Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-11
Report From Belgrade
BY NeUboid Noyes, I.,
star War Correspondent.

dergarten At this level and at the
loWer-grade school level, he said, the
emphasis is chiefly on building o proper
appreciation Of the personality and ALL
embracing Importance OF Marshal Tito,
whose name, I gathered, runs through
songs and games taught to the children
like the sponsors name through radio
commercial.
He told me that his parents, whom
he described as democratic people"
were greatly concerned when the child
came home one day practicing new
chant she had been taught to the effect
that Tito Is ours, and we are Tito's."
MY parents do not think this Is
healthy" the boy explained
y
I remembered that only the day be-
fore, talking to one of the ministers of
the government had asked him what
he thought of this hero worshiping
and constant publicizing of the marshal.
Somewhat embarrassed he had said.
But surely this is not new to you. In
your country also they cry Roosevelt,
ROOSEVELT and Dewey, Deweyp"
explained that had in mind the fact
that we were free TO cry Dewey,
Dewey!" and remarked that to an out
slider here it sounded instead a little
like "Duce, Ducem
The minister, an intelligent man who
seemed quite sincere, said that Yugo-
slavia had gone through a terrible war
with Tito, and that 1t would be mis-
take at this critical juncture to lose
the unity and impetus of the common
struggle-that a rallying point was
needed and that Tito was the rallying
point.
would 1t be reasonable" he added,
Immediately to start crying Tito
Mihailovitch, Neditch, Pavelitch and
Matchek!' all without discrimination?
do not think So
But the boy in the rain was still
talking. He himself was going to high
school, Here, he said, pupils must at
tend frequent political meetings in
which the government line Is taught.
I asked him how he would sum up
that line as it was presented to them.
He explained that the essence of the
thing was that each individual must
submit to discipline and to the will OF
the people as expressed by the gov
eminent
I asked him how the government
knew 1t expressed the peoples will.
That is something they do not tell
u.s." he said They say only that this
is new form Of self-government."
BY way of comment on all this, an
American observer, who was willing to
make AFFIDAVIT as to the truth of his
story, told me he was once invited by
the principal of Yugoslay high school
to make a tour of inspection of the in
stitution. In the last classroom they
visited. the beaming principal insisted
that his guest put q question to the
class At first reluctant, the American
finally consented. He asked this ques-
ton:
How do you account for the fact
that there is good deal of criticism
of your government in the United
States?"
At length a boy in the back row
put up his hand Because" he said,
thinking hard, "the United States is q
free country in which you can say what
you think"
The Mortified principal cleared his
throat violently, recovered his compo-
sure, then asked the class, What is
the approved definition of freedom?"
This time there was no hesitation. A
dozen hands went up and the answer
came ringing back:
There is no freedom for the enemies
of freedom