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SPRINGFIELD
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The first public schools in this country were founded here
in Massachusetts. Ever since then, democracy and the public
schools have gone hand in hand.
Today public schools all over the Nation face a tremendous
crisis. Classrooms are overcrowded, buildings are antiquated,
and teachers are undorpaid.
Again and again, I urgod the Ropublican 80th Congross to
pass legislation to extend Federal assistance to the State public
school systems, just as the Federal Government helps States to
build highways.
You'd think everybody ould agree that school-childron
are at least as important as the highways over which the school
buses carry them to the school-house.
But the Republican Congross shid, "Nothing doing -- we're
against it!"
The Republican candidato has committed himself on this issue
of education in words he cannot deny, He's against it, too.
I have right here in my hand tologrons from two of our State
Governors.
The Governor of Utah and the Governor of Maryland both bear
witness to the vicious attack which the Republican candidate for
Presidont made on this Nation's school teachers at the last
Governors Conference in Portsmouth, Now Hampshire.
Governor Lane of Maryland says in his telegram that the
Republican candidato said:
"The school lobby is the most vicious and dishonest/ir lobby the
country. It is worse than all of the rost of them put together.
One of the lios they tell is that Russia spends more money on
public education than WO do in this country.
il
That is what Governor Lane of Maryland reports that the
Republican candidato sàid.
The Republican candidate made that statement in the presence
of nino Governors.
Governor Maw of Utah confirms this fact. Governor Maw says
in his telegram that the Republican candidate said that the
teachers' lobby would dostroy the State Governments of the nation
wanted. by supporting only those candidatos who would give hem what they
Maybe the Ropublican candidate is afrai d the teachers will
support only those candidates who believe teachers are entitled
to a decent living wage.
The Republican candidate has said that the teachers' lobby
is more vicious than the power, or real estate, or oil, or liquor
lobbies of the country.
Those are the Republican candidate's views, as reported in
this telegram from the Governor of Utah, who heard the Republican
candidate speak.
Now I know only one way to combat that totally un-American
point of view on the public schools.
That is to maintain a Government at /ashington that repre-
sents the people, andnet the special interests and privileged
groups.
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