The religious training of children should be confined to the home or the church–not channeled through the public schools–it was maintained today before Justice George J. Beldock in Supreme Court, here.
Kenneth W. Greenawalt, attorney for Tessim Zorach and Mrs. Esta Gluck, both of Brooklyn, advances the contention in asking that the released time program for religious training of public school students be declared unconstitutional.
“Both these parties are religious people,” he said. “They want their children to have a religious education, but they do not want the religious education channeled through the public schools. We are concerned with having religion put in its proper places–the churches and the homes.”
Assistant Attorney General Kent A. Brown, representing the State Commissioner of Education, contended the court had no jurisdiction. He asked that the case either to dismissed or referred to the Judicial District in Albany since regulations governing the released-time program originated in Albany in 1940. Justice Beldock reserved decision and gave both sides until August 25 to file supporting briefs.
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