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Thursday. February 4,1988 Winston-Salem Chronicle Page B9 What some national leaders say * Ban about America's problems WINN (jig!) PIXIE By JoANNE J. FALLS Agricultural Extension Agent Newspapers and magazines are enlightening to read because [jiey cOTtain articles which edu cate us about vital issues that arc facing our lives and our nation. I found a wealth of informa- DOT) in an article written by David Johnson, a reporter in the Washington Jan. 25. Johnsoo's article consisted of interviews with some of our Great American Thinkers who were asked what advice they would give the President and CcKigress in laying out the nation's agenda ftn* 1988 and beyond. These are excerpts from what some of them said on various sub jects. Concerning the illiterate underclass in America, Gertrude Himmelfarb, distinguished profes sor of history. City University of new York, said: 'Twenty years ago, the one education issue that loomed large was the so-called students rebel lion in the universities. Today we have experienced stxnething like a revoluticm less visible, less dra matic; but I think more important an intellectual revolution that has created almost a class isolated from the culture at large that is producing its own language, its own vocabulary, its own subjects, iisown modes of study that has made the university an ivory tower. In literature literary critics no longer address themselves to books in ways that are meaning ful or illuminating to ordinary readers.... The culture is left root less. It no longer has profession als it can look to for guidance. It may that a counterrevolution is underway. Cenainly the efforts of Education Secretary William Bermett to pul education on the national agenda is evidence of that," Himmelfarb concludes. Barbara Jordan, former Democratic representative from Tbxas and holder of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Chair in National Policy at the Lyndon Baines John son School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, said; "Our brains have been so bombarded with how on top of the world we are that we have failed to probe underneath the surface to look at the cancer which is eating from within. I know that among the candidates seeking the office of president most of them say we can't have any new taxes. Well, you have to get money from people who have mcMiey. And the only way these programs are going to be paid for is that the people who can afford to pay for them put the money up and hope that the return is going to be in their good interest. You can't nickel and dime. You are going to have to talk about bil lions." Concerning domestic pro grams, Leroy Keith, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, said: "Congress and the president need to concentrate more on domestic programs, especially access to education Tot all Ameri can citizens and financial assis tance for access to higher educa tion. We need to be working on cost containment on health ser vices, and we need to have wel fare reform very desperately. If we don't we are going to have a burgeoning underclass and that's going to be as much of a national security problem as the prolifera tion of nuclear weapons. I don’t think this country can continue to grow and be economically viable with a large segment of its popu lation being underserved and underskilled." YOUR COMMUNITY -MINDED FUNERAL[ )IRECTORS Ryan Funeral Home Johnson-Howard-Roblnaon 3001 Old Greensboro Road HOBSE OF MEMORY H Cost Is a Consideration, 727WaughtownSt. Consider Us First 722-1141 J-A. Johnoon 8r. Samuel L. Strickland Clark S. 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