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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand April 22, 1976 The Utah Independent Page 11 MAN A COURSE OF STUDY Continued from page 4 In the enactment of one myth, a child about whom I was told, was re quired to play the role of the elderly grandmother who clings to a boat which is about to leave her behind to die. Another child was assigned the rote of her offspring who chops off the grandmother1 s fingers so that she cannot de-l- THE SINISTER PURPOSE their departure, Robert W. Lee, in an article in fhe July 30, 1975, issue of THE REVIEW OF THE NEWS quotes child psychologist Dr. As a clinician with Lorand as stating: twenty-fiv- e years of experience in working emotions and cognitive dechildren's with velopment, I find the program appalling for elementary school age children... and I fully agree with the protesting parents that it poses a danger to their young childrens development. Baldacchino, in his HUMAN EVENTS article, mentioned Dr. Armand DlFran-cesc- o, a family physician in Buffalo, N.Y., maintains that has caused emotional traumas and psychological disturbances for several young children he has personally treated. According to Dr. DiFrancesco: MACOS first became interested in this course of study when a young 12y ear-o- ld girl from a nearby city was referred to me because of severe anxiety, and insomnia, and school phobia, and who began to have sexual obsessive thoughts. In therapy, I have teamed that this was brought about by the teachings Certainly, the majority of parents do not want the schools to neutralize the influence of the home ,and of family and church values. The vast majority of Americans believe in moral absolutes, such as honesty, loyalty and individual responsibility They do not want their children to be taught that all cultures are equal. Some cultures are sick and evil. Children should be reared with an awareness of moral truth and of the ultimate source of truth. Children need to be led, as the Bible.teaches, Conlan in the December 27, 1975, issue of HUMAN EVENTS stated that the MACOS which program promotes a philosophy unteaches morality, patriotism, American values, Judaic-Christiethics and so will be more children that beliefs, of a world view rather than an accepting actually traits of the Netsilik Eskimos; although many such individuals are also active in 50 - $4.00 100 - $7.50 - $1.00 20 - $2.00 8 250 - $15.00 1000 - $50.00 Postage Prepaid- - NON-PARTISA- TOTAL FEDERAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION? MACOS proWhen the taxpayer-financ- ed OFFICES: May 17, 1976 rs was completed at a gram for cost of nearly $7 million, more than 50 fifth-grade- publishers refused to market it because of its objectionable content. The National Science Foundation then used federal grants to subsidize a promotion and marketing scheme in direct competition with regular textbook publishers so that 1,700 schools could buy it at cut-ra- te prices. Why should local autonomy in education, and have always repudiated a national policy on education or a single national school system directed from Washington. WHO MAY GO TO MASS MEETINGS?: Any qualified elector living in the district Does this mean registered? No If I am 17 but will be 18 by election day, may I go? Yes WHERE & WHEN MAY I REGISTER? In the County Clerks Office any day except Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, regular registration days and a ten-da- y period prior to any election. Registration Assistants will be active in various parts of the County from August 1st to October 17th registration forms may be obtained at any bank or office. municipal registration forms must b received by the County Clerk at least 10 days prior to the election. REGULAR REGISTRATION DAYS (8 am to 9 pm in voting districts) August 3, 14, 24 October 9, 12. 26 By-M- ail By-M- ail QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION: U.S. Citizen, resident of the State for' 30 days prior to the November election and 18 years of age prior to the General Election Day ABSENTEE BALLOTS: Write to County Clerk for Absentee Ballot Application CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION RISING in the Congressman Conlan writing HUMAN December N MASS MEETINGS: MILITARY PERSONNEL: Young person sees voting officer and completes government form 76 and forwards to this office. This is registration and application for ballot. Form must be marked either primary or general. We must have separate form for each ballot desired. . 27, 1975, issue various movements which are breaking EVENTS had this to say: down barriers to adultery, infanticide lt was my objections to National senilicide (euthanasia), (abortion), Science Foundation funds to develop, . etc,, homosexuality, promote, and market MACOS that led to . within our own nation, the congressional inquiry and a cut-o- ff Thus it is seen that the covert aim of of federal funds to promote and market the MACOS program for by school programs, seeking to brainwash them to accept and wife-swappi- 35(J FILING DATES FOR PARTISAN OFFICES: April 15 to May 10, deadline 5 pm. FILING DATES FOR June 30th (School Boards) an ed want our children to adopt the specific Single copy ELECTION INFORMATION - 1976 - that promoters of MACOS do not Prices: in the paths of righteousness, not as MACOS does that every persuaded value is subject to criticism. In this regard. Congressman John B. the federal government be in the textbook business? Congressman provided the answer in a speech in the House of. Representatives BRAINWASHING AMERICA'S CHILDREN on April 9, 1975, when he charged that there is an insidious attempt to impose It is important to note that a basic particular school courses and approaches assumption of the MACOS study of the to learning on local school districts Netsilik Eskimos is that their abominable using the power and financial resources behavior results from cultural and geoof the federal government to set up a graphic factors, and is therefore undernetwork of educator lobbyists to control standable and justified. , education throughout America." Robert W. Lee in his previously-mentionAnd then Congressman Conlan added: article put it this way: ,rWe Americans place a high value on In our opinion, MACOS is not to be condemned so much for describing what Netsiliks do, as for subtly promoting tolerance of what they do. It is likely . DEPENDENT AMERICAN, P.O. Box 636, Littleton, Colorado, 80120.. -- American view.' and by the stories as recounted in the MACOS program, I subsequently had occasion to have two other cases of children who developed anxiety and conflicts as a result of some of the things that were taught in this program that were in conflict with some of their religious beliefs and teachings at home, civic and politicalr-actioorganizations, and, of course your friends and neighbors. Be sure to send copies to your Congressman and two Senators expressing your views. Order TAX FAX No. 146 from THE IN- n 1976. ay who The aim is to introduce these courses into 1,900 additional classrooms in 500 school districts in 50 States. This is scheduled to be accomplished by the'end of grants. of ng, fifth-grade- rs, tolerate the abominations of the Netsilik for promotion of The funding cut-o- ff to an in attempt MACOS and other radical social studies Eskimos, is, actuality, weaken the confidence of the. young in courses came in response to months of traditional Western standards of civili- intensive grass-ro- ot activity by taxpayers zation and Christ n standards of morality. angered at the nature of many of the course materials funded by NSF that have-BRAINWASHING found their way into local school systems insidious and a new there is And, equally across the country. However, NSF officials program which is aimed at molding a new made it clear in new testimony before a generation of American high school stu- House subcommittee on February 10, 1976, dents. It's called Exploring Human that they still have no intention of getting Nature," and was developed by Harvard out of the textbook business without a fight. University and the Education Developmentof Further, the Ford Administration's proCenter, Inc. with a $2,486,890 grant posed NSF budget for fiscal 1977 once Science National the funds from taxpayers again calls for funding NSF development Foundation. and promotion of these curriculum proYOU VE A in his to Rarick, According grams. RIGHT TO KNOW newsletter of May 1975: , HIGH-SCHOOLE- RS the same team of social experimenters who created MACOS, the sexual-soci- al engineering program aimed at Exploring Human Nature incorporates most of the same violent and sexually explicit material found in MACOS, 'This is fifth-grade- rs, WHAT YOU CAN DO you oppose the use of taxpayers' funds via NSF to brainwash Americas children, and break down the moral values taught children by their parents, then BUY and DISTRIBUTE copies of this pamphlet so that others can be alerted to the facts If marketing contained herein. intensive, MACOS both and promotional program for Send or give to all members of your and Exploring Human Nature isinbeing school board, members of parent-teachlocal NSF financed with more than $1,275,000 groups, as well as members of An high-pressu- re, er SPACE RACE! If you ever see an editor who pleases everybody, there will be a glass plate over hjs face and he wont be standing up. - |