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EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1962
Positive Understanding, not Blind Hate
Strong is the demand for instruction
In the public schools in "anti-Communism."
True enough, most students will
say they hate communism. But, accord
ing to the Insider's Newsletter, many
students who are thoroughly indoc
trinated in anti-Communist learning are
woefully deficient in the literature and
philosophy of liberty. How, one won
ders, can they hate, when they don't
understand what they like?
Science Research Associates has pub
lished a "Principles of Democracy" test,
designed to measure how much high
school students know about their gov
ernment and the freedoms it guarantees.
The test suggested that less than half of
the high school seniors tested under
stand what personal liberties are pro
tected by the Constitution. Two thirds
said they would prohibit the showing of
n film shout fhn .Tannnnsn rplorntinn ron-
ters in the West during World War II,
because showing such a film would make
America look bad. Only 31 per cent said
they would permit a group to meet and
preach race hatred or dictatorship.
It makes little difference if a stu
dent can parrot the words of the Bill of
Rights, even if he memorizes something
like the Gettysburg Address. He cannot
understand these things unless they are
presented coolly in terms of specific
cases. The student must learn that the
guarantees cannot be any good unless
they also apply to people who are not
particularly admirable.
Not always, but often, and usually
In the more celebrated instances, civil
rights controversies involve dope push
ers, safe burglars, people who write
dirty books, Communists, convicts,
atheists, people with whiskers, followers
of odd-ball religions, nudists and others
who are, one way or another, quite dif
ferent from the "normal" American.
Some who brag the loudest about their
love of America would be all too willing
to deprive those they do not admire of
the blessings of America.
Insider's Newsletter says school
teachers are often reluctant to teach
about civil liberties by using the mean
ingful case method. If a teacher explains
why the publisher of a dirty book is not
behind bars, parents jump to the con
clusion that the teacher is in favor of
pornography. If the teacher explains
why the police let a patently guilty
racketeer go free, parents are too likely
to think the teacher is on the side of
the gangsters. There exists a fear that
the parents who control school systems
can't or won't distinguish between a
broad principle and its application in a
specific case. And if parents can't or
won't make the distinction, how can we
expect that the boys and girls will grow
up with it?
Anti-communism, patriotism, what
ever you want to call it, can't be taught
negatively. It isn't enough just to go
around hating "reds." Some of the most
outspoken, self-professed red haters in
the country are also the ones who would
be first to persecute citizens guilty of
wrong thinking. They would adopt a
Communist device to protect us from
Communism, never wondering what pos
sible difference it could make to the rest
of us who our master was.
In Oregon the State Department of
Education is working on outlines for two
"anti-Communist" courses, one for the
junior high years, another for high
school seniors. The earlier one especially
is heavily oriented toward American his
tory and a study of American traditions.
If this emphasis is preserved, we shall
get what we need a tough-minded ap
preciation of America, not just a cheap
parroting of easy hate slogans.
it it it it
it it
Heat Conversion
It's hard to believe, but apparently
Congress must still be prevailed upon to
understand that sheer common sense
dictates the use of waste heat from Han
ford's atomic energy plant.
When it was first proposed by the
Bonneville Power Administration that
this heat be used to make steam to drive
electric power generators, private power
companies said this would be an unfair
invasion of their domain. And they were
joined by coal and oil industry spokes
men to argue that private enterprise
was the key issue involved.
Then came a group of Washington
state public power agencies who were
willing to finance steam plants at Han
ford and willing to offer half of all
the electricity produced to private power
companies. It looked like this proposi
tion should be a shoo-in. But the House
rejected it, 232 to 103.
No logical arguments were even at
tempted as the House voted last Tuesday
to refuse the Pacific Northwest the ad
ditional low-cost electricity which could
be generated at Hanford without any
coit to the federal government, and,
with share-and-share-alike advantages
for both public and private utility sys
tems. It was as though the House had
voted that ducking an opportunity to
benefit the Northwest was preferable to
incurring the wrath of the oil and gas
industries, and, perhaps, some private
power interests which are dead set
against any project not an out-and-out
free enterprise proposition.
The wasting of heat which Hanford
produces as an unwanted by-product of
Its operation will continue unless the
Senate now takes the lead to force con
gressional reconsideration of this mat
ter. And chances of that happening
aren't tooobright unless the leadership
of the Senate is prevailed upon to re
alize, an appreciate, that the additii
f 800,000 kilowatts to the Northwest's
power supply would I more than one
and a half Bonneville gams could pro
duce, o o
Emphatically, someone mus apply
heat enough to convince influential sen
ators, and then members of the House,
that Hanford's heat would be worth mil
lions of dollars converted to electricity.
Someone must point out to Congress that
its refusal to approve any good use of
Hanford's heat amounts to wastefulness
which the Northwest, and the nation, can
ill afford.
"Someone" in this instance
should be every Northwest Chamber of
Commerce, industrial organization, labor
union, resources study group and private
citizen interested in getting his tax dol
lar's worth. And a good man for "some
one" to start appealing to would be Sen.
Clinton Anderson of New Mexico, chair
man of the Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee.
Pay Up
The International Court of Justice at
The Hague hasn't got any teeth. But its
judgments do carry a great moral force.
Thus last Friday's decision on payment
of U.N. assessments is a very important
one. The court ruled that countries
which are in arrears on special assess
ments levied for emergency operations
must pay up. The principal nations in
volved are the Arab states, the Soviet
Union and some of the old-line European
colonial powers.
Members have been pretty good about
paying their regular dues. If they don't
pay those, they can't vote. But many
have been remiss in assessments for such
things as Korea and the Congo. Hereto
fore, no loss of voting rights has been
likely if those weren't paid.
The court did not rule, could not
rule, that nations that don't pay can't
vote. But its ruling gave the General
Assembly good reason for so deciding.
This ruling could throw the U.N. into
one of the greatest crises it has faced
since K"Va. But it, one that had to
conic some time. If the U.N. can weather
it, and it undoubtedly can even though
it gifs a fe scratches in the process, it
till emerfe stronger than ever. No or
ganization is any good ifit is jitll of free
Editor's Mailbag
Prayer to Buddha?
EUG&NE (To the Editor)
Ever since the recent Supreme
Court ruling against prayer in
public schools, I have become
increasingly disturbed at count
less news articles and letters to
the editor blasting the decision
of the Supreme Court.
Article I of the Bill of Rights
grants the people of the United
States freedom or religion: free
dom to worship the God of their
choice and freedom as to the
method of that worship. This
means that the government can
not tell the people of the U.S
who or what to worship. This
also means that the Hindu and
the Buddhist may worship as
freely as the Christian as long
a. this freedom of worship does
not encroach upon the rights
of other individuals. To deny
this freedom of worship to any
religion would be to take away
the freedom of worship we all
so richly enjoy. And when I
say all, I mean freedom we all
enjoy. I have observed that
many people do not take into
consideration that freedom of
worship means freedom for all
religions. This means that if it is
legal for the state to prepare
and offer a Christian prayer in
its schools, it would be equally
right for the state to prepare
and offer Buddhist prayer in
the public school system. I won
der how many Christians would
have sat idly by if the prayer
which the State of New York
gave for use in its public school
system had been a prayer to
Buddha? Yet this would be legal
Ralph McGill
The Dignity of a Japanese Meal
TOKYO: There is a restaurant
here frequented by university
presidents, philosophers and
scholarly persons generally. The
proprietor likes it that way.
One recent eve
ning the head
of a distinguish
e d foundation
telephoned and
requested a res
ervation for a
dinner party of
ten. The owner'
said, "You will
be all right, sir,
but who will
your , guests
be?" After they were thorough
ly identified, the humble host
was told he could bring them.
There is no city in the world
AlcUill
Other Editors' Views
Crime Trend
Always Up
From the Oregon Journal
The Uniform Crime Reports
issued annually by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation have an
alarming sameness about them.
The trend is always up. Major
crimes in the U.S. in 1961 were
3 per cent above the previous
high in 1960.
It is not enough to say (hat
the population is growing too.
Over the last five years crime
outstripped population growth
5 to 1. It is not enough to say
that the jump in crime is due
to economic adversity. The
times in which the greatest
growth has occurred have been
relatively prosperous.
In the face of this growing
threat to our society, we natur
ally look to our law enforce
ment officials as our first line
of defense.
The statistics would indicate
that their effectiveness in de
terring crime has not kept pace
with the challenge. But to leave
the blame there would be su
perficial. FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover
says: "Crime is a social prob
lem and a community responsi
bility which crosses all walks
of life."
Hoover further says . . . "law
enforcement efforts are basic
ally limited to effective prevent
ive patrol and deterrence
through successful investiga
tion." Law enforcement agencies do
not determine the moral climate
of society which is in part re
sponsible for the growth of
crime. The people themselves
set the climate.
Furthermore, the quality of
law enforcement is dependent
on the people themselves, their
respect for law, their willing
ness to cooperate with police
agencies and their willingness
to support programs to raise the
standards of law enforcement.
This would include adequate
pay for policemen.
The growing crime record
warns of the need for hotter en
forccment at ail levels. This will
come only from the leadership
of dedicated men in this field
and a new awareness by the
puiilic of i responsibility.
In the long run, la enforce
ment 'is only as good i tSe
peopl want it to be.
which has so many restaurants,
cafes, tempura bars, snack bars,
and hole-in-the wall places
where bowls of noodles and tea
may be had in a hurry as this
one. Tokyo also has a larger
number of really superb restau
rants. She has her share of the
elaborate, overly decorated, "ex
pense account" geisha restau
rants, catering to Japanese and
American businessmen who can
charge off entertainment, on
taxes. They are very much like
their counterparts in New York,
Chicago, Paris or London.
But Tokyo probably is the
only place where there are eat
ing places which are quietly
magnificent in beauty of dec
oration, service and food. They
are relatively small. One may
attend only by reservation.
They cater to known and re
spected customers. The vulgarly
expansive spender is not wanted.
Even Sukiyaki Modified
The Japanese restaurant of
this category usually has a
small garden as an entrance.
The removal of shoes, the silken
cushions on the matted floor,
are all routine to those who
have eaten in the Japanese
room of restaurants in the
United States. But even the
familiar sukiyaki is under
standably modified in them.
In Japan a sukiyaki dinner is
such a delight that even west
ern legs, cramped from sitting
cross-legged before the low
table, cannot dull it. The
kimonoed women who cook and
serve it are experts at both
preparation and serving. Time
was when the deep-frying bowl
and sesame oil were heated
with charcoal. Today the gleam
ing cooking utensil is heated
with a small gas flame. The
large tables, of polished, beautifully-grained
wood, have re
cessed connections.
Ritual Adds Appeal
There is a definite ritual in
the Japanese dinner. The in
gredients are placed on plates
about the cooking bowl. There
are slices of beef, white and
beautifully-cut leeks and onions,
sections of green pepper, bean
curd, and silvery threads of a
gelatin-like vegetable called
konnyaku. They make an at
tractive study in still life.
The ritual includes the order
of cooking. The pieces remain
in the hot oil until practiced
eyes see they are ready. At
that instant deft chopsticks pick
them out and transfer them to
the guests' plates. Later, bowls
of rice appear, and finally,
noodles. A slice of melon is the
usual dessert.
Americans also like the tem
pura bars. They, too, follow a
routine. The cook stands before
his bowls of batter and cooking
oil. The guests sit before him.
Shrimps are first; batter-dipped,
they are ready very quickly
cooked always one at a time.
But so skilled are the cooks
that there is little delay be
tween servings. Small fishes
follow. Then prawns. At some
of the better tempura bars,
water cress is tied into bou
quets, dipped into batter, and
cooked. Leeks, onions, peppers,
pieces of squid, mushrooms
all these are the ingredients of
tempura.
Japanese barbecue resembles
not at all the greasy slices of
pork familiar to the Bar-B-Q
stands in America. The guests
sit about a table. In the center
of it is a deeply-recessed iron
brazier. Charcoal is the fuel.
Across the brazier top are
heavy, flat iron bars about an
inch thick and an inch and a
quarter wide. On these go, in
order, slices of beef, non-greasy
pork, chicken, peppers, leeks,
thick slices of large, sweet on
ions. Once done, they are re
moved by the young woman at
tendant, dipped in soy sauce,
and served. The last item is a
bowl of rice into which Jap
anese tea is poured. Melon or
an ice sherbet is the dessert.
(Distributed, 1962, by
The Hall Syndicate, Inc.)
if the Supreme Court had ruled
that it was constitutional for the
state to prepare and offer pray
er in its schools.
I am one Christian who is cer
tainly thankful that the found
ers of the United States were
wise enough to grant us true
religious freedom and that there
are still a few men left in gov
ernment with enough common
sense and judgment to save the
rest of us from our ignorance
and emotions.
FRED E. W1KOFF
443 Sierra St.
Exercise and Prayer
CULP CREEK (To the Edit
or) I was much impressed by
Mr. Devin Duncan's recent let
ter in the editorial mailbag in
regard to his suggested "new
way future" which may prevail
as a result of the recent Su
preme Court ruling in regard to
public school prayer. He has
suggested that sometime people
may have to hide in their base
ments if they want to pray. Now,
what about us poor unfortunates
who do not have basements and
may still want to pray? To these
unlucky ones I have decided to
offer these suggestions:
Since we are a nation of "nam
by pamby softies" and need to
exercise daily to develop our
muscles, why not combine a
prayer exercise ritual? Of course
the prayer must be "hidden"
within the exercise. Now find a
room that doesn't have too many
doors or windows; remember, if
Mr. Duncan's "new way" does
materialize, spies may be sta
tioned at all observation points
looking, and listening for all
"subversive reactionaries." Af
ter entering said room, fall to
knees, extend arms upward, bow
head and body slightly forward
and start your exercise (and
prayer). As you repeat each line
bend your arms and body closer
to the floor, after last line, fall
prostate on floor, pound same a
few times with outstretched
hands also head, if you feel
like it. Be sure to soft pedal the
prayer words and come out loud
and clear on the exercise part.
Here is the prayer exercise
(prayer words in parenthesis):
This exercise (Dear Lord)
will keep me fit
If I but work (Help) and
don't just sit;
In fact I know (Us) if I
persist,
I soon can (All) do the
"new-way twist"
Repeat this prayer exercise at
least twice daily. To the few
timid souls who may be afraid
to even m u r m e r the prayer
words, I'll just say: Let your
hearts waft the message upward;
our Lord likes this kind of
"talk" best anyway.
MRS. JOE SLOAN
Viewpoint
Walter Kerr in "The De
cline of Pleasure:"
We are all of us compelled to
read for profit, party for con
tacts, lunch for contracts, bowl
for unity, drive for mileage,
gamble for charity, and stay
home for the weekend to re
build the house.
Radically Different From the Distortions
Visitor Often Sees Best the Image of a New America
By LEON DENNEN
or Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
NEW YORK (NEA) The
roads that led generations of
Americans to Paris, Rome and
Athens in search of amusement,
education and culture now bring
scores of Europeans for similar
reasons to New York, Cleveland,
Chicago and Dallas.
This time they come to the
United States, not as immigrants
in search of economic security
or persecuted refugees seeking
a haven, but as students and
tourists eager to discover Amer
ica. 'Store Genuine Interest'
"Frankly, I never thought I
would find the ordinary Ameri
can so warm-hearted and gener
ous," said Oysten Lilleskare, a
tall blond high school student
from Norway.
"I've met in Norway American
So They Say
r :-. ... ' i
The old antagonism between
government and private indus
try .. . is played out. In mod
ern society, government has to
appear as the partner of indus
try, which shares its profits and
losses, as its patron, as the user
of its products, as' the cham
pion of the consumer, as the
director of scientific research
... as the initiator of new pol
icies, as the creator of a spirit
of confidence and enterprise.
British rrlme Minister Macmlllan.
The government is deeply in
volved in the conduct of the
economy. . . . Mass population
alone .-founts for regulatory
requirements undreamed of in
Thomas Jefferson's day.
-William Mrrhranev Martin, chah?
man o( federal Reserve Board.
Calloused hans )iere the
badge of a pioneer, T.ut a fur
rowed brow is the insignia of
ea modern man.
jc-BUly. Graham.
tourists and GI's. Some were
good and some bad like all
tourists and soldiers. I saw Hol
lywood movies and have read
American writers from Mark
Twain to William Faulkner. But
I never believed that I would
fall in love with America."
"We were told that Ameri
cans have no culture," said dark
eyed Helen Mavroukaki from
Greece. "I found more genuine
interest in painting, music and
dancing in Dallas where I at
tended high school for a year
than in Rome or my native
Athens."
Oysten and Helen were mem
bers of a group of some 2,000
high school students from 49
countries who spent a year in
the United States under the
American Field Service inter
national scholarship program. In
1.900 communities across the na
tion they had been living with
farmers, factory workers, sales
men and bank clerks in homes
carefully matching those of the
students.
Of course there were aspects
of American life like racial dis
crimination that the students
did net like. But the majority
agreed with Gurkan Altuna of
Turkey that Americans are no
toriously bad propagandists de
spite the fact that public rela
tions has become a fine art in
the United States.
A House appropriations sub
committee thus completely
missed the point in criticizing
the Kennedy dministration's
$4,200,000 plan to. attract tour
ists to the United States. The
old cliche that "scing is be
lieving" still holds true
The fact is that foreign visi
tors are discovaing a new
image of America. It bears little
resemblance to Mark Twin's
"Innocents Abroad" jr Sinclair
Levis' "Main Stftet." ? is radi
cally different fromjtigc distort
ed iiStice o(0t smug, conform
ist, dnlle-mad American" whjrh
hasSieen painted-bv msay con0
temporary literary snobs tor
mented by their Freudian self
hatred. 'The Only Nation'
Indeed, it was a brilliant writ
er from France, Andre Malraux,
who saw the promise of con
temporary America when he
recently said in New York:
"For culture, for the freedom
of the mind, I offer a toast to
the only nation that has waged
war but not worshipped it, that
Carmichael
vMf to 3EE MY
virion pictures f
,Jl-
has won the greatest power In
the world but not sought it, that
has wrought the greatest weap
on of death but not wished to
wield it; and may it inspire men
with dreams worthy of its ac
tion." No Impression of Decline
Even behind the Iron Curtain
they are beginning to learn the
truth about the United States.
Here, for instance, is what Lud
wik Dembinsky who spent a few
months as a student at Harvard
wrote about America after he
returned to Communist Poland:
"Despite a very high standard
of living and a very high degree
of everyday comfort, there are
few signs of the satiety now
characteristic of European so
ciety. ... It is true that one can
be a real American, not only
through a passport but in one's
heart, without ceasing to be an
Italian, a German or a Pole, a
thing impossible in any Euro
pean country."
"Americans." Dembinsky con
eluded, "do not give the im
pression of a declining society."
Was he. in his own way, giv
ing the lie to Nikita Khrush
chev's oft-repeated assertion
that the Red hammer and sickle
will one day fly over a degener
ating America?
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