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Show fT7"Anti Thu and Anti That" 1 ; O pR. ROBERT H. GAULT. famous criminologist anJ psychologist at Northwestern university, has a rather sane view on "anti this and anti that" legislation. The only safe and wise legislation, legis-lation, says he, aims 7!rsV last' and only at the protection and comfort of the whole society. Laws designed primarily to make the individual indi-vidual better arc useless and foolhardy and dangerous dan-gerous experiments, Dr. Gault thinks. ."Every man," says' Dr. Gault, "has something some-thing within him which says, 'I am my own boss. Nobody has the right to tell me what I shall do and what 1 shall not do.' "If you oppose that feeling which is fundamental, funda-mental, immediately the man grows restless and angry and he'll break your law out of sheer cussed ncss. "One law broken makes other laws easier broken. "Therefore, the fewer the laws the better and the happiest state has only the laws really necessary for the welfare of the public as a body." But many laws now suggested frankly argue making the individual "better" in spite of himself. him-self. These are dangerous laws, this noted criminologist crim-inologist says. Among the dangerous laws he names legislation legis-lation to control Sunday observance, the smoking smok-ing of cigarettes and the showing of motion pictures. ' "They all make for lawlessness tn the lon run," he insists. I |