CATHOLICS AND THE SCHOOLS
S IR, —Catholics cannot accept the Agreed Syllabus, essentially Protestant In character, without offending their conscience and denying their faith. Because we claim to have real religion of personal faith and practice taught in our schools, because as parents we insist that our children should not be placed under the influence of teachers unsympathetic or hostile to our faith, schools to be provided for others are not to be accorded to
us. If we deny our faith all will be provided. Is not this discrimination? The new Bill may offer identity of opportunity, but there is no equality since it attaches a condition known to be unacceptable to the Catholic community. Even when Secondary Schools' fees are to be abolished, a means test is introduced for Catholic elementary schools, ability to pay huge sums, in addition to rates and taxes, being the condition of survival. —Sincerely yours,
J. F. FIELDING, Chairman.
Catholic Parents' and Electors' Association, Leeds Central Council.
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