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"GILBERT'S "W&if oue tfctok"
Parents Clash With
On The Practice Of
Youngsters
Going Steady
1 Bankers Aro Learning About
S-E-XIn New York State,
Women's Committee Set Up
Ban On Correspondent
Drawf Sharp CriricisrH
TA1EPI, Formosa (AP) The
independent Chin Newi today
sharply criticized Nationalist
China's banning of NBC corre
spondent James Robinson, calling
it ill-advised and ill-timed.
,Assn. has set up a women's com-1 The Foreign Ministry an-
niltlee to tackle the prooiem ot pH FriHav it was canceling
women's understanding of money, i jjobinson's visa because of "blas
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By SAID DAWSON
AP BesiMaas Mws Aaalyst
NEW YORK (AP) Bankers
By EUGENE GILBERT
President of the Gilbert
Youth Research Co.
Teen agers might as well face
il. They don't see eye to eye with
their parents on going steady
and they probably never will.
Sixty-three per cent of the par
ents we polled recently in a nation-wide
survey spoke up strong
ly in favor of young people "play
ine the field," and "shopping
around. " They think that teen
time is a lime for "adventure,
not security and sameness."
This contrasts with the answers
given by the kids themselves in
un earlier poll. At that time. 68
per cent voice hearty approval of
going steady. They're well aware
this is a foremost bone of conten
tion in their homes. But they're
going steady anyway, despite
prim looks of disapproval from
Llom and Dad.
It isn't that most parents dis
trust their children. But they feel
that teeners are too immature to
limit their dating experience.
"They haven't seen enough of
life." complains Mrs. Florence
Rankin, of Norwood. Ohio, who
lias one daughter. "Their field is
teo small to pick from."
One Portland, Ore., woman who
declined to he quoted by name
asserted that going steady "al
most always leads to destruc
tion." Another mother of three, Mrs.
Margaret B. Donnelly of Peeks
kill, N.Y.. says: "They tend to
marry too young."
Too Young to Wed
Parents deplore this progression
from going steady to going to the
altar. Savs a Fergus, Minn.,
mother of three, Mrs. Aimer Or
sal, "It's too much like being en
laced, and they are too young to
know the seriousness of matri
mony.". This stress on immaturity,
'vhich probably causes junior's
blood to boil, is echoed by many
parents, who feel their children
lack judgment and experience,
which they should gain by dating
jnanv teen-agers.
One father wryly expresses the
conflict between his daling philos
ophy and his daughter's actual
experience. He has been afraid
the "system stifles discrimina
tion, causes I severe emotional
wrench at the time of entering
college, and deprives many teen
eeors of participation In social ac
tivities." But none of these horrors have
materialized In his daughter's
case.
The minority third of the par
ents polled refuse to throw up
their hands In horror at the cur
rent social two-somes. "I don't
see what all the fuss Is about,"
says a Cnloradoan. Mrs. Paula
Nflson. "It isn't the end of the
world for two youngsters to go
steady. In fact, it's an every day
occurrence arond here, and pret
ty healthy too."
"Take It Easy"
nucn parenis practice a tion-in-
terterence policy, on the grounds
that laying down the law make.
the children all the more deter-
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Going steady may give youngsters security in their own group, but it gets in parents' hair.
mined to go steady. Mrs. Eva L. i popped up. They were willing
Cunningham of Cleveland, Okla , I enough, 82 per cent of them, to
comments, "Going steady usually 1 let their children choose their own
means security for a date more 1 friends at will, but they didn't
Atlanta, Ga. "But not until
then."
Most parents applaud their chil
dren's choice of friends. Eight out
of 10 affirm their satisfaction
with friends of the same sex, and
seven out of 10, with friends of
the opposite sex. Mrs. Frank Con
sioine of Brooklyn, N.Y., says the
boys her 16-year-old dates "are
much nicer than the ones 1 knew
at her age."
Questions Asked
Would you approve of your
teen-aged children going steady?
Do you approve of vour chil
dren's friends of the lame sex?
Opposite sex?
Do you think parents should
choose their children's friends?
Do youngsters today atart dat
ing too early?
. now old were you when you
when you started dating?
How old should a boy start? A
girl? ,
Distributed by AP Newsfeature
than anything else, and if you try
to interfere the kids attach more
importance than it's worth to the
steady date."
Treat the situation lightly ad
vises Mrs. Harry Fink of Hoosick
Falls. N.Y., mother of four,
"since it's not apt to last too
long. These parcnta understand
the child's need for security as
expressed by having a steady al
ways available.
"I'd rather see kids have the
stability of going steady than
have them feel so unsure and in
secure that they have to resort
to necking in parked cars with a
new partner each week," com
ments Mrs. T. R. Burns, of Pitts
burgh. When the polstcrs tossed some
other questions at American par
ents, a paradoxical situation
Mke to trust their judgment when
it came to the proper age tor dat
ing. And 65 per cent of them fav
ored a legal curfew.
They're dating too young, was
the moan of 67 per cent of the
parents. They're promoting a
wait till 16 for the girls, and till
17 for the boys, which, they claim,
is merely asking that their chil
dren follow in their footsteps.
The largest proportion of fath
ers said they'd begun dating in
the 17-18 19 period, while most
mothers dated first at 16 or 17.
(Only 12 per cent of the mothers
admitted their first dates began
during the 13-15 period or young
er.) Should Choose Friends .
But in the area of choosing
friends, these parents say, chil
dren know best. They're sure that
a "well brought up" child as Rob
ert Loffcrt of Las Angeles puis u,
will make proper friendships.
"They must learn some things
fur themselves," asserts Mrs.
Florence Rankin, Norwood, Ohio.
She's all for a bit of a guiding
hand, as are several parents
questioned, but not for interfer
ence. One mother went as far as to
say flatly, "No person has the
right to choose friends or any
thing else for another person
even if that person is one's own
child."
The minority who wish to keep
control in this area of proper
companions feel that the mature
experience of the parent should
help the child "When my children
know as much about the evils of
the world as I do, they can
choose friends on their own," ad
monishes Mrs. Dino Gerolimo of
Boy Who Admitted Killing His Parents Freed; Probe On
NEW YORK ( AP) Freckle
fuced Melvin Nimer Jr. is tech
nically free Tuesday, but psychia
trists will continue to probe the
mental world of the 8-year-old boy
who once confessed to knifing his
parents to death.
Justice Charles E. Ramsgate
dismissed the material witness
complaint against the boy Mon
day in Staten Island children's
court.
This court has no right to de
tain this child any longer without
the consent of his guardian or his
counsel, unless the district attor
ney files a petition that this child
is guilty of some delinquent act,"
said Ramsgate.
The boy's attorney, Harris B.
Steinberg, hailed the decision as
having "cleared the boy of any
charges against him."
But he said Melvin would vol
untarily continue to undergo men
tal examination at Bellevue Hos
pital. The results of the examination,
which began 10 days ago and may
take anotiier three weeks to com
plete, will be mada available to
Siaten Island Dist. Atty. John
Braisted.
Steinberg demanded the boy's
release as a material witness on
the ground he could only be re
garded as a witness against him
self, since no one has been
charged with the slayings.
The boy's parents, Dr. Melvin
and Lou Jean Nimer, both 31,
were stabbed to death Sept. I in
their Staten Island home.
The boy first told police a prowl
er in a white mask killed them.
Later, he said he was the killer,
but subsequently reverted to his
original story.
Sand Blasters Removing
Lipstick From Statue
SALEM (AP) Sand blasters
are removing a 20-year accumu
lation of lipstick from the marble
base of the statue on top of the
state Capitol.
The lipstick covers almost everv
square inch of the base. It was
put there by touristy in signing
their names and initials.
Laurence Christensen. Capitol
building superintendent, said that
most of the lipstick can be re
moved. But some of it can't be
cause the marble is porous.
Secretary of State Mark Hat
field is threatening to bar tourists
from the dome. Christensen said
a sealing compound mieht be
placed on the marble to prevent
lipstick trm soaking in.
Persons going to Ufe dome are
not escorted. It would be too hard
on the single guide to make the
long climb several times a day.
Centennial Mills To Move
Its Offices To Portland
SEATTLE (AP) Centennial
Mills Inc. has announced it will
move its general offices, for effici
ency reasons, from Seattle to Port-
tana Jan. 1.
President Moritz Milburn said
the shift, which involves 30 to 40
persons, will be made because
Centennial's Portland plant is Hi
major .operation.
In report to stockholders, Mil
burn said net income for the year
ended June 30 amounted to $196..
237 or $1.28 a common share, com
pared with 59 cents a share for
the previous year.
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REORGANIZATION OUR
CAIRO (AP) A reorganization
of ' the United Arab Republic's
government is reported due with
in a week. The government-owned
newspaper Al Gumhouria said
here that Presidei.t Nasser wants
to revamp the dual ministerial set
up in the Egyptian and Syrian
regions in the interests of great
er unity.
and banking life.
The New York State Bankers
Many Groups Formed
To Promote Centennial
ASTORIA (AP) Oregon's cen
tennial celebration next year is
being promoted by groups already
organized in 32 counties and 72
cities of the state.
That was reported Monday by
Jack B. Lively, Springfield, a
member of the Centennial Com
mission, at the commission's
meeting here.
The commission reported that
it has either firm contracts or
reservations of space from exhi
bitors for about 31 per cent of the
space it hopes to sell.
The contracts are for 11.036
square feet of space with $36,698
in rentals and the reservations are
for 19.866 square feet, represent
ing $80,388 in rentals.
In addition, there are 27 firm
commitments from foreign coun
tries for space at the International
Trade Fair, to be held in con junc
tion with the centennial celebration.
New Zealand Requests
Reduced Price Supports
MONTREAL (AP) New Zea
land has called on Canada and
other Commonwealth countries to ' that 21 million women are em
reduce price supports of domestic ! ployed, bringing in some 42 bil-
a matter of spreading information
about banking and finance. Ana
the committee feels sure that its
program quickly will spread to
other states.
First, the women bankers will
work through the various women's
clubs and organizations. There are
some 800 of these in New York
Stale alone, with a membership
of around 200,000.
204 Women Bankers
Already the committee has 204
women bankers organized for the
job. This, in the words of Albert
L. Muench, executive vice presi
dent of the New York State Bank
ers Assn., is quite an accomplish
ment. Women aren't hard to find in
banking circles hereabout. There
are more than 3.000 with banling
titles. In the United States there
are perhaps 300,000 bank women.
But that isn't the reason the as
sociation is calling on them to do
the job.
The fact is. men, that women
are important. Muench says
women vote about 70 per cent of'
the shares at annual meetings of
American corporations. He says
they are the beneficiaries of 80
per cent of the trust funds. And
they have the say-so in spending
the greater part of the 355" bil
lion dollars a year of personal
income of the nation.
Economic Importance
Their economic importance to
bankers also arises from the fact
farm products in an effort to elim
mate agricultural protectionism.
Finance Minister A. H. Nord
meyer of New Zealand also urged
the Commonwealth to agree to the
principle that price supports be
no higher than the general level
of prices In international markets.
Under such a rule, the Canadian
price support for butter would be
dropped to about 35 cents a pound
from the present 64 cents. Cana
dian sources indicated they would
not agree to such a cut, main
taining it would wreck the Cana
dian dairy industry.
Nordmeyer contended at the
Commonwealth trade conference
that high price supports have led
to waste of government revenue,
disruption of free economies, a
squeeze in world trade and re
strictions in local food consumption.
'What A Crime,' States
Coldfine About Adams
BOSTON (AP) Friends of Ber
nard Goldfine quoted the textile
industrialists as saying "what a
crime" when he heard Sherman
Adams announce his resignation
Monday night.
But there was no direct com
ment from the man whose gen
erosity led to the difficulties that
brought' about the resignation.
lion dollars before taxes.
Prime goals of the new drive,
under the leadership of Mrs. Dor
othy Noble Smith, assistant man
ager of a branch of the Chemcal
Corn Exchange Bank in New York
City, are set forth thus:
1. To make the public aware
of the bank's role in the com
munity in financing business, agri
culture, municipalities, families
and individuals. 2. to expose the
destructive force of inflation and
preach the need for sound budget
ing and planning. 3. to make the
public see the bank as essential
to the American type of a cap
italistic economy.
Mrs. Smith says the committee
will spread the gospel at the
drop of a bonnet. It s ready to
move in on the women's clubs
when and if invited and it's try
ing hard to see that it is.
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