Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

less than two percent
10 say that the support of local schools is
not the responsibility of the communities in
winch children live is lodging the issue. It
IS just as much the duty of parents in small
districts to send their children to school as
It IS to put clothes on their backs and food
IN their stOmachs.
The trouble that exists in nearly every
part OF the United States is the growing de-
mand that the National Government must
furnish the means and money to carry on all
Kinds o fclvic responsibilities, including paw
ing the teachers and all the school expenses.
The Federal Government cannot-and
Will nOt-dO better job for public schools
than local communities.
The Government has not been stingy in
lts AID OF public educational institutions, even
though Federal aid and assistance is de-
manded In nearly every section of the coun-
try.
Supposing there are 10000 one-rodfn
schools IN this cOuntry-What's the answer?
That answer was found a great MANY
years ago when school buses appeared upon
Che highways and carried pupils to and from
consolidated schools, that are now in OPERA
ton in the United States The American
public is carrying on an adequate school sys-
TEN, and there is no reason why they should
shlrk their duties by failing to keep their
schools In operation.
The States give good deal of help to
support and maintain public schOOls-and
that's the way it should be. A very mOder-
ate local tax system has always kent onr
schools up-tO-date.
The National Education Association
meeting at Cleveland, rounded up three thou
SAND teachers and school and college Off
clals, and made demand upon the President
OF the United States to summon a Special
session OF Congress to pass legislation voting
three hundred million dollars in Federal aid
TO education. That was carrying things too
far.
The Nation believes in the public school
system and local communities must con-
tlnue to manage their own business. Local
government belongs to local communities
that can do good deal better lob than
''brass hats" down in Washington.
Nv@OCG
Mr.. TRUMAN HAS COME A LONG WAY
In the field of foreign policies President
Truman had the support of his Democratic
party and the Republicans. But when the
President opposed the Taft-Hartley Act his
VetOes were OVerTidden-because his own
party decided against him and voted with
the Republicans. He was deserted bv his
own party on the sO-called Civil Rights issue.
The Federal Government has full rights to
handle that question, under authority of the
Constitution of the United States; plus the
outcome OF the Civil War, in which the South
was defeated in its attempts to OVerule the
National Government.
Before President Truman took his tour
across the. country nearlyseVery0ne in Wash
mgtOn believed that he could not secure the
Democratic nomination for President. That's
where Mr. and Mrs. Public guessed wrong.
The Presidents achievement in rounding.
up the Democratic National Convention has
been correctly described by political experts
as ga miracle"
At the time of this writing in mid-July
the Wlsest political prophets and top editor
lai writer's say they are sure that the Repub-
ncans have ''Walk-aWay." To which Mr.
Truman still says mo-. We shall see what
we shall see when the votes are counted in
November.
BUTTON, BUTTON, WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON?
Likely you know who's got the button ?"
Well, were here to tell you that shoes have
this Fall. Ladies shoes, we mean.
Remember that old game!
For from the pictures of advanced STYLES
it looks like wOmen's footwear is going to be
adorned with plenty Of buttons So dig out
that antique, the shoe buttOner. It'll see
good use soon.
Women's fashions are right interesting.
Make for conversation. What silence there
would be if subject matter had to depend
on the latest color scheme of mems clothing
or what designers had done to the cut Of
trOusers-Or what height of heels men would
trip around in next season.
We leave it to the wOmen-fOlk to follow
the fashions. At tOdays prices it's a GER
talnty both man and wife can't travel in high
fashion. So to be gallant, we'll keep up an
pearances by seeing that the old suit IS
pressed that last years shoes get a dash of
the Of polish to shine them up right.
Yes, come the cool weather it looks like
a shoe buttOner will be the wife's best friend.
but Wen have to depend on the can of shoe
polish.