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America holds her breath

NEW YORK

THE BAROMETER

IS SET AT 'SCARE'

by C. V. R. THOMPSON

TOOK a cab the other day to see someone off in the Queen Mary. "Queen Mary? O.K., doc," said the driver, cheerful- Lly, and then he added: "Guess this is her last trip, ch doc?"

"Last trip" I exclaimed." "Yeah, doc," he replied, "Next trip they any she's going out full of American boys again."

From the way many Ameri-. cans have been talking since the Communist coup in Czecho- slovakia this fanciful story could very well be true.

Certainly America, not yet necustomed to the rigours of being a world boss, has the worst attack of warphobin yet. Nor can you quite blame the American people for being scared of another war

to Mr Stalin."

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WASHINGTON

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TWO

presents a profile of America

since the 'spocial message' of Pres. Truman

GENERALS BEGIN TURNING ON THE HEAT

by R. M. MacCOLL

TANDING in the shadows think that if the Communists win- long there may be war within one year, that hopelessly disibented.

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THE recent visit of Princess British view. A Ministry of Educa

juvenile tion booklet on this subject states: court in London drew attention believe in the worth of every human "From the Christian standpoint, we Britain's educational system.

important aspect of soul; from the democratie in the op

portunity of education for everyone; The treatment given to young de- from the national In the value of their inquents in Britain is based on every chlid as a potential member of some decades of social thinkine and the community." On this basis. experience, and it is a far cry from Britain has built up a complex and Com-the old-fashioned attitude of merely flexible nation-wide system to pro- mean punishing offences. The underlying vide special education treatment for

the principle is recognition of the need to all those who need it.

help, guide and reform young offen-The morally handicapped child, ders according to the latest develop who is psychologically maladjusted, ments in psychology.

1 dealt with "at

child with a network of child guidance legal offences are committed.

guidance The courts are closely associated centres; serious cases, in which actual clinick where psychologically to the juvenile courts where suitable maladjusted children are dealt with treatment is decided on, and carried and treated, and the whole system is out at guidance clinics, approved far more a part of the national schools or elsewhere. But there are educational stem than of the fudi- also physically and mentally handl- of ciary.

capped children. They may be de- fective in sight or hearing, malform- NATION-WIDE SYSTEM ed or crippled, suffering from

come

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Not if you listen to the radio the generals. They have and hear Walter Winchell with been absolutely convinced an audience of 25,000,000 say conscription must be this: "Top American military

duced.

If the Communists are held men are grimly saying that we

April 18 there might be a chance of have got to do one of two In the Arst dreamy months after a deal with Russia, things: either take Mr Stalin to Nagasaki everyone talked about "the

Both the generals and the State Hiroshima push-button war."

Those days are Department are very worried, Hiroshima, or, take

long gone. Now the emphasis by the that Russia may suddenly too. millary is on manpower once more. Nor if you rend national

In mid March

all Powers came the turning that news weekly like Time. which noin

noint. Defence Secretary James troops from Austria. says: "A fifth of the world's Forrestal went to

a top secret con-

With Czechoslovakia now people are involved in war. Norrt Summing with Secretary of munist-controlled, that would

Stuart Symington, Secretary of Austria "in the bag," despite place from the Congo to Spitz- Army Kenneth Royall, Secretary of absence of Russian troops. bergen is safe. Nobody, is Navy John Sullivan, and the chiefs

Finally, "Attlee's Red

purge," Forrestal went to Washington from front-paged in the American press, Not if you subscribe

a that conference and told Truman, is the crowning excitement in a day responsible newspaper like the "The draft must come back-and of almost painful tension and New York Herald-Tribune, and fast." Then there is General Ontar rumour: find its experts advising Bradley, who has succeeded Eisen- Washington to adopt the bower as Chief of Staff. He wrote such an outstanding speech on slogan: "Thus far and no fur foreign affairs, delivered to the Over- The man who did the writing ther,"

seas Press Club, that when he sent it Truman's latest speech (he has to the White House for routine clear- ghosted for Truman for the last two ance Truman's advisers said it was years) is handsome, film-starrish-41--Britain's 1044-Educational Act re- organic disease such as diabetes or so good it ought to be delivered by year-old Clark Clifford, chief presi-presents the fruit of three-quarters epilepsy, or they may be below Truman himself.

dential advisor. So parts of Bradley were heard in

of a century of social and educational mental standard suitable for normal Truman's speech.

When Truman's naval alde went thinking, and it is aimed at provid- teaching methods. to Potsdam with his chief, Clifford, a sense-that is,

ing universal education in a new

SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN former lawyer and then

the right sort of naval officer, was asked "to keep the normal children, but for all those the big volume of work on this sub-

junior education, not

only for

Incidentally, we no longer speak of ordinary for The State and War Departments do eat warm in the White House." On who cannot benefit fully from the icet done over the past 30 or,40 "mentally defielent" children slace Truman's return to Washington he Rus- not, unfortunately, get along well took an instant liking to Clife and normal children. It is recognised year has now of sub-boxmal chil-

more standard training given together. Although so recently him- made him his new naval alde. self a general, Secretary of State

that although big majority

small percentage of Marshall knew nothing of Truman's Then he became confidential ad-children will be

dren joint Congress plans when he issued viser, and sky-rocketed to fame when normal schools of various types, there to normality or at least to a point are incapable of being trained entered for by the third of his own grave warnings, he told

Truman

where they can earn their living and "Be firm" with will remain small minority The State Department's policy ferocious John Lewis. Truman

of take their place in the community as did children who for one reason or planning board is terribly worried so, and Lewis 'qualled. From then another need special treatment.

responsible and self-reliant members. In

And the same applies to the vast purely mechanistic materiallst civilisation it might be children.

or majority of physically handicapped urged that all resources of education should be concentrated on the normal and intelligent children, and band- tively small. It is estimated

The numbers concerned are rela- capped ones written off as i 1985 to they vary from about 0.2 per 1,000 that

the community. This is not

In the case of blind and epileclic children up to from 5 to 8 per.1,000 physically handicapped and as many is 10 percent who are educationally subnormal-that is, who need special teaching methods of one kind or another.

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Not the

WHO DO the Americans think is going to start the war everyone is talking about? I CANNOT find out.

Russians, presumably, everyone-including the sians--agrees that the Rus sians are not ready for war.

From past experience, I can not see Congress sanctioning war against Russia for Greece, Turkey, Italy, or even Britain, Especially when they will not sanction troops for Pales- Line, and in an election year at that.

FRICTION

about the Italian clections. They on Clifford was tops.

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A cynic has said. "Clifford is the sort of man all wives wish their hus- In parts of the Middle West there bands would be. Truman is the sort are some who write us off as help- of man who reminds nil wives all too -What-Washington -is-really-until we are turned down.

less beggars who will go on begging_vividly-of-their own husbands." frightened of, as best I can dis- But In America, such minority cover, is that a war might break opinions seldom prevall in the long out almost accidentally while ru the Russians and Americans are making faces at each other.

That should be remembered in digesting all the news from America-whether it concerns a new American airfield in the or the ar- Mediterraneon area rest of a Communist in the two and sixpennies-at-the opera

house.

WOULD YOU say that the majority opinion is that

Britain is bust?

IN Washington there is a be. lief that there will always be an England. I telephoned a

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SERIOUS DEFECTS

In the case of serious defects such

blindness

physionl de- formity, there is no difficulty about dingnosis, but many other cases are

This applies equally to the state- ments of Henry Walince. He is running for President as an indepen- dent dedicated to foreign policy exactly opposite President Tru- mon's and especially in so far Russia is concerned.

Americans certainly will not elect PHIGENIA having Wallace and probably will not elect

been sing about getting upon hour neris, dificult to detect. What is regarded knocked off her feet again; ho yes." "I turn my head," said Riza as ordinary dullness or even bad con- November. this Truman

The man Mr Colin Velvette began to by the hoonter, but I honly see rive they will elect is

mughan, "to see the booterfly shooted Binong these and L

duct may in fact be the result of their form from a purely think that perhaps classical bal- big croad of Gecks or

physical, mental or British point of view in brackets: let did not really suit the style pooshing each other over the stige, psychological defect such as partial

Roomans some slight Senator Robert Taft (only fair be-of the Persians. But before he and Hoflugunia halmost ticking Kaz-affecting speech. It is, therefore, the cause he thinks we can still go back could tell them this, they stood gentleman says to us." said Rizamug with the school's medical officer,

deatness or muscular maladjustment to 1938):

bulah on the noose." "And one duty of the teacher, in co-operation Governor Tom Dewey (good ac- before him in a row. scowling han," "Hi say, you, how the gudness have every suspected case examined cording to Gallup Poll Indications); furiously.

Harold Stassen (first-class in exer-

to lake your berlasted plonk hout of my way. So I kick his ankle." "It's frequently it is possible to

carliest possible age else canters);

"We finish this," announced You don't seem to fit in, actually the defect completely if an operation

all very unfortunate," said Velvette.

remedy "owners"

General Douglas MacArthur (his Kazbulah. Chicago Tribune and Hearst news-and men banging us. ho yes. come into our nice books by telling vances in orthopedic surgery have

are the Britain-baliing |

"Too many women "Ho-ha," cried Ashura. "You try to at an early age and modern ad- or other treatment can be performed We go." "I shall sue you for us manure. This time won't work, enormously reduced the Incidence of (the breach of contract, definitely," ho yes, You try to hask favours rippling defects. The education au-

with us."

dozen leading lights in Congress paner); to find out the majority opinion. best chance yet).

Typical one from Senator Ar- thur Vandenberg:-

Bonator Arthur Vandenberg

UT amid all the stresses of

coming election one factor

the

said Velvette. "Sow us

what

everything you like," retorted Getting there

Ashura. "We have not contact,

still wear." "Do you want to go to

dominates everything: Foreign affairs

and the whispers of war.

you

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thority is also obliged to have any child "examined (above the

age of two years) on request. from a parent, and our breeches is our awn SM MILING her way to prosperity, uit la deckled that the case requires If, on examination and diagnosis, court about it?" asked Velvette. plan is splendid. We must tell the provided in various ways. In the woman M.P. said the other day, not merely medical treatment but over-the-stile-with-a-smile special educational treatment this is "Bookinhem Palace, if

world-and each other what we are case of blind and deat children, doing." It is words like this

that special schools are provided, make everything we are doing seem since the numbers involved are, far so perfectly glorious, especially if we too small to make a local school in tell everyone what we think you will be tried continued to tell us what we are doing.

ought to tell each other about it all, dren are normally accommodated in we any one area practicable, these chil- I mean. We must also get the world boarding schools, where they are "Velvette,

"We have tried," then we can tell each other what the their handicap,

and taught by methods which circumvent sald Ashura. "But too much dan- world says we are doing.

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"I don't think England is going bust, and I don't think this country would let her go bust; we know she dead will recover----we don't feed | horses.'

That is not necessarily the Ameri- Is it that the Amerlenn people are AT 2.30, 5.20, example, the Zionists

can attitude. In New York, for will ill-informed or, if you like, get please, yes," said Rizamughan

would have their information from America believe that we are carbon sources?

hysterical with dignity. 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

coples of titler. In parts of Wall I say you can't really blame Win-Strained relations Street there are big business men cheli, Time magazine, or the New who would almost like to see Britain York Herald-Tribune, All they are go bust to prove to Americans that doing is to pass on to the public what Socialism does not pay!

Washington is passing on to them.

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