Show VORCE TOO COSTLY fOR POOR POOR CHARGE Skyscraper Pilot Says Say Says Present Laws Discriminate Discriminate I mate for RichI Rich I I HE EXPLAINS HO HOWl HOW I Separation Accepted a a Necessary In Our Social Life Life Dy fly ROY noY T NKA XI-A Sets ic Writer CHICAGO April fl 11 Our 11 Our pres- pres present ent divorce system i Is all alt wrong It discriminates in favor of ot the thc th rich man and against the poor man I So declares Rev John Thompson Thomp Thomp- Thompson son pastor of the First Methodist Church known as Chicago's sky scraper church And something ought to be done about it he be says sars so that the pooi poor poorman man will have the same chance to IC t find marital happiness as the rich rid richman richman man I Divorce is now accepted as necessary necessary essary in our complex social lire life he says Yet there Is gross gloss In- In Injustice In Justice In the way we handle the thi th problem In some states getting a divorce is almost as aa easy as buying a 0 suIt sul suit of ot clothes or an automobile An And Andin 1 in other oIlier states divorce is I almost almos Impossible Under this system a wealth wealthy person living in a state where di- di divorce dl di vorce Is difficult can easily go to tc Reno neno or Texas or some other place where the laws are We not so severe and have his marriage annulled The poor man cant can't do that lIe hasn't money enough to go to Ren Eeoc Renor neno or Paris or some other divorce cen- cen center cen ter and a temporary rest resI- resIdence dence lEES FEES ARE AnE EXORBITANT the the the Another obstacle poor mai faces when seeking divorce Is the thi the exorbitant tee fee charged by some somi lawyers la High attorney tees fees and an court costs dont don't bother the mar man manof marof of wealth who wants to have hi bt marriage dissolved but sometimes sometime they make It Impossible for per per- persons per sons eons ot moderate means The only The Tho Only solution to the problem i t Is Ig enactment of federal regarding divorce Dr Thompson I be believes A uniform Y v 1 make intake It just lust as easy or 01 just lusta a hard hard to to get a divorce in New York TorI as us It would in Illinois or Texas o ot or r any other state tato he We says sas I n It would give rich and poor equal op op- op opportunities opportunities for tor divorce and there then would be no discrimination agaInst I any class SYSTEM OF rEES FEES It If such audi a a law were enacted bar associations should estAblish a system of fees tees that would enable 2 a a man or woman ot of moderate means to obtain a divorce without going Into debt I 1 am ant not in favor of ot cas easy dl- dl dl vorce vol-ce I dont don't think a court should grant a man a divorce because hi his hili wife refuses to get up In the morn morn- mornIng morning Ing and anti prepare his breakfast 01 or for tor some other trivial reason But when a II man and woman are not properly mated when mated their marriage dots does not have bave the th sanction ot of o society God God society should i not compel them to go so on 11 10 livIng together DIVORCe LEVORCE NO XO SCANDAL SC Divorce is no longer the so-clety so so- so society scandal that that It used to be The Che only scandalous feature about aboul it i la Is the separate codes for rich richand richand and poor I There would be fewer divorces dl Dr Thompson believes b If It society dealt with the question by education education tion Lion Instead of ot legislation We Ve have not reached any so- so solution so solution lution for tor domestic Infelicities and d unhappy and Imprudent mar mar- marrIages marriages he says We e deal with divorce as a legal problem Instead ot f an educational problem Wo We Vo dont don't educate our young oung people in the high purposes and functions of married life Neither state nor church does anything toward oward making happy marriages n |