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Show Mayor Boosts Marriage Among the Jobless By Promising Public Welfare Jobs If Needed GARDNER, Mam.. Jan. 23 UP A hard-hitting but considerate mayor, who had but 15 cent when ht returned from hit own honeymoon, wasn't tpooflnf when he told unemployed men of thii community that If they married he would aee that they were supported "even If you have to go on public welfare." "It'i high time for reformer! to Hop 'monkeying with natural laws," Mayor Fred E. Perry, father fa-ther of two boyi and two girls, aald In an Interview. "Because a number of people have been frightened by the drivel they have heard during the paat decade about economic collapse, they have retrained from marrying. "A healthy city, state and nation na-tion require marriage and. If man without a Job In this city wants to get married, he haa my blessing and benediction, and I'll see to It that he gets a public welfare job. "If a man has the courage to marry today, he alto has the spunk to get ahead and make more money.' |