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Way to Test
The condition of America’s youth continues
to be a subject for ^varm debate.
Many will argue that the phenomenon of
delinquency is considerably exaggerated, and that
to the extent it does exist it is at least as much the
fault of parents as of their children.
Some sayvthat we adults are badly underesti-
mating the young generation, that its rebellion,
where it exists, is in fact a protest against not
being taken seriously enough.
If there is any great substance to this conten-
tion, light could be thrown upon it by more ex-
haustive inquiry into the causes of unemployment
among our workers.
Rather astonishing it is to realize that of our
current sizable total of unemployed, three in every
10 are less than 25 years of age.
" One might be tempted at first glance to take
this in stride simply as evidence of the rising
number of young job seekers. But the disturbing
facts are that far too many in this age group are
both uneducated and unskilled at a time when the
economy’s demand is for just the reverse—for
highly trained individuals.
And all signs suggest that as the increasing
numbers of young people hit the labor market,
their proportion among the total jobless may also
rise. The only thing that can prevent this is a vast
improvement in training and education of our
maturing 'youth.
Whose fault is it that they come now to the
labor market so badly prepared? Certainly this is
one demonstration of the failure of our school
system to meet the demands of the day. But that
is not all.
Many American families do not set standards
of hard work. They do not put the eyes of their
children on the pursuit of excellence. This pursuit
need not be in professional, business and other
white collar tasks. There is dignity, satisfaction and
financial reward in the development of manual and
mechanical skills in this highly technical age.
Many trends in present day life work, of course,
toward doing it the easy way. The acquisition of
skills is not easy. Without parental urging and ex-
ample countless youngsters just won’t make the
effort. Even with it, some will not.
But the family is always the unit of resistance
against any sort of weakening trends. It is the bul-
wark that must hold out. It is the keeper of tradi-
tion, the preserver of strength in any society.
Let American families once more set the
achievement of excellence as their ruling star. Let
them drive, not merely urge, their youngsters to
toil in its pursuit, in all walks. Then we shall indeed
see whether we are underestimating American
youngsters and if they are better than some of
their elders say.
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more open-handed than Hexirique Galvao and his
rebel followers who seized the Portuguese ship
Santa Maria on the Spanish Main.
During the ships days at sea under Galvao,
the captive passengers had to pay for their drinks
at the bar.
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON — Secretary of
Defense Robert McNamara, a
production man and no public re-
lations expert, is still somewhat
shell-shocked.
Back in Detroit, while occupy-
ing the relatively peaceful life
of a Ford executive, he chuckled
when Charley Wilson of General
Motors used to put his foot in his
mouth. Now McNamara has fol-
lowed the same rocky road—and
all right under the eyes of his
watchful public relations assist-
ant secretary, Arthur Sylvester,
formerly of the Newark News.
In fact, when McNamara and
Sylvester finished their back-
ground session with Pentagon re-
porters at which McNamara dis-
cussed tlie so-called missile gap,
they congratulated themselves on
how well they had handled the
press.
Next day it was different. Pres-
ident Kennedy read the story
that there was no longer a missile
gap and hit the ceiling. Quickly
he tracked the story to his sec-
retary of defense, asked for an
explanation. McNamara and Syl-
/ester both swore they had been
misquoted, blamed reporters for
the snafu.
What Really -Happened — Mc-
Namara, wanting to please Pen-
tagon reporters, and his new as-
sistant secretary of defense, Art
Sylvester, had the boys in for
a few drinks and a “background-
er.”
What he actually said was that
there was no “destructive” mis-
sile gap, and that the United
States could heap as much de-
struction on Russia as Russia
could on us; therefore war be-
comes unprofitable.
McNamara contended that nei-
ther side has enough intercontin-
ental missiles right now to make
the gap insignificant, but warn-
ed that the gap could become dan-
gerous for the United States if
we don’t take vigorous action to
close it.
The Facts—As far as this writ-
er can ascertain from highly
competent authorities, photograph-
ic evidence in the Pentagon
shows 17 Russian ICBM bases with
approximately 70 intercontinental
ballistic missiles ready to fire..
In contrast, it is no secret that
the United States has only two
ICBM bases. And it’s probable
that we have about a dozen mis-
siles ready to fire.
During the period since this
evidence was obtained, there are
reports that Russia has put some
missiles on railroad trains, has
hurriedly shifted other bases. The
number may have increased above
17. We know that our number of
bases hasn’t increased beyond
two.
In addition, Russia has an es-
timated 1,000 intermediate range
missiles; we have perhaps around
100.
Finally, the USSR has just
launched a huge 7-ton Sputnik,
which means the Russians have
terrific rocket power. We haven’t
been able to launch a missile of
more than one ton.
In brief, we still have s
missile problems.
Inside GOP Councils
Republican leaders are vigor-
ously, some of them bitterly, split
over political strategy.
Charlie Halleck, the tough GOP
House leader, wants to keep up
a withering attack on the Demo-
crats as “big spenders.” Old
guard Republicans support him,
want to attack with the charge
that the Kennedy program would
cost billions, unbalance the bud-
get, cause runaway inflation, lead
to higher taxes.
But Republican, liberals, led by
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New
York prefer the opposite attack.
They would like to accuse Presi-
dent Kennedy of failing to carry
out his campaign pledges and
of adopting the Eisenhower pro-
gram as his own.
Mr. Nixon, titular leader of
the party, is doing his best to
keep the party in the center. Con-
gressional leaders, however, have
slammed the doors on Nixon and
served notice that they intend
to chart Republican congressional
policy themselves.
Nixon’s reaction has been quite
calm. He has told intermediaries
that it’s more important to main-
tain party harmony than any-
thing else. Meanwhile, he has
urged Republican strategists to
concentrate on capturing the
governorships of California, Mich-
igan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pen-
nsylvania. Control of these big
states, he has advised, would put
the Republicans in a better posi-
tion for an assault on the White
House in 1964.
Kennedy at State Department
Here is what happened when
President Kennedy turned up un
expectedly at a State Department
staff meeting.
First he told the assembled as
sistant secretaries that he wanted
to get to know them personally.
Secretary of State Rusk then ord-
ered the meeting to proceed' as us-
ual, beginning with a briefing
from Director of Intelligence
Hugh Cummings.
Cummings reported that both
the Belgians and Czechs were
smuggling arms to opposite sides
in the Congo, which had led In-
dia to offer to send in a strong
military force to help disarm both
sides if the big powers would co-
operate.
Rusk remarked that the Rus-
sians showed no signs of relieving
tensions in the world trouble ments.
Atlas Had It Easy
Life Begins at Forty
Cigar Maker Hires Elders
By ROBERT PETERSON
Sometime ago I was paying
my check in a restaurant and
pricked up my ears when I heard
an old gentleman ask for the
manager. “I’m retired,” he volun-
teered amiably. “Used to work in
real estate. Now I’m selling ci-
gars.”
I got to talking with him and
learned he was with a firm
headed by an elder citizen who
not only believes in working him-
self but in keeping his contem-
poraries active. My curiosity was
aroused so I got the name of
his boss and a few days' later
called on Joseph B. Back.
“I began using older salesmen
about five years ago,” said this
tall, slenuer businessman who is
73, dresses impeccably, and' ra-
diates optimism. “I was thinking
of retiring and became aware
that it must be pretty grim hav-
ing nothing to do. Then I began
noticing how many retired -men
my age were just sitting around.
“My cigar company is small—
employing only a few dozen sales-
men around the country. But I
decided to see what retired men
could do. I figured if I was good
enough to head my company,
there must be many men my
age good'enough to sell.
“I let word get around that I
was in the market for older
salesmen and quickly discovered
my hunch was right. A good
many men contacted me saying
they wanted to keep busy and
supplement their pensions. So to-
day about half of my salesmen
are retirees past 65 who have
taken up selling on a part-time
basis and earn from 50 to a 100
bucks a month.”
As we talked I discovered that
Back is an authentic life-begins-
at-40 story. He said he formerly
worked in a grocery store where
one of his jobs was to scout up
unusual gifts to use in promoting
sales .When he was 40 he sug-
gested to his boss that they give
away cigars labeled with the
store’s name. _
The boss liked the idea so they
began looking for a supplier.
Finding no one making such a
product, Back chucked" his gro-
cery career and launched a cigar-
making firm in, Kingston, N.Y.,
spealizing in stogies bearing la-
bels with the personalized im-
print of clubs, shops, and res-
taurants. And it’s proved a whop-
ping success.
“I feel that most people need
a variety of experiences and the
seasoning of maturity before they
find their niche,” he concluded
“I also believe work is a cure
for many of the ills facing our
older generation. If we can stimu-
late businessmen everywhere to
give seniors greater opportunities,
and if we can awaken these peo-
ple to the fact that there are
jobs available only if they’ll go
out and look for them, then I
think old age has a chance of
acquiring a new reputation for
productivity and satisfaction.”
These are wise words, and we
can hope that businessmen and'
elders alike respond to the mes-
sage that maturity has economic
potentialities far beyond those
generally recognized today.
I you would like a free list of
“168 Firms Offering Sales Op-
portunities to Older People”
write to this column in care of
The Taylor Daily Press enclosing
a stamped, self-addressed enve-
lope.
Copyright, 1961, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
Why Grow Old?
Vital Tips for Correct Fit
Puzzled about your proper bra size? Josephine
Lowman tells you how to arrive at the correct fit
in today’s column.
Mr. Merchant: Your Taylor
Daily Press ad man has your
master plan for more results from
advertising.
spots. On the contrary, the Krem-
lin appeared to be stirring up
trouble in such places as Laos
and the Congo in an apparent at-
tempt to push the new adminis-
tration into taking hasty action.
In the case of Laos someone
suggested cutting the country into
east and west partitions, like
Korea. The President shook his
head. Each assistant secretary de-
livered a brief report on his area.
Kennedy asked several searching
questions, but made few- com-
The PRAYER
For Today From
The UPPER ROOM
Jesus went out into a moun-
tain to pray, and continued
all night in prayer to God.
(Luke 6:12.)
PRAYER: O Lord, teach us
how to listen to Thee. Help
us to be still and know that
Thou art God, in whose word
we can trust and in whose
strength we can live. Thus
shall we know Thee, not by
much speaking, but by much
listening. In our Saviour’s
name we pray. Amen.
By JOSEPHINE LOWMAN
Many women have a difficult
time getting the correct fit in
brassieres. Even those who make
a special effort to get expert ad-
vice sometimes fail to find it in
the store to which they go. I
think the cup size is especially
puzzling to most women,.
An expert who has taught many
sales girls how to take measure-
ments gave me this information
to pass along to you.
First measure your chest direct-
ly under the armpits. This mea-
surement, plus two inches, gives
you the bra size. In other words
if your chest measures 32 inches
your bra size will be 34.
Next measure around the full-
est part of the bust. If this mea-
surement is the same as the bra
size, you shquld have an A cup.
If it is one inch more a B cup
is indicated. Two inches more
calls for a C cup and three in-
ches more calls for a D cup. In
other words, if your bra size is
34 and your bust measures 34
around the fullest part, you need
an A cup. If your bust measures
35 inches, you will need a B cup,
and so forth.
As an additional guide measure
under the bust, bearing in mind
that the average measurement
taken under the bust is about
five inches less than the fullest
part of the bust.
Be sure that the tape is even
and snug but not too tight.
No rules could be infalible be-
cause of individual characteristics
in build. The best bet yet is to
have an expert fit you, but if
one is not available these direc-
tions wil help you come close,
at least, to the right size.
It’s finaly here! The booklet I
have been planning Co write for
a long time! It is called “Your
Bust” and gives you directions
for preserving and improving bust
contour at all ages. It also gives
you exercises for increasing your
bust measurement. If you would
like to have it send 10 cents and
a stamped, self-addressed enve-
lope with your request for it to
Josephine Lowman in care of
this newspaper. '
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1961)
IT OCCURS TO ME
GAME WARDEN
ENJOYING WRITING
By LIN MILLS
Taylor Press News Editor
GAME WARDEN Aubrey
Shaw has been a well received
Taylor Press outdoor columnist
fqr a long time.
He admits he was a little ner-
vous to start with but the sit-
uation has worked out well, as
his letter to me states:
“I don’t think I have ever
given direct thanks to you and
the Taylor Daily Press for
publishing my weekly wildlife
news, and that is the purpose
of this letter — to say thanks
to you all.
“When I was first asked to
send in a bit of wildlife hap-
penings, it appeared to be such
a task, and the fact of not be-
ing a writer or even a good
story teller frightened me. But
after a year or two, it seems
to me that most people like
news of wildlife, if it is pre-
sented in a very simple man-
ner.
“Herein you will find one of
the more recent letters, which
states the same thing over 400
other people have said to me
about the weekly news. Letters
have been sent to me from
seven other states concerning
information about the wildlife
news. \
“It has helped me with wild-
life conservation and in mak-
ing new friends to such an ex-
tent that thanks seems small.
Yours very truly, Aubrey J.
Shaw.”
The letter he sent was from
Mrs. Lee Juergens of 1107
McClain Street, Taylor. It says,
in part, “Let me tell you that
I do enjoy your column in The
Taylor Daily Press.”
COUNTY AGENT John Wake-
field’s optimism toward a good
crops year should be encourag-
ing to all of us.
If our economy is not up to
par, nothing will do so much
to bring it back to normal as
a good crops year or two.
We’re due a good year this
year. Everything points to a
good year. There’s no reason
to figure it won’t be. So let’s
look forward with confidence
to a fine year and maybe .that’ll
help make it happen.
PRESIDENT KENNETH
Mann has one more commit-
tee chairman to name before
the mass meeting a week
from tonight, when the pro-
grams of work are to be
drawn up.
It’s the important special
events committee. I understand
Mann is about to “sign up”
Virgil Plowman, a man who
Happy Birthday
Greetings of “Happy Birthday”
are being extended to the follow-
ing birthday celebrants:
Mrs. Albert Brinluneyer, Rod-
ney Wayne Gamble, James Rich-
ter, H. R. Routt, Mrs. Ozelle
Zieschang, Sandra Jean Hays,
Mary Oeberlin, Ray P. Lewis,
R. H. Isensee and Mrs. H. C.
Killough.
seems like an excellent choice.
IT IS MIGHTY good to
know, too, that our newest in-
dustry is getting off to such a
good start.
Kerr-Ban Furniture Mfg. Co.,
as you read, is working over-
time to fill orders. And the
firm keeps adding a few more
machines and men all along.
The outlook is good.
Incidentally, I was reading a
copy of the Houston Post the
other morning and saw an ad
from Joske’s featuring Kerr-
Ban’s new student’s desk. It’s
the one you saw in the picture
we ran last week about Tits-
worth’s “Taylor Made Depart-
ment.”
CONGRATULATIONS to those
hard-fighting top-notch Taylor
Ducks for winning the district
basketball championship.
It’s really something to win
seven games in a row.
The Ducks actually have one
more game to go — agains
Georgetown Tuesday night
but they’ve already iced away
the championship.
I predict it’ll be eight-straight
just for the heck of it . . .
The emphasis now shifts from
basketball to track and base-
ball, and early indications are
that we have some mighty good
athletes to represent us in
these two sports.
The Cotton Boll Relays —
the big track event of Central
Texas — are shaping up nicely,
and it looks like we’ll have
more than 40 teams participat-
ing this year.
10 And 20
Years Ago
10 YEARS AGO
Coating of ice and snow covers
most of Texas.
Light and Telephone emergency
is noted, no letup is expected in
weather conditions locally.
Three hundred attend Scout’s
potluck supper in Taylor.
Cabinet of Israel falls.
Middle East defense under re-
view in Turkey.
Local DE setup is explained.
Twenty local firms using DE stu-
dents. Harold Harkins and Mrs.
Dora Sielaff named to advisory
committee. ■
Agriculture meeting slated Tue.^[
day in Bartlett.
20 YEARS AGO
Boy Scouts stage demonstration
of local Rotarians.
Taylor Jersey Cattle Club slates
meeting.
Volunteers will replace three
rejected men in county.
Germans claim 13 armed Bri-
tish ships destroyed.
Future Farmers of Taylor are
busy weighing cattle.
Mrs. Fritz Holman is chief
speaker at open house tonight.
Large egg derby interests farm-
ers, hens undisturbed.
★ WASHINGTON COLUMN ★
Role as Growth Promoters
Seen for Regulatory Agencies
BY PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON— (NEA)—James M, Landis, special assistant
to President Kennedy on government regulatory agencies, has
hit ’em again, from another angle. He now accuses these com*
missions of partial responsibility for the failure of the indus-
tries they regulate to contribute their share of the nation’s,!
growth. j
At the end of December, Landis gave Kennedy a report rec-
ommending sweeping changes in the organization and pro-
cedure of agencies like Federal Communications, Power, Trade,
Interstate Commerce, Securities and Exchange Commissions,
Civil Aeronautics Board and Food and Drug Administration.
Harvard law professor Landis has served as a member of
FTC and SEC and been chairman of CAB, so he knows his waji
around their legal mazes. But his-recommendations stirred
the animals in all these cages.
IN A TALK BEFORE the Federal Bar Assn, in Washington to|
answer some of his critics, Landis denies that he wants to he-'
come czar over these agencies. . j
But he gives them another round of criticism for inadequate
personnel, lack of courage and imagination, delays in handling
cases brought before them and failure in cases involving over-(
lapping jurisdiction of two agencies working in the same field.
This latter criticism has drawn strenuous objection from Fed-
eral Trade Commissioner William C. Kern, a Democrat. He
opposes the Landis recommendation that FTC antitrust law
enforcement powers be turned over to the Department of
Justice.
Landis notes some improvements already. ICC has upgraded
its hearing examiners. SEC commissioners have begun to write
some of their own opinions instead of letting the professional-
staff do them all. !
But the White House adviser still maintains that a complete
reorganization of government machinery in this field should be
made by presidential and congressional action.
LANDIS EXPRESSES SOME SURPRISE that his criticisms
—meant to be constructive—raised so much clamor. He ex-
plains it as a public realization of the power these agencies
hold over business and recognition of the fact that greater
development of industries under regulation is necessary to pro-
mote a more rapid growth rate in the national economy.
“Were our traditional regulatory methods capable of sur-
mounting these problems,” says Landis, “my report would have
been meaningless.”
THIS INTRODUCES AN ENTIRELY NEW ELEMENT into the
philosophy of the regulatory agencies. The original concept
when they were created was that they should control the indus-
tries they were regulating, to keep them honest and to kee
them from becoming powerful monopolies.
What Landis now seems to be emphasizing is that the reg
ulatory agencies should also be responsible for promoting the
growth of the industries they regulate, while still protecting
the public interest of the consumers.
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