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BY H. T. WEBSTER
The Timid Sou!
4
Salem, Oregon, Monday, April 21, 1952
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND DEMOCRACY
At the recent conventionu of the American Association
of School Administrators held at Boston, President Con
ant of Harvard, a private institution, is quoted as attack
ing private and parochial schools as "harmful to our de
mocracy." and referred to the "American principle of a
iingle school system for all."
Along similar lines were the addresses of other educa
tors. The president of the association called a dual sys
tem of public and private schools "divisive." Dr. Worth
McClure, executive secretary, feared the destruction of
"the unity now found in our democracy" by private
schools.
Dr. Edgar Fuller of Washington, D.C., a nationally
known educator, went so far as to lay to private educa
tion a segregation based on "fundamental beliefs," which
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Boyle Returns from Attack of
Gout But There's No Sympathy
By HAL BOYLE
New York lPl -Ar vnn m
ne cauea more aamaging man me iorcea racial segrega- espag?
tion as found in the south. Yet the rights to fundamental would you like to be a sespag?
beliefs are basic to our national life and brought our ohi come on now Be R ses
forefathers here to find freedom and preserve their "fun- Da, ' piense '
aameniHi oeueis, aim me iubh iiiui, tin cuiiuren suumu ub you'ii renllv stand nut from j ,1 i ! J
brought up and educated a ike prevail, only in communist th. crowd, on'e you,re a 8espag. JXremimb. r .nTiV'vw
Russia, where tryanny destroys freedom in a single public What la a sespag? Well don't have to borrow mnnev well
your foot Is like a knife thrust.
Never laugh at a man with the
gout, podner, unless you want
to make a lifelong enemy. But
pat him on the back gently,
gently and tell him you under-
school system for all.
ed with Gout.
Civilization has needed an
Americans have always stood for education for all,
regardless of economic status. Parents send their chil
dren to schools for education and many have found a
Bounuer education is oiten proviaea Dy me private scnoois organization of this kind for
even though more costly, inis is proven Dy tne records long time. Every other disease
of the universities of new students. Public school gradu- in the medical textbooks has its
ates are found often deficiently grounded in essentials, true blue friends .today from
especially the preliminuary three Rs. They half learn halitosis to hernia, from acido-
substandard subject matter and grow up ignorant by old ' to acute alcoholism,
standards. Bu' Ha, he, ha, ha.
It is the duty of all parents to provide the best possible J"' hil' fa!', Nobo(,y
education for children, wherever found, which will de- t tlfose who 5uffer Ira" ;
i.n nn 4-Ua in Juniliinl'a Annniif.. on1 inHai-atif nkl llmd -full., ...
me imuuunai. u.ru., m mraoii Madness and measles are
and teach him to reason and think, not on the cult of level- gpectable. But gout? "Oh
laugn a sespag IS a member Vou won't have to en In nnv Mnu-nur Fear. Ilnlfip.l Eurnnn
of the Society for the Extension bank to get it. How strong the drive is to-
re-no,
not really gout?
ha, ha!"
Ha, ha, ha,
ling all to mediocrity.
Private education pioneered in the past and still pio
neers and has a bright future for the great universities
with thousands of students cannot be as efficient as the
smaller ones, if well managed. There will always be 0, thi. aiint
room ana necessity iur uie private scnuui nu cuiiee.
Private schools were all that we had in the U.S. until
well along in the 19th century and the exclusive source of because I have Just spent five
learning and the religion they taught a stabilizing in- days flat on my back with a
fluence as it still is. Moreover, the cost of public schools throbbing foot propped on a
has become the largest item of local taxation and if all Pillow.
tirivnto nchnnls wfit-p clnspfl nnrl t.hpir nnnils Rent to nublic When I returned to work,
schools it would immensely increase taxation already bur
densome. Many of these educators favor federal aid for schools,
which would eventually mean government dictation of
education and standardization along political lines and
theories and the eventual demoralization, systemitation
and regimentation of the schools for theories of the
politicians in power which at the present time tend to
socialism instead of democracy. And the nazi and fascist
schools as well as the communist schools have proven it
would be fatal to a real education.
The private and parochial schools and colleges have a
Useful service to perform and have usually performed it
well. While these educators favoring their destruction
loudly shout for "academic freedom," even to shield sub
versives, and balk on loyalty onths, they seem to be do
ing their best to destroy it by curtailing inherent Individ
ual rights of parents over their children.
It is high time we had a na
tional gout week so the buddies
can band to
gether and get more public
understanding. I feel this way
leaning with quiet drama on a
new $5 cane, I naturally ex
pected to be rewarded with a
little milk of human kindness.
When an office pal asked what
was wrong with my foot, I
mumbled bravely:
Tomatoes Grow Fast
Lenoir, N. C. U.R) Darwin E. Beach could not explain
this. Some tomato seeds he planted In a box at 1 p.m. Sunday
apparently had sprouted and one sprout measured two
Inches by 7:30 a.m. Monday.
CHAKEACLAW
Every Man Is President
In Anteaters Association
By HARMANW. NICHOLS
(United Pitta Staff CorrMpondent)
Washington U.R) Step right to "surprise" salad, fresh straw-
up and shake the claw of the berry sundae, and coffee and
newest president of the Anteat- wine,
ers' association.
The association is an outfit When I arrived at the 200
whose members eat five lunch- I hadn't seen Dr. Mann for a
eons a year" at the Washington few weeks. I pumped his hand,
zoo. Appropriately, they eat "What is your name again?"
nothing but wild game. he asked.
I guess I shouldn't brag too
much over being the newest
president because every mem
ber is a president.
Gordon Leech, host at the
National Zoological Park res
taurant, runs the show. It has
more presidents than any other
organization in the world. If
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Peace Can Be Made or Unmade
Within the Next Few Months
By DREW PEARSON
Paris Most of the newsmen ward a unified Europe may be
around Paris seem to think that Judged by the drive of the men
the most important story in Eu- in the Kremlin to head it off.
rope is Eisenhower when he Nobody knows better than they
will leave, where he will speak, what a united Europe under one
what he had for breakfast. I army would do, first, to Euro
don't think so. To me, the most pean defense, and second, to the
important story on either side fight against communism. That's
of the Atlantic today is that the why peace in Korea, elections in
Peace of Europe may be within East Germany, the evacuation of
our grasp. the Red army from East Ger-
Peace can be made or unmade many, even the return of East
within the next few months. And Prussia to Germany all are in
it's unfortunate that Eisenhower volved in the Kremlin's efforU
is leavinir at this crucial time, to block the new accord between
r ranee ana uermany.
It'a a race for unity by the al
lies and a race against unity by
the Kremlin, with Moscow ready
to throw most of its most im
portant blue chips into the pot
to block the dreaded idea of
France and Germany defending
each other from the common
enemy with a common army.
Unfortunately, Moscow has
some potent allies even includ
ing a few in the United States.
Here is a roll-call of the people
and factors lined up with Mos
cow to defeat the most impor
tant step toward world peace in
80 years;
Allv No. 1 la corruDtion In
the final push can be given in (he USA. After World War I a
great leader, Woodrow Wilson,
got sick, and with him sickened
the world's aspirations for peace.
After World War II the admin
istration in Washington swal
lowed too much corruption and
became sick. With that sickness
evaporated Its prestige for lead
ership, its ability to influence
foreign policy, and its power to
obtain congressional appropria
tions. Also another great man
got sick Arthur Vandenberg of
Michigan, the republican who
had kept his party from kicking
foreign policy all over the po
litical gridiron.
Mr. Truman, whose ideas on'
foreign policy are excellent, may
never know how much he has
hurt his own great goals for
peace by failing to clean up the
corruption in his administration,
and by letting public attention
focus on that corruption rather
than on world unity.
Ally No. 2 Is French fear and
apathy. Though he lives with a
potential enemy across the bor
der and though his land has suf
fered two devastating invasions
in thee decades, there is no man
more po"incial than the French
man. And today, though most
French leaders are for unity
with Germany, the man in the
street is skeptical. "Do not arm
Germany with anything more
than a wooden sword," he says.
The average Frenchman not
only fears Germany but he is
apathetic about the whole busi
ness of peace. He is like many
Americans today tired of pay
ing high taxes, against peacetime
military conscription, opposed to
having American or any foreign
B CARL ANDERSON
when a push here or his per
suasive influence there could
make such a difference for fu
ture war or peace.
The vital fact to be remember
ed about Europe today is that
for 80 years men have been
marching into battle on either
side of the Rhine and now, for
the first time in 80 years, they
plan to organize on both sides
of the Rhine under one army
wearing the same uniform.
Eisenhower did not conceive
this idea of a unified European
army. The diplomats conceived
it, notably Robert Schuman of
France. But Ike has given it
Its longest push forward, and if
the next few weeks it will be
more Important to his grand
children than his becoming pres
ident. That's why future histori
as may write that Eisenhower's
departure at this particular mo
ment Influenced the future of
Europe for better or for worse
and for a long time to come.
I put on the touched look and
reminded the good doctor that
I had interviewed him at least
a dozen times in the last few
years.
"Let me tell you something,"
he said. '
It seems that when he was at troops on French soil.
college learning all about ani-
"Oh, nothing much. The politics crept into this thing we mal life and trying to memorize
doctor calls it rheumatoid arth
ritis."
"That's lust a fancy word for
gout," he said. "So you got the
gout, eh? Ha, ha, ha. Boy,
you must have been doing some
high living. Ha, ha, ha."
So he passed the word along.
couldn t enjoy our food. the scientific names of every-
I am president No. 1335 and thing that breathes he had a
have a card to prove It. professor with a phenomenal
The Anleatcrs, a strictly local memory.
outfit, got started eight years "This professor had 1,400 stu-
ago when somebody sent Dr. dents and he memorized the
William M. Mann, the zoo's di
rector, a whole slain buffalo.
Mann and his lovely mate de-
names of every one of them.
"That was the prof s first year
Ally No. 3 Is the German so
cialists. They are deadly opposed
to German rearmament of any
kind; in fact, German youth have
laid down in the streets to dem
onstrate against the proposed
German army. So far, Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer, who fa
vors a European army, has the
majority of West Germany with
at the school. The next year him but hi, margin of votes i,
and the office became a den of cided ,hrow a party at the he became a little disturbed by dangerously slim.
laughing hyenas "Ha, ha, ha, zo restaurant. It was supposed
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! He's got the ,0. stoP tllere. but some
gout. Wish I could afford it."
Well, there you are. Tell
somebody you got the gout, and
right away he jumps to the con-
thing known as notoriety crept
in.
At my first luncheon, we
"Anteaters" had roast half rlng-
ADiiv TDvair rwiT tuc uiii c
elusion you ve been swimming , . ' . . , .
The army is reported to be conducting tests at Fort ln port wine and pork roasts. ceded J?y CTe.am ot P '88"'
Ttonnincr P.i. tn nrnvo that llio ni-mv miilo ia otill MU. .... sol,P- Thcre als0 wn wild rice
................,, ...... lna , lne lIuuulu. i-COpie rirxcciuir TlminHlnir n,,t Ik.
nuii i uiiuvieimiu uiuie aie two moal were buttered
Kinds oi gout ncn mans gout tips, currant jelly
and poor man's gout. Rich
man's gout Is the old-fnshioncd
kind, caused by luxurious living,
and enjoyed I should use such
a word! by British lords and
l!)th century American Industrial
ful in some phases of military tactics as jet bombers and
bullet-proof vests in others.
The army mule has been tried out in nearly every war
the nation has enRapred in and proved worthwhile. They
played a major role in the Indian wars as well as the Civil
and were a most reliable transport. Even in the first
World war the mule was on the job in Europe.
Army mules have been brought to the hutfe training tycoons,
center from Camp Carson, Colo., where the army runs its This kind of gout Is dying
only two full sized animal units for transport. The pur- o- . Poor mn' Bout Is best
pose is to determine just how much of an infantry's equip- described by the Encyclopedia
. j it. i i i Brilannlca as follows:
mcnt can be carried on the backs of mules. ,. ,
... , i Gout may also affect persons
Everything from typewriters to mortnrs are being who observe the strictest lem
loadcd on specially-designed saddles and hauled around nerance in living, and whose
over the Georgia countryside while observers keep care- only excesses are in the direc-
ful check on the results.
A mule is capable of carrying about 300 pounds on a
100-pound leather and iron saddle. One phase of the tests
Is to determine if present standard pack accessories are
capable of packing the new infantry equipment.
The mule can go many places that even the jeep can't, plumbers and naintcrs. as
in mountains, through swamps, etc. It far outclasses the suit of lead poisoning.
horse, surer footed, is tougher, and enjoys comparative What puzzles me is why it
Immunity from disease.
While the mule, like the ass, is obsinate in disposition,
they display wonderful cagacity. They have been used in
military operations since recorded history began and may
find a new place in the mechanized warfare of today.
asparagus
sweet pota-
his own practice. He told me
that every time he remembered
the name of a student he would
forget the name of a fish or
grouse.
"That didn't seem to be right
to me, either, so I started for
getting the names of people."
It must have worked. Dr.
Mann can call every animal in
his zoo by its scientific name
and its nickname as well.
Too Many Aces
Raleigh, N. C. u.F9 Detectives who flushed a poker party
here but failed to catch the gamblers think they probably
saved the undertaker some work. They found 65 cents and
a deck containing five aces.
Usual Trend Reversed
tlon of overwork, either phys
ical, or intellectual."
Naturally, you understand
that what I had was the poor
man s gout. Ciout also hits
Massillon, O. (UPi The price of a bus ticket dropped In
stead of going up. The city council lowered the fare from
13 to 10 cents on the ground the recent three-cent raise
was too much.
OPEN FORUM
(KdUor'i note: Letters to the "Open Forum" must be
limited to 300 words in length and must be signed by the
author, with address given.)
truck me. Too much temper
ance? Overwork? Or could It
have been the aftermath of
Opposed to Daylight Saving
To the Editor: Just want to
y a word in regard to daylight
chewing too many lead pencils san ilme
in I ve lived
ln grammar school?
Starlet Must Save 15 Per Cent
Hollywood, Calif. (U.PJ rert movie starlet Joyce Holden
must try to get along without 15 per cent of her ?2J5 weekly
paycheck for the time being, at least.
Superior Judge Frank G. Swain approved the 10-year-old
actress' new movie contract Tuesday but turned a deaf ear
to pleas to slop saving 15 per cent ot her earnings. Th
court ordered her to save the money when her first con
tract was approved.
Miss Holden cited mounting bills and the tilth cost of
living and said her expenses left her only S20 a week
pending money.
Swain shook his head.
"I must Insist that you cut down
lie (aid.
Gout strikes chiefly In the
ed on the farm most
of my life and I love It. I am
56 years old and I know it makes
Ally No. 4 Is a religious one.
It's the opposition of French so
cialists to a West European
army, which they claim would
be an arm of the Catholic
church.
Fear Rome's Domination
Jules Moch, former French
minister of defense and leading
socialist, outlined this view re
cently to the American officers
at Shape. He pointed out that
Foreign Minister Schuman and
Georges Bidault, the French ar
chitects of the unified army,
were strong leaders of the Cath
olic party, that Adenauer was a
leader of the Catholic party in
Germany ,that Premier Alcide
de Gasperi of Italy was trained
ln the Vatican, and that the lead
ers of the Belgian government
are strong Catholics. Therefore,
the member of the French so
cialist party, he said, were op
posed to creating an army that
might be dominated by Rome.
The French socialists, Moch
said, were counting on Protes
tant England to counterbalance
this, but, with England out of
the European army the socialist
party of France would vote "no"
when it came to ratifying the
army plan. While Moch's view
to be 79 years old and he had
ground in the river bottom about
i mile from the home. He never
carried a watch but when he
thouRht It about noon he could represents a minority, neverthe
tell by his shadow and never less it is significant because the
miss It 10 minutes. French government cannot get
Our God put the sun in the ,.. . . , , ,
lier. And Ihev have to as the sky to rise and set at certain
ni, ,, . i ...ii.. iim. c i.i'. .i h..b in .,. fied army without the socialist
thumb gout I'lT.u"""..; " . , . " ' .. t v. iu.i
liffavar It' nrnU.hlv . . nu uic (JlUUUUt; IIlMIl H1SU. Ulir ni-c o0oiu, .vm-o. inut i mny tun
" " - - - ------ T " "i
big toe, the heel, and instep, or h"4cls',,,p ?n,most 'l"' t0
the thumb. I'm a heel and in- f.l"rt 'J,c. ,,,eld? one . hour "r-
step man, myself. Personally,
i have never met
occupational problem with hitch
hikers.
Which originally pro-
ooys ano a son-in-law into on eiecinciiy as tne oin rivers nt-A . ., ti-hiin. ,,.
the fields to trv and help out. generate just the same day and ,. . .
Many people don't realize how I worked for AlHnrmnn farm, night. So let's set back to stand- one uniform, may be the country
gout feels. It feels as if an ln- for years and they raise lots of ardtimeand stay there. If people finally to reject it. Thus also,
visible madman were trying to row crops such as corn, beans, would spend one-third the time Elsenhower, who now faces the
iuu a wnne noi anvu into your strawberries, potaotes and truck preparing for death as they do first political battle of his career
loot. You have an urgent de- that had to be hoed and they set to try to live and have pleasure mAV ,. i,.i t., ,,'
sire to bite to death anybody the clocks ahead then, too. It was it would be
on your txpenset,"
who comes within three yards of so nasty and wet with the dew
you. If anybody In the same so heavy In the earlv morning
room even breathes heavily, you that it just did not accomplish
can feel It. A fly landing on anything by it. My daddy Jived
a wonderful world. . . , ....
est acmevemeni ox nis career-
Respectfully
MRS. R. C. DIXON,
Route 1, Box 218,
Amity. Oregon.
the peace and unity of Europe
stands in need of greatest help.
tcwmiM mi)
Henry
I ni 7a
Gets Security at 95
Roseville, O. U.R) Adam Gobel finally has his social se
curity card. Gobel, who runs a hardware store, was in
eligible for coverage by the 1935 law until last year, when
the self-employed were placed under the act. He Is 95.
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