ATTACK ON BRADEN HELD BLACKMAIL
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July 5, 1964
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PAUL COATES-
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You', won't find much The latest and most as-! posI'or a number oE,
.argument against the.,; tonishiilg right-wing tactic the :State. Board of Educa-, :ye;trs h . served is direct
,blast that California has is the invention, of than tton?. assistant.to Allen Dulles in
strange 3, ~?oLp called tlrc the CIA. Later, he headed',
0 the nation's most effective "Citizens''"Committee of Br. der has been in a .a division of that agency';
widely },ublicixed tugn.-or
school system . , ? California.'I' As you. read, ; , . , . He's been nominated as a
!the 'v e. threatened to tvar irrth Max I~affert', trust,c of Dartmouth Col
it, s a clear matter of y superintendent of public.
bl3cka 5260 rnilIion school lege and he h a s a
,record that our kids rate. bond issue on the 'r`struction, and the ci-! clearance, 'which . is the'
high above.. the 'general, November ballot. t,izens' committee of highest security clearance
ig average in col- iorniais pulling on Max 's given by the government:'
qualif3u b Don't be sure they can't tiide g
l e 9 'es and universities do it, either. They are little ! When 'Dulles. .was out'
throughout the Un i to d known, but are apparently A~ cordrng to Townsend: ll a e soE time ago? he
Braderi has been rocking
States. quite ,powerful in -their ' asked me about the
political manipulations, "the coat long enough ivow j "t, r o u 1) 1 e" Braden was
The reason is simple/ we intendto sink it or
The ? co-chairman .of the having He was astounded::
e ri o u g h. It isn't the roul,,a James 'Cotiviisenct to 'hear about it and thld
weather. out here that of Orange, says there a e' 1 i (Joy . Brown doesn't me that he ' considered' his
creates brighter kids. Its ;,, 000 members who are fire Braden, the group will thformer. e rnosts reliable men I
the'teachers. We.pay more all "(dedicated conserva- nuke ct concentrated effort'
ever worked with."
Nand we get a far better fives and taxpayers ileii, the scoot bond .
quality of ,educator than i9sue.
other states. Our post war At the moment the oli
,,governors, ` both Pepubli- ' "We'd like to know, So I cannot understand
jest of this disaffection is T o w n s e n d ask
can and Democratic, have., s " ? "i f !, why they pick such ani
+ ~~,,, ,+; ,, ? Tom Braden, president of Cov. Brown can afford afj unlikely candidate f o r,'
ive n,?;..,?;,
y
,with the result that.we've i.
got a system unmatched in,,
;.history. ,
And yet, our healthy;
pre-occupation with the;
teaching of our children
being seriously threatened?'
by the ultra-conservativest
or ? t'h e ? extremists or
whatever you choose to''
call them. ' '
4'
'They.have made editca-!
tion a target of th&ppty
ciou? w attention.
' $260 riiillion controversial 'their labels and their fury:;'
president of the State , But I'm not really worried
Board. of Education 'Under about Toni Braden. He's a.
1. this kin'a of pressure," .j big-, capable boy and lie'
can take care of himself.
An d I'd like to know
what it. is about' Toni' . W ha t I ant worried;
~radert th at has niade' hiiil about is the real victim o.f';
such an, object- of?revulsiori; this attack re the school
to th e?right-wing.. Thev
J constantly hint, :without, chile -w-ho relay be denied'
putting it into so many; "cciuate education in tlr