Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1957 — Page 14

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Grave Problems Arise | Over Working Mothers

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Staff Csrrespendent WASHINGTON (UP)-Do working mothers contribute to the financial security of their families and the economic health of the nation? Or do they contribute to the rising rate of juvenile delinquency and the breakdown of the American home? These questions are causing grave concern to religious leaders, educators, social scientists and government officials, a United Press survey showed today. Two mothers out of every five who have children under 18 now are holding jobs outside the home. The number of working mothers has increased nearly 50 per cent in the past 10 years, and now stands at a record 6,500,000. Os these. 2,500,000 have children under 6 years of age. While authorities differ widely in their opinions about the overall impact on American life, all agree that each working mother must be judged as an individual. Some women, they say, go to work because they crave luxuries which their husbands’ paychecks can’t provide. Others become wage-earners by necessity. About one - fifth are widowed and divorced, Causes Juvenile Crime Some flee the hard work and heavy responsibility of full - time homemaking for an easier job in an air-conditioned office. Others are trying sincerely to make the best use of their time and talents while their children are away at school. Some working mothers undoubtedly neglect their children. Others are extremely conscientious parents. « Recognizing this wide range of individual differences, some authorities nevertheless consider the national trend as an alarming development. In a recent nationwide survey of public school teachers by the National Education Assn., 80 per cent listed “lack of parental supervision due to mother working” as a cause of student behavior problems. One - third called it an “important” factor. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover told the United Press “parental neglect” is a major cause of increasing juvenile crime. He said it is likely to ocfcur in three types of homes—those “broken by death or divorce," those in which parents are “too absorbed in their own social pursuits to give essential guidance and affection to their children,” and those in which “both parents are working.” Defends Working Mother Msgr. Irving Deßlanc, director of the family life bureau of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, said the increase in the number of working mothers is “clearly related” to a deterioration of moral and spiritual values among large numbers of American youth. “Creating a good home and giving children all of the love, security and guidance they need is a mother’s first responsibility,” 'he said. "It is a job that usually requires all of the time and energy .she has. - ........... “A mother should have a very grave reason for taking a job — something far more important

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than buying a new car or television set.” • A strong defense of the working mother came from Mrs. Alice K. Leopold, director of the women’s bureau of the U.S. Labor Department who happens to be a working mother. Mrs. Leopold, who says she brought up two “non-delinquent” sons, said it is “grossly unfair to make employed women the scapegoats for every social ill of our day.” Juvenile delinquency, she said, has "many complex causes” and no one has produced any figures to show it to be more prevalent among children of working mothers than in other families. Depends on Mother “Some women who don’t work are just as derelict in their parental duty," she said. “Women who spend their time playing cards. And chasing around to social and civic activities often do less for their children then the average working mother.” Middle ground in the controversy was staked out by a leading Protestant clergyman, the Rev. Dr. Richard Lentz of Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Lentz, a Disciples of Christ minister who formerly was head of the family life bureau of the National Council of Churches, told the United Press it all depends on the mother. A woman who "puts her work ahead of her responsibility as a i mother” and who is “not home when her children return from , school,” he said, is “definitely contributing” to juvenile delinquency. ‘“On the other hand, some mothers contribute to the deliqnuency of their children by staying at home. Many a child learns to drink because he sees his mother drinking at home. "Holding a job has to be put in the total context of a woman’s performance as a mother. A great deal depends on whether she is able to give her children the sense of security and love they would get by having her home all the time. • “Some women—l think a lot of them—are able to do that.” Reminds Taxpayers Keep Return Copies Reminder Given By District Director A reminder to federal income taxpayers to retain-their copies of returns filed in the recently . closed tax filing period was is- . sued today, by district director ■ Sterling Dietrich of the Indianl apolis office of the internal re- > venue service. Records of income and expense used in preparation . of the return also should be kept, ■ he said. i “Tax records must be retained • at least three years from the dead- • line date, April 15,” Dietrich said. • “There is always the possibility that a taxpayer may be called r upon to furnish proof of his in- • come and deductions. Keeping copt ies of returns and records will

help both him and the revenue service in such cases. “Beyond this requirement, taxpayers will find retained copy of their return to be useful when preparing their return next year, especially if there is no major change in their financial status. In addition, the revenue service urges that all records of 1957 expenditures — cancelled checks, receipts, notations qf contributions, state and local taxes, Interest payments and other deductible items — be retained for

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eat between meals. Avoid starchy vegetables, pastries, candy, salad oils, butter, cream, cake, and all things containing sugar. Drainboard Mat Try making a drainboard mat to protect your dishes "by cutting up an old turkish towel and binding it with tape. Calcium chloride melts ice at temperatures as low as 40 degrees below zero while salt generally is considered ineffective at temperatures lower than 20 degrees above xero.