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ladies and gentlemen, I'm privileged and honored to have is my guest today, Admiral Hyman Recorder, the father of the atomic submarine, the number one advocate of the development of the Polaris missile on that submarine. But probably most important of all, the number one advocate of increased emphasis on an improved education program here in the United States.

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I mean, when I say that, may I ask you this question? The starter since the last time you were here, Are you satisfied with the development of the Polaris missile in the atomic submarine? The development is coming along very well, sir. And the Navy is proposing to request for A for additional Polaris submarines this year.

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Now, when I know damn well we'll just cover that that briefly will get into a subject which you greatly believe in. And I do, too. And that's education. Could you tell us a little bit about why we believe that it's so tremendously important that we do something right away to upgrade our educational system?

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We'll take the comparison between Polaris submarines and education. Any weapons system is transitory. With modern technology. Any weapons system only lasts for a few years. But education is permanent. What you're putting Children's mind stays there forever. And since our Children are our most important natural product, it's incumbent on all parents to do more for their Children than for weapons system or for acquiring wealth or houses, bank accounts or anything else.

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It seems to me that when parents bring Children fourth on this earth, they have a preponderant duty to take care of their Children. More than anything else, it is my conviction that we are not yet being enough to educate our Children properly. I had my eye on that point.

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How do you think that our educational system compares with that, for example, of the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union does not have the best educational system in Europe, But the 17 year olds who graduate from the Soviet high schools know as much as our Children do, on the average after about two years in college.

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And I claim that that's an intolerable situation because our Children are just as good as the Russian Children or the Children in any other country, for that matter. And if they don't know enough, it's because our school system is faulty and primarily because parents do not realize and understand the responsibility that they have toward their Children.

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Now, Admiral, uh, in what particular do you think that our school system falls down? Is it because my Children don't go to school long enough? Or is it because they do not work hard enough when they're there or what is it? How does our system, for example, in length compared with those of other countries?

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We average about 180 days of school of a year in Russia and in most Western European countries, it's 240 days a year. In Denmark, it's 280 days. So the Danish Children learn the nine years when it takes 13 years for the Children to learn here, we must realize that the few precious years of Teen Hood are years which should be devoted to improving the mind and not to lending flows and how to fish and how to find a mate and so on.

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Furthermore, the Children must be required to study hard. This should also lead to having better, better teachers, and certainly in a state like Florida, we're about two or three years ago about 60% of the principles of all your schools were ex athletic coaches. I think that's an intolerable situation.

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And what can we do to have a better caliber of teacher in our school? What do you recommend You should pay the more you should make their profession the most respected and noble in the land. And you should require them to become professionally, much more professional than they are now.

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Even using federal funds given to the teachers directly for this purpose, of course. Didn't one time you recommend sort of a permissive type program where the states, uh, could take it if they wanted to. That is the recommended programs. Would you tell about that? Yes, sir.

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Wherever education has been improved, standards have had to be set without standards, you can't improve the system. Therefore, I recommend that Congress recommends standards which every high school boy and girl should meet when he graduates. All right, well, thank you very much, Admiral Rickover, for these very interesting observations.

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And certainly in this matter of education, I agree with you that we're not doing enough. We must do more. Thank you for your comments. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for looking. And I hope you're looking again at the same time next week.