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NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURS, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948
Communist Probe Reveals Need
For More Teaching Of U.S. History
By ROBERT CEIGER
WASHINGTON. UP) Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bentley, American
born citizen who testified to a Congressional committee she had
been a Communist and Russian agent, said she never had been
taught American history at school.
This touched ofl a new discussion among educators and others
attempting to determine whether the American educational system
fairly presents American democracy to young Americans.
They argue that it is essential
young Americans be taught
American hlstorv and the U. S.
constitution. Otherwise, they say,
some may be swayed by emotion
alism rather than by knowledge,
away from Americanism toward
other political philosophies like
Communism.
The U. S. Office of Education
has Just completed a survey of
state laws regarding the teaching
of history and the U. S. consti
tution. Dr. Ward W. Keesecker. spec
ialist In school legislation, and
Howard Cummings, specialist in
Eilitical science, of the Office of
ducatlon, say all states but two
now require public elementary or
high schools to teach American
history.
Three-fourths of the states es
tablished this requirement by
Jaw. In others It Is required by a
ruling of the state board of edu
cation. The survey says that the two
that do not have either a legal or
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ican history are Colorado and
Michigan although In Michigan
the teaching of civics, which pre
sumably Includes some American
history, Is required.
In addition, the survey showed
that all of the states except four
have laws requiring elementary
school instruction concerning the
u. S. constitution. 1 he lour lack
ing such a requirement are Ken
tucky, Maryland, Texas and Vermont.
But all the states except Ken
tucky, Maryland and Mississippi
require me learning 01 the con
stltution In high schools. And
even In Maryland and Kentucky,
where tne laws are lacking, there
is a state board rule that the con
stltution shall be taught.
Collegs System Varies
The situation changes at the
college level. Only seven states
have laws requiring college cour
ses In history and 22 require the
learning ui ine cunsuiuiion.
Fourteen states require .that
private schools teach U. S. his
tory in e 1 e m e n t a r y and high
school grades, and 26 require pri
vate schools to provide classes In
the constitution.
Dr. Keesecker says many of the
state laws and regulations re
quiring the teaching of American
history were placed In effect be
tween 1923 and 1929. Patriotic
and other organizations cam
paigned for them.
Therefore Americans older than
Mrs. Bentley, who Is 36 and has a
collece education, easily might
not have been required to studv
the two subjects. But most young
er people undoubtedly have been
given the outline and fundamentals.
There are no federal laws on
the subject, because under the
10th amendment to the constitu
tion education is one of the fields
clearly left to the states. The Of
fice of Education has established
no Dolicv on hlstorv teaching be
cause of this constitutional provision.
But the Office of Education re-
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should know the facts of history
and especially "that our federal
and state governments have
doubtless provided more human
rights, to more people, and over a
longer period of time, than has
any other system of government
yet established."
It quotes George Washington:
"We ought to deprecate the
hazard attending ardent and sus
ceptible minds from being too
strongly and too early preposses
sed in favor of other political
svstems before thev are capable
of appreciating their own."
Coal Miners Fight
Police in France
PARIS, Oct. 18. iPy Police
and striking coal miners fought
today at St. Etlenne, leaving
wounded on both sides.
Interior Minister Moch had or
dered the police and troops to pro
tect miners trying to ave the
struck coal pits from water and
gas seepage.
Police used tear gas on about
1,000 strikers massed at the St.
Etlenne pitheads, defying both
police and engineering troops the
government had ordered to work
mine safety devices.
The Communist-led General La.
bor Confederation was reported
afterwards to have said It would
no longer authorize maintenance
workers to take any security mea-
sues until ail police leave the pits.
Communists leading the strike
of 335,000 miners had ordered
maintenance workers to stay
away from the pits 24 hours be
cause police appeared at one
mine.
The strike, now In Its third
week, has caused a setback to
French and European recovery
efforts. Already 2.000,000 tons of
coal have been lost.
Peaceful Parade Ruled
Sam as Mass Picketing
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Bugsey Siegel's
Murderers Known,
Police Chief Says
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct.
18 UP) "Starlting develop
ments" may soon be forthcoming
In the 16-months-old Bugsy Slegel
murder case, Police Chief Clinton
H. Anderson says.
"We know who killed Slegel
but the persons involved are so
big we can't go out and give I
them the bum's rush," declared i
Anderson yesterday.
"Slegel was killed on orders
oi an international underworld
syndicate," he added. "This was
no ordinary shooting. There was
big money behind it."
Anderson said he needs only'
nine 10 gainer more corroborat
ing evidence before making an
arrest.
"Slegel was killed because he
threatened to talk and sell the
syndicate out to the police," said
me cniej.
Siegel was slain from ambush
June 20, 1947, as he sat In the
Beverly Hills mansion of a girl
friend, Virginia Hill. Four rifle
bullets riped into his body..
Siegel, described by Anderson
as a Los Angeles earn? lord
came here In the late 1930's. He
was once indicted in New York
on a charge of harboring Louis
(Lepke) Buchalter while the
New ork ganster was a fugitive
from Justice.
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U. . Weather Bureau Office
Roseburg, Oregon
Forecast for Roseburg and vi
cinity: Partly cloudy and cooler today.
Cloudy with occasional light rain
Tuesday.
Highest temp, any Oct 96
Lowest temp, any Oct.- .22
Highest temp, yesterday .. H 78
Lowest temp, last night 38
Precipitation yesterday ..... T
Precipitation from Oct. t 65
Preieiptation from Sept. 1 . 2.36
Deficit from Sept. 1 .17
for Immediate building purpos
es, whereas the six-mill annual
tax levy, In effect the last five
years, provides a limited amount
annually, and the money can be
spent only as it comes In through
tax collections. ,
Additions to the Senior High
School, Fullerton, Riverside and
Kdenbower schools, a central
heating plant for the Senior High
and Fullerton, an assembly and
gymnasium at Benson, and nec
essary equipment for these build
ings and for Hose and the Junior
High School would he allowed
tor under the total bond issue.
Cop Arrests Own
Brother as Thief
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Oct. 18
A Savannah policeman answer
ed the age-old question, "Am I my
brother's keeper?" by arresting
him in connection with a series
of armed robberies.
Police Chief Truman F. Ward
said when he received a series of
calls from Negroes Saturday
night reporting robberies, he as
signed Policeman George Vlckery
10 ine investigation.
Early yesterday, Vickery aided
In the arrest of his brother and
fellow policeman Robert. Ward
said. A short time later. Lester
Laverne Brown, Insurance sales
man, was captured.
Ward said Robert Vickerv and
Brown are being held without
bail pending formal charges.
Boy Uses Hammer
To Maul Mother
ELLENSBURG, Wash.. Oct. 18
Thomas Manlev. 17. of
Seattle, was placed in the Jail to
day on charges of assaulting his
mother, Mrs. E. C. Manley, 46,
also of Seattle, with a hammer
In their automobile near Midway
Park on the Snoqualmie High
way Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mauley, suffering from
scalp lacerations and concussion,
was reported in good condition at
the Kiltitas County Hospital.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Dorsey said
the youth had admitted the attack
on his mother. Dorsey said the
youth said It resulted from a
quarrel over his desire to take
the automobile on a trip to the
east.
Chest Budget Lists
$7,000 for Y. M. C. A.
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and $1,325 from the Douglas
County Community Chest; Salva
tion Army, asking $.t.S2.) from
the city and $t75 from the coun
ty; Bov Si-outs, $4,500 from the
city; Oregon Chest. Sfi.onO from
the city and $4,000 from the
county. In addition, McCarroll
said, the Roseburg Chest has
budgeted $1,000 for administra
tive expenses.
A send-off was given the Com
munity Chest this noon at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
H. C. Johnson of Albany, repre
senting the Oregon Chest, was
the speaker.
Super-Market Building
At Reedsport Rising
Foundation work is being done
on the new super-market build
ing soon to be erected on Wade s
Flat, on Highway 101, at Reeds
port. Glen Davis of Reedsport
and Charles J. Marks of Win
chester Bay are partners owning
the new building, while Tom
Lillebe, local contractor, has
charge of the construction.
Foundation work on the new
pumice stone block building
wnicn will house the Reedsport
Cheese Factory in downtown
Reedsport has been completed,
ana outsiae wans are
put up.
Yets Held Liable
For Gl Tuition
Veterans studying in school or
college under the G. I. Bill are
reminded by the Veterans Admin
istration that the VA now holds
them legally liable lor repayment
of tuition for classes they do not
attend.
A recent ruling, the VA ex
plains, holds that veterans who
tirop irom scnooi Deiore tne ena
of a term or semester for which
the VA has already paid their
tuition, must refund tne unused
amount of tuition or sacrifice an
equivalent amount of G. L train
ing entitlement.
Veterans who drop from school
before the VA must pay full tui
tion costs will have their G. I.
training time reduced only by the
actual amount of time in train
ing. However, when the VA is ob
ligated to pay full tuition to a
school, the veteran who with
draws will be required to repay
the VA In cash or entitlement the
unused portion of the fee.
1 u pivini uini vx. a it annus
entitlement and also help the VA
prevent subsistence overpayments
veteran-students are urged to no
tify the VA immediately when
ever they intend to drop from
school, college or a Job-training
program.
Senator Wagner
Amnesia Yictim
NEW YORK, Oct. 18 UP)
Sen. Robert F. Wagner D-NY)
suffered an attack of temporary
amnesia during the weekend,
when he disappeared from son's
Long Island estate, says his phy
sician. Dr. William C. Carhardt exam
ined the ailing 71 -year-old Sen
ator shortly after he was found
early Sunday at a Manhattan res
taurant, one of his favorite eating
places.
Wagner had been the object
of a widespread police search for
nearly 12 hours after he wan
dered away from the home of
Robert F. Wagner Jr., at Isllp,
N. Y., about 3 p. m., Saturday.
larhardt sa'd the Senator had
suffered "temporary amnesia'
but was "none the worse for Ms
little Jaunt into the city."
Transport Plane
Crash Kills Four
CLINTON. La.. Oct. IS (IP) A
crippled air force transport plane
crasn landed in a ravine near
here late yesterday and killed
four of the 33 persons aboard.
Occupants of Ihe plane in
cluded 29 artillery officers from
Fort Bliss, Tex., and Fort Sill,
Okla., and an air force crew con
sisting of three officers and one
enlisted man.
Western Zones Of
Germany Set Up
Economic Merger
BERLIN, Oct. 18-(.P An al
most complete economic merger
of the three western zones of
Germany was announced today.
An agreement fusing the for
eign trade of the French zone
with that of the already merged
British and American zones was
signed by the three western al
lied military governors.
This united the economies of
all zones exct the Russian zone
of Germany, save Tor a few ac
tivities which will be regulated
by consultation among the Bri
tish, French and Americans.
A similar fusion of the three
western zones along political lines
will be accomplished by the tri
zonal government for which a
constitution is being drafted by
Germans at Bonn.
When these steps are complet
ed, a, virtually complete new
state of western Germany will
be created, leaving only the Rus
sian zone outside.
The Russians yesterday Impos
ed a sharp traffic inspection at
occupation sector borders within
the city, aimed at tightening the
blockade.
Soviet-controlled police were
stopping all German vehicles
which sought to proceed from
the Russian sector Into the Amer
ican, British or French sectors
and searching them for food.
The intra-city blockade follow
ed sharp controls instiuted over
the week-end on approaches to
the city. The Communists claim
ed these were necessary to halt
an "illicit flow of food and raw
materials to western Berlin from
the surrounding.
Alleged Song Rocket
Lands Prisoner in Jail
PORTLAND. Oct. 18 (.PI
Donald Cleo Smith. 28, Paonla,
Colo., is held in jail here under
a federal indictment of using the
mails to defraud.
He is accused of collecting $2
fees from song writers for a
contest and then asking another
$50 for publication of the songs
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The prolonged strike of 1,200
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fer of 13 cents an hour wage
boost retroactive to June 1.
The grain handlers walked out
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cents hourly wage increase after
a governor's- fact-finding com
mission had recommended a 12 i
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