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EDITORIALS ---
Police work has very little glamor
for most people!
Yet, every citizen has an obliga-
tion to be a “part-time” policeman.
No policeman or any reasonably
sized police force can be everywhere
all the time. Police officers are
needed many places at many times
but no one where or when.
Thus, it falls to the responsibility
of citizens to help.
In fact, citizens must help or the
police system can bring very little
force to bear against law enforce
ment. Short of a police army, officers
are virtually powerless and woefully
ineffective.
Cooperation with the police de-
partment takes several avenues of
help. The most obvious, of course, is
to obey the laws, thereby giving po-
lice and law enforcement officers no
need to be concerned.
Second, and perhaps the most im-
portant way to cooperate, is to be ob-
servant of what is going on. Most ev-
eryone knows the normal routine and
If You Would Write - -
Would you like to write to your
stale or federal representatives in Har-
risburg or Washington? Here are their
addresses:
FEDERAL
Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Sen-
ate Office Building, Washington, D. C.
20515.
Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, Room
4317, Senate Office Building, Washingion
D. C. 20515.
Rep. Edwin I). Eshleman, 416 Cannon
House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C
20515..
STATE
Senator Richard A. Snyder, Box 21,
State Senate, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120.
Sen. Clarence F. Manbeck, Freder-
icksburg R1, Pa. 17026.
Rep. Harry H. Gring, Reinholds, Pa.
17569.
Rep. Sherman L. Hill, 201 Manor Av.,
Millersville 17551.
Rep. Jack B. Horner , 23-A S. Market
St., Elizabethtown 17022.
Rep. Marvin E. Miiler, 501 Valley Rd.,
Lancaster 17601.
Rep. Harvey C. Nitrauer, 125 South
Street, Myerstown, Pa., 17067.
Rep. John C. Pittenger, N. West End
Ave. Lancaster 17603.
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the normal activities in his neighbor-
hood and of his community. He also
notices changes and new procedures
around him.
As a conscientious citizen, one is
responsible for passing this informa-
tion to the proper officers.
Sometimes small things are impor-
tant, especially if related to other
small things. A strange car, a strange-
acting individual, a strange noise at
a strange fime. A sudden change of
routine.
This is not to say that “Mrs
Probe’s” are continually to spend
their time peeping from behind the
curtain, spying upon neighbors and
watching the street and alley. But it
does mean that responsible people
need to be alert and willing to iden-
tify unusual situations.
Sometimes it may be necessary to
step forward and be identified. A re-
cent case in the borough was noted
when a motorist was involved in a
reckless driving case. Mothers of a
number of youngsters who only by
extreme good luck had not been in-
jured were not inclined to call police.
Notifying the officers and the sub-
sequent arrest came only after a
“grandfather aged” man who had
very little personal reason to do so
stepped forward and made the call.
But, there is another side of the
cooperation.
On their side of the fence, police
must treat information given them
as confidential. If a citizen is willing
to help, police must keep their source
of information a secret.
Names of informants of valuable
police information should not be ban-
died around, common knowledge on
street corners and at gas stations,
Confidence is the price lawmen must
pay for the help they get. Responsible
citizens must be willing, when neces-
sary, to step forward and be identi-
fied but “tips” need to be held as per-
sonal confidences.
Police business is everyone’s busi-
ness. And, unless everyone
is concerned, no one is pro- wn
tected.
A Thought this Week - -
Ultimately, prayer must become not
a thing to do but a way of life. The
most sincere prayers are those that are
constantly lived. Parents as well as
children are developing in this percep-
tion of prayer. As we set the example,
our children will follow.
Ann Lee Kreml; Guidlines for Parents
And that’s THE LAST WORD for
this week!
The Mount Joy
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1969
Others are saying ---
A LETTER TO THE
PRESIDENT
In a free society even a
small rural newspaper can
speak out on the issues of the
day and time.
You, Mr. President, have
had your first six months in
office. Many of us know you
hope for eight good years in
that high position. What will
history record in regard to
that length of time?
To take inventory of where
we are now shows our Na-
tion still in an undeclared
war in Asia. We note only
small progress toward peace.
The country is under floods
of inflation. Many businesses
will be hard hit by increased
labor, material and high in-
terest rates. There are gross
loopholes in the tax system.
The super rich are favored
to become more so. The crime
rates are on the increase in
every category. The Civil
Rights movement and race
issues are open sores. The
poor are still around with us
mostly in large cities. The
unrest of the students and
other young people is much
more than the average citiz-
en can imagine. Our family
the past four summers has
traveled throughout the mid-
west, south, southwest, mid-
dle Atlantic and New Eng-
land States, and we observed
the discontent of youth in all
levels of society and culture.
It would not be hard to con-
tinue writing about the nega-
tive, negative, negative.
However, the inventory
must include also the posi-
tive.
Neil Armstrong, Edwin
Aldrin and Michael Collins,
the three Apollo 11 Astro-
nauts, all returned safely to
earth last month and you,
President Nixon, greeted
them aboard the United
States Aircraft Carrier Horn-
et with words to the effect
that it was the greatest week
in the history of the world
since the Creation. Praise
poured forth from almost ev-
ery part of the globe except
Communist China. Your
world trip capitalized on the
event. A word often used
these days is “image”. Even
at this point of time it can
be noted that the “image” of
our country was improved
overseas by the moon land-
ing and your visit to the bat-
tlefield of Vietnam and the
various countries by the head
of our government.
The reforms you proposed
in effect say that the domes-
tic welfare programs are not
working and need change.
Congress is slowly getting
around to tax reform meas-
ures. The changes must be in
the capital gains areas, the
farm tax loss area, the ex-
cessive oil depletion allow-
ances, the non-tax interest on
state and local bonds, consid-
eration of education deduct-
ions, and increases in depen-
dent children tax deduction
rates.
The so-called Safeguard
Anti-Ballistic Missle Defense
System is the great area of
pro and con debate at home.
Question: If the war in Viet-
nam. ceased would a depres-
sion follow. Some people
think the defense industrial
complex wants this as a
safeguard mostly of their
pocketbooks. Your adminis-
tration and you, R. M. Nix-
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