Hebrew Day Schools throughout the country were urged here today to “immediately incorporate into their health education curricula, programs of instruction which would adequately warn the younger generation against the danger of smoking, in accordance with the recent report on the subject issued by the Surgeon General of the United States.”
In a policy statement Issued at the 16th annual convention of the National Association of Hebrew Day School PTA’s at the Promenade Hotel here, the organization’s executive board called for “prompt action” on the part of the 300 Hebrew Day Schools in the United States and Canada “towards instilling in our youth a vital awareness of the consequences of what has been shown to be a serious threat to the physiological well being of many individuals.
“In view of the obvious importance of the Biblical injunction to safeguard one’s health, ” the statement continued, “it is up to the nation’s Hebrew Day Schools to take the lead in properly inspiring our youth with a forthright condemnation of smoking based on facts of recent research.” More than 400 delegates are attending the three-day conclave.
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