Show Alcoholism Study Encourages Greater Grealer Use Youth In WASHINGTON a Senate speech Sen Wallace F Bennett Utah R-Utah assailed a re cc- cc I cent sponsored Federally report on the study of alcoholism say say- fag Ing it could makE the home a abar abar bar for many persons THE REPORT Alcohol Pro Pro- Problems published last month was prepared by the Cooperative tive Commission on the Study through a 1 m million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health Recommended In the report is increased emphasis on gre gre- gre gregarious social drinking tore tore- place drinking in bars SEN BENNETT said edges edges- in the report for combat combat- ting alcoholism included urging that alcoholic beverages be made avail available ble to young per per- persons per sons at supervised adult church gatherings serving b beer er in col lege cafeterias and permitting liquor advertisements to show alcohol being consumed by all members of the family including ing children In a family set set- setting setting ting These suggestions ap ap- ap apparently intended to encourage moderate as opposed to heavy drinking could be to alcohol alcohol- alcoholism alcoholism ism what gasoline is to a fire Utah's senior senator said AT A time when wIlen alcoholism is being more widely recognized ed as a devastating social fam fam- family Ily and personal problem it is Incredible that suggestions to Imbed this menace more deep deep- deeply ly into our lives could be ser proposed Sen Bennett said The study also recommends a legal drinking age of 18 through through- throughout out the country Legitimate studies to com com- combat bat alcoholism are needed but it is difficult to under under- understand stand how the spending of one one one- million-dollars million of the taxpayer's ers er's money could be justified for results res such as a s those report report- reported ed in this paper SEN BENNETT also urged for a bill he earlier had co- co cosponsored co sponsored with Sen Strom Str m Thurmond South R-South Carolina which would require an ious to your health label on beverages containing more more than 24 per cent of alcohol The label would read Caution Consumption of al alcoholic coholic beverages may be haz haz- hazardous to your he health and may maybe maybe be The Utahn said the label would hopefully be one means of discouraging young persons from taking that first drink which too often leads to a chronic problem |