The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 September 1971 — Page 12

I PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuae-Wawaaee Journal (Eat 1807) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962

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Do Your Child A Favor — Don't Drive Him To School

Do you have a child just beginning school or in the primary grades? If so, consider this suggestion from the Chicago Motor Club-AAA: don’t drive them to or from school unless absolutely necessary. Cars in School zones create unnecessary traffic hazards for school children, buses and other traffic. This advice applies to traffic conditions on inclement days, also. Parents dropping children off may be putting them in danger from other traffic. A particularly dangerous practice is letting passengers out on the street side. Always pick up and drop off your children — when you must drive them — on the school curb side and away from buses and other cars.

One For The Road

Let’s have one for the road. This ONE being a stiff law to get drunk drivers off our Indiana streets and highways. The Legislature will convene again in January y but it’s not too early to start impressing on our local representatives that the highway carnage caused by the drinking driver must be stopped and now! The drunk driver and other habitual offenders are the leading cause of slaughter on our highways. 1,563 persons lost their lives in Indiana traffic accidents in 1970. A tragic percentage of these lives were lost because some people drank too much then tried to drive. The ideal solution is to identify these people before they get into their cars. But, the practical solution is for the State Legislature to enact an adequate Habitual Traffic Offender Law, one that

An Education Nightmare

An education nightmare is in the making in Congress, where a concerted effort is under way to “Federalize” the entire school system of the United States along grandiose lines that would corral all the nation’s youth from birth to 18 in a monstrous “guidance" program As many as 50 bills in various stages in the House and Senate are designed to further the scheme, according to reports of reliable Washington correspondents. Liberals of both parties are involved. Among the projects they would activate are a national system of daycare centers for children, prenatal and postnatal mother and infant care, preschool guidance and training, psychological guidance and counseling of all school-age youths and amplified programs providing food and medical 1 care. The principal feature of all of the /schemes is that they would take child rearing from the hands of parents to an increasing extent and give it to the government. The process would be astronomically costly. At a recent House committee meeting. Representative Bella Abzug, a New York liberal Democrat, urged expenditure of $25 billion for the next phase of the Federal child care and guidanceYprogram. This is more than the total' spending of the Federal government in 1941 and only slightly less than the entire cost of all governments, Federal, state and local, in that year. Luckily, for the time being at least, Representative Abzug’s wild proposal has been defeated. However, others still in the ° congressional mill call for appropriations of sl3 billion and more. It is only reasonable to expect that new and even more fantastic proposals will come forthWhat are the objectives of this gigantic campaign to convert Uncle • A ’

DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Rather than drive your child to school, teach him the rules of pedestrian safety. Show him the safest route to school and instruct him regarding traffic signals, adult crossing guards, and school safety patrol members. This training will help him make both a safe pedestrian and a better driver when he grows up. Point out that the walk to school is not a time for play. Diverting games, such a tag, are better played in the playground. They can create traffic safety hazards where none need exist. And remember children are imitative. Parents can set a good example by showing respect for the rules of pedestrian and traffic safety.

identifies the Habitual Offender as the drunk driver, the speed maniac, the hitrun motorist, the drug user, the careless driver who “runs” traffic lights and stop signs, and one who drives after his license has been suspended. The law should establish mandatory license suspension and jail terms for convicted drunk drivers and revocation of driving privileges and extended jail terms for repeaters. Certainly we are not looking to fill our state’s jails. Instead, we are looking for the threat of such severe penalties to be sufficient to produce more thinking and fewer drinking drivers. The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana have launched an intensive statewide campaign for consumer support for an adequate Habitual Traffic Offender law. This program merits your support.

Sam into Super Mother—-and the school system into a vast “care and guidance" system? Perhaps the answers are to be found in the incisive analyses, “Conquest of the American Mind” by Dr. Felix Wittmer, “Brain Washing in the High Schools" and “Collectivism on the Campus" by Dr. E. Merril Root and “Bending of the Twig” by Augustin G. Rudd. It could be that even more shocking insights are inadvertently revealed by such “progressive" educationists as Harold Rugg and George C. Counts in “Democracy and the Curriculum" and “Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?” which see middle America and individualism as obsolete and ready for the boneyard, and which view collectivism —i.e., socialism — as the inevitable “wave of the future” and the nation’s educational system as the best road toward the objective. The voluminous outpourings of the huge educational lobbies leave little doubt that collectivism is the goal. Many powerful factions, most of them operating under the cover of a—- — to them — lack of publicity concerning their true objectives, are joining forces in the huge drive to collectivize and Federalize' the American public educational system, to weaken individual initiative through excessive taxation and to supplant the hollowed-out family unit of society with a government-run collective. Indiana parents — in fact, all parents and individuals in the nation who wish to preserve individualism and a free, open society — should take it upon themselves to study this continuously growing threat to freedom. Members of Congress still loyal to the ideals of individualism and freedom should thoroughly study this conspiracy in their own midst. They should give the American people a full, honest report on what is going on. And they should launch an all-out campaign to defeat the drive to collectivize American youth. —Thelndiana polis Star

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney at Law

This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

'Unbreakable Glasses'

The Federal Food and Drug Administration has ruled that effective December 31, 1971. all new eyeglasses must contain lenses that are very difficult to break. This ruling follows the action of several states which have already passed laws or regulations requiring that eyeglasses have shatter-proof lenses. It should be pointed out that the new rules do not require that glasses be made from completely unbreakable glass or plastic, but the lenses must be made of material which is highly resistant to being shattered. The lenses used in glasses are required under the regulation to withstand the force of being struck by a five-eighths inch steel ball dropped from a height of fifty inches. Also, the Federal Food and Drug Administration ruling does not cover those lenses which for medical reasons cannot be

SPECMI MPOffT FROM WASHINGTON

Tax Cost Os Western White House A Secret

WASHINGTON — President Nixon has developed such an obsession over his privacy that his western White House has become one of the nation's most secret installations. A rare visitor, who got inside the President’s 14room Spanish villa on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific, tell us the furnishings are modest. The Presidential bathroom, for instance, is equipped with the cheapest yellow tissue paper. The President, incidentally, shaves with Rise shaving cream And on a table in Tricia’s room, our spy spotted an F. Scott Fitzerald novel. < But the biggest secret about the western White House is how much it’s costing the taxpayers. Presidential spokesmen have told the taxpayers only that the 29-acre beachfront property cost $1,400,000. Os this, the President put up $340,000 out of his own bank account for his private, five-acre estate. The taxpayer paid the rest. The temporary office buildings, we’re told, are rented by the government for $54,000 a year. But no one will say how much the taxpayers shell out for the constant air "shuttling between Washington and San Clemente, the elaborate communications system that had to be installed at the western White House and all the other incidentals. Our investigation put the total at over $2 million. The visitor at the Presidential hacienda also reports that the first lady isn’t at all the bland, brittle blonde she appears to be in public. Behind her frozen public smile, she is warm, gracious and sensitive — with a healthy irreverence toward her famous husband. One time, she passed among guests with a tray of appetizers while her husband was expounding mightily on world problems. Pat would whisper sweetly: “'Why don’t you have some of these? They’re much better than the baloney he’s handing out.” POLLSTERS ON POLLS Because of his action on prices and wages. President Nixon is now riding high in the polls over all of his Democratic rivals. But when pollsters talk about themselves they question

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made from shatter-proof material. That is, if a physician or optometrist from his examination of a patient finds that he cannot provide the necessary shatter-proof lenses out of the proper material so that the patient’s eyesight can be properly corrected, then other than shatter-proof material might be used. The ruling does not apply to contact lenses either, because these are found not to be subject to the breaking or shattering effect of some eyeglasses presently in use. It has been pointed out by optometric experts in the field that it is not yet possible to make eyeglasses of completely unbreakable material. Many new plastics have been developed which are capable of being used in eyeglass material but scientific advances have not yet developed a material which can be used to correct eyesight

deficiencies that is completely shatter-proof or unbreakable. It is felt by many experts in the field that a material will soon be developed from which eyeglasses can be made which is completely impervious to breakage. In the meantime, the new Federal Food and Drug Administration ruling will be effective in all areas and it is estimated that many of the millions of citizens of this country who wear eyeglasses w ill have a far greater degree of protection from injury from shattered glass due to the use of the new material which is highly resistant to breakage, although it can still be broken with a blow of sufficient force. It is felt by optometric experts that since most of the people wearing prescription glasses today have glasses that are not shatter-proof, this ruling will be a tremendous advance in safety for the vast majority of eyeglass wearers. IV is further felt that the safety of the general public can be raised to that enjoyed in industrial areas now which require, and have required for many years, the wearing of shatter-proof eyeglasses while working around machinery. Copyright 1971 by John J. Dillon

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t their own figures. When the polltakers interview the voters, the reading is often pro-Nixon on the issues. But when a careful reading is taken of their emotional feelings about the President — the so called ‘‘gut reaction” — the Nixon rating is often negative. This means that in the secrecy of the polling booth, the voter may do what he feels, not what he says. The last time this happened on a grand scale was when Tom Dewey, the New York Republican, was upset in 1948 by Harry Truman. The voters told the pollsters one thing, but pulled the lever in exactly the opposite way. NO MORE CHICAGOS Democrats are determined that the convention in 1972 is not going to be a repetition of the quarrelsome disaster of 1968. Here is the inside story on how the Democrats’ plans are going. All 50 states are showing some movement toward reform. A certain percentage in each state will have to be 18 to 30 years of age. Minorities must be better represented. And there will be more women delegates for the TV cameras to focus on in 1972 than ever before. The first state to get its reform plan approved by the Democratic National Committee was Maine, home state of Senator Ed Muskie. Second was Alabama. North Carolina and Mississippi were not far behind, although there still may be trouble in Mississippi if the segregationst party of Governor John Bell Williams has its way. Actually, 42 states are more than half way through with their reform programs. The Democrats hope to have them all in by January 1. The real deadline does not come until the day the delegates are actually picked, which may be almost any time right up to the convention. The eight states that are lagging have a variety of reasons for being behind. Some are

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Pressing Legislation Now Before House And Committees

As I said last week, I had planned to devote most of this weekly report to a discussion of my recent trip to Poland, where I met with many interesting leaders in the fields of government. educations and religion. But action on pressing legislative matters now before both the House and the Education and Labor Committee persuade me I should report to you on them. COMMITTEE ACTION Committee work, as you know, lies at the heart of our American legislative process. It is in the Congressional committees and their subcommittees that much of the real work of Congress is conducted. Committee work is often grueling, usually timeconsuming and. frequently, anonymous. Committee work requires patience, attention to details and an active appreciation of differing points of view. It is the task of the committees to provide a forum for these views and a means of resolving differences through compromise. So diligent committee w’ork is essential for Congress to work intelligently and expeditiously. Thus, members of the House Education and Labor Committee, of which I am a member, have been wrestling during the past week with some very important legislation issues. One of these is President Nixon's proposal to provide 1.5 billion dollars in Federal funds to local school districts over the next two years for the purpose of easing the difficulties of racial desegregation. And last week the full Education and Labor Committee began consideration of my own Comprehensive Child Development bill, which would establish a program to provide Headstart-type opportunities for children of all economic backgrounds. This bill, as I have previously reported, was approved unanimously by the Select Education Subcommittee. When the full committee completes its deliberations, I shall bring you up to date on this very important measure. As chairman of the Select Education Subcommittee, I am happy to report further progress on both President Nixon's proposal for a National Institute of Education and our upcoming hearings on the problems of older Americans throughout this country.

legitimate, some not. The worst foot dragger is Louisiana whose Democrats still do things the old, dictatorial, Huey Long way. Other states which are dangerously far behind are, Texas, California and Michigan. But even these states are not as bad off as the Republicans when it comes to reform. Unfortunately for such Presidential challengers as Congressman Paul McQoskey, the GOP does not plan to take any steps until after the 1972 convention is all over. Their first reform convention will be 1976. ECOLOGICAL NOTES Some environmentalists have an idea for a new kind of fireworks on July 4. They call their plan the grand National tug-ins. This is the way it would work: Government and industrial polluters would have a tug of war across the local polluted river with housewives, school kids and ordinary homeowners. Hie loser would get dragged into the river, and hopefully the publicity would stir both sides to take some action on water pollution. Across the country, several communities are facing showdowns between the economy and ecology. Several businessmen have closed down plants, blaming the new antipollution laws. They claim they can’t afford the added cost of installing anti-pollution devices. We have formed a college of ecology at Kirkland Hall on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. We hope to bring the companies and the conservationists together in workshops to hammer out practical solutions to our pollution problems. One aim is to find out whether anti-pollution measures are really putting people out of work at a time of high unemployment. We suspect that ecology is merely an excuse for companies that are rally victims of the economy. More than 10,000 businesses go broke every year. It’s usually bad management, not the antipollution program, that puts them out of business. ?

\ And finally, another subon which I sit is continuing to work on extending and revising Federal programs of pid to higher education. DETENTION CAMP BILL The House voted on September 15th to repeal a 1950 act that could be used to put American citizens in detention camps without a fair trial. The bill to repeal the Emergency Detention Act was passed, 356 to 49, after three attempts to water it down were defeated by wide margins. The Nixon Administration had previously expressed support of the action taken by the House last Tuesday. I find it particularly appropriate that the chief sponsor of the House repeal bill was Congressman Sparky Matsunaga, a Democrat from the state of Hawaii. During World War Two. Congressman Matsunaga served with distinction in the much-decorated, all Japanese-American 442nd regimental combat team in Europe. While Sparky Matsunaga was fighting to defend America and defeat the Nazis, however, some of his relatives were among the 100,000 people being held in California detention camps. The overwhelming majority of my colleagues and I firmly believe that the detention camp law violates the spirit of the American Constitution and the presumption of innocense. So the House action helped — only partially — right a previous wrong suffered by many of our fellow Americans. VISIT TO SWEET BRIAR In the middle of last week, I flew one night to Sweet Briar College in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to address the annual convocation marking the opening of the academic year. I told the 800 girls who study at Sweet Briar I see many signs of hope in the midst of the general despair and frustration that seem to paralyze so many of our citizens these days. In particular, I emphasized the following encouraging developments: the resurgence of Congress in our Constitutional system; the rediscovery of politics, especially among the young, as a means of attacking some of our difficult problems; and the beginnings of a new effort to understand the role of women — and of men in relation to them — in our society.

By JACK ANDERSON