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Show prosperity, that is prosperity for all, is the same road that leads to our educational institutions. Perhaps the most important aspect of an educational system is teaching respect for the nation's na-tion's laws. Lets cite a few figures fig-ures that prove there is a grave need for this type of education: It has been recently estimated that income tax cheaters cost the government at least eight billion dollars each year. Figuring income in-come tax collections at 40 billions bil-lions per year, this means that for every five dollars collected, one dollar is lost on account of insufficient respect for the laws of our country. Think what a splendid school system could be established with the eight billions dollars the income in-come tax chiselers held out on the government last year. Think what a magnificent health- program pro-gram could be launched with that amount. But, actually, it has been necessary nec-essary for some of our school teachers to engage in a strike in order to secure a salary adequate for a decent living. And two-thirds two-thirds of the people in this country coun-try cannot afford the medical attention at-tention that is needed. The administrator of the wage-hour wage-hour act revealed recently that out of 40,000 firms inspected in 1947, over 20,000 more than half were "found to be violating violat-ing the law. These violations resulted re-sulted in 18,000 men cheating 311,000 others out of 18 million dollar j. Four hundred cases of fraud BRUCE CARDEN GIVES FINE TALK TO P.-T. A. Bruce Carden, one of the more active members of the Milford Parent-Teacher Association, presented pre-sented the following address at a recent meeting of the group: Some time ago, in a talk before be-fore the high school assembly, on the subject of "Supporting Adequate Ade-quate Education," we endeavored endeav-ored to establish certain points in connection with that subject. We tried to point out that, at the present time, we do not have an adequate education system, and, that before such a system could established the general public must be educated to understand the rapid changes that are now taking place thruout the world, changes that are of a social nature na-ture as well as in transportation and communication. In 1945, when World War II appeared to be over and our thoughts were again directed to internal problems, we found nothing less than a crisis had developed de-veloped in our education system during the war years. There were not enough teachers to go I around, and in some instances, it I was necessary to lower the standards of the profession in order or-der to secure teachers at all. Few people cared to spend years training for the teaching profession when they could become be-come "expert welders" in two weeks, getting paid while learning, learn-ing, then earning two or three times as much by welding ships as they could teaching school. Too, thousands of potential teachers were drafted for military mili-tary service. In addition to this. ' gi eat segments of the population had shifted and construction of additional school facilities had all but stopped. This, naturally, resulted in over - crowded, inadequately staffed schools, a condition that for the most part exists today. Now, we are being confronted with another problem, a problem that too many are inclined to dismiss dis-miss too readily. The words 1 'juvenile delinquency' have been bandied about so much that the I mere mention of them is usually sufficient to bring on a storm of protest from doting parents. The fact remains, however that there l was a general moral letdown in the period immediately following follow-ing the First. World War, a period per-iod that is comparable to the present one. This can well be blamed on the parents rather I than the children, as children are only the imitators of the actions, and indirectly, the thoughts of the adults. The pace made necessary by and attained during war years appears to be too rapid for peaceful peace-ful living. The tremendous energy en-ergy developed by a nation at war affects its children, and they, too, have a difficult time becoming adjusted when war is over. In addition to this left-over energy, en-ergy, we are faced with the present pres-ent world condition of uncertainty uncertain-ty characterized by the bickering, bicker-ing, distrustful attitudes of world leaders. Right now we are in the midst of a "time of indecision" indeci-sion" and this indecision of the older people is also felt by the young, creating further confusion confu-sion in their minds, and consequently, conse-quently, in their actions. Never in the history of our country has the need been greater great-er for a school system that will assist in directing the thoughts and actions of alt the children toward tolerant and honest goals. We must improve what we now have and then secure more of it. That means we are going to have to spend more money for educational purposes. Someone once said that this country spends 90 of its tax money to pay for past and future wars, leaving 10 to buy birdseed for the "Dove of Peace." Education's Educa-tion's cut is only a small fraction frac-tion of that 10. But before education funds can be supplemented, the general gener-al public will have to be edu-I edu-I cated to the urgency of the situ- ation. The people must understand under-stand thatlhe road to peace and problem of all society was the problem of leadership. And so it it today, for the solution of man- kind's present dilemma will be discovered only thru the means 1 of education f in war contracts have already been uncovered by the army. These frauds occurred while millions mil-lions of our citizens were risking risk-ing and giving their lives to defend de-fend the principle that all men are created .equal. Despite all the progress that has been made in eliminating child labor, there still remain two million boys and girls, 14 thru 17 years of age, at work in factories, stores, restaurants, industrialized in-dustrialized agriculture, and other occupations. The importance import-ance of this situation has been so completely shadowed that the 80th congress reduced appropriations appropria-tions for child labor law enforcement enforce-ment by one-half. If conditions such as these can exist in the most enlightened of nations, it then can be argued that our educational facilities are inadequate. Also, in light of these facts, it is apparent the general public is not sufficiently educated. Today the world is in much -the same predicament as it was something over 2300 years ago. At that time the crucial |