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WE OBJECT
By CHARLES V. STANTON
A representative of a credit firm told u recently that
"inflation- is catching up with us." He means, that the
squeeze is beinif felt; that despite higher wages, people have
jess money to spend on other than essentials of life.
Aa evidence of the existing situation, he pointed to the
fact that claims turned over for collection are up 50 percent
from a year and a half ago. Small loan companies have
shown a tremendous growth and are swamped with applica
tions for loans. Payments on delinquent accounts are being
reduced; that is, a person who may have been paying $25
per month on an old account has cut his payment to $15
per month.
Merchants report that more and more "substantial"
customers are asking for credit people who previously
have paid cash for the merchandise they purchased.
All of this, says our informant, means that the mer
chant is being squeezed rn trying to keep up both ends of
his business credit at one end and inventory loans at the
other.
At the same time there still appears to be ample con
sumer buying power as evidenced by bargain sales and
price wars.
When consumers are offered particularly good price
concessions, plenty of money comes forth to take advantage
of the opportunity.
Middle? Class Hardest Hit
The middle class, in the opinion of the credit man,
forms the hardest hit segment of our population. These peo
ple, largely on fixed salary schedules, are being squeezed
between cost-of-living and high taxes. They have no defense
against either. Take-home pay is inadequate to maintain
the accustomed or "normal" standard of living.
The average middle class family, he reports, is "run
ning in the hole, if not enormously careful of the expenditure
of the breadwinner's salary."
At the same time, according to credit reports, tin
American public is overextended on "attic inventories."
During a wave of scare buying, the public indulged in a
spree of hoarding everything from nylons to automobile
tires, hardware and appliances. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars are tied up in hoarded, merchandise.
Our friend added another observation concerning the
"normal" standard of living: that some people are stum
blin? over the obstacles of "what they actually need as com
pared with what they think they need."
Squeeze Could Be Relieved
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Some people may disagree with the credit man's theo
ries and observations. Terhaps his job of collecting bad
debts leads to pessimism.
Unquestionably we could lower our standards of living
still more. The people in Europe have done so. But most of
us resent the squeeze between living costs and taxes when j
we see the federal government throwing our tax money
away, while still talking about the need for higher taxes.
We resent the theory that "Papa knows best," and that we
are forced to curtail our spending to support fat and grow
ing bureaucracies, waste of foreign aid monies, and count
less government extravagances.
. We resent, too, the farce of wage and price controls,
Which have controlled nothing, but which have, in fact, sent
both wages and prices higher than they otherwise would
have gone, at the same time piling on more tax costs to
support the various administrative price and wage control
agencies with their host of administrators, inspectors, en
forcement officers, supervisors, clerks, and others, who
don't write letters when they can use the more expensive
long distance telephone.
We're perfectly willing to accept austerity when aus
terity is demanded. But we strenuously object to confisca
tion of our pay check to feed parasitical, socialistic bureauc
racy.
Messrs. Rufui Pflster and Clar
ence Anlmif were swapping stories
of the nlri days, some of Iheir own
remembering, soma handed dour:
from older folk. H was fun listen
ing. "Th first settler tn stay in Pass
Creek canyon," laid Mr. Anlauf,
"In fact he was the tint occu
pant of the Cnmstork cemetery
nil man by tht name of William
Ward, an energetic fellow, lie built
the first road through Pan Creek
canyon and made toll road of it
Kile .was about where Charles
lawrence's place l.
"One time he and a fellow named
A. Gardner everybody called
him just 'A' drove down to this
sine of Sulherlin where Ward had
a salt mine. On the way home with
a load of salt they traded a .irrel
of salt for a barrel of whiskey,
and I guess." Mr. Anlauf chuckled,
"they sampled it pretty freely.
When they sot lo Hardens'
where Bndiiei' place is now
their dogs look out after some
thins. "A took out after the dogs. Then
he yelled. . . Ward .heard him and
hollered. 'What you- a, A"
tougar. Bring the hammer!'
'Know where he's at" ')
Sure. I roI him by the tall,
round a soling here.'. . ,
"Well." -Concluded Mr Anlauf,
"they didn't imagine it. They took
bo.ne the cougar.''
The remniscenres touched o n
fires . . Said Kufus I'dster. "re.
memlier the time the Pioneer mill
caught fire, Clarfear?"
"And you look a load of cream
cans up for a bucket line-"
"Yes," said Mr. PfisterV'TIv.
gallon empty cream cant. I'd Just
tferat ISM.
I co nit back from the cream route I
had then. Had fifty cans on the
truck."
( The fire was about four miles up
the Lorane highway, 11 miles from
Drain. The Cottage Clove fire de
partment refused to help too
lai . Hut the Crewell fire truck
rame, although that was still fur
i lliei ! )
! "When the Crewell truck got
there, we had the fir under con
trol. The fifty men who passed
cream cans full of water along one
line, and back, empty, along the
other, knew they'd been working
by the. tune we had that fire
whipped! And say," Mr. Pfistcr
laughed, "did I have a lime find
ing all the topi off the cream
cans!"
Reserve Board Stands Firm
On Consumer Control
WASHINGTON 1.11 -The fed
eral reserve board has agreed in
formally, but definitely, lo aland
firm on lis present strict consumer
credit control terms, an official
j said.
j He said a miitval understanding
: In that eflect was developed it a
! board meeting held late yesterday
j to consider requests from congress
members and private biKiness for
a relaxation, particularly in the.
restrictions on installment tales
of auios.
j Ohe present control termi re
; quue complett payment for
i st.sil'nent purchases within
; months, after a cash down pay.
j men! of one third for autos and
onefnurih for most maioc house
; hold appliances, including teltvis
: ion sets.
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an answer like that before. So it
is necessary to drop the curtain
while he recovers. You can't have
a drama with one of the persons
speechless and reeling from shock.
SCENE II
(The General is calm and se
rene. The reporter is wild-eyed )
REPORTER: B-bb-bbut, Gg-g-Ceneral,
if you didn't come to
Texas for reasons linked with po
litical ambitions, what the hell
1 beg your pardon, sir. What I
mean is why 1)11) you come to
Texas, then? ,
MacARTIHIR: When I first
came back to the United States, I
went to my own ancestral home
and then to Mrs. MacArthur'a.
And then I came to where 1 was
a boy Texas.
I think at this point we might
as well call off the drama and let
it stand as a play in one act with
two scenes. I think maybe we'd j
belter add that it is I'lay with
a Purpose. Its purpose is to prove
thai there are still men in America
who can act for reasons olher than
purely political reasons.
So far, by his actions, General
MarArthur hai proved that. He
said in San Francisco, when he had
barely landed on tht soil of his
own country, that he was not a
candidate for President of the
United Stales and would not be.
He repeats it in Texas.
I believed him In San Francisco.
I believe him in Texas.
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Pren
FIRST BREAK FOR OREGON I
Tht Mtdford Mail-Tribune
The government's chrome pur
chase and stockpiling program re
rently announced, with Grant! !
Pass as the headquarters, will dis-1
tribute substantial sums of money
in this region, some sources figur.
uig the outlay as high as S17.00A.-I
000 annually in Jackson and Jose-1
phine counties. I
Expenditure of such amounts for
the highly essential chrome o r e I
cannot help but give our economic !
life a decided lift and it also
marks Oregon's first substantial
participation in the nation's rearm j
anient effort.
During World War II large and I
small industries of this state com-1
plcled war contracts to the tune of
i.ver KH.ooo.oiK). Since Inaugura-1
t-on of the current defense prop-am,
however, Oregon has mostly !
played the role of spectator while i
California and Washington have
grabbed off 90 percent of the de
fense contracts placed in the West
Coast region.
Practically the only thing Ore
gon industry has been called upon
lo furnish so far is lumber. While
si. cable shipments of this material
are, being made, tln-re is a decided
dea'rih of lumber remanufaclurinj '
and fabricating orders which could
be handled tust as well in this
stale as elsewhere.
"ke folding chairs, for instance.
The army some time ago gave a
Memphis, Tenn., concern a c o n
Iract for lls ono folding chairs, at
a total rost of SVii ouo. The firm
had never made a chair, did not
hae plant facilities (or making
chairs and didn't even have money ,
to finance purchase of the neves. '
sary machinery and material
hut the owner got Ihe contract just
the s,,e.
There was tifl,, some time bark. '
of laismg H.S ism to finance a con- 1
tract seeking campaign for Oregon
SIS 1100 was to come from in-j
dusines. SlS.noo from labor and
St.. (si from state and county gov ,
eminent. So. far the only money '
actually put up for such purpose '
is Svm from Ihe Fast Side Com
mercial club of Portland. I
Hands An 4, Come
JENKINS
I want to be utterly frank in
this matter. When General Mac
Arthur said in San Francisco that
he would not be a candidate for
('resident, 1 was disappointed. In
(Ins crisis in our career, he would
be an idea! leader. He rNSPIRKS
FAITH in him as a leader. He
restores our confidence in our
sleves without which we art lost.
With inspired leadership and CON
FIDENCE IN OURSELVES, we
can pull out of the mess we find
ourselves in at the moment. With
out them, -we shall bt in a bad
way.
But, disappointed as I was when
General MacArthur said in San
Francisco he WOULD NOT bt a
candidate, I find that I am heart
ened and reassured by his REPE
TITION in Texas that ht will not
run for Preiident.
Why? Id likt this:
Ii the General had first said coy
ly that he would not bt a candidate
and then, later, had said he
WOULD be a candidate, ht would
h;ivt stood convicted on insincer
ity. I have the conviction deeper
than any conviction I ever held
before, that if we are to be aaved
we must have before us the ex
ample of MEN WHO ARE SIN
CERE. More than anything else, It It
cynical Insincerity tell 'em any.
thing, promise 'em anything to get
yourself elected that hat brought i
General MacArthur ran bt a
great leader without being a can
d'date. Money isn't the only thing needed
tn get this stale into tht war con
tract picture. There seems to be
a lack of leadership is well. A cit
irens' committee was called to
gether by (iovernor McKay and
Stale Treasurer Pearson but inter
est lagged, mainly because of pre
occupation with the legislature.
There are innumerable itemi In
both wood and metal which large
and small Oregon plants could be
turning out. During WWII small
machine shops right here in Med- i
ford contracted or sub contracted
a lol of work, giving employment
to people who would otherwise
have had to go lo the big city in
dustrial renters to follow their
trade. These shops could again
be put to work
As for the fabrication of wood
and the manufacture of furniture
and olher items, surely we are as i
well if not belter prepared than the
Meniphia concern we at least !
have the raw material E.C.F.
BEN BONES PROPOSES
A PRUDENT STEP
The Grants Pan Courier
Wt hear much these days about
the conservation of our natural
resources especially timber and
sporlsfishing.
With its bountiful water supply
here in Western Oregon, little
thought it in to its conservation
except by agriculturalists seeking I
needed immediate irrigating
t nere is a huge area in the South,
west which is concerned with get
ting water at all.
Right now, California stocMien
are shipping cattle in large num.,
beis to Oregon as feeders.
Wednesday's Medford Mail-Tribune
reports that one Bakersfield
concern has shipped in M car-i
loads of feeders in recent weeks. '
Josephine county does not have
available any great surplus feed
lots but such as art available are
being sna pped up.
A Bakersfield sheep producer
has shipped Sooo head of sheep into
Jefferson county for grating pur-:
poses.
All this means that Oregon Is
outside the drought belt, as yet. .
It it but natural that areai de-'
Out Fighting"
void of sufficient wafer will bend
every effort to provide for their
needs in any manner possible.
A bitter battle has raged in con
gressional circles for years be
tween Arizona and California over
Colorado river water rights.
The administration in Washing
ton is mulling over methods' for
diverting water from Oregon riv
ers to California.
The day will come when water
resources of the Rogue water-shed
will be eyed enviously by parched
areas.
A local citizen, Ben R. Bones,
has been looking ahead to the day
when residents of the Rogue valley
will be forced to fight to retain their
water resources.
Bones authored two articles re
cently published in "Cogs," the
Grants Pass Rotary publication, on
the subject.
The articles point 'out that Ari
zona, New Mexico, more than half
of California, Western Oklahoma
and Northern California are now
in the and belt.
It also is pointed out that the
latitude of near aridity is gradually
moving north. Crater lake. Bones
says, has a JO foot lower level than
in 1917.
In addition, extensive logging
opera I ions are denuding the hill
sides and increasing the water
run-off.
Tht Bones articles emphasize
the fact that the situation ahing the
Umpqua la similar to that along
the Rogue. The author proposes
that the resident! of the two val
leys create a joint body to speak
for tht residents of both in any
matters pertaining to ust or stor
age of those waters.
Throughout tht nation's history,
our government has recognized Int
rights of the stales to control dis
position of the waters in its rivers.
There waa a time when the slates
were presumed to own their tide
lands. With tht development of tht tide
land oil production, the govern
ment has put forth a claim to
ownership and baa been sustained
by tht U. S. Supreme Court.
All these developments would
seem to indicate that the Bones
proposal for a joint Umpqua-Rogue
conservation organization would be
a prudent step. F. S.
Local Grangers
Attend Meeting
The first Oregon State Grange
convention to convene in Portland
since lft9 opened session Monday
morning with Klmer McClure, new
state master, presiding. The ad
dress of welcome was given by
city Commissioner Fred Peterson
in the absence of Mayor Dorothy
Mcl'ulloiiKh l ee, who was leaving
on a tour of Kurone, The response
was given by Bertha J, Beck, sec
retary of Oregon State Grange.
During the courtesies to past
state officers and visitors. (iv.
Douglas McKay was introduced.
The afternoon session waa
opened with State Master McClure
reading his annual report.
Delegates attending from Rose
hurg and vicinity were Howard E.
( racroft. Pomona master of Doug
las county, and Mrs. i'racroft of
Sutherlin; Paul Krueger Douglas
county deputy and Melrose mas
ter, and Mrs. Krueger; Mrs.
Kathertne Simmons of Kiversdale
(.range; Mrs. George Thomas and
Mrs. Kos M. Heinbach of Ever
green Grange; Mrs. F r n c e a
larnes, Kellogg; Mr. and Mrs.
Guy K. Moore of lamas Valley,
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Jones, mas
ter of Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Eva L.
Tucker, I'mpqua Valley; James
A. Croff. matter of Azalea and
Mrs. Grace Croff. Pomona secre
tary of Azalea.
Turkey Gobbler Hutches 1
Brood Of 27 Ducklings !
RAWI.ISS. Wyoming i.Pi A
turkey gobbler gave his legs their
first good stretch in weeks as he
strutted around Ihe yard with his ;
brood of 27 ducklings.
Tla)big bird sat on the eggs for
five Weeks at tht honit of V,r,
C. VBrandenburgh V
Vingly unafraid ,of t(ir !
strange guardian, soiV-of ihe
ducklings climbed aboard til tail .
feathera for a free ride.
Narcotic Sales
Practically Open
In N.Y. Schools
NEW YORK (,-P) A narcotics
agent tayi probers, roaming city
schools unchallenged by education
officials, were able to buy dope
from pupils.
Tbe testimony waa given by
secret agent Joseph De Ambrose
at the New York state probe of
narcotica addiction among school
children.
In ferreting out student dope ped
dlers. Do Ambrose said, "I was
able to go to schools at random"
and purchase both marijuana and
beroin.
lie said a young co-investigator,
identified only as "John" at the
hearing, "walked right into a class
room" to keep a dope-buying date
with a student at public school 52
in the Bronx.
"No one stopped him, no one
questioned him," Da Ambrose
said, adding that I teacher waa in
the room.
De Ambrose testified that he and
"John" also mingled with students
at Boys High school in Brooklyn
and at no lime were they asked
what they "were doing in school."
At Boys High, De Ambrose said,
"John" contacted a youth in a
fourth floor lavatory and bought
10 "reefers" for $5.
The witness said that three
trusted pupils of one junior high
school sold marijuana cigarettes to
a youthful-appearing agent during
school hours.
De Ambrose said the pupils were
able to negotiate during school
hours because they were student
monitors and had some extra time
for freedom of movement. The
three boya were arrested May 10.
Testimony during the past two
days disclosed that the achool chil
dren often were given marijuana
cigarettes free and that later, after
they got the dope habit, they were
milked of their lunch and allow
ance money.
At one point in the wire-tape
testimony, the question was asked:
"And what did they pay for, say,
marijuana?"
A voice replied: "75 centa per
cigaret. and naturally, if they con
tinued the habit, it would be S3 or
$3.50."
In a recorded -confession, one
youlh a former inmate of the
children's detention home told of
narcotics being smuggled into the
home while boys awaited court dis
position of their cases.
Brand Inspection
Applies To Oregon
Livestock Only
SAI.EM (JPl Oregon's brand,
inspection and livestock transpor- j
tatinn tatir Hwinn't innlv tn liua. '
slock shipped into Oregon from
other states, the state supreme
court ruled.
The court, upholding Ihe Mulln-i
man county circuit court, over
ruled Slate Agriculture Director
E. L. Peterson. Peterson had
ruled that the law. passed in 1949.
applies to shipments coming from
other states.
The suit was brought by Swift
and Co. and Armour and Co. who
contested Peterson's ruliu; that all
livestock entering their establish
ments must be inspected by state
brand inspectors. They contended
the law applies only to cattle orig
inating in Oregon, and the aupreme
action agreed.
"The principal sources of oul-of-stale
livestock are from Idaho,
Washington, Alberta. California,
Montana and Colorado, and all of
these sources have brand inspec
tion laws requiring brand inspec
tion before the stock may bt
shipped from such state or coun
tries," the decision, by Justice
Harold J. Warner, said.
Justict W arner said the 1949 law
is a reasonable and legitimate ex
ercise of the police power of Ihe
state in order to prevent livestock
theft.
This law, ht added, it a modern
way of restating the Moasir law
athat "thou shall not covet thy
neighbor's ox nor his ass."
Doctor Gets New Trial
tbe high court ordered a new
trial in the suit of the state board
of medical examiners against Dr.
George H. Buck of Portland.
The board revoked Dr. Buck's
license to practice medicine and
surgery after accusing him of per
forming an abortion five years ago.
Buck annealed to the Multnomah
circuit court, which reversed the
board on grounds that the board
didn't have enough grounds to re
voke the license.
Thursday's decision, by Justice
James T. Brand, orders a new
trial because the board did have
grounds which, if proven, 'would
aulhorire It It revoke the license.
Granqe Delegates
Meet For Dinner
The Douglas county delegation
. lo the 78th annual Grange con-
vention in Portland were enter
j'tained Wednesday night in the ban
, quel room of Waddle's restaurant
j on Sandy boulevard. Howard E.
I'racroft. Douglas county Pomona
j master was toaslmaster. He re
j quested each delegate to enroifr
age 100 percent payment of dues
among the members to win the
state Grange. Paul Kreuger. Doug
' las county depuly also gave an
, after dinner speech.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Howard E. Cracroft of Suth
erlin: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krue
ger. .Melrose; Mrs. Katherine Sim--mom.
Riversdale: Mrs. Geofe
Thonws and1 Mrs. Rosa M. Hein
bach of Evergreen Grange;
Mrs. r rinceM arnes. Kellogg: Mr.
and Mrs. Guy" R. Moore of CaniSK
Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Erica L.
Jones. Myrtle Creek: Mrs. Eva
L. Tucker, L'mpqua va'jv and Mr.
and Mrs. James A. CrOtf, Aialeav.
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SLOT MACHINES SEIZED
COOS BAY i.1 Sheriff Wil
liam T. Howell and two depuMl
said they seired three slot ma
chines in a raid on tht Coqmllt
Valley Country club.
-Mrs. Glendora !!'). club
proprietor. fs ted $250 'oond t
charges of possessing 'lot ma
chines. , ' V
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"Ole Debbil Rum" Might Get
Support From Woman's Will
Bv HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK (AP) Oh, that ole debbil rum. les,
that ole debbil rum. ,.
Some people cry about it while they are alive. Some
people buy it while they are alive. ,
Some have been known to drink it absent mindedly.
Some use it as a hair tonic. A fair-minded few employ it
for both purposes. :
Liquor has done a lot of things! a. a v Aimtt
to people through the ages. ButlN.I. VaITy WOUllIS
very few people have returned the! . cLl Ana
favor. Who ever offered to do any- O.UUV jCnOOI-Atje
thing for liquor? !.. n
Oh, of course, I don't mean any -
luiug u uoviuus as naming yuur
daughters after it such as Cham
pagne Smith or Ambrosia Jones.
Naturally any thoughtful family
does that. Even the Bourbons, wry
as tbey art.
But did you ever hear of any
body almost leaving their money
to liquor?
Never mind the juvenile ruins
haunting our kindergartens. Never
mind tbe atartlingly falling cost of
aspirin and the disturbingly ateady
price of beef. Let's get down to
fundamentals. The subject:
Well, a lady named Miss Nancy
Alma Livingstone left rainy Los
Angeles last December for the sun
shine sanctuary of heaven. She
was a stubborn 71.
Besides the wet climate she left
behind some $1,134 to 19 relatives.
That is darn near $60 apiece, if it
were split evenly, which is some
thing Ihe average relative ordin
arily mgihtn't forgive.
Apparently foreseeing some dif
ficulty about cutting her small pie
into so many alices, Miss Living
ston put in her will a stipulation
that if any portion were refused
it should go to "some saloon
keepers' society fund for the pro
motion of liquor drinking."
I have discussed this situation
with several of my friends' favor
ite bartenders. They all agree the
lady's will is unreal.
"Any relative who can get $60
out of $1,134 today isn't likely go
ing to contest the will," said one
custodian of the mahogany.
Another said:
"If we could get a Rockefeller
or a Du Pont heiress to make the
same provision, I would be more
willing to wrestle her auryivors
for the cash."
But the general consensus of the
bar hoppers was that the very idea
was an insult to their trade.
If the promotion of liquor drink
ing depended on the rejection of
inneritances, said one, "I would
become a traveling salesman."
"Well, it is a long bar," said a
customer. "What are you but a
traveling salesman?"
This accurate but ill-timed re
mark cost the client a drink on
the house. The bartender had been
about to pop. Instead he said:
"Obviously, a wise man is not
going to turn down a bequest and
let it go to tht promotion of drinks
for someone else. What'U you
have?"
Ht said he thought the poorest
way possioie lo wipe out ole deb
bil rum was to threaten a relative
that if he refused to inherit your 1
money you would subsidize the
liquor industry.
Of course, it might work. It
never has been given a fair trial.
Water furnished by the U. S.
Reclamation Service irrigated
5,000,000 acres in 1950.
YOU ARE
at
JESUS NAME
500 Block of
JUNE .5,
A Tribute To
There's on old saying that "mother
knows best." Well, it seems to us
thot Father, bless him, should come
in for some compliments, too, once
in o while. It is true, of course, that
upon mother's patient shoulders
rests the upbringing of the children.
And this is as it should be. But let's
not forget that Pa is generally the
family breadwinner and if is up to
him to pay the bills. When ay is
done ond he comes home, make
things os cheery and loving as you
can. Have a nice dinner ready. Lay
out his slippers and his beloved pipe.
Show him how much you love him by
being kind and considerate. He may
not tell you how he appreciates
tese attentions. But he will . ; , as
all good fathers do!
WE SALUTE DOUGLAS COUNTY!
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estimate that 6.000 New York City
school-age children are dope ad
dicta highlighted the close of I
three-day hearing held by atatt
narcotica probers.
The estimate came from Lt. Ber
nard Boylan of the narcotica bu
reau, who presented statistics at
the windup session.
Bovlan said the new figure in
creases by 1.000 all previouj
tabulations Asked how many ol
the young drug addicts actually art
in school, he replied:
"Truthfully, I could not answer
that question."
But Boylan offered no objection
when Attorney General Nathaniel
L. Goldstein said there were "at
least 1.500" school children ad
dicted to drugs in some form.
lt was the recorded testimony of
young drug users which dramati
cally told how they became en
slaved to the dope habit and
named names, addresses and loca
tions where narcotics dealers keep
their supplies.
Goldstein said he would furnish
all detailed information to police
within 12 hours, with Ihe implica
tion that he expected speedy action
from authorities.
The attorney general, at the
close of the hearing, said that
"much remains to be done" in the
two-month-old probe.
He added that the committee
would present its current findings
to the legislature, "together with
my recommendations for a pro
gram to comply with thf require
ments of the mandate."
Criticism of the inquiry waa
voiced by the city board of educa
tion and the United Parents asso
ciation, the latter representing
some 250,000 New York City par
ents. Maximilian Moss, board presi
dent, issued a statement saying
that school teachers are not
law enforcement officers and that
education officials have met tht
narcotics problem "constructively,
within tht limits of their author
ity "
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