Dawson, Howard A., etc.-Continued.

Memorandum submitted-Continued.

Progress of Public Education for Negroes in United States,

1870-1930-Continued.

Table 8. Length of school term (days) in white schools,

Negro schools, and undifferentiated rural schools in 17

States, 1927-34..

Table 9. Number and percentage of Negroes 5 to 19 years

of age in the total urban rural farm, and rural nonfarm

population in 16 States, 1930___

Table 10. Number and percentage of Negroes 5 to 19 who live

in urban, rural farm, and rural nonfarm areas in 16 States,

1930__

Table 11. Sixteen Southern States ranked according to the

percentage of Negroes 5 to 19 years of age living in rural

areas, 1930 census..

Table 12. Differences in cost of education for rural white

pupils and all Negro pupils.

Table 13. Ability of the Southern States to support educa-

tion..

Table 14. Standing of the Southern States in relation to all

the States on ability to support education_

Table 15. Standing of the Southern States in relation to

each other in ability to support education....

80

82

Table 17. Pupil-teacher ratio for Negro schools in 18 South-

ern States, 1917-18 to 1933-34-

83

83

Table 16. Adequacy of educational expenditures in the

Southern States.

Table 18. Progress of the Negro in 64 years.

Table 19. Summary table of certain important statistics on

Negro education in 17 Southern States and the District of

Columbia, for the years 1917-34, showing the progress in

all factors.

Table 20. Average days in session and aggregate days of

attendance for the year ending June 30, 1930-Maryland.

Statement submitted in answer to objections of S. 1313..

Submitted letter from H. M. Roland, superintendent of schools,

North Carolina, addressed to the United States Office of Education,

stressing the urgency for additional school facilities.

Submitted statement on Equal Educational Opportunities for

Negroes

Dennis, L. H., executive secretary, American Vocational Association:

Statement submitted by__

84

87

344

23

9, 27

331

Detre, Lillian: Submitted statement for the National Council of Jewish

Women.

357

Dinwiddie, Courtenay, general secretary, National Child Labor Com-

mittee:

Additional data submitted__

176

Educational conditions among children-

Of 68 migratory families in California

177

Of 81 white families picking strawberries in White County,

Ark., and in McCracken County, Ky., in the spring of

1939

177

Of 251 families from Philadelphia who worked on southern

New Jersey farms in the summer of 1938_.

179

Report on educational conditions among children of migrants in-

Berrien County, Mich., in the summer of 1940.

Hop-picking districts of Oregon and Washington in fall of

1938_.

177

178

Six important rankings

176

Proposed amendment to S. 1313 submitted.

175

Page

Duggan, B. O., commissioner of education for the State of Tennessee.

Nashville:

Statement submitted by..

Table I. Scholastic population, enrollment, average daily atten-

dance, and the number of the various types of schools in Ten-

nessee, white and colored...

248

250

Table II. Scholastic population, enrollment, average daily at-

tendance in 6 counties chosen at random. Also shows the

wide variation in the percentage of attendance and enrollment

from 1 county to another..

250

Tables III and IV. Number of pupils enrolled, promoted, dropped,

and failed in both white and colored schools of 6 counties of

Tennessee ranging from rich to poor in assessed valuation.___

Table V. Showing the assessed valuation per child in average

daily attendance in 8 counties in Tennessee, selected by

random_.

Table VI. Showing the valuation, tax rate for elementary schools,

total county tax rate, and the percent the school rate is of total

rate..

Table VII. Amount of State funds and county funds expended

on the elementary program, together with the percent of funds

furnished by the State..

Table VIII. Wide variation in cost per pupil in average daily

attendance from 1 county to another..

250

251

251

251

251

Table IX. Amount of money needed for buildings, equipment,

operation, and teachers' salaries in areas affected by national

defense activities in Tennessee__

Table X. Annual amounts of additional money required for

teachers' salaries in Tennessee to equalize the white and

colored employees..

Educational Finance Act of 1941, S. 1313.

Fries, Maj. Gen. Amos A., regional director, Friends of the Public Schools
of America: Submitted brief entitled "Objects and Program of Action".
Givens, Willard E.:

Filed statement for Phi Delta Kappa..
Submitted letter received from-

Minnesota Education Association..
Ohio Department of Education..

253

253

1

185

332

333

332

Glenn, Dr. C. B., superintendent of schools, Birmingham, Ala.:

Submitted extracts of a resolution passed by the Alabama Association
of School Administrators...

Submitted resolution of Negro public school teachers in Birmingham,
Bessemer, Fairfield, Tarrant City, and Jefferson County, Ala.

Groves, Frank L., executive secretary, Alabama Education Association:

Statement submitted by-

315

314

254

Hall, Sidney B., State superintendent of public instruction, Richmond, Va.:
Submitted table showing summary of estimated school housing needs
in connection with defense housing-

131

Harriman, Henry I., vice chairman, American Youth Commission: Sub-

mitted list of members of American Youth Commission....

Hart, Merwin K., president, New York State Economic Council: Sub-

mitted extracts from Citizens' and Taxpayers' Conference on the Quality

and Cost of Public Education, held at Albany, N. Y., February 5, 1940..

Hetzel, Ralph D., Jr., representing Congress of Industrial Organizations:

Submitted statement of Philip Murray, president of the organization......

Holt, A. D., executive secretary, Tennessee Education Association: State-
ment submitted by-

263

302

327

247

Jones, Ralph B., commissioner, department of education, State of Arkan-

sas: Statement submitted.

353

Kentucky Department on Education: Statement of

198

King, W. P., executive secretary, Kentucky Education Association, Inc.:
Statement of____

197

Submitted statement of Kentucky Department on Education_.

Langston, Mary, field secretary, department of classroom teachers, North

Carolina Education Association: Statement submitted..

198

398

Locke, Miss Bessie, executive secretary, National Kindergarten Associa-

tion:

Page

Statement submitted.

355

Submitted resolution of National Kindergarten Association_
Submitted resolution of National Council of Women of the United
States, Inc.

356

356

Long, Dr. Howard H., representing the Association of Presidents of Land

Grant Colleges for Negroes: Submitted tables showing comparisons

between the support given the land-grant colleges:

Table I. General income from governmental sources, year ended June

30, 1940.

336

Table II. Break-down of Federal funds.

Table III. Collegiate enrollment, 1939–40.

336

337

Maffett, Dr. Minnie L., president, National Federation of Business and

Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.: Statement of...

Table IV. Expenditures, year ending June 30, 1940, for educational

and general purposes...

337

357

Mies, Mrs. Elsie W., president, Associated Women of American Farm

Bureau Federation: Statement submitted...

340

Mothers National Executive Committee: Statement by Cathrine Curtis,
national chairman..

360

Murray, Philip, president, Congress of Industrial Organizations: State-
ment of

327

National Council of Jewish Women: Statement by Lillian Detre, for the

National Council of Women of the United States, Inc.: Resolution passed

by..

357

356

Resolution passed by-

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.:

Statement by Dr. Minnie L. Maffett, president_

National Kindergarten Association:

Statement by Miss Bessie Locke, founder and executive secretary.

National Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Statement of..

North Carolina Education Association, department of classroom teachers,

statement submitted..

138, 139

Norton, Dr. John K., Teachers College, Columbia University: Submitted

charts showing extremes of expenditure and financial stability.

Ogg, W. R., American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D. C.:

Statements presented for-

Mies, Mrs. Elsie W., president, Associated Women of American

Farm Bureau Federation__

357

356

355

356

398

340

O'Neal, Edward A., president, American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion

341

O'Neal, Edward A., president, American Farm Bureau Federation:

Statement submitted.

341

Pagán, Hon. Bolívar, Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, memo-

randum submitted.

362

Parratt, J. Easton, president Utah Education Association:

Submitted memorandum in support of the Educational Finance Act

of 1941...

164

Chart showing revenue per student from State school funds and

a uniform levy on local property.

166

Phi Delta Kappa: Statement received from.

332

Rapeer, Louis Win, president, Research Institute, Washington, D. C.:

Statement of

359

Reeves, Dr. Floyd W., chairman of the Advisory Committee on Education,

Federal Security Agency:

Memorandum submitted..

104

Exhibit 1. Table showing relative ability of the States to finance

education, 1920–34.

107

Exhibit 2. Table showing current expenditures per pupil in aver-
age daily attendance, 1931-32, 1935-36, 1937-38-
Exhibit 3. Chart showing number of children 5-17 years of age
per 1,000 adults 20-64 years of age, by size of community,
1930_

107

109

Exhibit 4. Chart showing number of children 5-17 years of age
per 1,000 adults 20-64 years of age, by regions, 1930-

110

Reeves, Dr. Floyd W., etc.--Continued.

Memorandum submitted-Continued.

Exhibit 5. Table showing number of children of elementary- and

high-school ages per 1,000 adults, aged 20-64 years, by States,

1930__

Exhibit 6. Chart showing percentage of public-school revenue

from taxes and appropriations in the various States derived

from property taxes, commodity taxes, and all other taxes,

1935-36.

Page

111

113

Exhibit 7. Chart showing current expenditure per pupil in aver-

age daily attendance in the various States, 1935-36---

Exhibit 8. Chart showing current expenditure per pupil in aver-

age daily attendance in the various States, 1935–36.

Exhibit 9. Table showing selected measures of public elementary

and secondary education, by States, 1935–36--

Exhibit 10. Table showing average salary of teachers, principals,

and supervisors in 14 States, and value of sites, buildings, and

equipment per pupil in 10 States, by race, 1935–36.

Exhibit 11. Table showing percentage of the yield of a uniform

tax plan required to finance a defensible foundation program of

public education, by States, 1930.

114

115

116

117

Exhibit 12. Table showing number of children, percentage dis-

tribution of children among States, and revenue available for

education per child if each State made average effort, 1935--

Exhibit 13. Chart showing revenue available for the education of

each child 5 to 17 years of age if each State made average effort

to educate its children at average cost, 1935.

Exhibit 14. Chart showing current expenditure per child of school

age, 1935-36, and estimated revenue available for the educa-

tion of each child of each State made average effort, 1935----

Exhibit 15. Table showing amounts of existing authorized Federal

grants for educational services, based on total amounts author-

ized to be appropriated__

Robinson, D. W., chairman of the legislative committee of the South
Carolina Education Association. Submitted report of the committee
appointed pursuant to House Resolution No. 74 "To make an investiga-
tion of the statutory laws of South Carolina dealing with education,” etc-

S. 1313, Educational Finance Act of 1941.

Scott, C. H., president, Federal Education Legislative Agency, Inc.,

Washington, D. C.:

Submitted letters from National Education Association signed by-

Howard A. Dawson, director of rural service, dated December 31,

1940-

Willard E. Givens, dated January 6, 1941-

118

119

120

121

122

349

1

317

318

Submitted list of members of advisory committee of Federal Education
Legislative Agency, Inc. --

321

Submitted list showing the percentage of teacher and school adminis-
trators of various States who are members of the National Education
Association_

Submitted table showing amount of money spent last year throughout
the United States to educate the people to many causes and things__

Sparkman, Hon. John J., Congressman from the State of Alabama:

Quoted extracts from hearings and report of the Special Committee

Investigating Interstate Migration__.

Charts presented..

Figure E. Expected increase in farm population, on hypothe-

sis of no migration, 1930-60.-.

319

323

204-217

213-216

213

Figure G. Net production rates by counties, 1930-

214

Figure I. Children of school age per 1,000 adults aged 20-64

years, 1930..

215

Figure J. Expenditure per pupil for education by States, in

relation to net reproduction rates__

216

Spaulding, Forrest B., librarian of the Des Moines Public Library and

chairman of the Federal relations committee of the American Library

Association: Memorandum by ___

363

Page

Studebaker, John W., United States Commissioner of Education: Sub-

mitted statement and report on recommendations based on study of

school needs in defense areas_-

283

Table A. Summaries of estimates of additional families and children

of school age_- -

285

Table B. Summaries of estimated amount of funds needed for chil-

dren.

285

Table C. Estimated capital outlay and current expense needs projected

in terms of cost per child of school age_

286

Sutton, Dr. Willis A., superintendent of schools, Atlanta, Ga.:
Submitted table of facts showing comparative expenditures and
amounts needed to equalize educational opportunities in the public
schools of Georgia-

Based on State funds only.

135

Revenue from all sources considered__

135

Texas Department of Education: Statement and letter from L. A. Woods,

State superintendent

373

Trent, W. W., State superintendent of free schools of West Virginia: State-
ment submitted by..

258

Vandiver, J. S., State superintendent of schools if the State of Mississippi:
Memorandum submitted_ _ _

244

Wells, Jere A., superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Fulton County,
Ga.: Memorandum submitted__

246

Wilkerson, Dr. Doxey A., associate professor of education, Howard Uni-

versity, Washington, D. C.: Submitted extract from studies prepared for

the President's Advisory Committee on Education___

Woods, L. A., State superintendent, Texas Department of Education:

Statement and letter from__.

COMMUNICATIONS, TELEGRAMS, ETC., INCORPORATED IN

309

373

THE RECORD

Ade, Lester K., president, State Teachers College, Mansfield, Pa.: Letter

from..

Anderson, Esther L., superintendent, Wyoming Department of Education:
Letter from, enclosing reports and statements..

387

Association for Childhood Education: Letter from__

396

Blair, Clarence D., superintendent, St. Clair County, Ill., schools: Letter

from__

399

Bond, W. J., superintendent, Duchesne (Utah) Board of Education: Letter

from

363

Bone, Hon. Homer T., Senator from Washington: Letter from, enclosing
letter from Joe A. Chandler, executive secretary, Washington Education
Association _ _

392

Bray, Mildred, superintendent of public instruction of Nevada:

Letter addressed to-

Berkeley Bunker_

Elbert D. Thomas-

372

371

Bunker, Hon. Berkeley L., Senator from Nevada: Letter from, enclosing
letter from Mildred Bray_

372

Cadden, Joseph, secretary, American Youth Congress: Letter from__
Chandler, Joe A., executive secretary, Washington Education Association:
Letter from__

395

392

Cheyenne, Wyo., public schools: Letter from

382

Colon, Mrs. Amparo B., principal, Puerto Rico Department of Education:
Letter from...

394

Colorado Association of School District Boards: Letter from and resolu-

tion of..

384