Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last Wednesday the American press reported a 54-page statement by the Educational Policies Commission of the National Education Association. The statement, "American Education and International Tensions," was made by "20 of the nation's top educators." The newspaper stories shocked a few people, surprised a lot more. Among those...
Judging from the liberal records of many of the Educational Policies Commission, the "20" had an entirely different idea of what they had done. All of them undoubtedly thought they were aiding academic freedom, not injuring it. First, they had established themselves on the "right side" by condemning Communist teachers...
This statement in itself is commendable. There are innumerable cases where anti-Communist programs have ended up as assaults upon radicals and liberals. But how is the Commission's own policy to be carried out, and who is to carry it out? These are questions of the utmost importance, and...
...Commission cannot afford to remain silent on the ways and means of its policy. The Commission cannot dismiss these problems with a statement deploring indiscriminate smears. There is no question of the sincerity and sober principle of President Conant and his fellow Commissioners. But on this issue they now stand with men of little principle and no discernment, men who are attempting to stifle ideas and change our constitutional guarantees of civil liberties to suit their purposes. So long as President Conant and his colleagues refuse to discuss implementation, these men will be able to say: we have...
Every teacher and every student, and every citizen in the country has the right to ask: what does the Commission's policy mean? Does the Commission want every faculty and school staff in America investigated--thoroughly and completely--for Communists? Does the Commission want every professor and instructor required to...