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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøHistory: 1940-1949
1940
Mrs. William Kletzer elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident
Congress represented on National Committee on Education and Defense
Participated in White House Conference on Children in a Democracy
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøadministration theme, "The Child in His Community," based on White House Conference
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøhistorical data bound and placed in library at national office
Nevada Congress organized as 50th state branch.
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMembership: 2,379,599
1941
Special committee on community school lunch appointed and school lunch program inaugurated on nationwide basis
Nine-point Permanent Platform adopted
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident served as member of findings committee for Emergency Safety Conference called by U.S. President
More than 900,000 men members in a total of about 2.5 million
President proclaimed October as ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMembership Month
1941 National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers convention theme, "The Place of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøin the Total National Defense Program"
NCCPT emphasized instruction for all leaders; programs for such training set up at convention meetings
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøarranged for NCCPT to purchase National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøparent-teacher manuals and rural service leaflets at cost, and a financial grant was made for extension purposes and printing
1942
Mrs. Anna M. P. Strong elected NCCPT president
Birney Memorial dedicated, Marietta, Georgia
National Congress represented on Wartime Commission, U.S. Office of Education, and on Commission on Children in Wartime, U.S. Children's Bureau
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident participated in nationwide radio broadcast from White House supporting National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpromoted wartime activities among local units—enrollment of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømembers in nursing courses and cooperation in "Save the Fat" and other national salvage programs
Special wartime edition of National Congress Bulletin and a War Handbook published
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøradio series, The Family in War, starring the Baxter family, became popular...Magazine started "Motion Picture Previews"
NCCPT now has 20 state branches (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), a District of Columbia branch, and units in the U.S. Virgin Islands
NCCPT began to work more closely with U.S. Children's Bureau
Mrs. Strong first NCCPT president to address National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøconvention
1943
Mrs. William A. Hastings elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident
National convention canceled because of war
Board met for series of workshop conferences that clarified major problems of coming ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøyear
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøwartime activities, suggested and reported in National Parent-Teacher and National Congress Bulletin, included victory gardens and cooperation with High School Victory Corps
Special committee appointed to study juvenile delinquency
1944
"All Children Are Our Children" chosen as theme of national convention; Eleanor Roosevelt gave convention address
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøone of first groups to support establishing of an organization dedicated to ensuring international peace
Represented at White House Conference on Rural Education
1945
Mrs. W. M. Henry elected NCCPT president
National convention again canceled because of war
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøchosen as one of three educational associations to send representatives as consultants to U.S. State Department delegation at UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco; president sent
National Board statement supported UN organization
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøcooperated with University of Iowa on first workshop on home-school cooperation
Cooperated with Northwestern University on three-day workshop on reading and language problems in postwar America
Workshops for NCCPT national officers held
North Carolina and Virginia NCCPT held workshops on juvenile justice
Interracial NCCPT committees sought to improve relations between the races
Scholarship made available for representative of NCCPT to attend National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøsummer workshop at University of Iowa
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømembership: 3,487,138 in 50 state branches
1946
Mrs. L.W. Hughes elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident
Announced Four-Point Program, to unite PTAs in efforts toward school education, health, world understanding, and parent and family life education
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøone of 60 voluntary organizations appointed to national commission to advise State Department on UNESCO
Represented at National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency called by Attorney General
Board adopted resolution recommending $2,400 a year as minimum beginning salary for teachers with college degrees and full professional training
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøaided clothing and food collections for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
With Northwestern University, sponsored three-week credit course on parent teacher leadership
Legislation for permanent federal school lunch program, long advocated by National PTA, enacted
Joint committee of National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøand NCCPT formed
1947
Golden Jubilee year; Jubilee History, first history of National PTA, published
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøinitiated three-year project at Northwestern University to train prospective and in-service teachers in effective home-school relations
Sponsored international education project: kits of personal and classroom supplies for teachers in war-devastated countries (nearly 3,000 kits shipped overseas, valued at over $75,000)
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident appointed by State Department as member of U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
1948
Helped draft Local Public Health Services Act of 1948 (to extend health units to countries still without them) and sponsored its introduction in the U.S. Congress
Special committee drafted "A Plan Action Against Unwholesome Comics, Motion Pictures, and Radio Programs"
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍørepresented at White House meeting of U.S. Committee for International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
International education projects for PTAs: CARE packages and hospitality for exchange teachers
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøwas topic of research by 31 candidates for graduate degrees (four for Ph.D.s) during past 14 years
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident attended 9th Pan American Child Congress, in Venezuela; visited PTAs in Canal Zone
1949
Mrs. John E. Hayes elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident; participated in national conference of Citizens Committee for the (first) Hoover Report on reorganizing the U.S. government—a report that led to the creation of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Mrs. J. S. Morgan elected NCCPT president; administration emphasis, "For Every Child an Equal Chance"
NCCPT national office established at Dover, Delaware
National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøinaugurated expanded parent education program, with five parent education specialists conducting summer workshops in designated regions
Published Where Children Come First: A Study of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøIdea, by Harry and Bonaro Overstreet
Initiated "Quarters for Headquarters" to raise money for national headquarters building in Chicago
Participated in newly created CARE-UNESCO book project, sending books to teacher-training institutions overseas