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...issue contains two pieces of journalism. Mr. Roosevelt's "Vacation at Shanghai" is a airsight piece of reporting, filled with exciting material, but marred by flabby writing: "Blood and arms and legs were everywhere." The other piece of journalism is disguised as a serious essay on education for the masses. Mr. Bradshaw would substitute for the impractical curriculum of the High Schools--in which, by a silly trick, he leaves out American History and Civics, and includes necking a practical education in mortgages, insurance, and birth control. Then, he says, the masses will live "decently, sanely and cleanly...

Author: By Walter E. Houghton jr., | Title: On The Rack | 11/17/1937 | See Source »

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