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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1948,
Hal Boyle
The Poor Man’s Philosopher
YOU CALL THIS A SNOWSTORM?
NEW YORK, —(AP)-— Mother
nature is slipping. She let the big
city down this time.
Father Knickerbocker is again
the world’s biggest snow man.
But the old boy wasn’t knocked
on his ear by the advent of win
ter this year, as he was 51 weeks
ago.
Taken by Broadway standards,
the giant snow storm of last Sab
bath was strictly a low-grade pro
duction. It should have been tried
out first in New Haven, Boston or.
Philadelphia before being brought
to the big time.
Granted it was the third deep
est snow ever to fall here—l9:s
inches. But you don't grade an
opera or a play by how many peo
ple crowd onto the stage. nor do
you judge a chicken by counting
its faathers.. sali s
Compared to the high drama of
the blizzard of 1947 and 1888, this
year's snowfall was strictly vau
deville. Even -at that it would
get top billing at the old Palace
Theater. It would be lucky to get
a week at Loew’s State.
Feel Cheated
Everybody in the metropalitan
area today feels K cheated, here
they want the biggest and the best
or nothing. And there is a wide
spread feeling that the storm fail
ed dismally to live up to the
Weather Bureau's advance publi
city blurbs. E.
There were a lot of things
wrong with it. For one thing it
opened on a Sunday — a clear
sign of mismanagement by some
one. Who cares if it snows in New
York on a Sunday? Everybody is
already at home and up to his
armpits in the Sunday newspa
pers. : .
And it was too well advertised.
1t lacked punch, drama, surprise.
Even the dear old Long Island
railroad, the commuter’s delight
was ready and waiting. It only
canceled 24 trains in the first 24
hours, and many a veteran rider
will insist this makes it little dif
ferent from a normal day.
The sanitation department,
which a year ago was pretty much
in the position of custer in the
battle of the little big horn, this
vear got a head start. It had
nearly 20,000 men out early, and
almost as many snowflakes fell
on them as on the streets — if
we may stretch the point a bit.
Famous Storm
Yes, sir, even a midget had to
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mous storm of ’99, and he says:
“You call this paltry thing a
storm? Why in 'BB the snow piled
up to second-story windows, and
the East River friz clear across.
You could walk on ice from the
Gas House District to Greenpoint
in Brooklyn.”
And as for a year ago, when
the snow stacked up 25.8 inches
before the Weather Bureau could
say ‘“th-th-th-thermometer”’ —
well? That was an epic adven
ture.
The long voyage home took
some people more than 20 hours.
Admiral Peary in his path to the
North Pole — why, he had it
easy. In darkest Brooklyn they
were trying to buy snowshoes. In
the Bronx they were using skis.
In the long history of man no race
ever faced and won through such
a weather ordeal — or so the
sons of the subway like to think.
That was a real four-star hit
snow show.
But today Squire Rockefeller
has his ice pond . already swept
clear.
Everybody has to come to work,
because the darned transportation
systems are, working. The streets
are just a lot of slush and non
sense. And so is the storm.
What caused it? Well, the taxi
drivers, who know everything in
New York, say:-
“It's the atom bomb. It chang
er. The weather all around the
world.” :
In any case, America, accept
Gothham’s apologies. We admit it
was a lousy storm. But watch us
next year. We'll be back with a
new one under bitter manage
ment. It'll be the biggest, deepest,
longest, hardest, finest, wettest,
coldest snowfall tha! ever fell.
Plans are already under way
to use the Empire State Building
for a measuring stick. But as for
the big snow of ’'4B—let’s forget
it. Every producer comes up with
a turkey sometime, and this one
is ours.
RICHEST WINTER RACE
NEW YORK— (AP) —Richest
race of the winter season will be
the SIOO,OOO Santa Anita Maturity
for four year olds to be run Jan.
29. The mile and a quarter test
will see Citation, wonder horse of
1948, in action.
What Minimum Foundation Program Means
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Minimum Foundation Program for
Education is regarded by many as the major preblem facing
Georgia and the 1949 State Legislature, The Associated Press
covers in this article the need for expansion as outlined by edu
cators. the campaign to pass the program, and just what the
Foundation would mean.) !
BY CHARLES BARRETT
ATLANTA, Dec. 21. — (AP) — Georgia educational
forces are gearing for a final test to bring a three-year
old $83,000,000 dream to life.
It looked like a dream three vears ago when a commit
tee of experts decided it would take at least $83,000,000
a vear to put Georgia schrols and colleges up to par.
That was more than double the
money the state was spending
then for education — equal to the
entire state budget at the time.
For months, however, the
spadework has been going on.
Just about every time a dozen
Georgians got together, somebody
popped up to sound a trumpet for
the “minimum foundation pro
gram for education.”
Now, most political leaders have
~~An=gad the nrogram and school
forces say this is the year te bring
taen uiewm out of the clouds and
into the state budget.
The question is whether the po
liticians and the people, who say
they favor more and better edu
cation, are willing to pay for it.
The legislature is expected to sub
mit the question of new. taxes to
a popular vote.
Sizzling Campaign
Educators are ready to bring
out all the trappings of a sizzling
political campaign—first to steer
their program through the legis
lature and then to win a popular
referendum.
Bright red buttons, posters,
pamphlets, slogans and other reg
alia are being prepared. School
folks say they will organize down
to every precinct in Georgia.
Among the campaign tactics are
some statistics the educators say
are shocking. i
A big majority of Georgians—
two out of three — never passed
the eighth grade,in school. One
' out of every thMfl‘}btd no school
ing or less than fiye years.
| More than half of Georgia’s
schools have ouside toilets or no
toilets at all. Almost onme out of
every five school buildings is
" considered such a shack it 1s be
. yond repair.
One out of every five ) school
busses has been declarg., official
ly unfit and unsafe. Only five per
lcent of negro students = have a
chance for school:bus transporta-
I tion.
Single classes range up to 40
and 60 pupils. A third of Georgia’s
teachers quit every year. More
than 1,400 took better salaries this
year in Florida and Alabama.
Teacher Boost
Nine out of every ten teachers
last year had only a high school
education or less. It's almost down
, to the point, educators say, where
Georgia can get only uneducated
people to educate its children.
How would all this be changed
by the minimum feundation pro
gram? The plan reaches into al
most every nook of public educa
tion in Georgia and gives it a
boost.
First come teachers. A start
ing teacher with a college degree
' gets $1,692 in Georgia now, com
| pared with $2,550 in Florida, sl,-
'950 in North Carolina and $1,900
;in Alabama. The minimum foun
dation would raise Georgia sala
ries to $2,400.
| And just as important, it would
increase the number of state-paid
teachers from 20,308 and 24,136.
Fifteen to 35 students per class
would be the new limits.
| Next in urgency is school bus
, transportation. There has been
long agitation for higher school
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
bus drivers’ salaries. And every
one agrees some children are be
ing carried to school in rattletarps
that ought not to be on the high
way.
. The minimum foundation pro
gram = would increase school
transportation funds from $4,500,-
000 to $6,000,000 to pay drivers
more, get more and better buses.
Then there are buildings. Un
der the present law, adopted in
1937, the state doesn’t put out a
penny for school buildings. The
counties are supposed to pay for
them, but many counties say their
small tax income will not finance
new buildings.
So the minimum _ foundation
program would set aside $4,687,-
200 every year to assist counties
with school buildings.
Georgia doesn’t attract and
train enough qualified teachers,
the educators say. So the founda
tion would set aside $400,000 an
nually for scholarships to students
selected for the future teaching
duty.
Many Georgia schools are ex
panding into a 12tht grade. To
speed the process and hire more
teachers, the state would pay sl,-
251,000.
A similar shot in the arm would
go to text books, operating ex
penses, lunchrooms, vocational
education, training for the handi
capped and other services.
Does the state want this pro
gram and will it pay for it? Edu
cators says Georgia is one of the
few remaining states to invest
less than two per cent of its in
come in education. They say they
face a popular vote with confi
dence. .
ON THE |
AIR - WAVES
Something new has been added '
in way upper crust on HERB
SHRINER TIME brought to you:
every day, Monday through Friday
at 6:30 over WGAU-CBS. Tonight
Jarmila Novotna, celebrated ope-|
ratic and concert singer, is guest !
of Herb Shriner, who pays his
customary comical homage to his
visitor on that day. Raymond
Scott and his quintet provide the
program’s musical merriment. So
for smiles, laughter, and guffaws,
don’t miss HERB SHRINER TIME. |
During the HARVEST OF
STARS program at 9:30 this even-l
ing Metropolitan opera tenor
James Melton, with Dr. Frank!
. Black conducting the International |
Harvester symphonic orchestra,l
will be heard in an all-Christmas
song program, including some of
the best-loved traditionals, modern
popular tunes and hymns. Along
‘with this superb musical offering,
the Harvester Players, for thei
fourth consecutive year will pre- |
sent the inspiring story of the firstl
Christmas tree in America. If its
gems of music you're seeking diat
1340 WGAU-CBS at 9:30 tonight. i
Variety is the spice of life and |
life becomes quite wvaried froml
noon to midnight over WGAU
CBS. For tops in tunes WGAU-‘
CBS presents Mel Brown’s Hill- |
Billy Matinee at 12:15 daily Mon- |
day through Friday. Mel spinsj
strictly a request show featuring ,
the tops in folk tunes and comes,
right into your home and chews
the fat. That's 12:15 Monday |
through Friday. Only 2 hours,
later Alan Westbrook purveyor of
the hot beams your way at 3:()0I
sharp on the 1340 Platter Party|
with Kenton, Jacquet, Kenton, ‘
Paul Williams, Kenton . . . and oh,
ves, Kenton. The listener throws
the party and Alan brings the plat
ters . . . that's 3:00 five days a '
week over WGAU-CBS. At 11:05|
each evening, with the exception
of the Saturday night session,
Dancing in the Dark with genial‘
Lee Nance at the helm rides the
ether. This show is aired through'
the facilities of NNS . . . NANCE'S'
NERVOUS SYSTEM . . . and Lee
specializes in weaving dreams . . .
a mentor of mellow melodies. Each
of these personalities gives care
ful consideration to each request
reecived, so choose your favorite
according to taste and dial 1340 at
itheir respective times.
Two sisters and their brother,
returning to River’s End from far
places after years of separation for
a Christmas family reunion, wait
in vain at the airport for their
mother to return in LISTEN, THE
BELLS ' ARE RINGING on
WGAU-CBS’ “Dr. Christian” at
8:30 p: m. Wednesday evening. At
Christmas Eve dinner, Dr. Chris
tion” at 8:30 p .m. Wednesday eve
ning. At Christmas Eve dinner,
Dr. Christian learns of their in
dividual problems, which the ab
sent mother untangles in an un
expected and remarkable manner.
Jean Hersholt stars as the family’s
confidant, and the Ken Darby
singers offer the carols in the
‘background.
‘ B-DAY IS JAN. 2.
BRITISH TO GET
MORE SOAP
LONDON — (AP) — Britain's
skimpy soap ration will be in
creased by one-sixth after Jan. 30.
Improved supplies of fats and oils
from Africa are responsible. Each
consumer now is rationed to 19
ounces of toilet soap or 24 ounces
of hard soap every eight weeks,
Ladies Of The Press ilet A Man In
To Welcome First Lady "Back Home'
By DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent
; WASHINGTON—(NEA) — You
‘never saw so many women with
such fancy hats drinking so mucla
tea in all your life. |
~ Beneath one of the best looking
hats—a gold mesh sort of busines }
with green and white feathers —-
was Mrs. Harry Truman. Fashion
editors have whispered that Mrs.
Truman’s hats were as unstylisly
as those of England’s Queen Mary,
but this one looked sharp. y
The event was the annual tea
given by the Women’s National.
Press Club for the President's
wife, and daughter, in this case.
Dorothy Williams is president of
the club this year. She presented
me to Mrs. Truman first of all,
explaining to her that I was being
given this honor because I was'
the first male reported who had.
ever been a guest of the organiza
tion to cover the event. |
The First Lady shakes hands
with a comfortable, firm grip and.
flashes a convincing smile. She
said that she was glad to be back
in town after being down south
with the President. She said she
didn’t get as good a tan as the
others on the trip because she had
done a lot of shopping and hadn’t
much time on the beach.
Margaret has a good handshake,
too. She didn't have much of a
tan to show for her visit down
south, either. She looked a little
different from the last time I saw
her. Later I heard all of the wo
men buzzing around that Margaret
had gained a lot of weight lately.
They said that she was wearing
her hair shorter, too. That was
it. She had gained weight. But
it doesn’t hurt her looks any.
Neither does the new hair-do.
The food and tea were sensa
tional. Shrimp, tiny sandwiches—
but enough of them to do the trick
—caviar, cakes, cookies and the
best French pastries I ever tasted.
It’s a good thing I was first in the
reception line and got to the table
fast. There must have been plen
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ty of bruises for the women who
got there later and tried to eat.
Part of the center spread was
a white donkey carved out of par
affin which the Statler head waiter
worried might melt any minute. It
stood the gaff. There was also a
big candy book surrounded by a
lot of other candy on which was
printed “Mrs. Truman, Welcome
Home.” This was her first ma
jor social event since the election.
A lot of the gals there were say
ing that Mrs. Truman appeared to
be a changed woman since the
election. They said she was just
ignoring some of the women who
had been loudest in their predic
tions that Mrs. Dewey would be
the next First Lady. It's possible
that the female urge to do a little
quiet crowing is stronger than it
is in the male. If the First Lady
'was snubbing anybody it escaped
‘me. Toward the end she looked a
little bored and tired. |
- Bavesdropping on some of the
conversation didn’'t produce any
very spectacular news. A lot of
the talk was on how to get extra
tickets to the Army-Navy game.
The rest was mostly about maids,
kids and clothes.
One cabinet wife said to an
other: : |
“Do you really think Congress
s finally going to raise the sala
ries of government officials?”
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