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1950

• Convention guests from six foreign countries
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpurchased site for national headquarters, Chicago
• Active in Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth held
• National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT) represented on steering committee and Mrs. Morgan served on president's committee for 1950 White House Conference on Children and Youth; NCCPT well-represented at this Midcentury Conference
• Helped initiate CARE Children's Book Project, to which PTAs gave more than $29,000 during next 10 years
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident went to Japan to work with national leaders representing 31,000 PTAs there
• Parent education consultants again conducted five regional summer workshops
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøappointed special committee on group relations to replace and expand work of joint National PTA–NCCPT committee; new committee to deal with not only mutual problems but also questions of nationality, race, culture, and group relations of all sections of country
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømembership: 6,167,079

1951

• National convention studied findings on Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth; added tenth point, "World Outlook," to Permanent Platform
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøcalled conference on narcotics and drug addiction, with representatives from 25 other organizations attending
• Published leaflet, Everybody's Schools, for 31st observance of American Education Week
• Was host to six persons from Japan studying ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømovement under sponsorship of U.S. Office of Education and as part of Far East Command Exchange of Persons Program
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident attended meeting of World Organization of the Teaching Profession (WOTP), Valletta, Malta

1952

• Mrs. Newton P. Leonard elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident; appointed member of U.S. President's Mutual Security Public Advisory Board to U.S. Senate; appointed chairman of Advisory Committee on Young Workers by Secretary of Labor
• Nine-point program on improvement of public schools drafted by NEA–National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøJoint Committee
• International Conference on the Child in Home, School, and Community, Lansing, Michigan, sponsored jointly with Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation
• Board recommended PTAs work for fluoridation of community water supplies
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident attended meeting of WOTP in Copenhagen, Denmark

1953

• Mrs. Mayme Williams elected NCCPT president
• Cornerstone laid for National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍønational headquarters building
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøcooperated with National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and Red Cross in planning educational campaign for prevention of polio
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident one of main speakers at U.S. Office of Education Conference on the Role of Foreign Languages in American Schools; attended meeting of World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP, successor to WOTP), Oxford, England
  

1954

• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍønational office moved to new headquarters, 700 North Rush Street, Chicago
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpromoted active participation in National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis field trial tests of vaccine to prevent polio
• U.S. president signed fireworks bill, for which National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøhad worked towards
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident invited to represent people of U.S. in project sponsored by U.S. Foreign Operations Administration to provide gifts of food for people in several foreign countries; attended WCOTP meeting, Oslo, Norway
• Signals for Safety and Working with Youth Through the High School ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpublished
• U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions regarding desegregation of public schools
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøand NCCPT, meeting together annually, recommended definite programs of cooperation

1955

• Mrs. Rollin Brown elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident; attended WCOTP meeting, Istanbul, Turkey
• National headquarters dedicated in Chicago
• National PTA, at request of U.S. Senate subcommittee, circulated questionnaire to state congresses on suggestions for UN Charter revision
• Received citation from U.S. Secretary of State for working to make principles of UN Charter vital and real
• President appointed to 34-member conference committee of White House Conference on Education; ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømembers participated in preparatory conferences for White House Conference on Education
• Convention resolution supported minimum beginning salary of $3,600 a year for teachers with full professional qualifications
• NCCPT adopted resolution endorsing action of Supreme Court and encouraging appointment of intergroup committees on state and local levels
• Mrs. Williams served on U.S. president's committee which planned White House Conference on Education
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømembership: 9,409,282

1956

• Goal of 10 million National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍømemberships reached
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøinvited representatives from 20 organizations concerned with child health to help plan ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøprogram for continuous health supervision of children from birth through high school (extension of Summer Round-Up program)
• President attended WCOTP meeting in Manila
• State congresses reported almost $2,500,000 in scholarship awards to students and teachers
• ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMagazine celebrated its Golden Jubilee
• Library services bill, long advocated by PTA, signed into law
• Received award for "excellence in architecture" from American Institute of Architects and Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry

1957

• Mrs. Albert R. Kight elected NCCPT president; administration themes, "Imperatives for Growth in the Home, School, and Community" and "Quality for PTA's Optimum Growth"
• Awarded plaque by the National Foundation for "unprecedented participation in historic development of a preventive measure against paralytic polio and for outstanding volunteer leadership in achieving record acceptance of the Salk vaccine
• 60th birthday commemorative album of historical data presented to Library of Congress
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøinvited representatives from health organizations to serve on advisory committee for continuous health supervision program
• Published What ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMembers Should Know About Juvenile Delinquency
• Alaska organized as 51st National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøbranch
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident attended WCOTP meeting, Frankfurt

1958

• Mrs. James C. Parker elected National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident; participated in U.S. government "people-to-people" mission in South America; appointed to overall committee for 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth; attended WCOTP meeting, Rome
• Special pamphlet, Looking In on Your School, published in response to U.S. President's assignment to PTAs to scrutinize school programs
• PTAs worked effectively for passage of National Defense Education Act of 1958
• European Congress of American Parents and Teachers organized as 52nd branch
• Statement of principles adopted to replace permanent platform
• General revision of national bylaws
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøBoard formally authorized the use of PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) as a further incentive for student participation

1959

• With American Social Health Association, cosponsored three-year, four-state Rocky Mountain Project in Family Life Education
• Convention delegates voted unanimously to support U.S. postmaster general's plan for combating distribution of pornographic materials
• Magazine started TV program evaluations
• National ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøpresident attended WCOTP, Washington, DC
• International relations chairman, with 53 other U.S. representatives, made 10-day study tour of Radio Free Europe installations