Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

ahead in the world and be finan-
cially independent Of me. But
we have been sadly disappointed.
My son married right after
getting out Of college and before
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he had gotten started. Then he
went OF to Korea, and now he,
his wife and two babies are max
ing their home with US. He has
gone from Job to job and been
out Of work Q great deal Of the
time and my pension is begin
ming to look mighty small to me.
This would be bad enough II
my son were not ernbittering my
life with the nastiest dinner con-
versation. night after night, In
which he sounds very much like
o Communist agitator.
He's always saying bitter
things about the big corpora
tons" and he stares at me as If
] were the evil genius Of capital
ism. I've reached the point where
] can stand it no longer and
where ] am ready to order him
out Of my house. But my wife
says she would be heartbroken II
! did 50.
GRANDAdA--Our son loses his
head sometimes because he feels
90 bad about his dificulty In
earning q living. 1t is very hard
for him to adjust himself. He
was q good scholar. but he was
thrust into a life for which he
was not prepared. He should be
helped to find himself.
SONNY father thinks ! am
o Communist because ] criticize
the big corporations. I have
worked for three Of them since
returned from Korea, and ! think
1t is they who are making Com
munists. They take a college
graduate and war veteran with
children to support and pay him
less than a laborer. But the
laborer has O union TO protect
him. ! have to live on my fathers
pension.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
This boy has 1t bad. II the
present relationship keeps up
he is unlikely to straighten him
self out. The bitterness in this
home certainly does not make
1t a good place in which to raise
children.
The mother is probably quite
right In her opinion that things
have moved too fast for this
young man and that his shifts
from college, TO war, to business
have been too emotionally vio-
lent for him.
His inability to support him
self is embittering him, and his
dependence on his fathers pen
sion Is undermining him. He
should be discouraged from seek
ing further employment with
big corporations at this time
and he should be encouraged
Ito maintain his own home even
III 1t means lending him money
for a stated period. That would
be better than this vague, char
acter destroying dependence OF
"a young man on his father
pension.
AS the head of a family, he
should go to work and live or
his earnings. This Is a period
of peak employment. and he
should be able to earn something
regularly II he is willing to
subordinate other considerations
TO the urgent need for self-sup-
port.
Once he terminates his hu.
initiating dependence on his
father, he may lose his trucu-
lent and distorted attitude. II
will make possible an approach
to the station in life for which
his education and his gooc
family background should have
equipped him.
Only poor health or some
other emergency would justify
the present relationship be.
tween son and pensioned father
This young man has good physi-
cal health. but his circumstances
are undermining his mental
health.
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