Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28

ions of dollars in its nationwide child welfare
program. Most of this money goes for food,
clothing and medical care. More than 10000
volunteer workers carry ON the program.
searching out children in need, sponsoring
enlightened legislation to protect their rights,
combating delinquency, doing all possible to
give every child a square deal in starting life
There is an intensely human interest story IN
the birth of this huge program in which The
American Legion since 1928 has spent some
$56,0O0 600 in aiding undcr-priVilCged chill
dren
1t all started back in the days of the first
AEF in 1917-1S-19 when orphan tots of
France, Belgium and England made friends
with the American soldiers and sailors They
tugged with mighty heartstrings aS they sat
in soldier and sailor laps, learning to pro-
nOuncc American words, sing American
songs, eat American candy for which they
paid with baby hugs and kisses The dough-
boys of World War passed the hat around
on paYdayS to provide better food and cloth
ing for the kiddieS. Then companies batter
les and regiments started adopting orphans.
The first Stars and Stripes sponsored an on
phan fund which grew to millions of francs.
Out of that love of American soldiers and
sailors for these innocent victims of war
grew The American Legion'S great welfare
program. 1t has proved to be one of the
strongest ties uniting the veterans of World
War with that of the veterans of World
War II. For history has repeated itself. Amer
lean solder and sailor hearts of World
War II opened again to the orphans of War;
American units again adopted orphans. Tho
Stars and Stripes again raised an orphan
fund. Today the veterans of World War II,
now in the majority in The American Lc-
glOn $ membership of more than 10000
arc finding in its child welfare program Il
common bond of interest. They too have
learned that heartstringS pulled by tots have
mighty tug; that when the great NaZarcnC
said, "Suffer little children to come unto
me-" He meant that their love conQucrS all
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USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE are forccc
into doing what they do not want to do Oh
think they cannot do, or when natural laws
are cOntravened by man-made laws, the re
action is incalculable. Compulsory health In
Surance is one of these instances. If 1T /:
adopted, the financial cost may bOOmeran!
: in unexpected ways against the millions
I was designed to protect For example, it i
proposed that half the cost of government
controlled medical care be borne by employ
: ers who would be taxed an amount equal t
| the medical care payroll deduction of the en-
I ployee. This sounds good to the worker bu
q many economists believe that such a lev
! against employers would SO upset the ecC
: nomic system that in the end, the Worke
G would have to pay both his own and hi
:. employers share.
According to an authority who has SpCl
fifteen wears studying the actual working
S compulsory health insurance in various cOul
: tries, this might happen in any one Of
II number of ways. The price of goods might 9
IS up and his (the WorkerS) wages buy les
IS The employer might substitute machlnel
l. for some workers, and cut production to Ii
10 off others. Unemployment would result, III
it a wage cut would follow Certain economis
If contend that the resulting wage plus the el
ployer's tax would Just equal the form
)r wage If such Il contention is true, the work
m will have to decide wether health insuran
al is worth per cent of his income to him. TIL
Of is almost half again as much as he now pa
"A ON the average-for medical attention" ="
+ 1t is the old story. You can't get som
al thing for nothing.
ar ONE OF TIE LATE twists in favor
making loan of $3,73O,O00,0 900 to Gre
EN- Britain would be to laid World peace a
k prosperity" That's the big idea according
w the House Banking Committee which h
". taken great pains to explain that there
en- danger of division of the World III ccOnOn
D. blocS, with trade wars that would doom
lie failure the United Nations efforts in ma
)c- tanning peace.
.al One Congressman labeled the loan aS
ir- gift, another cnthused over the thought II
les it would establish Britain as buIWa
ed against the spread of communism. Anotl
Congressman afflicted with imaglnatio
,rc said the loan would give impetus to the Z
of glo-Amcrican imperialiStic elemcm-wh
gh ever that may be. What things those stat
he men" of ours can pick up.
or Some of the smart men ON the I'M
cr. now dcserting the trade treaties, Just
at same as they ditchcd the protective tau
system few years ago. AT the same II
they talk about foreign trade, and they
ways couple plans for American money
I'm be loaned to other nations which apparCl
id ship their goods to American shores and
rly the stuff to uS-to be paid for in more An
ON. Jean money. Sounds like some old game
ldi- they used to- call ''double-double.'
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