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r The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LIN Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 4, 1952 Number 36 A Regular Chronicle Feature 8-HOUR SCHOOL DAY IS NOW PROPOSED AS NEEDED REFORM Bobson Believes This Will Be One Juvenile Delinquency Curb. By ROGER W. BABSON Gloucester, Mass., August 29.— Am here again for my summer va cation at the city where I was born, which has fine people, good schools, a beautiful harbor and a most comfortable climate. When the new route 128 is completed and the School of Fisheries is built, it should greatly- prosper -industrial ly. I am writing this 1 at 58 Middle Street in the very room in which 1 was born; and am thinking of the changes since my aSS^v.v ■ m * I k4\ la*-. ># ^ boyhood Women In Industry When I was a boy only about 2 mill ion women were employed in the entire United States in other than hous e w o r k o r teaching. This our water from a cistern in the* cel lar; our heat came from stoves; we cut our own fire wood; and for light we used kerosene lamps. There, however, was then a great difference between the living standards of the few well-to-do families and of the great mass of the population. As a result of the labor unions, minimum wages, so cial security, safety laws, shorter hours and higher wages, the living standards of the wage worker are now very much higher; while the privileges and profits* of the old well-to-do families are gradually vanishing. Of course, new—ma chinery and advertising have greatly aided in this redistribution j of wealth. Let us hope that the verreac and “kill the goose which has .laid these golden eggs.” Managed Money and Education In my boyhood days we were liv ing under the Gold Standard, which put a “ceiling” and “floor” on business, employment, prices, etc. It acted like a thermostat. When the expansion became too great, the thermostat turned off Bofcr W. Babtoa has now increased ^ the oil burner; while when busi- to nearly 20 million. Jobs have! ness of f this economic ther- given women money to spend, j 11105131 started up the oil burner New industries and products have‘®6 air ’- Twenty years ago this Gold been developd freeing women from! Standard * °r “business thermostat,’ housework. Among these may be! discarded. We are now living mentioned frozen foods, complete un der Managed Currency. It is a MlOOCOnf COT'lOOt Hilt 1C? ir. I IL' o bakery products, self - serivce stores, electric refrigerators, &hd ranges, dishwashers, garbage dis posals and plastic table “iinen.” There are 110 million people in the United States over 14 years of age, of which 58 million are wom en. Of these only 19 million are jiow-ernployecL -TheJtatal_mfii3L_and women in the labor force is about 63 million. If we subtract the 49 million from 58 million women it pleasant sensation, but is is like running an oil burner without a thermostat. Some day the boiler will bust! With women in industry, our public schools are completely out of date. Children are now getting most of their education from the newspapers, automobiles, radios, televisiohs' hhd gang leaders: 'As a result, we are suffering from a very serious epidemic — Juvenile means that 39 million women have j Delinquency. Unless there is a not become wage earners. Now | revival as to parental responsibil- here is the important question: | ity, I fear that the only way to cor- How long will it be before the. rect this situation will be«by keep- number of women employed equals |i n g the children in school eight* the number of men employed? ! hours, a day. This may be the next This will be possible as smaller great educational change coming to and more modern houses are built,! every city where this column is supplemented by complete auto-1 read. matic electronic equipment and » other wonderful new inventions WyClff ComplotinQ not yet on the market. ' - * — * if Labor Unions and Living Standards When I was a boy there was not a labor union in Gloucester. The carpenters and painters got $3 a day; haircuts were 25 cents; com Basic Training William Wyatt, 22. son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Wyatt of this city, is completing his AF basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland, mon labor was $1 a day. After j Texas, Air Force Base, the ‘ Gate- graduating from college, 1 went to v ay to the Air Force.” work for $10 a week. Rents and His basic training is preparing foods were low and there was no him for entrance into Air Force plumber’s bill as our “bathroom” j technical training and for assign- was out in the back yard. We got ment in specialized work. What you .want is a Coke When you have to keep your wits about you, refreshment helps. 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