The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16

The American people have learned
by bitter experience that 1t takes more
than arrogance and faith in a cause
to wage a war successfully.
The south knows this lesson at
least.
They know hat it takes trained men
and up-to-date equipment as well as
expert leadership.
That the American people are rea-
LIKING this Is shown in the splendid
reception Of President Roosevelt's
speech to the two houses Of Congress
assembled today.
Our President asked Congress for
1876 million dollars to be spent inn
mediately. $40 million dollars of this
to go to the army, $50 million to the
navy and marine corps, and 100 mil
lion to the President for authorization
OF contracts. He asks for 286 million
dollars additional authorization II
needed.
He asks for authority to bring our
production Of planes to $4,000 a year,
essential equipment for a larger army,
replace all old army inc navy equip
ment with modern and increase pro
duction facilities for everything need
ed to make our national defense ade
Quate.
The American people want an army
navy and air corps laEge enough 20
defend both coasts. We should begin
now to make secure our place In
the sun and get ready to defend
our right to live the way we want
to live.
The Nazi-Allies war isn't over by
any England is not whipped
even though II does look like she d
terribly inadequate for the job she
must do. She has yet to get started
we hope.
Before the people of the United
States get war hysteria and start
talking about goil g to the aid OF
England we had first better examine
our own unpreparedness for a war OF
any kind, defensive or otherwise
and remedy hat before we think
of going to war for ourselves. much
less for England.
Governor Johnson made this state.
ment in vetoing a bill calling for c
gym in a Mississippi town.
I'VE transport children for many
miles to the school house. We trans.
port them back to their homes; many
of them we feed while attending tho
schools. Next year we will give them
free text books through the eighth
grade. We furnish them good school
houses. Now we are building play
houses. l think we have just about
reached the place where some one
has got to do something. 1t Is ad-
mitted by our leading educators that
under the present system, it takes
one-half Of ones life to get his diplo-
ma and when the ordinary child is
graduated from school, unless his par
ents are able to take care of him,
he Is about as helpless as a canary
bird released from his cage to fight
the battles Of life"
Governor Johnson certainly seems
to have something there.
The average boy and girl who gets
out of school now is just as helpless
as the canary bird that Governor
johnson mentioned. We said tbs
average" mind you. There are bril-
liant students today and billiards just
as there has always been. But those
incompetent to do anything to carr
their living are by far in the ma,
jority.
All of this in spite of the s~o-called
increased advantages OF the modern
schools.
Our educational system certainl,
needs a bit of overhauling so thai
when a child does get out of schoo
he will have at least a vague idea
of what he wants to do to earn q
living so that he can then get spe
cialized training in hat field.
The young and man toda,
with Just a college diploma is sadly
out Of luck unless he has a great dea
more to go with 1t.
eve won't mention Governor John
sons seeming inconsistency in vetoin:
this bill and passing for an identica
structure in another community in tn,
state.1