Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17

tween partly adequate and wholly inadequate
milk for their children will know they have
been unjustly dealt with without even the
opportunity for representation
MRS HELEN DOLAN
More on Miss Bentley's Education
To the Editor of The Star:
In your editorial, Education and Miss Bent
ley" and in letter by M B. S., I'm Defense
of College Courses" which appeared in The
Star Miss Bentley's bad conduct was at
tributed in part to her not taking courses in
American history and civics. If the writers
of these articles had any dealings with pro-
Russian sympathizers, they would not have
presented such diagnosis and cure
The writer of this letter attended Hunter
College of the City of New York between 1884
and 1898; part of the student body there at
that time was vociferously and militantly pro-
Russian. 1t was this very group of students
who showed the keenest interest in courses in
government and political science. They were
distressingly well informed on these subjects
Of Miss Bentley had been Communist when
she was attending Vassar and Columbia, I'm
sure she would also have been well informed)
In spite of this rich fund of information about
our Government and the blessings of democ-
Tdcy, ana III spite Oh Lle 1dCC CnaL Cnere were
almost daily discussions and arguments among
the students on the relative methods of both
systems. these students remained ardent de-
tenders and admirers of everything Russian.
No, in this case of Miss Bentley both the
diagnosis and the cure are wrong. BIN
To the Editor of The Star
I am burned to a crisp concerning the edi-
torial of August 10, Education and Miss
Bentley"
Personally, think she is liar concerning
her education as they really handed the history
and civil government studies out to me. I
am merely high school graduate from the
local schools but received three years of
ancient, medieval and modern history, and
three years of American history-one year civics
and one year democracy; and defy any one
to consider me as an ignoramus concerning
our Government and my beloved United States.
also took the time to visit Washington's
governing bodies and to learn all could from
there first nand I have toured America from
shore to shore and have missed very little of
Importance and I believe Miss Bentley had
the same opportunity I and more with
two college educations behind her. But She
like so many other well educated people who
were looking for big money and adventure,
changed her ways of thinking about our coun-
try to suit her pocketbook.
People who believe in God, try to live right
and uphold our Government and our way Of life
cannot stomach traitors and pray each day
that we are in the majority regardless Of color,
race or religion.
Print this in your Star and let the traitors
read what a decent young 27-year-old war
veterans wife thinks of the whole mess.
SUZANNE KNIGHT.
Martinsburg, w. Va.
To the Editor Of The Star;
M B. SIS. letter in The Star of August II
states that Miss Bentley claims she lacked edu-
cation lin American history and civics" in
Vassar and Columbia 1 am not as familiar
with the curricula of colleges and universities
as I am with the concepts of American his
tory-a subject which any one can study at
home without the influences of disturbing
factors
But there are so many different treatments
of subjects other than history that the teach
ingS in some of our colleges and universities
might be interesting at the present time.
(This is to exclude those hundreds of honest
scholars whose efforts are directed in the in
terest of an old-fashioned liberal education
for young Americans) Modern liberal eco
Monies affords an easy approach to progress
sivism, collectivism, socialism and perhaps
communism. The New Deals planned economy
was promoted by advocates Of collectivism.
which has resulted in down with capitalism"
as keynoter, and young students who know
no other lead are bound to be susceptible to
these modern influences in the subject OF
economics
Whatever constituted Miss Bentley's educa-
tional directions in the United States are i'm
portant, but she now has severed all connec-
tons with Soviet agents and from her data
we may deduct the possibility of warnings OF
a long grange plan for Moscow spy activities
here in the future. Representative Nixon has
stated one point in Miss Bentleys favor, and
that is "the FBI has never found any major
discrepancy in her story" and this is an all
important factor in the hearings of the I'm
American Activities Committee.
MRS. D. N. H.
To the Editor of The STAR
1t is pleasing to read your excellent editorial
of August 10 on Education and Miss Bentley"
Your estimate of the basic importance of his
tory in education is supported by high author
ity. Thomas jefferson in his plan for public
education in Virginia, ITO years ago, stated
that children, after learning reading and
arithmetic. should take up the study Of one
or more languages. Language Is largely mat
ter of memory and Is thus fitted to this period
of mental development at which memory Is
most susceptible and tenacious of impressions.
Reading in the first grades, he says, should be
chiefly historical His words are: History, by