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Letter to Editor
September 17, 1954
Summit County Labor News
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Letter lauds departing Superintendent Hatton for building up schools under socialist conditions lacking profit motive, decries state control over children's education, and links to broader anti-socialism stance against TVA expansion.
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LETTER TO EDITOR
To the Editor:
Superintendent Hatton is leaving the school system next year. He has worked hard to build up the schools, probably as hard as most businessmen work to build up the business their dads left them. If the schools were operated under free enterprise he would have made a handsome profit for his efforts. He could leave the institution to his children so they could continue to gather "shekels" from the ownership of the property.
Years ago "creeping socialism" invaded the schools and destroyed the profit motive, so that Mr. Hatton had to work for the 'honor and glory'.
Strange isn't it that under such unfair conditions, men like Hatton would do such a creditable job?
Another result of the socialization of the schools is the manner in which the state regulates the teachers, the children and the parents. We have no choice as to where our children shall go to school. We have nothing to say about who shall teach them. We can't choose the books. Shocking isn't it?
Well that's what socialism has done to your child, is it any wonder Ike doesn't want to creep into the TVA?
JIM McCARTAN
To the Editor:
Superintendent Hatton is leaving the school system next year. He has worked hard to build up the schools, probably as hard as most businessmen work to build up the business their dads left them. If the schools were operated under free enterprise he would have made a handsome profit for his efforts. He could leave the institution to his children so they could continue to gather "shekels" from the ownership of the property.
Years ago "creeping socialism" invaded the schools and destroyed the profit motive, so that Mr. Hatton had to work for the 'honor and glory'.
Strange isn't it that under such unfair conditions, men like Hatton would do such a creditable job?
Another result of the socialization of the schools is the manner in which the state regulates the teachers, the children and the parents. We have no choice as to where our children shall go to school. We have nothing to say about who shall teach them. We can't choose the books. Shocking isn't it?
Well that's what socialism has done to your child, is it any wonder Ike doesn't want to creep into the TVA?
JIM McCARTAN
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Satirical
Political
What themes does it cover?
Education
Economic Policy
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Superintendent Hatton
Creeping Socialism
School Socialization
Free Enterprise
Education Control
State Regulation
Tva
Ike
What entities or persons were involved?
Jim Mccartan
To The Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Jim Mccartan
Recipient
To The Editor
Main Argument
the letter praises superintendent hatton's hard work in improving the schools without profit incentive due to socialism, criticizes state control over education choices for children, teachers, and books, and questions support for further socialist policies like expanding the tva.
Notable Details
Praises Superintendent Hatton
Criticizes 'Creeping Socialism' In Schools
References State Regulation Of Teachers, Children, And Parents
Ties To Ike's Opposition To Tva