WEATHER:Cloudy, warmor, probably rain tonight and Saturday.VOL. LV. NO. b9TOWNER. IN SPEECH. IKES STRONG PLEA FOB BETTER SCHOOLSTelia Teachers Illiteracy in U. S. Has Become Great National Menace.GOVERNMENT TO HELPlinter*. \ Hint even absolute l*no rant* *enernl a'1 widespreadhrnuRhout thin country that they have l«-. nie a national peril and n .imtgir thrr itentna even the future mu nf \merle.i and Its overthrow ,e tm* I. i nl all the other nations . f the i irlli is the prObtem the people of the l ulled Mt.il.-a are confronted with an.l one ahlrh they niuat solve. Mi-eontina to Conferees man lloraee M. loot i of low a, who «■•!« the speaker iet night si a meatlnc In the Vudt-torlnm of the Htlth Hchnol held under th. uispK'.* of the Primary Teachers AaaiH-la Ihn.|l.. said II I the deelre of the Ked eis I'.overnment In aid ami assist Hie e-vi s of the I nlmi In their -f foils In educate tlleir Clttaena ami tint th s is In t• i -l the purpose of is Tow tiei Smith bill now- before Con , u s ■ h« n .ch dle.-uaaed law of which in- Is i he cr. stor. Ills address dealt wnh Ihe li-'M ;nment s desire to do all ) cue to promote latter education Ihrouah 'it the country but !• c uis.st -.•me d ««pp.liniment among hie nudl- I l ira In his studious avoblum-% of any • lirect i .-f. ieio e t.i hts ow n thll or to j ffer am extended explanation of it n dc'.all His lime was almost . nttre-:» 111 relation to Ihe necessity for Ked-*lrt a *e stance for the JirhiHiIs but