SCHOOL OPPOSITION FADES AS IRONSIDES FUND SWELLS

Half the money needed for restoration of "Old Ironsides" was assured on June 1 as Rear Admiral Philip Andrews states, Chairman of the National Committee conducting the campaign to rebuild the historic frigate, U.S.S. Constitution.

Actually $202,503.40 have been deposited with the National Treasurer. The New York Committee, however, have on deposit $20,000 collected from school children in that city. Washington has $3,004, San Francisco has $3,500, Evanston, Ill., has $1,500, and Los Angeles $4,000 or more. From various other sources the Committee has been assured of amounts that will bring the total up just over $250,000.

Gradually the opposition of the school authorities is disappearing. The Pittsburgh School Board is the latest to make an exception in the case of "Old Ironsides" and suspend their rule because they believe in its patriotic and educational value. Cleveland. St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Buffalo have yet to have their campaigns among the children. Admiral Andrews hopes that before the snow flies the "Old Ironsides" movement will be in full swing in these cities.

With the exception of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, no appeal has been made to the adult population. It has been essentially a children's affair and it is the desire of the Navy Department to ultimately offer each child in the nation the opportunity to do its bit in saving this historic treasure.