Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12

THE RED CROSS first-aid program be-
gan in 1910. Since then more than IL ,000,-
900 certificates have been earned by adults
and children who successfully completed Red
Cross courses in emergency care.
The. record shows such instruction accom-
plishes two objectives: it teaches what to do
in case of accident and, basically perhaps
more important, individuals trained in first
aid are generally less subject to accident than
others. Many industrial establishments have
found this true, in some cases the accident
rate dropping by SO percent or more
To reduce further the terrific harvest
from mishaps,. the Red Cross inaugurated
accident prevention courses in 1887 Today
besides classes for adults and young people,
the Red Cross is furnishing teachers in ele-
mentary schools with instruction outlines
and graded study materials for pupils.
How serious is the accident picture as it
affects the growing generation? Here are
some figures:
Approximately one-fourth of the annual
number of deaths of children aged to IA
years (about 10000 are caused by accident.
Half of these accidents occur at home.
Among adolescents, about three-and-one-
half times as many boys as girls are killed by
accident.
In 1916 motor vehicles caused 81 percent
of fatalities among children aged to Ia
years.
In this group, drownings caused % per
cent. This figure probably would be higher
but that the Red Cross annually trains ap-
proximately 100000 youngsters in swimming
and junior life-saving.
Burns kill more children under Ia years
of age than any other home accident cause.
I'm 1944 $4,000 fires were caused by chill
dren playing with matches.)
For pvnrv child who dies from serious ar
cident, many others suffer severe injury. The
U. S. Children's Bureau, as of December 81,
1914, reported $500 children on AZ state reg
listers crippled because of burns, and q, 900
because of other injuries.
During the past few weeks millions of
young people have started back to school, 1t
has been demonstrated accident prevention
can be taught. Study materials and teach
ers' instruction outlines are obtainable from
the Red Cross. Need more be said?
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UNPLEASANT AS THE fact may be to
Americans schooled in the British tradition
Of liberty, the Labor government is following
the pattern of dictatorship in every particu-
lar
That pattern has become as fixed as a
proposition in Euclid. 1t begins with an enor-
nous extension of bureaucracy which exerts
complete control over all industry, and binds
the country fast in a maze of red tape. Pri-
vate capital is destroyed through taxation
and appropriation The basic industries are
then nationalized, on the grounds that free
enterprise is no longer capable of meeting the
needs of the nation. The rights of labor are
restricted, and men are forced into employ
ment which they do notadesire Finally, in the
long run, opposition is stified and civil liber.
ties go the way of economic liberties.
Mr.. Attlee and the other ministers are not
tyrants. But the Labor government has es-
tablished the machinery which makes tyran-
ny possible. That is the point which Winston
Churchill has been arguing with great force
in his opposition speeches. Well-meaning
men set the stage-ard the dictators follow.
The Labor government has created the
Super-state in the name of British economic
rehabilitation. But all the evidence of his.
tory proves that socialism is essentially non.
productive. 1t destroys initiative, by refus.
ing owners and workers the fruits of theil
efforts. 1t rules by force and fear-and NJ
man does his best under those conditions
The Individual becomes a cipher-the STATE
becomes all. The relationship is that of mas
ter and slave.
Worst of ALL the present extension of so
cialism was inherent in the first adoption O
socialism. 1t is a system from which ther
is no turning back, once the resources of pri
vate enterprise have been sucked into tn
state. Every American should memorize tha
plain truth. All forms of dictatorship fee
upon themselves like fungus. Those VIII
think little bit of socialism in the Unite
i States may be a good thing are, knowingly O
otherwise, giving hostages to fortune. A na
: tion can have democracy or it can have dcta
| torship. 1t cannot mix the two and surviv
: as free country.
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: THE WAGNER : MURRAY DINGEL
: compulsory health insurance bill was by
E passed by the last session of Congress. In a
: probability it will be debated and brought I
!. a vote during the next session. 1t is thus
live issue, whose significance should be tho
oughly understood by the American peop
: before Congress convenes again.
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