Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02

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to demand of it's educational institutions
that the teachers dealing with controversial
subjects shall be fearless seekers of the
truth and careful scholars rather than prop
agandists. But granted honesty, sincerity,
and ability, there must be tolerance of a wide
diversity Of opinion" No one can quarrel
with that doctrine, and it could well serve
as model for any university in free cOun-
try. However, it is evident to anyone who
has even a CursOry knowledge of modern
teaching that much of the instruction on
controversial problems is warped and bias
ed. This is done, in many cases, by individ-
ual teachers who are trying to sell some
ism or other. And it is done in many other
cases by text books which bend the truth in
order to heW to what amounts to the party
line. 1t is one thing, for instance, to show
the student what socialism and communism
and the naturalization of industry involve,
as cOntraSted with a capitalist or free econ
Omy 1t is a very different thing to deliber-
ately make it appear that the super state is
the answer to the ills of mankind and un-
fortunately that is an impression that emf
mates from many colleges today. 1t is all
very well to discuss what may be wrong
with the American system. But, at the same
time, we must honestly teach what is right
in the American system, as proved by the
results it has achieved for the masses of
people. Academic freedom is as basic as
any other freedom. 1t must be protected
from fanatics on either the right or the left
wings of political and economic thought
But it must justify itself by fearlessly seek
ing the truth-nOt by tearing down the prin-
ciples which made possible the freedom of
some professors in American universities
to promote political and economic philOsO-
phies which, if adopted, would destroy the
fob
nation was built.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK if YOU
were told that in a single year fire loss in
the United States was as great as the eSti-
mated property damage done in Great Brit
ain during two years of the terrible German
blitz?
You might doubt the accuracy of the
statement. But the truth is that our 1947
waste was actually Is per cent greater than
the loss England suffered in two years of
blltz attack. And it was about twice as great
as the damage done in the San Francisco fire
which, after forty years, is still remembered
as one OF the most disastrous cOnhagratiOns
in history.
Fire is now taking a record toll. There
are various reasons, of which high replace
ment costs are among the more Important
w.
the main cause of fire is unaffected-it lies in
human failure of some kind Today initiation.
combined with the building shortage has
made every house, store, factory and ware
house more valuable than before 1t has, in
addition, resulted in an OvercrOWding of
buildings, thus increasing the value of their
contents. Today every careless act is pOten-
TALLY far more destructive than in the past.
Fire can be compared to war as a killer
and destroyer. And, like war, we can pre-
vent fire If we sincerely want to. Prevention
of war lies in the difficult field of internatiOn-
al pOlicy-preventiOn of fire can be accom-
plished here at home. Will we accept chal-
lenge that is aimed directly at us all?
1T is PERFECTLY PLAIN that one
traitor member of the United Nations is
Russla-the country that murdered it's Czar
and the last royal family; the country that
hquldated the Ukraine; the country that
sneaked its way into the United Nations in
order to oppose world peace The United
States has never faltered in it's efforts to re-
StOfe normal conditions among the Nations
that were crushed in World War II. Russia
has been traitOr-in taking over CzechO-
slOvakla, and in reaching out for Finland
ana other countries. Russian Communists
nave somehow WOrmed into many positions
IN the Government of the United States-not
by connivance of American citizens, but bv
trlckery and treachery. The hysteria that
some of our important American officials are
Ssympathizers with the Communists is about
95 per cent nonsense. There should be def
mite action by the United Nations to give Joe
Stain kick in the pants. 1t is also clear
that the great sacrifice by the American peo-
pie involved in the financing of the Marshall
Plan will not stop with Russian. Don't make
any mistake about it: The situation is verv
serious, and Russia hasn't been honest with
the world at any time