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If Georgia children are to get the quality
education they need to compete in today's
world, their parents must face up to the neces
sity of consolidating schools and perhaps
school systems.
Studies made by specialists for the State
Board of Education indicate that this is the
route Georgia must take. But so far those who
would cling to our presen: unsatisfactory sys-
tem have been able to forestall progress.
W. D. McCLURKIN, who recently conducted
a study for the board and recommended wide-
spread consolidations, laid it on the line again
this past week at the Third Annual Governor's
Conference on Education when he said:
"If you are sincere in what you say about
quality education and equal educational oppor-
tunity for all, you cannot avoid moving up into
a number and variety of subjects and courses.
which cannot be provided in most of the
schools and school systems as they presently
exist in Georgia."
TO THOSE WHO argue that quantity does
not assure quality, Mr. McClurkin said, "Size
is no: the measure of quality, but it is the com-
mon denominator of the factors that do make
for quality and breadth of opportunity."
Mr. McClurkin also reported a positive cor-
relation between the size of high schools and
the number of graduates who enter college.
The percentage is significantly greater in the
larger schools.
It boils down to the fact that small schools
cannot provide the equipment necessary for
Announcement that Athens has been selected
as a semi-finalist in the Sray and See Georgia:
contest of the State Chamber of Commerce is
encouraging.
Gainesville, which won last year, and Brun-
swick are the other remaining competitors in
Athens' class, which includes cities of from 20,-
000 to 60,000 persons.
ATHENS HAS AS MUCH to Interest tourists
as almost any city in the state, and we are
glad to applaud all efforts to develop what's
here.
H. Randolph Holder, local promotion chair-
man, cited the county's new junk and salvage
yard ordinance as a major accomplishment
during the year. That law, of course, is de-
signed to discourage potential car thieves, but
it also promotes more attractive roadsides and
tourism.
Efforts by the HANDS organization and oth-
ers to improve the entrance to the airport, pro-
vide roadside parks, and eliminate litter are
also to be commended. They also contribute to
tourism among other things.
Washington Report
Price Of Leaving Cuba
Is High; Castro Benefits
By RAY CROMLEY
WASHINGTON - (NEA) -
If Fidel Castro operates as
in the past, he will make a
tidy profit from each Cuban
he allows to flee to the United
States.
Assuming Castro's men fol-
low past procedures, every
Cuban leaving the country.
will be forced to turn over his
house, his car and all of his
other property to the govern-
ment. Each emigre (with a
family of four) will be al-
lowed to carry only two suit-
cases.
BEFORE HE LEAVES, his
house will be inspected and
an inventory taken of his be-
longings. clothing, furni
ture, jewelry, silverware, ra-
dios, television, air condition-
ers, art objects, tools, bicy-
cles.
He (or she) will not be al-
lowed to take any of these
possessions excent five dress-
es (or the equivalent in suits),
three changes of underclo-
thing and stockings, one pair
of shoes (the pair being
worn), one pair of paja-
mas or a nightgown, toilet ar-
ticles, $30 worth of jewelry
but no money of any kind. He
won't be permitted to sell his
possessions before leaving. He
will be forbidden to give his
possessions (even personal
jewelry, silverware and femi-
jy heiriooms) to relatives or
friends.
ONE WOMAN privately
tells her personal experi-
ences. She had applied for
permission to leave Cuba. She
had waited months. Then one
day she received a telephone
call from a Castro worker.
The Castro agent told her:
"You will not be allowed to
leave the country. You have
taken too many things out of
your house. I'll give you a
warning. If you don't go and
get the things you have taken.
away and bring them back,
you won't be allowed to
leave."
The lady had taken a few
porcelain pieces-family heir-
looms and given them to a
close relative. Frightened by
the warning, she went and got
these momentos and returned
them to her house.
THEN CASTRO'S men ar-
rived to take an inventory of
her home and possessions. In
the middle of the inspection,
one investigator asked what
she had done with her air con-
ditioners. She told him she
had none. He insisted she
must bring them back. She
told him he could see there
were no holes in the wall
where air conditioners had
been. After much talk, she fi-
nally convinced the man she
was telling the truth.
The inventory team went on
with its thorough search,
made a complete list of her
possessions.
After more waiting, she was
allowed to leave Cuba. But
she was watched continuously
to make certain she took noth-
ing out of the house and
mailed no packages. When
she left Cuba, her baggage
was inspected to make sure
she took nothing of value.
BASED OF THESE Pre-
cedents, therefore, Castro
probably will give priority to
letting the well-to-do leave.
He makes more on their prop-
erty.
Cubans say they have seen
many of the personal posses-
sions of their emigre friends
packed up for shipment to
eastern Europe and the Soviet
Union to pay Castro's debts.
There are a good many un-
happy older people in Cuba.
Some live on tiny government
payments. Some are support-
ed out of the meager incomes
of relatives. Many are unable
to work. Castro considers
them a drain on his shaky
economy. By letting them go,
he saves on scarce food.
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science studies, language laboratories, and
other endeavors.
And even if they could get the equipment,.
they could not successfully compete for the
services of the limited number of teachers who
are qualified to make the best use of it.
NO ONE REALLY LIKES to consider elimi-
nating the activity around which so much
small-town life is built. But neither should any-
one wish to send his children out to compete in
an increasingly complex world with an inade-
quale education.
Painful though it may be for adults, we must
consolidate many of our smaller schools and
perhaps consolidate some of our smaller
school systems.
The State Board previously has recom-
mended a minimum daily attendance of 200.
students for both high schools and elementary
schools. This is well below the standards sug-
gested by the experts, but would be an impor-
tant beginning. It would require the consolida-
tion of about 600 schools.
OPPONENTS HAVE BLOCKED implemen-
tation of this program, but the need for it has
not gone away. They have not offered an ac-
ceptable substitute. It should be implemented
as it was presented.
Let's not make thousands of Georgia chil-
dren start their adult life behind their contem-
poraries. Let's not consign them to the lesser
things in life. Let's give them a head start
toward the good life that is available today to
well-educated individuals.
BUT EVEN WITH THESE and other accom-
plishments there is much, much more that can
be done here to realize our tourist potential.
If properly developed and publicized such
sites as the founding place of America's first
garden club, the campus of the first state-char-
tered university and the homes of famous
Georgians can be most attractive to visitors.
An expanded state promotion program, the
tion of two interstate highways within 50.
miles of the city, and the development of Stone
Mountain and the "Six Flags" counterpart
in Atlanta provide an excel.ent setting in which
to work.
WE COMMEND the local Chamber of Com-
merce and all others who have helped Athens
earn a berth as a semifinalist in this state
competition. We hope this city will be designa-
ted winner in its class for its efforts of the past
year.
But above all, we urge local citizens to sup-
port the "Stay and See Georgia" campaign in
the future. And let's give it a "Stay and See
Athens" or "Come and See Athens" emphasis.
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The Global View
Asians May Be Spurning
Red China's Viet Policy
By LEON DENNEN
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. -
(NEA) - Diplomats from
Communist East Europe re-
port that Asian countries that
once backed Mao Tse-tung in
his quarrel with Russia are
deserting Peking's camp.
This is true of Communist
North Korea and, according
to some diplomats, even of
North Viet Nam. They are
said to be disillusioned by
Red China's failure to give
greater military aid to the
Viet Cong.
"Who is the paper tiger
now, Mao Tse-tung or Presi-
dent Johnson?" a prominent
Red diplomat asked.
“Even Ho Chi Minh is real
izing that Mao is a revolu-
tionary lion with the heart of
a mouse who intends to fight
the war in Viet Nam to the
last North Vietnamese and
Viet Cong guerrilla," he said.
One of the most significant
developments of the conflict.
in Viet Nam has been Com-
munist North Korea's defec-
tion from Red China's camp.
THE NORTH KOREANS
were the first to join Mao's
anti-Russian bandwagon. But
there are increasing signs
that North Korea's boss, Kim
Il-song, has decided to be-
come a neutral if not yet
Moscow's full ally in the
conflict between Peking and
Moscow.
The latest and most obvious
sign of Red China's dis-
pleasure with Kim was Pe-
king's virtual snubbing of the
recent 20th Liberation Anni-
versary of North Korea.
Peking's delegation to the
anniversary festivities was
led by an obscure and low-
ranking member of China's
Red hierarchy. He was heavi-
ly outranked by Aleksandr
Shelepin, Russia's delegate.
Shelepin is not only one of
Moscow's chief policy makers
BERRY'S WORLD
but he is also a contender for
the top job in the Kremlin
now held by Leonid Brezhnev.
In the secretive Red world,
the rank and size of a delega-
tion to important conclaves
are usually a clue to the state
of relation between "fraternal
parties." Mao's decision to
snub North Korea is thus seen
as an Indication that he no
longer regards her as an ally
in his conflict with Moscow.
MORE EVIDENCE that
Mao and his Korean counter-
part, Kim, are no longer in
the same camp was seen at
the recent Congress of the
Romanian Communist party.
China's chief delegate to the
Congress, Teng Hsiaoping,
made a vitriolic attack not
only against "American im-
perialism" but also against
Russian "revisionism." He
castigated Moscow as the
"main danger" to world Com-
munist unity.
However, to the surprise of
the Red notables who came to
the Romanian Congress,
North Korea's chief delegate
did not back China's policy.
He failed to repeat Teng's
words against Russia. He re-
frained from even mentioning
the differences that trouble
international communism.
IN THE VIEW of veteran
observers. North Korea's
swinging back to a neutral po-
sition reveals an anti-Chinese
trend among Reds, especially
in Asia.
For the last five years, the
Communist parties of North
Viet Nam, North Korea, Ja-
pan and Indonesia were firm
supporters of Red China's pol-
of revolutionary brink-
manship. They derided Rus-
sia's more cautious policy of
"peaceful coexistence." But
they seem to be increasingly
disgruntled with Mao Tse-
icy
tung's military impotence and
his failure to back up his
strong words with strong ac-
tion in Viet Nam.
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Quotes
I am unalterably opposed to
retirement based solely on
age. A number of times I've
seen farmers come to London
to retire, and cease all activity
after the strenuous life on the
farm. As a consequence, they
came to London to die.
-Judge Roscoe G. Hornbeck,
of London, Ohio, on retire-
ment.
When you make a religion
out of selling, it is important
to practice your principle ev-
ery day.
-New York advertising man
Alfred J Seaman.
Christ knew more freedom
hanging from the cross than
the church with all its power
and influence knows today.
-The Rev. Howard Moody, a
Harlem pastor.
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"What's the matter with us? We never protest about
anything any more."
Cannel At Bay
All-Purpose Political Talk
Saves Time And Trouble
Asians May Be Spurning
Red China's Viet Policy
By WARD CANNEL
NEW YORK (NEA) -
This being the election sea-
son, it was our intention to
meet the occasion by building
an all-purpose political cam-
paign speech suitable for
use by any candidate running
for any office anywhere.
We have a sincere respect
for party politics and govern-
ment by election. But it has
always seemed to us that the
ordinary campaign speech is
a serious drag on the whole
process, being very costly to
the party and extremely dis-
tracting to the voter.
A CANDIDATE WHO
SPEAKS at a public rally
generally draws a crowd of
people who would have voted
for him anyway. On the other
hand, if he buys television
time for his message, he can
antagonize independent voters
who had tuned in to watch
Mona McCluskey, say, or My
Mother The Car.
In either case, he is often
followed by enormous quanti-
ties of political analysis ex-
plaining what he actually
meant by his remarks.
So, whatever purpose the
political address serves, it has
been our belief that the same
can be accomplished better in
every way by an all-purpose
speech.
We find, however, that it
will not be necessary to build
one. Somebody has already
done it.
IN DIALING ACROSS the
radio the other Sunday, we
happened to hear a moment
of a campaign speech by Gov.
Richard Hughes of New Jer-
sey.
What he had been talking
about before we tuned in is
impossible to say. What he
went on to say after we tuned
out is likewise lost. All we
heard was:
"Much has been accom-
plished.
"More remains to be done.
"New times call for new
ideas."
Well, it certainly does not
seem possible to do any better
than that in constructing an
all purpose political speech.
CONSEQUENTLY, WE IN-
TEND to work for the univer-
sal adoption of Gov. Hughes'
invention.
To our way of thinking, ev-
erything needed for campaign
rhetoric is to be found in that
three-line address:
"Much has been accom-
plished.
"More remains to be done.
"New times call for new
ideas.
To begin with, it does ever-
thing every other speech does.
It looks to the future. It ac-
knowledges the past. It points
out the need for change. And
at the same time, it takes into
consideration every part of
the society and economy.
IT IS A BOON to voters be-
cause it answers their most
important questions, namely:
"What has been accom-
plished?" and "What remains
to be done?"
It is a boon to candidates
because it is short, to e
point and memorable. Any
candidate who has read this
far can doubtless rattle off
the whole thing by now with-
out even thinking about it.
It is good for labor because
it makes a political career
available to many people who
do not have a satisfactory le-
isure time activity.
IT IS GOOD for business
because it dispenses with the
speech writer, freeing him for
more useful work such as
making out the payroll, calcu
lating production schedules,
and making middle manage-
ment decisions.
It is good for the children.
The entire speech can be de-
livered in less than five sec-
onds so as not to interfere
with Mona McCluskey or My
Mother The Car.
But most important, the all-
purpose speech is in the na-
tional interest. It makes the
issues crystal clear through
the use of simple and easy-to-
follow changes in the accepted
text, such as:
"Nothing has been accom-
plished." Or, "More remains
to be did." Or "Old times
bring new ideas."
The only thing this inven-
tion will not do is make up the
voter's mind. But we have no-
ticed that most people know
which candidate they will vote
for long before the election.
And nothing he can say will
make any difference.
Dimension Education
Computer Joins
Medical Team
By JOSEPH T. COYLE
Tulane University Educational
Reports
The ubiquitous computer is
known for its cold efficiency
in processing data for studies
of everything from aerody
namics to zoology.
Now it has taken on a heart-
warming new job: helping to
save children's lives.
That is the news out of Tu-
lane University's Bio-Medical
Computing System, where a
Tulane team of medical men
and computer experts are
processing information on a
computer-assisted nutrition
survey of underdeveloped Gua-
temala.
The first conclusions of the
survey, begun in February.
are expected sometime this
Fall.
THE SURVEY IS PART of
a five-year program to ana-
lyze nutrition problems in five
countries of Central America,
and Panama. It is a continua-
tion of less extensive civilian
and military nutrition surveys
conducted in 30 countries
worldwide, including most in
South America.
Dr. Walter G. Unglaub, as-
sociate dean of the Tulane
School of Medicine, is project
director. His research team
expects to find evidence of
widespread protein deficiency
in Guatemala as was discov-
ered in South America, "espe-
cially among pre-school age
children," he asserts.
The high mortality rate
(some estimates are as high
as 30-40 per cent) in Guatem-
ala from simple childhood dis-
eases such as measles, he be-
lieves, is attributable to pro-
tein deficiency in the chil-
dren's diets.
IT IS HOPED that action
programs resulting from the
survey findings will help ma-
terially to reduce this defi-
ciency.
The use of Tulane's Bio-
Medical Computing System to
process survey data "is a tre-
mendous time-saver," Dr. Un-
glaub comments. Calculations
made in minutes by the com-
puter "would occupy several
people for days, weeks, even
months."
It is believed to be the first
use of computer methodology
on such a broad scale in the
history of nutrition surveys.
Head of computer opera-
tions in the project is Dr.
James W. Sweeney, director
of Tulane Computer Centers.
OTHER MEMBERS of the
team are Wilson J. Nettleton
Jr., assistant director of Tu-
lane computer operations, and
Miss Gloria J. Hankins, nutri-
tionist programmer.
The survey is being con-
ducted under the auspices of
the nutrition section of the Of-
fice of International Dasanah
(OIR); the National Institutes
of Health; and by the Insti-
tute of Nutrition of Central
America and Panama (IN-
CAP).
Researchers in the field in
Guatemala have used four
methods of data collection
from which they are attempt-
ing to develop the best meth-
od for future surveys.
In one, they use a 24-hour
dietary recall questionnaire.
Residents attempt to recall all
foods, type and quantity.
which are eaten for the last 24
hours. In another, a complete
foods inventory is taken at the
beginning and end of the peri-
od, and a record of variables
such as wastage and cooking
losses is kept.
IN A THIRD METHOD,
dietitians copy recipes, meas-
ure food served, wastage loss.
In the fourth, samples of food
are taken in proportion to the
amount consumed per day,
weighed, and chemically ana-
lyzed.
In all methods, the comput-
er is used to calculate the nu-
trients in each person's die-
tary intake over the given pe-
riod of time.
Computer use in such studi-
es grew out of a program
written and designed in 1958
by Miss Hankins. It was un-
der the direction of Miss Mar-
garet Moore, then chief nutri-
tional consultant for the Loui-
siana State Board of Health,
who used it in a heart-disease
study.
Dr. Unglaub, conducting a
nutritional evaluation study of
school children, saw the
potentiality of computer
method for nutrition work. He
and Miss Moore then jointly.
developed a more comprehen-
sive computer program which
could have international, as
well as local, uses.
FIRST PHASE of the Gua-
temala survey was taken in
40 different rural locations.
throughout the country, and
covered one-tenth of one per
cent of the population, or 4,000
people. The urban phase of
the survey, conducted in Gua-
temala City, covered 100
households containing 498 per-
sons.
Dr. Unglaub hopes the sur-
vey conclusions will be ap-
plied in the Food for Peace
program in the distribution of
commodities with a heavier
protein content.
He hopes, too, that the sur-
vey will help the Guatemalan
government see the need of
placing more emphasis on the
food value of crops than on
their cash value, as is now the
practice.
FOR THE FUTURE, he and
his team have set themselves
the goals of building a nu-
trient table that will serve the
whole world, and developing a
food composition data pool
that will contain information
from
many countries.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1965
