Evening star., 1961-05-17

rivalry, or an Oedipus COM
plex!
We have allowed social
workers" and crusading
pinkoS to take us for q ride on
their round-table merry-go-
round. This disregard for
law and order is the fault
Of people who have screamed
"idealism" In order to hide
the fact that they have few
ideals at all. I am firmly
for Representative Davis
juvenile court, bill. I also
think corporal punishment
should be allowed in public
schools, and I believe every
woman should be allowed to
carry q pistol with her II
she wishes. Perhaps these
measures are necessary to
protect ourselves from the
liberal" lawmakers who have
gained control.
Florence King
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It is indeed q sad COM
mentary on our times that
it has taken so long for peo-
pie generally to become
alarmed over the ever-in-
creasing outrages committed
in this city and other cities
Of comparable size. Today
women cannot be safe within
the confines Of their very
own homes, and no thinking
person ventures out alone on
the streets after dark. for
fear Of thugs and rapistS.
Formerly there were no
gray areas. things were either
right or wrong, good or evil.
Today q wrongdoer is merely
"sick," Is treated" and
turned loose to commit crimes
in greater and greater num-
ber. Their victims are the
really forgotten people.
Even our entertainment
medium, especially motion
pictures. idealizes the lowest
side Of human nature, what
Is gross and debased. A ma
ture person can write this
off as so much smut, but
the young who are quite ma
turally looking for leadership
and some kind Of ideal to
follow, are given "Butterfield
Eight" "Cat On q Hot Tin
Roo" "Peyton Place" Room
At the Top,"-all very lewd-
for enlightenment. Some of
the dirt is bound to rub off.
II enough people are suf-
ficiently aroused, and do
not sink back into comfort
able apathy. maybe, some
thing can be done to stem
this tide.
Eleanor Harris
Crime Marches On" was
one fine editorial. It goes
right to the root Of the
matter.
Annie G. Mccoy.
Crime still RACES In our
Nations Capital. No person
Is safe at home, In his place
Of business, or on the streets.
Talk goes on Just what to
do about it. I lay the blame
entirely on the leniency of
the courts. Our police work
long hours and risk their
lives to apprehend these vi
cious criminals, only to see
them acquitted, or sent to
st. Elizabeths for a long
period Of fattening and that
Is all.
I recommend a quick solu-
ton. I'm sure there will be
those who will label me as a
dangerous person to harbor
such thoughts. I recommend
our judges begin giving out
the death penalty and seeing,
without any interference
from the Supreme Court,
that 1t is carried out.
After a few such sentences,
I bet a thousand to one
crime will all but stop. Crime
will never cease so long as
the criminals know they will
not be punished.
Reader.
Z Z 4 4
Daily we read the papers Of
the mounting crime and as
Saults on women in the Dis
trict but never do we read
Of any punishment for the
miscreants and criminals!
What is happening to Amer
lea?
!. This is being written by a
woman who has worked for
the advancement Of women,
to the extent of serving q
Jail sentence in 1919 for pick
citing for suffrage for women,
which was won in 1920. In
the past forty years, women
have come to the front and
are helping with the making
Of laws but for the most part
IL IN the Ynon Iuhn ara OIII.