars con fiscated from American travelers un der the regulations.) Minneapolis Woman. Mrs. Atkinson is the wife of Fred erick O. Atkinson, Minneapolis mill ing executive. For years she has been identified with educational work in Minneapolis and throughout the Na tion. Advised of her detention, Atkinson appealed to the State Department at Washington for an investigation. She is a former president of the Wellesley College Women's Club. A graduate of that school, she was elected to the college board of direc tors in 1926. PISTOL CLUB PLANNED Congress to Be Asked to Control Sale of New Revolvers. Justice Department officials, appre hensive lest the underworld arm Itself with the new high-powered revolvers now undergoing tests by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, plan to urge Congress to enact legislation control ling their sale. Laws passed by the recent Con gress require purchasers of machine guns, sawed-off shotguns and silencers to register with the Bureau of In ternal Revenue, but there is no Fed eral law regulating the sale of small firearms. THREE STATES HOLD PRIMARIES TODAY Mississippi, South Carolina and California Command National Attention. By the Associated Press. Primaries in three States today commanded national attention. In Mississippi the veteran Senator Pat Harrison, after a campaign in which he stood on his record as a New' Deal supporter, contested with former Gov. Sennett Connor for the Democratic senatorial nomination, equivalent to election. Connor was aided by Senator Bilbo, colleague, but foe of the senior Senator. The party will also nominate seven Representa tives, one unopposed. In South Carolina there is a clear cut fight between Senator James P. Byrnes, administration stalwart, and two New Deal critics--Thomas P. Stoney, former mayor of Charleston, and Col. William C. Harllee, a retired Marine--for the Democratic senatorial nomination, also tantamount to elec tion in the State. Six Representatives also will be nominated, two being un opposed. In California, where Townsend-in dorsed candidates sought nominations in the 20 congressional districts, the old-age pension movement met a bal lot test in the State of its origin. The indorsements did not follow party lines. E. J. Margett. the pension plan's State manager, predicted victory in at least 13 districts.
WOUNDED MAN BETTER Fisherman Brought to Providence From Near Leonardtown. Alfonso Brown. 30. of 1229 Madison street, was improved today in Provi dence Hospital, where he was taken yesterday with a steel-jacketed rifle bullet in his abdomen. Brown was shot by an unknown marksman while he flshed with a friend off McKay's Beach, near Leonardtown. Md. An investigation by Sheriff J. Bernard Love is proceed ing on the theory the shooting was accidental. BUFFALO LEADERS TALK WITHLANDON G. 0. P. Candidate Cheered on Arrival in Upstate Metropolis. Text of London's speech, A-18. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., August 25.--Gov. Alf M. London opened a series of party conferences with New York Republican leaders today as he brought hU presidential campaign into this upstate metropolis. Erie and Niagara County delegates to the Cleveland convention gathered at a luncheon to meet the Republi can nominee shortly after his arrival from an ovewright stay at Ripley, N. Y., in the home of Charles Hamilton. On the immediate program also was a reception and tea of Western New York Republican women, while af night Landon planned to be the guest of Edward H. Butler, publisher of the BuSalo Evening News. Party Officials on Trip. The Kansan reached Buffalo at 11 a.m. (Eastern standard time) after an hour-and-a-half-rlde from Ripley. Riding with him were Melvin C. Eaton, State chairman; Edwin F. Jaeckle, Erie County chairman; Rep resentative and Mrs. Robert L. Bacon, Miss Natalie Couch, director of wom en's activities In the East; John S. Leonard, Chautauqua County chair man, and other party officials. A crowd which filled the concourse of the New York Central station wel comed the candidate with cheers. While a band played "America" he was presented With a basket of talis man roses by a group of Polish-Amer can girls dressed in red, white and blue costumes. Police forced a way for the Gov ernor's motor caravan on a 4-mile drive through business streets lined with spectators. Torpedoes exploded a welcome. As Landon drove up Main street a huge red, white and blue banner, which officials said measured 40 by 30 feet, was swung from a wire over head. It bore portraits of Landon and his running mate, Col. Frank Knox, and the legend: "Vote Straight Re publican Ticket." Throughout the ride Landon, dressed in the blue suit he wore dur ing his address at Chautauqua last night, waved his straw hat in greet ing. The hotel lobby was jammed, as police forced a way for ILandon to an elevator. A few minutes later a band marched, playing loudly in typical political-convention fashion. ASSAILS PROPAGANDA. Landon Condemns I'se of Federal Machinery by Rival Party. RIPLEY, N. Y„ August 25 IJP).--Gov. All M. Landon moved deeper Into New York today lor conferences on presi dential campaign strategy after declar ing that "widespread use of the ma chinery of the Federal Government to maintain the present administration in power" created a propaganda dan ger. The Republican nominee, who in a speech at Chautauqua last night called for freedom of education, press and radio, turned toward Buffalo to dis cuss with party leader plans to win New York's 47 electoral votes. He spent the night here with his friend Charles Hampton and boarded his special train at 9:26 a.m. (Eastern standard time> for a non-stop run to Buffalo. Edw'in F. Jaeckle, Erie County chair man and one of the Republican lead ers accompanying Landon, said the presidential nominee would meet con k ROOF EXPERTS i Have ai repair any leaks In rear 1 roof. It will mare yen many Sal- B lara!! All work done by expert- =S cnced roofera. 1 i FERGUSON k Hl§3831 Ga. At«. COl. 0567 i1 ,m* ventlon delegates at a luncheon con* fere nee. London will deliver the third and final formal addreaa of his Eastern trip in Buffalo tomorrow night. Urges Academic Freedom. The Governor prefaced his speech in the Chautauqua Amphitheater--where three other presidential aspirants have appeared this month--with the state* menU: ««Twi ITonoao mo Wollono ik.t o». schools--public, parochial and private --must be kept free of all control by the Federal Government. "In Kansas we insist that no teach er should be required to take any oath not required of all other citizen*. In Kansas we believe In academic free dom and we practice it." Declaring that "our system of free what is spoken or written, and, education has failed if class distinc tions are allowed to develop in this country," he said: "In these days of widespread propa ganda it is Imperative that our teach ers be kept free and that our educa tional Institutions, our newspapers and the radio be kept Independent either from control of autocratic government or from the Influence of any selfish interest. "There must not be censorship of equally important, there must be no control of the source of news. "Another danger from propaganda is now present. It is more serious than, the danger of our teachers be coming propagandists. "It concerns widespread use of the machinery of the Federal Government to maintain the present administra tion in power, and to bring into ques tion the faith of the people in their way of life and in their form of Gov ernment. "When money is forcibly taken by Government from citizens and used to tear down those things most precious to our people, we see propaganda in its most shabby form." The Kansan was greeted twice with the famous Chautauqua salute--wav ing handkerchiefs'--first when he mo tored into the grounds, and second when he was introduced to the crowd that overflowed the 7,000-seat capacity outdoor meeting place. Given Two-Minute Ovation. A two-minute ovation greeted him at the beginning of this speech and a minute at the close before the orches tra broke into "America." In the audience was Bain bridge Colby, Democratic Secretary of State in President Wilson's cabinet, who, in a statement to the Jamestown Post, said he would support the Republican standard bearer. Praising the Nation's educational system. Landon said: "Today, perhaps to a greater degree than ever before, the control of our educational institutions must be kept in the hands of the local communities and the educators themselves. For we may as well face the fact that the tide is running against free govern ment today. "In many lands the hand of gov ernment is closing down upon educa tion. It is being made into a tool, for autocratic purposes. "We Americans are still in control of our own destiny," he said in con clusion. "We can remain so only through the processes of sound edu cation." En route here yesterday, Landon's party stopped at Conneautville, Pa., home of the Landon family for a cen tury. There the Governor visited a school he once attended, the home and graves of ancestors. He told a crowd at Erie, Pa., that "relief must be continued until real jobs are once more available." Landon greeted many old friends at a reception last night at the Arthur E. Bestor home, where he was a din ner guest. Until he was elected Gov ernor in 1932, he spent Bummer vaca tions at Chautauqua, which Dr. Bestor heads. Camper* to Entertain. The Rotary Club, which sponsored camping vacations tor 82 members of the Boys' Club of Washington this 8ummer, will be entertained by a few of the campers at a luncheon meeting at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Willard Hotel. Charles Fyfe, managing di rector of the club, will speak. NEW DIRECTOR NAMED Mr*. Morehouse Appointed to Cheverly Women's Club Post. Bj a Stall Correspondent ol The star. CHEVERLY, Md August 25 --Mrs. Mortimer Morehouse has been ap pointed director of the local Women's Club to succeed Mrs. C. L. Metcalf, recently resigned leader. Mrs. W. R. Gaither has been appointed chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, with Mrs. Prank Taylor, Mrs. L. C. Rosenkrans and Mrs. Morehouse as sisting. The club's Brownie Pack will hold an outing at the Washington Zoo on Thursday. Next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. William A. Link In South Cheverly September 18. AUTO LOANS. MONEY LOANED ON-YOUR- CAR--^e will lend you full market value on your ear. Cash in 5 minutes. 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