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Show Monday, March 3, 194t The Deseret News, Salt Lake Gty, Utah Page 4 - Dardanelles Defense Puts Premium Holds Key To Unskilled Workers' Upon Balkan Fate Getting Garden Conscious9 Again ( Nellis Eitab tithed June ISy 1850. -- Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, and of the Associated Press. Published after- - noons except Sunday, Competitive Bidding For Labor Seen As Result Of War Boom - Hitler Would Risk Russian Break If He Attacked - Textbjook Controversy . - A -- PROPOSEEk th contents of 6tudy-o- f V public .school textbooks, sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers under the direction of West Robey, assistant professor at Columbia University, is causing a heated educational controversy.Dr. Robey says that his study of about 60 textbooks used in American DEWITT MACKENZIE (Associated Press Analyst) The Dardanelles, battle zone of the ages, likely will be the barometer that'" will tell us whether a hurricane Is to sweep the Balkans or. whether Herr 'Hltler-lsr-rig- ht val- so--ri- - . Australian Fighters F. R.s Foreign Policy -- - -- fc - - g e for-furth- Too Much e Indo-China- toet th - ThJapahesepolICyflfTtdQclri5pweak "gtatus outra e" protective instincts of nations with a sen.se of responsibility- - foF peoples- - in the -dominions. Japans economy, which endeavors to dominate all the ' - sources of raw materials under its con-' trol, is not such as; to persuade ahy na- tion to cede strategic domains to a power-that- . would not operate them for interna:- tional trade. . But Japan, demanding TWerything, . tbay hope tha the interestednations ' geth far-flun- g -- - CHRIST. V8. .Christianity, as well as human free--dois fighting for its life, and there can be no compromFse for the choice is between Chrfst and You must forgive enemies who repent and ksk forgiveness, but you cannot feel compassion for dVil itself. , Robert Quillen. ' Anti-Chris- t. ' r , r , disintegrate! industry,. This WaS exactly what Germany wanted. President Roosevelts domestic policies have certainly not been free from criticism by this correspondent, but where foreign .policy Js concerned, Mr. Roosevelt cannot now be charged with trying to get himself reelected by bringing America Into the war, andhe cannot: be accused of serving political purposes of any kind by allegedly wishing American partldpationJnthe wprldconfljct, .(Reproduction rights reserved.) nuniUon- ANTI-CHRIST And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there bejme Lord, and his name one. Zech. 14:9. to-.- . In thinking that he will get calm weather for his further military - m s The 1 1 u is today tense. Any azi threat, of threat, against the Dardanelles probably would let hell loose. This strait one of the most -- mid-sum- Mr. Mackenzie ns strategically to in the whole world like it would who many powers, for themselves, and at least insist that this gateway between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean remain unmolested. A most important aspect pf this -- situation is that - both Russia and Germany long have coveted control of the Dardanelles. Thus we .have a position In which Russia might strike If the Strait were endangered, or at least give Turkey moral and material backing to defend this position. If Turkey ever would it would be to protect fight, this great trust and heritage, which involves her sovereignty. So once more we come bang up against the conclusion" that much depends on. .Turkeys atti-- . tude, and that In turn hinges in large degree on the stand adopted by the Muscovites. Important-positio- middle-of-the-roa- - - , garia will enable Germany to prevent any' British effort Bal-to "disturbe the peace in the kans, that is, to open up a new Readers that zone. The inwar front-idications thus lar are that Hitler's desire is to avoid" an upheaval, and it isnt unlikely that he may achieve this it he doesnt threaten Turkey, and the Turks decide not tu fight for Greece but only if they themselves are in danger. Hetman papers also pre- dii r that Tireece, which theyde- scribe as the "unhappy orphan of the siorm, trill have to pay for her British alliance, it appears to be Hiller's hope that he now can squeeze the Greeks into submission by a mere threat of striking at them across the froulier. . Tile question of v hether Greece shall sue for peace ill Athens where British-ForeiMinister Anthony Eden is cuni erring, w.ith Lhe govern-- , Views rrotest n gn ment. AMS SWING FORECAST Authoritative sources in Yugoslavia predict that she will join the Axis shortly. That wouldn't be surprising in view of her gieat danger in being all but surrounded by Axis forces. Berlin and Borne naturally to make much of the fact are-tryi- that another country has joined the Axis. It is true that Hitler achieved a diplomatic coup in lus "peaceful" military occupation of Bulgaria. For one who is an exponent of might, the Nazi chieftain the course of least resistance with surprising frequency. It is w idely reported that he has even salved Bulgaria's wounds by promising her a corridor to the Aegean through Greece, and return of territory taken by Yufol-.lo- goslavia. However, beyond the fact that the fuehrer has moved with the least possible friction, the adherence of Sofia to the Axis doesnt in itself alter the situation m The same the Balkans much. will be true if Yugoslavia signs. That may sound like a sweepbut I know from ing assertion, personal - investigation on the ground that Hitler long h.as hatf domination of the Balkans cle'ar down to the borders of Greece and Turkov, These two countries have Been on the fringe of his suzerainty, and even with them his influence has been great. The fuehrer was the big boss of the Balkans-befor- e the Axis was created. If a doctor prescribed something a little helpful now and the patient could plainly see that It would everlastlnglybe like cucumber would he take the dose? Some might. Hats off to the courageous sane thinking opponents. May their tribe increase. J. A. HESS. c a light. The aging patriot; seeing shadows Of his -- shortening days grow 3. labors.- . A. H. Stone, Mississippi -- Delta cotton farmer, when he became chairman of the Mississippi State Tax Commission about nine years ago, Introduced Into governmental affairs the novel principle that there was room for courtesy and friendliness in the tax collector's otfice. In the spirit of a business man, Mr. Stone took the view that the taxpayers were his clients and customers, and that it was the objective of his office to act as a service agency to the taxpayers. In order to prepare for growing over ex-taxpayer dissatisfaction ais 'river"taxatlon,-pubttr-offici- give more thought to creating public good will through explaining the nature of tn "services which taxpayers are getting in return. And unless the goose that lays the golden egg is to be killed, public officials should voluntarily undertake to please taxpayers through reducing economic waste, through eliminating graft, and through lopping off obsolete activities. Drastic savings in the normal expenditures of government, national state anri local, are needed to n ake room for vastly increased defense outlays. No business can long succeed unless It concerns Itself with the welfare of its customers. And it is time fob bureaucrats to begin to taxpayers as their clients and supporters, Instead of as mere doormats. should J (AP) Jy- - Oh, you - me. more Fr e3crr THoee VN. He Speaks Again : who Aqok.yeu: - - from mother shore, . an the eoet e4 Sign I'll take to 0 your property Read Deseret New Desere, News able vacancies. t NEWS WANT AM A DESERET nip oi Here e an exam make your vacancy regular income. bringing J oklkty , 1 r- flight alas.': Judas ' kiss With you we suffered, hoped; we prayed closed, Remembering now,' "as then, we -- And lone of the "" with ask but this: conquering A ' " ' . ways, won X Greater worldly faith, now To these, our Joy"i In army camp ' on or . far seas, speaks again, In sheltered home, at play all Each eager lad who Jn hls 'text" youthVf air flower i To mothers at school of .tomorrows then, Read we pray, pages of . - heroe's flight,-cautiously, . in- ; this our-- Speak -Confused, today is listening to darkening hour. that heros words, TYERNESSA MILLER NAGLET Ai one bewildered, groping foe Barker, Idaho. x' er, Tour room rRetuming. ..found,:; v A RElf Lake City him?' Daring pilgrim; pilot of unchartered ways a Your words of venom leave bitter sting . In hearts of these who yesterday Made wild each town and city ring With chorused praises. Now, an- other day With trembling Ups we ponder.- Is this he Whose friendly smile so much we loved Who speaks to us strange themes of Liberty?" "fR Solt SigiT on Every Street m ere. What says our' Lindbergs; He is speaking, tell me, what of John G. Winant, new United States ambassador to Britain. Told a press "conference today that American aid to Britain was increasing daily and predicted that the German contention that this help would come too late would prove to be wrong. The' ambassador said he had an appointment to see v Prime" Minister Churchill this week and hoped to meet other member of the British government short- - Eagle ofihe sky Who linked two mighty worlds our native son. He who the breach of distance -- your vaguely dim. Asks of his son, British Of Quick Aid March International News Service Economic Commentator..... Instead of merely setting Itself up on a "holier than thou, pedestal and telling business where it gets off, men in government could profit from taking an occasional leaf from the book of experience of private enterprise. Accordingly, Instead of sneering at advertising and selling publie of fieiala should begin to learn how to apply the spirit of merchandising to public affairs. This attitude Is more necessary now than ever before. , It is no lopger practical to conceal from the citizens the grow-in- g cost of government. The. public i becoming more tax conscious, and Is recognizing that the assumption that the- - ricn alone pay for the cost of government is sheer bunk. The truth was embodied in the remark by President Roosevelt in the T932 ' campaign th5t taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who now. U. S. Envoy Assures LONDON, d .riTitKSv CLAIMS PEACE AIM The Nazi press declares that the military occupation of Bul- politico-economi- , BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER BY JOHN L. BECKLEY NEW YORK, March bidding for labor of almost all, kinds' will be in full sway In 1942, perhaps earlier, some employment experts predict Sweeping changes in Americas economic picture caused by the defense program will create the greatest demand for labor which this country has ever seen, they say. , Previous estimates that Amerlatter hatf of this year, competl-- , of unemployed labor icas supply tive bidding for all types of la- . sufficient eto" handle' d- Aor " will be the rule. Mafiufac- fense requirements and normal turers will be vying with one anbusiness too have been thrown other for the services of the orinto the waste basket by a numworker with a strong back dinary ber of industrial economists. and willing arms. With the United States now apOf course, no guarantee Is ofparently slated to be the arms fered with this time table of comfactory for Democratic nations of ing events. They may happen the world, the available number cAfle more of unemployed .workers which later. quickly; they may recently- seemed staggering may According to calculations of the be just a drop in the bucket. Here's the situation, as these National Industrial Conference Board, the United States entered. economists see it: 1941 with about 7,000,000 work1. The backbone of unemployers still unemployed. The 1940 ment will be broken by mer-- of this year. "All normally census indicates that this figure may be a bit high, but it is the available workers will have been lowest of most generally quoted absorbed except for the WPA, estimates of -- unemployment and CCC and N)A and a certain Irreducible minimum of unemployed economists mostly regard it as a good figure. consisting of people changing positions, temporarily out of work, NEW WORKERS READY or more or less unemployable. Also available during 1941 will WILD LEAVE WPA be about 500,000 new workers - :2. By this fall, good wages in added to tho labor force. This Is industry will have begun drawthe excess of new young workers ing men from the WPA rolls and Over the retirement of older ones other government emergency and brings the total supply of adwork forces. If these men are ditional workers that can to be kept at the disposal of the ,4 tapped for national defense be to government, their wages may about 7,500,000. have to be raised. Requirements during 1941 are - 3. By the same time, the proc- estimated about as follows: ess of drawing men from agricul1 For the army, 1,100,000 men. ture will also be under way. Two 2. For agriculture during coni or three million workers who can ing spring months about 1,000,000 be spared for the farm will be men. This is the normal seasonlured into Industrial jobs by atal increase; . . , , tractive wages. - ' 4TTrom mid-l4- l on, workers about months n peacetime Industries curtailed 2,000,000. by priorities will be shifting into If the army takes more than armament lines. How large this half of its men by July 1 as exwill be be can't supply estimated pected, this means unemployment yet. will be reduced-t- less than 4,000,-00- 0 5. By 1942, certainly by the With a govby ernment emergency work force of WPA, CCCand NYA of more than 2,000,000 residual unemployment would be dov.n to less than 2,000,-Q0which is normal or even subnormal for an economy of the size of tlie United States. Wage rates of skilled labor already have begun to climb, and if competitive bidding for all types of workers develops as expected in 1942, the rising trend Of wages will, be accelerated, economists n say." Many of them of general wage inEditor: Deseret News: creases as the most serious inflaFeb. 20 press caption ... .. tionary threat now on the Fliers Oppose Airport Site is a worthy tribute to the wakefulness of a few of our citizens ana io their courage to express them- j went into the mayors office one dav and dictated a letter to the mayor and commisa few of sioners, giving my views, as. to- where the site should be and why and that if not so located the farther we got inta the future, the plainer would the error grow. Did not, however, present it. Why? Because I am dubbed more and more that old critic. When I was up for cltv commissioner the press said Loti since critic of municipal government and they said it out of no disrespect. Talked to soijje cltv' official, also talked to some county commissioners. Thought sure city official would want to confer with county officials on so potent a so question, especially when much of our city limits end at Twenty-firs- t South. Found county officials, naturally, much Interested but completely Ignored. Per article Mayor Jenkins said: Am pot in favor of the present site. Did he tell the public he was "not in favor? Some of the public Is hearing it, only, BY uable source of reference in discussion and study of such writings. He' declares, that a substantial proportion of the kience textbooks now used in the high schools of the nation tend to criticize the present form of government and hold in derision the system of private en- - up-terprise. Dr. Robey's position is backed by several writers and businessmen. X Textbooks 'Jn social science, 'history and political science should Je selected with- - the greatest care because , high ' school students are inclined to accept as - facts ideas and theories contained in these books. But a textbook should not be con- - demned by the selection of certain paseffect of the book in general The sages... is the real test. - The theory that it is wise to present only one side of a proposition, thus insulating boys and girls from all Ideas except those carefully selected for them, is no longer approved by a majority of educators. These carefully nurtured children , frequently become ripe for revolt as soon as they begin to study and- think for themselves. . But there is real danger that textbook writers, reacting from the old method of the evils of presentation, will over-stres-s American social," economic- - and political-processe- s. We Starui For The Constituticn Of The United States With That this has actually occurred from be some instances iif may gathered Its Three Departments Of Government As Therein Set tlje haste with which certain authors and Forth, Each One Fully Independent In Its Own Field . editors of school texts have gone in for revision of textbooks. This is true particularly In the field of social science, a D. . subject fvhich is now enjoying popularity . with educators. To present - an unbalA NOTHER chapter m the record of a BY DAVID LAWRENCE anced picture in this field may work real harm to young people. courageous people was written when March 3 Again and yyASHINGTON, thousands of Australian troops disemThe attention of high school students ; again senators are saying that Presbarked at Singapore, a few davs ago, fully should be called to the fact that some Roosevelt wants to drag America ident deof work for the armed and equipped books are written by persons who are not into-wa- r a threatfrom Exactly the opposite is true. fending BritirrMalaya the best authorities on the subjects- upon ened Japanese invasion. Australian forces Thepresiderit would make a far greater-reco- rd Which they choose to write, and alsp to have served brilliantly and valorously as the fact that some writers place their for posterity if he were able to shock troops in the defeat of Mussolini's epiphasis upon the defects ami shortkeep the United States out of war. legions in Africa. Australian units are comings of our form of government and More and more the real intent of in included vast the army wherewith its institutions, rather than upon its exto is Hitlers withstand Britain the cellencies. If our democratic educational preparing president's policy is being revealed And-theron drive England. premised a spring of his America baT in system paints picture everyday decisions and activities.-I- t is reason to lelieve that there are and a,more favorableone of some form explains his comment on the remarks Australians waiting to fight at the side of Socialism, there is something radically of Secretary Jones and others that we if the Germans clriye iii Wrong with it. Textbooks that represent-governme- nt of the Greeks .'arenow in' the'war.' This' Is arriaUer" 7rom Bulgaria. and business as vultures feedvictoriSo the of. phrasing. When a powerful nation like, already Australians, on the a victims of decadent economic ing ous against the Italians on the African the United States throws her weight into system should not find a place either in front, are ready fo fight on three fronts tlje hands of high school students or in the scales, it can be called taking sides against Germans and Japanese as the ochigh school libraries. neutral in the war. But every casion may demand. To reach" some of Public school teachers have a right these fronts, Australians have gone half nation in the world has been accused of to teach facts, whether pleasant or unaround the yorld. Nobody knows that jn every war in history, Thelaw-boo- ks way pleasant; but distortion of facts either how" many of these heroic fighters just are full of protests and representaope way or the other should be avoided. are in uniform, but it is safe to say that from tions belligerents to neutrals argushoulcf be in trained Young people straight never before has, so small a nation raised ing that favoritism was being shown. thinking and encouraged to keep open so many soldiers to fight so far from " minds while gathering the most authentic The United States has in this war home. And every Australian who has on the subject in hand The . information introduced a new conception of neutral-- , sailed away 'to fight ism volunteer. danger is that young people may form the ity. It is that the furnishing of arms Australia has, of course, a vital stake habit of jumping at conclusions before ammunition and weapons of war is and in Singapore. If that great British naval have laid foundation the for clear a they duty of the neutral when aggressor nabase were to fall into hostile hands, and logical thinking. It is not wise to are loose in the world. This view tions Australias national existence would be maRte children critical of things as they arises out of the implied obligations of These tough fighting men Imperilled. are before they have a basis on which to treaties which were the Kellogg-Brianfrom the island continent have no idea -- base their criticism. ' v the principal nations of the ratified by of letting Singapore fall. In a time of stress such as that world, those treaties made the .preOne of the Australians at Singapore vious conceptions of neutrality obsolete. through which the world is now passing, summed it up this way: Were all set, a general stock-takinof textbooks used The United States has a right to supfighting fit and ready fowhatever new - in our secondary public schools is valid ply war materials to the victims of agjobs are ahead. and desirable. There ought to be a clear and even to give them away if gression conception of what constitutes democratic will keep war from its shores. action the will compromise sufficiently to give' her education. bill of the The opponents The American democracy is far from something of what she covets without a that theyfavor Hitler indignantly deny costly war, which she is by no means preperfect. There are yet many wrongs to or his cause, but they cannot underwrite to engage in. Nippon is no doubt pared , be righted, but even as it is today no Hitlers Intentions if the Nazis become v figuring wrong. The Japanese policy of thoughtful and intelligent boy or girl victorious. This is the principal weakshould go out of. an American high school ' vgettinS a small foothold, entrenching, and ness in their speeches. They are asking without a deep conviction that th theq driving expansion is not America to forego taking proper defense one that inspires confidence or. encourprivileges and blessings of the American measures on the theory that Hitler may ages the cooperation of Other nations.way of life are such as to be worthy of not attack America, though nobody in the the. highest allegiance and loyalty. Tokyos rdig of mediator in the present United States Senate would be Thialand-Indo-Chinconflict has proved held responsible a few years hence if a more, difficult than had teen anticipated. victorious Nazi government began to However, reports from Vihy of March thwart economic and diplomatic interests 2, are to the effect that the French govin Latin America. - -latest which pronouncement, JAPANS ernment has accepted the Jananese'bffer , . ranges somewhere between a suggesThe favonte, aunen,t 0 for settlement of the territorial' dispute bill of the tion and a demand, that Britain and the opponents . between Thialand and Thisfhe are United States yield Oceania as a place Is bankers international the trythpt will end the conflict as soon as the govAmerica into the war. This is for Asiatics to migrate, sounds .like one ing ernment in Bangkok accepts the agreeof those sweeping totalitarian objectives of reckless statement that same sort the ment aS final. as a cover" for whatever Japan may be was made after the last war when the Meanwhile, Japans, uncertain able to acquire out of the disordered accusation was broadcast by senators to the Soviet Union have tended . w.prld situation. the effect that munition makers brought to slow down its advance into southeast, on the World War. The effect of these n is not to be' presumed that any- - , Asia. body is going to yield anything to Japan.statements, however, was to 'cause America's-t- Japan Wants A v Campaign Of Courtesy Urged On U.S. -- -- - property lsv.cm1- - - -- t DESERET , NEWS : ; |
