Thompson Vocational High School - Owl Yearbook (Thompson, PA)

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THE OWL fered for unemployment by econom IC lnvestlgators Dlstress should be relxeved by employment and not by donatlons It IS a spendldlv sound pollcy and very effectlve lf our ldle needy were glven public work The last thmg the Amer lcan government should do IS make dependents of lndependent Amer 1can cltxzens To lmprove the general labor con dltxons the employers and m ployees as well as the government must enter lnto a cooperatlve plan of adJustment where by each wlll have to do hls share ln satlsfactorlly settllng labor dlsputes Labor weapons such as the strlkes are caused by the fallures of the em ployers and laborers to come to agreements ln the questlons f wages hours of work and general worklng condltlons It IS necessary that our government brmg greater pressure upon labor and employers and force them to settle thelr dxs putes wlthout concedlng to the use of such rumous weapons of whlch the strlke is most common We have confldence ln our gov ernment and know lt has the mtell lgence and patrlotlsm necessary to successfully act upon and to legls late for these presslng labor pro blems of today Now let us conslder the problem of taxation The government llke mdxvlduals spends money because there are certam thmgs whlch xt must do and certaln thlngs whlch It deslres to do In the formatxon of the Constltutxon of the Unlted States Congress vvas endowed vvxth power to lay and collect revenue for the purpose of paymg the runnmg expenses of the Govern ment It m1ght be sald that only too fre quently has thls power of taxatlon been used unjustly yet ln order 1or a government to serve all lts people large amounts of revenues are nec essary hence the problem of levy mg Just taxes ns a matter of great lmportance to the people ln general In the past government expendl ture has been steadlly mcreaslng un tll at the present tlme there seems to be no l1m1t ln order to balance the budget A tax may be deflned as a com pulsory contrlbutlon exacted from the II1dlVldll3lS by the government In return for these taxes the govern ment renders valuable servlces for 1ts people such as publlc educatxon safeguardmg of the health and pro tectlon of llfe and property and ln many other ways The fundamental defect of thc Amerlcan taxatlon IS the lack of a defmlte and coordlnated system The tax laws of most states have un dergone many changes and are stlll IH the process of development old system of taxation Varlous states have reorganlzed thelr tax laws wlthout regard to Federal tax laws As a result the tax burden vvelghs unequally upon dlfferent classes and there IS also an overlap plng of State and Federal taxing power Of the total government expendl ture ln thxs country about 35 f IS made by the Federal Government 10 by the State Government and 55 ' by the Local Governments But where as the Federal and State Gov ernment have adequate taxmg pow ers the taxlng powers of local gov ernments are narrowly restricted by the State Constxtutlon Such local functions as health protectlon pub llc school educatxon and recreatlon are constantly demandmg greater expendltures yet local govern ments have found few opportun 1t1es for securlng necessary funds The dommatlng power of the state 19 . ' I . . J , , '- - Y . I Y .' 1 I - ' 7 ' u n 1 i - ' ' . 9 - . . . 7 . . ' Y V' L ' V . . . . ' , . ' Y , . . , - ' a ! ' 7 . - I ' ' 0 . . . , . . u . : - - 1 whxle some states are uslng the same . . . v- . , 1 1 n , ' - ' . . . I .- , fl I I . 1 . Y ' . . . I: 1 1 'K' ' . . . . I' u p . I I , ' - 7 Y V. . . - ' , - . . I- ' , - . fu l , V . - 7 v ' . D ' !

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FHL UW L xxcalthx oncs st elr uurrements xxerc abolrahed and then propertx holdrng requrre ments After the adoptlon of thc constrtutrorr racc drstrnctrons xx ere blctted out and noxx the sex barrrer has been broken and xxomen haxe an equal xorce xxrth men rn chooarng. thc ofhcers and makrng thc laxxs of our countrx One reaaon xx hx the great xx orld xxar xxas fought xxas as prcsrderrt Wrlson exprebsed rt that the xx orld mrght be saved for democracx lt resulted rn a complete xrctorx of the free peoples oxer those ruled bx ancrent monarchs Noxx rf the xxorld falls to make the adxancc THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT The functrons of our gox ernm nt are of urlxersal concern and ext rv rerbon rn the Unrted States rs at fected bx rts problems In explarn Ing the functrona of goxernmcnt I shall center my attentron upon three of rts most apecrfrc problems name lx labor Taxatron and educatron Vlhat re Labor' In an economlc sense labor IS human effort erthcr phxalcal or mental or both dlrectefl to some useful and productrxe end and 1s the marn frctor rn the pro ductrorr and dlstrrbutron ot xx ealth Thrs questron rs one of thc grcatest problema facrng Amcrrcm socret todax The dexclopment of thc usc cf machlncrx and the rrrcreascd portance of capital canre xxrth the Irrdustrral Rexolutron e arated the employ cr from thc cm ploxee and unfortunatelx h duced labor to a posrtron rmrl rr to that of land and capital The la bor element rn productron 1 on a nt hlch lt ics es r fault of the people themserx es Cox ernment alrrost exerxxxhere 1 rn then hands The part of the pecple noxx IS to elect those xx ho xxrll repr e sent therr Interests rn the goxcrn ment those xx ho are honest uprrght true Amerrcans xxho xxrll not be bought or aold xx ho xxrll not xxork for therr oxxn selfrsh dlmb This rs the onlx xxax t t the people hlxc of gettrng thfrr demanda from a goxernment of the people by the pecple and for the p ople whose just clarmb are derrxed from the consent of the gox erned Anna Blngham dlfferent baarb from that of land and caprtal Laborers are hrmrm berngs rnd must be treated not as potentral machlnes but as rndrxld uals Abraham Llncoln Sdld fre Gox rnment rs ercpresslv charffcd xx rth the duty of proxrdrng for th gencral vxelfare The emplrxcr thrng from opposrt x rexx polnts The tendency of the employ er rs to loxx r xx ages and not prrceb rn equal pro portrons xxhrle the laborcr rs con stantly demandlng hrgher xxage Todax the greatest emphasrs rs placed upon the emplovment srtua tron Thrs countrx rs rust passrng through one of the greatest crrsrs rn hrstorx Lnemplox ment produces poxe tx sufferrng rgnorance rn cttrcrenc xrcc and crlme on hc rart of the uncmplox ed and thosr Jepcndent upon hrm To see thc xxo ker has somcthrng, 'o d rs a necessarx xx ay to safe guard hrs rn terests To correct an cx rl remox the cause rs alxxays good adxrce rf rt can bc carrred out I xxrll quot Ior xou a fcxx relief measures of 18 ' T ' 'H I' P rr: r grous re- me . xx c 3.11 .. lt s the ' . . V . A , ' V 1 1 1 V ' - . f- V 1 ' V' 1 V- 1 l AV V . V V 'S ' 1 c . A , ' I L' I xx , . ' ' V. . A, ' V ' . ' V V 1 V ' V . V 1 V' 1 , 1 ,- X 1 . . . , . ' . V ' ' V V ' V 4, V - , v l V 1 1 v 1 1 1 Q. V ' V' ' 1 K ' 1- 1' . V V' X 1 - i ' ' ' I , -L. V ' V V' V . V I , , ' 1 V 'V 1 ' V 'V ' , , V V 1 1 1 y v1 y 'sv 2 Ve V1 V1,. ' v1,1. fx' x'. 1' ' irl- A- K f ' V V i 'V ' 1 1 r 1 n 4 Y 1 11 ' 1 1 1 -7' 0 1 , . c , - A ' l , v . 1 V v ' ' ' ' .. A V - , , , ' V 1 1 V 1 1- . 'vlv 1 I ul l : . 1 l 1 1 1 A C A 1 I - w '1 1 1 ' V 1 V ' ' -' - . ' i3 ' v - 1 -V ' A V59 ' . K, 3 J . V ' ' O 2 1 V ' V V , ' ' ' ' rg w A L1 1 s ' . . ,- - . V ' and the laborer seem to see every- 1 w ' 1 1 N . 1 1. vi y . y f . ' ' A I 1 . 1 L1' 1 1 1 1 - 1' 1' , ' 'Q ' i 'K J X --1 V l g' A .' ' ' VV' .. . . ' V . .' ' ' ' ' F. 1 A Y ' L' ' ' ' . ' 4 ' 1 'V 1 1 1 L1.L1 .lv 4 l 1 1 I 1 1 1 I ' , 1 - . . . .- U . ' ' L' ' ' ' ' ' 'V 1 1 'V ' V 1 V -' 7 1 1 1 I M K ' Y' v 'Q v 1 . ' uf 1 . - V, ' , A., , .VYV, V'.,, 1 ..' t , , . ' , .. . ' .. . .. im- ,. ' , V . V , - 1 . 11 ' 1 .1 -' V , ' V , J ' . It has p- ' r' ' 3 l f . o 5 ' 1 1 V ,. A A A - 1 A-K-1 -tr v1 v V1 1 1 'LV ' - 1 1 1 1 1 tt 1 1 1 4 1' .1 - , ' asp re- c .. 1 , fe 1 1 1 1. l Q. . 1 1 11 1 fl . 1 1 'l V1 1 '. 1 . 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 ' 1 A , 1 h ' ' .1 A 1 --' 1' U , ' 1 1 ' 'S . ' - 1 V , V 1 ' 1 K- - mV -

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PHIL OVSL oxcr looal Communrtres rnxarrable causes mxnx hard hrps For ex ample Qtate ofhcral max condemn a school hurldrng rnd force the local fllk rrct to hurld a new school rct xcrx lrttlc rf am approprratron for thrs purpose wrll be torth comrng, from the State For ernment How th n can such a prorect bc carr cd on w rthout rncrc srng the tix bur den of the loc rl people lrcx ond thc pornt w hrch thex are able to bare Larger approprratrons should be m rde bx the Feder rl and Qtatc Gox ernments for such prorects other wrsc thc chrldren of the small drs trrct wrll suffer because of the rn ecru lrts of educatronal opportun rtres There are several characterrstrcs of a good tax such as the followrng 111 No tax rs a good tax unless lt 13 just It rs rmpossrble for am one tax to be farr to all classes of people but rt rs possrble for any tax sx stem to be fan 123 A rust tax should be accordlng to a crtrfens abrlrts to pax Q31 The tax should be as lrttle felt as nossrble that rs rt should not be class tarcatron Q41 It should be easrlx admrnrstered so that drshon estx wrll not be encouraged Spendlng the monex of crtrzens for publrc purposes 1s a brg propos 1t1on whrch should be handled on a str rctlx busrness basrs Rexenues should be collected rn such a wav as to make possrble that publrc ser xrce whrch wrll ac'xance the com munrtx s welfare and at the same trme be kept from burdcnrng tarc paxcrs unreasonablx To do thrs necessrtates careful plannrng rn ad xance and honest spendrng w hen the monex rs rn hand Phe frnal problem that I am go lllg to drscuss thrs exenrng rs the problem of Educatron A famous Amerrcan statesman once sard that educated people must labor otherwrse educatron rt elf would become a po rtrxe and lI1tOl9ldblf GUI N0 countrx can us arn rn rdlcness more thrn a small pcrcentage of rts members The grcat marorrtx must lilror at orrethrng productrxe w rw of ccluc rtron each o e must accguarnt hrmself wrth the work of socretx wrth hrs own frt ncss fcr certrrn krncls of work and then prcp re hrmsclf to do at 4 wc Flch crtrfcn has ccr tam dutrcs to pcrfrrm 1nd each one should strrxe to dexelop skrll and rbrrts to perform thcs du rcs F1 erx person IN rnx olxcd rn the Na tronal State and Local G01 ernm nt affarrs therefore rt 1 necessary for each one to c oose hrs own xocatron and educate huns lf to rt In the proneer dar a chrld re soon as he w as phx srcally able he w as al oted hrs part rn the routrne of the farm chores Soon a new era was rntroduced when one group of people through the use of water power rnd macl rnerx made the ttrngs the rarmer needed nd the farmer rn return supportcd them Toda t'r1 system has dexeloped ex en farther the result berng spec ralrzatron Thrs rs a process rn w hrch one person learrs to do one task and he ls the same as a coff wheel rn the maclnnerx of busrnesa He 1 clepencle rt upon others rnd others are dependent upon hrm lhrough educatron he can select the rlxcc rn the mac hrnerx that he de rres to frll and tr aln hrmself to pro clucc a hrhg degree of efhcrencx when he zccept thrs place Vie haxe establrshed our dem ocr cs upon th tundamcntal prm crple of equalrtx 1nd freedom of chorce 'lhe ccrner stone of good crtrfenshlp rs the abrlrtx to earn a lrxrng wage Thrs means our dem ocratrc socretx must proxrde tr alll 90 f 1 v v A . . . .V . 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