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The OSEGON STATESMAN. Colaxn, Oregon. Friday Morning. April IS. 1S43
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SOTIEE TdIay9G' Kadi Pcoainn)G
J7o Favor Sway Us; Ho Fear Shall Awe"
. . rroia First Statesman, March 28, 1831 : :
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The Associated Press Is exclusive!? entitled to the use for publication of an
news dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Dictaphone ftt Bertiitesgaden ' j ,
Hitler ejadusselinf had a meeting some days
ago. Pictures, somewhat blurry but still recog
nizable, were radioed out via I Stockholm to .
prove the meetiag. -Nothing was said aa to
whether Mussolini traveled in : the armored j
train der Fuhret4ave him or not. Anyhow they I j
met and talked -things over; and as usual the
ensuing - announcement reported complete !
agreement' on what they would do. jt
Time was when Hitler was II Duce's pupiL
Then the mutterings from the Roman balcony
and the rattling of a few sabers at Brenner j
pass frightened i-Hitler from following up the i
nazi putsch in Vienna. With the failure of
Italian arms in Africa and Greece Mussolini j
was reduced toa mere lackey of the German
overlord. Both now are in slightly changed
circumstances. Here is our own dictaphone
record of theh1 conference: j
"Heil Hitler! Kw are we doing?" f
"Aeh, Benito, not so gut already yet. Vot aboud
Italee?" ' CM;
"Sacre mio, Adolf, Italee Is in one beluvafix.
In 1340 I stab FwMnee in the back. Do Igetta a
part of France? IfoI-atart to make beeg Italee in
Africa; but the English, they capture my -general
with the whiskers; they taka de Ethiops; they taka
Eritrea; nowtheyHaka Tripoli. No more Italee in
Africa, Adolf. Bat nrhat happened in Russia?"
"Mein Gott in himmel! Russia, Russia; the piss,
the communists, -dey vent qvit.ven we lick-lbem.
Rut I fix them, I fix them this year, sure. Yust like
nobody's business, I vtlL"
"Adolf, what do you hear from Hirohito? Will
he smasha the -Yankees this year?'
"Hirohito, Hirehito, did you say? Dat end of
the axis I don't hear from already. I ask Hirohito,
i w& w ' . t ii . '
you siao itussia m cne oacic: niromio, nejaj, ao
sorry Adolf; but Japan got leg in American' trap;
we leave Stalin to .you please. " .
"Adolf, my populo they say, When do we eata?
We gotta no macaron; we gotta no ravioli, only '
vino and olive -oil. ' The hens they laya no eggs
because we gotta no hens now. Can you ship us
some; sausage -or some cabbages, lenda-leasa, like
the Americans maybe?" ' f -
"Nein," nein,- no sausage. Only I vill send you
ten dousand copies of -Mein Kampf, what??
"But Adolf, you say: in Mein Kampf you never,
never would fight on the west and fight on the
east.. Now. you fight on the west, you fight on the
east, you' fight' on the south, you fight up in the
Sir." ;
"Hush, Benito, not so loud. Ve must plan worser
than before no. Ye must get Rommel out of Tunisia
to he can defend Germanee. You send your fleet
across to take away Rommel and de German army,
yes." -
I "Oh, Adolf, not so fast. I send-my fleet; it gets
What you call .-gesunkt; then where will pretty
Napoii be, and 'Roma and Mussolini? Can't the
Germans swim like the Eenglish at Dunkerque,
yes?"
"Nein, vein, Benito, our air umbrella it is lost
fet Ve cannot svim. I tell you, ve will bring
eur Germans home in Italy's boats and ve will leave
all of Africa for you now.
"No, Adolf, the air umbrell it Is gone In Italee
too; and the Eenglish. they blocka de bust in Turin
and Milan. My populo they notta like it; they say,
Why notta peace Mussolini?" , ; S
. "Aber Benito, not so loud mit der peace talk
yet I viH make the-peace, ven I crack the skulls
of those English and Rushians and Americans. I
vill bomb London,' I vill bomb New York, I vill
bomb Rosenfelt, I vill . . , -
"Ya, Adolf, but you gotta de Russian bear by
the tail now, no; you canna let go, you canna
hold on, yes, And my populo, they say, When do
we eata?" . . ;
, "I tell you -Benito, ve must ask Franco for
food. He must pay us back already. Or liaval, ha
Vill do anything vot I ask him." : 1
7- "Bat Adolf, I thtaka Laval notta lika me yet,
no; and FrancOr hees populo very hungry too, yes."
"Now Benito, 'dis.: is vot we vill do. We vill
issue a statement Ve will say ve stand togeder,
you und me yes; dot we are agreed togeder, you
tind me;, dot our .peoples they must sacrifice; dot
de var ve will win yet If the peeples they will
sacrifice more already. -. Gutbye, Benito, It vas
so nice for you to come."
"But Adolf, my populo say, When do we A
eata?..-.,, ..;...-,,;.;:'-
War in the Pacific j
Americans have been altogether too , com
placent about Japan since the Jap offensive was
stopped in the Solomons and rolled back in
Papua. In spite of warnings from General
MacArthur and appeals from China the Pacific :
is neglected in favor of action against Hitler.
But the Japs have not been idle. They have
been consolidating their positions building
runways in making Kiska into a real air base
. in spite of repeated bombings, a base which
threatens not only Alaska but Washington and
Oregon.
The stepping up of Japanese' air attacks in
the South Pacific while costly to them, reveals
strength; we hardly realized. Now from Gen.
MacArthurs headquarters comes report that a
heavy J ap naval concentration is maintained
at Truk, ready to move in force to renew Japan's
- march f aggression.
We jlare not. neglect the Pacific theatre and
. regard whipping; Japan as an end-of-the-war
chore. There m u s t - be a sufficient flow pf
strength there to maintain the initiative for the
allies. The longer we delay, the costlier will
be the fighting. v
. To serve as director of the new state "de
velopment commission" Johnny Kelly has been
hired. Kelly was long political writer for the
Oregonian, and for many years past has been
a Washington correspondent for many Oregon
papers. Since Kelly's experience and ability lie
p r imarily in the field of , publicity ; and politics
rather than industry one can hardly help won
dering what office Gov, SneJl is running for
now. ."..
A publication put out by the Puget Sound
navy yard announces an "absentee contest"
among various units of the establishment. We
trust it like golf in that low score wins. ;
: "Ccldiers Learn to Handle Meats" J says- a
l.eadllna. You wouldn't think, to see them eat,
they nc-ied any instruction. .
f '
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Eruption in OWI .
There must be something rotten, not in Den1
mark this time, but in the OWI office in Wash
ington. Both press and public have great con '
fidence in Elmer Davis, the directorf but he has
a hard time riding herd on the collection of
men and women in the office. ' Now some 15
of the staff have resigned, issuing in explana-
tion a statement saying it was their conviction'
it was impossible for them to tell the truth.
The . OWI should be laid open first with a
sealpel to see what is under the hide. Has it '
been packed with 'typical New ; Deal propa
gandists who are seeking to sell socialism under -a
war label? Or is it staffed with bench
warmers, left-overs from the "public relations"
pile, or men-out-of-work who knew the right
friend? -V x
Davis was plainly embaitassed by the Roose
velt ballyhoo booklet. Now he is disturbed over
this eruption which may be due to the fact that
Gardner Cowles, his assistant, ordered the staff
to cut out so. much pamphleteering and rely
more on newspapers to carry the facts to the
public. " I. '. '
, Coming at the time the country is concerned
over administration decision to bar reporters
from the coming international conference on
food the blow-up in OWI will result in further
loss of confidence in the government's press
relations! The people want the truth, and do .
not like to have it filtered, diluted or adulterat
ed. News j Behind
The Mews 1
By PAUL MALLON r
(Distribution by King feature Syndicate, tno. Sepre
ductlon In - wbol or In part trtcuy prohibited.! "
WASHINGTON, April 15 The'- administration's
post-war and economic policies 'seem to be chang
ing perhaps veering is a better word.
' Often in the past, Mr. Roosevelt has used sail
ing technique toward his objectives, tacking first to
one side, then the other. The
permanency of current symp
toms of change is therefore not
firmly established.
Under Secretary of State
Wells, in his last speech, did not
again mention an "international
police force." But spoke of
preserving peace by force,"
which is another thing.
, Mr. Wells, occupies a position
greater than his title and is a
consummate classicist : in the
use of diplomatic language. His
moderation - o f . phraseology,
therefore, must - be considered
significant, especially as he is handling' much of
the duties of secretary of state these days.
This change reflects an inner, realization down
through government diplomatic authorities that de
velopments of this war from now on will have
more to do with making the post-war world than
any words that can be said now.
If Russia manages to accomplish the victory, -a
wholly different set of peace circumstances may
be presented than if the victory is wrought by
Anglo-American action.
Some authorities like Navy Secretary Knox also
are beginning to imply that it is more important
for our post-war peace for the United States to
hold bases irr the Pacific than it is to enter upon
pious pronouncements of brotherly love, i
The Island of: Guadalcanal for which ' we are
fighting so heartily is few stop to mink a Brit
ish possession. The airfield we have fought so
valiantly to defend would normally become a
British airfield at the secession of hostilities.
In the future air world, it is obvious that many
Guadal canals will be more essential to the securi
ty of our shores than any other factor. ;
Mr. Churchill, In his recent statements, has In
dicated Britain and Russia are getting more and
more together. If this proves, true in fact as well
as word, another set of post-war circumstances will
confront us. j ; -
There appears no truth to the rumors that
Litvinoff might return home and thus offer us a
red diplomatic goodbye with gloved hand. Lit
vinoff has laughed off such suggestions, saying he
can Ho more good here.
But certainly all these conditions make it evident
the post-war world will be fixed by future negotia
tion, not by what Washington officials may have
wanted In the first place.
The change In domestic economic policies of
this government are clearer cut The administra
tion move to freeze prices and wages at long last
now carries a ring of sincerity and determination. V
It should have been done a year or more ago,
but the new deal economists desired to let wages
run up, promising a freezing in the end. This now
appears to be the end. . 5 .
A peculiarly I favorable political situation fur-
nishes weight tb Mr. Roosevelt's freezing intentions.
The John L. Lewis wage Increase demands and the
senate side-tracking of farm bloc claims in the
Bankhead bul have brought the AFL and, even
somewhat reluctantly the CIO, into a new position
of alarm against inflation.
Up to now, they have wanted to run wages f
up. But with the farm bloc holding over labor's
head the power to increase prices (by. passing the
Bankhead and Pace bills in congress at anytime)
the president has been able to gather powerful la- '
bor and farm support for a firming of the anti
inflation policies. - 1
Officialdom knows nothing more about Rus
sia's post-war intentions than you -do. Apparently -there
have been no conversations
. . . The Lightning . Interceptor (Lockheed P
" 38, twin Allison engines) plane has developed a
reputation as a super plane in the Tunisian ffghtfng
It climbs like its name, practically straight up. is
faster, and has better protection than the nazi -ships,
and is classed as maneuverable. Bugs have
been ironed out Pilots and war authorities class It
with the Spitfire and Flying Fortress as one of the
three cUtanding planes of the war . v , ,
... MaeArthurs Air General Kenny and Others
are supposed to be very much disappointed with
their Washington plane mission. Production Is
.enough to furnish them the ships, but the shipping
situation is tight They say the Japs are digging
in everywhere In conquered territory, and will be
very hard to get out if allowed to go on for some
months. - . -
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10:00 New, j
10:15 Curtaia Calls.
10:30 ThU and Thai.
11:00 Cedric Foster. ' "
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1:15 Music.
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40 Fulton Lewis. Jr.
4:15 Merle Pitt.
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7 .-00 John B. Hughes.
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8:30 Music Without Words.
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10 AO Desert Airdrome.
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11 AO Treasury Star Parade.--11:45
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4:45 Western Agriculture.
7 AO 6 nulla' Ed McConneO.'
T AS Home Demonstration Agent,
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730 New.
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- SAO Breakfast Club.
, SAO Keep, Fit with Patty Jean. V
OS Woman's. World. .
30 Breakfast at Sardl's.
10A0 Bsukhage Turing.
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115 Your Holly sod News.
1235 News Headline.
1230 Organ: Concert.
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AO Northwest Farm Reporter,
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30 Texas Rangers.
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730 Dick Joy. News.
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830 Stories America Loves. .
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AO Kate Smith Speaks,
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930 Romance of Helen Trent
45 Our Gal Sunday.
10 AO Life Can- Be Beautiful.
10:15 Ma Perkins.
1030 Vic and Sad
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11 AO Young Dr Malone.
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America. - , -
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10 A0-ivr Star Final. -10:15
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725 Aunt Jemima.
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130 Lorenzo Jones.
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Today's Garden
By ULLIE L. MADSEN
New Novel by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Chapter If
' Half an hour later,- Seaman
TJnn and; Fireman Dunnevan sat
in conference in the living: room
of their ; cottage at the hotel;
Ten Percent and Voice-Garvey
were guarding the front door. .'
. ' "Six hundred - bucks for the
purse an! five hundred an sixty
four bucks winnings. Heck. We
tin ain't offn the hook, Tim!".
Fireman TXuuievan gulped. -
Whutj you' sore about? . Hully
gee, Benny." : w : '
Ifs a i dirty gyp! At horse
should of ! paid a lot better price
Them machines Is crooked."
But Benny "
I know who done part of it! '
They was navy dough on' The
Shamrock. I thought I told you .
to tell all the boys to lay off n
.him?" j. ' -
I did,! Benny. I give Hesperi
dis our solemn word that we
woon't even come in last!" Then,
earnestly, You shoont act this
away. Benny. We .got a litterl
murricaLl We won over eleven ,
hunnert bucks. -We Still got The
Shamrock free anV clear besides
that I ah you Is on our way to
riches. : Yerser : v , :v;'.--r'-r'
The telephone rang.
Dont! answer it an leave the
receiver "offn the hook,' Tim!,.
' -But, Benny It's Sedgwick, I
bet He wants we should sell
him Erin Go Brsglv " "
Let him fidget awhile!- -Okay,
paL- " Y -
As Tim was obeying orders,
Voice Carvey stuck his heed in'
: the door. ' .f -; :";-'.
Miss Elnora Templetoa to see
you, ISr. JJnnn ; T- i
Tell her we ain't
Neri She's navy an a four-,
striper's fall" ?s
- I say nix on It!";"';':
I say yerse! Fireman Dun
nevan looked at his pal worried
ly. "You gone outa your head,
Benny? You fergettin that I an
you Is Jest a couple of US sailors
an three days, from now we.
gotta go back to the ship?"
V "Who says we got to?"
V The Skipper an Chief Mul
cahyi Yerse!" .'.---
"Yeah? With a gold mine in .
each hand? Maybe we buy outa
the service an" "
an'you
TEACHER AND PAKENT
COMMENTS ON TESTS
To the Editor:
Dear Sir:! '
X was much interested in your
first editorial in last Saturday
morning's paper. It seems to ma
that your very last sentence
gives the "correct answer,"
though the last sentence In the
preceding paragraph Is surely
partly an answer. Though only
in my twelfth year in the public
school room as teacher I have
noticed a few things about which
I think the general public as a
whole should know more.
To go back to your last sen
tence: YoU cannot be inferring
that the mentality with which
we teachers have to deal is of
a poorer quality than that of
thirty or forty years ago. Is it
not true that the more a 'person
uses his , brain aright in well
directed study the more he
knows? Now when should that
study begin? You're "too shallow"
is capable j of being stated "not
deep enough." Rome was not
built in a day." For our students
to show knowledge our pupils
must know aomething. Students
' are of ages that think they have
some right to form true, high
standards, j That would be all
right if they had knowledge
enough to form true, high stand
ards. Pupils (I have in mind
. the popular "t"rf of these
two terms) are of ages which
should be under control of wise
leaders who not only thoroughly
understand their subject matter
and their methods, but their pu
pils as well; and furthermore,
should be In love with all three
aspects of their tasks. This
should be, by no means, confined
'to the elementary schools. AO.
parents, to be true parents, must
be teachers; not from textbooks,
. it is true, but of the fundamentals
of right living.
We would be wasting time to
examine the past only to regret
It and not learn constructively
from It. Let me here give two
illustrations: Two years ago our
boy was in eighth grade. I made
test of knowledge such ;as ypu
! discuss, and people wonder why '
land blame the schools.: The
school officers are the servants
; of the people, if the people want
l educational advance- they can .
j have it if they will pay the price '
of beginning with themselves. I
promptly took' a hand in our
boy's studies, borrowed texts,
: and worked with him. The next
year we were out in the moun
tains and he began high school'
work by correspondence from
;i Eugene. : I thought the assign-;
ments followed reasonably after
i the eighth grade course of study.
: ' But circumstances prevented his
going very far that year. This
year, after six weeks in a resi
dent high school as freshman, ha
j told us, "I haven't had a thing
to do this whole , time, all the
work has been just doing over
: what I did my last year in eighth
, grade subjects." And it was so.
This year I have been teaching
my upper grade pupils what our
i courses of study call for. It has
jt been a-stiff pull for I have had
fjto re track again and again over
: material in previous years out
i lines, not details but fundament
al principles. . But I have taught
and drilled and retaught. Finally
not long ago one of them said,
We are working harder this
year than we ever have before
ii in our ' lives," and nearly the
: whole room echoed it. Even the
parents agreed, so I took my out
lines and my story to my super
visor, saying, Please, check my
plans, my people say I am work
i ing them too hard." He said
j promptly and rather empbatical
; ly, That what they are there
! for, isnt it?" He looked over
my books which show day by
i day assignments in every subject
for each; grade and then said,
i These outlines were OKed by
j this office last fall. You go right
1 ahead with what you are doing.'
! I know for a fact that the high .
school sophomore sister, of one of '
my seventh grade pupils is doing "
easier work in a certain subject:
it my. practice.' all , through his than my seventh grade la in that -
weeds and will keep the ground
cooler during the. hot summer
weather.!! - "' : v--l .
Mrs. S. L. reports that she has
a number of bare spots on her
lawn where fairy ring held sway
last year,; Dig these out to the
depth of j the mold. This may be
eight to nine Inches down. Also
. Press warttm civilian dmtie
and tk f Victory Garden pswia
f uteres tn plaaUag praklem
make St necessary for Mis Mad- .
sen t ireeaest that hereafter,
eaestloas mailed te her k-e krlef
and snfeioet to answer only la the f
. dally an Snday Statesman gar- - ,
dem coliauu which ska . write. ,
ho wUl emdMTor to answer aU
questions In this way hereafter. .
i i j
dig it out . to a trifle, beyond the
bare spotsl FiU in clean soil and
resow as; lf foir. xiew lawn. ,.
Mrs. B. .F. C. writes that she
has read . Is . so many garden
places this year that one should
spray toicure and not to fore
stall. She is wondering if this
practice jj should be -followed
throughout
Answer: It is of no use to spray
to cure Either mildew or black
spot. One must spray , to prevent
these two rose diseases. Especial
ly is this so pf black-hpot which
can rapidly - defoliate . a rose
bush. If,' in order to conserve
sprays, we must wait until the
disease occurs, then watch very
carefully ? for the. first affected
in awhile." Then along comes a: S5 How often fcrmow your leaf andrptay thoroughly - at
sawn aepenas n ercat aeu upm oara a otes conooumg mick
. how fast your grass Is growing.
r Sometimes r it must- be mowed
twice a week and sometimes once
. Ju-das. Ben n y! A
leava the US Navy?"
y,,- Why. not?"
i Fireman Dunnevan yanked the '
front door open and said;' You
. come right in here, Miss Temple-:
ton! i You come in an' talk ter
Benny. He wants ter leave the
US Navy!" "... . :- . ;.
.' Elnora walked in. I
Oh. he does?" she said.
Yerse! He"
Pipe down, Tim!" '
Seaman Linn scrambled to his
" feet and hastily arranged a chair '
. for Miss Templeton. But her '
heart was to full for calm and'
leisurerly speech. With cold scorn
she. said: "I rtpppse you are al-t
ready secretly negotiating with .
Mr. Sedgwick? I assume that you
will sell him that racehorse? Oh
' yes, of -course!" 'J
N-ner we ain't yet ' '. .
Then Miss Templeton really
cut loose, What 'did patriotism
mean to such men as Mr. Sedg-!
wick and Tim and Benny? Mr.
' Sedgwick yearned to give up his'
career, as a navy flyer and re
turn 16 the -race track. Tim and
J Beejny planned to use their ill-
. gotton gains to buy out of the
service and desert -the US Navy.
What patriots, what splendid
Americans! And at a time like
this on the eve o crisis. Grown,
' able-bodied . men trifling with
Childish toys while the world
was shaking with the thunder.
, of cannons. jVeiy welL They
could 'go on fiddling all three'
of them. But she had thought'
that Tim and Benny were-loyal'
. to the US Navy i
Yerse! We are so loyal, Miss
Templeton! Ain't - we, Benny ?
-Ain't we?" .j.
Jahora'S 'steechhad"A Drought
spot, it would seem better to . the flush of shame to Seaman
snrav vour rose bushes verr ' Linn's brow. He eulDed nolsilv. r
. is : sufficient. I mow my. lawn
once a week. A lawn specialist
told me that most of us mow our :
lawns too short The lawn may
look more velvety when cut.
short, but the extra inch on top
growth will help to suffocate .
; thoroughly once just as the fol-
iage . hail - unfolded. Then you
might wait and see If any dis
ease develops. When a leaf is
affected,! pick it up and burn It
We certainly must be more vigil? '
ant - in jkeeping diseases from-'
spreading,
as a swimmer who flirted with
sirens in dangerous waters and
now returns to solid earth. "
Yeah." he said.' "I an Tim
didn't mean what we said about
actually- qulttin the service."
Benny, I never" j
-' To be continued) :
THE 2nd VAR LOAN DRIVE IS ON!
a
r :
ma. w m. .Mm . .- sm ?
grade schooling to visit his room
once a month. That year his re
ports were not so good and I at
tempted to confer with his teach
er. X said, make him do it,
keep him in, send home work,
IH follow your directions to help
or not as you say The answer
was, Tm hired to teach and I
do. It is up to them whether
they get j It or not" -1 went to
the school board, their answer
was, Th teacher has a contract,
and is teaching.' I : protested.
"That isn't f-M it doesnt
subject WHY? Three years ago
that seventh grade couldn't
take" all they should have.
WHY?; Three or four or five
years , ago ' the primary ; pupils
didn't get what tney should have
had. WHY?, Teachers were;
forced, to spend too much time
on details (such as tying shoes,
washing . hands, ' Settling minor
disputes) of fundamental . living .
the mastery of which is every
child's right- before he has
reached school age. So we par
ents, THE PEOPLE, have mostly
"Lend more money to hers
carry on the figjhtr Thats
what OCCe Cnmmt unift g .
king you and all the rest of ua . .
' asking as to lend It 13 billion fighting
dollars in the next few weeks I IS
billion extra dollars over sad above
aU regular War Bond baying! p
we esa'da it Wawataf do It .
. we owe it to our boys who are fight
' Ing oveneas. For their take,
PVee got to buOd more thtpat T7o
broke all reeords last year when wo
built 8 million tons of snipping. This
year, wee buHding 18 Bullion tons
. .,but stiaix is nof enough!
ITe're got to do more fighting! Mora
and more of onr aoldlers and sailors
' . are going into aetnal combat re
quiring more equipment, and anore
supplies. TTo eannot let them down!
. ITeVe got to buy more War Bondat
To help pay. for the things onr !xt
.
Ing men need weVe
got to boy war Deads aa wo
never bought them before!
In the next few weeks von may be
visited by one of the thousands of
men and women who are giving their
time and effort to the 2nd T7ar Loan
Drive, Welcome these patriotic work
? vJrtby.c hy a
e ITor Bonds you ews . r
Better atHl, cWt wait for them. Co
to your nearest bank, poet oiSee, or
fighting doUan now! hm th lM.e
yen ean do to help those who are :
fighting and dying overseas t : ; ;
Among lV 7 dJJTerent kinds of U. k
'fVmniiMMik - . -
'"' Kranuci is one f ex
actly fita yonr own particular purse
end requirements. These seeuritlee
ere the finest investment In the worid
V For onr Countrya
ake, , . for your own sake Invest
II yen eant . .
t
get results," to which they gave i ourselyesr to blame.: L a teacher,
me no answer. I carried it to the
county supervisor, the county
' superintendent and finally to the
state department of education.
At the last place I was told, If
enough parents took your stand
we could make angys. but you
are only one such coming in once
say. by aU means, let's have more .
tests, but add to them some tor
parents' and a few for young '
married couples, lest 'this thing.
go so far as . to be .-even; mora
TIIEY GIVE TIIEin LIVES ,,.Y0U LETin YOUR HOIIEY!
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