The Lexington advertiser., 1945-06-28
WE CAN EDUCATE OUR OWN
BY Elicit Lawrence

One of the big problems facing the world today is
what to do about the state educated youth Of Germany
moment bill known as the Educational Finance Act
which will ultimately that the boys and girls of
country will be educated in federal controlled schools
This bill provides 200 millions annually during the
emergey and after the emergency 100 millions annually
to reduce inequalities of educational opportunities Read
that last.
We suppose by now we should know what the spon-
Of this bill mean by emergency. Goodness knows
have had enough emergencies since the New Deal came
into power But to our lives can not see how
emergency can be justified applied to this bill The
Federal Government worse than broke It is head over
heels in debt Even under sound fiscal policy, which we
hope will eventually have under this administration
it will require hundred 100) years to pay this debt
Yet they talk about sheing out 200 millions yearly dur
ing the emergency and 100 millions yearly after the
emergency to individual safes most of whom have fat
surpluses New York for instance has surplus Of 300
millions and would be handed another 10 million their
part under this BILL Mississippi is in wonderful financial
condition sufficient surplus set aside to pay all it's
debt and getting richer every day. The States do not
need this money. The Federal Governmnt does need it.
But for some good many years has not been stylish
to talk about debt insofar the Federal Government is
concerned It did and continue to borrow money seem
ingly without limit If need be it print money Have
sometimes thought that's what it did.
poor man marries rich gal who do you think
the pants in that famy If it's your money that
being put up to business, its you and rightly
who will control that business. And if you think the
Federal Government is not going to control schools
maybe not the first few years. but ultimately when they
put up the money you need to DO some more tnnKlng
Just recently bunch Of educated high yallers" met
here State Capital and resouted how they did
esolue against dual education here in the South And
mark you well that dual education will be thing OF the
past II Mssisspp ever accepts thin dime of this
money If this bill ever passes, which God forbid.
We are fully aware that Mississippi, in simple
justice must from do in the way of edu-
cation for our coored people This our opinion would
be good business since the intelligent every
ment of population is the useful all be.
However must not lose sight of the fact, need
not be very aged to remember that very few
back Mississippi cound not pay its teachers, for that
matter pay any Of its public servants We think in these
last short few wonderful progress has been made
in education both for white and black We shall continue
to make progress Be that it may must insist that
the education of it's youth white black Missssipps
own job or problem if you prefer
There should be need to write Southern Congress
men to vote mo- H. R. 1926 Or Southern Senators
to vote mo" on Senate Bill No. 49, These the
bers of the companion bill known the Education
Finance Act of 1945 bill skifuly designed to wrest
control of schools from the individual States and vest it
in the hands of the Federal Bureaucrats.