Evening star., 1949-12-18
Flanders Warns i. :.
OF 0ver.ReIiance on
New World Markets
By }. A. O'Leov

By ia. OIeoy
Senator Flanders, Republican,
OF Vermont, sounded warning
yesterday against placing too
much reliance. on new world trade
markets to keep America prosper
Gus.
He suggested to a Senate House
subcommittee studying the prob
lens of low-income families that
this Government also should look
for ways to increase the produc-
tive capacity of families in de-
pressed areas In this country.
The New England Senator. a
member of the subcommittee, said
he recognized there were political
reasons for the Marshall Plan for
European recovery. He made it
clear also that he was not oppos-
ing some action on President Tru-
mans Point -Four" program to
encourage American capital and
technical ability to help under
developed areas of the world.
Warns of Frantic" Competition.
He cautioned that thinking too
much about new foreign markets
might lead to frantic" competi-
ton with countries like England
and Germany. which will want
to do the same and which have
more severe problems at home
than we have"
Senator Flanders said the main
attraction for capital and in
vestors in under-developed areas
Of the world is the existence of
natural resources which could be
converted eventually into new
markets for manufactured ogods.
He conceded that some of the
depressed areas in this country, !
with concentration of low-income
families, do not have untapped
natural resources. The Senator |
added, however that he is wonder
ing if there is not an undeveloped |
resource in the productive ca
pacity of these families. if means |
can be found to increase their |
production.
Specific Plans Not Ready.
Neither Senator Flanders nor
Senator Sparkman, Democrat, of
Alabama, subcommittee chairman,
was ready to offer specific plans
for improving the lot of the low
income groups, as the first week
Of hearings ended.
Chairman Sparkman pointed
out that raising the level of the
lowest income groups presents
problem that cannot be solved
quickly or permanently. 1t. will
require continuous attention. he
said.
When the hearings opened a
week ago, the subcommittee had
figures before it showing that in
1913 nearly one third Of the Ma
tion's families and single individ-
uals received less than $4,000 in
money income. With the in
dividual wage-earners excluded,
one-fourth of the families were
under the $4,000 mark.
The only witness heard by the
low-income subcommitte yester-
day was DR.. Ernest w. Burgess, of
the University of Chicago. who de-
scribed the relationship between
low incomes and juvenile delin-
quency. +
Dr.Burgess gave this picture of |
ths,Toad to juvenile delinquency:
Most girl delinquents are from
low income families, and the
great majority of girl delinquency
Is that of sexual promiscuity."
DR.. Burgess said these girls meet |
"other girls already engaged in
Illicit sexual behavior with num-
ber of youths from a group un-
supervised by parents or charac-
ter building institutions.
Cites Group Pressure.
At first the girls decline to en-
gage in drinking and sex relations,
he said.
1.-THE group soon gives her to
understand that she must con-
form and join in these activities
or leave the group. Many decide
to join in for the sake of fun and
q good time.
Sex relations are not begun
because of sexual desire in the
majority of cases but due to group
pressure and because of the insis-
tence and pleading of one of the
young men.
1.-THE next step is for the girl to
become promiscuous.
Finally, she may learn that
she can receive presents and OBJ
tain money for sexual relations.
Sooner. or Ia ter che jS ar1nrehen6ad