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Show TORN Page 2 Search For Reality The American Statesman THE UTAH STATESMAN J. BRACKEN LEE, Editor and Publisher Business Friday, April I, I960 THE AMERICAN STATESMAN Manager By James P. Gossett Anthony G. Hatsis Samuel S. Arentz, Charles H. Foote, Hubbard S. More and more our foreign aid program resembles a gigantic slot machine. We poke in the dough, y Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City. Utah, jerk the lever, and wait wondering-lto see what under the act of March 3. 1879 will happen. Like Subscription Rate $5.00 per year the wretched soul with the fever of Published weekly by The American Statesman State Exchange Bldg., 345 So. State gambling upon Salt Lake City 11, Utah him, we can DAvis scarcely wait for Telephone the wheels to stop turning so . we Any article In this paper may be reprinted without special permission, can shove in unless otherwise stated on article. more money, and VoL 14; No. 14 Friday, April 1, 1960 more money, un- til we reach the Mr. Gossett stage where we really dont much care what the results are. Just keep the wheels spinning, keep the operation going. IF WE RUN OUT of money it isnt even a minor problem. We just get Congress to put it on the cuff. There is, however, one big difference between our foreign aid addicts and the gambling stiff. The poor fish fighting the bandits at least dreams he may hit and recoup a bit We a jack-peven have the dream of a dont in foreign aid. I remember this as quoted by a small child . . . recoup Last week we wrote somewhat was. hole a what asked of the Republic of Guinea. Probwhen ably some of you never heard of it, It is this child and other such children who are and a lot of you wont know where it is. Why should you? But you educated. can be certain the foreign aid boys, busily and dizzily engaged in boxkind of toll this a takes such particular Society ing the compass with U.S. dollars, this new-bor- n have republic loof creative thinking. cated. But definitely to the tune of $72 million. And, as a token Yes, a hole is to dig. of her appreciation, Guinea has recognized East Germany. What is education? Education exposes creative just Since we have been fighting tooth and nail to NOT to recognize East thinking, that we once had but was smothered. Germany, I wonder what the gifts i and bonuses section of State DeHow do you teach people to think? partment think about that You reckon they still think they knocked With more classrooms? over a bargain for that $72 milBoard ol Directors: Russell, Anthony G. Hatsis. 88 Editorial A Hole Is To Dig one-arm- ot lion? With higher pay for teachers? With Federal Aid to Education? With something from Or with inspiration and motivation. nt? A hole is to dig. Education is to inspire. To teach, let us avoid the self-terminati- sub- ng jects. Driver training, basket weaving, typing, social graces . . . ed self terminating. Language, literature, mathematics, the ability tp communicate . . . self generating. In Abraham Lincolns words, a of democracy is a government the people, for the people, by the people." Guinea claims to be a republic, and, therefore, a democracy. As such, the people are presumed to be capable of governing themselves directly or by representation. Guinea is an Oregon-size- d chunk of steaming jungle on the northwest coast of Africa. As I wrote here before, the population of Guinea consists chiefly of the Fullah, Malinke and Soussou tribes. Having seen somewhat, and read a great deal, of African jungle tribesmen I am of the opinion that their literacy rate approaches Absolute Zero. For those of you who may be technically minded. Absolute Zero is given as 459.6 degrees below zero Farenheit. It all seems a bit incongruous. LITERATE OR NOT, the tribes- A hole is to dig. What is education? men have a rough time moving out from under the influence of witchare doctors. The witch-doctoVIPs tribes. It among the strictly is not impossible that there are several (perhaps incognito) situated prominently in what passes for the equivalent of a state department in Guinea. The fledgling republics of today tend to ape their older and bigger brothers. Who knows, maybe it was determined that some woman from the interior couldnt bear children because Guinea hadnt recognized East Germany. Even I dont believe the foreign aiders put $72 million into Guinea to promote diplomatic recognition of East Gerrs J. Dohn Lewis Facts About Schools In view of aggressive efforts to j its own classroom shortage. This bills, point is well illustrated by the fact pass federal a statement made last September that during the past 10 years, 500,-00- 0 classrooms have been built in by Senator Goldwater, ranking minority member of the Senate the United States, 71,600 alone in Labor and Public Welfare Commit- the school year of 1957-5-8 It tee, deserves national attention: is obvious that the States and local During the past 5 years, the communities are doing an excellent Senate Labor and Public Welfare job in maintaining the pace reCommittee has held many days of quired to house adequately our hearings on bills which would pro- growing school-ag- e population and vide Federal aid to the States for they are doing this job without the the construction of schools. And help of the Federal Government yet, there has never been one State It is also obvious that the 'States school officer, when closely ques- and local communities can continue retioned by members of the commit- to meet their school building quirements without any assistance tee, who admitted that his State whatsoever from the Federal could not adequately take care of ! j : ; ... many. SKIPPING, for the moment, over Cuba and Panama, I should like to invite your attention briefly to Haile Selassie 1, Elect of God, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Zion, King of Kings, and Emperor of Ethiopia. Smirk ye not. That is indeed his title. He is chiefly remembered for riding around on a donkey with a goatskin umbrella directing his semi-nake- d spearsmen in counter-attack- s against Mussolinis fighter planes. This, naturally, won him high priority in our foreign aid program and a niche in the Hall of Fame of the Bleedinghearts. Mathematically speaking, that last sentence is redundant because things equal to the same thing are equal to each other. ETHIOPIA allegedly has a democratic governmental process, thus making Haile Selassie 1 the only extant emperor of a democracy (still alleged). Reporting on the Communist moves to take over in Ethiopia, and telling of what happened to British and American foreign aid there, INTELLIGENCE DIGEST (March 1960) relates: longed quarrels between him (Haile S e 1 a s s e ) and his benefactors (Britain and America) followed. Eventually he did create some semblance of a government, but he retained all power in his own hands and it finally became clear to Britain that the outside help was used largely to prop up a system which was quite unacceptable to twentieth-centur- y thinking. BRITAIN retired from the scene. America stayed on, but made no better progress than Britain had made, and gradually became equally frustrated." says that due to the complete absence of administrative machinery almost all economic aid given to Ethiopia was completely wasted. the report Moreover, DIGEST goes on, Haile Selasse bluntly refused to permit any outsider to carry out effective functions in Ethiopia. And: Due to corruption and maladministration it (foreign aid) has so far greatly enriched a handful of individuals in Addis Ababa while contributing little to the countrys welfare. - Many of his' critics in Ethiopia believe that Haile Selassie is erately allowing the Communists to establish a political base in hisi country in order to give him a bet- ter bargaining position in dealing with' the United States.1 He appear to believe that he could frighter the Americans into pouring unlimited funds into Ethiopia in an effort to keep the Russians out At one time the State Department was an easy victim to that kind of pressure; but the practice of buying friends has never brought good results, as Washington has learned cc its cost WE KNOW it has cost in astronomical terms. But HAS the State Department learned? It doesnt sound like it in the ever increasing bellows for more and more money for foreign aid. No one knows exactly how much we have poured into Ethiopia. We will probably never know. We who have to shell out the cash are not permitted to know specific allocations of American money for security reasons. Security for what? The foreign aid program? I wonder how much of that 18 months in advance of foreign aid we have on hand and unexpended is due and owing to Haile Salassie? Utt Announces Bid For Fifth Term THE SAN DIEGO UNION Wed., Mar. 23, 1960 San Diego, California his Jan. 27 Southern Califoria visit. He said it is exactly what he has been writing in letters to his constituents since he first went to ConRep. James B. Utt gress. yesterday announced he has taken out nominating papers for reelection Utt was first elected in 1952, and to the 28th Congressional District was reelected in 1954, 1956 and sea. The district includes all of 1958. He resides in Santa Ana. A Orange County and the 77th Assem- Democrat, W. Earl Calhoun, a Fulbly District in San Diego County. lerton electrician, is opposing Utt. The 77th district includes the f Among the filings at the regisnorthwestern part of the county, of voters office yesterday trar part of the city of San Diego and were those of Assemblyman Frank all of National City, La Mesa, n Luckel Diego) who qualified Spring Valley and Lemon Grove. for a place on the Republican balRep. Utt said he would campaign lot in the 78th District, and LeRoy on issues set forth as Republican Seckler, who qualified on the 79th policy by President Eisenhower on District Democratic ballot. (R-Cali- f.) (R-Sa- I |