24mm to 32:13 “…to prevent a reversion (to the American way of life prior to 1914) we must control education in the United States… They realize it’s to big a job for them alone so they approach the Rockefeller foundation with the suggestion that that portion of education which could be considered domestic be handled by the Rockefeller Foundation and that portion which is international be handled by the [Carnegie] endowment. And, they then decide the key to the success of these two operations lay in the alterations in the teaching of American history so they approach four of the then most prominent teaches of American History; people like Charles and Mary Bird and their suggestion to them is will they alter the manner in which they present this subject and they get turned down flat. So they then decide that it is necessary for them to do, as they say, build our own stable of historians. And, then they approach the Guggenheim Foundation which specializes in fellowships and say, “When we find young men in the process of studying for Doctorates in the field of American History and we feel they are the right caliber will you grant them fellowships on our say so?” and the answer is yes. So under that condition eventually they assemble 20 and they take this 20 potential teachers of American history to London and there they are briefed on what is expected of them when and if they secure appointments in keeping with the Doctorates they will have earned. That group of historians ultimately becomes the nucleus of the American Historical Association. And then toward the end of the 1920s the endowment grants to the AHA $400,000 for a study of our history in a manner that points to “What can this country look forward to in the future” and that culminates in a seven volume study, the last volume is of course a summary of the contents of the other six and the essence of the last volume is the future of this country belongs to collectivism administered with characteristic American efficiency.” youtu.be/YUYCBfmIcHM
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