European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday october under fire in California history Book portrays and All by David Jensen los Angeles up the eighth Grade text Book characterizes the Boston Tea party As a mob scene and Patrick Henry s give me Liberty or give me death speech As tirade. It describes the late sen. Joseph Mccarthy As a fraud. Frankly its authors concede it acknowledges there were Vil Lains As Well As heroes in Amer ican history. This one of their supporters argues is in contrast to Many texts that Are like fairy tales dwelling almost exclusively with the Good Side of Ameri Ca s past. The Book land of the free is a required text in California s eighth Grade history classes and it is causing a juror in some school districts. Critics contend it promotes prejudice and downgrades american patriots among other things. Three distinguished historian authored land of the California adopted it As a mandatory text after extensive screening and it has been favor ably received in most of the state s school districts. Rut the critics Are vociferous and the Book s treatment of some subjects has set mothers to marching in picket lines. At least one California school District Downey has refused to use it even under threat fro the state education department and others have voted to do so Only under protest. The textbook was written by historians John Caughey of the University of California at Losangeles John Hope Franklin of the University of Chicago an Ernest May of Harvard univer sity. Of the total of 35 books written by the three scholars none has stirred up such a tem pest. Or. Caughey says some what Dol fully we wrote controversial Book without using one four letter word or Advocat ing the overthrow of capital the Book survived califor Nia s two year adoption process winning approval of the skateboard of education and its conservative superintendent of pub Lic instruction Max Rafferty. Further it was recommended by two time pulitzer prize win Ning historian Allen Nevins who is Chancellor of the California state College system. The critics contend that among the Book s faults is Over emphasis of the negro. The say that of 20 of its theme Fea Tures headed Stream of Liberty or the stand for free Dom 13 refer to slavery or civil rights. Critics say the United state Sis wrongly portrayed As a land of prejudice in for example Section that reads in the Southwest and far West prejudice against mexican americans and orientals took even harsher forms. In Many towns in Texas and California mexican americans were made to live in segregated supporters of the text not that it pointed out there were exceptions such As san Antonio Texas where the Book reports mexican americans and Anglo americans lived on terms of hear critics say the Book downgrades american heroes by such references As the Pic Ture caption description of the Boston Tea party this mob scene showing the hijacking of the British ships in Boston har Bor has come Down in history under the More cheerful name of the Boston Tea of the text reply with this quote from Samuel Eliot Morison s Oxford his tory of the american people. A mob disguised As Mohawk indians and negroes rushed Down to the waterfront and emptied 342 big chests of pre Cious Tea into the state sen. John Schmitz Republican and member of the John Birch society is promoting legislation seeking withdrawal of state Sanction of Chebook. He Calls it a blatantly biased political tract being passed off As a in los Angeles women opposed to the Book have picketed the state office has threatened to prosecute any school boar teacher who refuses to use the Book As the state Board of Edu cation prescribes. Last March the state attorney general s of fice ruled that any school official refusing to use the boo would be guilty of a Mise Meanor punishable by up to six months in jail or a $500 Fine or his critics author Caughey answers the Point of View in this Book is indicated by the Are telling a history of a people and often times they Are More important than their Lead ers. We have an enthusiasm for America and we Don t try to conceal make it Clear that slav Ery and trading of slaves dam aged this country. The Section Mson the atom bomb reflects our feeling a general warning fits dangers. But we Don t think the Pupil is being pummel Dinto a partisan position 1 Caughey says the writing of Aso called objective history is impossible. Until you get his tory written by self program Ming computers you won t get history so cold blooded. We wanted to bring eighth Grad history in step with what the professional historian believes knows and advocates. We admitted there were some Vil Lains As Well As heroes in Amer ican fire one members of a . Marin Battery fire a 105mm howitzer against the Viet Cong during operations near t i e m Phouc Vietnam where the Battery sup ports civilian irregular defense groups an Marine elements. Army photo says Security not race is Viet Issue Rush denies yellow peril9 notion Washington a Secre tary of state Dean Rusk took the unusual step monday of clarifying his recent warnings on communist China by saying the threat has nothing to do with the chinese a statement read by press officer Robert j. Mccloskey the state department strongly de Nied that Rusk had invoked the so called yellow peril to justify the . Defense of South Vietnam cd As being in . Nation Al interest. The statement was in reply to articles in some Sun Day newspapers. Commenting on Rusk s new conference statements last thursday Mccloskey said the Secretary wholly repudiate the Effort to put into his Mouth or into his mind the notion of the yellow peril. The Secretary called Atten Tion to the concern of the free nations of Asia and the con Cerns their leaders have expressed in similar terms about their Long term Security. These concerns have much to do wit their Security our Security and with the peace of the world. They have nothing to do sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy,d-minn., said at the Capitol monday that Rusk at his thurs Day news conference added nothing constructive to the de Bate on american involvement in Southeast he said the one Clear conclusion from Rusk s words is that,.in his mind the United states must establish and main Tain an anti communist bastion in South Vietnam and that thesis essential As a part of the Overall strategy of containing China through encirclement and that All of this bears quit directly on our National interest if not our called this a continuing application of the Strate Gic theory of John Foster Dulles Secretary of state inthe Eisenhower administration. He said it reflects the ancient fear of the yellow if this-4s the Specter that i haunting Asia Mccarthy said it is difficult to see How we will rid Asia of it even though we achieve an unpredictable an total Victory in South the s Ima european edition col. James w. Campbell Usa editor in chief . Col. F. S. 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