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EDITORIAL
DIFFERENT TRAINING
IS NEEDED
(Ontario, Calif. Daily Report)
For too long, we Americans
have clung to the myth that we
are a rugged, versatile people.
We like to look at ourselves in
the distorted mirror of the past
and take pride in the “pioneer
spirit" and ability we think we
see reflected. As a recent critic in
the New York Times points out,
facts do not support this legend.
It m y have been true years ago
when farming was the chief oc-1
cupation, when each child was
brought up to work at many,
chores. But it is now no longer
true that most American are self
reliant.
Here are some eye-opening
facts. In the last World War,
when all American men were reg
istered and classified, actually il
literacy was found to be high,
and occupational illiteracy was
even higher. Of the millions call
ed 65 in 100 were rejected. Of
the 35 percent accepted, only 16
per cent had the mental and
physical abilities required of of
ficers of combat troops. Two
thirds of the remainder had pos
sibilities that could be developed
into usefulness through training.
The lowest third could only with
difficulty acquire knowledge and'
skill enough to be used in non
combat work.
Studies indicate that given op
portumty, only 30 percent of the
unemployed are capable of find
ing and keeping jobs on their'
own; that 40 percent can again
get or Tceep joBs in private in
dustry only after some rehabilita
tion and considerable retraining,
while the 30 percent remaining
have little better than day-labor
-ability and are virtually unable
to survive by their own initia
tive.
Schools are learning that form
ulation of education in terms of
the conditions and the idealism
of a century ago will “check ee
on m e evolution and result in
maladjustments and moral ship
wreck." They are finding that a
chill who is exposed to many
I
I subjects related to life today is
; bound to get something that will
give him purpose and a place in
j life.
It is high time we quit fooling
our children. We send them to
schools where they are encourag
ed in useless and profitless cours
es instead of schools of practical
instruction.
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Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
WASHINGTON -Twenty-five
of the Army’s famed “Flying
Fortresses” and an equal number
or more of he Navy's powerful
twin-engined PBY patrol bomb
ers will soon be sold to Britain.
The negotiations, now nearing
completion, have been going on
for several weeks, simultaneous
ly with conversations regarding
the securing of air and naval
bases on strategic British islands
in the Pacific.
The British are urgently in
need of long-range great weight
carrying planes of the “Flying
Fortress” and PBY type. Lack of
ships of this kind is a vital weak
ness in British air power. They j
have no planes capable of operat
ing east of Berlin which makes
it impossible to strike at some of
the Nazis’ key war production!
center located in what was for
merly Austria and Czechoslovak
ia.
A fleet of 25 “Flying Fortress
es,” which have a cruising radius
Of over 5.000 miles, would bring
the war home to the Germans
where it would hurt most. Also
the British could strike smashing
blows at Italian industries— and
Italy is the Achilles heel of the
Axis.
The naval PBYs are needed in
the crucial Mediterranean strug
gle. With a range of 4.00'J miles
these mighty flying boats could
destroy Italian submarines, trans
ports and supply ships. Italy has
to transport everything she
: needs in her African offensive
across the Mediterraean, and the
PBYs could cripple this jugular
vein.
These planes also are needed
| to meet the impending asault on
.Gibraltar, key to the British con
i trol of the Mediterranean. They
also would put Britain in a much
) stronger position to meet the
threat of Spanish intervention.
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U. S. SUPPLY
The Army has a total of 59
"Flying Fortresses” plus a num
; ber of others in production,
which are coming from the fac
tory at the rate of about seven a
month.
In addition to buying 25 of
those now in service the British
also would like an arrangement
to obtain every other new ship.
Army officials say this would not
delay U. S. rearming, but would
enable the manufacturer to ex
pand his facilities and achieve a
greater output.
The Navy is amply supplied
with PBYs. It already has 196 in
service and 200 more being pro
duced at the rate of on every 36
hours. The new ships are consid
erably faster and more powerful
than most of th 196 in service.
Navy heads declare that 50 of
these planes could be spared
without any impairment to Navy
air power.
The method of sale under con
sideration is similar to the sale
of obsolete dive bombers and
surplus Wor’d War rifles ma
chine guns and munitions last
spring. The planes would be turn
ed in to the manufacturers, who
would sell them to the British ;
and credit the Army and Navy
with the funds on purchase of
new and better ships.
The British plan to fly the
giant planes direct across the
Atlan ic and crews of English
and American airmen are being
assembled in Canada for this pur
pose. The great flying field at
Botswood, Newfoundland, pro
bably will be the jumping off
point. i
NOTE—Britain also is seeking
250.000 World War model Lee
Enfield rifles. The Army has
£bout 1.250,000 in reserve stocks.
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DAISY ON THE STUMP
Mrs. J. Borden (“Daisy") Har
riman, U. S. Minister to Norway, '
will take the campaign stump j
for President Roosevelt.
Since her return from the Nazi
.
overrun country. Mrs. Harrirnan
has been under State Depart- j
ment orders not to talk. But the
gag will shortly be lifted and she
will return to her first love—pol
itics.
Mrs. Harrirnan will do her orat
ing mostly in Wisconsin, Minnes
ota and North Dakota, where
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there are large Scandinavian pop
ulaticns. She is an old hand at
campaigning. In 1928 she accom
Ipanied A1 Smith in all his speak
ing trips and was active in the
. 1932 and 1936 campaigns.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Repeated efforts to persuade
Jim Farley to take the stump for
Raosevelt have so far been un
availing. Although still holding
' his job as New York Democratic
Chairman, the new Coca Cola
mogul balks at doing anything
for his former "Chief.” Certain
Democratic leaders privately are
miffed and arc talking of blast
ing Farley—but this is unlikely.
Minnesota’s Governor Harold Sta
ssen has a leading role in guid
ing the labor end of the Willkie
campaign. The labor section of
the Republican National Commit
tec consults Stasseen on all its
plans and activities —at direct
personal orders from Willkie.!
The President will not go to the j
Pacific Coast for any campaign-1
ing, but he is going to bat per- J
sonally for Representative Mon
C. Waligren, Democratic candi
date for Senator in Washington
S:ate. Roosevelt will send a mes
sage for Wallgren’s election.
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