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Although I disagree with Mr. Reid's generalization that no "high school youngsters know enough history to refute Marxist arguments," if he is correct, then who is at fault? All evidence points to our educators, who have not helped us to develop a sense of mental clarity in regard to issues of political morality (or any issues...
...other side, William J. Reid, head of the history department at Boston's Dorchester High School, says flatly: "I don't think any high school youngsters know enough history to refute Marxist arguments. For most people, you have to say that this is wrong and it doesn't work, and cite examples from history to prove it." The seminars taught in Louisiana schools are charged by the state board of education with "exposing the deceitful character and dangers of the international Communist conspiracy," and "outlining the superior characteristics and advantages of a free economy as compared with...
...Reid had finely polished the President's accents and gestures over three jobless months last fall, and once on stage, he brought down the house with his very first line; few had ever seen the President laugh so hard. His "serious mattahs" and "in my views" were unmistakably Kennedy, and his "we must move ahead" sounded like the call to federal service. Reid had his Kennedy deliver a playful jab or two at British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who was also present: "He has covahed such a wide range of topics and made so many things cleah, including several...
...After Reid, the President took the stage and deftly stole the show from the professionals - Reid, Peter Sellers, Benny Goodman, Gwen Verdon, Sally Ann Howes. Referring to an increase in the price of tickets to the dinner, Kennedy proved to be his own best mimic: "The sudden and arbitrary action to raise the price by $2.50 over last year is wholly unjustified," he began, pointing his stern, recruiting-poster finger. "The American people will find it difficult to accept this decision . . ." and so on, in perfect parallel to his famous scolding of the steel industry...
...Reid, who at 42 has endured 25 years of being faintly praised as the one saving grace of uniformly bad productions, is now assured a bright new popularity. He has had offers to do his first nightclub performance in Los Angeles' Cocoanut Grove with Eddie Fisher later this month, and with White House approval, he will appear alongside some towering stars at a Madison Square Garden Democratic rally...