Adults Seen as Responsible for Teen-Age Trouble
COMMUNICATION
TO THE NUGGET
It seems to me that the people
in this world are getting very
small when it comes to the point
where they begin to protect those
who contribute to the delinquency
of minors.
I realize that I am a GI and
that I am not supposed to enter
into civic affairs. But I will say
this, that under our democratic
form of government, I am free
to determine my own thoughts
and to speak them as long as I do
not discriminate against any per
son or organization. As an Amer
ican citizen and a father of two
fine boys, I sincerely believe that
I would give up every year of my
Army career to fight for the prin
ciples in which I believe. One of
the foremost is the welfare of our
youth. My two boys are part of
this, as are all of the children in
this world.
Through two wars the men and
women of America have fought to
preserve the freedom and protec
tion of America, their homes and
families. Thousands upon thou
sands have given their lives to
protect their children. I know that
if those who gave their lives were
alive today and could see the situ
ation in Nome and in their home
towns today, they would be will
ing to bear arms against those
Dulles Asks Egypt
To%(Consider Plan
For Suez Canal
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economy than small tankers i
passing through the canal.
“There is talk of new pipelines.
I would hope that the governing
board of the users association
would keep in touch with all the
projects and keep all of the mem
bers informed of any serious de
velopments which would materi
ally affect our economic lives.”
Dulles has denied the associa
tion might organize a boycott of
the canal. But he has offered to
make loans available, thru the
Import-Export Bank, to those na
tions that would be hit by the
higher costs' of shipping goods,
especially oil, the long way
around South Africa.
“I know that the government
of Egypt can always, by the use
of force, interrupt traffic through
the Suez Canal, and that there
fore transit must depend upon
Egypt’s good faith and good will,”
Dulles said. ‘‘But there are many
sanctions against open and forc
ible interruptions of free passage.”
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who are contributing to the de
linquency of these children.
As an example, I will give you
two figures for New York City.
This is just one city in this world.
It alone should be the basis for
us to try to help these children.
The New York Police Department
states that the problem is ever
increasing to the point where it is
almost out of hand. Why? Because
adults are willing to give them
liquor or sell them dope. In one
year, in the 16- to 21-year age
group, the figure rose to 12,470, a
15 percent increase. In the 16 and
under group, the figure increased
25 percent in one year.
Now, I have a little information
that should set many parents to
thinking. In New York's China
Town, wher^ 10,000 people are
living on eight square blocks,
there is no juvenile delinquency.
Why? The answer to this question
is a refutation of many of our
cherished beliefs concerning the
training of our children and a
stinging rebuke for our own ac
tions: as parents and citizens, the
Chinese parents do not fail. They
teach their children an age-old
custom, filial piety. This is the
basis of virtue and culture. It be
gins with serving one’s parents
and leads to serving one’s kind,
and ends in establishing one’s
character and doing the right
thing according to the right mor
als, thus leaving a good name to
posterity. We, as parents, citizens
and teachers should follow the
example set by the Chinese.
Our .juvenile problem has aris- |
en from our failure to meet the
emotional and physical needs of
our children and our failure to
protect them from harmful com- !
munity influence. We have to
back our police department in j
every move that they make to
curb this ever increasing prob- j
lem. If we do not back them, then ,
there is no need to have a law-1
enforcement agency.
In many of our cities, such
clubs as “non-virgin" clubs have
been started. This is a club where
innocent girls join and are then j
forced into being used. After this,
they are disgraci^i and too
ashamed to go to their parents
and explain to them what has
happened. They leave home and
soon have to become prostitutes
to make a living. In the cities
where this is going on and the
law-enforcement agency catches
on, it is not the teenagers who are
punished, but the offenders who
tell these children that they can
have a little fun. This is the way
it should be. I say, let’s go back to
the days of the Romans and treat
the moral offenders as they did in
those days. If you are wondering
what I mean, read your encyclo
pedia. It will give you the details.
Perhaps many are wondering
why I should write a letter such
as this. I will explain. First, I am
working with the youth in Nome.
I have 60 kids whom I have been
meeting with each week. Not
bragging, but I think every one
of these kids would get down on
bended knees if I asked them to.
Why shouldn’t I go out and fight
for them? Second, I am a mem
ber of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, an organization which
works for the welfare of our
youth. Third, and one of the most
important reasons, my name has
been mentioned in discussions
where certain people have said
I talk too much. One thing I was
always taught is that if I had any
thing to say, say it in public or to
the person whom you are talking
about. Any of those people who
think I have spoken out of turn
or am wrong in my thinking, I
am asking them to meet me in a
public forum at a date of their
own chosing. I do not want to go
behind closed doors. Let’s voice
our opinions where the public can
hear what and why we think. We
should not be ashamed of our
thoughts if we think they are
right. If these people think I am
wrong, then they think that all
the work I am doing is wrong. I
can only say that some day they
will see the light.
—Richard August
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