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No Guns For
"4^rong Persons
‘Quick enactment” of federal gun-
control laws has again been urged by
President Johnson in the immediate af
termath of a shooting in his home state.
The object, he said, is to help pre
vent the wrong persons from obtaining
firearms.” There’s no denying that the
wild spree of an apparently demented
gunman at Texas University was a grim
and sorrowful event. But by what
stretch of whose imagination can it
therefore be concluded that a federal
law covering the sale of rifles, shotguns,
and handguns would have prevented it,
or that passage of such a law now will
really prevent similar tragedies in the
future?
Health Now A
Political Issue
An unprecedented and fundamental
change was introduced on the American
scene when the medicare law went into
effect. Few persons will realize the full
import of this change for a long time to
Come. But it is here, nevertheless. It
is a change that has inescapably re
duced the stature of the individual, re
gardless of the merits of medicare itself.
l)r. James Z. Appel, former president of
the American Medical Association clearly
(iescribes what has happened under
medicare: . . The health care of the
'People is no longer a personal matter
lytween the patient and the physician.
It is now a political issue, the merits of
which will not be determined solely on
scientific grounds but also on vote-get-
tfcg appeal, by individuals nof at all
^ell informed on quality health care.”
• Demands are already being pressed
f$r the expansion of medicare on broad
fronts. The ultimate aim. of course, is
am all-embracing national health service
fHan under which the members of the
medical profession would be compelled
t® become in the nature of public ser
vants. Never in the history of this na
tion in peacetime have the talents and
abilities of a special group of citizens
bjfeen taken by fiat in the name of the
public welfare. This would be done in
the case of the medical profession by
those u ho propose to solve the question
of medical costs by the adoption of all
opt state medicine.
Once the precedent has been set in
medical care, the same course can be
pursued in any line of activity against
apy other group of citizens whose par
ticular capabilities are coveted by the
people and the politicians. It is not a
pretty picture.
Uabor Day —
A Time To Think
• Labor Day, to be observed on Sep
tember 5 this year, marks the termina
tion of summer, in the minds of most
people. It is the last holiday of the
season and is a time for the final outing
of swimming, picnicking, boating, or
just loafing. The meaning of Labor
D^y is lost for many in the frantic pur
suit of fun. Never before have so many
people been able to enjoy the leisure,
t^e luxuries and comforts we see around
u| in these United States. The fights
oij labor have never been so certain, nor
it$ obligation to act in a responsible
rpfenner more necessary. We must not
become insensible to the time-honored
virtues of thrift, competence and pride
irta job well done.
t These are the things that have made
possible the turning of Labor Day into
a ^holiday of fun and leisure. These are
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the things that Labor Ityy commem
orates, and if the nation is to survive
in its greatness, they will be needed as
never before in the years to come. They
are heeded now desperately to back up
the men in Viet Nam, let alone all fu
ture advancements in space, science, in
dustry and technology. Think of these
things as you go to the beach or to
the mountains this Labor Day.
THE AMERICAN WAY
Babson’s Point of View
On The Over-65 Market
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babsoa Park, Mass.. August 18—They are
a minority, but quite a massive one. They
are not heard from very often as a group,
but they represent a huge and stabie market
for retailers and service dispensers of all
kinds. Distributors, ad men. clothiers, food
marketers, TV programmers, and a host of
other commercial entrepreneurs would do
well to give them more attention. We re
fer to the approximately 19 million men and
woven over 65 now living in the U. S.
RETIRED PEOPLE NO LONGER "OLD”
In days gone by. it was popularly assum
ed that those over 65 were about ready for
pasture. But healthier living, medical break
throughs, and more intirligent over-all per
sonal care have laid that myth away. The
retired population is to an amazing degree
lively, mobile, and interested in everything
that is going on. It is tomfoolery to ignore
this responsible, responsive group and act
as though only the young were worth solic
iting in selling, entertainment, recreation,
and promoting our wares.
Only one TV station, for example, has
come to our attention as directing a pro
gram sbries toward the older viewers, cater
ing specifically to their interests and needs.
This New York Channei has joined forces
with the New York State University to bring
retired men and women a wealth of season
ed suggestions on such widely diversified
topics as keeping trim bv exercise, selective,
purchasing, drawing up wills to avoid ex
aggerated probate costs, tips on home repair,
saving money on staples, and part-time jobs.
SOCIAL SECURITY
BOLSTERING BUYING POWER
While many folk are able to retire with at
least a moderate nest egg to smooth their
later years, many are not. It is here that
social security and other forms of public as
sistance contribute importantly to the eco?
nomic stability of this group. During 1966
alone, just about $20 biKion will be paid out
under the Old-Age. Survivors’ and Disability
Insurance System, the core of the federal
social security program. Much of this mon
ey will go to about 11 million retired work
ers. The rest will help support our economy
through its distribution to 8.7 million depend
ents of retired, disabled, or deceased work
ers, and to one mihion disabled who are un
der 65.
ADDED EFFECTS OF MEDICARE
Even though many fear medicare as a
first step toward total socialized medicine,
its effects will be favorable in terms of main
taining the purchasing power of retirees. As
of this last July, most persons over 65 came
under the protection of hospital-cost provis
ions. And it is estimated that some 95% of
these have signed up for the additional cov
erage of doctors’ bills and services under the
voluntary insurance plain. This means, of
course, that our over-65 big minority will feel
less reluctant to spend money for travel,
pleasant extras, and even occasional “lux
uries” than they did before.
The.impact of this radical innovation may
not be especially spectacular at any given
time, but it will add to the fundamnetal pur
chasing strength of our older citizens. As
long as consumer prices take a continually
larger chunk out of personal income, the buy
ing psychciogy of those no longer working
is inclined to become steadily more cautious.
This will still be true to a considerable ex
tent, but the knowledge that health costs
will be taken care of in case of trouble will
make many more willing to spend for other
purposes.
BUILT-IN STABILIERS
There are other significant cushions for
the economy brought about under the broad
coverage of the Social Security Act of 1935.
Joint federal-states Public Assistance pro
grams are giving benefits to betted than 8
million persons at the present time. Even
with unemployment low as it is, it is thought
that some 3 million or more people will have
received jobless payments in the course of
1966. When you also take into consideration
the enormous number of federal, state, mu
nicipal, and industrial pensions now function
ing, it is not surprisng that consumer sales
hold so well even when the stock market and
international events advise “caution.”
Youth Wants to Know
—^ By RANDY GRIFFITH
IheOldiomn.
Awake at Long Last
Stories
Behind
Words
By
WilUam S. Penfield
v Prodigal
In the days of the Roman Empire a man was
expected to manage wisely the estate that he in
herited fom his father—so he could provide for
his family and, upon his death, leave some prop
erty for his own sons.
Some men were good managers but others
through extravagance lost their inheritances.
The latter were driven from their former estates
and sold as slaves to their creditors.
This expulsion was called “prodigo,” a Latin
word meaning to drive forth.
From “prodigo” came the English word
“prodigal”—wasteful, or extravagant.
FARAAS and FOLKS
By L. C. HAMILTON
Ctemson University Extension Information Specialist
Many young people have a
jad time with shyness, both
boys and girls. They want to
be popular, but when they are
with people they don't know,
they freeze up and don’t know
how to act or what to tay.
Sometimes they chatter a lot’
I 1 and don’t seem to be able to
1 be themselves. Is there a way
for a person to get out of this?
ed to provide a high packing
platform above his squash
rows? If so, he could scrap
the old system of physicarlly
carrying baskets of squash
to the end of the rows by
hand, and could give his
workers a convenient place
for packing the squash into
hampers.
Since the middle part of
May this three-wheeled har
vest has been running up and
down the rows twice or three
times weekly handling 50 to
120 bushels of yellow straight-
neck squash, to be sold on the
Charlotte market.
In addition to cutting the
number of workers required,
the machine speeded up the
harvesting process, made his
operation more efficient. Cau-
then employs school hoy
from his neighborhood for
picking and lacking.
To further insure his chanc
es of surviving as a small
vegetable grower, Cauthen
has extended his growing sea
son by starting plants for his
earliest spring crop in the
greenhouse and transplanting
them to the field after the
danger of frost has passed.
This spring he was picking
squash as early as May 18.
“When most people are
planting their gardens, Bill
Cauthen is picking his second
crop,” commented D. R.
Gowan, associate county
agent. And if this year is like
the last, he’ll be picking yel
low vegetables until October
1. And thanks to his invention,
he’s planning to grow them
next year, and the next.
Yes, there is. If his is a
problem you have, trv to de
velop a curiosity about other
people. By this I mean a real
interest in them, an honest
wish to know tftem, not an ar
tificial “line.”
There are many insincere
people who pretend to have
this gift. You may know the
type: They have learned to
ask you questions about your
self, but have you noticed
they don’t pay much attention
to your answers. With these
people it is a technique.
The interest I mean is
something quite different. I
shall illustrate: Say to your
self, “Here’s someone 1 don’t
know. I wonder what it feels
like to be that person? What
does he want to be?” Very
“Your salary increase will
become effective as soon as
you do.”
few of us can resist someone
who is honestly interested in
our lives. When you want to
know someone else is real,
you find yourself relaxing and
being the real you, while the
other perfson in turn knows
that he is someone whom you
are enjoying.
You will be exploring a
world other than your own.
When this happens, your sny-
ness will have vanished!
Ah! The real thing
PET BUTTERMILK has the old-time
flavor of real buttermilk. Zingy! Deli
cious ! The real thing! Buttermilk from
PET, YOU BET!
The last stronghold of re
sistance to mechanization is
being vanquished by an inter-
prising Lancaster County
market gardner who refuses
to believe that wheel-mounted
harvesting aids are for the
exclusive use of big farmers.
William L. Cautben, who
lives seven ipiles south of
Lancaster in the Pleasant Hill
community, is mechanizing
despite handicaps imposed by
the size and nature of his
business.
The fact that Cauthen is a
grower of summer squash—a
tender-fruited vegetable that
can be injured by the slightest
rough hanetting—seemed to be
an impossible obstacle to me
chanization.
Also, Cauthen is in the
“small” grower category. He
has no more than six acres
ready for harvest at any one
time. This is the class of
growers that were supposed
to be out-classed by mechani
zation.
But not Cauthen. Using a
flair for design and his know
ledge of mechanics, the Lan
caster gardner has built a
wheeled harvesting aid that
has cut his labor costs by
one-third and placed him in a
better competitive oosition
with larger commercial
growers.
The device is a platform-
mounted grading and packing
vehicle that receives the
squash from four rows and
speeds the picking operation,
using fewer workers.
“I figured I’d have to pro
duce as much volume as pos
sible with fewer workers in
order to stay in this busin
ess,” Cauthen gives as his
reason for building the mach-
has been growing squash
squash since 1949.
Cauthein’s harvester is a
cut-down cotton “highboy,” a
strange looking three-wheeled
machine used for spraying
cotton. What attracted him
was the machine’s high frame
and 10 HP air-cooled engine
mounted almost directly over
the big front wheel.
Could the machine be alter-
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