Show Korea a House Divided Between U. U S. S and Russia By BAUKHAGE News An Analyst and Commentator Service 1616 Eye Street N N. N W W. Washington D. D C. C WASHINGTON A couple of months ago I wrote a piece about Korea for this column It was largely a factual report and when I wrote It I realized how little I I. I and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps s some 0 m e of you know about K Korea o 0 r rea c a. a I have been bee n realizing tc that for man many Y years ears but not too many I think that the t first 1 r s t time Korea meant anything more tc te me mc than thana a smear on the map was was v a S quartered with a young oung fellow fel felt low in a barrack in F r ran a n c e e in Baukhage World War I. I He talked in his sleep That was bad enough but I couldn't understand what he said So I asked him He said My father was a missionary In Row Kora I was born there When I Iha ha hay hav a nightmare I talk Korean Korea est esl omnis divisa in Paries duo steam Ih the Red army cI ct south souil of a d di di- riding line drawn draun by Stalin and ln Roosevelt by Ih the She American army The agreement was that the two nations would set up a unified provisional provisional pro pro- visional government and lure the Koreans back into democratic life lle Then things began to eventuate Roosevelt died and he couldn't tell Stalin that democracy meant one thing to Americans and something quite different to Marxian schooled Russians Oh quite different But regardless of ot academic definitions definitions this has happened accordIng according accord accord- ing tug to General Hodges Hodge's own statements state ments The Russians have drafted Koreans in their zone into an army They have set up a Communist regime In their sector We haven't done so well with our brand of ot democracy in our sector Not because of ot lack of good intentions intentions intentions nor of ot the efforts of General Hodge so his enemies admit but due to a lot of ot things Including the spectre of ot the past which has harassed harassed har har- assed the Koreans They like Amer Amer- ica lea But all they have got in inthe inthe the past Is vague promises Other nations beginning with Japan took ook them and tore them They have faced raced a historical array of broken promises from the great nati nations ms Koreans thought they were promised promIsed prom prom- Independence in a few days after American occupation That misunderstanding was due to the fact that the Moscow agreement was translated by a Korean who was possessed of more native optimism optimism than knowledge of the English English Eng Eng- lish language From then on the the Americans attempting to abide by their understanding of the Moscow decisions have tried in vain to get getan getan getan an agreement out of the Russians which would be the basis basi of ot a unified unified uni uni- fied fled Korea behind a unified provisional provisional provi provi- Korean government Today Korea has become on one of those explosive areas where two ideologies meet where the two great empires left leftin In the world the U. 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S and the USSR face each other for better or for worse N Neither Nei either ei- ei ther thinks it should retire and nd allow Korea to erect a government government which would take Its pattern from the other What going to happen now We Weare Weare Weare are going to get a little tougher with the Russians and If we can be released released released re re- re- re leased from that ambiguous agreement agreement agree agree- ment well we'll let the Koreans Koreans' In our zone rone set up their own 0 provisional government They already have a parliament of their own but General General Gen Gen- eral Hodge has a veto and ana d he will keep it until we see some kind of a coalition free from Communist pressure pressure pressure-or or an other kind of ot pressure pres pres sure of which there are a lot It will cost money I Blast st Proposal for Higher r Teacher acher P Pay y My folks came originally from New England W We WO followed the Various various various va va- rious migrations west In jerks But my New Engl England nd ancestry is the only reason Ive I've always been proud of American schools As a school boy I had a tough time because I wasn't tough enough There were There were a lot f rf 1 fights that had to be negotiated ButI But I came out with the idea that Id I'd take the public schools of ot America because they taught democracy whatever else they didn't tea teach teah h. h Later I studied abroad and didn't change my mind Then I Joined the the army and discovered discovered dis dis- covered from my buddies I got five francs for writing letters for them that parts of America I hadn't grown up in were as illiterate illiterate flUter ate as parts of Europe which Id I'd held my nose going through and that some of of Europe was more literate than the United States al although although at al- though at our worst we had a better school for the poor man proportionately proportionately than Great Britain Y Years ars passed and finally I began hearing c com complaints o m p I 1 a I n t s about our schools schools including including the literacy high areas I realized what teachers were being paid compared to dog dogcatchers dogcatchers dogcatchers catchers and garbage collectors and bartenders not as much I mentioned it on the radio Most people complimented my ray stand for higher remuneration for education Of course we couldn't expect to pay as m meek mach ch as ns we pay for liquor to redden our noses fir or r the women pay for cosmetics to redden their lips But what shocked my New England England Eng Eng- land soul was some of the letters on the other side From a teacher of long and varied experience The most Important teachers In Inthe inthe inthe the world are the mothers and fathers who are now earning wages less than the teachers in a great many cases Lack of adequate pay for them is the greatest cause of education failure failure and and failure it is because it does not aid properly t those hose who need it worst From a California teacher who is almost in despair over the situation situation situa situa- t tion ion The school cannot substitute forthe for forthe forthe the home it can only supplement i it t. t You cant can't teach children who I have had no home training you cant can't even teach those who have if your whole time and strength are consumed by those who Most 1 parents will pay whatever t they hey have to pay for a parking station station sta sta- t tion im for their children and will ask no further questions More and more of the parking attendants are unwilling to deal with such children at any price From a Pennsylvania mother If It monetary remuneration were t the he only consideration for our services services i ices ces in this life would life would there be nurses doctors welfare workers and ministers Yet they abound in inlove inlove inove l love ove and kindness and tolerance From a Virginia man There Is an adage to the effect you you get just about what you pay f for or The point Is when the school schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher eacher t does his job as well as the S street treet cleaner or garbage collector h he e will be paid accordingly but as long l ong as the educators Ore are re content contento t to o have the street cleaners do their j job ob better the educators should not c complain that the street cleaner is better paid |