Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-12

Also. the per capita wealth is much
lower m the South, so Federal AID
t. the schools OF u southern states
WoUId help 10 equa}ize the burden
and give our children a better chance
10. competition in the business
world
When. a few years ago, ! fist
heard of Federal aid to schools my
blood boiled to think of Federal m
reference IN the rearing OF Our
children. but when the question is
understood and the advantages
known We should be glad and ann
I0Jis 10 set this aid.
We have Federal aid to the health
OF u children, administered through
the local health departments. ThuS
Our underpriVileged children have all
Vaccinations and lmmunizatIOnS gin
Ell them the safe as do our weather.
children. Now, would it not be line
+ the Federal aid could be extended
To aid the poor vision with glasses,
remove diseased tonsIls and give
dental service to those not able to
pay the private professional man
This could be administered through
the health departments and not take
away any fee from ON physicians,
As those to whom the health depart
ment would render service would be
only those from whom the doctors
would V collect. This would be a
form Of State medicine TO which |
feel the doctors would not object.
And it is this form Of medical need
q need to give all children a fair
and equal chance to learn and grow
healthy-this desire Of the govern
.ment to give medical service is the
urge for State medicine.
The writer by no means wishes
State medicine as practiced in some
European countries, ia would like
to Sc some help to the local health
departments.
We know that the higher the de-
gree OF education of a people, the
better chance of a self-supporting
people and a healthier people. lg-
norance plays a large part IN both
poverty and illness.
So if Uncle Sam could play Santa
D. q ooI SNIiooiH aIiNi T. IN
children in the matter of recreation,
free lunches, clothing and cooks if
needed, would not our children grow
up loving Uncle Sam? Could we not
teach love of country, patriotism and
some vocation to healthy, happy, we'll
ted and clothed children better than
to hundreds Of such as some we have
in Our communities? Would not this
be economy, even for a state to do
without federal aid? Our national
defense is building and asking plans
for the future many years to come.
Why not spend some of the money
in ~Vreparing the men Of the future
by looking after the boys and girls
of today?
Many Of our young people, es-
pecially in large cities where there
are many foreign parentage, are
growing up with no love or under
standing Of the meaning Of a demo-
cratic government. Can we blame
these young folks, or u educational
system?
Let us forget party politics and
~faVors, nationally and locally, and
Dulld tP q SVSttlll VI tulCdllOH llldl
will fit our people to go out and do
something besides fill white collar
jobs. Let us profit by the lesson re-
Gently demonstrated in a county ad-
joining the Holly Ridge government
project, where the leaders of the
white people did not think it worth
While to have a vocational school.
Some leading cOlOred folks with out
side help operated a vocational train
ing school for colored youths. What
happened? The colored young men
are working at Holly Ridge, getting
$50 to $50 a week, the white men
S25 to S35 per week. This last para
graph is hearsav. not personal know
ledge, but sounds correct and carries
a lesson for every county.
A. D. GREGG.