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June 8, 2010

Anonymous CNHI The Hendricks County Flyer Tue Jun 08, 2010, 03:44 PM EDT

To the Editor:

In a recent letter to the editor marking the 40th anniversary of the Kent State killings, the writer incorrectly identifies a song about the incident as “Four Dead in Ohio.” Actually the song by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was entitled “Ohio.”

Unfortunately, the error was just one of many in the letter. The writer spends considerable effort faulting American students and presidents alike for not readily understanding the communists and the menace they pose. To nail his point home, he makes this rather remarkable statement: “If there had been anything to (the aforementioned) drug induced tune, they and all other protesters would have been jailed and their song destroyed.”

This writer is representative of patriots who, despite their enumerations of “totalitarian oppressions,” nevertheless disregard the freedom of speech of those whose views differ from their own. Likely only the writer could say how his considerable scholarship revealed that “Ohio” was, as he says, “drug-induced.” Perhaps he also could clarify how his steadfast championing of democracy in these pages is compatible with his suggestion that it would have been preferable for the American government to “jail protesters” and “destroy” an anthem that many hold to be an honest expression of outrage over the massacre of unarmed students by agents of the state.

Nick Crews

Plainfield

To the Editor:

The U.S. Senate needs to pass the Keep Our Educators Working Act, which contains the $23 billion Education Job Fund-now.

U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan has stated that up to 300,000 educators may be laid off in the upcoming school year due to budget cuts hitting state legislatures across the nation.

When educators lose their jobs, children lose too. Layoffs leads to more crowded classrooms, and fewer counselors, nurses, reading specialists, and other critically needed educators who help ensure that every child gets individual attention.

There exists a clear antidote to stem the tide of layoffs — passage of the Keep our Educators Working Act. The legislation would save an estimated 250,000 jobs, according to the Education Commission of the States, similar to how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act saved hundreds of thousands of education jobs last year.

The House has already passed an education jobs fund. The Senate should follow the lead of the House in putting students and America’s future first. Congress needs to pass this legislation and keep kids learning and educators working.

Sincerely,

Stacy Manuel

Indianapolis

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