The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 November 1969 — Page 9

Tl><y PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuse-Wawatee Journal (Eat 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 t DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher , DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager ( Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Watch That Litter* An official of the U. S. Forest Service reports a dramatic increase in the use by the public of the 15,000 square miles of land in the United States that have been set aside as wilderness areas. People who can no longer find camping space in state and national parks are taking to wilderness trails and waterways by foot, pack train and canoe. No doubt, the current fall hunting and fishing season flow of wilderness seekers will reach record levels. Os all those who seek the wilderness, how many will appreciate its blessings sufficiently to treat them with respect? How many of those who

Women - Their Life Pattern

Today’s expanding opportunities for women require special counseling needs. Miss Elkin Minter, extension home management specialist, Purdue university, calls attention to the fact that nine of ten girls will work some time during their lives. In fact, nearly half the women in the population between age 18 and 65 are in the labor force, and the percentage continues to rise. In April, 1969, nearly two of every five workers were women. The U. S. Department of Labor reports women are employed in every occupation. and profession listed in the decennial census. Financial assistance for vocational training and higher education is becoming increasingly available. This in turn allows women to take advantage of equal opportunity provided by federal legislation. Girls and women join the labor force for a number of reasons, says Miss Minter. Single women work to support themselves; women heads of

No Corner On Youth

“I still think I’m 18. I catch myself doing it all the time”. English playwright John Osborne, nearing 40, said this the other day. “People keep telling me I’m approaching middle age, but I don’t feel middle-aged”, he continued. ‘I feel myself responding as I did a very long time ago, except that now I’m more adroit and a lot of things are easier .. . .Lots of people are Middle-aged when they’re 21. I remember them when I was a boy: you knew what they were going to look like when they were 40”. Osborn’s comments should help wind up the tiresome youth-age discussion. It’s a fiction that youth is something that cannot pass the gates of 30, or whatever entrance to the afteryears Inferno is in vogue. Mental rigidity — the settledness of ways and view to youth-leaving — is discernible in every age group. He’s right, too, that the activeminded ever-after perform from the standpoint of the most robust and enthusiastic period in what is taken to

CAPITOL COMMENTS With SENATOR ‘ J\ . VANCE HARTKE J-’Jk Indiana *

Hartke Says: Increase Social Security By 15 Per Cent

WASHINGTON, DC., - Senator Vance Hartke, announced today he will add an amendment to increase social security benefits immediately by 15 per cent to the tax reform package now pending before the U. S. Senate Finance Committee. Hartke, a member of the Finance Committee, said he wants the increase added to the

EDITORIALS

tax reform bill before it is submitted to the full Senate. Earlier, Senator Hartke proposed legislation to tie future increases in Social Security benefits to the cost of living. “The failure of attempts to check inflation make a higher immediate increase necessary,” he said. 4 “With prices rising at an an-

go into the wilderness with all of the trappings of civilization — paper cartons, packaged foods, cases of beer and ingenuous plastic containers of all kinds — will take the trouble and the effort to bring their garbage back with them or to dispose of it in a suitable manner? There is nothing that can destroy the wilderness quicker than an array of bullet-punctured beer and pop cans glittering with malevolent obscenity from the bottom of a crystal clear spring or stream. Won’t you resolve to watch that litter?

families work to support themselves and their dependents or to supplement their incomes; many married women work to supplement their husbands’ earnings so their families may have basic necessities or to provide desired luxuries; some women wont for self-fulfillment. During Uie teenage years, most girls form\ujjie image — school, marriage, family. For most of them, however, a more accurate image would include school, work and-or marriage, rearing a family (sometimes continuing to work by choice or necessity) and return to work when children are in school. Counselors, teachers, and parents should help girls plan and prepare for dual role of homemaker and worker. Girls should be encouraged to develop their talents in whatever areas they show interest, and prepared for related careers or jobs. These should be careers that can be resumed after raising a family, selected on the basis of satisfaction as well as challenge and a realization of their potential.

be the life cycle — young manhood. In an informal survey we asked several men we respect “When you’re thinking about your hopes and ambitions and the work you have to do, what is your mental-age image of yourself?” The answers: “Seventeen”. “Sophomore-junior in college”. “Nineteen”. Osborne referred to an adroitness, and ease he fotind in his exertions as he gained experience; “I’m not more jaded, just more in control”. It’s often overlooked that, following intense and undisciplined exertions, some youths seem to encounter great unproductive stretches. The “older” youths learn how to husband and protect their energy, often working more from stillness than commotion. It’s simply not correct to accord the future to those born after 1940, or 1950, or 1970. It belongs to those of any age who think with depth and heft. And it’s but sad for those past 29 or whatever age to ape the styles of the young, ignorant of youth’s real substance. Steuben Republican

nual rate of 7.2 per cent, inflation is rapidly eating up the gains of the average American. But it hits hardest at those groups which have a fixed income. The aged are cruelly caught in the vise of fixed income and rising costs,” he said. “The Social Security system has failed to keep up with the rising needs of the aged,” Hartke said. “Elderly citizens who paid their fair share into Social Security during their working years are finding today that their present benefits are barely enough to keep them above the poverty level. At the same time, the senior citizen is handcuffed by the knowledge that if and when he finds a job, his benefits will be stopped. “The purpose of the Social Security program is to provide security and particularly the security of an income after retirement.

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Know Your Indiana Law . aKs By JOHN J. bm.ON Attorney at Law This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

Mechanic's Lien On Personal Property

I have previously discussed the effect of mechanic’s liens on real property. Mechanic’s liens can also be had on personal property. Any person who furnishes labor or materials at the request of the owner of personal property is entitled to a lien for the value of the services and materials against the property. A classic case of liens on personal property in today’s society involves the automobile. This piece of personal property is often delivered to a garage to have repairs made on it. The mechanic then goes to work and either repairs or adds material to the automobile to put it in working order. This creates both a common law lien and a statutory lien in favor of the mechanic.

Special Report from Washington

WASHINGTON — The FBI has warned that revolutionary groups will attempt to turn the anti-war mobilization in midNovember into a violent confrontation with the authorities. These revolutionaries are not against war; to the contrary, they’re trying to start one in this country. They Simply hope to exploit anti-war sentiment and turn it against the government. As a result, many of the responsible leaders who supported the October moratorium have refused to endorse the attempt at a November repeat. For example, ex-Ambassador Averell Harriman, one of the nation’s leading doves, is against the mobilization. Congressional leaders who endorsed the moratorium met the other day to decide what they should do about the mobilization. They agreed, after a lengthy discussion, to wait until President Nixon’s report to the nation, then resume the Viet Nam debate on the House floor. Whether they would oppose or support the President would depend upon his speech. If the decision is to oppose him, they will open hearings before various committees on bills that would limit the President’s ability to pursue the war. PROFIT PROTECTION When the government recently ordered that artificial sweeteners called cyclamates be taken off the market because tests had shown they cause cancer in animals, industry was given until January 1 to comply. This indicates that despite the danger, government officials were more concerned about hurting industry than about the chance people

The obvious difference between the automobile and real estate is, of course, that it is mobile. Because of this fact the Legislature has provided the mechanic with a very summary remedy in the case of an automobile. Once a person has a lien for labor, materials or storage on an automobile and the same is not claimed for thirty days, the mechanic is entitled, upon publication and notice, to sell the automobile and require the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue a new certificate of title. It is obvious that in order for the mechanic to have this remedy he must have the automobile in his possession. It was a principle of the common law that to enforce a mechanic’s lien on personal property, the mechanic had Jo

might get cancer. Similarly, though the government has decided that cigarettes cause lung cancer, it has done nothing to effectively halt cigarette sales. The tobacco industry is too big; it contributes to congressional campaign funds, and closing it down would, of course, throw a lot of people out of work. So again it appears that protecting business and jobs is more important to the government than protecting the public against lung cancer. In the last few days, a new controversy has erupted over the monosodium glutamates used in baby foods and in other food stuffs to bring out greater flavor. Research has shown that this chemical can cause brain damage. But the government has done nothing to halt its use either, commercially or in household kitchens. We can now report that the government is so cautious about banning dangerous drugs and chemicals that several other highly toxic chemicals are in use despite strong evidence they are dangerous. One of them is lindane, a pesticide used in restaurants as well as in home “electronic°bug killers.” In one test it was shown that the gas from lindane penetrates even packaged foods, leaving a toxic residue, which accumulates in the human body like DDT and may be equally as dangerous. Another is a phosphorus paste which is spread on the floor to kill insects and rodents. It can also poison children and pets if they come in contact with it. A third is a crabgrass killer containing arsenic which may be fatal to animals that eat it. The U. S. Department of

have the property inhjspossession. OurSegiriatufenas given the mechanic an additional remedy, however, and if within 60 days after performing services on the automobile he files notice with tfee recorder of intention to hold the lien, then the mechanic can proceed to foreclose the lien in a lawsuit without having the automobile in his possession. It should be remembered that a mechanic can not have a lien unless the owner authorized the repair or service in question. If the owner has his automobile mortgaged to a lender and this chattel mortgage is properly recorded on the title to the automobile, then the mechanic’s lien is inferior to this mortgage lien. When having an automobile repaired, the owner should of course make'certain that he is dealing with a reputable person, that the exact repairs to be provided are understood between the garage man and the owner, and a firm understanding should be had as to how the owner is expected to pay the bill. With these few precautions it is very improbable that you will ever have to face a mechanic’s lien on either your automobile or other personal property. A successful executive is one who manages to persuade others to do his work on time.

Agriculture has ordered all these products off the market. But the orders are hot being enforced. Under cumbersome government procedures, when an agency finds a product dangerous, it can’t act instantly to halt its distribution. The industry involved can challenge the government research, demanding further scientific review. Even when a scientific board is finally appointed, it takes months or years to make a report. In the meantime, the sales of the dangerous drug or chemical continue. But even if the scientific board agrees the product is dangerous, industry still can go into court and fight the government order — and these lawsuits can drag on for years, again with the product continuing on sale to an uninformed and unsuspecting public. As a rule little publicity is given to derogatory findings because the government doesn’t want to harm the industries involved. HURRICANE insurance When hurricane Camille ripped through the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi, the nation’s heart went out to the victims. But after a tragedy the public tends to forget; the victims don’t. Reports began reaching this column that some insurance companies were skinning the property holders along the destroyed Gulf Coast. We began to investigate. We found that a Mississippi insurance commissioner was dealing hat-in-hand with the insurance trade groups, without the knowledge of the victims; an insurance company was refusing to pay wind damage claims in spite of the evidence; insurance

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

House Passes Drug Abuse Education Bill

By an overwhelming bipartisan majority, the House last Friday passed the Drug Abuse Education Act, which had been the subject of hearings earlier this year in the education subcommittee which I chair. The bill, of which I am a cosponsor, authorizes $29 million over the next three years in Federal funds to support local schools and community organizations in developing ways of educating the community — especially our young people — on the dangers of drug abuse. The Drug Abuse Education Act fills a major gap in our educational Our hearings — which included sessions in South Bend and Warsaw — clearly established that there is a rapidly growing drug abuse problem in the U. S. Because of the serious lack of trained teachers and effective curriculum material in the field, our schools and educational institutions are woefully equipped to provide objective, scientifically valid instruction on this problem. My drug bill will help to remedy these deficiencies. MORE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION The .House acted to restore education to a place of greater importance on our agenda of national priorities in voting to extend Federal education programs at a higher funding level. Education officials throughout the country this year have been hindered in their efforts to plan and program their activities because of uncertainly about how much money would be available in Federal support for education. Although we are almost four months into the current fiscal year, which began on July 1, Congress has not yet passed the appropriations bill for education. All education programs had therefore been extended at the funding level requested by President Nixon in his budget message. But this extension meant that most programs would be shortchanged, since the Nixon budget was $450 million below education appropriations last year. On October 28 the House reversed the Administration’s education cuts when it voted by a large bipartisan majority to raise education funds to the level approved by .the House last July. At that time the House passed an appropriations bill increasing education funds by $1 billion above President Nixon’s request. This measure has not yet taken effect because the Senate is still considering the appropriations bill.

Last week’s House action means that if the Senate accepts the House version, our nation’s schools, libraries, and universities will receive the extra billion dollars voted by the ( House. The House action is a clear reflection of a widespread conviction among both Democrats and Republicans that the American people no longer want „ to see a shortchanging of education. SAFETY FOR COAL MINERS The entire nation was shocked last November when 78 coal miners were killed in a single mine accident in Farmington, West Virginia. Subsequent investigations revealed the very dangerous conditions in which miners are forced to work. Thousands of miners have had their lives cut short by the so-called black lung ’ disease, caused by inhalation of coal dust particles. The House has just passed a bill to strengthen health and safetystandards in the nation’s coal mines. The bill prescribes maximum levels of coal dust particles to be permitted in the mines and requires mine operators to install safe electrical equipment in the mines in the near future. DRAFT REFORM Our inequitable draft laws have been the cause of much discontent among young people in our country. The present system clearly discriminates against the poor and the uneducated, and makes it nearly impossible for many college graduates to plan for the future. Some of the defects of the draft can be remedied by instituting a lottery system of selection, which would distribute the burden of military service more evenly among all our young people. President Nixon has asked for authority to implement a lottery system. The House last week gave him this authority when it voted to remove a Congressional prohibition against a lottery. While the Nixon proposal is a step in the right direction, it doesn’t go far enough. There is widespread agreement that what is needed is a complete overhaul of our draft system. I have introduced a bill which would authorize such a comprehensive reform. In addition to a 7 lottery system, my proposal calls for the establishment of national standards and procedures, and authorizes fullscale studies of alternatives to the draft. I hope that hearings will be held on my bill soon.

By JACK ANDERSON

companies were studying witnesses to see how they would testify if the cases ever came to trial. We’re glad to report that the authorities of Mississippi and Louisiana are following up our findings. For example, in the past we criticized Leander Perez, boss of Plaquemine Parish, La., for his segregationist tactics. Leander is dead now but his sons, Leander Perez, Jr., the Parish District Attorney and Parish Council President Shalin Perez, are doing battle on behalf of the people. They have gotten lawyers organized, working without fee, to get decent settlements for the victims of the hurricane. In Mississippi, stirred by our findings, criminal authorities in Jackson have begun a probe of insurance companies. Also State Representative Marby Penton Os Ocean Springs is asking the government to look into the activities of State Insurance Commissioner Walter Dell Davis to see whether he got top close to the gigantic companies he’s supposed to regulate. CAPITOL CASUALTY The plush Rayburn House Office Building has its own gymnasium, the private preserve of Congressmen and exCongressmen. Until a few days ago only one congressional employee was privileged to enjoy its benefits. He was Dr. Martin Sweig, the right arm of Speaker McCormack, there by special permission of the Speaker himself. But now that a federal grand jury is looking into Sweig’s activities, he no longer shows up to sweat and swim with Congressmen.