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Show Page 6 The Utah Independent The Paper That Dares To Take April 17, 1975 Textbook Smut RECORD OF MARCH 26, ACTUAL PHOTO OF THE CONGRESSIONAL The continuing controversy surrounding the use of pornographic textbooks in our public schools has been fueled by a mass media cover-u-p of the real contents one-side- as smut. A local editor who had defended the textbook and attacked the parent was outraged at the flyer, calling it an incredible piece of garbage. He was correct, because it was the same garbage being fed to children in schools. The editor refused to print passages from the books in his newspaper, because he would offend his adult readers. However, he still sees fit to have school children bombarded daily with this pornography in their classrooms. Even the liberated Washington Post, which has delighted in ridiculing parents, discretely places dashes in the place of offensive language in its pages. What happened to the publics right to know everyremember the Pentagon Papers? thing These editors are correct in realizing that their readers do not want dirt in their living rooms. But they piously defend dirt in the schoolrooms. I certainly do not intend to use the pages of this newsletter to republish the filth found in the textbooks I examined. Explicit descriptions of homosexual rape, abnormal sexual activity of every shade, excessive use of street language, and a general concentration on the sordid as- - pects of life abound in these books. The media has consistently covered up the real reasons behind the textbook controversy. The problem is not isolated in Kanawha County, W. Va. It is a national disgrace. Social experimentation on their children is what has raised the ire of the parents. Their demands to have a say in the selections of textbooks, which are paid for with their tax money, is certainly not censorship. I have heard liberals argue that the trash the kids are being exposed to in these books is nothing more than they would pick up in a bar or poolroom. If thats all the children learn in their .classes, why do we need schools at all?, Wttyiujt just give federal aid to po'olhafls irdi hairs . Big Brother s Plans Brother plans to take away our automobiles and then to make us hungry by Big way of planned famine. And a recent report of the Urban Land Institute talks of moving Americans from their suburban homes with a plot of land into clustered apartment houses in crowded cities. Russell Peterson, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, writes as follows of Big Brothers plans for the complacent American people: We have long taken for granted that single-famil- y houses were the cheapest and most efficient way for fiscally responsible suburban communities to grow. Both of these assumptions have been pretty much discarded. (Discarded by the radical environmentalists, of course.) Stand THE WHY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA TEXTBOOK CONI Media Covers Up of the books. All the major newspapers have thus far refused to publish excerpts from the objectionable texts and have chosen to disguise their contents as irreligious. The textbook protesters have been widely portrayed in the media as ignorant hillbillies, prudes and bookburners. In my travels across the country, I have talked with concerned parents who object to having their children exposed to smut under the guise of educational literature. I have seen the texts and read the obscene material. There is no doubt that the picture prt sented of the situation by the mass media d is distorted, and hypocritical. One group of parents in the Washington, D.C. area was so flustrated that its side of the controversy was not being accurately presented to the public, that it actually printed a flyer exposing passages from the school books, correctly labeled A March 26, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Themes in the act play . PARENTS HAVE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION HON. LARRY McDONALD OF GEOSCIA IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday , March 26, 1975 . Georgia. Mr. Speaker, two fundamental Issues lie at the base of the recent school textbook controversy In Kanawha County, W. Va. issue: The first is a moral-politic- al Mr. McDonald of Who has ultimate responsibility, and thus control over, the education of a child the parents or the State? The second is an Issue of educational philosophy: What is the purpose of education? What values should be taught or presented to a child? The opponents of those who protested the textbooks have attacked the protestors on a number of grounds, but generally have evaded the basic Issues at stake. For example, instead of dealing with the issue of who should control education, the opponents often attack the protestors as advocates of censorship or "bookburners. This is patently false: censorship pertains to government action, and means that the government is attempting to restrict or control free expression. The protestors are not advocating a government ban on the publishing of the textbooks; they are simply protesting their use in their schools, at their expense, and to teach their children. Clearly, however, only some textbooks can be chosen for a given course of study and to advocate that those books be decent is not censorship. This point is well put by Phyllis Schlafly the Phyllis Schlafly Report, January 1975: Bookburner" is an Irrational epithet hurled at anyone who objects to vulgar, obscene, or Immoral books. There are hundreds of thousands of available books for which a tiny selection must be made by someone for un In elementary and secondary schools. The real "bookburners" are those who chooee contemporary trash or trivia over books that inspire the young generation with the achievements of great men and women, and that impart the wisdom of past generations. The ultimate responsibility for a child's education lies with the parents and it is tills principle that the protestors are defending when they defend their right to choose the textbooks with which their children will be taught. To deny this would require advocating that the State has ultimate responsibility for a childs education, and apparently this the opponents of the protestors are not yet ready to do explicitly. What textbooks should be chosen? Mrs. Schlafly continues: UJS. Education Commissioner Terrel H. Bell made a remarkable speech in December 1974 calling on textbbok publishers to print only materials that do not insult the values of most parents." He specifically mentioned the Bible, McQuffey Readers, and the Wizard of Oz as examples of books that both tell interesting stories and teach worthwhile values. t What was in the books that insulted the values of the West Virginia protestors? Again to quote Mrs. Schlafly: The American public has been led to believe that the West Virginia controversy is between a group of rednecked fundamental- ist preachers and forward-lookin- g educators striving to drag a backward people Into the 20th Century. Intelligent discussion of the pros and cons Is badly handicapped by the fact that the American public really has no idea of what Is In the textbooks being challenged. The magazine Editor and Publisher admitted that there Isn't any newspaper In general circulation that Is prepared to print the stuff verbatim. So that we here in Congress will have to operate under no such handicap, I am listing the following excerpts from the textbooks, as they appeared in Mrs. Schlaflys report: Whats Im The West Virginia Textbooks? Listed below are actual excerpts from the textbooks used in Kenawha County, Virginia, which have caused the controversy there. In order that the general public could know what the children are reading, the parents ad in published these excerpts In a full-page the CHARLESTON GAZETTE cm November 14, 1974. We apologise for the language, but surely parents have a right to read what their children are reading. The books are publishers and publishing by well-knowidely used in grade and high schools sll across the United States. wn smizs The short story narration: Thf art of Page 824 You son of a bitch, and he and the fat wop went out through the tables., . . . looked sick as hell . . ." Page 322 Sure Is hell keeping it down, Joe," . . and you fed like swearPage 327 ing and goddamn lng worse and worse. Page 323. . . and could have rode him instead of that son of a bitch. webstebmcgsaw-hx- ll it a ... ... .M Page 37 "Damn It. what Page 30 "Listen, you yellow bastard, the hell's the Idea He'll be glad to see me too Page 87 like hell, What the hell . . . page 60 "Well, 111 be damned!" Serve Page 8i "The damned a Alnt that it. done if I him right son-of-gu- n, he a hell of a fine old man for yuh, "Aint to have?. a hell of a nice old man for guy Ain't he a hell of an old man Page 62 ro have?, . . . not by a damned sight, I ain't made to be no damned not me! Page 63 "Come on, pal. T'hcll with supper. I've never met a bastard like you Page 94 before", Im the bastard." Damn you!" You damned right you don't." Page 122 Damn It . . ." Page 124 Page 128' "Hell, yes I" Is there such a thing as a Page 205 black human brain?, Damn good riddance. Oh, damn your mother's cups." Page 204 Page 212 Dammit, I know what I said!" Good God! Page 213 Page 218 "Dammit, you unlocked the door, didnt you? Page 217 "What are you doing? (pause) Gilbert? Is that you (creaking springs) What are you . . . no, no go back to your own bed and go to sleep, (pause, silence) Gilbert? (pause, creaking springs) Gilbert we are old people , . . This Is . . . you shall not. (pause) Please . . . please, Gilbert. (Gilbert grunts several times.) How dare you, dare you attempt this disgusting behavior!" God damn It. Here's the son Page 248 of a bitch! African images Page 79 '"Two deaths for a goddam nigger." Wheres the goddam pass? Page 132 The blerry bastard. Blerry Page 133 black whore. Page 134 "Law Bastards., Hell what you crying for? Page 135' "What the hell, "They are wearing me down, goddammit! Themes in science fiction Page 7 Youre a bunch bastards all, damn your eyes. Page 9 "What the hell's going on here? . . well, hell man, what else Page 40 can we do? the damn fools . . .' Page 51 Oh. go to hell." Page 54 . . bastard culture . . . Page 56 Page 67 For Christs sake I Page 124 fFor Gods sake!" You sons of bitches, You Page 302 stupid damn wretch, Time hell." Page 303 '. . . and rotted with it as you and your goddamned friends have. Page 310 'Damn you Myrion." Page 811' "For Christs sake, Myrion, lie down. Hell, its about time somebody Page 318 told about my friend. . . . Von Kleigstadt was In one hell Page 319 dirt-punch- er ... of a state. Page 320 me! Page 327 seat!". Page 328 hell! Page 329 Page to hell . . "Dammit, Pat! Please marry can Focus The Kitten page 67 Is a senseless story of cruelty, telling about the killing of a kitten "Spoil A Child page 174. Tells 0f the mother being cruel to her son and his not knowing why she was cruel. Vanguard The language used in the dialogues contains much slang and vulgarity. Any time religion Is mentioned In the text, it is depicted In a bad way. There are 11 poems scattered throughout the book. None of them reflects anything ,ut depressing and morbid thoughts. None of them show any beauty or depict the lov of living. . Perspective The overall theme of this book is violence hatred of different races, murder, dope, drinking, disrespect for parents and older people Out of 600 pages, only 87 were used foi teaching English. The stories in this book were sll sad, terrible stories. There were no happy thoughts at all. This is written more like a murder mystery than an English book. Accent The Legend of Joe Lee. The main character, who is described as Irresponsible, concerned with nothing but himself, his car, and his girlfriend, ends up the hero in the story. The Fate of The Hero". Comment: Violence seems to prevail. The hero Is pointed out as being unthinking, dumb, and hated or resented by his fellow employees became of his desire to make good, hie honesty, his willingness to work, and his giving rise to the .thought that these traits are not to be desired. ss, safety-mlnded-ne- Compass There is excessive cursing and taking the name of God In vain. These are supposed to be multicultured stories, but do we have to subject pur youth to the bad side of life? Dont children love ther parents anymore? The morbid stories far outweighed the good stories In this book. 1. "On Saturday Afternoon page 112. The story of a ten year old boy who was helping a man to hang himself. MAN BT MCDOUGAIg LITTELL U CO., 1970-- 71 Man the Fictional Mode 1 In Page Page Page 6 Use of Gods name in vain. 62 Use of God's name in vain. 69 Goddamn, and What the hell. MAN In the Fictional Mode 4 32 for God works In mysterious, but Page Inefficient ways, and He needs help." MAN In the Fictional Mode 6 Damn, hell, Gods sake, knock Pages 17 the Living Jesus out of you. The bully speaks of doing Pages 20-Gods dirty work. MAN In the Expository Mode 2 Page 99 How the boy trembles and delights at the sight of white excrement of the 1-- 39 bird! Pages 75-8- 1 damn ltd. Hell, ass whippin, dumb All praise to Allah that I Pages 16 went to Boston when I did. If I hadnt, Id probably still be a brainwashed black Christian." MAN In the Dramatic Mode 2 1-- Damn near shook me out of my "Tremor, hell!" Trim charges, Hell, itll damp out by then! . . other Instruments fcnnAM 346. What the hell! What is that? For godsake man stop talking nonsense . . . Jump rope jingles and other useful rhymes Sally Drank' Marmalade Sally Drank Beer Sally Drank everything That Made Her Feel Queer Went The Marmalade. Went The Beer. Went Everything That Made Her Feel Queer. Fudge, Fudge Fudge, Fudge Call The Judge. Mamas got a newborn Baby ! Its not a gill, and it's not a boy. It's Just Wrap It Up In Tissue Paper Put It On The Elevator. One, Two, Three, And Out Goes She! I Was Standing On The Corner I Was Standing On The Corner, Not Doing Any Harm. Along Came A Police Car And Took Me By The Arm. He Took Me Around The Corner, And He Rang A Little Bell. Along Came A Police Car And Tot Me To My Cell. TO OALAXY SERIES MAN COMPANY Pages 1-- 19 MAN Pages 14-- 15 Hell, ass. In the Dramatic Mode 5 Refers to the preservation of the law in all Its sick dignity. MAN In the Poetic Mode 4 Page 74 "Telling children that God Is in heaven and alls right with the world U wrong." MAN In the Poetic Mode 5 Page 4 Gods No One." Page 4811 (picture of Marilyn Monroes face) pondering of her perfect breasts man In the Poetic Mode 6 Page 27 Oh, all the laws!" "apples, perfect for window cracking. AMERICA READ8 (SCOTT FORES MAN) Counterpoint in Literature "Damn fool Page Where the hell you been? Page Page stupid damn fool" Oh God" What the hell shall I do? Page 114 "My God damn good Page 116 Kill that damn thing." Page 141 Outlooks Through Literature (Grade Nine Teacher's Research Book) Page 3 From article Censorship and the Values of Fiction. There you have found such things as teenagers speaking profanities, the phrase fuck you repeatedly and a schoolboy visit to a prostitute. It must seem to you that I am being merely perverse when I say that such a book Is really highly moral when read properly, yet Z mean something quite real and concrete by this claim. those goddamn little bastards Page 3 Christ, man., no shit, "hes a mean 51 74 133 A Newborn Baby! OBJECTIONS E1487 gests that money and Independence solve all problems. 4 uid m i'Ua Extensions of Remarks SCOTT FORES -- Thrust The most depressing stories In the textbook adoption are found In the Galaxy Series. There Is disregard for governmental authorities, stealing, beating, shooting, hate and lying. Some stories suggest that It is best not to tell the truth as you might embarrass someone. The article "God Bless This Child sug son-of-a-bit- theyll beat the shit out of me," how the hell are you" Exploring Life Through Literature . Page 20 And then that damned tea's always filling himself up with. Page 23 Peters always so damnably re17! sentful when anyone else . . damned If this Isnt the best thing youve hit on yet. 1975 |