These people all State that the vocational education work is very valuable to those young men and young women who are taking the courses, and they are heartily in favor of the measure. Will you kindly include this letter in the hearings on the bill. C. B. HUDSPETH. DIVISION OF BOYS' WORK, Hon. DANIEL A. REED, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. REED: May I write you urging the passage of Senate bill 3936, the Capper-Reed vocational educational bill. During 10 years as head of the work for boys of the Episcopal Church here in Michigan, I have seen something of the work done in the public schools in the field of industrial education. I believe in it most strongly and feel that therein lies the solution of at least part of our troubles with youth to-day. I just want to register my hearty approval of the bill and to express the hope that the House may pass it. Very sincerely yours, IRWIN C. JOHNSON, Director. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C., April 28, 1930. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. REED: I am inclosing a copy of a resolution of the Montana School Boards Association favorable to H. R. 10821, the Capper-Reed vocational education bill. There is a strong sentiment in Montana for the enactment of this legislation, and I will appreciate having these resolutions appear in the hearings thereon, together with my indorsement of the measure. Very sincerely yours, SCOTT LEAVITT. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, LA CROSSE, Wis., April 29, 1930. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. HONORABLE SIR: As mayor of the city of La Crosse, I wish to take this opportunity to ask you to do everything within your power to see that the Capper-Reed vocational education bill is given serious consideration. I have watched the steady and interesting growth of both our day and evening vocational-school classes. We in La Crosse are proud of the type of work which we are doing for all classes of people. With the additional Federal funds which we would receive through the passage of the Capper-Reed vocational education bill we would be able to extend our program and truly live up to our motto, which is "Equal educational opportunity for all." I wish to thank you in advance for a careful consideration of this legislation. Please do everything within your power to see that this bill is given its due at tention. With kind regards, I remain, yours very truly, Congressman DANIEL A. REED, Washington, D. C. J. E. LANGDON, Mayor. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, MY DEAR CONGRESSMAN REED: This letter is written in support of House bill 10821. We have here one of the largest commercial teacher-training groups in this country. Through our relationship with this group and through my own ex perience in Federal, State, and city administration and supervision of commercial education I am convinced that the passage of this bill will prove to be an effective means of developing a type of commercial education which will be in agreement both with the requirements of commerce and industry and with the requirements of education. Our public-secondary schools are still in the clutch of nonvocational types of work. The requirements of House bill 10821 will put forcibly before the group responsible for the administration of our secondary schools the need and importance of a vocational type of commercial education. I wish to express my personal appreciation for the careful and favorable consideration of you and your committee with reference to this piece of legislation. Very sincerely yours, PAUL S. LOMAX, Professor of Commercial Education. ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 5, 1930. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: I strongly urge favorable action on Capper-Reed education bill. JAMES E. MCKELVEY. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., May 6, 1930. Hon. DAVID A. REED, House Education Committee, Washington, D. C.: Industries are entering the South and developing at rapid rate. New demand is being created for trade and industrial education, such as H. R. 10821 provides. Trust House education committee reports this bill favorably. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, House of Representatives. JOHN E. MARTINEAU, Federal Judge HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEAR SIRS: I would so much appreciate it if you would kindly have the inclosed statement inserted in the record of the hearings on the Capper-Reed vocational education bill (H. R. 10821). Thanking you very much for this courtesy, sincerely yours, RUTH BRYAN OWEN, M. C. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I am glad to be permitted to express to you, in addition to my hearty personal indorsement of the CapperReed vocational education bill (H. R. 10821), the indorsement which has been expressed in numerous telegrams and letters received from my State during the past few weeks. The extent and force of public sentiment in support of this bill has been evidenced by the expression of numerous educators, State education officials, representatives of organized groups, such as civic organizations, labor unions, and other representative bodies. These citizens who are keenly interested in the efficiency and thoroughness of our educational system have given an unqualified indorsement of this measure, and I should fail in my duty as Representative of the fourth congressional district of Florida if I did not convey to you their sense of the major importance of this measure. I very much hope that this committee will see fit to give a favorable report to the Capper-Reed vocational education bill. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, Los Angeles, Calif., April 26, 1930. House Committee on Education, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: I feel that I am representing the majority of the thinking populace of the city of Los Angeles in stating that we are very much interested in the passage of the Capper-Reed vocational bill (H. R. 10821 and S. 3969). We understand that this bill is on the calendar for May 7, and believe that its passage will benefit our city particularly by making possible an enlarged program of vocational education. Los Angeles is finding an opportunity to provide equal chances for its young men and young women through trade training as a result of past legislation, and our future program, in order to keep pace with the growth of the city, must develop correspondingly. I, personally, have great faith in the benefits of vocational education in shunting our young men away from delinquency and crime and heading them toward a worthwhile skilled trade and the resultant decrease of unemployment conditions. Your support of this bill will be very greatly appreciated. Yours very truly, Hon. DANIEL A. REED, House Committee on Education, JOHN C. PORTER, Mayor. MAYOR'S OFFICE, San Francisco, April, 28, 1930. House Office Building, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR REPRESENTATIVE REED: I have before me H. R. 10821, introduced by you, and I am happy to inform you that our educational authorities think very highly of this bill. With my compliments and kindest regards. Very sincerely, JAMES GOLPH, Jr., Mayor. DRS. ROSSER & ROSSER, Dallas, Tex., April 24, 1980. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman House Committee on Education, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: My attention has been attracted by the proposal to encourage and better sustain the enterprise of vocational training as provided by House bill 10821, now pending or to be soon introduced. My opinion is that the support of Government could hardly be devoted to a more worthy endeavor and I congratulate and commend you for your wisdom and patriotism in this connection. I trust you may have the cooperation of colleagues to a successful finality. Sincerely, C. M. ROSSER, M. D., F. A. C. S., Professor Surgery, Baylor University Medical College, Hon. DANIEL A. REED, ELMHURST, N. Y., May 8, 1930. Chairman Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: Request your earnest support for Capper-Reed vocational education bill (H. R. 10821). ANNA I. RUSSEL, Elmhurst, Long Island. APPLETON, WIS., May 2, 1930. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman House Committee on Education, Washington, D. C. SIR: I know of some of the educational work which has been done in Appleton and in Wisconsin and which is subject to reimbursement under the SmithHughes Act of 1917. I feel that this trade and industrial education has been very valuable to the otherwise neglected workers in industry. Such legislative action as that embodied in the Capper-Reed vocational bill (H. R. 10821) impresses me as being highly desirable and deserving of the support of industry and business. I am hoping for favorable action of the House Educational Committee on this bill. Yours truly, M. SPECTOR. THE NEWS-JOURNAL Co., Pensacola, Fla., April 29, 1930. Hon. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, Washington, D. C. DEAR SENATOR: There is a bill before Congress, known as the Capper-Reed Vocational education bill, I believe, which would carry on and increase the Federal fund for vocational education. We have a vocational school of high standing in Pensacola and naturally favor this bill. This letter is not written to influence any action on your part concerning the bill because we naturally feel you are for it, but rather to let you know that sentiment here favors any help given vocational training, and any help you give this bill will be noted and appreciated. Very turly, L. G. SWARRS, Editor News and Journal. DEPARTMENT OF PLACEMENT AND GUIDANCE, Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman House Committee on Education, Washington, D. C. SIR: In my work as secretary of the junior employment of the Berkeley public schools I face daily the difficulty of placing in positions the boys and girls who are not trained for any definite vocation. We have some very fine vocational training classes in our schools, and the boys and girls who graduate from these courses are not a placement problem, but due to the present lack of funds it has been impossible to extend this vocational training over a large enough territory to include all the students in need of training. I wish to heartily indorse the Capper-Reed vocational bill because I believe that the passage of this act will enable the schools to more efficiently fulfill a very definite need for service in the training for placement of young workersa need which is by no means now adequately met. Yours very truly, RUTH L. TURNER, Placement Secretary. MARION COUNTY, OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE, Representative DANIEL REED, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. SIR: As probation officer of the juvenile court I wish to urge you to give your support to bill No. 10821 for the furthering of vocational education. Vocational education and guidance greatly lighten my work and more of it is needed. I am in sympathy with this bill and hope you will give it your active support. Sincerely, NONA WHITE. KNOXVILLE, TENN., May 6, 1930. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman Committee on Education, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: The Capper-Reed vocational-education bill is being enthusiastically indorsed by all who are informed of its provisions. It appeals to the working man who has been benefited by Smith-Hughes classes and to the manufacturer and employer of labor, who sees additional need for raising the efficiency of the worker; also to the public-school executive, who sees the necessity of additional service to those who have discontinued the all-day school; and finally, to college professors, who realize that much technical instruction must be given to workers who will never enter college. This bill makes possible the finest type of adult education. CLYDE H. WILSON, Professor Industrial Education, University of Tennessee. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., May 6, 1930. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, House Education Committee, Washington, D. C.: Industrial development of the South makes imperative an efficient and comprehensive program of trade and industrial education. H. R. 10821 will help to provide such program. Trust you will report this bill favorably. SIR: The high standard of trade and industrial education in this community has been made possible through Federal cooperation with the State and local community. Further Federal cooperation with the States is greatly needed to meet the increasing demand for the training of those who will enter into trade, industrial, and commercial occupations and for the further training of those who have already entered into these occupations. This program of training is handicapped in our own local community because all available funds are used on classes that now exist and there is no means of taking care of the demand for further training. Because of this definite need for the vocational improvement and because we consider that this training is of great service not only to workers and prospective workers but to society in general, we give our hearty approval to H. R. 10821, the Capper-Reed vocational bill, and hope that it will become a law. Yours very truly, A. R. AHLGREN, Commander. TOLEDO, OHIO, May 5, 1930. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, Chairman House Committee on Education, Washington, D. C.: The thousand members of the Toledo Foremans Club have gone on record as indorsing the passage of the Capper-Reed bill (H. R. 10821). HARRY J. BAUMKER. Hon. DANIEL A. REED, SANGER, TEX., April 24, 1930. Chairman House Committee on Education, Washington, D. C. DEAR Sir: The Parent-Teachers Association of Sanger, Tex., is supporting the Capper-Reed bill (H. R. 10281). The State of Texas and the Sanger community each are matching dollars with that of the Federal appropriation to carry on this work. |