The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
This Rock
Of Our"
BY BILL GLIB

dents from the daft is as Unfair
an example of .csasS distinction as
I've ever seen, The excuse that
they must maintain certain grades
and be studying essential courses
is d lokc. 5R5 IH*bs /
To begin with, some of our
best young men never have the
opportunity to attend college.
Home conditions force them to
60 to work Immediately after,
sometimes before, leaving high
school. In cont asst. the college
student comes from a family that
is able to support him. If not,
and if he works his way through
college, he still usually does not
have the responsibility of helping
his family at home.
can understand that this coun-
try must maintain a reserve of
technical brains and well-edu-
Gated men. And this reserve will
naturally come from the colleges.
But why can't the Services draft
all young men? Then after APP
propriate examinations, they can
send the b2st qualified soldiers on
through college. This will give the
poor boy with brains the same,
opportunity to escape the mud,
blood, and toll of war that his
weather. neighbor enjoys.
The principle objection to this
would be the expense of paying
for the students education. An
objection that will hardly stand
up in view of the fact that we are
spending billions of dollars with
the hope OF educating our enemies
10 more democratic way of life,
1t would rot bankrupt the gov
eminent TO spend a few dollars
here at home to show the Ameri-
can people that we have de-
noc.acy. Democracy at least IN
he manner in which our young
mon are chosen to supply our
fighting folces
My Six Conviets
A recent Book of the Month Sc
lection, My Six Convicts," by
Donald Powell Wilson is must
ceading for folks interested III
modern life and politics. Read the
entire book once for its humorous
and interesting stories, Then start
at the beginning and study the
sociological 2ignificance express
ed in the book. f
When you are finished, think
you will agree that we need to re-
evaluate what constitutes GRIM
inal action We need to shift the
emphasis from the small-time
criminal to his big-time partner,
the white collar criminal.
This white-collar criminal is
usually found in the guise of a
cunning businessman, a shyster
lawyer, a corrupt politician. He
operates within the law of the
and but disregards the true ethi-
cal and moral rules Of conduct
that these laws are supposed to-
Je based upon.
The solution? Brother, / lack
he brains to even begin to work
out the problem. / can only sug-
gest and hope that maybe if the
majority of US return to the orig
inal text that gave birth to our
many laws today-The Ten Com
mandments-our problem will be
solved for us.
Good Advice
Following is a quote from a,
correspondents letter. He had
commented favorably on the
column and continues: Il DON'T
ike a scandal sheet like ---
lor an hysterical social gossip
like ---- have always be-
.ieved in staying away from peri
sonalitieS because we all have,
weak spots. If a columnist' gets
to riding an individual it may bel
that the thing he goes after Isl
the PERSONS only weakness; other
wise, he may be quite fellow i'll
you knew all the circumstances.
Dur personal dislikes don't
amount to much with others. ALL
my life l have had an allergy to.I
onions and it is so great that tol
bite into a raw onion will make
me deathly sick. However, prob
ably 98rc of the human race eat,
and seem to like onions, so you
take it from there"
I've quoted this because my
correspondent expressed so we'll
my own feelings and what / have
been attempting to do in this
column. Namely, to stay away
from personalities and bring I'M
the more important subject
policy and/or results of certain
actions. l think the people them
selves will decide upon proper
course of action if they are pre-
sented with both sides of a SUBJ
ject. A PRESENTATION that is oftenl
lacking In straight run-of-the-
news stories.