European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday september 19, 1967 de Gaulle s crash program for our traffic by Dick West Washington up at this month s meeting of the Charles de Gaulle appreciation society one member was absent but i carried on alone. My guest speaker was geor Ges l. Mougin director of . Operations for Sode Teg French electronics firm that has just opened an office in this country. Mougin told me things that Are sure to warm the cockles of your heart. And perhaps Over heat them. But Don t be alarmed. Hot cockles Are no More discomforting than any other Type of heartburn. As i get it Mougin i functioning As sort of a French peace corps. He said the company s purpose is to make the know How and brain Power of its scientists engineers and technicians available to Ameri can Lovely. Only a person with Asbestos cockles would fail to feel the Thermal currents arising fro that generous declaration. I mean Here we be Bee sending scientists engineers and technicians All Over the world to help other countries solve their problems. And no somebody s doing it for us. The problem that Mougin wants to help us solve is traffic. He came Here from new Yorkton discuss the matter with the Bureau of Public roads. Which Ishow i happened to lure him to the appreciation society meet ing. What Mougin has in mind is vehicular traffic control through electronic guide first i was confused about How it works. But after Reading a technical paper on the system an listening to Mougin explain it i was merely general idea is that each Lane of traffic is bordered witha strip of lights that turn either Green red or Motorist enters a Lane with a bloc of Green lights and if he drives along at the same Speed the lights Are moving he theoretically can go As far As he pleases without stopping Chang ing lanes or crunching some body else s fender i modes Operand is not the important thing anyhow. It s the sentiment that counts. Here we Are having diploma tic disputes with the French and Here they Are extending a Han to help us solve our traffic problems. And their own traffic problems probably need solving More than ours s a magnanimous gesture which the appreciation society at least appreciates. Early exposure to drink in the family keeps Young from alcoholism Washington a Young people least Likely to be come alcoholics Are those exposed to alcohol at an Early age within a Strong family or religious group a government re port said while families which strongly oppose drinking on moral grounds produce fewer drinkers the Public health service report said those who do drink Are More Likely to drink excessively. The report prepared As compendium of the latest information on the subject by the National Center for prevention and control of alcoholism said the average american has tasted alcoholic beverages by the time he is 10 years old. No proof but it quoted or. Robert Straus of the University of Ken Tucky As saying there is no proof to show that Early expo sure to alcohol will in itself Lead to excessive drinking in late life. In fact All the proof is clearly to the report does not recommend that children be taught to drink but it says they should be taught about report said surveys show that As Many As 50 to 85 percent of american High school students say they drink at least occasionally but Straus says these figures As shocking a they May seem Are meaning less in same percentage a Massachusetts study found for example that there Are As Many delinquents among non drinking High school students As among difference Between the two groups the study concluded is not How Many drink but How they report said studies of drinking in College have found that colleges with the lowest percentage of drinking student usually have the largest number of students who become intoxicated. By contrast excessive drink ing was infrequent at colleges where drinking was most com Mon. The lowest rates of alcoholism in the United states Are found among the jewish and italian american families. Both groups generally expose their children to alcohol at an Early age. Jews usually drink Small diluted amounts As part of family or religious rituals the report said and while italian americans often drink Large amounts it is mostly with report said that the lowest rates of alcoholism occur in fam Ilies in which children Are exposed to Al Cohol Early in diluted form and Small beverages Are considered mainly As foods Andare consumed with meals. Parents present a constant example of moderate drinking. Drinking is not consider Edas a moral Issue either As a virtue or a is not viewed As proof of adulthood or is perfectly acceptable socially not to drink but it is no acceptable to drink excessively. In a foreword to the report John w. Gardner Secretary of health education and welfare said it is part of a move toward development of a comprehensive plan for control and prevention of other National health problem has been so seriously neglected As alcoholism he said adding that the atmosphere of moral disapproval surrounding the entire subject and the deplorable custom of treating alcoholics As sinners or criminals have obscured the nature of the protest continues More than 1,000 open Secu Tive March in Milwaukee sunday housing demonstrators staged their 21st con they Cross into the White South. Side. Here a pledge from Milwaukee s father Groppi priest says marches to end if fair housing is okd Milwaukee wis. A the Rev. James e. Groppi said sunday that civil rights demonstrations which have erupted in occasional violence would end at least temporarily if the City passes an open housing Ordi Nance. The White roman Catholic priest also agreed that the at Tention focused on himself could be hurting his cause. If open housing is approved he said we will Stop the demonstrations until we find some other injustices and Well demonstrate Groppi is adviser to the Milwaukee youth Council of the National association for the advancement of coloured peo ple. He was questioned on lbs face the the youth Council has Hel open housing marches in Mil Waukee and parts of some suburbs for 21 straight Days. The 21st March was conducted Sun Day. Father Groppi had been quoted last week As saying the marches would continue even i the City passed an open housing Law citing what he said were in justices in employment and educational policies and police brutality. The priest was asked if rethought he could win the drive for fair far As moving the com Mon Council is concerned we redoing to try he said but noted that the Council has rejected such proposals four times and with Only one vote in favor of open housing each time. This time we re not about to Stop our demonstrations until we get what we want he agreed that he rather than racial issues had become the. Center of attention in Mil Waukee and that this could be hurting the drive for civil would remove myself if it would help the cause he Don t know if it would asked Why Milwaukee had be come the apparent focal Point of civil rights activities Fathe Groppi said there was a Strong right Wing element Here but added that there was nothing different about Milwaukee fro Mother cities. He said the Campaign he has been leading should be nation Groppi was asked if he would Stop the demonstrations i told to do so by Church author will Deal with that when the problem comes. I will act according to the dictates of my conscience and my consciences to wipe out racism in this country to help the poor an wipe out father Groppi said he and the youth Council were ready to meet with anyone at any time to discuss the issues but we Are going to demonstrate and we Renot going to let up one in answer to a question about$3,000 damage done to the wait ing room of mayor Henr Maier s office by demonstrators father Groppi replied you can t expect to have a nonviolent movement every to g o Mhz f�0& info Mayfuss Thath Etheon can t754/.a1. Whom own Down the re was staukin tub of i Yap can t
