Show THE GARLAND Is the 'Common Man' Population May Backslide i To Low Intelligence Level By BAUKIIAGE Ntut Analyst and Commentator WASHINGTON— When the Henry Wallace for president movement was launched in California it made a lot of Republicans happy just to think about it although they never really believed that a third party was possible (When I was in college a friend of mine wrote an essay entitled: “Why a Third Party Is Impossible in America” This was just before Teddy Roosevelt came out with his Bull Moosers in 1912) If Wallace were to become president of the United States it is unlikely that the "common man" whom he champions would have any more to However when Wallace say about running the country than he does now says this is the century of the "common man” he isn’t far wrong which have swept — — The revolutions the world in the past decade There are others however who been possiwhile they may agree with Brown’s tainly would not ble if they had postulation question the methods not had the supnow being used to develop these Bsukhage port of the people This support was not necessarily the result of free choice inteldecision lectual or popular vote In fact for the most part — certainly under MusFranco solini Hitler and Stalin — it was the opNevertheposite less they were not revolutions of the upper classes Even in the case of Great Britwhich ain's very mild revolution was the result of popular vote and a pofree choice the traditional were leaders litical and Intellectual swept out of office Americana are committed to the idea that the majority should rule and the theory always baa been that the people would be wise enough to select a person of sufficient Intelligence experience and integrity to represent them at the Job of ruling of Of late however a number persons approaching the problem from quite different angles have expressed concern about the education and training of the men availof carable for the responsibility rying on the business of govern- - ment I have been assured by here who have been familiar with the personnel of congress over a number of years that wa perhaps have as high type of men mentally and morally in congress today as we have ever had In fact I am told they are making excellent use of the greatly expanded sources of Information on the issues they have to consider and are therefore better informed than any congress has ever been Nevertheless we hear from edufrom economists and statisticians all sorts of dire warnings One that has recently stirred up the press considerably was by Quy head of the populaIrving Burch tion reference It seems bureau Burch read a survey made in England by Sir Cyril Burt at the rethe of commission on quest royal population As a result of his survey Sir Cyril suggests that in 50 years the number of students of scholarship ability In Britain will be approximately halved and the number of almost doubled This conclusion was based on psychological tests and size of families In Nation of Dvllarde Soon in Future Burch has studied population statistics for the United States frorr of the standpoint psychological ecoattainment tests educational nomic statua and type of occupa- t i He says: tion ‘We may reach the that the lowest general conclusion third of our people in each one of these tour categories has families about twice as large as those of the highest third” And he concludes: “As a vetiag participant In helping te solve the maay Intricate problems of oar complex civilisation a dull and backward individBal la almost as helpless' as as idiot la fact ho may be more dangerous te democrat-tinstitutions because he Is easily commanded by demagogues and dictators’ This gives us quite a different picture of the century of the "common man” Francis Brown staff associate of the American Council on and the executive secreEducation of the President’s commission tary doesn't quarrel with Burch's figures but be says: "This report does not give enough importance to the possibility of improving intelligence by education" In other words if we broaden the base of our teaching we can regain a lot of the potential waste material that Burch has dscovered What the Burch report overlooks la this says Dr Brown "human intelligence never has te Jla fullest been developed among the great masses of No wsy has been found accurately te measure the ultimate capabilities ef the human Dr "V ( GARLAND UTAH to Rule? h' r 7 ' HOW BLUE TOUR EYES ARE Anything can happen at a baby show aa witness this scene taken during judging nt n Los Angeles Leland Dexter contestant for the bluest competition eyes went to sleep in midst of excitement nnd had to be Judged In his carriage innate abilities A very dim view of the situation is taken by Canon Bernard Iddings Bell educator pastor author and consultant on education to the Episcopal bishop of Chicago He thinks Henry Wallace la correct in his description of the current century but he says: “It does not follow because the common man has suddenly been lifted into control that he is thereby automatically made competent properly to exert control” He thinks Wallace’s definition ought to be expanded He says: "Ours is the century of the adolescent common perpetually of man the common man unskilled In the art of living Untaught in the wisdom of the race he is incompetent either to rule or to be ruled” NEWS REVIEW British Economy Menaced Traffic Fatalities Slashed Like a kaleidoscope in which several apparently unrelated chips of glass shift suddenly from a meaningless jumble of color into an understandable pattern so at least some of the whirling segments of the world’s intricate economy have begun dropping into place to form a coherent unit For masses of Americans to whom economics could be boiled down into a matter of “you either have it or don’t have it” the international hysteria of monies credits loans spendNeed Education ing inflation at home and crises abroad began to take on sorrie For Common Man The canon isn't snobbish He Is meaning Within a matter of hours came a sudden spate of developments starting not looking down his canonical nose In England and ending up on virtually every farm in America Having no at anybody Aa a member of so- ostensible connection on the surface each fresh turn of events was linked of be takes his the blama share ciety Inexorably with preceding occurrences To philosophers as well as econoby saying that society has played mists it was a perfect chain of causes and effects the common man a low trick “for This is how tt began: Which those who control education ' Field Marshal Viscount Mont- DEATH ROAD: are chiefly chargeable" 1 gomery chief of the British imBell quotes the late Dr William perial genersl staff suddenly was Safety Report Rainey Harper's definition of an edcalled home from a tour of the Far ucated man: A man who by the Compared with 1946 death is takEast ing a back seat on the nation's highto Great returned Montgomery reways this year the Britain to advise the government port of the National Safety council drasUc curtailment of has shown concerning the naUon's military establishment 1947 For the first six months of cost of which (36 billion dollars a the death toll stood year) could no longer be borne by at 14480 That figure la 9 per cent the threadbare British economy below the 13890 fatalities recorded Labor government for the same period last year At In London 2 officials no longer able to stave the same time travel was 11 per told the cent heavier this year off a frank admission was world that England's plight According to the safety council's that the tight little isle report 2490 lives were lost during desperate was on the sharp brink of rain June which represents a S per cent asAttlee Minister Clement Prime recincrease over the June 1946 sailed with charges of “bungling” ord In view of the increased traffic to act” nevertheless however it was a marked improveand “failure cators Britain ' Fit TIMES Canon Bernard Iddings Bell " unskilled " untaught time he is 25 has a clear theory formed in the light of human exof what perience down the ages constitutes a satisfying life a significant life and who by the age of 30 has a moral philosophy consonant with racial experience” Bell thinks that what we do not do and what we ought to do to educate is first to give children a knowledge of the race's wisdom Imparting to them what they ought to know rather than teach them what they would like to study second to teach children how to read write listen to and speak the third they must English language be taught decent manners the fourth they musj rights of others learn that honest and craftsmanlike achievement is the only door to social fifth teachers approval must "inspire reverence for the unseen and impart some objective knowledge of what the various faiths about Us are to do and teach" I wish that some smart statistician would try to figure out if the kind ef education which would give a man a high Income likewise makes him fit to ran a country at complicated aa ours in a world as complicated as oars was given a vote of confidence when be sketched out a plan which would have British miners work an extra hour each day to increase England' coal production key pillar in its economlo structure The British crisis was born out of four factors: Shortage of Amer ican dollars (the U S loan will have been used up by Christmas) shortage of coal (not enough to permit industries to operate and rebuild stockpiles) shortage of manand inflation power weakened under the Morally threat of domestic political and economlo crises the London stock market broke swiftly as sharp selling hit all sections And although U S state departscoffed st the idea ment observers in England had that developments produced a reaction over here it to mors be something appeared that: than coincidence after London stocks Shortly broke wheat prices on the Chicago board of trade showed looses of nine to nine and cents corn and while oat a bushel dropped off from three to fear cents Industrial stocks also receded somewhat on the New York stock exchange At the same time it became apparent that the U S government faced with high prices of grain and continued and food shortages would issue a call for anabroad other big wheat crop this year stead of reducing wheat production goals as was planned previously As the picture began to take the dominating motif apshape peared to be economic Insecurity 3 Mrs Martha EUen MOURNS MOTHER’S DEATH PRESIDENT Truman 94 ailing since last February when sbe fractured her hip passed sway quietly in her home at Grandview Mo while her son Harry President of the United States was flying to her from Washwere hel Her last rites simple ss she would have wished ington in the parlor of her home X $0$ i Dr Percy C PoweU LINCOLN’S SECRET PAPERS UNVEILED research expert in the manuscripts division of the library of congress is shown opening one of the safes containing private and state of Abraham Docnments were Lincoln presented to the nation papers with the proby Robert Todd Lincoln son of the martyred president viso that they would not be made public until 21 years after his (Robert’s) death Looking on Is Luther H Evans librarian of congress ment Even the larger cities in the nation were decreasing their traffic New York whittled fatalities its deaths by 15 per cent and Los Angeles by 16 per cent Jacksonville was tops on the record book Fla with a 69 per cent decrease from 1946 Indication was that cities were becoming more traffic conscious INDONESIA: UN Looks It was a matter of rejrrgtti? Dutch government said that the matter of the Dutch Indonesian fra css was being brought before the United Nations security council To few million other observers it was not so much matter of U N regret as it was a surprise it seemed was even then overdue in Its action Australia and India laid the problem before the council where it immediately began to vie with the Balkan issue for priority of debate and InAlthough the Australian dian delegation told the council that the strife between Dutch and world Indonesian forces threatened peace a Dutch spokesman in Washington said U N bad no jurisdiction Netherlands authorities Insist on terming the struggle a Dutch "police action” designed to control rebellious Indonesians who hate to wait until 1949 to attain their independence as a sovereign state The however Indonesians ssy that the Dutch are waging a colonial war and that it looks like imperialism to them WONDERLAND It’s all a matter of what Idaho’s wonderland resort the favorbe enjoyed in the summer and the skis and go for a canoe ride or per- want te do At Son Valley winter sport of skiing can vacationist also can take ott Ms haps a cool swim yen ite FARMERS BENEFIT AAA To Resume Soil WASHINGTON — Extensiv operations of the AAA soil conservation program were ordered resumed by the department of agriculture after congress finally approved a 255 million dollar administrative fund for the setup Administrative expenses are in addition to the 265 million dollars which will go directly for payments to farmers participating in practices Inaugurated In early days of the New Year the AAA program offers and materials cash principally o farmers tor lime and fertilizers out approved soil and carrying water conservation practices Local detallj of the program are carried out by more than 100000 farmer committeemen The program was halted In May when the house voted to appropriate only 165 million dollars for the setup this year and to end it altonext year The AAA had gether worked out a 300 million dollar program and President Truman had recommended that amount in his budget to congress Although the 255 million finally voted by congress is lower than the sum asked the soil program is being resumed on the same basisras originally planned The appropriation for administrative expenses is about 18 per cent less than last j I Program year Bulk of the reduction in personnel and other expenses will be and state absorbed In Washington local AAA offices offices allowing to retain most of their present staff A farmer may sign up for any but number of approved projects he is promised only a certain amount of money with the provision that he will get additional payments if any funds remain after all farmers have been paid their minimum guarantees The prograift will be cut drastically next year At insistence of the senate however the house agreed of go along with an appropriation 150 million dollars for 1948 (I '"X o The 80th congress of the United States SENATE SIGNS OFF ended its history making first session after the senate for the first time in memory ef Capitol Hill oldsters worked on into the wee hoars of a Sunday morning to dispose of accessary business Weary bat apparently happy a group of senators descends capitol steps after close of the session Congress is scheduled to reconvene on January 2 when more hot fights are expected A |