Show I I Prevailing Opinions I Comment of the American Press Press Te Teaching ching the Kids All Something can can an be said for th the Stanford professors professor's counsel to teach W fall to the kids Professor professor Pro pro- ro fessor lessor Hand would h have v them study study communism fascism Upton Upton Up- Up ton Sinclair r Dr Townsend nd and the tho Democratic party platform so they can size aizo Izo tip lip th these se doctrines doc doc- trines tries It is quite true as the professor says th that t you cant can't bury the kids heads in the sand Better Bet Bet- ter teach them Ithem right than tha i. i to ha have e ethem them pick these t ese things up pV wrong on They are aro going to o hear hea about them anyway anyway- and who thinks kids are not full ful of curiosity That still leaves a question Who do dothe the teaching Sur Surely J grammar grammar school teachers chers are arc not equipped for this One doubts if high school teachers teachers' are These are are tricky subjects We Ve do teach yellow fever vcr m malaria laria pyorrhea smallpox and athletes athletes' foot foot all all highly subversive subversive sub sub- matters matters and and we wo do it so that the children by knowing will avoid But matters mattera there is little dispute about and the teaching of them is not apt apt to to tobe be made harmful by distortions ignorant or otherwise by the teacher One would h have ve to feel sure of at the competence of at the teacher If It not fully competent both in knowledge and In teaching power even the best Intentioned teacher might leave the pupils with the wrong picture in their minds In that case tho the right right- mosquito would not b bo be avoided Perhaps the best solution would be to have h vc the tho schools teach their pupils pupils' to THINK STRAIGHT Then the kids as they grew up would have the best possible tool to take the tho queer doctrines apart part and see seC seewhy Seewhy why they are queer A multitude of other good purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses would be promoted by teaching the children to think straight and giving them tho analytic habit It is the great lack in the schools San San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran cisco Chronicle New Deal Recklessness i 1 Stanford university's present thi financial fear fearis is one ana to be shared by by- everyone else Inflation could wipe Stanford out It could wipe out other endowed universities hospitals hospitals' and nd other foundations est established for the tho benefit of the tho people Si J SiSo So too it could wipe out all nil life Ute insurance all savings dep deposits and building and loan Joan deposits and all aU income including salaries and wages where payment is contracted to b be made in fixed sums Bums of f dollars The threat of inflation alarms the Stanford trustees and every friend of Stanford The i Stanford endowment is all alt iri in bonds bond and real estate mort- mort mont mont- f gag gages s. s All All' these are promises t to pay fixed sums of dollars Inflation tion can make them them- worthless by making the tho dollars worthless It is for tor this reason that Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford is is' is now asking the courts to break J the senators senator's s' s s prohibition so If it nc need d be it It Itcan can put its money into real c estate state which does not lose Joso its value al c through g inflation and common stocks which also represent real property prop prop erty ert The Stanford trustees trustees' wish to put the university tate into a position n nto to tome me meet the da danger ger of Inflation if it becomes acuteSt acute St Stanford's present fear tear is only one illustration of the fear lear the tho new deal has aroused It is a a. fear tear that touches everyone Yet Yet- the presIdent would president would have you believe bc- bc lieve that no one has any re reason son sonto to be scared except the wicked Perhaps Stanford is a wicked institution Still most people d dOnot do donot not think so San San Francisco Chronicle I Income Tax Payers Even the United States bureau of at internal revenue revenue admits that the income tax it collects is a a- tax on thrift and ability A pamphlet of income tax Instructions in instructions In- In ons issued by that bureau says Of tho the millions of at Income tax returns that arc are filed annually the hc salaried sal sal- vast majority are from aried persons and wage c earners whose income is d derived from personal personal per per- services Under the tho daw every single person person per per- son Ion with a net income of more than 1000 a ye r and c every e married married mar mar- mar mar- ried ned persons persona with a net het i income c me me of 2500 a year must file fUe a return That means every mechanic and artisan whose ability brings fairly steady employment pays pays and and must pay without evasion The government knows what was in the pay envelope and levies its penalty on competence Now California will follow tallow the grasping example of the federal government and exert its second its double tax on thrift and ability The well neer and the owner of tax exempt bonds escapes The worker Is ts I lashed hed to the them m mast Los t.-Lo t. Los Angeles Angele Examiner 6 y Youth and Industry to Be Served Sh Shortage of skilled labor while there is widespread unemployment I men ment in the country sounds odd Nevertheless the report from the Chicago ago conference on personnel and industrial relations ons that this is is the tho case surprises no no- noone one familiar fa Ia- millar with the conditions With technical jobs opening throughout the country it Ij is hard to find trained men to fill them The conference co terence found lound the o shortage shortage shortage short short- age most acute in Iii the Ule automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile and machine trades but it appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears in Inmany many toner trades As a cause the depression has only given other causes Early arly in Inthe the depression of course there here was wae a surplus o of skilled labor Because of th that t su surplus plus there has been little or no trainIng training training train train- ing of at apprentices Then and this is not a depression feature we tto n no longer import trained artisans in quantity from Europe v S Th These s se two factors have meant frid nd additions to th the supply of ot skilled labor Yet through the six years sin since o th the depression began began be be- gan death and ago age have been operating continuously to cut down the s the Add to this this' the trained men who have gone into other employments or r on relief rolls and have gone stale on their former skill Through these causes the stock of ot skilled artisans has diminished imperceptibly until of ot a sudden when upturn comes w we find it below th the requirements of the theco co country un try We lIje Ve are t throw down downour downour downour our immigration bars to begin again g the Import Import- of skilled artisans ar artisans ar- ar from Europe Nor do we heed t to We boys of ot our out own to train for these jobs The training of ot apprentices has hasto hasto hasto to begin again This is the object ob ob- ob j ct of at the national l and state committees on apprentice train train- ing lag These were first organized in 1034 1 3 under the tho authority of N R A and since the tho codes were thrown out have been continued under a different setup Thus the present situation has ha two Important sides One is the imperative need- need of industry for tor skilled men to do its ItJI work vork The Theother Theother Theother other is the tho Imperative need that tho the way t to this work be cleared cleaned for lor American youth When two such needs fit into each other so 10 perfectly It ought not to be hard I Ito to solve the double problem San problem San San Francisco Chronicle |