Show PEOPLES PEOPLE'S PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER OUR BEST nEST CITIZENS To the Peoples People's Corner I I cannot refrain from o offering ering comment comment com ment on the controversy aroused by bythe bythe bythe the Rev Mitchells Mitchell's attack on art the teachers I certainly do not believe the schools are run by unprincipled men and women Our teachers are without with p out doubt among the best citizens we p have Sincere ambitious ambitious' for the we welfare wel- wel fare of their charges they have tried trice hard hord to help the rising generation of oi Americans to become worthy of their inheritance As I see iee ee It their failure I 1 and and I certainly think they have haveS S failed is failed Is due to method rather than the qualities charged by Mr Mitchell The school people were amon among the first to embrace the fanatical doctrine propounded by Ben Lindsey and the new psychology which has It that tha behavior treatment in the home will wil stop the Juvenile crime wave a doctrine doctrine doc doe trine which has done more to injure the youth of this nation than all aU the I rest of the evils which b beset et young r people put together I l I Th The school teachers teacher have been J among the to rush to th the childrens chil r drens dren's friend 1 the juvenile court I when young burglars and thugs have got into the thc hands of the law and at atthe atthe the same time they have deliberately weakened the discipline of the I schools believing it seems that young Americans are above laws and rules governing their conduct r It l is true the churches have done very little of a D. practical character inI Inthe in inthe the way of training youth for this I world but to blame them for the present plight is h to show an Inexcusable inexcusable able ignorance of history for tor the churches never have done much Inthe in inthe inthe the way of character training LOUIS WARD Dear Mr Ward All AU of which goes to show that now is the time for all aU good men to come to the aid of the party HAS HIS DOUBTS The Peoples People's Corner Mr Ashton do you really believe that the so-called so diary written by Tony concerning the routine at the state prison true And Mr Ashton was your purpose In writing the articIe ar ar- ar- ar tide ticIe which appeared in fri The Salt Lake Telegram Monday February 5 and which was so aptly headed Utah Prison Daily Dally Routine Is Much Like Prep School was really to give the readers of The Salt Lake Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram grain and the other people of Salt Lake City the idea that we convicts are living the tithe life me of Riley You are a newspaper man man Mr Ashton Ash h ton but arent aren't you violating the ethical ethi ethl cal code of journalism by a gross misrepresentation of the facts The Tony who wrote that diary was evidently writing B R fairy story BesIdes Besides Be Be- sides there is no Mexican now in the Utah state prison with a grammatical knowledge of English sufficient enough to enable him to write as that thai diary is written No Gym In 1933 In the first place there was no TK gymnasium in the state prison in 1933 It h has s only been through ugh the recent efforts of Warden Davis and other prison officials that we convicts convicts con will have the use of a gymnasium in the thc near future If It we have a lot of time on our hands lands it isn't because we dont don't want to work Every jack man of us would work if It we were given something something some some- thing to do it is because there is nothing for or us to do and if it Warden Davis and the other officials hadn't made possible the school now in operation operation operation op op- op- op a lot of us would have gone stir simple In the eight ight months that I have b been en an unwilling guest of tb the states state's boarding house in Sugarhouse there have lave been but two instances in which the convicts were s served bacon and eggs eggs on on Christmas and New Years Year's day Different Tre Treatment There The are people Mr Ashton who believe that the convicts of the Utah state prison are really being treated in h the way you wrote a about out That ThatIs IS s unfair not only to the convicts but buto butto butto to o the prison officials as well for lor on them hem falls the criticism which is sure to arise from frim the reading of articles such as you wrote I Mr Ashton the routine of ot the Utah state prison is far from being like that of a prep school I know believe me for I have been a student at a prep school You may have attended prep school also but you have nev never r done time in the Utah state prison so I speak from bitter experience hand First Information Supposing Mr Ashton that you ou get et hand first information concerning the he routine here by spending several months in the prison as an inmate and then write about the routine I 1 Letters limited to wor words C In la publication loD Is It Jv p the true name lame and address I ar 2 2 Write on one side aide c of only 3 5 n rat cacti n 1111 barred are arl not de desired 4 t. t w must lien ig true names arid and reat but when desired thUi no not be printed Ii 5 Political arc not e. e Vie pressed In thu department ft ot of the Conte contributors butora and do not are th saru reflect the Views of thu Paper 7 1 The de department used s as an tar let Ib The g l Corner nr does riot more coors than one contribution from the tho same writer do not think that you will l fc be enthusiastic to try it N Publish this letter in your tJ article Mr Ashton and you be afraid to mention my ray name JUrne I 1 tdA ha kT nothing to lose but I would Marl have you know the truth for iori I Imire jS mire truth convict th though ugh I bi Yours very truly J JWILLIAM WILLIAM T. T HUMBERT Utah state prison i I WANTS A A. COMEBACK E ETo To the Peoples People's Corner Have the teachers and ti our schools nothing to say sar b U tbt statements made by the Rev Hev 1 H i s Mitchell A question lon asked answered I think they are e by not saying something If this statement had come corns from year old child it would have have hav W Ignored but made by a man of Mitchells Mitchell's position it should h not n BUI by unnoticed I think Rev Mitchell U lj ij 1 Impersonate the priest front Detroi Father Coughlin t In what city can the Rev find that over half hall the schoot ers also teach Sunday school aj Ii ej her tt f In this city S SI t tI I have traveled these there states states- time and again lived both 1 in the east and west mostly in large cities and and have sent my children to different schools through the United States Stat an mi I find these schools school of ot aura ours the neat gres- est cst finest and have the highest atan ards in the United States v J j If education makes racket racketeers thieves pickpockets or what have havi you then I suppose to send eg my children to Jail instead of d t. t ing them to be respectable America citizens S 'S What city has fewer racketeers leai crime of any kind than Salt SaIt Lake Lakes No Mr Mitchell you jou are wr wrong ng f fe m statements as you have made What future hopes would parenti parent have for their children if H education educato is is- going to do as you say Thi Ihl Think i again and you can see ec what a peat greet mistake you have tried to on everyone's mind To think of ci school graduates becoming C crook Oo atheists and such Never Rev MIte ell eli L j It isn't schools schools' teachers teachers' and pals that make degraded people its n. environment and teachings teaching one fete geli at home and elsewhere s Maybe Rev Mitchell could tell u all some Ome way to improve this thi city cit citan an and others Not one place is 15 there th that has lias better living co conditions than Salt Lake Better BeUer playgrounds for fonts Ito Us olin dien dren more patriotic gatherings dine dan log big and music taught at little litRe or no cost I I suppose these thes t together with our teachers and arid schools all aU help to tomake tomake tomake make criminals No Rev Mitchell youre you're wron again Where were you taught Who Whit environment had you Answer th thia I and tell us all why you talk an sou soudo yea do I know not how far you OU have traveled if at all but I do wish you would w tell me where one c tan caa find a city or state wh where re education religion and patriotism are are carried to toa toa toa a higher standard than in Salt LaBand Late LaB and Utah A CONSTANT READER Dear Constant B Reader ader Evidently Evi EYS- dently you oU wrote this before r reading read ad- ad ing Wednesdays Wednesday's Telegram T t ta i ia a look and see what the principals principal and teachers h had d to say Were We're glad to hear your views too |