Tuesday, May 28, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE 8EVEX
Lack of High-Voltage, Brainpower Causing Alarm in United States
BY LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington (IP) The United
States is developing an acute
shortage of precious natural resource-high
voltage brainpower.
Government officials r e p o rt
that the national deficiency in
"creative" talent, which first
showed up in science and engine
ering, now extends through the
whole spectrum of business and
professional skills.
It is reflected in the 3100 mil
lion a ' year that industry is
spending-on "executive develop
ment" programs. . .in the frantic
scramble for technological spe-
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SITTING IN CAPSULE, Maj. David. G. Simmons tests
controls in preparation for ascension in balloon to 100,000
feet over Minnesota. Plan is for Simmons to remain at
record-breaking altitude 24 hours. : . -, (Interrational)
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Washington Sen. Theodore F. Green (D.-R.I.) to colleagues
paying him tribute as the oldest man ever to serve in Congress:
"If they know they're right, they should keep on. They'll win
in the end ... a clear conscience and hard work will win in the
end."
Chicago National League President Warren Giles, on a report
of a proposed three-team franchise shift:
"I don't want to have to deny anything and then look bad by
having it turn out another way." '
Montgomery, Ala. Prosecutor William Thetford, rebutting
the defense's arguments in the trial of two white men charged
with dynamiting two churches:-
"We're not waving a bloody flag. We're not trying to get the
NAACP involved in this."
Washington West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, on
his talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles:
"We discussed an extremely important question, especially for
us Germans, namely the link between general disarmament and
German unification."
Pittsburgh Sen. John F. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) stating that a
Roman Catholic could be president: '
"The people are running ahead of the politicians . . . who say
a Catholic would have no chance for the presidency. The people
today are more interested in a man's talent and ability than his
religious convictions."
Washington Rep. Gerald R. Ford Jr. (R.-Mich.) denouncing
the House Appropriations committee's attempt to force the Army
to keep operating the Murphy hospital, which has more staff per
sonnel than patients, at Waltham, Mass.:
"This is the grossest case of extravagance and inefficiency that
I have ever heard of. It is the most wilful misuse of federal funds
that I have ever heard of."
Philadelphia Miss Darling, a spokesman at Father Divine's
headquarters on a report that the Nego cult leader is dead:
"It's the same thing, just a rumor. We haven't any comment."
New York Evangelist Billy Graham, condemning the lust of
New Yorkers:
"Thousands of New Yorkers read sex magazines and other por
nographic literature and they are worshippers of Baal just as sure
ly as though they take part in lewd orgies of passion before this
false god."
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feverish efforts of many small
towns to attract a resident physi
cian. . . in the empty pulpits of
thousands of churches ... in the
lack of qualified teachers at
every level of education from
kindergarten through the univer
sity graduate schools. . .in the
starting salaries of $4,000 a year
and up that are being offered to
this year's college graduates.
Officials emphasize that the
demand is not merely for more
trained specialists but for "real
leaders."
'In practically every single oc
cupational field," said Seymour
L. Wolfbein, manpower chief of
the Labor Department, "we find
a great need for people at the
top levels of knowledge, skill
ana creativity."
How did a brainpower short
age develop in the nation which
has the most extensive public
education system the world has
ever seen?
There Are Reasons
One explanation is that the
unusually low U.S. birth rate
of the 1930s is now being re
flected in the number of young
people who graduate from col
lege into business and the pro
fessions. Another major reason is that
technological progress and eco
nomic growth has tremendously
increased the nation's need for
highly trained personnel. Labor
Department studies show that
we got along with 4,200,000 pro
fessional and managerial work
ers in 1910. This year we have
about 12 million, and by 1975
we will need an estimated 18
million.
Although the number of train
ed specialists available for these
jobs has risen steadily and
sharply in recent years, the rise
has not been fast enough to keep
up with demand.
HOTEL TO CLOSE
Portland (IP) The Perkins
hotel, known for years as a hub
for cattlemen, will close June
30. Owners said that it would be
too costly to restore the building
in compliance ' with demands
from the fire department.
Dead Una for Sunday Classified Is
at noon Saturdav
I A third reason for the brain
power shortage is the failure or
inability of thousands of promis
ing students to complete their
education.
Figures Appall Educators
Many government officials and
educators are appalled by U.S.
Office of Education figures show
ing that only about half of the
high school graduates who rank
scholastically in the top quarter
of their class go on to college.
The other half, who could profit
equally well from higher educa
tion, quit school to take a job or
get married.
Another appalling s t a t i stic
from the y.S. Office of Educa
tion shows that 40 per cent of all
high school students drop out
before graduation.
In an effort to plug this great
"leak" of potential brain power,
the federal government is cur
rently enlisting the aid of news
papers, broadcasting stations and
civic groups in a nation wide
campaign in August to persuade
high school students to "stay in
school."
One point which will be stres
sed in this campaign: The aver
age high school graduate can
count on lifetime earnings at
least $50,000 greater than the
average "dropout." The value of
a college degree in terms of
lifetime earning power is esti
mated at more than $100,000.
Teacher Shortage Serious
Those who conclude that more
and better education is the only
answer to the brainpower short
age immediately run into the
fact that one of our most serious
shortages is 'in teachers, par
ticularly highly-qualified teach
ers who can serve on college
faculties or teach science and
mathematics in high school.
The supply of trained teach
ers for elementary and high
schools has been gradually in
creasing in recent years, partly
as a result of improved teaching
salaries. The U.S. Office of Ed
ucation estimates that the "net
deficit" of qualified teachers was
reduced from 180,000 in 1956 to
about 140,000 this year. '
But higher up the education
ladder, colleges report extreme
difficulty in attracting and hold
ing top-flight men for faculty
posts.
4 Medical Students
Rescued From River
Portland (IB Four Uni
versity of Oregon medical school
students were rescued Monday
night after their sailboat tipped
over in the Columbia river.
Alice M. Ailey, 25, suffered a
hip injury when she was knock
ed against the side of a rescue
boat. Others rescued were John
Misko, Betty Jo Davenport and
Robert M. Brown, Misko said
they, had sailed from the Colum
bia Yacht club when the boat
suddenly turned over. They held
on to the boat and drifted about
half a mile until another boat
came along and rescued them.
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