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RTINS Good and upright is the
R P Lord, therefore will he
i Sio WA 4 5 teach sinmers in the way.
> The meek will he guide
in judgment, and the meek
willi be teach his way.—Psalm 25:8-9.
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See Future "Garrison State’
Imperiling Civil Liberties
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON.~— (NEA) —The Committee for
Economie Development has raised a new worry
here. I¥'s about the kind of country the United
States is going to be for the next generation, as
suming that the “cold war” lasts that long.
A new policy statement made by the C. E. D,
says in one place-that the United States in this
coming pericd may be a ‘“garrison state.” Not a
“police state” mnor a “welfare state” but a “gar
rison state.”” What is meant by this is that every=-
thing the government does will be done in the
name of national defense and security. And in this
process Individual freedoms and liberties wiii be
allowed to go by the board.
The Committee for Economic Development
started worrying about this problem some 18
months age. C. E. D, it should be remembered, is
not a government alphabet agency. Its board of
trustees 18 made up of about 150 of the more pro
aressive big business men of the country. People
like Marion B. Folsom of Eastman Kodak, Beards
ley Ruml of Macy’s, Eric Johnston of the movies,
Philip D. Reed of Generai Eiectric, Fowier Mc-
Cormick of International Harvester,
Paul Hoffman of Studebaker, now head oi the
Marshail Plan, and William Benton of Encyclope
dia Britannica, recently appointed senator from
Connecticut, were prominent in founding C. E. D.
it steers away from the siraight National Assc
ciation of Manufacturers and U, S. Chamber of
Comnrerce line, and tries to pioneer new ideas.
COST OF PREPAREDNESS NOT
CONSIDERED
In tackling this problem of the garrison state,
the C. E. D. did not worry about how much it
was going to cost, where the money was coming
from, whether the government should indulge in
deficit financing and an unbalanced budget. That
is the econventional approach to this problem., The
C. E. D. went after the more fundamental issues
of how full employment and national security can
be maintained without loss of individual freedom
for a long period of time.
Fred Lazarus, ir, of Cincinnati, president of
Federated Department Stores, was chairman of the
C. E. D, subcommrittee that wrote the new report
on “National Security and Individual Freedom.”
He points out that living under crisis conditions is
going to create an eniirely different kind of Am
erica for the next generation.,
The problems of the war economy may have
been more acute and more dangerous. Mr. Laza
rus says he does not consider there is any danger
of war temorrow. But getting a balanced program
to deal with these conditions without sacrificing
individual lberties is what the C. E. D. group went
after. It found the problem and the remedies dif
ficult to state. The committee wrote 15 drafts be
fore coming up with what it considered an accept
able report.
The particular dangers which Mr. Lazarus points
to as likely to lead to loss of individual liberties
during the national security program include: 1.
Peacetime selective service. . Loyaity investiga~
/tions for government emrployes. 3. Government
censorship over scientific and technical informa
tion. 4. The drying up of information on U. S.
government conduct of relations with other coun
tries. All these tend to create fear and hysteria
among the people, says the C. E. D. report.
Three particular dangers which a top-heavy
national defense program imposes on individual
liberties are listed by C. E. D.: 1. The burden of
too-high taxes, weakening the incentive of busi
ness to produce. 2. The control of too much busi
ness activity through government contracts. 3. The
imposition of economic controls over business, in
the name of security.
REPORT FORECASTS PLIGHT OF
NEXT GENERATION
The specific recommendations which the C. E. D.
group advances to deal with this situation may
seem to fall somewhat short of meeting the de
sired goal. They fall back on the old devices of
setting up a new Joint Congressional Commmittee
and of eppointing a few more government officials
of cabinet rank to protect the people’s freedoms
for them. In view of Hoover Commission and con=-
gressional reorganization efforts to reduce the
numbers of committees and officials, these may be
moves in the wrong direction,
The importance of the new C. E. D. policy
statement is not, however, in whether any of its
recommendations will be adopted. They probably
won't be., Very few of the C. E. D. recommenda
tions in its 18 previous policy statements have
been adopted, as a matter of record.
There is no antidote to inflation equal to the
development of a budget surplus and the use of
that surplus to retire debt.—Chairmran Thomas B.
+ #cCabe of Federal Reserve Board.
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Progressive Education |
Many menths ago a British author, commenting
on America after a visit here, declared: “I think
parents in the United States obey their children
very well.” 5
When he said that, the Briton touched a sensi
tive nerve. There’s little doubt thet this acid re
mark comes prefly close to describing the fact in
many an American household.
In countless homes Junior is king not because
the family wants him to be but because home life
is too disorganized for sound discipline. Always a
mobile people, Americans during and since the
war reached a new peak in their restless migra
tions, their shifts from job to job. There’s a tran
sient air about much American living today. In‘
the big cities society often seems almost without{
root.
This “here today and gone tomorrow” existence
doesn’t make it easy to raise children. Last year's
patterns may not hold for this year., Rules and
standards are hard to maintain against a shifting
scene. The kids break away easily, tending to fix{
their own ruies.
On the other hand, a lot of parents want their‘
children largely free of controls. This is, of course,
the philosophy of progressive education and it
embraces child development both at home and in
school. |
The idea here is to let the kid be natural. Let
him do the thing’s he interested in, say what he]
wants to say, and so on. He’ll be much happier
following his own bent, the theory goes, than
konuckling under to some know-it-all parent or
teacher. And he won't grow up as a tight little
bundle of frustrations*and inhibitions. |
Sounds fine, and probably is—up to a point. But
this notion, even though it's been kicking around
for quite a time, is still being ' carried to pretty
foolish extremes in many families, {
Mrs. Evelyn Barkins, a doctor’s wife and the ‘
mother of three, feels strongly about this and she
most likely echoes the sentiments of a lot of
people.
Talking about children ' raised under the free
wheeling system, she says:
“They’re given everything they ask for. They
do everything they'feel like. They monopolize the
conversation. They’re vicious and destructive, .
“But 'he parents are so accustomed to it they
just sit and say, ‘Don’t do that, dear’ in a weak
voice. The children pay no attention.” :
Kids brought up on the “don’t inhibit the little
darling” gospel found in many child psychology
books are ruining social life and making their
parents miserable hermits, says Mrs. Barkins,‘
who happens to be an author herself, 1
No one really would want to condemn whole‘-‘
sale the progressive approach to child growth and'
education, for it has contributed richiy toward‘
modernizing our thinking about the subject. But
anvone exposed to a few hours’ contact with a
“progressive” child may be inclined to second
Mrs. Barkins’' remarks,
To be sure, children are not brought into the
world for the enjoyment and convenience of
adults. They have a right to their own life,
But if that life is to be balanced and well
rounded, they must learn at an early age that not
having, not doing and not saying are as import
ant as getting their way. The world is a place of
competing interests and desires, The children who
are not taught soon that their will cannot always
prevail are not equipped for living.
They will enter adulthcod immature and ill
adjusted. The conflict, disappointment, frustration
and defeat they will come to know will in most
instances be far more danmging to them than the
checks they suffer while undergoing good discip
line as children.
Now a Coal Bowl
The New Year's holiday coming up promises to
bring us something more than a flurry of bowl
games this time. An extra arena may be set aside
for some antics by John L. Lewis, He's been sign
ing up small coal producers on new contract
terms to take effect January 1. If he doesn’t get
everybody aboard by that date, he can either
strike the unsigned mines or put his miners into
the pits under two different wage scales.
Thats’ never been done before, so the added
starter ought to be fun watching,
The chill of unemployment we felt in the sum
mer should be enough to convince us that a re
cession will strike first in the cities. — Mayor
deLesseps Morrison of New Orleans.
We haven’t the slightest chance of maintaining
freedom and democracy in Washington or extend
ing them to other parts of the world unless we do
(in the localities).—Charles Edison, former Navy
secretary and one-time New Jersey governor.
Chances of war have diminished slightly re
cently, but not to the extent that the U. S. should
not be ready to keep the peace at four o’clock to
morrow morning—U, 8. Defense Secretary Louis
Johnson,
We need the experience and ingenuity of all our
citizens in mobilizing our resources to afford them
ful opportunity to work, free from fear or eco
nomic insecurity. — Labor Secretary Maurice
Tobin.
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Veteran Education
Class Readied Here
Thousands of Veterans—white
and negro—who did not finish
grammar school or high school are
literally swamping classes being
set up for them all over Georgia
by the State Department of Edu
cation.
As soon as six or more white
veterans in Athens and vicinity
obtain their certificates of eligibil
ity from the Veterans Administra
tion for this training, a class can
be set up for them here in Athens.
The local area coordinator, C. B.
Guest, jr., reports that 16 veterans
already have their certificates, and
as soon as a total of 20 do so, the
ciass can begin immediately. “I
already have a list of 28 teachers
who are ready and waiting to fill
posts as instructors in this new
Adult Academic program of edu
cation for veterans,” he added.
5 In Operation
Fred Ayers, City School Super
intendent, is cooperating whole
heartedly with Mr. Guest in get=
ting these classes in operation in
the Athens schools, Already, there
are five of these classes in opera
tion for negro veterans in Athens,
with a total enrollment of 144.
In these classes, veterans can
enter any grade level from the
first to the twelth. A veteran’s
progress is limited only by the
amount of work he can do. He
can enter at any level and continue
working until he finishes his high
school education, but the level
at which he begins will be deter
mined by the grade he last com=
pleted, plus whatever additional
academic education he has picked
up since then.
The classes being organized for
white veterans in Athens will
meet on a half-time basis. Vet
erans enrolled will receive sub
sistence pay and use up their eligi~
bility time on a half-time rate. A
single veteran would receive up
tc $37.50 per month, a married
veteran up to $52.50, and a mar
ried veteran with one or more de
Bear For
ity, Vel
Security, Velox
Scorns Bars
By ELLICTT CHAZE
AP Newsfeatures
DENVER—You hear a lot of
talk about the importance of se
curity these days. But here’s a
new definition for it: security is a
thing that keeps a polar bear from
jumping a four-foot fence.
This polar bear’s name is Velox
and back in her flapper days she
used to climb ladders and balance
her 500 pounds of ivory-furred
charm on red-painted stools.
Back there she worked for
Ringling Brothers, travelling the
country in a crate, her fur all
summed up with soot half the
time, and there were always more
towns ahead, more ladders and
stools.
Now, at 17, she’s a-quiet white
haired old lady with permanent
residence at Denver’s City Park
zoo. She's almost blind and it
takes her an average of twe min
utes to find a bright yellow jelly
bean thrown directly beneath her.
But she’s completely happy, living
on the side of her concrete moun
tain, chomping up some 20 pounds
of horsemeat daily and taking an
occasional dip in her private moat.
Zoo superintendent Clyde Hill,
boss of the City Park animals for
almost three decades, considers
Velox one of the most remarkable
creatures of his experience.
“Polar bears can bound around
like cats,” he says. “But we hem
Velox in with iron pickets four
feet high and she wouldn't climb
them on a bet.”
The pickets are tilted inward.
At one point a stone bridge crosses
the moat and comes to a dead end
against the fence. A trip over the
barrier would probably cost Velox
nothing more than an ounce of
hide. Hill is certain, however that
~#e is not a captive to her own
cowardice. He puts it this way:
“Talk abouil securiiy: she’s got
it. And she appreciates it. When
she came to us in 1941 she was
pendents up to $60.00 a month.
Most of the 210,000 Georgia vet
erans estimated to be eligible for
this training have learned the
valye of an' education the hard
way, by experience. They are
eager to take advantage of an
other opportunity to study read
ing, writing, arithmetic and all
other things they wished they had
learned years ago.
Program Appeal
One reason this program appeals
to the veterans so strongly is that
it gives them an opportunity to go
back to school with a group of
men instead of with children. And
a number of their textbooks were
written especially for aduits. For
instance, the first reader, called
the Veterans Reader, presents real
life situations from the life of
an average family, with word
study and writing drills accom
panying each lesson or incident.
Every effort is made to keep the
lessons practical, to give the men
the training they need in order to
be intelligent citizens and suc
cessful breadwinners,
There is no foolishness about
these classes. They are held in
public school buildings, with reg
ularly certified public school
teachers. Veterans in these classes
have a seriousness of purpose that
makes the whole program popular
with the teachers, too. They feel
that they are really accomplish
ing something—without having to
dodge spitballs or keep little
Johnny from pulling Mary’s hair.
All books and supplies needed
for attending these classes are
supplied to the veterans. All they
have to do is attend classes reg
ularly and learn their lessons, bui
these twe things they must do,
Veterans interested in taking
advantage of this opportunity to
pick up where they left off in
school can apply for Adult Aca
demic training through the local
Veterans Administration or Vet
erans Service Offices.
getting too slow for her circus act,
so they sold her to us. From the
start I knew she was an educated,
polite lady, and I've treated her
iike one.”
A few years ago Hill decided
that in view of Velox’s kindly na
ture he’'d put a sea-lion by name
of Commodore in the enclosure
with her. For almost a year Com
modore bullied the seven-foot
tall Velox shamelessly, stealing
her food, and as time passed he
even began barking at her and
biting her on the hind leg.
One sunny Sunday afternoon
Velox tired of it and swatted the
Commodore behind the ears, gaug
ing her swing by the smell and
sound of him. She swatted him
conclusively and thereafter ig
nored his body, even when it was
being removed by attendants.
The only mean thing she ever
does to the people who come to
gawk at her is perhaps the pro
duct of her humor. There’s a
SEABOARD AIRLINE RY,
Arrival and Dcparture of Trains
Athens, Georgia
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and
New York and East—
-3:35 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
8:45 p. m.—Air Conditioned.
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and
East—
-12:15 a. m.—(Local).
Leave for Atlanta, South and
West—
-5:50 a. m.—Air Conditioned.
4:35 a, m.—(Local).
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CENTRAL OF GEOERGIA
RAILROAD
Asrives Athens {Paily) 12:35 pm.
Leaves Athens (Daily) 4:15 p.m.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
From Lula and Conmmerce
Arrive 9:00 a. m.
East and West
Leave Athens 9:00 a. m.
GEORGIA RAJLROAD
Week Day Only
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Train No. 51 Arrives 9:00 a. m.
Mixed Trains.
red-and-black striped hose that
fills her pool and sometimes her
keepers leave the hose running in
the moat. She likes to dive for it,
come up with it in her teeth, and
squirt it on the people.
Says Hill in her defense: “I be
lieve she thinks they like it.”
Hill, a veteran student of polar
bears, says they’re the most mis
understood of all animals:
“The idea that they have to sit
around in a mess of snow and ice
is ridicuious. They can stand more
sun and heat than a black bear.
I've seen Velox lie all day under a
pounding sun. But, of course,
she’s just as comfortable in ice
water.”
University
News Briefs
Edd Winfield Parks, professor
of American Literature at the
University of Brazil, where he is
on leave from his duties as a
professor at the University of
Georgia, has recently done a
sketch on Edgar Allen Poe as a
critic for the Sao Paulo, Brazil,
daily paper.
According to W. W. Deßenne,
University Archivist, who re
ceived the information from Bra
zil, the sketch was written in
Spanish and has received notice
in bulletins and other newspapers
in that region. Prof, Parks also
did an article on Eugene O’Neill,
which appeared in the Bulletin
of the Institute of Brazil-United
States.
STUDENT HONORED
Thomas Wayne Sammons,
Swainsboro, junior pharmacy
student at the University of
Georgia, has been awarded a $75
scholarship by the American
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Foundation for Pharmaceutical
Education.
The scholarship was awarded
on the basis of scholastic achieve
ment and needs of the student.
The Founlation making the
award is sponsored by pharma
coutical industries all over the
nation. About a dozen Georgia
firms are listed as patrons of the
Foundation,
Sammons, an Army veteran, is
the son of Mrs. D. G, Sammons of
Swainsboro. :
PROFESSOR ELECTED
Charles F. Hudgins, associate
professor of eduecation at the
University of Georgia, was elect
ed president of the Georgia As
sociation of School Counselors at
its organization meeting in Atlan
ta recently.
The Association is patterned
after similar organizations in
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IS EXPENSIVE
HAMBURG— (AP) —Nelly, ,
fugitive elephant from a Gen \an
circus, took an expensive stroj]
through the streets of Hami...
recently, She bowled over a m:r:?
dy stand and ate ten pounds ¢
chocolates. Then she topped o
her meal with razor blades, a haiy
brush, and a bar of soap pluckeq
with her trunk from the pocket
of a petrified by-stander,