Statement by Commissioner of Education Earl James McGrath to the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

STATEMENT I am pleased to have this opportunity of expressing bei : wishes to the American Association for Health, Pnysical Education and Recreation upon the occasio. of its anuiual convention at Los An reles, California. The coordination of your convention with that of the California Association of School Administrators should provide an exce.llent opportunity for the interchange of points of view regarding problems of mutual interest and should lead the way for si lilar joint meetin : by other ;roups in education. Tne Office of Education is nappy to support all professional undertakings that have the worthy objective of improving and extending the broad developmental programs of health educatio., physical education and recreation in the schools of America. Of extreme importance in. times of peace, these programs are imperative in an emergency of the kind we are now facin; and may continue to face for many years to come. *By Earl James NcGrath; U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C., to the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation February 6, 1952, to be published in the convention brochure.