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Show t.;iiV:gtA?il.i,ti Juvenile Gangsters -yOUTH DELINQUENCY is grow-ing grow-ing and spreading rather than abating. In the cities, considerable sections are over run with youth gangs who terrorize the public by committing many depredations, up to and including murder. But youthful youth-ful delinquency and the organization and operation of gangs is no longer only a city problem. It has spread to the towns and villages. My home town is a rural community. com-munity. In it, the automobile owners over a considerable period suffered the loss of auto parts, spare tires, hub caps, hood caps and other things of value that could be easily detached. de-tached. Those thefts were traced to a gang of 12 high school boys, and the police of the county arrested ar-rested them. Though some of them admitted the thefts, none was locked up to await trial. Instead the names and addresses address-es of the boys were taken, and also the names of their parents. They were given instructions to appear at the juvenile court, accompanied ac-companied by their parents, the following day. The boys and their parents were present, and the police presented convincing evidence to which no rebuttal was offered. After sentencing sentenc-ing each of the boys to one year in prison, the court listened to a plea for clemency made by the parents. The judge suspended the sentences, placing each boy under the parole of his parents for the one year period, with the provision the boy must continue to attend school until un-til graduation and must not be allowed al-lowed outside of the home after six o'clock each evening, for the one .year period, with the provision that any violation of that parole would be construed by the court as making mak-ing the parents an accessary before the fact, subjecting the parents to conviction and sentence under such a charge. The liberal publicizing of that case, including names and addresses ad-dresses of the 12 hoys, and the sentence of the court caused both the boys an-1 their parents to be ostracized in school and in the community, but failure to attend school meant going to prison. That was a wise decision on the part of that judge. It not only put the fear of the law into those 12 boys and their parents, but it had similar effect on oth-r oth-r boys with criminal and gang tendencies and on their parents. The one lesson has gone a long ways toward curing youth delinquency delin-quency in my home town. It would not have been effective without the publicity given by the newspapers. A committee of the senate that beeps its eye on the expenditures ol the operations of the federal government, gov-ernment, asked the 26 departments and agencies for the effect of the legislation that activated the recommendations rec-ommendations of the Hoover com- mission. Of the 26 departments and agencies which received that request, re-quest, 25 complied. Each of the 25 reported increased efficiency, better service for the people, and, in practically all cases, a reduced cost of operation, ranging rang-ing from a few thousands into the millions. The one not reporting was that of defense, General Marshall merely acknowledging receipt of the request itom Senator John L. McClellan, chairman of the committee. But he .gave no estimate of ac'ual or expected ex-pected savings, though it was expected ex-pected the legislation would reduce the cost of operation in his depart-iment depart-iment by from three to four billion dollars a year. The committee is instituting an investigation of the department of defense to determine for itself what result has been accomplished. It lias full authority to make such an investigation. General Marshall has seemingly resented any interference on the part of congress with the operations op-erations of his department and has shown no interest in a reduction in cost. He has on his department payrolls pay-rolls a larger army of employees than the number of men fighting in Korea. The Senate investigation may cost his department an appropriation ap-propriation to pay that army of civilians. It would do a welcome job if it did. Senator McClellan, Democrat of Arkansas, is a real lighter for economies. General Marshall will discover that congress, con-gress, including the senate, is top brass in the armed services. Government spending aids in creating inflation. Stopping it would help. ' Congress has said it expects the manufacturers to do the paying of the proposed tax on television sets, ; radios, automobiles, refrigerators, but should you buy any such articles arti-cles after that legislation is passed, ; .you will find that increased tax is a part of the price you will pay. j The consumers will carry the bur den of that new tax, plus an increased in-creased "mark up of the wholesaler whole-saler and the retailer." That will be necessary if they are to continue in business. i |