Southern Oregon News Review. Thursday, Novem ber 7. 1946 Corner Shelf and Colorful Cookie Box Schools Play Critical Postwar Role German Education Must Be Recast in Democratic Moki O /fH W PtApSON — 1 LIKE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ByBAUKHAGE Ven t 4 n a h it anti C am m rn ln ln r. WNU Service. 1616 Eye S tre e t.N .W .. W ashington. D. C. W ASH IN G TO N.—W hether we are going to have tw o w o rld s o r one. one of the b a ttle grounds on w hich R i the issue w ill be decided is Ger- f • m any. Lines fo r K ? th a t b a ttle are fo rm in g now be­ tw een one of the m o s t p o w e rfu l forces fo r dem oc­ ra cy. the A m e r­ ic a n p u b lic school, and one of the m ost a n ti­ d e m o cra tic forces o f old G erm any, the P russian edu­ B aukhage ca tio n a l system. When congress meets i t m ust con­ sid e r the re p o rt o f the m ission of educators who w ere sent to the A m e rica n zone by the state and w a r departm ents to study education in G erm any. They came back w ith a ca re fu l and de ta iled study, in c lu d ­ ing a d e scription of conditions and a set of recom m endations w hich, if they can be c a rrie d out, w ill have a v ita l effect in b u ild in g dem ocracy in G erm any. Perhaps an educational system based on the A m e ric a n m odel m ay not be su fficie n t to dem ocratize G erm any but I th in k i t is no ex­ aggeration to state th a t w ith o u t such a system , dem ocracy never w ill be achieved in the Reich. I had the p riv ile g e of attending a conference presided o ver by W illia m Benton, assistant se cre ta ry o f state in charge o f p u b lic a ffa irs , at w hich C hairm an Zook and m em bers of the educational m ission were present. I cam e aw ay deeply im pressed, not only w ith the fa c tu a l data present­ ed— ( I was fa m ilia r w ith some of the d a ta )—but also w ith the im p o r­ tance o f the p ro g ra m as a means o f d e te rm in in g w hether dem ocracy o r to ta lita ria n is m w ill dom inate w estern Europe and perhaps the w orld. S y ste m M ix tu re of M a ste r, S e rv a n t We know how G e rm a n y’ s histo ry, h e r p o litic a l and social in stitu tio n s, have a ll tended to create a peculiar type of th in k in g w hich has resulted in a caste system w ith a strange m ix tu re o f super-ordination and sub-ordination on the p a rt of the in ­ d iv id u a l G erm an. The superfi­ cia l and erroneous explanation is th a t the G erm an is h a lf d om inating and h a lf s e rvile . T here isn’ t space here to go in to G erm an psychology but there was one point in the edu­ ca tional m ission's re p o rt w hich was emphasized by th e ir ch a irm a n and echoed by A ssistant S ecretary of State Benton, w hich p a rtia lly ex­ plains this phenomenon. I t reveals perhaps the greatest single fa c to r th a t can block d e m o c ra tic evolution in G erm any. T h is fa c to r, the m is ­ sion says, “ has c u ltiv a te d a ttitudes of s u p e rio rity in one s m a ll group and o f in fe r io r ity in the m a jo rity of the m em bers o f G e rm a n society, m a kin g possible the subm ission and la ck o f se lf d e te rm in a tio n upon w hich a u th o rita ria n leadership has th riv e d .” The bars go down on the p ath of dem ocracy fo r the G erm an c h ild in the fo u rth grade o f ele m e n ta ry school. I t is here th a t the fo rtu n a te 10 p e r cent who are to be the “ su­ p e rio rs ” leave the un fo rtu n a te 90 p e r cent, fo r at th is p o in t—when the ch ild re n are about 10—those who e xp e ct to attend the u n iv e rs itie s and p re p a re fo r a professional career a re set aside in secondary schools. I t is la rg e ly the fin a n c ia l o r social position of the parents w hich fo rm s the basis of selection fo r these sec­ ondary schools. The ove rw h e lm in g m a jo rity o f pupils, a la rg e pro­ p o rtio n of w hom deserve u n iv e rs ity education because of th e ir a b ility , finish e le m e n ta ry school and then go on to vo ca tio n a l education. This m akes a fu n d a m e n ta lly "u n d e m ­ o c ra tic d iv is io n o f the educational s tre a m .” U n til they are 10 years old little F r itz and Johann have studied and played together in som ething ap­ p ro x im a tin g the com radeship of tw o A m e ric a n boys, though one’ s fa th e r owns the bank and the o th e r’s runs a ta ilo rin g shop. B u t when they leave the fo u rth grade, th e ir ways p a rt and each ye a r fro m then on, the w a ll between them grow s hig h ­ er. D r. Zook’ s voice was fille d w ith re a l em otion when he described one o f the m a n y experiences he had when the m ission vis ite d the G e r­ m an e le m e n ta ry schools. I t was his p ra c tic e to ask the fo u rth grade c h ild re n ; “ W hat are you going to be?” And w ith o u t the slig h te st hes­ ita tio n they w ould answ er: "B u tc h ­ er, baker, clo ck-m a ke r, cobbler” or w h a te ve r i t m a y have been, never d re a m in g th a t it could be anything else, because th e ir w ay already had been chosen fo r them . This re ve la ­ tio n , D r. Zook said, was as h e a rt­ b re a kin g to h im as when again and again, fo u r out of five o f the c h il­ d re n answered “ no” to the question: “ D id you have any breakfast to­ d a y? ” C ontrast the life of these children w ith the A m e rica n c h ild re n who spend eight years together in the grade schools, m any o f them four m ore in high school, where a ll com ­ pete on equal term s, where a b ility can be assayed, where am b itio n can be estim ated. School P la n t H it H a rd b y W a r This is only one facet of the prob­ lem w ith w hich the educators who m ust guide G erm an education w ill have to deal. There are a great m any physical d iffic u ltie s , too. In the firs t place, there is a dearth of buildings, o f teachers, of equipm ent M any of the school buildings are rubble. M any have been requisitioned fo r various uses by the m ilita r y governm ent. In the w in te r there is the question of heat—th is w in te r probably w ill be one of the w orst— and this is one of the most d iffic u lt problem s to overcom e because of the shortage of coal in the A m e rica n zone. As to teachers, m ore than one- h a lf of the G erm ans were dism issed because o f th e ir p a rtic ip a tio n in the Nazi setup. There are few books. There is a paper shortage because there is no m a ch in e ry to m ake paper. There is no m a ch in e ry because there is no steel. There is no steel because there is no coal. And so the vicious c irc le continues, affe ctin g the whole question o f supply and equipm ent. There are, on the other hand, some things on the c re d it side. F o r instance, the fa c t that the G erm ans have an in b o rn respect fo r le a rn in g and a fte r a generation behind the “ iro n c u rta in " they are lite ra lly sta rv in g fo r in fo rm a tio n concern­ ing the rest o f the w orld. I can te s tify to this fro m m y own con­ versations w ith a n u m b e r o f the young people, as w e ll as the old e r ones, who had had at least a g lim ­ m e rin g of the w o rld before Goeb­ bels. It is ge n e ra lly a d m itte d th a t the firs t tw o obje ctives o f the occupa­ tio n forces have been re a lize d m ore fu lly in the A m e ric a n zone than any­ w here else. I re fe r to denazifica­ tion and d e m ilita riz a tio n . These are im p o rta n t but negative. On the posi­ tiv e side, d e m o cra tizatio n lags. We know v e ry little about w hat is hap­ pening in the Russian zone but a na­ tion th a t has progressed as fa r in m o u ld in g the m inds of its own peo­ ple, undoubtedly is not neglecting its efforts in G erm any. We know th a t despite the te rrib le conditions in Russia arrangem ents a lre a d y have been made fo r students fro m the Russian occupied countries to take courses in the Russian u n iv e r­ sities. The recom m endations out­ lined in the m ission's re p o rt in­ clude s im ila r pro je cts fo r tbe fu tu re , as w e ll as va rio u s other steps extending beyond the schools them selves and operat­ ing through the parents and teachers organizations and other groups. There is no in te n tio n to superim pose upon the G erm ans any system against th e ir w ill. So fa r there has been excellent c o -'-'e ra tio n and educational c ir ­ cles in G erm any are enthusias­ tic about the steps a lre a d y taken. They hope th a t tra in e d educa­ tors w ill come to G e rm a n y ; they would be only too glad to send th e ir people to th is co u n try fo r in s tru c tio n . They m a y not know w hat dem ocracy is but there is plenty of evidence th a t they w ant to find out. P resum ably the re p o rt as fo r­ warded to the s e c re ta ry of state w ill receive his approval, and congress w ill have the o p p o rtu n ity to pass upon the whole p ro g ra m but, as the re p o rt concludes: "T h e developm ent o f this p ro g ra m is not the responsi­ b ility of the go ve rn m en t alone. E q u a lly , i f not m ore, im p o rta n t is the in te llig e n t backing o f the A m e rica n people in the re o rie n ta ­ tion of the G erm an people. We have co m m itte d ourselves to a p ro g ra m in w hich education plays a c ritic a l role. There m u st the re fo re be no tu rn in g back in o u r support o f th a t p ro g ra m so v ita l to the enduring peace o f the w o rld ." J '? ! « F U T U R E J IV E A D D IC TS . . , C om bining the average c h ild 's l ik ­ ing fo r banging on pots and pans w ith an aw akening of his n a tu ra l sense of rh y th m p robably w ill not m ake the neighborhood q u ie te r but it w ill b rin g out the ju m p and Jive of the younger set. Y ou th fu l “ hep-cats" are shown here a t a Jam session at New Y o rk C h ild re n 's A id society. NEWS REVIEW Full Agenda Faces U.N.; Wave of Strikes Looms U.N.: V ccfi/ig Underway V yacheslav M. M o lo to v shook the hand o f M r. T ru m a n w a rm ly in the lobby o f the U nited N ations meet- I in g place in New Y o rk a fte r his ad­ dress to the delegates and a Rus­ sian in te rp re te r to ld the P re sid e nt: “ M r. M olotov w ants to co n g ra tu ­ la te you h e a rtily .o n th a t speech. He thought i t was a g re a t speech." L a te r th a t n ig h t when M r. T ru ­ m an greeted the delegates a t the S ta rlig h t Roof of the W a ld o rf As­ to ria hotel. M olotov and the P re si­ dent again shook hands w a rm ly , and the in te rp re te r repeated: " M r. M olotov wants to thank you again fo r y o u r splendid speech." The speech w hich M olotov so h ig h ly praised was a m a s te rfu l d ip ­ lo m a tic piece, indeed. I t recog­ nized the ta lk o f another w a r a ris ­ ing fro m the differences of the big powers over the postw ar com po­ sitio n of the w o rld , but appealed to the s e n s ib ility o f the m a jo r states­ men to a v e rt such a disaster. It called fo r com prom ises to adjust differences between the E ast and West, but c o m m itte d the U. S. to no definite adjustm ents. W hile firm , it was co n c ilia to ry . Thorny Issues M r. T ru m a n could w ell prepare the path fo r firm ness and c o n c ilia ­ tio n w hat w ith the U. N. about to m u ll oveg an agenda packed w ith explosive possibilities. F orem ost of these was the proposals advanced by A u s tra lia and Cuba to e lim in a te the veto rig h t of the b ig powers on the se c u rity council, a rig h t the Rus- sians have jealously guarded to pro­ tect th e ir interests against the A n ­ glo-A m erican m a jo rity . O ther th o rn y issues included: • C reation o f a trusteeship council to govern dependent areas o f the w orld, p a rtic u la rly the stra te g ic Ita lia n colonies along the M e d ite r­ ranean. • Russia's proposal that a llie d coun­ trie s re p o rt on th e ir m aintenance of troops in other states, except fo r­ m e r enem y nations. • Ira n 's protest against Russian pressure fo r p o litic a l and petroleum concessions. • Russian demands fo r the e a rly ouster o f the Franco regim e in Spain. LABOR: A p ic Demands New co n tra ct demands by the auto, fa rm equipm ent and m ine unions le ft A m e rica n s w ondering if a new wave o f strikes was In the o ffin g ju s t as production appeared to be g e ttin g into fu ll swing. W ith increased output, consumers saw m o re goods at lo w e r prices. Auto— W idespread in te re st cen­ tered in the C IO -U nited Auto W ork­ ers offensive against the C h rysle r c o rp o ra tio n fo r wage increases c o r­ responding to the rise in the cost of liv in g since the union was granted an 18’/4 cent an hour boost last Jan­ uary. In pressing its offensive against C h ry s le r in the hope o f establishing a wage p a tte rn fo r the e n tire indus­ tr y , the U AW disclosed i t w ould ask fo r a m in im u m increase of 16 cents an hour to take care o f the 12Me per cent rise in the cost o f liv in g since la st Ja n u a ry. A boost of 26 cents I an hour w ill be dem anded if the i cost o f liv in g should soar 20 per cent o r 33 cents if the rise reaches 25 per cent. F a r m E q u ip m en t— In re-op­ ening c o n tra ct negotiations w ith In ­ te rn a tio n a l H a rve ste r, the C IO -F a rm E q u ip m e n t W orkers asked th a t union | m em bers "b e allow ed to share in the p ro s p e rity o f the com pany and the c o u n try .” H a rve ste r spokesmen denied the a llegation th a t the firm | w ould tre b le its best p re w a r profits in 1946. Besides h ittin g fo r su bstantial | pay increases, the F E W also w ill j seek a guaranteed annual wage as­ su rin g a m in im u m of 40 hours com ­ pensation fo r each of 52 weeks. V IC T IM OF LA W . . . A legal q u irk m a y deprive six-year-old B illy Keefe, Jersey C ity, N. J „ paralyzed since b irth by cere­ b ra l palsy, of his beloved pony, B eauty. The board of health con­ tends his m other, also paralyzed since his b irth , ille g a lly co n ve rt­ ed a garage into a stable. C oal —C h a rg in g the governm ent w ith v io la tin g the c o n tra ct w ith the U nited M ine W orkers under w hich the U. S. is o p erating the nation's soft coal pits, U M W C h ie fta in John L. L e w is called fo r a new pact em ­ bo d ying revised wages and hours. S e cre ta ry o f the I n t y io r K ru g ’ s a tte m p t to d efer the opening of n e g otiations m e t w ith L e w is’ blu n t assertion th a t fa ilu re to hold d is­ cussions would void the c o n tra ct RECALLS 1920 SPIRAL Farm Mortgage Debt Soaring CHICAGO. — F o r the firs t time-®, in 23 years, fa rm e rs are plunging a fte r a steady decline before and in to debt, D r. N orm an J. W all, head d u rin g the w a r, he adds. of the d iv is io n o f a g ric u ltu ra l The to ta l fa rm m ortgage debt in ­ finance in the bureau of a g ric u ltu ra l creased 80 m illio n d o lla rs in the six economics nam ed delegates to the m onths ending la s t J u ly 1, he re ­ N a tio n al A g ric u ltu ra l C re d it com ­ ports, adding th a t land values are m itte e m eeting here. fo llo w in g closely the s p ira l of W orld Inflated land prices com bined W ar I. He com pared the present w ith p lenty of cash are responsible position to th a t of 1920, when prices fo r the increased debt am ong fa r m ­ o f land shot up in th e ir fin a l sp u rt ers, D r. W all m a in ta in s. The before they sta rte d skidding. am ount o f money fa rm e rs owe th e ir R u ra l bank loans also are going c re d ito rs is on the w ay up again up, Recording to D r. W all. N on-real estate c re d it advanced by co m m e r­ c ia l banks soared 22 per cent in the y e a r ending June 30. A p re d ictio n th a t fa rm debt w ill continue to Increase was m ade by the go ve rn m en t economist. A lre a d y the ra te of repaym ent, w hich was esp e cially heavy d u rin g the w ar years, is slackening, he adds, a t­ trib u tin g th is co n d ition to the fa c t th a t fa rm e rs are using th e ir sav­ ings to buy m a n u fa ctu re d goods now becom ing in cre a sin g ly abundant. W ASH IN G TO N The A m e rica n people are now beginning to realize th a t the road to peace a fte r w ur is never easy. B euting our swords back into plowshares som etim es is m ore d iffic u lt than fo rg in g the swords of buttle. But one encouraging m ilestone on the road to pence now is under w ay in New Y ork where the sm a lle r nations of the a llie d w o rld , who fo r m onths have had to sit and take it fro m the Big F our, now debate on an alm ost equal footing. M any m ay have forgotten it, but th is issue of free debate caused a b itte r b a ttle a t pie Sun F rancisco conference. M olotov then wanted to stifle free debate. He proposed that the generul assembly of the U nited N ations not even be p e rm itte d to I discuss o r to c ritic iz e decisions of the big powers s ittin g on the secu­ r ity council. A u s tra lia n F oreign M in iste r E v a tt, spokesman fo r the little powers, opposed, lie w ent fu r­ ther and dem unded th a t the gen­ e ra l usseinbly under the recog­ nized p rin cip le s of dem ocracy have the pow er Io o ve rru le the se cu rity council. He was re­ buffed, not only by his own “ m other d ip lo m a ts ” fro m Lon­ don, but also by the Isolationist- grounded senators of the U. S. delegation. In the end, the general assem bly was given the power to debate, d is­ cuss, c ritic iz e , und recom m end—but ' not to c a rry out. T h a t is w hat It Is ' doing at the present sessions. B ehind the iro n c u rta in , p u b lic opinion s till is tig h tly controlled. When it is decontrolled, then we need no longer w o rry about w a r be­ tween the USA and the USSR. M eanw hile, the sessions in New Y o rk are lik e the firs t s tru g g lin g but . healthy debates of the C ontinental congress and o f the U nited States congress w hich grew th e re fro m . They w o n 't achieve m uch at the m om ent, but they should pave the w ay to g re a t and hopeful things. IIA K K Y T R U M A N 'S PRESS I f H a rry T ru m a n could place an ad in the papers, p ro b a b ly it w ould read som ething lik e th is: “ W anted—Good press s e cre ta ry; w illin g to w ork long hours; m ust be p ra c tic in g new spaper man, not a fra id to say 'no? Low sa la ry, but p riv a te ca r and p lenty of prestige. C a ll N a tio n a l 1414 o r w rite II S. T., 1600 P ennsylvania avenue, W ashington, D. C .” There are few w eaker spojs in the W hite House sta ff than T ru m a n 's press aides. V ener­ able C h a rlie Ross, the P resi­ dent’s se e re ta ry, s im p ly is n ’t fillin g the b ill. P ersonally one of the finest gentlem en in Wash­ ington, Ross is by nature an in ­ tro v e rt; doesn't get around m uch, is a poor spot-news re ­ p o rte r and a com plete fa ilu re as a press agent. Newsmen who cover the W hite House som etim es are genuinely a la rm e d at Ross’ ineptitude. They c la im he doesn't read the news­ papers re g u la rly , doesn't even keep up w ith the W hite House d ire c ­ tives. F re q u e n tly, W hite House newsmen have asked about stories w hich were on the fro n t page o f the m o rn in g paper, but Ross shows he sim p ly has not read the papers. E X IT '52-20 C L U B ' The “ 52-20 clu b ” is fo ld in g up fo r m a n y veterans and Gen. O m a r B ra d le y, the V eterans’ a d m in is tra ­ to r, is deeply concerned over th e ir a b ility to re a d ju st them selves. The " c lu b ” is composed o f un­ em ployed vets who receive re lie f a l­ lowances o f $20 a week fo r 52 weeks. The ye a r is now up fo r m a n y ex-servicem en who have been rid in g this g ra v y tra in , the w o rth y as w e ll as the idlers. M any m ore who clim b e d aboard in the firs t few m onths fo llo w in g V-J D ay also w ill be cut o ff soon. Of 1,600,000 cla im a n ts nn the ro lls la st A p ril, only 40,132 had exhausted a ll th e ir cla im s up u n til August. H ow ever, between now and the end of the year fro m 150,000 to 200,000 w ill jo in th e m . V ete ra n s' a d m in istra tio n is fe a rfu l m a n y w ill be unable to find Jobs. G eneral B ra d le y has never liked the “ 52-20 c lu b ,” believing it subsi­ dized idleness. M any veterans found It m ore co m fo rta b le to liv e on the $20-a-week dole than to w ork fo r a liv in g , although some, Including the disabled, m ade an earnest e f­ fo r t to find jobs. 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