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“burdened” with the formation of policies, this sroup—few in number, powerful in strategy—is mote and more dominating the whole educational field. Iv is they who set the pace for most educa. tion in America. During the past few decades, they ave slowly but surely been taking over boards of education, educational associations, teachers unions, and otber policy-molding movements. Be- cause they are wielding ever-increasing influence in teachers’ colleges and normal schools, they are in a position of unusual advantage to perpetuate their dangerous doctrines through countlest dis. ciples who, ssturated with their theories, are fed, in a constant stream, into the nation’s schools. Even ¥ glance at the gospel preached by these energetic subversives reveals its identity with the Nazi-Communist doctrine of Statism. Marx, Hegel and Nietzsche furnished the Nazis and Com. wounists alike with tbe philosophical basis for the deified State. ‘These men, and their disciple: among the leaders of American education, have one thing in common—however cleverly they may atzempt to disguise it: Mom is nothing more then on animal, « creature of the State, and bes no rights except thoe the Stete may decide to allot dim, This degrading doctrine is diametrically op- posed to the truth which is the very foundation stone of American life: that every single human being is child of God and gets his rights, not from the State, BUT FROM GOD. freedom te Destrey Freedom? - Despite their bland dissvowals, this small band ef educators who are more and more “running the show” in American schools, are undermining this country far more rapidly chan is any other force im our midst. Their most subversive device, aimed at confusing the general public, is a shrewd misuse and abuse of “academic freedom.” Time and time again in the past few decades such free- * dom has been used to destroy freedom. Others smong them think of themmlves a “4 steerer: seekers of the truth,” yer tbey so often deliberately reject the fundamental contepe banded down from time immemorial by Christisns and Jews alike, aod reverently acknowledged ass “self- pvidest frutl?” by America’s Founding Fathers: “God created men to bis own image ond Likeness” Genesis i. 27)- ‘ Foe example, Benjamin Franklin, addressing the Constitutional Convention in 1787, pointed out quite emphatically: “The small progress we heave made... i, me- thinks, ¢ melencholy proof of the imperfection of bumen wnderitending. ... 1 bave lived . . « “g long time; ond the longer I live, the more con- vincing proofs I see of this trath, thet GOD governs the affairs of men... 1 firmly believe this; ond I also believe thet, without His com curring aid, we shell meceed in this political building wo better then the builders of Babel.” When the Charter of the Commonwealth of When the Charter of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was being written over 250 years ago William Penn, the Quaker, who founded the state, reminded his confreres: "Tbose people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.” In our own day and within recent memory we have the words of President Truman ins the opening of the 80th Congress. ic source of oer strength is spiritual,” be declared. “For we ere o people with faith. We believe iw the dignity of man. We believe thet be was cre~ ated in the image of the Father of ws all... . This 6 time to remind ourselves of these fundamentals. For today the whole world looks to ws for leader sbip.... This is the bour to rededicete ourselves to the faith in God thet gives us cowfidence a: we fore the challenge of the yrars abeod.” . . At about the very time these words were being uttered by our President, a noted Methodist min- ister, Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, publicly deplored the increasing tendency to wall off public educs- tion as well ss public policies from any concept of a 13