Transcript of Discussion with Commissioner of Education Earl James McGrath, The Fight Against Ignorance
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OCR Page 1 of 23THE FIGHT AGAINST IGNORANCE*
MR. HOULE:
Here in New York, the home of the United Nations, there
begins today the third national conference of the United
States Commission for UNESCO. Walking up Fifth Avenue,
one can see many signs of this vast collaborative effort.
The museums and stores have colorful displays of world
culture . Twenty-five hundred leaders of American
thought are gathered to discuss the citizen's part in
the struggle for peace, freedom, and advancement.
We bring you today the participants of one of the panels
at this UNESCO conference who are to discuss "The Fight
against Ignorance " Elvin, we usually think of the
United Nations as an agency of collective security to
prevent aggression and wars Why should it be concerned
with education?
MR. ELVIN:
I should say that that question goes down to the root
idea of the United Nations, and I think that that idea
could be put like this: We will not get permanent peace
unless the peoples of the world enjoy permanent prosperity.
* By Earl James McGrath, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Federal
Security Agency, Washington, D. C., on University of Chicago Round
Table, NBC Radio Discussion, January 27, 1952.
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