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8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Oregon, Tuesday. November 11, 19SS Subsidizing of IParochiaD Schools: Two Clergymen Debate Controversy Edilor'i note: Should the government subsidize the du inent clergymen debate this sharply controversial question i International and the Mail Tribune. The case for governme Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J.. assistant professor of political s against subsidies is presented Affairs. By THE REV. VIHGIL C. BLUM. SJ. Assistant Professor of Political Science. Marquette University (Written for United Press International) The first Amendment guar antees freedom of mind and freedom of religion. These freedoms command the states to distribute educational bene fits equally to all children and students regardless of the school attended. Enforced con formity to the philosophical and theological orientation of state schools as a condition for sharing in educational bene fits is a serious violation of freedom of thought ajid belief. In a free society the indi vidual person must be su preme and central. His value, digrity, and worth, his other world destiny, nis sonship of God, demand personal free dom in the things of the mind and spirit. These freedoms our forefathers wisely guaranteed to every individual in the First Amendment. Enforced conformity in the things of the mind and spirit, they knew, destroys the freedom of the individual and of so ciety. In the distribution of its benefits government must re spect the constitutional rights of the individual. It cannot, for example, demand that the needy aged surrender their constitutional right to vote as a condition for sharing in old age assistance benefits. Freedom of Choice In the distribution of its educational benefits govern ment must recognize children and students clothed in all their constitutional rights. One of these rights, says the Supreme Court, is the right, based on freedom of mind and religion, to attend the school of their choice. Children and students can not be forced to surrender their right as a con dition for sharing in educa tional benefits. Such a condi tion is in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. These constitutional guar antees of freedom of mind and religion in the choice of school were incorporated in the GJ. Bill. Veterans were not forced to attend state colleges as a condition for sharing in public educational benefits. With subsidy in hand, they were free to attend the 474 Protes tant, the 265 Catholic, the five Jewish institutions of higher education. Liberal Americans in in creasing numbers are saying that government cannot de mand the surrender of free dom of mind and religion in the choice of school as the condition for sharing in edu cational benefits. Such a con dition, like a conditon on the rght to vote, they say, violates the Bill of Rights. Liberals Disturbed "It is inconceivable," .said the U.S. Supreme Court in denouncing imposed condi tions, "that guarantees em bedded in the Constitution of the United States may thus be manipulated out of exist ence " Liberals are disturbed, moreover, by the realization that, as the Court warned, "if the state may compel the sur render of one constitutional right as a condition of its favor, it may, in like manner, compel the surrender of all." Freedom-conscious citizens, further, reject the idea that a child or student can be forced to conform to the philosophical and theological orientation of public educa tion as a condition for sharing in government educational benefits. It makes no differ ence whether this orientation is Protestant, Catholic, Jew ish, secularist or agnostic. The state cannot force a child or student to conform to it. En forced conformity violates freedom of mind and freedom of religion. These liberals re ject the philosophy of the con formitarians. In order lo protect the con stitutional rights of noncon formist children and students, these citizens urge that gov- Japanese Missionaries Rev. & Mrs. Arthur Allen Report on 5 Years' Work in Tokyo TONIGHT-8.00 P.M. They Are Returning to Japan This Month 3rd and Central by Dr. C. Emanuel Carlson, eminent subsidize their educa tion directly. This can be done by the certificate or tax credit method. The former entails a direct money grant to parents or students lo help them pay tuition at the school of their choice. The latter entails a partial lax credit on amounts paid in tuition or fees at the school of their choice. This credit is subtracted from in come tax. A plan of direct subsidies for children and students who attend independent schools has a distinct advantage: it establishes only a government student (or parent) relation ship. It establishes no govern ment-school relationship. This has two important conse quences. First, it creates no new basis for government con trol of independent schools. Secondly, the confused issue of separation of church and state cannot properly be raised. The certificate or tax credit plan does not give the aid to independent or church-related schools. It aids only the stu dents, children and their par ents. The college-going G.I. was subsidized, not the school he attended. The President's Committee on Education Be yond High School said: "The Committee does not believe that this assistance to veterans was designed to help, even in directly, the institutions. Ac tually, it imposed an enorm ous burden on them ..." Policy Not Crizied Wilber G. Katz, Chicago University professor of law, declared that "Congress left veterans free as to their choice of school and profession." And he noted pointedly that "not even the most enthusiastic 'separationists critized this policy or questioned its con stitutionality." Veterans used tax money to pay tuition at New York's Baptist Bible Seminary. - Besides liberals, taxpayers also are giving sober consid eration to the certificate and tax credit plans. They are dis covering that the adoption of either of these plans would, in a short span of years, save the taxpayer many hundreds of millions of dollars yearly for the education of American youth. Salmon Fishermen Mystified by Cobweb-like Mass Eureka-TCPD-Samples of a mysterious filmy cobweb-like substance that came floating out of the sky to envelope a fishing boat were forwarded Monday to the University of California at Berkeley for identification. George Korkan and Jack Curry, both of Trinidad, re ported they were salmon fish ing in the Pacific near here Saturday when the mass of diphanous material floated from the sky. "Our boat suddenly looked like it was million years old," Korkan said. "The stuff cover ed everything, including our selves. It even hung from our fishing lines." Civil Aeronautics Adminis tration Dispatcher Norman Beat, at the McKinleyville Airport, reported seeing the same substance three or four days ago when it settled in cobweb-like masses on the an tenna tower. Samples were taken to zo ology technicians at Humboldt State college, but could not be identified. Dr. Erwin Biel fuse, assistant professor of bi ological science, examined the material by microscope, but could make no identifica tion. At first he thought it might be a mold, but later said this was not the case. "The fact that it settles in mass," Bielfuse said, "rules out it being an animal growth." Apostolic Faith Church Medford cation of children who attend parochial schools? Two prom n the following signed dispatches, written for United Press nt subsidies is presented by a Roman Catholic scholar, the cience at Marquette university, xecutive director of the Baptist By THE REV. C. EMANUEL CARLSON, D.D. Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs (Written for United Press International An educational crisis exists throughout the world these days. New nations are emerg ing, old nations are seeking renewal, strong nations are seeking to be stronger, and ed ucation is involved for all of them. If America is to develop the strength which represents our heritage we must take care to conserve the fundamental val ues and insights which have been distinctively ours. In this end I propose a nation wide aggressive re-study of the values which our Federal and State Constiutions are de signed to guard. Many of these values are closely related to our educational system. Democratic control of gen eral education is one of these values. Dictators have made the schools a major target for their control. General educa tion, democratically control led by elected leaders, and carried forward by compe tent and professional educators gives strength to democracy. The public schools must not be permitted to become tools in the hands of special inter ests. Institutional interests, ' whether economic, political, religious or racial, ought not to control the general educa tion of the nation. Public FunOs The Federal and the State governments provide public funds for public education. This is in no sense a welfare dole. On the contrary, public schools are part of the public facilities in a community, in the same way that roads, parks or libraries are. They exist for the community in de fense of the civic and person al competence of all people. It would be small help to our na tion if churches, labor organ izations, chambers of com merce, political parties and fraternal organizations were to be encouraged to recruit the children for their own special schools. Freedom of the conscience is another value guarded by our American tradition and constitutions. Religious par ticipation must be voluntary Conformity is not religion. The use of coercive political powers to enforce prayers, church attendance and creeds would outrage the American public. Our reactions should be' the same if the tax collect or were to go after funds for religious education. Obvious ly, all instruction which is formulated for the attainment of religious objectives must be classified as religious ed ucation. Care has been taken not to impose on the conscience of the child or the parents in the public schools. We must also be careful not to coerce taxpayers into a relgious par ticipation. Money represents their time and energy. Free of Political Control Freedom ot the churches must also be understood and protected. They must be free of political control and of ec onomic dependence. Relying on the commitment and the stewardship of their own people, the churches must have their own sources of in come if they are to proclaim freely their highest ideals and prophetic insights. Depend ence on public funds exposes them to control by political authorities and to jeopardy by the shifting movements of pol itics. Most countries which have ignored this principle are now known for low church attendance, anti-clericalism and even communism. If public funds were avail able for sectaian education they would, of course, be equally available to all the groups. Many groups would feel that in self-defense they must open schools. Commu nities that are now served by one good public school could soon find themselves with a dozen church schools, which are high in cost but low in quality. Buildings, teachers, equipment, transpor tation would all be ineffect ively used. Such deterioration of gen eral education in America just at the time when the Russians have startled the world with the technical power of a gov ernment monopolized educa tional system would drastic ally influence the whole fu ture of freedom. Our govern ment would have no choice left but to impose strict con trols on all schools. The pub lic might demand the end of special interest efforts at gen eral education. In an enduring competitive situation those groups which Milwaukee, Wis. The case Joint Committee on Public find cooperation most difficult would be the hardest hit. In In some states the Baptists could be predominant. In sev eral cities the Roman Cath olics could predominate. In some areas Protestant align ments would produce coopera tive schools. In such sreas struggling minorities would be forced to compromise or to 'travel great distances to ac ceptable schools. This is not the way to solve America's educational prob lems. On the contrary, pro pose a nation-wide re-study of the values guarded by our Constitutions. America's educational needs are great. Not only are the Russians making tremendous strides, bat a new age with new needs for our people has opened befor us. As an Amer ican people we must attain new education levels in all fields. Study groups are in order in every community all over the nation seeking the best answers to the conserva tion and the spreading of the fundamental insights of Amer ican democracy. In this task the churches may well participate. Giving an adequate spiritual under standing is the repsonsibility of the church and the home. These can give more and bet ter religious education with out interfering with the im provement of the general edu cation of our people. HORNBROOK Queen, King By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Hornbrook - Carol Gettle and Darrell Jones, both stu dents in Principal Harley Bak er's seventh and eighth grade room, were crowned queen and king of the grammar school carnival held at the school Friday. This was the second annual carnival by the Parent's club, the proceeds from which are used for the purchase of play ground equipment, or other items needed by the school. Mrs. Bryan Willingham was hostess on Monday, Nov. 3, for a baby shower for her sister, Mrs. Lloyd Raymond (Benny White) of Hilts. Guests were Mrs. John Griffin, Mrs. L. C. Walsh and daughter, Sharee, Mrs. Tom Watt Jr., Mrs. L. E. Jetter, Mrs. Law rence Breceda, Mrs. Ben Phillips, Mrs. Ardon Burns, Mrs. Wayne Cummins, Mrs. Frank Bear, Miss Lorraine White, Mrs. Doris Peters, Mrs. M. G. King of Hilts, and Mrs. Ethel White who assisted Mrs. Willingham. The honored guest, Mrs. Raymond, was unable to be Medford Woman Kurt in Accident Ethel Turley Stamper, 13 Cottage st., was taken to Sa cred Heart hospital by city police following an accident at the intersection of Fourth and Holly sts. at 8:45 a.m. Monday. Ethel Stamper, operator of one of the automobiles, was treated for lacerations and re leased, hospital officials re ported. Driver of the other vehicle was Judith Ann Lockwood Sorenson, 2494 Robbins lane, Central Point. No citations were issued, police said. 4-H Club News Stitch 'n Time Members of the "Stitch 'n Time" 4-H club visited the Singer Sewing Machine center in Medford recently. There they learned how to use a tape-measure and a sew ing machine. Names of the members were sewn on pieces of cloth and different kinds of material were shown the 4-H'ers. . , Pin cushions are the next club project. Joan Eslinger, ' Reporter. LENDS DAM MONEY Washington -fljPB- The Un ited States agreed Monday to lend Nationalist China $21, 500,000 from the development loan fund to help finance the cost of the Shihmen multi purpose dam being built in northwest Formosa. STEINBECK HITS REDS Munich, Germany -(DPD-Am- erican novelist John Stein beck, in a message broadcast to the Communist satellite nations Monday, called Rus sian critics of author Boris Pasternak "the pallbearers of Soviet literature." R V -A I I TESTIFYING at murder trial of Caril Ann Fugate, 15, in Lincoln, Neb., Charles Star kweather, condemned killer, refutes her story she was terrified hostage during January mass murder spree. STANDING alone, Frank M. Jordan, California's Re publican Secretary of State, appears to be only survivor of Democratic landslide. Are Named present, because her baby, a son, was born at Ashland Gen eral hospital on Saturday, Nov. 1. The baby, who weigh ed 5 pounds, has been named Fred William after his pater nal grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith of Winston, Ore., visited their daughters, Mrs. Bryan Wil lingham of Hornbrook . and Mrs. Lloyd Raymond of Hilts, the week end of Oct. 25. Mrs. Ralph Bennett has been in Grants Pass, where she was called Friday, Oct. 31, by the death of her father, F. A. Samain. Mrs. Minnie Bloomingcamp received word Tuesday morn ing of the death of her sister-in-law, Miss Dolly Blooming camp, of Los Angeles. Miss Bloomingcamp, who was 84 years old, came north each summer to visit her sister, Miss Elsie Bloomingcamp of Bogus, and other relatives in this area. She returned to her home in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jeter visited in Chico, Calif., last week end with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Campbell and son, Ricky. Home from Chico State col lege for the week end was Miss Mary Lee Rutledge, daughter of the W. A. Rut- ledges. Gordon Jacobs went to Medford Tuesday evening to meet the plane on which Mrs.. Jacobs was returning from her trip to Mexico. Mrs. Frank Lowe left Wed nesday for Klamath Falls for a visit with her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Fick spent several days last week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chapman, before continuing on to Canyonville, Ore., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rimell. Mr. and Mrs. Fick plan to make their home in Canyonville for the time being. 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