Evening star., 1947-05-12

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terly repugnant to the independent spirit of
free-born American.
Cheers for the students whose understanding
was so much more acute than that Of their
teachers who swallowed. the Soviet propa-
ganda without thinking 1t through America
will survive as long as her youth refuse TO be
victimized! ELISABETH McSHERRY.
The demonstration put on BY four Of the Wes-
tern High School students shows the effect Of
newspapers, radios, magazines and moving pic
lures by the narrow mindedness OF the youth Of
today as well as our whole Nation
america and Russia are the two great powers
Of this earth. We must understand and get
along with Russia in order to prevent world
wide destruction
The youth of this Nation will be dealing with
Russia in the not too distant future. They must
conquer prejudice now so they can conquer
friendship tomorrow sEIREEN BAKHTIAR.
To th. Editor of The star.
In your editorial, Westerns Red Scare" you
cite the happenings at Western High School
as silly" and "nonyictimizing," but lastly
you say. "H anything Of this sort should de-
velop. every decent sensible resident Of the
community should join in stamping it out"
Well. that anything" has occurred and all
those not in favor Of the anti-American speech
are termed "hysterical," which proves that
there are counterattacks meant to cause
hysteria. How could the principal or faculty
of any school make such a mistake as to know
SO little OF the attitudes Of those invited to
Lewis, it is surety that she must have known
all about the reactions which could take place,
but gambled that the political and emotional
dynamite" would explode in her favor, as some
of it evidently did, according to many readers
letters. MRS. DAVID HULFISH
To the Editor of The Star:
want to add my note Of praise for the four
students Of Western High School who so
quickly detected the voice OF communism in
Mrs. Lewis Speech leaving the room immedi-
ately. They provided an outstanding example
of inbred culture and patriotism, fostered no
doubt in the home. Let us hope that the
principles for which they stood will be emulated
by every youth in America.
While We deplore this unfortunate incident
in the school, let us not fail to overlook the
fact of subversive activities creeping also into
the church. A. D. S.
To the Editor Of The Star.
Many of us were sufficiently ranked before
reading the various quotes in The Star on the
Western High School subversive lecture.
After reading, am forced to write my
first letter to a newspaper.
Many people feel strongly about "our Ameri-
can way" but so few OF us articulate it, prob
ably one of our great weaknesses in self-gov-
ernment..
First you quote Mr.. Clifford Newell presi-
dent OF the Federation OF Citizens Associations,
terming it "a terrible state of affairs" He
stresses the need for constant vigilance, alert
ness, etc. Yet in the face OF the enormity
OF the picture OF a high school principal re-
naming silent through the recital of half
truths and unfair comparisons by innuendos,
the Association voted quibbling resolution
to condemn Nathaniel Danowski instead OF
demanding his removal Is this vigilance and
alertness? Are our high school students SO
lacking yirility that they could still respect
the judgment Of Mr.. Danowski9 Representa-
tive Mundt suggested that possibly the prin-
cipal had been "innocently taken in" by the
speaker, but should the four students have
corner on the courage and Americanism re-
rude of Mr.. Danowski to have protested this
violation of his confidence by the speaker?
Or are we to continue the "kid glove policy
in handling this menace, even in our schools?
am relieved to see that DR.. Corning promises
that mo disciplinary action will be taken
against the students. It is juse as well, other
wise the good Doctor and Mr. Danowski would
probably have been .engulfed in the ensuing
furore. think 1t is to his discredit however,
that he failed to assure us that Western High
Schools highest awards for good citizenship
would be presented with fitting ceremony to
Virginia Lanham, Virginia Marackle, Ruthe
Pigott and Dick Smith,
1t Is not too soon for all of us to wake up now
and meet this menace with realistic thinking
H. L. THOMPSON
To the Editor of The Star:
I feel that the recent anti-Russian demon
stration at Western High School is indicative
of the present state of mind OF great ma
jority of the students OF the Nation today.
Down with Russia" cry the students, the
leaders Of tomorrow. "Vive my country, and
if yours is different. then down with It,"
AS this attitude continues war becomes
more imminent. There can be no doubt that
World War III will be so deadly that those
who emerge from the conflict unscathed will
be in minority. Yet what do the leaders OF
today do to prevent the approaching war?
Nothing To hasten it they reward intolerance
of Russia by presenting anti Russian leaders
of tomorrow with American flags.
When will the leaders of America lead us
to peace-something that can be accomplished
only by fair, open-minded give and take by
both sides-something neither our leaders nor
our students seem inclined TO do
WESTERN ALUNdNUS.
To the Editor OF The Star:
In regard to the talk on Russia at the West
ern High School may say that we are all so
human that we haven't yet reached the stage
spiritually where we can really endure to hear
the other fellow praised too much. We listen
to such talk with our tongues in our cheeks