* APRIL, 1948

N. CPT,

Notice: The address of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers is 600
South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, III.

Mrs. Jesse Wire, Chairman

 

Is your association still without a
subscription copy of the National Par-
ent-Teacher? If so, will you do some-
thing about it as soon as possible?

Each local association should have at
least three subscriptions to the National
magazine, one for the president, one
for the principal’s office and one for
circulation among members of the execu-
tive committee.

Only when every P.T.A. has a copy
coming each month, will our National
Wartime program be one hundred per
cent effective. Will you make an extra
effort now to have your association
purchase these subscriptions, so that
vital information may reach your unit.
The National Parent-Teacher is the
official magazine of the National Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers.

 

NATIONAL NOMINATING
~ REPORT

In accordance with the national “Poli-
cies and Procedures,” the committee to
nominate officers for the National Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers for 1943
wishes to submit the following list of
nominees who have signified their will-
ingness to serve if elected:

President—

Mrs. James K. Lytle
Los Angeles, California

First Vice-President—

Mrs. L. W. Hughes
Arlington, Tennessee
Secretary—
Mrs. H. S. Klein
Huntington, West Virginia
Treasurer—
Mr. J. W. Faust
East Orange, New Jersey
Committee to nominate officers:

Mrs. Warren L. Mabrey

Mrs. Roger Scott

Mrs. Benjamin Kendrigan

Mr. J. W. Faust

Mrs. L. H. Gibbs, Chairman

NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO
STATE CONVENTION

EMPORIA, KANSAS, APRIL 14-
15-16, 1943

 

Mrs. William A. Hastings,
National First Vice-President

Mrs. James K. Lytle, of Los Angeles,
Calif., today .was nominated for the
presidency of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers, parent body of
the nation’s 28,000 parent-teacher as-
sociations with 2,685,000 members.

Other nominees include Mrs. L. W.
Hughes, of Arlington, Tenn., for first
vice-president; Mrs. H. S. Klein, of
Huntington, W. Va., for secretary; and
Mr. J. W. Faust, of East Orange, N. J.,
for treasurer. Voting is not limited to
the nominees presented by the nominat-
ing committee.

The term of office is three years. The
election, because the national convention
scheduled for May has been canceled,
will be held by mail ballot of delegates
of the state P.T.A. congresses. Ballot-
ing will begin April 25 and close on
May 11. The tabulation will be on May
12, and results will be announced at the
meeting of the Board of Managers in
Chicago at that time.

Mrs. Lytle, who currently is serving
as treasurer of the National Congress,
is a native of Tennessee but has made
her home since 1912 in California where
she has been prominent in civic and
social welfare activities for many years.
She became a member of the Board of
Managers in 1938, as president of the
California Congress.

Mrs. Hughes, nominee for first vice-
president, is now chairman of the Mem-
bership committee of the National Con-
gress and formerly was president of the
Tennessee Congress.

Mrs. Klein, nominee for secretary, re-
cently was president of the West Vir-
ginia Congress and has long been active

in the parent-teacher movement in execu-
tive capacities in her state.

Mr. Faust, nominee for treasurer, has
been national chairman of the committee
on Recreation of the National Congress
since 1925 and is district representative
of the National Recreation Association
in New York.

 

SCHOOL LUNCH PROJECTS
ATTENTION
February 22, 1943

National Congress of Parents and

Teachers,

Attention: Mrs. William Kletzer,

President. .

Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of
February 10, 1948, in which informa-
tion is requested relative to coloring
oleomargarine for use in school lunches.

You state that due to the scarcity of
butter, it is found that it may be neces-
sary to substitute oleomargarine and
although the vitamin fortified oleomar-
garine has food value the absence of
color in the uncolored product lacks ap-
petite appeal when served to children.

Public school cafeterias do not fall
within the category of institutions which
would be exempt from liability to spe-
cial tax under article 21(b) (2) Regula-
tions 9.

Uncolored oleomargarine may be used

in the preparation of food in any form

and the special or commodity taxes will
not be incurred by the one so using it.
However, if the uncolored oleomargarine
is colored for use in lieu of butter in
school lunches, or in the preparation
of other food where the oleomargarine
does not lose its identity as a distinct
article of food, tax liability as a manu-
facturer of colored oleomargarine is in-
curred under the provisions of section
3200 of the Internal Revenue Code in
addition to the commodity tax of 10
cents per pound imposed by section:
2301(a) of the Code on the quantity of
oleomargarine colored.

There are no restrictions on the use
of the product which is colored when
purchased. It may be used in lieu of
butter in any manner without incurring
liability to tax. However, if the colored
product is mixed with butter for the
purpose of increasing the amount of
butter, the resultant product would be
colored oleomargarine and the person
so mixing the butter with colored oleo-
margarine, would be liable to the special
and stamp taxes as a manufacturer of
colored oleomargarine as_ indicated
above.

Respectfully,

(Signed) Adelbert Christy,
Acting Deputy Commissioner.