The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 March 1970 — Page 9

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Arounjd We Go Again Proposals are in the works for another increase in the federal minimum wage from $1.60 to $2,00 an hour, But, at the rate inflation has been moving, accompanied by wage set!; tlements that reach into the stratosphere, Congress will have to move fast to keep up with the bandwagon of those committed to the futile race to stay ahead of inflation. Competent studies have shown that each increase in the federal minimum wage has been followed by a rise in unemployment among teen-agers and unskilled workers who are deprived of jobs that can no longer be economically

Things To Remember

In these days of big government, big business, and massive organizations of all kinds, we are in danger of losing sight of a fundamental truth. Great enterprises almost always start with the efforts of a single individual or small group of individuals. This is especially true of the business institutions that have altered American life so dramatically. A leaflet issued by one of the country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturing how the founder of the firm started in a 20-by-45-foot building in 1876. Today, the founder’s name, Eli Lilly, is known wherever prescription drugs are used to heal the ill. Eli Lilly and Company is a leader in its field, and the company’s physical property in Indiana covers more than 1,000 acres. No one will ever be able to estimate the lives that the products of this company and others like it have saved, nor the millions of people who, everyday, count upon these

Primary Time It’s Primary time! This is the start of the series of events in our governmental process which ends with the selection Os officials to represent the people in various offices on the local, state and national level. To some people it might seem a lot of needless expense and waste of time and effort. But it is not. It is the opportunity for individuals to offer their names for various offices. It is the time for the voters to discuss the capabilities of the candidates and what they stand for, and it is the first and important part of the process of selection of people to operate our various governmental offices. It may not be understood by many, but the primary is not, a useless first election, but it is the process of selection of party candidates. That is why voters are asked their party affiliation and the one they expect to support in the fall general election. The primary is the

— 1 — CAPITOL COMMENTS With SENATOR i , VANCE HARTKEii ) Indiana

American Will To Succeed

The brief History of our country shows that the basic faith in the system we live under is what sustains us in times of troubteT America is still an oasis odfree thought, innovative industrial and scientific development ] and individual expression. With the defeats in our is still the best yet devised by free men anywhere. As we face the daily anguish of the costly conflict in Viet Nam, we are frustrated to find away out of that folly. The staggering cost of $1 million every fifteen minutes boggles the mind. But we can solve that problem if we are determined. The moral force of the United States can put meaning into a Viet Nam solution.

EDITORIALS

We are face to face with a serious economic downturn which has already put a number of our fellow citizens out of work. The lefty predictions of government economists will not ease the burden of unpaid bills in the home of the unemployed. These people are bring told they are. in effect a part of “necessary" unemployment. America was not built on such negative factors nor should it be. As Americans, we have always eagerly faced challenges and sought the solutions Now. we are facing one of the greatest dangers to our country’s magnificent resources — the pollution of our air and waterways. Our rivers, lakes and streams are becoming foul and

justified on an employer’s payroll. There is no reason to expect the consequences of another minimum wage boost to be any different. And, in spite of inflation, the escalation effect of a forced increase in the wages of the unskilled would be repeated as those higher on the economic ladder moved upward another rung to maintain relative pay scales between the skilled and the unskilled. And so Congress prepares to give another fillip to the inflationary merry-go-round to the detriment of all of us, including workers the minimum wage law is supposed to benefit.

products for the preservation of health and well-being. No one now can conceive of what life was actually like a century ago. But, the founder of the Lilly Company was a Colonel in the Civil War, and possibly his future was shaped by the events of that human cataclysm. As the leaflet points out, “Minie balls or grapeshot of battle were not the great slayers ... It was disease. Os the 500,000 Yankee and Confederate war dead, 284,000 died of disease. This was not only more than half of the total but more than twice the number killed in action and more than four times the number dead of wounds.” To grasp what the past was like, it is instructive to contemplate the vastly greater loss erf life that would have been suffered in the Viet Nam war without the blessings of modern pharmaceutical products. Colonel Lilly would be bewildered and shocked if he would witness the present-day political attacks on ? the industry that he helped to found.

individual party’s selection of its candidates. If allowed to vote generally for any candidate in any primary, it is possible that one party in order to weaken another would cross party lines in the primary solely for the purpose of helping to nominate a less formidable opponent for the fall election. This, of course, would tend to present less rather than more qualified candidates. Filing time for public office is now open and new candidates as well as those who previously have indicated their intention to file, will be presenting their names for office. It is the voting public’s responsibility to check the candidates and their qualifications, then to go to the polls on May sth and vote their conviction. If the voter does not bother to cast his vote he has little justification to criticize the way public offices are run. —Steuben Republican

our air unclean to breathe. But we are beginning to tackle that problem, too. Americans are anxious to restore quality to their environment and for the first time in this country, many constructive legislative proposals are bring offered in Congress aimed at solving these problems. There are many problems our country still must face — problems each of us are confronted with every day of our lives. But foremost on our list objectives should be in* every American adequate jod. housing, health care ts j«mployment. Our country has m fin over and over and over v ri that we can do tlungs "'»* *nt to —we have achieved the impossible in the past. Americans must remember that we can turn things around if we are determined to do so. Nothing is so fixed in our country that public will cannot change it This inherent flexibility is the strongest element that binds us together. And we should not forget that it is our differences of opinion that makes us strong.

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

Anatomical Gifts

The subject of anatomical gifts has become a very interesting field of law in the last few years. This big word, of course, means merely the gift of all or part of one’s body to medical science or for the use of another human being that can benefit from the parts of one’s body. Because of the fantastic advance made in heart transplants and corneal transplants and transplanting of other functioning parts of the body, people are more and more interested in making it possible that their bodies be used for these purposes. To facilitate this, the Indiana Legislature has made it possible by law for a person to transfer their body at the time of ■■V.SSSX"X-X*;*X-X*X - X*X"X*X'X*X"XvX*

Special Report From Washington

WASHINGTON — President Nixon’s decision to deploy anti-missiles for regional defense is a victory for the generals over the diplomats. The decision goes against the President’s own arguments during the great debate over anti-ballistic missiles last year. He declared that he needed anti-missiles to protect our intercontinental missiles in their underground silos. He said he didn’t intend to use anti-missiles to protect cities. This is now what he is preparing to do. Some insiders say the President is so disturbed over Soviet missile development that he has gone along with the generals who favor an unlimited arms race. This is a race, they believe, which we can win with the Soviets. But other insiders say the President simply is improving his bargaining position so he can demand greater concessions from the Russians at the disarmament talks. He is willing to reduce our missile deployment, they say, if the Soviets will do the same. SHE’S THE ONE The big Republican money raisers in Michigan, particularly the auto tycoons, have passed the word that they win hold back their contributions to the Senate campaign this year unless Lenore Romney gets the nomination The vivacious wife of Housing and Urban Development Secretary George Romney, in the opinion of the money men, is the only Republican who has a chance of defeating Democratic Senator Phil Hart. VJB. IS TRYING The United States is exploring every possible way to relax tensions with Communist China. Businessmen have been encouraged to seek trade relations. Cultural and educational exchanges have also been proposed. In Warsaw, the United States is trying to persuade the Chinese to exchange journalists as the best way to break down the bamboo „ curtain. The Chinese have been friendly enough in private. But in public, they have suddenly started stepping up their attacks if»n the United States. The anti-American line out of Peking has never been harder. RUSSIA’S EGYPTIAN PROBLEM Israeli air and commando attacks have so devastated Egypt’s defenses that the

their death. This law’ provides that any person of sound mind over 18 years of age may give all or any part of his body, the gift to take effect upon his death. If the decedent makes no disposition of his body, then his spouse, son or daughter or person who would be responsible for disposing of the remains may make a gift of the decedent’s body. This cannot be done if the decedent has indicated that he does not wish his body to be so disposed of, nor if any other heir at law of the person objects to such disposition of the body The body must go to certain designated medically recognized x-x-x-x-x-x-x-:-sra

institutions such as hospitals, medical schools, or body banks instituted for the purposes of preserving parts of the body. This gift may be made in a person’s will, or by card designed to be carried on the person which is witnessed by two other persons. This gift may be made to a specific institution or be left in ihe hands of the attending physician at the time of one’s death. Like any other gift, a person who decides that he does not want his body to go to medical science can reverse his position and revoke the gift at any time. As medical science improves its techniques in the use of our bodies more and more people in our society will be willing to make anatomical gifts. This should be done, of course, in a proper manner with all due respect to religious preferences of people involved and to the preferences of their families.

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Russians are under pressure to send men to help Egyptians man their Soviet-supplied anti-aircraft missiles and, perhaps, other sophisicated weapons. Intelligence reports assert that 3,000 Russians advisers and instructors already are assigned to Egyptian units down to the regimental level. So far as we know, however, they have limited their role strickly to advise. But the Kremlin fs getting weary of Egyptian appeals for more weapons, which they quickly lose to the Israelis. To prevent this, the Soviets reportedly are considering a more active role in Egypt’s defense. This could gradually involve the Russians in a Viet Nam-style war in the Middle East. CUBAN SURPRISE The young Americans who sailed to Communist Cuba to cut sugfr cane were surprised at the excellent accommodations aboard the Cuban cargo ship. The inside story, according to naval intelligence, is that Cuba has an astonishingly large and modern merchant fleet. Naval intelligence believes that Cuba now has 49 cargo ships and is negotiating with a Japanese yard for ten more. In addition, Dictator Castro has built up a modern fishing fleet of more than 100 vessels. President Nixon has flatly rejected appeals that he bring pressure upon South Viet Nam, South Korea, Thailand, Nationalist China and other allies to adopt more democratic reforms He specifically refused to intercede on behalf of Tran Ngoc Chau, an opposition leader, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for associating with his brother, a communist agent. Chau claimed he had used his brother, not the other way around. It is true that he passed information to American agents. It is against President Nixon’s policy, however, to intervene in the domestic affairs of other governments. He has made it clear to subordinates that the United States will do business with democracies and dictatorships alike but that the United States has no business interfering with the political forces inside those countries. At the same time, the United States is also stepping up military aid to many of these countries. The President’s intention is to give them more weapons to defend themselves, so

« Congressional Corner: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Resume Hearing On Pre-School Education And Child Day Care Act

During the past week the subcommittee which I chair resumed hearings on the Comprehensive Preschool Education and Child Day Care act, which I introduced last year along with my colleagues, Congresswoman Patsy Mink (D-Hawaii) and. Congressman Ogden Reid (RN.Y.). In Chicago a few days ago, we heard testimony from a number of South Bend leaders who have been active in the field of early child development. Mrs. Oliver Carmichael, Jr., Chairman of the Community Planning Division of the United Community Services in St. Joseph County; Clark La Mendola, Director of that organization; and Sam Winston, Director of the Hansel Neighborhood Center in South Bend, all appeared in a panel to give members of our committee the benefit of their views on the measure. The Hansel Neighborhood Center, which is located in the Model Cities area of South Bend, is a demonstration center which has a fully licensed day care center, a preschool program for youngsters ineligible fra* Head Start, and a primary school for first and second graders. Mrs. Carmichael expressed the hope that members of our committee would consider the Hansel Neighborhood Service Caiter as a kind of model that might be brought to the attention of other communities across the country who are interested in bringing together the resources of their local public and private agencies and focusing them simultaneously on the needs of client families. Included in what Mrs. Carmichael described as a supermarket of agency services were the day care center, the preschool and the primary school based on the conceputal reading method for the first and second graders. Mrs. Carmichael said, “We believe that the success of the Hansel Center program in meeting the needs of people rests mainly in its comprehensive and coordinated approach. We also believe that any program of comprehensive preschool and child day care services, in order to be successful, must be an integral part of the social services supermarket.” In their testimony, the South

American manpower won’t be drawn into any more Viet Nam-style wars. The dictatorships use American weapons, however, to perpetuate their power. The effect of Nixon’s non-intervention policy, therefore, is to intervene on the side of the dictatorships to suppress dissent. BRINK OF CHAOS Intelligence reports warn that King Hussein, the tough, pro-American leader of embattled Jordan, is gradually losing control erf his little kingdom. Not only do the commandos operate their own government inside Jordan, but Hussein’s government is barely keeping order. Bandits are growing bolder, and the police are unable to keep up with them. Unhappily, Jordan appears to be on the brink of chaos. If Hussein should be overthrown, he would be succeeded almost certainly by a militant, anti-Israel, pro-Soviet government. GERM WARFARE It is an old communist trick to accuse their enemies of the precise tactics they may be using themselves. Communist propaganda accusing Americans of using germ warfare, therefore, raised some ominous suspicions. After a mysterious outbreak of black water fever in South Viet Nam during the summer of 1965, for example, some American experts wondered whether the communist might be experimenting deliberately with germ warfare. Now South Korea’s Central Intelligence Agency has come up with reasonably reliable evidence that the communist have been engaging in germ warfare. South Korean agents learned that a Japanese trading company, called Yanagida, was shipping South Korean currency, clothes, telephone books and other articles to North Korea. These were used to supply North Korean agents who tried to infiltrate into the South. The Seoul CIA also stumbled iipon evidence that North Korea had ordered cholera germs from the Yanagida Company. Informants claimed that the deadly germs were delivered to North Korea through a dummy company. This coincided with a cholera outbreak last summer on the west coast of South Korea. TTie west coast has many hidden coves which are used by North Korean infiltrators. The cholera epidemic hit more than 1,000 people and caused 121 deaths.

Bend witnesses gave their support to our bill, which is aimed at providing a variety of early childhood programs to children from aIL families, both the disadvantaged and those who are not of disadvantaged background. In part, the South Bend leaders said: “We support your bill because it recognizes the massive need for a coordinated approach to social, health and educational needs of preschool children. In addition, your bill makes possible adequate services for the children of working mothers and for children in families where an alternative to home care is essential to the maintenance of the family unit.” I think the statement made by the South Bend leaders in the early childhood field was one of the best that our subcommittee has heard. We were especially pleased to get from Mrs. Carmichael and her associates some specific recommendations for strengthening the legislation. A little later on our subcommittee heard testimony from John Naisbitt, president of the Urban Research Corporation in Chicago, who told us that many businesses and labor unions are now considering programs which will help provide day care services either to their own employees or members, or to all working" mothers within the community. We were also delighted to hear from the noted early childhood specialist. Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, who cited studies showing that about 50 per cent of the development of intelligence takes place before the age of four; that 30 per cent of the development of intelligence takes place between the ages of four and eight, and about 20 per cent between the ages of eight and seventeen. The old saying, “As the twig is bent.. . ” was surely born out by these particular observations. As chairman of our subcommittee, I have been gratified by the high quality of our witnesses and their response to our proposal. For the most part, they supported the bill as essential if we are to fulfill President Nixon’s goal of establishing the years of early childhood as a primary concern of his administration and the nation.

By JACK ANDERSON