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Arizona Tribune Friday, October 16, 1959 .A. Artznn^fcrtbtmp Pictorial Weekly EDWARD BANKS Publisher and Editor ELOISE BANKS, Assistant Editor Established July 10, 1958. Published every Thursday in' Phoenix, Arizona. 2137 E. Broadway BR 6-2301 Subscription rates y 2 yr.s 1.50, 1 yr. 52.50, 2 yrs. $3.50 ’Voi 2 No.’ 13 “ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO REMEDY THE EVILS OF OUR TIMES IS TO DO JUSTICE AND GIVE FREEDOM" BRITAIN KEEPS MACMILLAN Voters in Great Britain kept a conservative prime minister and increased his support in the House of Commons. Harold Macmillan soundly defeated the Labor Party and proved that the people reject the philosophy of Bevin and his friends. British politics don t have the circus atmosphere of American politics. Elections don’t §tir the populace into wild frenzies nor do the candidates receive so much publicity and financial support. The voters showed they were enjoying prosperity and a greater degree of stability than the Labor Party was able to produce. FANNIN FUMBLES The schools of Arizona are overcrowded. The state depart ment is hampered by a duplicity of school districts which drain the tax monies. Many school districts lack funds to provide adequate rooms while others have won bond issues at the taxpayer’s expense. Federal funds are available to help relieve many pressing problems in the schools of Arizona. Overburdened taxpayers could have a tax cut and Arizona could revamp its educational program. Governor Fannin feels federal money would give the federal government greater power. He would rather keep Arizona schools in a catastrophic condition than accept federal aid. Fannin has overlooked the fact that federal money is really state money. We are required to pay federal income taxes and who can say that the people are not entitled to reap some of the benefits. It is strange that Fannin doesn’t object to using federal highway funds or federal welfare assistance. Why should he r?bel at accepting federal money when the entire State of' Arizona was practically dependent upon federal military in stallations during World War II : * f • KOZY KOTTACE BEAUTY SHOP J J • : Lena McGri/l, prop. Collie Moore, operator ; J Beauty Prcblems our specialty ■ • i l is 10 W. Sherman AL*B*o2o6 * • e —— \ i I iCCn PHONOGRA pHS 1 If C Choose »° ro ° vel \ . □ !00 Models l i 1 NO MONEY ] ML 25<t a day " ¥ it Celebrating 24 Yean Owner • Some Location Mort Jggf Brayer’s iSL Radio & TV Sales & Service 745 Grand Ave. AL 4-5816 Daily? to 9—Sunday 10 to 4 Page 2 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS Eloise Banks Our next generation of stu dents will have a head spin ning time trying to fathom the principles which kept this nation moving through the stock crashing thirties, war ending in the forties, and moon racing in the fifties. The social studies text books will be filled with e vents ranging from rejecting the gold standard, subsidiz ing the cotton farmer, send ing troops to Istanbul, and to selecting astronauts. Pu pils will become weary of the usual research of Normal Pursuits of War, Peace, Food, Clothing and Shelter. An old method with a new outlook will fill several chap ters of the documentary pub lications on “the American Way of Life” or “What Made Uncle Sammy’s Child ren Run?” Trial by jury has been com pletely overshadowed since the end of World War II by the increased use of committee investigation. Our congress men readily appropriate thou sands of dollars to produce periodic extravaganzas which rival any Hollywood spec tacular. Senators and repre sentatives have become more familiar on the television screens than Gene Autry. Shades of the Salem witch hunts came alive with the red-hunting of McCarthy and his men. Guilt by investiga tion became the verdict of the day. A congressional committee really uncovers little, it merely publicizes much of the common know ledge or general suspicion. We were given first hand knowledge of the fifth amend ment to the Constitution, one witness reportedly invoked it 118 times during an appear ance before one of the com mittees. Labor officials were questioned. Government aides were summoned. No activity in the United States escaped congressional investigators. Newspaper headlines, radio and television commentators revealed the shocking infor mation -- ‘TV Quiz Shows Fixed’. The isolation booths were filled well before the show with well primed contestants who enjoyed the occupational hazard of missing a question for $64,999. One small child earned more in two weeks spelling words than I have earned in one year. The informer states he wanted to purge his guilty feelings with a full confes sion and finger pointing. Strange that he wasn’t one of the top money winners. He seems to be just a sore loser or a man in need of publicity. Few people have the ability to know so many isolated and irrevelant facts which were used on the quiz shows. Too high of a premium was placed on the answer. I was disap pointed that the one question I expected to hear never came, ‘When did Julius Cea sar die?’ Good things happen when you give I lW®' Views,Previews & Reviews EDWARD BANKS The continent of Africa has supported several world powers for more than a century. Perhaps Great Britain and Belgium have reaped more than a lion’s share of wealth from the second largest continent in the world. France and Portugal have lined their coffers with materials from possessions which are more than triple the size of the motherland. First impressions are usually lasting. During my last trip to Africa I was continually overwhelmed by the gigantic land area, and undeveloped regions. One can readily understand why European nations had rushed and claimed it. Countries of Great Britain, France, Belgium and Portugal have been over crowded for hundreds of years. European cities have been suffering from overpopulation since the early nineteenth Century. The whites eagerly faced the trials of living in Africa and they carved oases of so called Western civilization in the land of the Bantu and Watusi tribesmen. North Africa and western Africa were controlled by the French with Great Britain hold ing the chains of Egypt tight in its grasp until a few years ago. Belgian aristocracy has maintained its pomp and circum stance through control of the vast Congo region which is more than 70 times as large as Belgium. Portugese navigators were the first white men to explore the coasts of Africa. A lucrative trade in human commodities raised the decadent wealthy planter culture in the southern states of this country. Slavery made possible a great portion of this nation’s economic prosperity from the late eighteenth century until the decline of the cotton empire after the Civil War. Germany and Italy attempted to share in the rape of Africa but their few parcels of territory were lost after war defeats. Spain is the other power which controls some African territory today. Europeans control 7 million square miles. A trustee ship of the United Nations supervises 800,000 square miles of Africa which leaves a mere 3 million “square miles free and independent. ( Concluded next week) RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION WHEREAS : We Americans are too seldom mindful that Free dom of the Press is a precious heritage lost to much of the world, and WHEREAS: This freedom stands as a bulwark against the forces that would undermine all our freedoms, and WHEREAS: The newspapers in the Valley of the Sun stand forth as militant guardians of our Freedoms of Speech, Assem blage and Worship, and WHEREAS: These newspapers fully exemplify the National Newspaper Week sl'ogan for 1959, “YOUR NEWSPAPER. . . . FREEDOM’S TEXTBOOK”, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That we, the officers and members of Phoenix Lodge No. 335 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in recognition of this active guard ianship, do highly commend these newspapers; Arizona Farmer, Arizona Labor Journal, Arizona News, Ari zona Publisher, Arizona Republic, Arizona Tribune, Arizona Weekly Gazette, Buckeye Valley News, Cactus Sage, Chand ler Arizonan, El Sol, Gilbert Enterprise, Glendale Herald, Glendale News, Mesa Tribune, Peoria Times, Phoenix Ga zette, Phoenix Sun Papers, Scottsdale Progress, South Phoe nix Round-Up, Sunnyslope Journal, Sunnyslope News, Tempe Daily News, The Arizonian, Tolleson Sun, Westside Enter prise, Youngtown News. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Resolution of Commendation be spread upon the minutes of this session of Phoenix Lodge No. 335 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a certified copy of the Resolution be trans mitted to leach newspaper mentioned herein. 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