Word: rugg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last term's end, the Rugg books had been banned from some half-dozen school systems...
Nonetheless, his critics object to the Rugg texts for picturing the U. S. as a land of unequal opportunity, and giving a class-conscious account of the framing of the U. S. Constitution. They like to point out that he wrote of the Constitution: "The merchants, landov/ners, manufacturers, they shippers wanted. and ..." Some bankers of were the given critics fail what to quote the rest of the sentence, which modifies the beginning: "... namely, a government which would stabilize the money and trade, keep order within the country and defend the nation against foreign enemies...
...years ago Garden City, L. I. banned Rugg's books from its public schools. Soon reports of Rugg-beating emanated from many another town. Biggest row was in Englewood, N. J., home town of Hearst Columnist B. C. Forbes. Mr Forbes, a member of the Englewood Boarc of Education, charged that the Rugg books were "subversive," for a year agitated unsuccessfully to have them thrown...
Last month Professor Rugg, looking harassed and unhappy, rose before summer students at Teachers College, denounced "witch hunting." Cried he: "Those who say that we don't believe in private enterprise lie!" Meanwhile Professor Rugg's publishers, Ginn & Co., announced that fall orders for Rugg books were bigger this year than last...
...last fortnight Rugg book burnings began to blaze afresh in the smalltown, American Legion belt. In rapid succession the school boards of Mountain Lakes and Wayne Township, N. J. banished Rugg texts that had been used by their pupils nearly ten years. Explained Wayne Township's Board Member Ronald Gall: "In my opinion, the books are un-American but not anti-American...