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HEARING

11. S. Congress. House,

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 7

A BILL TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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APRIL 25, 26, 27, 28 and MAY 2, 1928

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON

1928

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTIETH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
DANIEL A. REED, New York, Chairman

JOHN M. ROBSION, Kentucky.
E. HART FENN, Connecticut.
FLORENCE P. KAHN, California.
EDGAR R. KIESS, Pennsylvania.
FREDERICK R. LEHLBACH, New Jersey.
WALLACE H. WHITE, JR., Maine.
ELMER O. LEATHERWOOD, Utah.
WILLIS G. SEARS, Nebraska.

BENJAMIN M. GOLDER, Pennsylvania.
HENRY L. BOWLES, Massachusetts.
LOUIS MONAST, Rhode Island.

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B. G. LOWREY, Mississippi.
LORING M. BLACK, JR., New York.
JOHN J. DOUGLASS, Massachusetts.
BROOKS FLETCHER, Ohio.

VINCENT L. PALMISANO, Maryland.
MALCOLM O. TARVER, Georgia.
RENE L. DE ROUEN, Louisiana.
O. J. KVALE, Minnesota.

CABL H. WILLINGHAM, Clerk

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CONTENTS

A bill, H. R. 7, to create a department of education with a secretary in

the President's Cabinet_

Analysis of H. R. 7..

Introductory statement of Mr. Daniel A. Reed, chairman Committee on

Education...

Concluding statement of Mr. Daniel A. Reed_

Borchardt, Miss Selma...

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Board of Education, Spokane, Wash.

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goyd, Dr. W. W_

Boynton, Dr. Frank D..

Bradford, Miss Mary C. C.

Butterfield, Mr. Ernest W.

Capen, Dr. S. P.

Catsonis, Mr. A..

Church, Mr. H. V..

Clifton, Mr. J. L__

Condon, Mr. R. J.......

Cooper, Dr. William John..

Cowles, Mr. John H...

Crabtree, Mr. J. W...

Crane, Dr. Frank..

Darby, Dr. W. L...

Darling, Mr. F. R....

Davidson, Dr. William M..

Davis, Mr. T. S.

Dempsey, Mr. C. H..

Dobbs, Miss Ella Victoria..

Dolph, Mr. John__

Dorsey, Miss Susan M.

Duggan, Mr. M. L...

Early, W. I..

Edwards, Miss Alice L....

Evans, Dr. Frank_

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Germond, Miss Margaret-

Hart, Mr. Harris..

Holloway, Dr. H. V.

Holmes, Dr. Henry W.

Fairchild, Dr. Milton.

Filene, Mr. A. Lincoln..

Finegan, Dr. Thomas E..

Fisher, Mr. Charles M.

Ford, Mr. George M..

Fosdick, Mrs. Harry Emerson_.

Fowler, Mr. B. A.......

Graves, Dr. Frank Pierrepont.

Gwinn, Dr. J. M..

Hale, Miss Florence..

Hammer, Representative William C.

Harned, Mr. P. L.........

Harris, Mr. T. H.....

Heffelfinger, Mr. John B.

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Holsinger, Mr. E. J.

Hope, Mr. J. H.......

Howard, Mr. C. A.

Inlow, Mr. H. E.

Jessup, Mr. A. S.

Judd, Dr. Charles H.

Keith, Dr. John A. H.

Lamkin, Mr. Uel W.-

Lee, Mr. Charles A...

Lewis, Miss Lucy.

Lindborg, Mr. Arthur E.

Longanecker, Mr. F. A.

McCartney, Mr. L. M.

McLaughlin, Mr. J. O.

MacCracken, Dr. John H.

Magill, Dr. Hugh S__

Malstrom, Mrs. Victor H.

Mann, Dr. Charles R...

Marrs, Mr. S. M. N..

Marshall, Mr. G. H.

Delegate assembly of the National Education Association

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Alabama Education Association____

Arizona State Educational Association.

Arkansas Education Association__

Colorado Education Association.

Florida Education Association_

Georgia Education Association..........

Illinois State Teachers' Association_.

Indiana State Teachers' Association.

Kansas State Teachers' Association..

Kentucky Education Association...

Louisiana Teachers' Association_

Maine Teachers' Association__

Minnesota Education Association_

Missouri State Teachers' Association_.

Nebraska State Teachers' Association_

Nevada Education Association......-

New Mexico Educational Association

North Carolina Education Association__

North Dakota Education Association..

Ohio State Teachers' Association___

Oregon State Teachers' Association_-_-

Pennsylvania State Education Association.

South Dakota Education Association___

Tennessee Public School Officers' Association__

Texas State Teachers' Association..

Utah Education Association__.

Virginia Education Association_.

West Virginia State Education Association_

Washington Education Association..

Wisconsin Teachers' Association..

Wyoming State Teachers' Association---

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Aberdeen (S. Dak.) local unit, National Education Association...

American Home Economics Association__.

Aroostook County (Me.), Teachers' Association..

Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church..

Board of Education, Wasatch County (Utah) school district.

Business and Professional Women's Club, Mount Pleasant, Utah...

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