The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1965 Page: 10 of 16
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Cherokeean
* Comments * Columns
What ia it to be an American. Malcolm Mug-
ridge, British critic and author, aeonu to have
pretty peculiar ideas about the subject in
•n article entitled "The British Puntan tor A*
marican TV" appearing in this week's issue of
TV Guide.
The synthesis of Mr. Muggeridge'« article is:
"The more anti-American Europeans get, the
more Americanized they seem to become." How-
ever, the satirical writer's idww oí what consti-
tutes Americanism is (ar from flattering, in fact
they are downright insulting.
Mr. Muggeridge writes:
"The fact is that we Europeans, whatever
we may say to the contrary, are craiy about
everything American. Indeed, I sometimes think
thai the more anti-American we purport to be in
altitude, the more Americanized we tend to be-
come in our tastes, our speech, and our attire.
Our children wear jeans, our songsters such as
the Beatles all affect a kind of bastard Ameri-
oanese, our restaurants stive frozen non-food in
the American style; our dancing, our dating, our
pornography, our .strips, our magazines, our mus-
leads; above all, as I have said, our television
programs—all, all American."
The critic-author states that during the 19th
Century it was popular to emulate the British
but now the trend has shifted and nil the world
is captivated with The American Way of Life
and America's .sweet smell of success You will
find, he says. "... people downing Innocuous
American soft drinks, which have spread all over
Europe in recent years . . . swooning to Negroid
music . . . and sunbathing in as nearly naked
a condition as Is legally permissible."
Clearly, Mr. Muggeridge is unhappy with the
world-wide fad of people trying to imitate Amer-
icant, otherwise he would not attempt to pass off
such petty virtues or vices (depending upon how
you look at them) as what constitutes the make-
up of a typical Ameritan It is evident that he
has little respect for Americans in general, else
he would not hit at our supposedly lack of
culture, lack of taste, lack of morals in his
typically British, stuff-shirted, eye-brow-J i f t e d
way.
Malcolm Muggeridge—his name even sounds
terribly British.
Fish and chips, five o'clock tea, tweeds—these
are symbols of England which used to be copied
by the world, but are no more Perhaps, it hurts
Mr. Muggeridge's pride a little to realize that
the English attitude is "old bat" now and Amer-
ica's tastes represent the young, modern gen-
eration. People just don't look down on Ameri-
cans anymore because the majority of us drink
our tea with ice, rather than hot with cream
and sugar.
Mr. Muggeridge should recall that a radical
dynamiting ring which recently conspired to
damage American morale did not plan to blow
lip the Tro picana gambling casino in Las Vegas
during one of its elaborate strip shows, nor did
they plan to ignite a few sticks of explosives near
the hip-swinging singer Elivs Presley, nor did
they attempt to dynamite the frozen food pack-
aging department of Morton's, Inc.
Rather, they sought to blow up the Statue of
Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and the Washington
Monument—institutions dearly loved ami respect-
ed by all Americans everywhere. Unlike Mr.
Muggeridge, this small Iwnd of anarchists knew
which things were typically American and in
which things Americans lake pride.
We Need Asian Help
Between Mao to die East and Kosygin to the
West, screaming choice insults at America —
charging us with the slaughter of women and
children as well as the stock Communist indict-
ment of aggression—we, the plain people, may
be in some danger of losing our patience.
As the static from the blood-drenched peo-
ples' paradises on either side of us grows more
shrill, it becomes more difficult to reflect calm-
ly on our unhappy experience in Southeast Asia
and why Americans, in the uniform of our coun-
try, an- dying there; to analyze our situation or
to think constructively of a better course than
our off-again, on-a train aerial strafing of what
we hope arc the Vict Cong.
Thinking back, we are reminded that we went
into Southeast Asia as advisors ami to train
these freedom fighters in the use of strange,
new weapons. It was inevitable that, as the
months dragged into years, there would be A-
merican casualties—and now, as they top the
300 mark, Americans are footing hack are! pil-
oting attacking planes.
Sentiments for a "negotiated settlement" np-
pears to be running out of the Washington peace-
makers' shoes as Democrats join Republicans in
backing President Johnson's policy of seeing the
job through. Most forthrightly, Louisiana's Sen-
ator Russell B. Long says we must be prepared
to fight both Red China and Russia if necessary
to win in South Vietnam. And now comes word
tliat US Marines may be landed to close the bor-
der between the two Vietnamés against further
infiltration from the north.
But the issue Is far from settled. And, if we
are to see it through—as we must if we art1
ever to stand up to Communism anywhere—it is
time to accept the help of the still-free nations of
Asia. No less th;ui 20 of them—from the free Re-
public of China to Taipei to Thailand and Korea
to the Philippines—have offered. And we have
been stiff-necked about letting Asians help in re-
solving a fundamentally Asian crisis. Chiang has
pleaded for the chance of wiping out Red China's
budding nuclear capability while there is yet
time, and of invading the mainland whose teem-
ing millions will flock to his support.
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nation know bettor than anyone
the values of Electric Cookingl
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SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC SER VICE COMPANY
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Teachers' Pay Hike Poll Labeled Slanted
. .. <_ i rj based on experience and trai
i Sol*'. Union dorkworVrrt continue parolvnis
of all Atlantic and Cull port despite ratification of
oetllenieuU by local* iu ull but two port*.
-ongshoremen's Strike Is
Called a Power Monopoly
EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow-
ing editorial ii< reprinted from the
Industrial Press Service, which
acts in u public relations capacity
fur manufacturers throughout the
lulled States. This editorial is re-
printed to show how manufactur-
ers un a whole feel about the cur-
rent Longshoremen's strike which
ha* paralyzed some of our most
valuable ports.
The serious damage that organ-
ized labor's monopoly power can
inflict on the nation's economy
was never more graphically dem-
onstrated than in the strike of the
International Longshoremen As-
sociation.
This stoppage which paralyzed
shipping in all Atlantic and Gulf
Coast ports would have been bad
enough under ordinary circum-
stances but the manner in which
it was conducted and prolonged
showed complete disregard, by
the union, for fair play and hon-
est dealing.
Even though the rank and file
union members in most of the
ports from Maine to Texas rati-
fied a contract that was hailed by
their own leaders as one of the
finest ever offered a labor organ-
ization, the strike in all ports
was continued as a means of forc-
ing management to capitulate (o
the demands of locals in two of
the ports.
Thus, shipping companies who
had agreed to the harsh terms
weeks before, were still unable
to resume operations, the shut-
down of which was costing an es-
timated 25 million dolíais a day.
Has the standard union dictum
of "No contract, no work" now
been changed to "No work, even
with a contract?"
A U S T I N - A spokesman for
teachers teda y flunked the Bel-
den Poll for turning in an incom-
plete report on how Tcxans feel
about the competing teacher sal-
ary increases proposed by Gov-
ernor Connaily and the Texas
State Teachers Association.
Both proposals now are pend-
ing in the Texas Legislature. The
Belden Poll is a Dallas-based
opinion sutvey firm. The poll it
furnished Texas newspapers this
week purported to show a major-
ity of Texans favoring the Gov-
ernor's ten-year pay plan over the
TSTA immediate pay raise pro-
posal.
"If the poll had touched on >vho
would pay the tax bill for these
raises, far different answers
would have been received," ex-
plained L. P. Sturgeon, TSTA di-
rector of public relations.
The poll failed to point out,
Sturgeon noted, that the Gover-
nor's plan would require immed-
iate local tax increases on pro-
perty. This would be true because
this plan would require local
school district to pay for text-
books and to match teacher re-
tirement costs, estimated to be
$20 million for the next biennium.
These costs have always been
borne in full by the state.
"Mr. Joe Belden himself, di-
rector of the Belden Poll, told us
that the only information given
the 1,000 persons interviewed was
in the question itself," Sturgeon
said.
The 1,000 persons interviewed
were asked the following ques-
tion:
"The Texas State Teachers As-
sociation has asked the Legisla-
ture to give all public school
teachers in Texas an immediate
pay raise, every teacher to get
the same amount. Governor John
Ccnnally has proposed to the Leg-
islature a plan to raise teachers'
pay gradually, based on each
teachers' years of experience, col-
lege degrees, and merit. Which
proposal do you think is best—
the Governor's plan or the Teach-
ers Association plan?"
Sturgeon said the question it-
self was slanted in favor oí the
Governor * plan, whether inten-
tional or not.
"The question implies," he ex-
plained, "that for the first time
the Governor proposes to base
teacher pay on teaching exper-
ience and college degrees. This is
an absolutely false assumption."
"For many years," he added,
"teacher pay in Texas has been
TOURING—
East Texas
By BOB BOWMAN
A year ago, during the week of
April 20-25, a few East Texas
newspapers began carrying this
column as a weekly service of
the East Texas Tourist Assn.
Today, the papers that use the
weekly column number in the hun-
dreds.
The aims and goals of E.T T.A.
haven't changed much in the past
12 months. It still is devoted to
promoting tourism and history in
gifted, bountiful East Texas.
E.T.T.A.'s officials, headed by
president Horace Stubblefield of
Diboll. would like to know if you,
the readers, feel the column has
been worthwhile.
Has il interested you?
Have you learned anything new
about the East Texas in which
you live?
Have you taken the time to vis-
it some of the places publicized
here in the past year?
Why not drop E.T.T.A. a card
or letter? The address: East Tex-
as Tourist Assn., Nacogdoches,
Texas.
(This column distributed week-
ly by the East Texas Tourist
Assn., Nacogdoches, Texas.)
O
OLDEST REPUBLICS
The world's oldest republics are
San Marino (in Italy), and An-
dorra (between Spain and
France).
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KIDS AND ASPIRIN
Each year 500,000 children are
accidentally poisoned, 100,000 by
aspirin.
based on experience and training
and it would be continued that
way under the TSTA proposal. We
never thought of <fcing ífc any
other way, since we originated the
idea long ago."
Belden himself conceded tn hit
report that "It will be obvious to
those who have studied the- pro-
positions . . . that the abov£ques-
tion is a simplification <g the
plans."
Such a "simplification" aesults
in distortion of the facts, Stur-
geon declared, because notJnany
have studied both propositions. He
said that no fair report cotiid be
based on such weak and incom-
plete information.
"When citizens realize that lo-
cal school district will have to
pay 70 per cent of the cost '¿I the
Governor's program campagsi to
the usual 20 per cent, and* that
teachers will get only half as
much salary increase this-bien-
nium under the Governor'üplan,
they will have far different re-
actions," Sturgeon pointed «ut.
This information can be" veri-
fied with local school headquar-
ters, he said.
"It should be noted also, ^Stur-
geon added, "that this proposal
to shift $20 million of the* cost
back to the local level is "based
on a latger recommendation thai
$200 million should be s h ij t e i
from the state to the local Jevel."
THE CHEROKEEAN -
Texas' oldent weekly newnpapei
published by the E. H. W7iTl«he <
Enterprises.
E. H. WHITEHEAD, Rdttot' and
Publisher. ^
MRS. E. H. WHITEHEAD, OffUe ani
Business Manager.
Subscription Kate*: $3.00 per year.
$1.75 for nix months in County;'it.00
per year. 2 25 for six month* out ot
sounty.
Entered as seeontl elasa matter «I
the poatoffice in Rn*k. Texas, under
ict ..f MHrch S, 1879. .
The Family That Prays Together - Stays Together
"ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
E. B. Musick
Insurance Agency
Rush, Texas
First State Bank
Member F.D.I.C.
Rusk, Texas
Wallace Funeral
Home
Rush, Tejr
The Cherokeean
"Texas Oldest Weekly"
Rusk, Texas
Citizens State Bank
Member F.D.I.C.
Rusk. Texar
Gregg Insurance
Agency
Citizens State Bank BldgL
Rusk, Texas
Southwestern
Electric Service Co.
Rusk, Texas
Qod's Purposes
Cherokee County
Abstract Company
(Hanna A Guenxel)
Rusk, Texas
If you were having a picnic at the lake
at approximately this spot, you might say,
"Well, why did the engineers leave those
trees in tito water when they made this
lake? They create such an eyesore. I can
see no purpose in it." Yet, fishermen tell
us that the fish love those old tree stumps
and roots and that you can almost always
find fish swimming in the dark recesses
around and between these trees.
So many times we question God's wis-
dom in allowing some things to be and
other things to come to pass. But God is
good and his purposes are wise. The very
thing that seems useless to us, might make
us marvel if we could see with Heaven's
eyes.
As Isaiah reminds us, "For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ivays, saith the Lord. For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are
my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts."
But he also wants us to know that life
thoughts are many toward us and
everything works toward our good and our
salvation. If we had no conflicts, and no
questions, we would never have the op-
portunity to step out on faith.
Gome to church Sunday and learn of God,
his pulses, and the unsearchable rfcfan
of his love.
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Rusk, Texas
Citizens Industrial
Insurance Company
V. J. Long
Rusk. Texas
Moseley Drug Store
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West Side of Square, Rusk
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Alto, Texas
Pearman Chevrolet
Company
Alto, Texas
Piggly Wiggly
Rusk, Texas
E-Z Vision
Cable Co.
Phone MU 3-2257 or MU 3-2259
Manning Grocery
Rusk, Texas
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1965, newspaper, March 11, 1965; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150591/m1/10/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.