Milford chronicle., 1962-01-05


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PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAM
A legislative investigation recently re-
vealed that a woman in New Jersey with
fourteen illegitmate children by ten differ
ent husbands had received more than SOL
900 in welfare money over period of elgh-
teen years.
Our federal welfare legislation was pass
ed in the 1905 during a depression. That
it needs revision is the understatement of
the year.
During the depression of the 1905 we
also passed our Social Security law. One of
the reasons for passing Social Security
law was to do away with the need for such
large public welfare payments.
Another program which was inaugur-
ated during the Roosevelt administration,
and which had as one of its purposes to
keep people off the relief roll, was the I'm
employment Compensation Act. Under this
program, where an Individual lost his job
through no fault of his own, he would re-
ceive unemployment compensation for a
short period Of time, during which he would
have an opportunity to secure new job.
Now we find in America, that despite
the fact Americans are receiving S13 bill
lion year in social security payments and
almost So billion a year in unemployment
compensation payments, there are seven
and One-half million Americans still on the
relief rolls.
The Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare, Abraham Ribcoff, has announced
series of changes in the handling of relief
and welfare cases in America. He recOg-
nizes that our present system is antiquated.
His announced ObjectiveS are to end abuses
and to develop more constructive ways OF
getting people off relief and back into use
full roles in society This sounds good ex-
cept for one thing: All the changes will cost
more money.
PEACEFUL USES OF THE ATOM
On December 10, near Carlsbad New
Mexico, the United States exploded the
equivalent of five kiloton atomic weapon
underground. Although the recent Russian
explosion was ten thousand times greater,
it is questionable whether it was as signifi-
can't
Top U. S. scientists believe that this
small underground explosion introduces a
whole new era in the nuclear age. The first
era of nuclear development began with the
first atomic bombs in 1915. The second era
began when the emphasis was shifted to
hydrogen bombs and tectical weapons in
1852. We are now beginning on the third
era out of which is expected to come a SER
les of major peace time jobs for the atom
and new group of nuclear weapons for
war.
Our most recent nuclear test was the
first time that a nuclear explosion has oc-
Cured in material almost water free. The
purpose of the test was to find out what
happens under these conditions, including
how much material is compressed, how much
heat it retains, and how we'll this material
conducts the shock wave This information
is vitally important in determining how
atomic explosions can be used for eXcava-
tiOn purposes.
According to the u. S. News and World
Report, our scientists and planners believe
that within few years nuclear energy will
be used for big earth moving jobs, such as
building canals, harbors, vast water storage
lakes, and opening passes through mountain
ranges. They believe that nuclear energy
will be major new source of power and
that heat in vast quantities will become
available very cheaply for the first time.
They also expect entirely new techni-
queS for extracting oil and minerals by US
ing the heat and pressure of controlled ato-
mic explosions. These scientists believe that
nuclear explosions will be used to blast deep
wells and provide large supplies of fresh
water in many areas
At the presentime, we are also prepar-
ing for series Of tests in the Pacific, which
will affect our war making ability. These
tests include battle field atomic MISSILES
new war heads for missiles, and anti-mis-
sile and anti-satelite weapons. AS soon as
these preparations for this new series of
tests are ready, we trust that our President
will not withhold approval Our national
security demands that we proceed with the
tests without delay.
The United States is expecting, in the
not too distant future, to test neutron
bomb Nuclear development in the very near
future could very we'll be more revolutionary
than anything that has happened SO far in
this nuclear age.