Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06

llOn dRpinSL negro congressman Auam row
ell Tor more than year. Because Powell is
a member of the minof1ty group, which has
been known for its pressure tactics on the
political scene, the political motive behind
this action is highly suspect.
The lid blew off the case when a former
assistant u. S. attorney said that Attorney
General William Rogers had ordered the in
come tax investigation of the New York
Congressman dropped in 1857 because it was
.'too hot to handle" The former assistant u.
S. attorney was Thomas A. Bolen, and he
testified before a long-delayed grand jury
which was headed by the president of prom
inent and large life insurance company. Even
the grand jury members had begun to won
der why the government refused to suggest
convening grand jury and presenting the
case against Powell.
Caught in the controversy is u. S. attor-
ney Paul Williams, of the New York office,
who took his orders from Washington, and
who attempted to put the lid on the case
He was the contact between Bolen and Wash
ington authorities who tried to bury the
case against Powell. However, few months
ago an article appeared in the National Re-
view, critical of the lengthy shelving of the
Powell case. Copies of this article went to
all the grand jurors
Faced with the threat of a grand jury
convening without government assistance,
which would certainly have made the Justice
Department look even more suspect, the JUS
tice Department sent a representative to the
grand jury meeting recently-which indict-
ed the Negro Congressman on tax evasion
charges carrying penalties of up to fifteen
years imprisonment if he is convicted.
Not helping the case any, either, is the
fact that Congressman Powell was Demo-
crat until. 1856, when he switched over to
support President Eisenhower. 1t was the
very next year that the Justice Department
ordered the showdown on the Powell tax
case, claiming that it did not have the per-
sonnel to carry out an investigation, and sug-
gesting that the case be turned over to the
Treasury Department. Officials trying to ac-
complish this did not count on the frankness
and active interest of former assistant u. S.
attorney Bolen, who has recently resigned.
Bolen, 33-year-old says that he felt there
was enough evidence to indict Powell all
along, and he kept telling his superiors that
all through more than year of postpone
ments.
TEENAGE WISDOM
Americas teenagers seem to break into
the news only with hair-raising stories of
juvenile delinquency But not long ago SO
teenagers from all parts of the country, rep
resenting "a national organizations, met to
advise their elders on questions of public
health.s
This wasn't brashness on their part The
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
had summoned them to find out why teen
agers-one of the most polio-susceptible
groups-had put off getting their Salk vac
cinations. Nearly half the u. S. population
under 20 either has no vaccination at all or
has not completed the full series of Shots
Why?
Note the reasons given by the teenagers
themselves-and note, too, that one of these
reasons is vadil: Polio is way down, so why
bother? Sheer laZiness or Indifference. Fear
of the needle. Thought it was an infants dis
ease and couldn't happen to me-. Didn't
know that somebody else's vaccination
doesn't protect you".
AS for ways to bring vaccination to teen
ayers, here are some nuggets of sound teen
age wisdom-procf that hot rods, rock n
roll and TV are not all they think about:
Scare the pants off of them" Make vacci-
nation a fad like wearing white buckskin
shoes or Yul Brynner haircuts. Direct in
formation especially to teenagers since they
consider themselves a special group, neither
children nor adults. Persuade parents of the
necessity for vaccination, since teenagers are
swayed by the actions of their parents.
If you have teenage children, set them a
good example by getting your own Salk
shots. Then see that they get theirs. This |
year, for the first time, there is vaccine |
enough for everybody, regardless of age.
u. S. DROPS BEHIND
If, eight months ago, it had been said that |
the United States would have accomplished
little in the space race by June, 1858, few
Americans would have accepted such state
ment
Nevertheless, a recent survey in Wash |
ington, involving the questioning of highly
placed defense and civilian officials, reveals |
that the y. S. effort in the space race is al |
most on dead center. In fact, our space pro- |
putes, re-evaluations, committees, budgetary |
limitations, jealousies, and plain confusion.
While we do not like to use sensational
statements or words, the mere fact that eight |
months after the Russians showed they were
two or three years ahead of us in the space
race, we are still fumbling the ball, is dis