EDITORIAL COMMEN1
Tito's Contribution
It Is difficult for the average
American (and even the average
newspaper editor who tries to
keep up with all the facts) to
correctly estimate Marshal
Tito's correct place on the
world stage, or his contribu
tion to current history and
world trends.
His latest headline perform
ance is his trip to South America
and his visit to the United States,
which will include a talk with
President John F. Kennedy as
well as a visit to the United Na
tions.
It is true that he has given his
people (with U. S. aid) a higher,
standard of living than other
Communist countries have been
able to achieve with their pure
Communism. If this means any
thing it should prove to be a
lesson to other Communists and
to the outside world that a little
bit of free enterprise brought
into Yugoslavia has made this
Communist nation the leader in
raising living standards among
the Communist peoples of the
world.
But this does not hide the fact
that free enterprise systems in
Germany -and Japan have dem
onstrated conclusively to the
world that the free enterprise
system vastly excels the Com
munist system, in raising the
standard of the common man.
Accidents In The Home
We are constantly reminded
of the danger which lurks on the.
highways in the United States',
and the number of fatalities we
experience each year,-^on our
highways--is a natiojHfl scandal.
There is anothejr^ianger about
which some of^tfs seldom think,
and that is/the danger of acci
dents in, the home. We are all
familiar with accidents in which
young children are shut up in
refrigerators.
Every year, however, count
less others take various poi
.sons or medicines, which are
left carelessly about in the
home, cut or burn themselves,
and suffer a variety of serious
accidents. Thousands are need
lp^sly killed.
It Is surprising how many ac
cidents occur in the bathroom
in the home, and In the kitchen.
But, accidents occur in other
places, and usually they are at-'
trlbuted to carelessness.
Safety authorities advise pa
rents, and heads of households,
to make a precautionary survey
ol possibly dangerous con
ditions in the home at least once
or twice a year. If you will
take this advice, and remove
potential hazards for all mem
bers of the family, especially
the young, you may well pre
vent a personal tragedy in your
own home.
Integration Dividend
One dividend of the forced inte
gration in the South is reported
from Georgia. A Negro girl who
was integrated into a formerly
white school is said to have
secretly married one of the
white students and to be expect
ing a baby.
This should not come as a sur
prise to those who know the dif
ference between the community
public school of the South and
Midwest and West in the United
States, and the school of Europe
and even metropolitan public
schools in the eastern United
States.
The typical non-metropolitan
U.S. community school includes
many social activities. These
activities include dances, par
ties, trips to football games,
dates made at school, etc.
In these community public
schools, rich or poor alike at
tend and they have been--even
though?sometimes operated on a
segregated basis ? a democratic
influence in the history of the
country, apart from the system
of private schools for the rich
in metropolitan eastern centers,
religious or parochial schools,
and public schools for the poor.
When integration of the races"
is forced in the schools, the in
evitable result is going to be, to
some degree, social fraterniza
tion and, later, intermarriage
or a mixing of blood. When
school children are taught that
this integration is morally right
(by church leaders) and legally
mandatory (by the courts), they
are going to enter into social
and emotional relationships.
The result will be the tragedy
of half-white and half Negro
children, who will never be ac
cepted by society and who con
stitute the real cost of forced
integration in the social life
of the country. No court, no
church can explain away the
rotten break these children be
gin life with, or the hardships
and mental turmoil and frustra
tion that they will face all
through their lives.
80 Million U. S. Drinkers
The latest estimate is that
there are 80,000,000 regular
drinkers (alcoholic drinks) in
the United States. That means
the vapt majority*" of adult
Americans are regular drink
ers, for children below the age
of fifteen are not included in
figuring the percentage of
drinkers in various countries.
There are other millions who
are not regular drinkers but
who take a drink from time to
time, or occasionally. There
fore, we should face the ques
tion of drinking squarely and al
so face the problems caused
by it.
Since we are a nation of drink
ers, so to speak, we should
prepare to meet the prob
lem which results?excessive
and alcoholism. One solution
for many is the AA, and its
sterling record is well known.
Another is the psychiatrist, who
can often?help the alcoholic.
1 The reward at the end of the
trail for the excessive drinker
is not a bright one. He may de
velop liver trouble or other
physical breakdowns. He often
loses his job, sometimes his
family. The role of alcohol
In divorce is only too well
known.
But the most interesting theory
of late is the sympathy for the
Wading alcoholic, tolerance of
his digressions, covering-up for
him when he misses work, etc.,
is the wrong policy. This is not
helping him. All society must
Join in and help individuals save
themselves before it is too late.
These individuals must be con
vinced they are on the skids;
they must not be encouraged or
pampered, but told to face their
problem and get help. 5
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