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Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
MISSION AT ST. JOSEPH'S
Dominican Missionary Rev. t. III.
Sullivan, O.P., to Hold Services

Sullivan, O.P., to Hold Services
A Mission will be given in Saint
Joseph's Church, Clayton, by the
Dominican Missionary, the Rev.
Thomas III. Sullivan, o. p, begin
ming Sunday, March 18 and ending
Easter Sunday, March rs, it was
announced this week by the Rev.
Louis B. Pastorelli, ssh, pastor.
Masses will be held on Sundays at
TOO, $50 and 1000 and on week
days Mission Masses will be held
at 500 and 500 o'clock. Rosary,
sermon and benediction each even
ing at 7:30 o'clock. A short in
struction will be given after each
Mass on week days. All Catholics
are expected to attend the mission
and cordial invitation is extended
to all non-catholic friends to join
in these spiritual exercises and de-
votions.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
Present Easter Program At Homa

Agroup from Wesley Junior Col
lege, Dover, presented an Easter
program at the State Welfare
Home Tuesday night, which incIud-
ed a pageant, readings, instrument
tai solos, and selections by the
choir, under the direction of Lewis
Wells.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
Demonstration Club Meet

The Smyrna Home Demonstra-
ton Club will meet tonight at 8
pm. at the home of Mrs. Glenn
Busker, who will have as co-host-
ess Mrs. Robert Riddagh. The topic
will be Freezer Foods" and will be
in charge of Mrs. Townsend
Vaughn and Mrs. Busker.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
Clayton Century Club Meets Today

The Clayton Century Club will
hold it's regular meeting today
(Thursday), March 15 at 2 pm. in
the Town Hall room. The topic will
be Art, and the leader will be Mrs.
Earl B. Ely. Various pieces of in
terest will be on display and MEM
bers having interesting pieces of
art are urged to put them on dis
play for this meeting.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
Wedding Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Virdin, of
Smyrna, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Doris Marie, to Mr..
Walter Carrow, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Carrow, of near Smyr-
ma. The wedding took place on Feb
ruary % at Elkton, Md. Members
of both families attended. The
couple are residing on farm near
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
Train Service Continued

The local Chamber of Commerce
received a letter this week from
the Public Service Commission
stating that application for discon-
tinuance of passenger coach SER
vice on Pennsylvania Railroad
Trains Mo. 452 and No. 453 had
been Cancelled. {
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
Marriage Announced

Mrs. Lillian M. Pratt and Mr..
Walter H. Mattiford, both of near
Smyrna, were married March 9th
in Wilmington. They will reside in
the Mattiford home on DUPONT
Parkway just north of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
CLAYTON Benefit Success

The Uncle Wip Show held last
Saturday night at Clayton under
the sponsorship of the Mems Bible
Glass of Ewell's-St. Paul Methodist
Church, was attended by large
crowd and was reported a big suc-
cess.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-15
To Hold Box Social

A box social will be held by the
Taylor's Bridge Community Center
on Wednesday evening, March 21.
Everybody is invited.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21

federal authorities in Washington.
Il explained that / had tried
to get information from welfare
authorities in Tulsa but was told a
news release could come from
Oklahoma City. Actually / got the
names Of hundreds of persons re-
ceiving Ado (Aid to Dependent
Children and simply talked to
them.
The names of relief recipients
are still a state secret in Okla
homa, an attitude which Kidneigh
strongly supported.
do you think it was wrong,
then, to interview the people who
spend the taxpayers money" l
asked
Yes Kidneigh declared. If
you wanted a story on education
would you interview students or
teachers?'
Il replied I might do both, and
referred to the Oklahoma welfare
commission which did not criti-
CHE my story.
"'Who is on that commission p
Kidneigh challenged There are
no professional social workers on
the commission. How can they
judge?'
'Kidneigh complained that even
the director of the welfare pro-
gram in this state is not a pro-
fessional.' suggested that often
the head Of a school board Is not
teacher. Kidneigh answered that
the heads of such groups should
be professional experts.
DO you think it was wrong to
speak to Ado recipients to get my
story
"'GOing after abuses Is an eN-
ample Of unethicaI practices us
ed by the journalistic profess
sion,' he said.
Later on the interview went as
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ing Us Blind. "

ing Us Blind"
AS a result, John c. Kidneigh,
director Of the school Of social
work at the University of Mime
sofa, spoke before the annual an
ference Of the Oklahoma Social
Welfare Association in Tulsa two
weeks ago and delivered a
bIstering attack on the Tribune
and Mr.. Molloy for what he called
irresponsible journalism" The
Tulsa World reported his speech.
In making the accusation Of
yellow journalism" here Is what
Mr.. Kidneigh said:
The article which appeared in
the Saturday Evening Post is so
biased in its presentation, so in
complete in its pertinent facts, so
malicious in its neutrality-suspicious..
so Enthusiastically in the sampling
technique from which its unwar-
ranted conclusions are drawn, so
inconsistent in logic, and so in
correct at many points as 10 bring
into question the integrity Of jour
nalism as a profession, as well as
the publisher who presumably
should consider his magazine a
reliable communications media"
Bear in mind that the Post ar
ticle was rewritten from the ser
les which had appeared in the
Tribune.
Now. Mr.. Kidneigh or any other
social welfare worker has a per-
feet right to criticize newspapers,
reporters and magazines. But Mr.,
Kidneigh's reasoning behind this
attack is so strange that II war
rants exploration and publicity II
only to point out to newspapers
what they are up against in try
ing TO report social welfare activi-
ties.
Mr.. Molloy tracked down Mr..
Kidneigh and obtained a lengthy
interview which appeared in the
Tribune.
Here are parts of Molloy's in
terview:
Then he proceeded to tell me
how a story should be written. I
should, he said, have acquired
my information from professional
welfare workers. could have
have checked 1t with regular
monthly bulletins released by
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Danes Interested In Race
Problems Ambassador Soys

Washington CAMP One of
the four questions asked most Of
ten by Western Europeans is
What About the Negro Problem
in the United States?" declored
Eugene Anderson, American Am
bassador to Denmark.
Addressing the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic club last week,
Ambassador Anderson pointed out
that 1T is not easy to explain the
discrepancy between our words
and our deeds" in the treatment of
Negroes in this country.
The Danes know that there are
areas in the United States where
basic civil rights are denied Ne
groes, continued the ambassador,
and these unfavorable actions
reach the headlines while progress
made in racial equality rarely gets
in print.
The other questions often asked
are: What will the United States
do to control initiation? Will there
be a return to isolation? What are
Americas long-term goals?
Since the people of Western
Europe have had first hand ex-
perience with bitter economic
stress, they are more distressed
about initiation han are Ameri-
cans.
When they read speeches made
by Sen. Robert Taft and ex-Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover, she said,
they become fearful that America
is returning to isolationism as it
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21

follows:
Publicity doesn't help. 1t only
scares away those persons who
have a right to expect assistance
from the government he said.
IF you wanted a survey OF
some malpractice in medicine, you
should get it from the medical
profession and take its word for
it, not from the patients, he went
on. BY the same token. you
should have found your informa-
ton from the welfare people and
taken their word for it
Mr. Kidneigh,' persisted,
You say | should get the picture
from official bulletins from well
fare workers. The fact is that in
several cases l spoke to relief re-
cipient who hadn't received a
visit from a welfare worker in
over a year. How could the well
fare worker know the true story
If she doesn't visit some clients p
That's when Kidneigh pontifi-
Gated that finding abuses was an
unethical newspaper practice.
Il told him the Tribune, the
Post and had received a flood
of letters from all over the nation,
quite a few of them written by
welfare workers who backed my
findings and complained l hadn't
gone far enough.
'Kidneigh stared into space.
I'd like to analyze those welfare
workers, he said. Then he storm
ed: you've set us back 500 years
with your articles. The fact re-
mains the Tribune was wrong. 1t
violated its integrity in not pre-
senting a balanced picture
Where else could the Tribune
have found the faCts?'
In the social security bulletins
released in Washington
DO those bulletis give all the
TRUTH l asked.
It's impossible to give all the
truth in bulletins, Kidneigh coun-
tered. But they give a balanced
picture
What about Indiana, which is
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21

Editors Note: In IA Minneapolis
TRIBUNE story by Carl T. Rowan
on Dec. II, DIR. John c. Kidneigh
denied the quotes made by Paul
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21
University Social Work
Heads Position Attacked
In Trade Journal Piece

A Minnesota man was the sub
ject Of a scathing article in Edi-
tor and Publisher, newspaper
trade Journal for Dec, 1, 1851.
The article by Robert U. Brown.
editor of the journal takes to
task Prof. John c. Kidnelgh, dir
ector Of our University Of Min
nesota school of social work.
Currently a great controversy
is going on in the nation on
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did after World War |.


The Danes also fear economic
isolationism, according to Mrs.
Anderson. They have felt rather
keenly the recent butter and fats
embargo. This embargo, which
was a rider attached to the De-
Tense Production Act, limits the
import of butter and oils. and the
large export of bleu and other
cheeses.
These people want to know, en-
phasized the American ambassa-
dor, whether America really wants
to establish peace in the world.
The Western Europeans are
anxious to know if America is
really sincere in her talk about
preventive war" when she speaks
so recklessly about the use of the
atom bomb, she said.
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making the names of chislers
pubHc?'
Indiana is going back to the
year 1867
The people I spoke to the
men and women receiving my as,
sistance for years-are they not
a good source?'
mo, they're not. And if the
social welfare people place re.
strictions on information it's be.
cause they're afraid of people like
you
We hope that Mr.. Kidneigh's
attitude is not typical Of prOfes,
sional welfare workers, but, judg.
ing from the battle they have put
up TO keep their activities and ex-
penditures a secret from the tax.
paying public, it might be.
1t is an attitude of a group OF
people which firmly believes that
they, and only they, are equipped
to know what is good for the
American people; who honestly
believe they are right when they
say take my word for it," and
cannot understand why anyone
should question them.
This is the type, so prevalent in
Washington, that would spoon
feed the American public with
bulletins and releases containing
only the pap which they want the
people to have. They think we
should be satisfied with official
handouts, that newspapers should
accept them as gospel.
The answer to this type of
thinking today is obvious and
prevalent in the news stories out
of Washington. If it had not been
for American newspapers prying
and digging going after
abuses" which Mr.. Kidneigh cites
as an "unethical practice"-there
would still be lot of corruption
and stencil beneath the surface.
It was primarily the newspapers
and newspapermen who uncover
ed these cancers in our system.
God only knows how many others
are yet to be exposed but you
can bet safely that it will be the
newspapers which do the exposing
or at least turn over the first
rock so that the honest officials in
Washington can so to work on the
vermin beneath it.
We wonder if Mr.. Kidneigh
labels as an 'unethiCal practice"
the work of the st. Louis Post
Dispatch and some other papers
in going after abuses" in the In
ternal Revenue Bureau" If he &C
cepts that work, then why should
the field of welfare relief be ex-
empt?
Editors Note: In Minneapolis
TRIBUNE story by Carl T. Rowan
on Dec. n, DIR. John c. Kidneigh
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whether or not relief rolls should
be publicized as a possible aid
against relief Chiseling. The social
workers generally are opposed.
Mr.. Kidneigh supports the latter
position.
In the article printed in this
paper in full, Prof. KidnGigh is
reported as having some very
strong views on the function and
practices Of the press, The Editor
and Publisher writer attacks him
from this angle. The article is Of
some local interest and therefore
we reprint II in full:
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21

Barbless barley has an average
yield at state experimental sta
tons of 4S bushels per acre. Van
tage, listed as a feed barley, tops
all varieties at 81 bushels per acre.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21
WONDER If MIR. KIDNEIGH?
BY Robert U. Brown

The Tulsa Tribune recently got
into a "tangle" with a professional
social welfare worker, the details
Of which offer some convincing
reasons why Congress was right
in permitting the states TO open
their welfare roles to public in
spection and why all the states
should Immediately enact legisla-
ton for that purpose.
Early this year, Tribune re-
porter Paul Molloy wrote a series
Of article exposing relief chisel-
ing in Oklahoma. He condensed
the series for an article in the
Sept. s issue of Saturday Evening
Post: Relief Chiselers are Steal
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21

MOllOy Of the Tulsa TRIBUNE
which are the basis for the Editor
and Publisher article by ROJert
Brown.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

How much does it cost the Dis,
ltrict to keep your child in public
school for one year?
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
said the District spent an average
of $253.99 on each pupil during
the past school year. A compari-
son Of 81 cities having a popula.
ton of more than 100000 revealed
that six cities spend more thar
the District does per child. he
added.
The $253.99 per child goes out
this way:
The sum Of $500, or 2.72 per
cent, goes to pay for administra-
ton costs: 81. or 1.57 per cent. is
for auxiliary services; $175.61, Or
1914 per cent. Is for instruction;
|$34.76, or 1859 per cent. for opera
ton of plant; $12.33, or Abs per
cent, for maintenance of plant,
Evening star., 1951-05-17
Price Rise of Chalk
And Pencils Adding
To Schooling Costs

The price you have to pay
for chalk. pencils and crayons
is running the cost of the Dis
trict school system UP and up,
School Supt. Hobert M. Corn
ing says.
To prove his point, DR..
Corning made a comparison
of prices paid in 1945 for
ordinary classroom articles
with the price paid today.
Crayons, formerly costing
IL cents a unit, now cost 1914
cents, an increase Of 1914 per
cent. Chalk has riven IS per
cent from a cost of 20 cents
to 20 cents. Pencils have
jumped 10 per cent from $1.20
a unit to $2.04. Art paper has
increased from 80 cents to 50
cents, a Jump of 81 per cent.
Evening star., 1951-05-17
Possible Butter Shortage
Seen for Fall and Winter
BY the Associated Press

Signs Of a possible butter short
age next fall and winter showed
|up in Government report today
The Agriculture Department
said stocks of butter in cold stor-
age on April 80 totaled only 32,-
$4,000 pounds. That was less
than a third of the stocks OF
100, ,020, 900 pounds a year earlier
April through June is the season
when butter production normally
exceeds consumer demands. The
excess goes into storage to help
offset a normal production decline
during the fall and winter.
In April, more butter moved out
OF storage to meet demands than
moved in. Thus the month con-
tributed nothing toward reserves
Even with the larger reserves q
year ago, butter supplies became
tight during the past fall and win
ter. The department said con-
sumers are buying more Of the
product than a year ago.
A major reason for the apparent
butter deficit is the fact that q
larger portion of the milk supply
is being consumed in the fluid
form than a year ago.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

and $20.39. or 8.03 per cent, for re-
tirement pay.
DR.. Corning said, however, that
Ialthough the $253.99 expenditure
for each child is an average for
Iall, the figures differ on each
level.
II your child Is in kindergarten,
lit costs the schools $84.74 to keep
him there. Elementary schools
Evening star., 1951-05-17
Mrs. Stewart Is Better

HOLLYWOOD, May II P.-
Actor Jimmy Stewart's wife
Gloria was somewhat improved
today, but her physician, DR..
Mark Rabwin. said her condition
remains serious. Mrs. Stewart has
had five blood transfusions since
she gave birth to twin girls May
7 by Caesarean section. The 32-
year-old Mrs. Stewart underwent
two operations for intestinal OBJ
|struction after she gave birth TO
the twins,
Evening star., 1951-05-17

spend $138.60 per child, junior
high schools. $2o3.e6; vocational
high schools. $356.62, and senior
high schools, $298.95.
Although the District stands
seventh in the list of 81 cities as
Ito the average spent per pupil,
its standing varies in the different
categories.
Evening star., 1951-05-17
Bengal Tornado HurIs
Men, Cattle Through All
BY the Associoted Press

DACCA. East Pakistan, May II
A total of 210 bodies have been
recovered so far in Faridpur Dis
|trict, Bengal, ravaged last Satur-
day by a tornado which hurled
men and cattle through the air
and caused at least 1000 casual
ties.
Most Of the casualties were
caused by flying pieces Of iron
roofs and falling debris, officials
said.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

The District was 18th in ad-
ministration expense, 10th In in
struction costs. fourth in opera
ton OF plant. 18th in maintenance
OF plant, goth in auxiliary services
(these include transportation of
handicapped children, instruction
OF deaf, etc. and third in retire
|ment costs.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

To develop its sugarcane In
dustry, Panama has hiked the i'm
port duty on gasoline.
Evening star., 1951-11-28
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Evening star., 1951-11-28
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