Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1948 — Page 13

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By DOUGLAS LARSEN, NEA Staff Writer WASHINGTON, a boom or a bust, the American family takes a beating

kick in the U: 8. home life as did the great depression.

These two_rampant. home-wrecl erm influences of America’s inundermining the family, .today|penses. place the U. 8, home in greater

jeopardy than at any time in'gent at a record rate with charge history. :

{accounts and borrowing, and ge are the dismal conclu. oo 900 of the nation's to p|Puying on the installment plan— experts on family life who made| CATS and home equipment they a national survey on the subject could not get during the war. and recently pooled thelr findings! In terms of today's feverish at a National Conference - on business activities; the experts Family Life in Washington, {say, however, family credit hasn't Savings Disappearing |yet reached the danger point. The record savings which most| But if the present rate of going families accumulated during the|into debt continues and there is a war are now disappearing ‘at a recession, it will be disastrous. record rate. | According to 1947 Department In 1044 one-fourth of all family of Labor statistics the minimum income was saved. Today it's| cost of a decent living for-a famcloser to one-twentieth and going!ily in the U. 8: per year varied down. from a low $3004 in New Orleans And instead of these cash re- to the high of $3458 in Washingserves going for durable goods ton. Those figures are higher and housing they are being dissi-|today. .

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