Truman Library - Earl J. McGrath Papers

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

Earl J. McGrath Papers

Dates: 1949-1953

U.S. Commissioner of Education, 1949-1953

The papers of Earl J. McGrath consist of microfilmed copies of his speeches, articles, and other public statements and published writings as U.S. Commissioner of Education. The collection documents McGrath's involvement in education policy during the Truman administration; his views on issues affecting elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities during this period; and his support for a program of federal aid to education.

[Administrative Information | Biographical Sketch | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List]

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: Three reels of microfilm.
Access: Open.
Copyright: Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other writings in this collection is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents, or their heirs.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1902 (November 16)		Born, Buffalo, New York
1928		B.A., University of Buffalo
1928-42		Member of faculty and administrator, University of Buffalo; fellow at University of Chicago; educational consultant
1930		M.A., University of Buffalo
1936		Ph.D., University of Chicago
1942-44		Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, in charge of educational services, Bureau of Naval Personnel
1944 (May 12)		Married Dorothy Ann Leemon
1945-48		Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa
1946-47		Served on the President's Commission on Higher Education
1948-49		Professor, University of Chicago
1949-53		U.S. Commissioner of Education
1953-93		Administrator and professor at University of Kansas City, Columbia University, Temple University, University of Arizona, and elsewhere
1993 (January 14)		Died, Tucson, Arizona

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of Earl J. McGrath were copied on microfilm in 1958 from original documents in the possession of the McGrath family. They consist of McGrath's speeches, articles, and other public statements and published writings during his tenure as U.S. Commissioner of Education, from 1949 to 1953.

A professor and college administrator, McGrath served on the President's Commission on Higher Education in 1946-47. In 1949, while a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago, he was selected to head the Office of Education, with the title of U.S. Commissioner of Education. Administratively, the Office of Education was part of the Federal Security Agency during this period. It was responsible for collecting statistics and other information pertaining to education in the United States; conducting research and reporting on educational problems; administering grants-in-aid and special programs; and advising state and local school officials, university administrators, and other members of the profession.

McGrath's years as Commissioner coincided with an "educational crisis" in the United States, as public schools struggled to accommodate increased enrollments-a result of the higher birth rates that began in the 1940s-with resources that were widely regarded as inadequate. Many of McGrath's public statements had to do with the urgent need for new schools, more teachers at higher salaries, and a greater commitment of national resources to education. As part of this agenda, he repeatedly advocated a program of federal aid to education, but legislation to this effect was stymied in Congress along with most of President Truman's other "Fair Deal" proposals.

McGrath's public statements and writings also dealt with such topics as the need for foreign language and science instruction in the schools; the future of higher education as many World War II veterans completed their studies under the GI Bill; improvements in elementary, secondary, and vocational education; efforts to combat the spread of polio among schoolchildren; the establishment of junior colleges; developments in teacher-training; and the role of American education in the Cold War struggle against communism. McGrath avoided taking controversial positions on several of the most contentious educational issues of his time. He sidestepped the thorny question of federal aid to parochial schools (see 1949, no. 3). He criticized the requirement of anti-communist loyalty oaths for teachers, but added that teachers should sign such oaths in obedience to public opinion (see 1949, no. 26). And he carefully refrained from involving himself in the furor over racial segregation in the public schools, pointing out that the Office of Education had no authority to interfere with state or local policies (see 1953, no. 5).

The papers of Earl J. McGrath are organized in a single series, the Speeches, Articles, and Public Statements File, and are arranged in chronological order. The accompanying item list contains information concerning each of the approximately 281 documents in the collection. The documents from 1949 and 1950, and the first twenty-three documents from 1951, can be found on the first reel of microfilm. The second reel contains the rest of the documents from 1951, all of the documents from 1952, and the first twenty-two documents from 1953. The last three documents from 1953 can be found on the third reel. More information about Earl J. McGrath and education policy during the Truman administration can be found at the Truman Library in the following collections, among others:

Official File

No. 7-C

No. 107

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Reel Nos.		Series
1-3		Speeches, Articles, and Public Statements File, 1949-1953
		Speeches, articles, and other public statements and published writings of Earl J. McGrath during his tenure as U.S. Commissioner of Education. Arranged chronologically.

ITEM LIST

1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953

1949

Doc. No.	Title	Organization or Publication	Date
1	Statement.	Published in The Staff Reporter, publication of Wilmington, Delaware public schools.	Spring, 1949
2	Statement.	To editor of The Nation's Schools.	3/10/49
3	Statement.	Press conference with J. Donald Kingsley before induction ceremony	3/18/49
4	Induction Statement	Upon induction as U.S. Comm. of Education	3/18/49
5	Address-Needed Experimentation in General Education	At University of Minnesota	3/21/49
6	Remarks-Debaters On Federal Aid for Education Agree on Need of Scholarship Plan	As part of Third Annual Bulletin Forum, Philadelphia, Pa.	3/23/49
7	Can Federal Aid Meet the Demands Of Higher Education In America?	Third Annual Bulletin Forum, Philadelphia, Pa.	3/23/49
8	Statement	Senate Appropriations Committee	3/24/49
9	The Goals of Higher Education	Condensed for publication in the Journal of Higher Education	April, 1949
10	Education and Americanization of the Newly Arrived Immigrant	Displaced Persons Commission, Chicago, Illinois	4/6/49
11	Campus Salute	At University of Buffalo, broadcast over Mutual Network	4/9/49
12	Statement of Opinion	Published in Staff Reporter	4/14/49
13	The Mission of Higher Education in the U.S.	Annual Convention of American College Public Relations Association, Washington, D.C.	4/28/49
14	Letter of Commendation	Published in ORT Bulletin	5/5/49
15	Address-The Education of College Teachers	American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.	5/6/49
16	Statement	House Subcommittee on Education	5/18/49
17	Address-American Public Education, Jewish Education and International Understanding	Annual Meeting of American Association for Jewish Education	5/28/49
18	Statement	On Pledge of Allegiance to Flag and Conservation of Natural Resources	June, 1949
19	Commencement Address--The Years Ahead	University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.	6/1/49
20	Commencement Address	Muskingum College, Ohio	6/6/49
21	Statement-Federal Aid for School Housing	To Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare	6/7/49
22	Statement-Practical Nurse Training	Before Subcommittee on Public Health and Science	6/9/49
23	Statement-American Education and International Tensions	To Press (Report of Educational Policies Commission	6/10/49
24	Commencement Address- Freedom and Security Tomorrow	University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky	6/13/49
25	Cooperation of Education and Social Work	National Conference of Social Work, Cleveland, Ohio	6/14/49
26	Democracy's Road to Freedom	National Education Association, Boston, Mass.	7/7/49
27	Statement	Press Conference, Boston, Mass.	7/7/49
28	Greeting to British Teachers	Washington, D.C.	8/22/49
29	Greetings (Message)	Second National Student Congress, Urbana, Ill.	8/24/49
30	Statement	Published in Occupational Trends	Sept. 1949
31	Statement	International Teamsters' Union	Sept. 1949
32	Endorsement	For The Forty-Eight State School Systems	Fall, 1949
33	Address (On the Outside-Looking In)	Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, Kansas City, Mo.	10/27/49
34	Recording	For Mutual Broadcasting System for Mutual Newsreel News	10/28/49
35	Recordings	For 1949 University of Iowa Campus Chest Drive, Iowa City, Iowa	Nov. 1949
36	Parents and Teachers as Partners	Parents' Magazine	Nov. 1949
37	Statement	This Week Magazine	11/3/49
38	Statement	Concerning televising the Session of the United Nations General Assembly	11/3/49
39	Liberal Arts Education Today	St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.	11/4/49
40	Can We Meet the Need for Educational Leadership?	Minnesota Council of School Executives, Minneapolis, Minn.	11/5/49
41	Address-Higher Education and the Crisis of our Times	Alfred University, New York	11/10/49
42	Do We Need a New Type of Advanced Education?	Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Houston, Texas	11/30/49
43	Vocational Education and National Well-Being	Annual Convention of American Vocational Association, Atlantic City, N.J.	12/6/49
44	Federal-State Relations in Education	National Council of Chief State School Officers, Biloxi, Miss.	12/7/49
45	Graduate Work for College Teachers	Conference on the Preparation of College Teachers	12/8/49
46	Foreword (for publication on "Opportunities for the Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children	Published by National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc.	1949
47	The Fine Arts in General Education	Published in Art Education Organizes	1949 Yearbook
48	Statement	To be published in Portfolio of Childhood Education	1949
49	Statement	Concerning Educational Aspects of Trip to Europe, released to Press	12/23/49
50	Science in General Education	American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York City (read by Dr. Philip G. Johnson)	12/29/49
51	Statement	"What's the Matter With Our High Schools?"-Saturday Evening Post	12/31/49

1950

Doc. No.	Title	Organization or Publication	Date
1	Statement	Plymouth Magazine	1950
2	Foreword	Centennial History of Hiram College	1/1/50
3	Statement	Before Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives	1/10/50
4	Address	Laying of cornerstone-Howard University, Washington, D.C.	1/16/50
5	Recording	With Dr. Luther H. Evans, Librarian of Congress	1/24/50
6	Statement	Voice of America-Iranian University Day	2/1/50
7	Statement	For publication in U.S. Navy citizenship course pamphlets, Your America	2/8/50
8	Address-Planning Secondary Schools for Tomorrow's Youth	34th Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Kansas City, Mo.	2/18/50
9	Statement	Welcoming Japanese and Portuguese educators	2/20/50
10	Statement	Published in Pathfinder	2/22/50
11	Address	Voice of Democracy Awards Luncheon-Annual Science Talent Search, Washington, D.C.	2/22/50
12	Address-Educational Leadership: Some Thoughts for Tomorrow	Annual Meeting-AASA-Atlantic City, N.J.	2/28/50
13	Article-Why Attend Summer School?	Published in The Scholastic Teacher Magazine	3/50
14	Address-The Need for Improving the Preparation of Our Teachers in the Effective Use of Audio-Visual Materials	Meeting of Dept. of Audio-Visual Instruction, AASA, Atlantic City, N.J.	3/1/50
15	Statement-Literacy Education A "Must"	Published in Educator's Washington Dispatch	3/2/50
16	Radio Script	Adventures in Science Broadcast	3/4/50
17	Address-Improving the Community: What the Well-Supported School Can Do for Its Community	Annual Citizens Conference, Lansing, Michigan	3/9/50
18	Letter	To Editor, United Nations World	3/16/50
19	Address-Science in General Education	Educational Conference, Univ. of Scranton	3/18/50
20	Recording	With George E. Reedy-"Know Your Government" series	3/28/50
21	Address-The Junior College and Educational Opportunity in the United States	Annual Convention of American Association of Junior Colleges, Roanoke, Virginia	3/29/50
22	Statement-Message About Polio	Published in National Foundation News	4/50
23	Article-How the Office of Education Can Help You	Published in School Management	4/50
24	Statement-Federal Financial Assistance for School Housing	Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor	4/3/50
25	Statement	To Los Angeles and Hollywood Press	4/18/50
26	Address-Expanding Opportunities for Higher Education in the U.S.	American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, San Francisco	4/21/50
27	Address-Information: Life-Blood of Democracy	Centennial Celebration, Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio	4/29/50
28	Address-Learning the "Three R's" of Citizenship	D.C. Congress of Parents and Teachers, Washington, D.C.	5/11/50
29	Statement-Federal Financial Assistance for Education of Physically Handicapped Children Welfare	Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public	5/16/50
30	Statement	Published in U.S. National Commission UNESCO News	6/50
31	Address-At the Workbench of Citizenship	Commencement-St. Bonaventure College, St. Bonaventure, N.Y.	6/4/50
32	Address-Education and Foreign Policy: A Call for Mid-Century Frontiersmen	Commencement-Boston Univ., Boston, Mass.	6/5/50
33	Statement	To Allied Youth, Inc., Washington, D.C.	6/9/50
34	Address-Therefore Choose Life	Commencement-Bethany College, West Virginia	6/11/50
35	Address-The Specialist Looks At His World	Commencement-Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois	6/12/50
36	Address-Education and Public Affairs: The Mid-Century Challenge	Commencement-University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio	6/15/50
37	Address-Education and The People	22nd Annual Alabama State Education Conference, Universityof Alabama	6/19/50
38	Address-Elementary Education Moves Ahead	22nd Annual Alabama State Education Conference, University of Alabama	6/20/50
39	Address-The Secondary School-Today and Tomorrow	22nd Annual Alabama State Education Conference, University of Alabama	6/21/50
40	Statement	To International Council of Religious Education, Chicago, Illinois	6/23/50
41	Recording	Voice of America Broadcast to South America	8/11/50
42	Article-Exploration of Citizenship	Published in NEA Journal	9/50
43	Statement	Published in Parade	9/3/50
44	Article-Are There Too Many Women Teaching Our Boys?	Published in Jimmy Jemiel's Column, "Ask Anybody," New York Daily News	9/28/50
45	Statement	Published in The Science Teacher	10/50
46	Address-Education and the National Defense	Annual Convention of N.Y. State Council of City and Village Supts., Saranac Inn, N.Y.	10/2/50
47	Address-Education and the National Defense	Annual Conference, California Assn. Of School Administrators, Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif.	10/4/50
48	Address-Higher Education, National Defense, and Public Policy	Conference on Higher Education, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.	10/6/50
49	Statement	To 11th Biennial Convention of the Women's American Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training	10/11/50
50	Address	United Nations Day, 1950	10/24/50
51	Address-Fundamental Education as a Basis for International Understanding	Inter-American Seminar on Elementary Education, Montevideo, Uruguay	10/26/50
52	Recording	American Education Week	11/6/50
53	Statement	Published in School Savings Journal for U.S. Treasury Dept.	11/9/50
54	Address-Progressive Education, Public Education and Democracy	Fourth Session of "Progressive Education-A Re-examination," New York	11/13/50
55	Address-Federal Aid and the Emergency	National Conference on Federal Aid to Education, NEA, Washington, D.C.	11/14/50
56	Address-The General Education Movement in America	Conference on General Education, Florida State University	11/20/50
57	Address-Education in Israel	National Convention of the National Committee for Labor Israel, Hunter College, N.Y.	11/25/50
58	Testimony	Before Federal Communications Commission	11/27/50
59	Article-UNESCO Seminar in Uruguay Sets Goals for Providing Basic Education for All Children in South America	Published in UNESCO News	12/50
60	Statement	Midcentury White House Conference	12/4/50
61	Address-Education for International Understanding	Annual Jewish Education Dinner, Board of Jewish Education, Chicago, Ill.	12/17/50
62	Article-Employment Outlook for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers	Pi Lambda Theta Journal	Winter, 1950

1951

Doc. No.	Title	Organization or Publication	Date
1	Greeting	Inauguration of Dr. Thomas McConnell as Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York	1/6/51
2	Testimony	Before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Preparedness	1/18/51
3	Statement	For Boston University News memorial issue, President Marsh, Boston University	1/30/51
4	Article	"The Fountainhead of Democracy," published in The School Executive	2/51
5	Address	"Gladly Learn and Gladly Teach," Commencement Exercises, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida	2/5/51
6	Statement	Read by Dr. J. Dan Hull at Meeting of Superintendents of Large City Schools, Chicago, Illinois	2/5/51
7	Statement	Before the Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington	2/20/51
8	Remarks	Voice of Democracy Awards Luncheon, Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C.	2/22/51
9	Article	"Is Your Community Planning a New School Building?"-published in Book of Knowledge Annual	1951 edition
10	Statement	For National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis pamphlet	3/51
11	Statement	For THINK Magazine	3/51
12	Article	"Higher Education in the Emergency," published in Occupations, The Vocational Guidance Journal	3/51
13	Address	"Public Education's Responsibility to Young Children," National Assn. for Nursery Education, Central High School of Needle Trades, New York City	3/7/51
14	Statement	To Mr. George Beveridge of the Washington Star	3/24/51
15	Statement	"The Need for School Construction," Mad River Township Schools, Dayton, Ohio	3/28/51
16	Address	"Art Education in a Free Society" Annual Meeting of the National Art Education Association, New York City	3/29/51
17	Statement	To the press concerning deferments	4/6/51
18	Address	"The Educator and the World Community," Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Education Association, Louisville, Kentucky	4/13/51
19	Statement	Concerning UN Education Service, to accompany United Nations Information for Teachers	4/14/51
20	Statement	Published in Quote	4/15/51
21	Address	"National Defense and the Mission of Education," Spring Initiation Banquet of Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York	4/16/51
22	Statement	Before the Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate	4/20/51
23	Statement	Published in Quote	4/22/51
24	Address	"Science and the Goals of Mobilization," 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York	4/27/51
25	Article	Published in Journal of Higher Education-"Area Studies-A New Dimension in General Education"	5/51
26	Statement	Published in Forbes	5/15/51
27	Address	"Some New Dimensions of Patriotism," Murray State College, Murray, Ky.	5/28/51
28	Address	"Personal Responsibility for National Security," Montana State University, Missoula, Montana	6/4/51
29	Address	"Personal Responsibility for National Security," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York	6/8/51
30	Address	"Personal Responsibility for National Security," Western Michigan College of Education, Kalamazoo, Michigan	6/16/51
31	Address	"Education, Leadership, and International Understanding," University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina	6/25/51
32	Address	"Education's Role in the Emergency," University of Mississippi	6/27/51
33	Statement	To the New York Times at the request of Murray Illson for a series being prepared by Jack Gould	6/51
34	Statement	For brochure to be published by the Museum of Modern Art in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the sound motion picture	7/51
35	Report	"Educational Developments in the United States," Fourteenth International Conference on Public Education, Geneva, Switzerland	7/51
36	Report	"Report on the 14th International Conference on Public Education," sponsored by UNESCO and the International Bureau of Education, Geneva, Switzerland	7/12/51
37	Article	"Educational Television," published in State Government, Vol. 24, No. 8	8/51
38	Statement	For the New York Times Magazine section	8/5/51
39	Article	"Good Neighbors in a Free World," published in World Affairs Air Bulletin, State Department	8/6/51
40	Statement	To the New York Times	8/7/51
41	Address	Commencement Exercises, Bryant College, Providence, Rhode Island, "Education and the Productive Citizen"	8/10/51
42	Recording	1951 Voice of Democracy Contest, Washington, D.C.	8/13/51
43	Foreword	September issue (Catalog)-Contract GS-OOS-3085 (administered under delegated authority by the Office of Education) United World Films, Inc.	9/51
44	Greetings	Welcoming teachers arriving at Union Station, Washington, D.C.	8/15/51
45	Statement	Before the Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Senate Office Building	9/7/51
46	Statement	Radio broadcast scheduled for week of August 20, 1951, by Pan American Union in connection with the first meeting of the Inter-American Cultural Council in Mexico City	9/10/51
47	Recording	Interview between Senator Kilgore and and Dr. McGrath to be broadcast in West Virginia	9/13/51
48	Address	"The Humanities and the Law," New York University, New York	9/15/51
49	Statement	To Mr. Benjamin Fine of the New York Times	9/21/51
50	Letter	25th Anniversary Issue of Parents' Magazine	10/51
51	Statement	Published in Dictaphone Educational Forum	10/51
52	Article	"Education and the Emergency," to Judith Crist, New York Herald-Tribune	10/51
53	Recording	For Voice of America broadcast to develop international understanding by bringing truth about America to other countries, specifically the educational exchanges	10/1/51
54	Letter	To Mr. Dan Mich of McCall's Magazine	10/8/51
55	Address	"Education in the International Crisis," read by Dr. Wayne O. Reed, 54th Annual Convention, Utah Education Association, Salt Lake City	10/11/51
56	Statement	Before a Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor	10/16/51
57	Statement	"Education for the Long Pull," to be published in 1951 American Legion Contest Leaflet, American Education Week Daily Topics	11/14/51
58	Statement	To be published in The Allied Youth	11/19/51
59	Foreword	To the Report of the Conference on Problems of Organization and Supervision in Large High Schools	11/28/51
60	Address	"Strengthening American Education," Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, St. Petersburg, Florida
61	Address	"Can We Have Peace With Freedom During the Next Fifty Years?"-Niagara Frontier Convocation, Sponsored by the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York	12/7/51
62	Address	"Adult Education and American Culture," National Conference on Adult Jewish Education, New York City	12/9/51
63	Greetings	Recording made for Voice of America broadcast upon the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Educational System of the Philippines	12/11/51
64	Address	"Education in a Creative Democracy," Puerto Rico Teachers Association, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico	12/27/51

1952

Doc. No.	Title	Organization or Publication	Date
1	Statement	1952 Polio Message	1/52
2	Statements	The University of Washington College of Education Record, January, 1952, Volume XVIII, No. 2, p. 18	1/52
3	Statements	For use in New York Times	1/52
4	Letter	Published in January 1952 issue ofThe School Executive, p. 39	1/52
5	Statement	On Care Program, to Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York 5, N.Y.	1/52
6	Article	Published in American Vocational Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 3 and 4	1/52
7	Recording	With Dr. Luther H. Evans, Librarian of Congress, and Professor Boas, Johns Hopkins University, of a discussion of Rousseau's Emile	1/11/52
8	Statement	Televised on CBS program The Morning's News	1/18/52
9	Statement	To Dr. Benjamin Fine of the New York Times	1/20/52
10	Broadcast	Over CBS, New York City, "Schools for Survival"	1/26/52
11	Broadcast	University of Chicago Round Table, NBC Radio Discussion	1/27/52
12	Remarks	At meeting of UNESCO, New York City, New York	1/28/52
13	Statement	To accompany article "Are We Wasting Tomorrow's Leaders?" by Kathryn Glover, National Institute of Mental Health	1/28/52
14	Introduction	California's Junior College Program of General Education, to be published in General Education in Action, by B. Lamar Johnson	1952
15	Article	1952 Yearbook of Education (British)	1952
16	Statement	"Making Educational Provisions for Handicapped Children," May Day clipsheet of the Children's Bureau	2/52
17	Introduction	To article, "What To Do About 'Dangerous' Textbooks," by Edward N. Saveth, reprinted from Commentary	2/52
18	Article	"Community Colleges," published in Junior College Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 6, pp. 305-306	2/52
19	Article	"Too Few Teachers! Too Few Schools!" --which appeared in a number of publications	2/52
20	Statement	To American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, to be published in convention brochure	2/6/52
21	Address	"The Liberal Arts and Leadership in A Democracy," University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia	2/8/52
22	Statement	Veterans' Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives	2/19/52
23	Address	"The Future of General Education," meeting of the American Educational Research Association and the National Society for the Study of Education, Presentation of the Yearbook on General Education, St. Louis, Mo.	2/23/52
24	Statement	Published in North Central News Bulletin, Vol. XI, No. 6, p. 6	3/52
25	Address	Prepared for delivery by Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, Hebrew Culture Service Committee, New York City	3/4/52
26	Letter	Upon the 100th anniversary of the Teachers College of Boston as a teacher-training institution, to be published in The Torch	3/7/52
27	Letter	To Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Wilberforce University, to endorse the aims of the campaign, "More and Better Education for a Greater and Better World"	3/10/52
28	Recording	"The Fight Against Ignorance," made with Mr. David Bernstein to be used by National Association of Educational Broadcasters	3/11/52
29	Recording	With Senator William Benton to be used over Station WTIC on March 27, 1952 (Tidelands Oil Bill)	3/20/52
30	Article	"I Challenge TV," published in Parade	3/23/52
31	Letter	Published in Opportunity Week, Jordan Sellars High School, Burlington, North Carolina	3/24/52
32	Statement	To the press concerning business education	4/52
33	Foreword	To handbook of information on French University offerings by Edith Kahler	4/52
34	Article	Published in UNESCO Courier, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1952, p. 12	4/52
35	Presentation	Of first copy of completed theses and dissertations to Dr. Lleras, Secretary- General of the Pan American Union	4/1/52
36	Statement	On First Progress Report, Title I, PL 815, Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Labor (Bailey Subcommittee)	4/3/52
37	Statement	On TV	4/14/52
38	Interview	For release to Newspaper Enterprise Association	5/52
39	Address	"Language Study and World Affairs," Central States Modern Language Teachers Association, St. Louis, Missouri	5/3/52
40	Statement	To be used with radio script, "As The Twig Is Bent" for Mental Health Week	5/4/52
41	Statement	Upon the death of Dr. Marie Montessori, the renowned Italian educator, to the Overseas Press, State Department	5/8/52
42	Statement	To the press on Conference on General Education	5/12/52
43	Statement	To accompany reprints of articles on literacy education	5/20/52
44	Statement	To the press upon the death of John Dewey	6/4/52
45	Statement	To Gannett News Service to be published during the "Informed Voter Campaign"	6/9/52
46	Address	"The Free Mind in a Free World," Commencement Exercises, Allegheny College, Meadville, Penn.	6/9/52
47	Letter	To The Jewish Advocate on its 50th Anniversary	6/20/52
48	Address	"It's A Good Time to Live," Endicott IBM School, Endicott, New York	6/25/52
49	Statement	Endorsing Voice of Democracy Contest	7/52
50	Address	"Education and World Understanding," Annual Meeting of NEA, Detroit, Mich.	7/3/52
51	Report	"Educational Developments in the United States, 1951-52," Geneva, Switzerland, Fifteenth International Conference on Public Education	7/52
52	Address	"Education-Foundation of World Peace," Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey	7/8/52
53	Statement	In "Across the Nation with Public Purchasing Executives," published in NIGP Letter Service	7/15/52
54	Address	At the Inter-American Seminar on Vocational Education, Washington, D.C.	8/4/52
55	Foreword	For Proposed Minimum Standards for State Approval of Teacher Preparation Institutions	8/12/52
56	Statement	On Teacher Exchange to New York Times	8/13/52
57	Recording	On Teacher Exchange Program for Voice of America program, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.	8/19/52
58	Statement	For series of "Spokesmen for Democracy" in promotion of Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, NBC Studio	8/21/52
59	Address	Delivered by Mr. James C. O'Brien, "The Educational Goals of America," Conference of the International Society for Business Education	8/25/52
60	Remarks	Appearing in "New Opportunities for the U.S. Office of Education," by B. P. Brodinsky, Nation's Schools	9/52
61	Statement	Introducing article, "How To Judge Your School," by Judith Crist, published in Redbook	1952
62	Message	Congratulations on 10th anniversary of the Advertising Council to be used on all radio stations	9/10/52
63	Address	"Educational Exchange and International Understanding," Orientation Program for Exchange Teachers	9/8/52
64	Remarks	On Television program, WNBW-NBC, concerning teacher training program, FSA Auditorium, Washington, D.C.	9/12/52
65	Statement	To American Council on Education concerning General Education in Action by B. Lamar Johnson	1952
66	Statement	Published in California Teachers Association Journal	10/52
67	Article	"Foreign Languages and World Affairs," published in NEA Journal	10/52
68	Statement	National School Boards Association leaflet	1952
69	Address	"Teaching and the American Future," Inauguration of Dr. William G. Carr as Executive Secretary of the NEA	10/12/52
70	Broadcast	"The Impact of Radio and Television on Education," Radio Education Department, Toledo Public Schools	10/16/52
71	Letter	Greeting the convention of the American ORT Federation and the Women's American ORT to be held in New York City	10/18/52
72	Statement	Concerning higher education to Dr. Benjamin Fine of the New York Times	10/28/52
73	Address	Garnet and Gold Key Banquet, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida	11/15/52
74	Recording	To be used on the NBC Morgan Beatty program-School Housing	12/1/52
75	Article	"Selective Service Rejectees-A Challenge To Our Schools," published in School Life, Vol. 35, No. 3	12/52
76	Address	"The Mission of Vocational Education Today," American Vocational Association Convention, Boston, Mass.	12/3/52
77	Article	"Educating American Adults," published in Trade Union Courier, Vol. XVII, No. 20, pp. 7 and 8	12/3/52
78	Remarks	Meeting of Chief State School Officers	12/9/52
79	Foreword	To Miriam Comes Home by Harry Levin	12/24/52
80	Address	"Broadening the Base of Language Study in America," Modern Language Association, Boston, Mass. (Read by Dr. Arthur Selvi)	12/28/52

1953

Doc. No.	Title	Organization or Publication	Date
1	Article	"The Coming Breakdown of American Education," published in Parents' Magazine, January, 1953	1/53
2	Statement	To Dr. Benjamin Fine, New York Times	1/53
2a	Recordings (2)	Educational Recording Services, Calif.	1/8/53
3	Letter	To be used in the book presented to Chancellor Samuel P. Capen on his 75th birthday	1/14/53
4	Address	"Foreign Language Instruction in American Schools," Conference on the Role of Foreign Languages in American Schools, Washington, D.C.	1/15/53
5	Statement	In reply to inquiries from the press concerning segregation	1/15/53
6	Statement	"The Changing Place of Languages in American Life," to the International News Service	1/18/53
7	Remarks	At the meeting of the Commissioner's Advisory Committee for the Further Development of Vocational Education	1/28/53
8	Statement	Appeared in "Taking Stock of School Plant Needs" by Elaine Exton, School Board Journal	2/53
9	Statement	Before the House Appropriations Sub-committee on Labor	2/5/53
10	Statement	For Child Health Day clipsheet	2/9/53
11	Address	Voice of Democracy luncheon, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.	2/18/53
12	Address	"General Education and Civic Responsibility," Inauguration of Dr. Buell Gallagher as President of the City College of the City of New York	2/19/53
13	Statement	Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor	2/24/53
13a	Recording	"Foreign Language Instruction in American Schools," Univ. of Southern Calif.	3/5/53
14	Statement	On life of Horace Mann to be delivered on Hallmark greeting card program (TV)	3/8/53
15	Article	"One Step Toward Peace," to be published in The Educational Forum	3/53
16	Statement	Endorsing the 1953 project of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis	4/2/53
17	Statement	In "Are Our Schools As Bad As They Say?"-published in Household	4/53
18	Statement	"International Education and U.S. Foreign Policy," submitted to the Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee	4/13/53
19	Address	"Education's Opportunities Through the Mass Media," National Association of Educational Broadcasters, Columbus, Ohio	4/17/53
20	Statement	"Free Inquiry, Open Discussion," The Christian Science Monitor	4/18/53
21	Greetings	75th Anniversary of the Ethical Culture Schools, New York City	4/25/53
22	Article	"Some Issues in the Teacher Supply Problem," to be published in Education	6/53
23	Article	"Education in the United States," submitted to the Yugoslav Magazine	------
24	Article	"Foreign Language Study in American Schools-Should It Be Extended?" --submitted for publication in Megillot	------

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