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Show a The Allen-Scott Report Off to the Races Kennedy and Khrushchev Near Test Ban Agreement SUNDAY, MAY 26,'1963 By ROBERTS. ALLEN WhoControls Your Schools? Genera] federal aid to primary and secondary education seems an unlikely prospect for some time to. come. Congress will not consider it this year. Yet it is still high in the realm of public debate. A principal argument against it of course, is that such assistance inevital means U.S. control of education. With countless opponents this fear is obviously genuine, though others evidently use the argument to cloak other objections they do not care to voice. Often the problem is expressed in this kind of question: “Do you want to turn control of your schools over to federal bu- reaucrats in Washington?” There are perhaps few educators who do not share concern that the federal government might become too assertive,, once established in the field. Nevertheless there is an opposite side to this coin. It can be stated in the question: “What kind of control are you getting at the state and local level? And whoasserts it?” The query is pertinent because in recent years, in many places a whole host of people of dubious qualification have attempted to dictate to school boards, administrators and teachers what should and should not be taught in our schools. A university like Stanford can, as it recently did, refuse such “guidance” in the form of strings attached to money gifts. Public schools, dependent on public funds, are unhappily less able to resist often serious pressures from militant outsiders. Many of these have very strong notions about history, politics, economics, sociology and other practical matters. : The question any community should ask with regard to such complainants is this: “What are their true credentials? What do they know of the subjects they want taught in their particular way? Is there any sup- such teachings?” The classroom is not the courtroom. There are nostrict rules of evidence. But a school, if it is to must offer its students as much sdlid, verifiable fact as can be brought to bear on any topic under study. Their assault on the schools already has gone a long way. BM seem to me that this country has time I hea¥ Governor Clyde’s name mentioned he is going to make @ survey of something, or appoint a commit- tee to make one. It sounds very scientific, though we usually hear Robertson very little about the results. I don't altogether blame the governor, and he is no different in that respect from forty-nine other governors. A group of do-gooders get together and decide to uplift or improve something to show that they are good citizens. Any governor would be snowed under by such people if he always did what they want him to do. A promise to make a surveysatisfies them, and it is an easy way out. A lot of good projects get tied up that way, but a lot more foolish ones are nipped in the bud. Federal Agencies with little to do are strong on surveys. It makes them look busy. Down here in Visalia, California, where I am nowstaying, is one of the most prosperous looking countries I have ever been in, yet recently the Federal government made a survey and déclared Tulare County a depressed area. It came as quite a shock to the business people and millionaire farmers of the country. They thought they were doing pretty good. Business was booming and employment was high. They conducted a survey of their own and found that most employees were working a full forty-hour week, and very few people were complaining. If this is a depressed area Utah County should be wallowing in a veritable slough of despond. But I have an idea that if handouts are being passed, hands will be outstretched to get them. IL wonder how many other surveys are be- ing madein the nation that never needed to be made. Here in Visalia the biggest problem seems to be finding a place for people to park while they spend their money. One thing that makes it bad as compared to Provo is that here they don’t allow motorists to run down pedestrians. When a pedestrian steps out in front of yyou you had better stop. Since they have taken the fun out of driving, people look for a place to park. In today’s Visalia Times-Delta I see where a church has made a deal with the city to make a parking lot out of the church grounds. The city must pave the lot and apply the rent on the church sAer Every community in the nation should be making sure that knowledgeable, balanced, fair - minded persons decide what is to be taught in its schools. And noone else. bers of the bloc that the latest * gingerbread and candy specifically to attract children, and succeeded admirably. ; The modern wizards of the space age have taken a leaf from the old fairy tale, and are cooking up edible material for such things as packages, compartments and con- trol knobs. That idea is to reduce storage space for food on flights to the moon and further into space. Once these objects have served their primary functions, they can be used” as food. Inventor is Dr. Sidney Schwartz, a physiologist associated with the Lunar Excursion Module project now being carried out by Grumann aircraft. Country Goes Survey Crazy / gone survey crazy. Every time something needs to be done a committee is appointed to make a survey, which is almost a guarantee that nothing will be done about it, but it does give a lot of people a sense of im» portance. I have an impression that every sideration in the White House for submission to the Soviet at the Geneva conference, that is now in recess. A bipartisan bloc; of powerful senators is prepared to wage a strenuous battle against this backstage plan. Prominent in this critical group are Senator Richard Russell, D-Ga., chairman of the Armed Services Committee; Senator Barry Goldwater, (|R-Ariz., and Senator Henry Jack$on, D-Wash., chariman of the Interior Affains Committee and a member of thie Armed Services Committee and Joint Atomic Committee. It is the understanding of mem- and opinions they approve. The natural response then must be: “Who are they to say?” Many age ignorant amateurs who want ’to repeal a history they do not like and to warp the present to their own unsupportable views. darned well mice weren’t at the taxes, which is a good deal for everybody concerned. This is the Pentacostal Church, and I am indebted to them for the discovery of a new word. Not the church here, but down in Los Angeles where such things originate. It is a good four dollar word, and I have been yearning for a place to use it. The word is glossalalia, and I couldn’t find it in Webster's or the ordinary college dictionary, but I did find it in volume two of the Universal Dictionary of the English Language which my English teacher son happens to have in his library. To shorten your suspense, if any, it is defined thusly: ‘‘A tongue, a language, talk, chatter equal to talk, to prattle. The gift of tongues specially vouchsafed to the church in early times. Since thep it has been claimed for several missionary saints, notably for St. Francis Xavier.” In the early days of the last century the custom was quite widespread under the spirit of religious fervor; only then it was called simply, “Speaking in tongues.” It was supposed to increase people’s faith, and I guess it was just as good as any other. Even at fifteen years of age I was something of a skeptic and my faith was not renewed when I heard the old gentleman who spoke in glossolalia confess later to my mother that he had been speaking in Latin which he was sure no one in his audience understood. Anyway, down in Los Angeles, there has been a recurrance of glossolalia in Off the Beat FOR THE SCRAPBOOK “We'd like book.’ it for our scrap- Those are words that make every reporter and editor cringe at some point in his career. The ‘‘scrapbook’”” remark is usually made when somebody comes in with a story anywhere ‘from 24 hours to seven days late and wants it put in the paper. Since newspapers try to be ‘‘new’’ —although not always succeeding .—the thought of printing old news just so somebody can paste it in a scrapbook makes editors’ ulcers bleed. Another supposition that some weaders have is that having your mamein the paper as a volunteer, chairman, or committee member gerves as the awarding of a gold star for good behavior. Speaking of getting credit—reporters and editors learn very quickly who the people are who always make a generous gesture, Jend a helping hand or volunteer to work . . . but only in sight or sound of a reporter or before a eamera!—W.N.J. t -_. * CONFUSED CUSTOMER Friend husband works in a lumber yard. The other day a fellow camein and inquired for some sawdust. Said he was going to use it in his chicken Coops. Jokingly, my husband said he knew a fellow who fed sawdust to his chickens and their eggs hatched woodpeck- ers. The customer just shook his head and walked out. —R.W.H., Mapleton. _* * & ECONOMIC SQUEEZE ON HUMOR Not being one to constantly harken back to the ‘‘good old days,” this writer still has some recollections of the past which are quite dear. : And not wanting to belabor a point we won’t dwell on the subject too long, but it sure was a tot of fun years ago when the penny posteard cost a penny to mail. Of course, they didn’t have as many clever postcards for sale which you could send to your {‘friends’” taunting them about your vaeation, but to buy stamps for the eards left you with some ¢hange from a dollar bill. ' Even when the price of the penny postcard went up to 2 eemts to mail, the puckish perso- nality of millions across the na‘tion eontinued unabated. only languages I understand are English and profane, and my English is imperfect, and my friends rebuke me when I use profanity, but when used together I think I could produce a passible brand of glossolalia. At least nobody will understand me. But wtih rapid succession. the tariff on that grand tradition—the penny postcard that is—rose to 3 ‘cents and now to 4 cents. . Any language that serves its purpose I and |I’m Feeling So Sad.” Even if the Play should be sheer drival the title should make it a box office success. I can’t keep abreast of the present jargon, so I have no wish up with glossolalia, though for the opportunity to vocabulary. From England comes a to get mixed I am grateful increase my new book en- titled: “The Little White Hen;” not the old familiar little red hen, mind you, but a little white hen, which reminds us once again that there is nothing new under the sun... Weshould have a survey of the English language to see if we are running out of words. —_——_—__—_-4 | The opinions and statements ex- | ,| pressed by Herald columnists are | | their own and do not necessarily | | ceflect the views of this newspaper. | a Quotes In By The Herald Staff which whole congregations join. If it pleases them it does not hurt me. The presume is good . . . The title of a new and successful play is: “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung you in the Closet randum prepared by (Ambassador Charles Stelle, chief U. S. negotiator at the Geneva conference. This backstage paper is circulat- the lines of the draft under con- vene to limit it to only those ideas “Nibble, nibble, little mouse, who’s been nibbling at my house?” The old witch in the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” was just making conversation — she knew undue difficulty but fer one tow- muster the two-thirds majority necessary to ratify a\ treaty along It also must be a place given Hansel and Gretel Kennedy ful whether the President could over to the free interplay of ideas and opinions. It ceases to be a school when outsiders can inter- * Kennedy b chev are much closerto a nuclear test ban agreement than their public statements indicate. In fact, they probably could reach an understanding without ering obstacle—the~ certainty that such a treaty would encounter prolonged and bitter opposition in the Senate. At present it is extremely doubt- lay any claim to the nameatall, The Chopping Block By FRANK C. ROBERTSON Details of the plan — President port, in the objective evidence, for * ministration’s hiand in both spheres. As a consequence, the spirit in which a rascalish message is scratched across the postcard tends to be a little strained and the humor hollow. The News But whoever planned this preat economic squeeze on humor forgot’ one segment of the population which is unconcerned with the icost of creating a laugh ‘‘back home’’—wives. It even brings laughter to me —as I burst |into tears—when she hands me a bag full of cards and asks me to ‘‘mail them to my friends as a joke.’’—Jerry Cornell. * oe * United Press International DALLAS — Lt. Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers, dismissing reports that he would quit his post with the federal space administration: “Let’s put it to on to the moon.” bed and get # NEW TRAVEL TWIST They say the next project in space conquest will be our planned trip to the moon which is estimated to cost not Jess than $20 billion. It’s said this “travel project” is being financed with a new twist. Whereas the current American fashion is the ‘“‘TRAVEL NOW — PAY LATER” plan, the costly moon trip would offer just the opposite: ““PAY NOW—TRAVEL LATER.” { By ~ GLAD YOU’RE IN THE FAMILY MOM There was a warm, tender moment for the mother of an eightyear-old boy Mother’s Day morning. While going through the gifts and cards from older members of thé family she came upon a “child made’’ card which showed painstaking care and love, from the bright crayon-colored flowers to the paste-smudged edges. Upon opening the card she read this poignant verse: “Dear Mother, “T love you very much cuse you are god to me.” What mother could or would ever question his spelling? A five-year-old angel with a pony tail and freckles on her nose wrote the following verse to her mother on Mother's Day: “Dear Mommey, “I love you I’m glade you belong to my family. “Cindy.” ee * METER CHISELERS Motorists resort to various maneuvers in an attempt to beat the ‘“‘parking ticket rap.” Bill Wotherspoon said, the other day, that he saw a man park his car by a meter, then pull an old parking ticket from his pocket and place it under the. windshield wiper. Bob Bullock topped that one, “One day,” he said, I saw a driver take a parking ticket off his car and placed it on mine.”—N.L.C. » & & RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Terry Sanford, addressing Packers Association: the Pickle “It’s no longer a question of how many pecks of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. The important question to the economy of North Carolina is how many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper package, process and sell." MOSCOW — From a communique issued at the end of Fidel Castro’s official visit to the Soviet Union: “The organizers of aggression should remember that an invasion of Cuba will confront mankind with a devastating nuclear missile war.” Herald Correspondents Wwame Phone * Clarr -. SEK 6-4587 American Fork D ena rant SK 6-2158 Betty K. Spencer ... SK 6-4628 Benia: . Mrs. Regene Peay 198-3639 Edgemont ura N. Bendixke FR 4-0999 Goshen, Elberta Marguerite Waterbury 274-3333 thlan: a Cressie Greenland PO 8-3316 Sh a Alba Anderson Lak ew, Vineyara “mrs Kent A’ Prue ... 798-3679 AC S-3520 Leni Edna Loveridge .... PO 88442 01 ie Herrick ... 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There are always things to be done, changes’ to be made, mis- * —- place — but we Ruth Miillett ean’t do them all at once.” | But that is really the fun of Houses have to grow and change just as people do. A house that started out “‘perfect’’ with every stick of furniture just right and every shrub in exactly the ideal location wouldn’t really be much of a challenge. You can’t improve on perfection. If your house suited you exactly ‘‘as-is,’’ it wouldn't give you ’ HU 9-5594 465-3332 much to think about or to plan for or to wait for. So don’t feel apologetic because the patio that is going to be “right here’’ some day may not take shape for some time, or be«ause the furniture you are making-do with isn’t what you intend to have some day. You may change every one of those ideas before your house is ever complete. Or you may eventually do all you plan, and a whole lot more. The important thing is: senators favoring an of letters between the President and Khrushchev, ‘‘There now exists a new basis for agreement.” The memprandumgives nohint as to the contents of these letters —noné of which has been made public. But Stelle spells out. in some detail the ‘compli¢ated inspection formulas the U. S. is prepared to offer the Soviet, and which undoubtedly were broached by the President, in his correspondence with Khrushchev, That is clearly indicated /by Stelle’s memorandum as follows: “There pow exists a new basis for agre¢ment on a4 nuclear Weapons test ban arising from the exchange ofletters between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. Under this basis for agreement each nuclear side would place reliance on its national detection station for the collection of seismic data, supple- mented by the use of automatic seismic stations .(black-boxes), “The United Kingdom and the U. S. have indicated that, under certain conditions related to the conduct of inspection, we would accept an annual quota (the number to be negotiated) of on-site inspections in the territory of each nutlear power. “The present position of the U. S. is strongly influenced by the concept of reciprocal inspection, in accordance with which each nuclear side plays a primary role in the arrangements concerning on-site inspection in the territory of the other.” As outlined by the memorandum, arrangements for on-site inspection would include the following; A country would have up-to 60 days from the time a seismic event occurred to designate it as an event ‘which it may later wish to inspect.” the house is yours — to grow along ing of the editorial with the facts of the news story? In Pittsburgh and many other cities carry UPI, the lead sentence on the wire story read: “Negroes opened up with a rock barrage on police and firemen here today..." ~ Yet the editorials in most of these papers shed tears for the poor Negroes who were only “‘engaging in non-violent parading,” David Lawrence, editor of the U.S. News & World Report; noted that even those who have sympathized with the Negro cause are beginning fo question the tactics of the Negro. The Wall Street Journal pointed out that the Negro hag enjoyed A New York paper asked, editorially, what is wrong with a march to demonstrate a need for basic rights. . . , The police must But it must be asked who threw the little children against the police lines, “Or can it seriously be argued and see which best show the results of clear and ‘constructive thinking! “Three waves of .Negroes downtown \ times during the day, shouting, rock-throwing had poured into the business district... .” How does one justify the think- Don’t Forget: Houses Have to Grow and ChangeJust Like People: you through the Fooms and around the among accord with Russia, and has been used by them as a basis for their speech-making. Clear-cut evidence of the influence of this memorandum is to be found throughout Proxmire’s prepared talk. Among the most significant disclosures in| Ambassador Stelle’s memorandum is the assertion that as a result of the exchange more than a general feeling for him, ang has actually had widespread support for his cause. The editorial by the associate editor says, in part: “‘Without question, the jailing of Ruth Millett new home show ing vative writers couldn't justify bad action to gain good ends. Let us explore |the editorials of a couple of papers on both sides sentence; ep! This and other highly revealing details are contained|in a memo- No Justification For line was: Rocks Hurled; 2000 Taunt, Jeer Police. And the body of the story opened with this ene Savage West_ Mountain uby Meredith Khrush- test ban It Seems To Me be restrained. But on the front page the head- PHOENIX, Ariz. — U. S. Atty. David Schippers, speaking of Arthur Henry Page, a Brink’s employe accused of stealing more than $70,000: “Everybody who knows him is shocked. He was a steady employe—no debts, no drinking, no reason at all for him to do it.” Premier correspondence on the issue. Organized Insurrection Here are Frerald staf correspon: dents in the various communities of Utah County. Contact them you have news District circulation agents are listed also They stand ready to help ‘ou wé*h problems concerning de very or the paper. cereunity ie draft treaty contains provisions advocated by the Russians. Whether this record will be put up to the Soviet is still undecided. In a recent exchange ofletters, the Président indi¢ated willingness to meet Krushchev this summer on condition that a nucleair test ban agreement would be concluded. . While: Khrushchev's reply left the door open for 4 summit conference, he raised the question of whether any pact that could be reached could gain the .acquiescence of ‘‘your Congress.’’ The Kremlin ruler made it clear he had strong misgivings on that. This challenge explains the speeches that lately have suddenly erupted in the Senate vigorously urging a test agreement with the Soviet, and defending the administration’s efforts and proposals to reach one. Latest of these pratorical flurries was the carefully-prepared address| of Senator William Proxmire, D-Wis., in which Senators Paul ‘Douglas, D-Ill, Joseph Clark, D-Pa., andj others participated. The occasion had all the earmarks of a staged demonstration. The White House is heartily encouraging such favorable presentations for both) home and foreign consumption. They are definitely. designed to|bolster the ad; and chev have conducted an extended with your famliy, to keep pace with the lives you are leading, to keep your creatiye talents busily at work planning and doing and sometimes contriving. little children is a sorry spectacle, that a community should do no thing whatsoever when a couple of thousand organized people—be they women ban-the-bomb marchers or Negroes with a cause — come in, parade up and down the streets and fimally erupt in 2 spree of stoning the police? That ean only be an argument for anarchy.”’ + J. J. Kilpatrick, Richmond edi- tor, and long a friend’ of the Negro, stated in an interview that the Negro was making such haste that he was now farther from his goal. It has been estimated that the lawless attempts to rule by mob action have set the Negro cause back 20 years. I am not without compassion, but I must confess that my sym. pathy for the Negro is a great deal less than it was a decade ago. Tt might be possible to justify isolated cases of violence by conceding that perhaps local condi- tions or leadership might have A lifetime project for you: “How te Have a Happy Husband.” Send 25 cents to Ruth Millett. Reader Service, c/o The Daily Herald, P.O. Box 489, Dept. A, Radio City Station, New York 19, N. ¥. (All rights reseryed. Newspaper Enterprise Assn.) set off the explosion. But there is no possible Justifi- cation for a national program of insurrection, by trained agitators imported for the express eign of inspiring Negroes to riot. To support such action port anarchy. seas |