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Show Thursday, March THE LEADER. 31. 1955 'MM Tremonton, Utah inCERTIVES TODAY'S ECOnOMIC SYSTEMS THrtEAB patriotism, Published by the security; fear of police action; public acclaim; power, and joy of , public service. LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc. SUBSCRIPTION advance) $3.00 RATES per year. (In Entered at the post office at Tremonton, Utah as Second Class matter October 15, 1925 under act of March 3, 1879. Wages only according to the principle: "from each according to his ability and to each according to his worth." A. N. RYTTINO Wages and profits at sufferance of the State; patriotism; fear of police action; public acclaim; power, and security. Editor-Publish- er Wages and profits in direct relationship to one's ability to compete in a free market. .. (XH30D in every field of American life needed to break down the American citizens' love of coun& Dr. Gor by lw try and their will to safeguard DaZCTOf - NAIMKUt its system, and thus prepare the BUOAIION MOOtAM r way for a by the Communists. "Patriotism" be came a word used only by reactionaries." Loyalty to the "world" under "world govern ment became an aspiration toward which many school Back in the 1930's when our children were directed. "World nation was wallowing in one of citizenship" was a slogan on the several depressions that many campuses. have occurred in our upward It has taken a number of march to constantly better liv for the insidious aims of years some important ing conditions, the behind this conspirators educational the among people collectivism forces felt that the American private enterprise system had scheme to be recognized by important people in education. proved to be a failure and Some were duped by the con should be changed. They joined In fact, in some cases spirators. some sinwith other forces cere people and some scheming loyal Americans were so con Communist conspirators to fused they lent their talents to reorient education in the Uni- formulating educational materted States, to prepare a coming ials and techniques subordinatgeneration for some form of ing patriotism, subordinating the value of our national sov collectivism. even the Their efforts showed up in ereignty, subordinating aspects of character religious many textbooks, in elassrooms, building, and plugging for soc lectures, and in a mushrooming ialistic and an in enterprises propaganda program, beamed to ternational government superadults, which pointed up and seding our own. the defects in A Tide Turning? our system of capitalism and A striking example of the claimed great advantages for various forms of collectivism. beginning of what seems hopeCommunist Russia had just been fully to be an educational recognized with approval by swing back toward love of God President Roosevelt, and in the and country and respect for our cultural and literary groups in American economic system is to the East, where the concentrat- be found in the transformation ion of Communist agents was wrought in the controversial heaviest, the collectivism en- high school civics textbook, Ma- visioned by Karl Marx and gruder's American Government, national scholastic "best sel championed IfXtie Russian Reds attracted many influential intel- ler" for 38 years. lectuals. In last week's column I menFrowned on Patriotism tioned' that the whole atmosAt the end of World War II, phere of the book had been the conspirators who were by f changed during a rewriting then manipulating propaganda period begun when heavy criti LOOKING AHEAD take-ove- Educational Good News world-governme- nt over-emphasiz- ed -- cism was voiced by parents over the 1946 edition. Here is a paragraph from the opening chapter of the 1946 textbook: "When we have definite international laws and an army to enforce them we should have international peace, for instance, when atomic bombs are made only by a world government and used only by a world army, who could resist? The United Nations formed by the Allies is a step in that direction (italics added)." In championing the surrender of "some" of our national scv ereignty, the book quotes writer E. Stanley Jones: "Center yourself on yourself and "make yourself sovereign, and that self will go to pieces. That is true of the individual, and it is true of the group or nation." Spirit of America in the 1955 edition these passages do not appear. Here is an excerpt typical of the orientation . of the rewritten 1955 book: "As the leader of the free nations of the world, the United States is working for a lasting peace among all nations. But at the same time we know that the only sure guarantee of peace in today's strife-tor- n world lies in our own strength and in that of our allies. We oppose the Sov d communist dictatorships because we love liberty even more than we prize peace. We agree with Patrick Henry that peace is not to be bought at the price of chains and slavery." The 1946 textbook, in discus sing our economic system, said: "Capitalism economic gives freedom and incentive to do one's best; but it does not give as regular employment as a socialistic system of v iet-le- The main body of the population of Hongkong is Cantonese (South China) with the minor ity northern Chinese but they all looked just Chinese to us. There were many British, other Europeans and a few Americans. Since our hotel was on the mainland, we took a ferry back to Hongkong. We walked along the waterfront watching the picturesque sailboats, junks and sampans. We saw the fascinating "ladder streets", narrow lanes with steep flights of stairs reaching to the apartments or offices above the street level, and also, the typicial Chinese markets. Roy seemed quite interested in the costume of the' women and as I looked closer I could see why. The women wore a very snug one piece dress with a high neckline. The skirt was so tight that in order to walk at all, the side seams had to be opened inches above the knees. Yes he took some pictures. Hiring a couple of rickshaws pulled by coolies, who insisted they spoke English, we asked to be taken to the station at, the foot of Hongkong mountain where we could catch a tram to go to the top. The coolies, with a handkerchief in one hand to wipe away the perspiration, took off on a trot. We sat back enjoying the scenery as they jogged along. When the coolies suddenly stopped, we realized that they had taken us to a club for foreigners. When they realized that they had made a mistake, they soon found a man who spoke both English and Chinese, who told them where we wanted to go. The coolies didn't run as fast as they retraced their steps as the return trip was slightly up hill. When we reached a stoD- sign very near to where we had hired them and they turned into a street with a steep ll grade, Roy couldn't stand to see World Travelers Enjoy Visits in Tokyo, Formosa, and Hong Kong the Zoological Gardens, the Toshogu Metropolitan Art Gallery, the up the Imperial Library and a monu ment to General Grant, of all the crescent-shapesac- people. We stopped at a tea Arriving at the station our taxi driver told us td go to the red bridge which crosses the house and were fortunate in second floor. On the second Daiya river. Higher up on the seeing a Japanese Bride innat floor we could see people form- mountain, after climbing innum ive costume. I was also interest ing in lines for various trains erable steps, we arrived at the ed in her four tiered wedding but no ticket offices. Contrary colorful and cake which was quite western Niomon gate to what we had been told, we shrine, and taking off our shoes, in design. We walked through couldn't find anyone who spoke we visited the shrine with its busy Ginza street with its side English, so while I held a place Buddha. Farther on there was walk bazaars and its milling in line for the "Express" train, a d pagoda considered people. We saw no beggars and Roy made the rounds of the to be the finest in Japan; the couldn't help but comment on windows on the first floor, say- carvings of the world famous it to each other. ing hopefully, "Nikko? Nikko?" "Three Monkeys" who heard, The change that has come to Finally, after trying at eight saw and spoke no evil, decorat Japan was most apparent in the windows, with time running ing of all places, a sacred attitude of our young lady guide short, he found a . man who stable; and then we came, to the who seemed to fairly gloat over would sell him two tickets at Yomeimon Gate at the entrance the recent privileges and power an unexpected bargain very to the Toshogu Shrine. that the women of Japan were cheap. When he was so long The Yomeimon Gate, richly acquiring. She even predicted coming I was forced to give up and colorfully decorated, is said that Japan might eventually bemy place in line, but with a to be so striking that it is come a women's world. After few seconds to spare, we hur- popularly called the gate where spending two years in a country ried through the turnstile, only one tarried all day long to ad- where women are kept in the to be stopped by a couple of mire it. I could have looked background and where the pace conductors. We sensed that they longer if the rain hadn't increas is leisurely, we were impressed were saying something about ed in volume. The National with the emancipation of the our tickets but before one of Geographic has carried articles women and with the generally the commuters in another line with colored pictures on Nikko industrial pace of the Japanese. could come to our rescue, we if any of you would like to Everyone seemed busy. saw the "Express" train pull know more about it. Enroute to Hongkong, our out without us, then we found There were many groups of plane landed on the Island of out that we had tickets for the Japanese .school children visit- Formosa. A few military pre "Local" train to Nikko. ing the shrines. Their colorful cautions were observed such as Imagine our surprise when raincoats and Japanese umbrel- closing the curtains on the winwe entered the train to find las added more color to the dows of the plane as we flew that the seats ran the length of scene. Roy tried taking a num- in and forbidding the taking of the car, one on each side, and ber of pictures, ' in spite of the pictures. As we left the airport, that our backs 'were to the rain, with the helpful suggest- the curtains were left open. window. Fortunately, the train ions of tie guide as to the best Formosa was green and the mountains were wooded.. It wasn't too crowded to begin angles and points from which with, so we were able to sit at to take the shots. Then the guide looked as if the farmers were an angle and see out. This train disappeared. At we very efficient in their first, did give ua much more local thought we had lost him in the color than the Express could crowd but after Hongkong wasn't at all as I roaming around possibly have done. We. rode for some minutes, we began to had imagined. We flew over a surrounded by high wooded with the "working class" of wonder what had happened to bay Japan instead of the tourists of him. About the time we were mountains and I wondered the coolies perspire another other countries. Our traveling beginning to get a bit where we would find enough minute. He got out of the rick angry, a companions, changing somewhat girl in a uniform level ground upon which to shaw, paid the coolies for our with each stop of the train, used brought us a note from the land. It was only after we had ride, and, we walked up the hill the long aisle between the seats guide, in English, which said flown over the mountains, then to the station. O well, I needed for their freight, which varied that he couldn't go on and over more water to land on the the exercise. I realized that from parcels, large and small would we please The Peak Tram, running on a disengage him. mainland, that in squares of cloth with the The was to the top of Honekontr isan cable actually girl didn't know enough nongKong four corners crossed and tied, land. on page four) (Continued to for us find out what English to vegetables in baskets, and was was There wrong. nothing boxes of fish. Many of the older to do but to go on alone. We women slipped off their wooden followed other groups around, sandals, faced the window, and taking our time as we watched sitting on their feet with their their ceremonies. knees doubled under them, On our return as we passed chatted as they engaged in sev- the souvenir shops outside the eral forms of needlework. They Yomeimon Gate, the girl who reminded me of many of you had delivered the note, called ladies at home who crochet and to us and indicated that we knit as you ride along in cars, should follow her. In a small making the most of every min- room at the rear of the shop, ute. The passengers were as we found our reclining interested in looking .us over on a mattress onguide the floor. He as we were in looking at them. apologized for the inconvenI think that all of us had a good ience he had caused us and extime; I know we did. plained that he had suddenly The leisurely pace of the become ill and couldn't climb train gave us time to observe any higher. Since he felt that not only the passengers but the he should rest a little longer, --country as well. Rice and veg- we paid him and found bur own etables seemed to be the two way down the mountain. We Model HC11 most important crops. The rice caught , the evening Express was being harvested. Men and back to Tokyo. women were wading in mud The following day we toured Mitt --families say and water, cutting the rice Tokyo, a city unique in the straws by hand. Some of the world because of its dual char, cut bundles of rice had been acter. Here East and West strung on pole fences to dry. the old and the new have while other bundles had been blended - into one. Like most tied in layers around the trunks cities in America, it has some of trees. Every foot of ground large, concrete buildings and had been carefully utilized. paved, treelined streets, it also wHhd Most of the labor was done has the older parts of the city by hand. We saw two women where the streets are narrow, with a small section of spike the houses small and crowded Fbocf toothed harrow that had ropes and the sidewalks covered with tied to each corneT, swinging small open shops. Chic western the harrow by means of the dress mingled with the colorful Yea, many families who hive or during special sales when Freezen in their homes price are low and quality high. ropes, back and fourth between native costumes and high heels had tell us that they save op to $120 Yon can freeze fruiti and vegethem, letting the spikes hit the walked beside wooden sandals. more each year. tables from your own garden. ground on each swing to try to The tour, we took, included the in food can freeze leftovers. You teasoo buy They break up the clods in the wet Imperial Palace which is sursoil. rounded by a series of moats Arriving at Nikko, we hired with pagoda-likguard towers a guide and although it was at the OBLIGATION COM! IN TODAY-N- O corners; beautifully landraining a little, we began a scaped Hibiya Park and Gardwalking tour of the places of ens; Ueno Park noted for its ilium Interest. The Nikko National cherry blossoms and also conmcTiic Park, covering an area of taining the National Museum, Phone Tremonton By LeRoy and Mildred Bunnell 141,000 acres, owes its ity to the gorgeous Shrine. As we started mountain, we passed popular d, d, . five-storie- . up-hi- Come drive America's best-selli- car ! ng Complete and official registrations for December, 1954 and January, 1955 (the first two complete months for which comparative registration figures are available on '55 models) show that . . . MORE PEOPLE ARE BUYING '55 CHEVROLETS shop-keepe- rs - j THAN ANY OTHER CAR! the... -- 0 Geh&al Beettfc Come in look it over and drive it you'll see why Chevrolet's the best-selle- and O-- r! Freezer E ' AllS LIADU rOI STIAIOHT YUM It e FrOnK Chevrolet Company Phon 25-744- West Main St. Tremonton RUSS ELECTRIC |