16 Th Ntwt-IUvitw, Ronburi, Of Frl., Fab. 17, 1950 pjrj Check Glveis
Lack Of General Interest In
American History Deplored;
Old Individualism Extolled
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
Af ForalgM Affairs Analyst
Two little news items which cropped up within the bit few days
have, bjr n association o( iden, been leadinf your columnitt a chase
of speculators,
The first item had to do with the suggestion, made at a meeting
of the New York state council for social studies, that schools spend
more time on contemporary affairs and not so much on history. It
was explained that for many students coming out of high schools now,
"history is a luxury."
TIia Kind U' h i It tmmmmA in iin.
Fmvl ',nV'!ki "" which to at
ton, Mass., recording that Mayor , h ,,,,.,
Copy Far Other Natiens
Ibis country stands not only as
John Hynes had announced cancel
lation of that city's annual dual ob
servance of the birthdays of Wash
ington and Lincoln. Lack of public
interest vas given as the reason.
Last year only 32 people showed
up for the combined event on Feb
12 in Kaneuil hall, "cradle of
American liberty."
Well, it certainly is vital for
everyone In school and out to
keep close track of current events
these days when the world is un
dergoing a political-social-econ-omical
upheaval. It isn't safe not
to, for our very national security
msy depend on our alertness.
However, it strikes me thst It
will be tragic if this effort of keep
ing track of history in the making
precludes a reasonable study of
ntstory already made, as a mat
ter of fact one is Inclined to
recommend strongly that more
time be spent in reviewing the de
velopment of our own great
nation.
That might help In cataloguing
some of the specious 'doeological
germs which are flitting about,
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the richest and most powerful of
all time, but its government long
has been copied by budding na
tions abroad as an example of
democracy at its best. If that is
what America is, how did she get
that way?
It's a fascinating ilnrv of colon
ial pioneering in a new world filled
witn dangera and hardships. It s
a picture of dsring men and
women hewing a nation out of the
wilderness laboring with rifles
handy as protection against the
savages enduring privations so
grievous that often death was a
welcome relief.
In shji-t it wss an achievement
Involving a maior dearee of r-
sonai initiative.
The pioneers coordinated their ef
forts, of course, for mutusl advan
tage. They established customs and
made laws for the orotection of all.
But despite that, each individual
stood squarely on his own feet so
long as he was able to stand, when
he couldn't stand, the community
intervened to neip ana ssiegusra
nis interests.
, However, while there were safe
guards, there was no state pa
ternalism. Within the regulations
of the colony, man made hia life
what he would. If he was able to
work and didn't work, he didn't eat.
The cefnmunity wouldn't support
him.
By the same token the commu
nity didn't interfere with his liber
ty of action, so long as he didn't
intrude on the rights jf others.
A msn could work hard and make
himself relatively rich, or he could
losf and make himself relatively
poor. It was up to him. He himself
regulated his family welfare in ma
jor degree. In short, he was his
own man.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.
Frank H. Bigelow, of Rockville,
Md , was handed a check Tuesday
the 1,198 days ha spent in Jap prit
hte 1,198 days he spent in Jap pris
on camps.
The two war commission com
missioners, Daniel F. Cleary and
Mrs. Georgia Lusk, gave Bigelow
rhe check, the first Pow subsist
ence payment made under the war
claims act. He is a navy veteran
who was captured on Corregidor.
About 250 other ex-POWs will
get their checks this wee, too.
Thereafter, payments will leave
Washington at a SO-a-day clip. The
money ia supposed to come from
seized enemy assets. So far the
fund could psy only about one-
sixth of the claims.
The commission hsd a tough time
selecting Bigelow as winner of the
first check. Four other POWs who
live nesr Wsshington and who had
sent their applications in before
Bigelow, led him on the list. But
they couldn't be located.
In fact, the commission needed
two days and the aid of the Rock
ville police to catch up with Bigelow.
That's because the 29 -year -old
Navy veteran owns a cab company
with his brother, and spends well
over eight hours a day on the
road. He's planning to use Dart of
hia check to complete payment on
two taxis.
Lea Lett In Jap Mine
You d hardly notice that Bizelow
wears an artificial limb. He lost
his leg when a large rock fell on it
in a Japanese coal mine, where he
was put to work. An American doc
tor did the operation with the only
instruments he had a meat cleav
er, a meat saw and two U.S.A. ra
zor blades. Bigelow is glad enough
to get the money but he says he
wouldn't go through his prison ex
perience again for $40,000,000.
Altogether, commission expects
to pay out $108,000,000 to 133,000
American POWs, their survivors
and 60,000-100.000 Filipino POWs,
who were members of the Phlip
pine island military forces.
The commission has on hand '
about 75.000 claims. Nw ones are
coming in at the rate of 1,200 a
day.
The average check will amount
to $600, the commission said. The
$1 per day is payable only for
days during which POWs did no
get food of the standard of quality
and quantity established by the
1929 Geneva convention. The com-
mission announced last week that
all German and Japanese prison
camps were sub-standard all the
time.
America's brand of democracy.
It'a a history which all should know
snd not forget.
Naturally time brings changes in
the way of life of any nation. But
there is no occasion to abandon
fundamental principles which have
been proven right. We should fight
to retain them.
Yes, it's smart to know the full
history of our great nation.
Greek philosophers taught that
the world is round, although tins
knowledge was later lost to man
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