Arrowhead Network Interview with Commissioner of Education Earl McGrath
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OCR Page 1 of 10RECORDING*
Every once in a while I am sorry that the truant officer who
operated in our town was so efficient: I wish that he had been bow-
legged, fat and lazy' Instead, he was a brisk guardian of the
statutes, and repeatedly hauled me into the grade school, to see that
education was "foisted" on me.
I got the usual stern warnings -- and I mean "stern" -- but as
result of this officer's efficiency, I did learn to read and write!
Good thing I did, too! Because while it may not be a necessary require-
ment in the post-war "political" fox holes of this Potomac River town --
it does holp!
In this instance, at least, it helped me meet and talk to a man
WHO -- and I really mean "Mister" WHO -- in the educational field of this
good old U.S.A., is the "Alpha and Omega" of it all:
Brother, the truant officer in his town, didn't have much to do.
As a matter of fact he couldn't have. Because, this man really has a
record of attendance in the Knowledge-Foundries of this Nation of ours
that rates an "Oscar" in any book.
His name is Earl Jämes McGrath, and he is the United States
Commissioner of Education& And his "Academic" background 'and "Experience"
for the job -- is outstanding
*By Earl Jemes McGrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security
Agency, Washington, D. C., with George E. Reedy of the Arrowhead Network
for "Know Your Government' series, March 28, 1950.
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