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Rh lawyers, clergymen, and other professional men; business men, firms and corporations; editors and publishers signd the agreement. The number of these "Signers" is constantly increasing; but even so, it represents only a small proportion of those who approve and use the simpler spellings, as has been establisht by special canvases and thru correspondence.

Influential Support Enlisted

The Board of Superintendents of New York City in 1906 unanimously recommended the use of the List of 300 Words in the New York City scools.

The Modern Language Association of America, in the same year, adopted the same list for use in its publications, and has since accepted the later recommendations of the Board, and has in some instances gon beyond them.

President Roosevelt adopted this list (300 Words) in his official correspondence; and his recommendation in 1906 that the Government Printing Office adopt the same stile, when not otherwize requested, gave the movement wide publicity. The discussion that followd, both in the Congress and in the pres, afforded the frends of orthografic reform an extraordinary opportunity—of which they did not fail to take advantage—to present their arguments and appeals. The results of this publicity wer distinctly favorable.

The National Education Association, in 1907, approved the work of the Simplified Spelling Board, and directed the use of the simpler spellings of the 300 Words in the publications of the Association. (See also pages 14 and 26.)

State Teachers' Associations in all sections of the country past resolutions favorable to the movement.