Show AMERICANS by dr george S benson DIRECTOR NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM L searcy arkansas in the face of a vast campaign by socialist and communist propagandists ts to infect the chinkir thinking of our adult population and enfil infiltrate the he minds ot of our school pupils and college students it Is sometimes difficult for those actively engaged in combating this menace to put their major accent on the positive approach yet in my opinion the best way to assure the preservation of our american system Is to place our major effort upon informing and reminding our people young and old that in the american way of f T life e w we e have the best beat instrument bent tor for human progress prosperity and happiness yet tried by man someone long ago said that the best defense Is a strong offense and I 1 think right we need today a good ottense offense we need to do a real job selling an oncoming generation on the benefits bent tits fits inherent in our american system americans are great salesmen but we been working at the job of selling our way of life we have assumed that our children childen for instance would just catch americanism like they catch the mumps and the measles very early in the history of our country that was perhaps safe to assume but no longer do families sit around the family hearth telling stories of patrick henry aud and abraham lincoln we leave that for the schools to do and yet a great many of our colleges and high schools today do not require even the study of american history in the last 15 years I 1 have tal talk ed from coast to coast repeating over and over again the necessity of our adult population being educated on the basic facts ot of our I 1 american system and the need for our children to generate a love of I 1 our country and a profound respect tor for our american political and economic system by understanding the true facts in 15 years encouraging progress has been made but not sufficient progress in every school and college in america the parents and the teachers should get together and set up a course in american citizenship which would give hn accuro accurate te account of the inspiring history of our nation and teach in simple detail the mechanics of our political and economic system so that any 15 year old child would recognize his personal advantages under the american way of life and how bow he can help maintain the elements which make the american system so much more productive than other systems |