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Editorial
Patriotism Go« Out.
In the leaf than a year and a half rifle# the Ruffians
gent up the first sputnik a vast number of words have bken
Written and spoken regarding the real and imagined short-
comings of American education. Of all this or more signi-
ficant than the remarks of Sen. Hugh 8cutt (R., Pa.), ad-
dressing the fellows of the American Bar Assn, in Chicago
Scott called for a "drastic oterhaul" of American ed-
ucation “before patriotism goes out of style.” The lack of
patriotic Indoctrination in the schools Is “an Infinitely
more dangerous gap than lack of missiles in America's
long-range national security planning.”
We cqn toughen up the currlculm, drop many of the j
Mils, encourage more students to take mathematics and
science, and still lose the cold war.
We can train an extra million scientists but if they have
no understanding of this nation's history, if they are glv-1
en warped Ideas of Americanism, if they consider them-.
selves cltlsens of the world and think patriotism narrow,
provincial or chauvinistic, we will have a million potential
Ager Hisses and Rosenburgs.
We have failed In recent years to ineulate patrlo-
tsm Into the youth of the land. Worse, entirely too many
textbooks on history and sociology that are used In our
schools are so written as to make youngsters ashamed of
patriotism and Americanism.
Maj. William B. Mayer, United States Army psychiat-
rist who studied the returnees among the one third of a- !
meriean soldiers captured In Korea who succumbed to
brainwashing by enemy experts, reported that our sys- i
tern of education had failed to give the youth the funds-;
mental facts and enduring principles that would have en-
abled them to resist brainwashing. He found that the qua-
lity that had been especially missing from their education
was a sense of patriotism, a love of country.
Scott and Mayer are right. American education needs
a drastic overhaul “before patriotism goes out of style.”
(Houston Chronicle.)
OILY BIRD WHO HOPES TO GET THE WORM
now york
BY MEL HEIMER
jS ***’
huxinex* visitors
Wofford of Uvalde
visiting friends and
Mrs Lizzie
wax here
relatives.
IS Year* Ago
Mar. St. ISM
Charles Ott returned from a
visit of several weeks in Aus-
tin Mr* llarry Meyer of Nord-
heim wax a Cucro visitor Mn. I
Karl Mile* of Victoria spent the j
day here Mr*. Roy Bradley and)
Mrs. K.F. Baker spent the day i
Liiirrl '
In San Antonio William Boyd
was Starring in "The Frontier-
•men” at the Trot Theatre Mr.
and Mr*. Burns McAlister were
buiineaa visitor* in Becvillc and
Victoria.
Through The Hill
Those who think that driving sn automobile Is u right
need to be reminded that it is a privilege grunted by the
state. Those who drive Irresponsibly, without dut regard
for the general welfare, are In danger of having this privi-
lege revoked.
Revocation of a driver's license has s grim sound of
•f finality about It. The fact is that all but a handful of
revocations arc for limited periods. And then, more often
than not, the offender’s license is restored without fur-
ther ado.
The key phrase there Is “without further ado.” Orant-
M that revocation, in most casks, should not be permanent.
Hut what would be wrong with requiring the offendkr to
start from scratch again when his period of revocation
was up—to go three."!! tl'.'i c:. ;;*.Ir.:.*Ion mill again Just
as though he had never had a licenser This would have
two beneficial results.
It would bs a greater deterrent than the mere threat
of revocation. The reckless driver would tend to curb him-
self rather than run the risk of failing to pass the re-ex-
amination, especially if examiners were tough In matters
of attttudss and knowledge of regulations, ks well as on
mm questions of driving skin. Hiving to go through ths jmat*-gue»t there with also-famed,
lk«H ...In .!» would fort, ImqMnubh Xrtrtr, kiXttT^ SSS,
to break careless driving habits ang refresh their unger- j their gas-jet light, hr Mew it out;!
standing if rulas of the road.
•ueh a program would bs no guarantee that drivers
whose license had been revoked would thereeftsr reform.
It would bo a move toward greater responsibility In driv-
ing, however.
SIOHT IN itni - Member* of
the Russian ski team at Squaw
Valley, Calif, are attired in
latest ski style, you see with
this view of Eugenm Sidorovs
She'* 28. has two children.
10 and 20 Years _Ago
From Record Files...
It Year* Ago
Mar. 24. IMS
Members of the Lindennu
Home Demonstration flub voted
to donate money for a package
of vegetable seed to be sent to
Germany Mrs. Frank Blo»» re-
turned to her home after visiting t ,
relative* in l uem. Roy 1 ay,or j Sof^v^nt^-fudsproduce flowers barks mean one thing to
?r .WHhf.d,b*'‘n '^hiTl'0."nce »_y«r while Other* do so pups while gruff bark,
local hospital, was able to re- 7
tumtoichool M.s R R Book-1«wice yearly. something else,
er and Mr*. Bertha llollmann.j - . •
both of San Antonio, were Cuero; Mistletoe is the state flower of
FACTOCRAPHS
their
mean
Oklahoma.
Trust and Luck are villages
within, three mile* of one another
in North Carolina.
in tlie United States.
Some experts explain the red i
appearance of the planet Mara'
as coming from granite rocks or 1
red clay which give a ruddy re-
flection in the sunlight. j
Sea lion* bark noisly but they Fro*ion causes a daily loss of The Hishiacus is the territorial
are no relation to dogs Shrill some eight thousand acres of land flower of Hawaii.
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KNOW TEXAS
By JAMES PARSER
Q. What famous Indian met his
death by means of a white man *
peaceful utility?
A. Ft Worth's old Delaware
hotel was the scene. Victim: fam-
ed Chief Yellow Bear. A room-
rolled up in his blanket on the
floor: went to sleep; never woke |
up. Quanah. overcome, survived.
(C Its# by James Barber)
A century ago wallpaper was
punted horn handout wood
block* ax manv ax 1,(100 per de-
* NSM. hl,h KIM. MtatUll «,l promised V
te shave off hte mustache if hte team Won the city champ-1 s. factories per day to paixu one
lonhlp. It did. He did. Rut there’s no truth to the etory
that the coach’a wife paid the rival team to throw the Gold Wa« discovered in Austra-
lia on Feb. 12. 1851.
Ike names a committee to fight inflation. The firit
thing they need to know te that never have ao many owed
ao mueh to eo many.
(Hi)* (Burro ftrrord
Pin* League, tec.. Texas___
. New Tort Orv m N Michigan 4ve
>L Louie; 1330 Wilslure Bfv* Los Angelas
'TaMeeo: 1TO Penobacw Bide. Detroit: Ava.
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w M nSi’lion mmtSTSjT *mmh ffri*?
SITTINO A MCORD-Sitting at
lus desk In tus Washington ot-
(Me te the Capitol building.
Speaker Sam Rayburn <D>.
Texas, starts his 47th year in
Congress, setting a record for
leagth «' service in the House
of Representatives. The late
Rep. Joe Cannon iRi. Illinois,
held the former record of 48
rears not consecutive. Ray-
burn has served as speaker
loafer thaa say other man.
CHAPTER n
XTORTH of the Comarroa fan
IN archipelago of palm-studded
islets sbovs Madagascar) we set
a course for the open aea and
went rolling on. with favoring
winds, to our n*::t landfall. This
was the mountain mass of Soco-
tra, a fair-sized Island off Cape
Guardafut. Beyond was the Gulf
of Aden, which gave in turn to
the Red Sea. It was Bonnie Cart-
er's intention to begin her pirat-
ical hunting for ships in this area
before pushing farther north.
So far. I had yat to tread the
quarter-deck when she was on
watch, though I had taken several
tricks at the wheel when Moao
ucj In command—and, ot course,
gave the orders when I was the
officer in charge. As it chanced,
I had the deck when we sighted
our first prize. 1 will not deny
that the long-drawn cry of Xatf-
ho! from our crow's-nest sent a
shiver down my spine. Fortunate-
ly. 1 remembered my place In
time—and turned to knock on the
captain's door just aa Bonnie
herself came Into view.
"Where av.ay. Mr. Douglas?*'
she asked me.
"Dead ahead. Captain," I said.
She was In the ratlines with a
single catlike bound, a spyglass
at her belt — mounting to the
height of our topsail before ahe
took her first aquint at the north-
ern horizon Her eyre were spark-
ling when ahe dropped down be-
side me and tendered the glass.
"Name it If you can,” ahe said.
We ware bowling north-by-
northeast. In freshening weather,
at close to fifteen knots. The
horizon open aa I climbed; even
before I reached our first yard-
arm. I could discern the white
blur of a sail with the naked eye
I climbed on until I was just
below the rrow'a-neet, where I
conferred with our lookout, then
studied our prospective quarry
with care Bonnie was pacing the
deck Impatiently when I returned.
“Even for a Scot." she said,
••thf.t'a a dour fae# you're wear-
ing ”
"She's an Indiaman,” t said.
'But shea convoyed by three
bootna."
"Can you identify the Iadla-
man's home port?"
"She looks to be one of the
Mogul's ships." I said. There had
been no mlstcking that blood-
red standard.
“Judging by the she. tened sail,"
xu.J Bonnie, "ahe has only a prize
crew aboard *
I nedded u.y i.gi eciueat. The
loom is a speedy craft much fa-1
vored by the pirates of the Tru-;
c:al Coast The Indiamsn was *1-
nn*l surely a prize, and tha
three-ship convoy teemed to be
shepherding it to one of their
strongholds In the Gulf of Aden.
"If she's a prize." said Bonnie,
she's worth retaking."
••Undoubtedly." I said. "The
1 Mogul uses dozens of lhaae India-
j men on the mn te Sues I've
know n turn te send cargoes worth
x hundred thousand pounds."
heavily door and held my peace.
"Speak up, Mr. Douglas," ahe
said. "Until you've proved your-
self otherwise, you're among
friends.”
"My plana are en the daring
side." I told her. "I’d tail straight
through the convoy. I'd put ex-
tra men on the yards and shift
course constantly. Coining into
their midst on a zigzag, we’d be
sure to confuse 'em. By engaging
the nearest boom first, we’ll use
the Indiaman aa a shield. Then,
when we're ready, we’ll hit both
the others point-blank. With
proper timing, we can put ail
three out of action In two paaaea.”
"Daring’s a mild word for auch
a ruse,” said Bonnie. "Hear would
you vote, Moao?"
“I’d prefer a more even odds,"
said the Negro.
“And you, Jack?"
"Moao’a right," said the Eng-
lishman. "We could step a round
shot where it’d hurt—while w«
were still outgunned."
"Both objections are valid."
said Bonnie. "I'm still voting with
Mr. Douglas. Break out our col-
ors, Mozo. And you. Jack, tend
your gunners to their stations.
We’re holding course—and asking
for a fight."
When our eyas mat. I felt my-
self take firs from her endorse-
ment.
"Since the plan is yours. Mr.
Douglas,” ahe said, “you will take
the deck. I'll give contrary or-
ders, If needed ”
I remembered to salute before
I left the cabin, hut I could not
quite keep down a grin; my
spirits were bounding as I took
command again — for the fleet
time since Cape Tosm. A cheer
ran down the deck as I gave the
order to move into action. There
was no question that these aea
dogs would serve me to the last
gasp.
Mozo and KetehSIl had taken
their posts—tha former at tha
bowsprit to gauge the fleet hos-
tile shots, the latter te tht gun
deck. I needed no more than a
passing glance for there activities.
Thanks to constant practice, each
man alow sod aloft knew his job.
Even In the brisk following
wind I conk) smell the oily blaze
In each of the pots where round
shot were heating. The gunners
stood above their matches,
primed to saap Into motion. Pow-
der monkeys hung at the rail,
awaiting the command to open
ports. Still others waited at the
pulleys for the order to eaee the
cannon into firing posit Ion.
Similar activity was going for-
ward on tho enemy eeeorts- A
"She didn t a e e m
armed."
"I doubt if she's armed at all,"
I said. "The gun decks are often
stripped to make extra storage
space. I’d give ten to one those
booms are corsairs, since they
fly no colon. Not that the point's
worth arguing. We’ll have a war
on our hands if we sail amongst
’am.”
Bonnie's eyes strayed to the
English flag that whipped bravely
at her own mlssen. "So far as
they know now. we re an East
India Company ahip,” she said
"As such w# mean no harm. Hold
course, if you pleaae, Mr. Doug-
las. We’ve time for a look at the
chart."
She returned to her cabin, em-
erging at once with an Admiralty
map. which she spread for my
Inspection. This, I perceived, was
to be my first testing.
"As you see, we’ve two routes
open," ahe said. "One is to make
wasting at once and enter the
Gulf at Socotra The other is to
hold our present tack and risk
a fight. Which would you sug-
gest?"
“I'd hold course and sound this
convoy out," I said.
"So far, we think alike.” ahe
tuld me. "Send word If the ea-
corta show their colon." Again
she was gene with the words,
popping into her cabin like a
Jack-in-the-box.
News of a prospective prise had
spread through the ship. Mozo
and Jack Ketchell (who had been
promoted from bosun to third
of fleer) were on deck before their
off-watch ended, and volunteers
leaped to every shroud when I
ordered the yarda shifted In-
deed. I was forced to speak sharp-
ly on occasion to keep the men
from overmanning the lines. It
would never do to advertise our
interest in advance
When Bonnie came on deck
again, wa were a half mile up-
wind of the nearest boom The
veaael wee sailing a tight tri-
angular eousoe to protoet the
lumbering Indikman's atom. The
slater ships formed tha remain-
ing points of the triangle: we
could not risk a closer approach
without coming Into gun range.
"What's your opinion now. Mr.
Douglas?” Bonnie asked.
"She's a prize from the Mo-
gul's fleet." I said "Thera's only
a skeleton crew aboard her—and
Judging by the way ahe wallows,
she's loaded deep Shea a duck
In a millpond—If we can wipe
out the three booms ”
"How would you take her, Mr.
Douglas ?”
| I glanced around me. realizing howl y dismay sounded---
that both Moao and Jack had the narrowing strip of aaa when
climbed to the quarter-deck This,
obviously, was my second chal-
lenge.
‘There s a way. Captain Carter
if you'll risk it.” I said "May we
discuss it in your caNn ?"
"follow me. gentlemen." *he
said—and stalked once again into
her cabin We followed, and I
, stood unstirring just inside the
the black flag «f our profession
replaced the English ensign.
Dick Drag Me haa te flgfct a
battle te overcome efcipo he’d
like bo save, with Captata Bea-
nie xeatehteg hte every mere.
Ceattaoe the earedUve hare to-
a
v
Mol Meliaer
x -K\\ YORK—The New York Convention and
|> \ uitors bureau ix «n enterprising organize*
t.on the' tr.es w'.tlrconsiderable iucceai — in the
face of cpDCiit.’on from surly mmnthrooes such
a* I -•.overact cut cf tqwT.ers to this city.
It si o ha* V couple of enterprising press
ajfer.t.x ram-1 diaries Gillett and ?ally Maguire,
unoae fme Ir.sii"hands were much in evidence
the .other day/ The bureau s board of directors
held it* annual meeting guess where* Thirl/',
thousand feet over New York, that's where. Tha
directors were sitt ng in an American Airlines
707. going *00 miles an hour, unen prea-dent
Joe Binns the Hilton hotel mogul, gave out with ■
the annual report. I'm not aura what it had ta
<;o with t :s oureau'a meet.ng, but It made tot
T*o»e Xeir lor k *ome pi el tv, jazzy publicity.
rOMtewfiO”t While the directors were sneakily trying ta
stand cuaiter" on end i everybody getting into one
of those Jets, myself included, just (tax to try the quarter-on-end
routine i. it wa* announced that something more than three million
delegates to conventions poured into New 5 ork in 1958. spending
just short of 1200 million Those are crettv impressive figures and
they show that the power of the pics is somewhat limited. I've
been trying for years to ke<-p convention delegates back in St.
Louis or Shamokm. There's enough confusion in this nutty town
without them adding to it.
a • • •
I GUESS THE biggest bunch of conventioneers were Jehovah’*
Witnesses, the Watehtower Bible end Trsct society members who
holed up st Yankee Stadium last summer 142.000 strong. They alas
seemed among the nicest «e ever have had. The worst, of course,
are the veteran*’ organizations which, alas, are full of rowdily un-
funny souls who try to ride horses into hotel lobbies. The Jehovah
Witnesses, though, were quiet, pleasant, courteous and good tippers.
Then there w ax the VFW convention, which fetched 25,000 max ..
Into town, the Eiks with 15.000. the American Management Asso-
ciation Packaging show with 12.000, the National Exposition of
Power and Mechanical Engineering with 10,000 and a handful with
around 5,000 attendan-e. Sixty-six of the convening groups never
had held their soirees here before.
“Many of these groups. ’ according to bureau executive Royet
Ryan, "were organizations whose members felt they w*ould find
New York a cold and unfriendly place, or believed they would b*
swallowed up in such a large city ’ Presumably they did not en-
counter me. I'm the man who had an extra martini to celebrate
Los Angeles' acquisition of the 1960 Democratic convention, and
I’m plumping heavily for Chicago to get the Republicans. Old
soldiers riding geldings into lobbies are bad enough Politl-ians arb
too much for any decent New Yorker to put tip with.
• • • •
THIS SUMMER THE Rotary and Liens convention* are to b«
held hare, eo we can count on a big boost in the table salt Industry.
In my journalistic childhood I covered countless such organization's
weekly luncheon*, and I never saw so many guya trying to sneak
salt into their neighbors’ cup* of coffee in my life. I suppose each
of ua gets his kicks in his own peculiar way.
During June and July the Soviet Union will have an exposition
at tha Coliaeum, which is the hub of most of the medium-siaad
conventions, and we ought to be able to expect some e .citement
then. You know, pickets and demonstrators and xtov a 1 «0ps
and bearded souls yelling "Cossacks! ' at tha bulla. Them rdter has
been snything quite like a good Soviet convention to stir things up.
In July’s dog days, city editors will welcome this one.
The director* trying to stand quarters on end were told that dele-
gates spent 29.8 per cent of each dollar for hotel rooms, 18 per cent
of each dollar for retail buying and 15 per cent of tha buck for
restaurants. And, from what embittered maitre d » have told isq
about 1 per cent of each buck for tipping.
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