NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM BUYS THE NEW YORK SUN EDITOR & PUBLISHER THE FOURTH ESTATE SUITE 1700 TIMES TOWER " 1475 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 18, N. Y. Reentered as Second Class Matter January 13. 1945. at the Post Office at New York. N. Y.. under the Act of March 3. 1879 Copyright 1950, The Editor & Publisher Co., Inc. I VOL. 83, NO.I additionalEvery Saturdayissue in withJanuary JANUARY 7, 1950 $5.50$5.00 inper Canada;year $6.00in U. ForeignS. A.; ISc PER COPY e "HUMAN THmECOENE SECONDS'A .......... .................... ....................... Bold Experiment Here Brings Aid to Retarded Children The Dramatic Story Of a Heartwarming Project Parents of retarded children watch progress of their (A group of Chicago parents, faced with the heartbreaking youngsters through a screened window. They can see inside fact that their mentally retarded children could not be educated the classroom, but cannot be seen themselves. in the normal way, decided to do something about it themselves. Here is the dramatic story of what they did. First of three articles. BY NORINE FOLEY ............. .................................... This is a story never before told of an experiment never before attempted. It is a story of mentally deficient children-rejected by public schools as "ineducable"--and what happened when their parents determined something should be done for them. Eyes of educators throughout the country are upon 10 children I in an old red brick building at 2150 W, North av. Map P North and South Side divi- Other eyes are upon them, too.l sions were organized by the Assn- Mothers stand on chairs outside FeC parents to work through on House for future meet- classrooms at Association House, retarded Children a Near North Side community children center. They peer, unseen by the More than 100 anxious parents of mentally retarded Long-range aim of the parents children, through green cello- Tuesday night began plans for experimental schools to aid their who organized Association House phane-curtained windows. youngsters. .s is state legislation to provide facilities for retarded children They see their mentally retard- The parents met in Association what I've been looking for." within the public school system. ed youngsters, heretofore entire- House. 2150 North av.. an oper: ly dependent upon others, now ating experimental school for . Rath said he had received learning to tie their shoe laces. such children. at the invitation of letters of inquiry from places as Tb sing and play games. To wash Alfred Rath. director. THE SCHOOL and its facilities far away as California and Mass- dress selves. i'" were publicized recently by the achusetts as a result of the Daily articles. 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' 286,103 233'164 well to a respected competitor. 1945 ..... 283,753 195,904 The Sun has always been a 1947. 305,442 172,617 newspaper of great integrity." 1948 . 300,074 156,812 THT SU SS He announced there would be no change in the editorial 1949* .... 277,530 123,871 1nal.tiw-h enba win--a u NesllxxPbnl. -Fnrrj ;wnoron..rar.awnr rar..eBUYS NEVIW DEWEY PLEDGES NO TAX RISE;ITmre -. Oan.OO. ANDT GOO WUI policy of the World-Telegram .^aieedXhi 11 ril Id bN., h.n 1. and Sun, but that the most HITS TRUMAN HEALTH PLAN Wmll.Seriw T~~rruy NMlhdv ~kekw..'^ * Publisher's unaudited ABC 4 popular news and editorial fea- statement. ' Truman Message Today 7T... TI,. '4. .K, n.,.H H tn. Kwe"' N 1/sut.. [N tures of the Sun will be added Presses'FairDeal'Plan o to those of the World-Telegram. months ago that the Sun was He said local, national and in- -,. -... - R . -K,w. EK,'K.= C - . - paI.-- T, al- .- "for sale on any newsstand, at ternational news will be greatly 5c a copy." OtT- . - .. 2'E. augmented and that the Sun's Post, founded business and financial pages, The New York most by Alexander Hamilton 32 years "long recognized as the York Sun was 350, Mostly Employes, to Receive complete of any afternoon paper before the New in the country," will be inte- born, blamed the latter's death Payment Feb. 3 with Interest on the fact that it was "waging grated with the World-Tele- and gram. Also, the most popular the battle of the top-dog he had too many other journal- columns, features and comics Our Town." By Robert U. Brown of the Sun will be worked into istic defenders in the World-Telegram. "It might be said," com- THE NAME, goodwill and cir- 8:15 a.m. Wednesday when the mented the Post, owned by 116-year- statements of both publishers "This will involve employ- culation lists of, the of Mrs. Dorothy Schiff, "that the old New York Sun were sold were posted on the bulletin ment by the World-Telegram hardening many former Sun employes," World - Telegram's Tuesday night, Jan. 3, to the boards and sent to the compos- conservatism d est r o y e d the New York World-Telegram, a ing rooms in each plant by pre- Mr. Howard said. A few had existence already made the switch on Sun's last reasons for Scripps - Howard Newspaper, arrangement.' .. The conservative publishing which on Thursday became The Purchase Price Kept Secrete Thursday but Mr. Howard said overpopu- it was too early tostate how field was hopelessly New York World-Telegram and Neither Mr. Dewart nor Mr. many would be taken on. lated." The S u n. Simultaneous an- editorial Howard would reveal the pur- Mr. Howard told E & P he ex- A New York News nouncement was made Wednes- chase price. said "we hate to see the eve- day by Thomas W. Dewart, pected there will be more sales and wished The transaction did not in- and suspensions of newspapers ning Sun go down" president and publisher of the clude the Sun Building at 280 high op- "a great deal of luck" to the Sun, and Roy W. Howard, pres- in the country due to Broadway on the corner of Asked to elabor- World-Telegram and Sun. ident and editor of the World- erating costs. Times added Chambers Street, opposite City ate, he stated: "Just look at The New York Telegram. Hall, nor the mechanical plant. its wish of "the best of fortune" The 350 bondholders, mostly the score sheet." The building is owned by the He spent Wednesday at the to the new paper, saying "the Sun employes, former employ- newspapers Merlis Real Estate Co., Inc., a World-Telegram plant at Bar- roll of New York es, or heirs of deceased em- subsidiary of C.W.H. Inc. which that have come and gone since ployes, who owned the bonds clay and West Streets following Day founded the Sun controls the Dewart family in- the announcement rather than Benjamin through the mutualization plan terests in The Mohican Stores, is a long and sorrowful one." installed 23 years ago by the at his Scripps-Howard head- for a fail- Inc., and the Munsey Trust Co., quarters at 230 Park Ave. No simple reason late William T. Dewart, will Washington. Mr. Dewart indi- A new set of ure is easy to find, commented be paid Feb. 3 with interest. advertising lin- cated the building space occu- story on the New York Herald Tribune, age statistics, (see a modern Bonds Called at $102 pied by the Sun would be rent- page 12) or a new report on because publishing ed. Part of the building is now newspaper makes such heavy The bonds were called on circulation usually brought ru- of. Tuesday at $102, the night be- rented to other companies.