The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 March 1973 — Page 4

The Mail L PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Est. 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (E«t 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager - Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Things one remembers

The other day, while I was driving a late model car, the family Australian Shepherd decided to move from the backseat to the front seat. As soon as he sat in the front seat, pandemonium broke loose. The seat belt warning sounded, frightening the dog. Mistaking the warning for a door being unlatched, causing the switch horn to blow, I opened the door to reclose it, adding to the general confusion. While trying to avoid traffic and get all of the “safety devices” under control, I noted the dog looking at me in bewilderment and reproach. Finally, it was obvious what was wrong — the weight of the family

Changing farm scene

Farm product price rises may mean higher food prices for consumers. They also have another meaning. They are an indication of an assured, abundant food supply in the future. A business columnist reports that, “The demand for tractors and other types of farm machinery surged when farm prices rose ...” resulting in a shortage of some types of farm implements. A major farm implement manufacturer has warned his company’s dealers to catch up with changing farm methods. He suggested they, “Look at helicopters. A customer

Lefties arise!

All sorts of organizations and their manifold crusades to achieve perfect justice have made their appearance. Now comes the one that must surely lead the parade. It is called “LATER” —’ Left-Handed Alliance Toward Equal Rights. LATER’s demands include: “1. All high schools and colleges will be required to offer courses in left-handed studies with special emphasis on. noted left handers such as Caeser, Michaelangelo, Charlemagne . . . Babe Ruth, etc. 2. All advertising must have at least 10 per cent of the models portraying lefts. 3. The word Left will always be capitalized .... 4. Ads for scissors, telephones, trumpets and other

Women's lib, take note!

Every’now and then, one of our compatriots, rummaging around in his newspaper “morgue” (old files to you landlubbers) comes up with one of those ancient literary gems which seem never to grow old. Such was the case, recently, when Ollie Neudecker, Editor of the “Sleepy Eye (Minnesota) Herald-Dispatch” came across a poem called “Grandmother’s Perfect Day.” Ollie dusted it off, set the type again, and ran it with the comment: “The obvious comparison it draws between the attitude of today and not too many years ago makes it worth repeating.” We agree, so here ’tis: “Grandmother’s Perfect Day.” Grandmother, on a winter’s day, Milked the cows and fed them hay, Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, And got the children off to school. Did the washing, mopped the floors, Washed some windows, and did some chores, Cooked a dish of home-dried fruit,

Pows remind us “God Bless America.” It’s on our coins, we used to sing it, but suddenly, with the return of our POWs, we realize that we have overlooked that wonderful phrase for the past few years. So caught up in the Anti-American protests, anti-establishment marches, and just plain hate, we seemed to have forgotten the privilege to live in such a wonderful land. Our returning POWs coming back from living graves and the hell-holes of

EDITORIALS

pet had set off the right-hand seat belt warning signal. There was nothing to do but fasten the seat belt around the hindquarters of the dog. “Sage,” as we call him, resented the confinement of this particular form of consumer protection. He extricated himself from the belt and laid down in disgust. There was golden silence, as we drove on our way. Fortunately, so long as the seat belt is fastened, it makes no difference whether it is around you or you are sitting on it. Our dog proved that free choice still survives. By R. D. Hofer

with a breakdown on a $20,000 tractor or combine isn’t going to wait two weeks for you to fix his equipment.” He also added that, “the time was not far off, because of the shortage of farm labor, that the farmer would have 80 per cent of his investment in capital (including labor-saving machinery) and 20 per cent in labor.” If price rises are necessary to keep the American farmer supplied with the tools of his business and on course toward ever-greater productivity, consumers must accept them or face the dual evil of scarcity plus higher prices —which is the lot of most nations today.

blatantly right-handed devices will be banned. ... 5. All mechanical and electrical devices such as automobiles, vending machines, business machines, doors, musical instruments, tools and others designed to be operated solely or predominantly with the right hand will have to be re-designed to be, as a minimum, easily operated with either hand . . . .” These are but a few of LATER’s goals, but they are sufficient to show that the human race is, indeed, an odd and contrary lot. The task of those who strive to obtain and maintain something resembling an orderly society is formidable.

Pressed her husband’s Sunday suit, Swept the parlor, made the bed, Baked a dozen loaves of bread, Split some firewood, and lugged it in, Enough to fill a kitchen bin. Cleaned the lamps and put in oil, Stewed some apples she thought would spoil, Churned the butter, baked a cake, Then exclaimed “For mercy sake The calves have got out of the pen.” Went out and chased them in again. Gathered the eggs and locked the stable, Back to the house and set the table, Cooked a supper that was delicious, And afterwards washed all the dishes, Fed the cat, and sprinkled the clothes, Mended a basket full of hose, Then opened the organ and began to play: “When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day.”

North Viet Nam, keep echoing the phrase, “God Bless America.” Men, who have suffered so much, for so long, bubble over as they proclaim, “God Bless America.” Men, who have suffered so much, for so long, bubble over as they proclaim, “God Bless America,” and they remind us of that which we have forgotten. Sure, there are things wrong with America, but we should never reach the point that we again forget to proclaim, “God Bless America.” — Danville Gazette

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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.

Girls may participate

In a recent, very interesting law suit, the Indiana Supreme Court decided that females cannot be prohibited from participating in non-contact high school athletic competition because of their sex. It is most interesting to note that the Court

Afloat in foreign seas, dollar needs tough defense

THE BUFFETING of the dollar is a matter of intense concern to many Americans but continues to be a puzzle to most of them. They are afraid that left to float in the international monetary sea, the dollar may promptly sink. But the gnomes of Zurich who understand these matters believe that floating the dollar is a necessary first step, sink or swim. Representatives of the countries meeting in France over the dollar crisis agreed that the crisis was due to speculative movement of funds. Speculators dumped dollars on the market and bought marks, betting the United States would further devalue the dollar. The new “float” means that the dollar will find its own level in the open market. That’s good because the maintenance of artificial levels simply opens the way for speculators to make a big killing when the levels are changed suddenly. IN THE short run, a floating dollar may mean more expensive European vacation trips and higher prices for Japanese cars and cameras. Relieved of the price pressure of foreign competition; some U.S. manufactured products may also increase in price. But this is a price that must be paid for stability. Another price may be higher interest rates. Possibly under the influence of the national elections last year, the Federal Reserve Board allowed too much growth in the money supply, forcing interest rates down. High interest rates are unpopular in this country but they may be necessary. We have been selling the services of the dollar too cheaply and speculators have been borrowing money here to finance their speculations in Europe, where interest rates have been higher. IN THE long run, the dollar can be defended only if we increase our exports to achieve a more favorable balance of trade, and to achieve this, we must “trade tough.” Perhaps the most important single

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split three to two in rendering its decision and one of the judges who concurred in the majority opinion felt that under proper circumstances the rule might be invalid even to the extent that it prohibits the participation of females in contact sports. Two of

the judges of the Supreme Court disagreed with the majority opinion and felt that females should be prohibited from mixed competition with males and that a rule that provided this was not arbitrary or unreasonable. The thrust of this decision means that all high schools in the state governed by the Indiana High School Athletic Association will have to review their rules with reference to who may participate in interschool athletic games. Specifically, the rule of the ISHAA struck down stated “Boys and girls shall not be permitted to participate in interschool athletic games as mixed teams, nor shall boy’s teams and girl’s teams participate against each other in interschool athletic contests”. This rule was found to violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14 th Amendment to the United

area in world trade for the United States will be in agriculture. Our farmers have developed such a high productivity that we can undersell any other country in the world in most commodities. Some economists see agriculture as the key to solving the dollar problem. Higher food prices at home may be part of the cost and may have to be accepted, regardless of their unpopularity. Obviously if you are going to sell more food abroad there will be no glut at home and farm prices will rise. Courts mask public enemy President Nixon has reminded us in his radio message on crime that “public enemy No. 1” in America can no longer be identified as a name and face on a wanted poster. The greatest criminal threat to our society is far more menacing. It is drug abuse, and it is exacting a toll in ever-widening circles throughout our society, defying all the forces we have so far arrayed against it. Despite impressive seizures of contraband in the effort Jo pinch off the flow of drugs into tms country, they remain available on an illicit market reaching into every city and town. The predatory addict and user, supporting his expensive habit, is the primary cause of the increase in crimes of violence on our streets. Drugs are a factor in the decay of inand our welfare problem. The public is picking up the bills in higher budgets for police and the courts and in higher insurance rates. Far worse is the incalculable cost in human terms. Heroin addiction is rampant across the land. Addictive misuse of barbiturates is described as epidemic. The availability of drugs has transformed the atmosphere on college and high school campuses. Even elementary schools are no longer immune. Thousands of young people are wandering down the blind alley of a “drug culture” that robs them of motivation and responsibility and leaves many in a squirrel cage of addiction from

& THE EDITOR

What are they ashamed of?

Dear Editor: I have been interested in the editorials of the last few weeks, about the “Teachers Secret List.” Just what is there to be ashamed of? I am a taxpayer and patron and I contribute largely to my local school. I am interested in, good education and good instructors — so I feel I have a right to know the teachers who went to Indianapolis. And, another thing,

States Constitution and further to violate Article 1, Section 23 of the Indiana Constitution. The young lady who went into court to demand the right to compete for herself and all persons in her class in interschool athletic competition actually qualified for the golf team at her high school. Her high school ruled that she could not compete in interschool competition because of the ISHAA Rule. Many interesting arguments were raised by the participants of the law suit to attack and support the validity of the ISHAA rule. The proponents of the rule claimed that it would destroy the athletic competition for girls because the reverse side of the coin would require that boys could also qualify for girls teams thereby making it impossible to have any female teams because of the superior athletic ability of the males. Questions about the lack of adequate dressing room facilities for male and female participants was also raised. The majority opinion held that these arguments were not valid because most schools have adequate locker room facilities for both male and female participants in their athletic programs. It was also pointed out by the court that there is far more interschool competition in

which they may never escape. Drugs truly have become a poison in our national blooodstream, So prevalent is the use of marijuana, at the bottom rung of the drug ladder, that police often ignore it on grounds that their limited manpower should be directed to drying up sources of supply in the drug underworld. The distributor, the pusher, the trafficker in “hard stuff” has become the primary target. The glaring truth is, however, that the law is hardly more effective in dealing with those who, in Mr. Nixon’s words, “persist in living off the suffering of others.” In the parade of drug offenders through our courts, for instance, convictions for sale of drugs are surprisingly rare. The typical charge, easier to prosecute, is for possession, or possession with intent to sell. The nature of the sentences in these cases is at times disquieting. A man convicted of smuggling 1,700 pounds of marijuana received the wrist-slap of probation. How could a person carrying such a quantity of marijuana be anything but a supplier or a pusher? A man caught with 23,000 amphetamine tablets was given no confinement and only a SSOO fine. Is that how we equate the impact of these “uppers” among the people lining up to buy them on the black market? President Nixon is asking Congress for tougher federal drug penalties, ranging from a minimum 5year sentence for selling heoin up to life imprisonment without parole for second-offenders. These are not too severe, but the federal and state drug statutes already on the books are not particularly mild. What the law says is one thing. The attitude of judges toward plea bargaining, suspended sentences and probation is another. The destructive force of drug abuse and addiction in our society is simply not being reflected in the compromise pleas, mild sentences and generosity in probation which characterize the disposition of the typical drifg case in our courts.

did the school pay for the 28 substitutes that day? What about fringe benefits that teachers receive — there are many more than many of us know. I was told by a school board member that there are more applications for teaching positions this year than ever before. Might this be the reason fix* the list being such a secret? Keep up the good work Mr. Editor, we need more people like you! A taxpayer

games in which the males are now participating than there is for the female participants. On the basis of this opinion of the Indiana Supreme Court we will now see girls participating in non-contact interschool competition. Copyright 1972 by John J. Dillon Mrs. Cressy is cerebral palsy head for area INDIANAPOLIS - Mary Lou Cressy of South Bend has been named the regional representative for United Cerebral Palsey* of Indiana. In her position, she visits families of cerebral palsied children and adults in Saint Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko and Marshall counties. The major purpose of the UCP of Indiana regional representative program is to acquaint the individual with cerebral palsy and his family with all the available resources of the community and to refer them to the nearest service if it is not provided locally. Through referrals to the family physician or local clinic, families are assisted in obtaining sqecialized equipment, such as braces and wheelchairs.