Labor's Demand for Public Schools Basis for Nation's Present System
The piece credits Massachusetts labor with founding public schools and ending tuition requirements for poor families. It traces unions’ push for compulsory attendance, free higher education, and federal aid, highlighting AFL-CIO victories and battles against discrimination. It notes major funding and programs shaping 1969 education policy and urges Congress to sustain progress.
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Massachusetts
United States
Acoss
Organized Labor
House
Full Education & Labor Committee
30 Year Campaign Won at Ballot Box
The text chronicles the long effort to win federal aid to education, culminating in the 1964 election and rapid passage of the Higher Education Act. It notes Johnson's victory, a liberal House, Senate support, and the act funding over one billion for low income education, plus further expansions in the 89th Congress. It highlights veterans education aid and health profession student support as part of liberal legislative gains.
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Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Agust
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Pres. Johnson
89Th Congress
House
Vocational Education Fills Gap for Many In Bennington
In Bennington Vermont nearly a quarter of high school students take vocational training including auto mechanics horticulture building trades dressmaking merchandising and drafting Similar programs exist nationwide with low dropout rates and outspoken support from AFL CIO legislators labor urges Congress to fund expansion and unite general and vocational education for future job readiness.
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Bennington
Tucson
Ariz
Buffalo
N.Y
Toledo
Ohio
Dracutt
Mass
Stude
Labor
Afl-Cio
Congress
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Organized Labor Movement
Congressional Quarterly
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Johnson-Humphrey
House of Representatives
Hale Boggs
88Th
Kennedy
Johnson
America
Aflcio
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