Speaking of Catlin's strategems, a mention of the tactics in selling the Outagamie supervisors last week with the idea of going ahead with airport construction is interesting. " ; It was the third Republican victory of the year in special congressional elections. The GOP took two previously Democratic seats in California when the incumbents died. Could these be straws in the wind? By Garry Cleveland Myers, Ph.D UNICEF Aids World's Children When Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt died in November, 1962, the children of the world lost a devoted friend. - In November, 1956, a children's magazine published an article by Mrs. Roosevlet entitled "The World's Children.- Addressing her remarks to children, she said what might also be said today. We quote here, by permission, from that article. "Most young people may not realize it, but much of the work of the United Nations helps the children of various parts of the world . . . "One of the most important of the specialized agencies of the U.N.. the World Health Organization, has tried to wipe out such insects as carry disease. "The World Health Organization is, therefore, doing much research which will benefit the children in the areas of the world where malaria, yaws, tuberculosis and other diseases have meant that many, many children died between the ages of 1 and 5. There is also in the U.N. a special fund which works only for children ... "It is difficult to believe, but in many, many countries of the world there are children who don't get enough to eat. There are children who would get no milk at all unless the surplus milk in other countries were turned into powdered milk, shipped to them and then turned into liquid again by mixing the powder with water so that the children in needy countries can drink it. "This milk doesn't taste just like the milk we are accustomed to, but it has good qualities which help build strength in bones, so it is important for children to have it. "In some countries that have cattle hut have never turned their surplus milk into powder, the U.N. Children's Fund has been able to have factories built where the milk surplus is used in this way. "Through the U.N., people are being taught to use things that grow in their own neighborhood which, when properly cooked, turn out to be healthy foods for children. "When you go out on Halloween and gather pennies for the Children's Fund, you can think that children in many parts of the world who are suffering will benefit from your efforts . . . " "Trick or treat" used to mean "Give me something good to eat or I'll play an ugly trick on you." Now it means: "Please put some pennies in this box for UNICEF to help feed hungry children, protect them from disease and ease their suffering in the undeveloped parts of the world." A total of over two million dollars was thus collected last year, and many millions of children and mothers benefited in 107 countries and territories. Through UNICEF, two cents will supply a hungry child with a daily cup of milk for 10 days. Three cents will bring penicillin needed to cure a child of yaws, a crippling tropical disease. A nickel will mean DDT enough to protect a child from malaria, for six months and less than a quarter will supply the drugs to save a child from becoming blind from the eye disease trachoma. Like most other programs for doing good, the UNICEF program is occasionally criticized by persons who don't really know the vast good it does. Anybody can learn the truth by writing to the United States Committee for UNICEF, United Nations, New York, especially from the bulletin "UNICEF Facts and Fallacies." PARENTS' QUESTIONS Q. Our son in the 11th grade does very well at reasoning out problems in chemistry but falls down in failing to memorize essential symbols. He says, "It's too hard work to do so." A. Many bright children are lagging in various subjects because they avoid effort at memorizing essential items. They may consider it beneath their pride to learn anything by heart. Q. When a child's teacher reports that this child does not pay attention or finish his work on time at school, can his parents hope to correct these problems by ad-' monishing and punishing him at home? A. Hardly. Better to leave these matters to the teacher. At home, see that the child does chores well and promptly and is obedient Q. Why is anti-social behavior among children in
