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"Our main powers as a people —physical, intellectual and moral ' .—have always been directly fed by our public education, for it was the unique role of the public schools to give substance to the unique American ideal of equality of opportunity. Whether we survive with freedom will depehd • on how that ideal is translated into living reality. The fate of the American public schools can be directly equated with the fate of our country. It is in this context that I view the problems of the public schools.”
That education is an essential element of national defense has often been declared by responsible leaders who are in a position to know the facts. * *
General Dwight D. Eisenhower has said: "To neglect our school system would be a crime against the future. Such neglect will be more disastrous to all our freedoms than the most formidable armed assault on our physical defenses . . . Where our schools are concerned, no external threat can excuse negligence; no menace can justify a halt to progress.”
Ambassador Warren R. Austin has said: "The Nation must give Jrigh priority to its educational system. The needs of the country today cannot be met by schools adequate only for the demands of yesterday. The quality of teachers and buildings must be commensurate with education’s heightened responsibility.” * Bernard Baruch, President Truman, and other national leaders have also made strong and im< See TEACHING, page 8.)
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