Address at the Voice of Democracy Awards Luncheon by Commissioner of Education Earl McGrath
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Ladies and gentlemen, we meet today to honor four young people
who have come to Washington as winners of the national Voice of
Democracy contest. Despite the extraordinary growth of this competition
within a period of three years, s'ome of you may not know all about it,
and a brief word concerning it may be in order.
The contest was started in 1947. Under its terms, youngsters
in the second, third and fourth years of high school are asked to
write and speak on the subject, "I Speak For Democracy."
In its first year, the competition attracted 35,000 young
people in 37 States. In its second year, 250,000 competed, with final
representatives from 48 States, the District of Columbia and Alaska.
Last year, 1949, over 1,000,000 young people in all' States, two terri-
tories and the District were entrants.
Community and county winners from public, parochial and private
schools entered the State contest. State and territorial winners,
their voices transcribed on records, were heard in semi-finals by the
national judges
The four youngsters--two boys and two girls--who are our guests
today are the four co-ecual national winners for 1949. During their
stay with us, they are to meet. with the President, the Congress, the
principal executive departments and agencies, the Supreme Court and
to spond many happy hours touring our national shrines. Today, in
*By Earl James McCrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal
Security Agency, Washington, D. C., before the Voice of Democracy
Awards Luncheon, Ninth Annual Science Talent Search, Washington, D. C. ,
February 22, 1950 Published in Station Management, March 6, 1950,
issue, p. 17.
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