Milford chronicle., 1962-06-08
JUNE

JUNE
June, which brings us summer, brides,
holidays from school and vacations-among
other things-is upon us.
Historically speaking, there are months
more impor4Snt to Americans than June.
For Southerners, it is remembered as the
anniversary month of the birth of jefferson
Davis, the. only President of the Confeder-
acy, who was born in Todd County, Ken
Stucky, on June 3, 1903. 1t is also remember
ed as the month of the anniversary of the
Battle of Bunker Hill, which was fought on
June II, IT'S. West Virginia was admitted
into the Union, officially, on June 20, 1868.
The Custer massacre occurred on June
%, 1876 on the Little Big Horn River, in
Montana. The. first u. S. troops to land in
France in World War l landed on June 26,
1917.
One of the most fatefu events in history
to0k place in June, occurred at Sarajevo, in
Bosnia when the Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand Was assassinated. He was heir to the
throne of ustro-Hungary, and this event
ignited World War |, with all it's death and
destruction.
Also with June comes Fathers Day,
which was first observed, as a national event
on the same day, on June 16, 1884. Prob
ably more responsible for the origin of this
observance than any other was Mrs John
Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Washington.
After the month of June is over, we have
lived out half of 1862. And the sun has
started southwark. again. On June 21st the
sun moves to point as far north from the
Equator as it ever gets, and seems to stand
still before moving south again. 1t is the
summer "sostice."
Solstice, incidentally comes from the
Latin, meaning "the sun stops"
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ENGLAND'S INTEGRATION
a Parliament in London has recently pass
ed an immigration bill which stirred con-
siderable controversy, not only in Great
Britain but also in many of the dominions
and colonies.
Until now immigration has been COM
pletely free between mother country Eng
land and the various colonies and dOmin-
ions. In the air age, which dawned only re-
Gently, the influx of natives from various
parts of the world began to increase to an
alarming degree.
The major problem was caused by the
large numbers of incoming blacks. In Lon
don alone the problem became one of ma
tional concern. Finally, as the number of
blacks increased steadily, tension rose to the
point where there were riots and beatings,
and even killings, as gangs of blacks and
whites roamed the city and engaged in ter
ror tactics.
The issue is perhaps a more sensitive one
in London, the capital of the greatest colon
ial power in the world, than anywhere else
in the warld. The British can hardly afford
to bluntly tell colored races they are not
wanted in England. They can hardly tell
those who are already in England to get
out-in view of the much heralded and ira
ditiona British policy of free movement of
subjects in the empire.
And that was how the new immigration
bill came about. Actually, it was so watered
down. amid the idealistic objections raised,
that it means less than many Englishmen
would like it to mean. The blacks can still
come into England rather freely-aS long
as they have a sponsor.
All of which goes to show that the race
problem is world wide and that common
sense and not political moves toward forced
integration, is the only successful approach
to race relations.
THE GREATEST HOAX
Speaking on the floor of the House, Rep
resentative Herlong of Florida recently made
an extremely important point that seems to
be generally overlooked or misunderstood
in discussions of government spending.
"Only by controlling its spending can the
Government achieve the results which so
often, but inaccurately, are said to come
from increased spending. The greatest hoax
OF Cdr Llme is Cne nOLlOn CndC greater SpoHu-
ing in the so-called public sector is means
for increasing economic growth. The Gov
ernment lives off the private economy, and
not vice versa"
The government does not and cannot
create genuine wealth and growth. Growth
depends upon the availability of capital
from the savings of individuals and from
the profits of industry. The more that gov
ernment takes out of the economy, in taxes,
the less there is left to build, renew and
revitalize that economy.
It's that simple, in spite of all the clouds
of learned words that more often than not,
serve to obscure, not clarity, the matter.