Milford chronicle., 1955-02-18
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lO pages of interviews with judges and law
enforcement officers under the heading,
Why Law Fails to Stop Teen-Age Crime"
According to one of the nations leading
Judges: To-day is the era of the juvenile
criminal, and / emphasize the word 'crimi-
nall"
In the same issue of the magazine there
appears a Special Report headlined 'FNew
Way to Get Around Debt Limits" with a sub
head describing the --latest Style in Raising
Money. The report goes on to say that
Ways are being found to spend without
making. the budget and debt seem bigger
The reference, of course, is to federal
government. "The government" says u. S.
News, "harrassed by money problems, is
turning to a seemingly magical way of rails
ing huge sums The magic lies in this PeO-
pie get fresh billions of dollars of govern
ment help. But the cost does not swell the
federal debt . :"
1t seems that this scheme for evading
good Old-fashiOned bookkeeping by the fed
eral government to satisfy the Unsuitable de-
mand for handouts involves the setting up
OF new public authority empowered to sell
bonds to the public which are backed by the
government but do not show up in public
debt statistics. Thus there is no need to ex-
ceed the cOngressiOnally imposed debt limit
OF Sz15,O0O,OOO,OO In other words, way
has been found to "get around" the law.
And we wonder why Juvenile delinquen-
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HEROIC FIGURE
Among the men who made our revOlu-
ton the figure of George Washington stands
out heroic in stature, head and shoulders
above the rest. There were more spectac-
ular men-JeffersOn wrote better. Franklin
had greater intellectual powers, Hamilton
knew more about finance and Patrick Henry
was greater orator. But it was to the tall
Vlrglnlan that all the others turned for
leadership.
It was Washington who was trulv the
father of his country. He led it's armies and
suffered defeat after defeat. But he fought
on, though supplies were inadequate and
troops Unframed. He made use of the terrible
winter OF Valley Forge for sharpening the
training and integrating the scattered indi
Vldualists into strong army. He was GER
tam OF eventual victory when the most stout
hearted OF his contemporaries were beginning
to doubt.
When the fighting was over he brought
the courage and dedication of Valley FORGE
to the presidency of the fedging republic.
lie put aside his own interests and his desire
10 return to his home at Mount Vernon be-
cause he thought that remuneration was his
duty.
The sense of duty seemed to be the most
compelling force in WashingtOn's life. The
Ideals OF service and patriotism he exempli-
ned are as valid today as they were when
ne ne was alive. He is today, as he was then,
FIRST IN war; first in peace, first in the hearts
OF his cOuntrymen."
NG0NG
WAGES, CONSUMERS AND WORKERS
When the Fair Labor Standards Act
(which establishes minimum wages among
other thlngs) was enacted in 1893 retailing
and various other enterprises were exempt
ed. Ihls exemption has been continued ever
since, on the sound grounds that retailing is
primarily local in character. On top of that.
/ 1t would be administratively impractical to
ponce the 100000 retail establishments in
4 this country
Now, however, it is proposed in some
quarters that the retail exemption be elimi-
mated and that the minimum wage be raised
from the present 75-cents-an-hOur level. And
the potential effects Of this on the country
should be thoroughly understood both bv
Congress and the public
First of all, consumer and producer
would be adversely affected. If one category
OF wages is increased, the other and higher
categor1es inevitably are increased too, in
order to maintain reasonable differentials.
In addition, stores would be burdened with
OOlCt COoOly regulations. Inc consumer
would have to pay the BILL in the form of
higher prices for foods and other goods. And
when prices are forced up, the market for
! producers Shrinks.
On top of that, this change in the law
would undoubtedly reduce employment. Re
tailers would have no choice but to EMPLOY
the smallest possible number of unskilled
marginal wOrkers-the legal wage would be
more than they were worth to the store. So
such people would look for jobs in vain, and
would lose the opportunity to acquire train
ing that qualities them for better-paying DO
sitiOns
In short, the proposal may look good on
the surface But it won't stand logical and
objective analysis.
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BACON FOR BREAKFAST
There's certainly nothing at all remark