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Show Merry-Go-Round Spellman's Stand On Education Meets Criticism By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON One congressman whs haa vigorously defended North Carolina's Graham Barden from the charge of "bigot" hurled at him by Cardinal Spellman Is Rep. Andrew Jacobs of Indianapolis, himself a devout Catholic Jacobs, a freshman who In six months has made an outstanding record, servee on the aame education and labor committee with Barden, where the aid-to-education bill la now bottled up. Citing the lata Al Smith on the separation of church and atate, Jacobs contends that a great many Catholics disagree with Cardinal Spellman. MAe long aa we have the aame right to send our children to public schools aa anyone any-one euw are are not discriminated against" Congressman Jacobs says In a special statement state-ment to Catholics. "And aa Catholics we do not have the right to a separate, public-supported public-supported school system, nor does any other group of people have such right "Whatever can be constitutionally done to aid a child will wiu my auppuit rluw ever. I cannot and will not aupport any measure that grants public financial aid to private or parochial schools. "We have the right to build and maintain main-tain our churches:" continued the Indiana Democrat "but not to build or maintain them with public funds. Our parochial schools are an adjunct of our religion, established for educational use Instead of using public schools, aolsly for the salts of the child's religious training. The Issue Is clear. Either yon keep parochial schools and maintain them or take public funds and convert them Into publia schools, and they will than no longer serve the religious purpose for which they wars established." Ths Gentleman Front North Carolina Congressman Barden of North Carolina, - whom Cardinal Spellman has attacked, la a quiet hard-working, middle-of-the-roader who la viewed in congress aa anything but a bigot Actually, he agreea with Cardinal Spellman on many things, especially on the point that the federal government ahould not control education. Barden la a man of deep, fighting convictions, con-victions, and one of these ia that we must raise our public school atandarda. "I happen to be a Presbyterian," says Barden. "But I don't behave it's the duty ! of the government to provide money for Presbyterian schools any more than -for the private schools of Methodists, Catholics, Quakers Eptscopallane or any other faith." Barden battled for better education long before ha came to congress In 1934. Aa member of the North Carolina legislature he led the fight for the Improvement of both white and colored echoola. The fact that Negro schoolteachers are now paid the aame aa white and that money is divided di-vided impartially between Negro and white school buildings and transportation Is due In part to Bar den untiring efforts. "I am wrong about aa often a the next fellow," save the North Carolina congressman. congress-man. "But I try to be always sincere. My constituents don't blame me If I make s -mistake once In a while. However, If they ever find me wrong and Insincere at the same time. I expect them to gat after me plenty and rightly so." Brltlah Business Crisis Paul Hoffman, the Marshall plan administrator, held a secret conference with top government officiate offi-ciate last week to report on the British financial crista Britain, according to Hoffman, had bungled Its way into a first-class recession that may. lead all Europe Into a depression and wreck the Marshall plan. Hoffman eras especially bitter about Britain's trade deal with Argentina, said it Is typical of the way Britain has refused to practice what it preaches. He intimated that If Britain doeen't show more eigne of cooperation he may cut off Marshall plan aid if congress doeen't beat him to it Capital News Capsules. Defending the Pacific The Joint chlefa of staff have developed de-veloped aa Important plan for the defense of the Pacific They ere writing off large sections of this vast area as Impossible to defend end will concentrate on holding Japan, India, Burma, Java, the Hawaiian lalanda and the Philippines The plan waa approved after a number of meetings with top British end French military men whs agreed there was no use ia western powers pow-ers spreading their forces too thin tn case . of war with Russia. Real Estate Lobby Advice The real estate lobby Is now Instructing builders how to beat the law tf Investigated for housing frauds. A set of legal mores has been doped out by Herbert Cotton, lawyer for the National Association of Home Builders, and published In the asem Isllni s monthly magazine. His advice, tf all alas 'aila. la to -appeal over the bead of the Bousing expediter to the local district au . torney. He also urges sending a committee commit-tee of builders to the D. A. la advance to offer "advtaory service. " Revs" Ptaao as Austria rj. g. diplomats . m Vienna report that the Communists and farmer Naxls are' combining to overthrow the Austrian government just aa soon as a peace treaty is signed. That these twe usually bitter opponsnta Nazis and Com- ' munis ts had made a secret deal to merge was the first Upoff the United States had -that Russia was not willing to writs a peace treaty for Austria. What Vlahutaky doeen't know, however, Is that the USA will sand American arms and ammunltlcei to Austria to make cure it doeen't sutler the same tats as Cswutoelovekla. - Navy Looby One (op aavy mas has finally seen fit to take ea the arrogant Navy league. Ha la Undersecretary erf the Nary Du Klmhall, who haa written a strong letter to frank Hecht, the Navy league's high-pressure president, urging him to pipe down. Klmhall pointed out that Secretary Johnson's actions ta ordering two battleships battle-ships converted Into flattops made a great deal of sense to the navy. For it frill now have two more flattops In a year and a half rather than wait for ths aupsrcarrler which might take over five years. ' KianbaJl has asked Hecht to apologise to Secretary Johnson for his criticism. It win be Interesting to see tf Hecht follows Uus sdvios, |
