Bronze Reporter [Volume: 7, Issue: 48]

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i Industries in Detroit.

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SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1961

What Can The Unemplo yed
In Michigan Expect?. By Alvin M. Bentley"

(This is the sel ies of a two-part article in which Mr. Bentley
sets forth his views.)

164

oe Competition Within this sabirs for industry is one
Roy competition from abroad is: something else. We canatch wage scales of other courtries unless we also
oe te abandon oyr own high living standards. I am a
strong: ~believer in the greatest possible freedom of international trade but free trade must be a two-way street and
if wé lower our own barriers, we have ~a right to expect
~other countiids to do likewise. There are other. corréciive
~Measures that: could. be taken in this field, but space does

_ Not. permit me to discuss them.
~lL~ Would advocate the creation of unemployment in
-

~surance funds, jointly financed by employers and employ- ~

-ees, onthe same basis as contributions to Social Security.
~Every -worker: should be permitted to purchase an insur~ ance palicy. to protect himself against.the risk of unemploytent just as insurance is purchased to protect the indi~vidual against many other types of risks. The payment of
~premiums on these~ policies should be: shared ey by
employer: and employee..

~ {would like to see much more opportunity given employees to purchase, at reduced prices, stock shares or other tangible forms of ownership, in the company. or business
~by which théy are employed. When our working men and
women.can: benefit -more:directly than~ now in the fruits
of their own production, the class rivalry betwen labor and
management will tend to disappear and we will have a

healthier and stronger economy, society and nation. I cer-.

tainly commerid the many worthy efforts that have already
been made in this direction.

-. | will not ~say that we will not have an unemployment
problem in Michigan for some years to come. | am saying
that we can keep this problem from getting worse and
gradually improve it by adopting many unselfish measures,
of which | have only mentioned a few.

Again I~repeat; unemployment does not only. affect
~those out of work, ~it directly concerns all of us, and all of
us should take whatever steps necessary for the ultimate. benefit of our entire state. The social, economic and hu-:

- -Manitarian factors involved are too serious and far-reach
ing for partisan or other selfish motives to become con
ered. The solution to this problem demands the highest

"degree of cooperation from all elements of our population

~so. that: our state may once again become a happier and a
_ more prosperous place in which to live and work.

Knowledge Is s Power

Individual corporation stocks ~have to be studied on
their merits by the potential investor~and there~s more
to sound investment practice than pulling company names
out of a hat.

That point is made-in an article in the Exchange
Magazine, official New York Stock Exchange publication.
~The article assesses the experience of listed stock issues

during the past decade~a decade marked by the greatest.

price advances in history.

For the most part, stocks did extremely well. Prices
rose for 601 issues listed on the Big Board in 1950 and
still traded there at the end of 1960, while only 167 issues showed declines. In the case of 43 per cent of the
issues listed throughout this decade, prices rose 100 per
cent of more, as measured from 1950 highs to the end
of 1960.

However, this happy record was by no means universal. More than one out of five common stocks listed
in both years closed 1960 at a figure below the 1950
highs. Of the 167 issues which declined, 79 fell more
than 30 per cent~and 36 of these were off more than 50
per cent.

The point is that some issues will do poorly even
during a time of general increases in values. The investor who buys at random~or, worst of all, on the
basis of tips and rumors and high-powered telephone and
wire solicitation, is asking for trouble. In investing, as in.
almost all; other human activities, knowledge is power.
Seek reputable advice and knowledge~ before investing.

Coodwill Industries
Week, May. 7-13.

Mayor Louis C.. Miriani has Over the. years. through the
urged everyone in the community collection, repair ~and _ sale | of
to observe the week of May: Le 13 discards; over 25,000 rien and
as Goodwill Industries Week: - women disabled through accident

Joining thirty other Mayors and ~or disease have been given job
village presidents in the greater oppertunities Jand. vocational
metropolitan area in proclaiming training at no cost te the _comGoodwill Week, Mayor Miriani munity. ~~ <<
pointed out that this was the 40th _ Mayor Miriani_ issued hi por
anniversary of the ~founding of lamation in honor: of thissrecord
but added as a reminder to the
public:

~class matter August 29, 1956 at the Post Office at Flint, Michigan

Judg

~Deliberate traffic law. violators~ shotild not only be taken
off the-road for long periods of
time,;sometimes permanently, but
also Should be denied the right
to appeal to Circuit Court judges
to seek restoration of their driver
licenses. on pleas of sige
~hardship.~

The Ciirsent practice, wiwndino~
by Michigan law, of Circuit judges
giving back licenses to such violators solely on the basis~ of
sympathy is~a ~mockery of justice~ and should be abandoned.

These ~are the views of Judge
Edwatd~. S.*Piggins, of Wayne
Circuit Court; who served as Detroit~s poli~e commissioner for
nearly five years, reported \in
the April. issue of the Traffic

~Safety _ Association Bulletin re~leased this ~week.

Judge Piggins defined ~~deli
~berate violators~ as motorists who

have been convicted of driving
while drunk, driving feloniously
or driving in a wantonly and wilfully reckless manner. He said
he was not referring to persons
who violate traffic laws because
of carelessness or temporary
lapses.

Under existing law,.a motorist
whose license has been suspend
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erate Traffic Vio lines:

license is restored to a willful
traffic law violator because the
judge is sympathetic with the
plight of the appellant,~ Judge
Piggins said. ~This is misdirected
sympathy. It should be direetéd
toward decent citizens who try to
observe the rules ~of the road
and who deserve to be protected
against the actions of drunken,
reckless and felonious drivers.
~Can you conceive of an air
_plane -pilot or a locomotive en
gineer who~has been found guilty.
of jeopardizing.the lives of his

passengers by trying to run a

plane or a train in a drunkén
condition being given a second
chance? Yet under our present
laws. and practices, we give
drunken automobile drivers, who
constitute a threat to every driver
and pedestrian in their paths,
not only. a second chance but
many times a third and fourth
chance to maim and kill innocent
citizens. Similarly, licenses repeatedly are restored to felonious
drivers and to wantonly reckless
drivers ~ motorists who: have
~been convicted of deliberately
and willfully violating the rules
of the road. In fact, licenses are
given back in 75 per cent of all
such cases,

ed by the Secretary of State or:.

who has been placed on ~no-driv
ing~ probation by a municipal.

judge or a justice of the peace
may appeal to the Circuit. Court
in his area for ~restoration of his
license or driving privilege, usually on the grounds that such
restraint inflicts an undue nareship upon him.

~And, unfortunately, many a

Vic Vet

Says...

QI have been getting extra

compensation because of my son.

who is under ~18 years of age.
He has now gone into the service,

though~ still not 18. ~Will the

eytra 28 SPE payments continue? ~* ~

A~Yes, paywionts will continue
until a son is 18.

~ &, 8.*.

Q~What is the minimum
amount of my GI term insurance
that I can covert to a permanent
plan?.

A~The minimum amount is
$1000. After that additional
amounts may be converted in
multiples of me.;

Q~Can I died a GI loan to
build a summer cottage at a
beach?:

A~in general, nd. GI loans
are made fdr dwellings that will

be used as regular homes. Con-.
sult the nearest VA office to see.

if in your particular case, this

required to save a life takes

~These actions by Circuit
Courts of Michigan, I submit,
constitute a mockery of justice.
We need a change in Michigan
law that would bring an. end to
such practices. And I am sure
that the vast majority of our
judges, our police officials and,
more importantly, of our citizens,
would actively support such a
change. Deliberate traffic law
violators who have been taken
off the road should not have the
right to appeal their~cases on

~hardship~ ~pleas. Of course it~s ~

a hardship to be denied the privilege of -driving an automobile.
In many cases a car is an occupational necessity. But when a
person repeatedly and deliberate
ly abuses the driving privilege, he ~

has sacrificed any claim he may
havé to continue to operate a
motor vehicle. If a man shoots

his neighbor, we don~t forgive.

him and then hand his gun back

to him so he can shoot warcsaitegd

else.~

Judge Piggins, who outlined his~

views at a recent meeting of the
Michigan Safety Conference in
Lansing,: pointed ~out that in no
sense would. he deny a traffic
law violator the right to appeal
_ his case on its merits.

~If a defendant sineerely believes that he was not given a
fair trial in~ a lower court, he
certainly should have the. right
to ask for ~a. new trial
Court,~. the ~Judge. stated:
this rarely happens. In the vast
majority of eases, the drunken or
felonious or reckless driver free
ly -admits his guilt but petitions ~

the Circuit Court to restore his
license because. being without a

car would inconvenience him.~
Judge Piggins - declared that ~
~bold,

steps~ must be

dis- taken to meet this problem. He

said that a deliberate violator
~ should. <be ~taken. iéff ithe road

which teeuedise. weabeiien ~for ~at least one-year~ following -~
Ursdeonetictved first offense.

Circuit.
in ~But 4

deliberate offenses~ should have
their licenses permanently re
-voked, he added, without recourse

to any administrative or judicial
body.

~Why do we continue to toler:
ate motorists. whose records
amply prové that-they are men
aces to society?.~ che asked. ~How
real progress

can we make ~any
toward greater: uth safety if

we continue to coddle these peo ~ine mere habit of pleading

ple. who eet laugh at the
law?~

Judge Piggins pointed out chit
Staté legislation: would be required to bring about the adoption. of his program on a statewide basis. He added; however,
that, any Circuit Court could: put
the plan into effect simply by
adopting:a court policy to refuse
to hear any appeals from deliber_ate violators, except. where the
~merits. of a case are involved.
He said he believes that many
Circuit Court judges ~in Wayne
County and throughout the state
would support his proposal.

UNCF Spokesman

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dr.
James A. Colston, Knoxville College president, is presently speaking for the 1961 United Negro
College Fund appeal~ from Coast
to Coast.

In Seattle, Wash., last week,
he was on television three times,
interviewed by three. newspapers,
~Speaker at several meetings and
at four churches. He is now in

New York City.

~ eous, and- brou

in times ~of peace. and it

_ times of war, God is our
er, and this we must not only
believe, but we must actually

~be still and know,

~David prayed for the: righthe t good tidings to those who. trusted in
God. In Psalms- 125 we. find
ot 1 evs blessed epee
0 righteous in all times
We too, must pray earnestly
that we may stand fast with
Truth even now.
~They that trust in the
Lord shall be as mount Zion,.which ~cannot be removed,

but abideth for ever.

~As the mountains - are
round about Jerusalem, so
the Lord is round about his
people from henceforth~ even
for ever.

~For the rod of the wittced

shall not rest upon the lot

of.the righteous; lest the

~Tigtiteous put forth their

hisids unto a. a
~Do By --Lord, unto

t be nd t~
tate fora. thal. are roo fe their

Hic
2" AS FS such as. turn aside

_ unto'their crooked ways, the.

Lord ~shall lead them forth:
with the ~Workers of iniquity:
but péace shall be upon
Israel." (Psalms - 125:1-5)

"Mary Baker Eddy, discover
beautifully brought out in
her chapter on Prayer that

God i~ unchangeable. She:

tten as follows:

is not moved by the
breath \of praise to do more
n He has already done,

has w

r can the infinite do less |

rer bestow all good, since
He iss unchanging wisdom

and love. We. can do more*

- selves by humble
fercven
loving ~does: not grant them
simply on ~the grounds of
lipservice, for He. already
knows all,

~Prayer cannot change the
Science of -being but it tends

to~ bring. us into harmony.

wan. it. Sboeogpy TREE, -the
emons ation

Tequest that, God~ Pe
US is not all iy ~is required.

with ~the divirle Mind, as one
leads with a human being,
Dervetustes the belief in God

" (eptint from God's Detron arnnine)

j emt but the All
as humanly circumscribed, ~
- an error wnich impedes spiritual growth.~ (S&H p. 2:8-22)

It will be good for all, if
in the preparation of space
~flights, the righteous will
in. consciousness pray, believe
and know that. up in space
there may to be darkness, but Goa, through Christ
is the~ na te light of
space and entire
Universe. Qur well being is
in God,~ Mind. Spirit and not
in matter nor pings: made
by human hands..

Man is spiritual, his
thoughts and ideas are also
spiritual. So we should be
thankful to God- for all of
the new and old devices that
can be made for the protection of the righteous, Here
we quote from S&H;

~Continuing our definition
of man, let us remember that
harmonious and immortal
man has existed forever, and
is always beyond and above
the mortal illusion of any
life, substance, and intelli
~gence~ as existent in mafter.

~This. statement. is based on. fact, not fable. The Science
~of being reveals man as pertect, even as the Father is
_pertect, because the Soul, or

~Mind, of the Spiritual man is
~God, the divine Principle of

Mak 48 Cesistian~ Scenes has.all being, and because this

real man is governed by Soul |

~instead of sense, by tne law

of Spirit, not by the so-called
Taws of matter.~ (S&H p. 302:
14-24)

Jesus said::..~Have taith in God.

~For verily I say unto you;
That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast
into ~the sea; and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall
believe ~ that those things
which he saith shall come
tq pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

~Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, beueve tnat
ye receive them, and ye shall

A nave theni.
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~And ~when ye ~stand pray-~
ing, forgive, if ye have ougnt
against any: that, your Father
aiso whicn is in neaven-may ~
forgive you your trespasses.~~

(Mark 11:22-25)

A 20th Anniversary

Twenty years ago today

the President of the United

States nanued the Secretary of tne ~Lreasui'y a smail cneck,
recelved In return a GOVe.:niment Ceruilcace, and the U.~.

Savings Bond program was porn.

have toliowed._ cnau 1st. one.

~lwo DluuwOn pond saies
By the midaie ot wis year,

local Series ~| bund sales_wli nave reacued the l1uu-buulon
aollar mark.

The war boomed bond-sales, and street rallies where
millions ot douars~ worin were soid, became a common
Ovcurrence. Wii ine end of the war, nowever, came gioomy
predaicuons that bonds vaiued 1n tne oliulons would be quicsly Casned in, 1eaaing to Serious Intiation.:

The predictions were wrong. Many bonds, of course,
were redeemed, and their yieia went invo new nomes, au.omonuies, educauons, and war-scarce consumer goods. But

in 1940, $3U DlllON wortn of Series E

by the public.

~~ were still held

Series E bonds pay 33%4% Feterost when held to maturi
ty. Investors can tind higher interest-paying sources for
investment, but the securiiy oftered by government bonds
is hard to match. ~Today, bonds valued at $43 billion are

~ held by Americans. Sales are uP, and Wrngcta. ey te are down.

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