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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tues., June 7, 1960
POLITICAL ISSUES
By Charles V. Stanton
Don't get all excited about what happens in Congress
during the next few months.
You can exnect all sorts of flag-waving and viewing-
with-alarm," all sorts of proposals for this, that and the
other thing, just so long as the sound is good, Dut don t ex
Tiprr. much to be accomplished.
Presently we have before Congress the Forand bill, for
example. It is a bill to provide medical and hospital care
for people on social security, it wouia De terriDiy expen
sive. The cost would necessitate a big boost in the amount
to be taken out of payrolls. Workers would demand as
much take-home pay as before, so, in effect, the cost of
the assessment would be added to prices for produced ar
ticles, and the cost of living would go up, which would bring
about another wage spiral and a further inflationary go
around. The Eisenhower administration has opposed the bill as
drawn, saying it is engaged in a study of aid to the elderly
in their problems of sickness. This is "duck soup" for the
opposition. One of the big voting blocs is to be found in
people On social security, people on fixed income, to whom
an operation, a prolonged illness, continued medical treat
ment, etc., is a very real tragedy.
So. bv criticizing the administration's position, the op
position, which disclaims responsibility, seeks to bring the
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vote 01 eiueny people mio me ucmutiaui; jrany
Pressure Urged
Political leaders are urging the "old folks" to write
their congressmen. Some of our labor leaders, particular
ly those strongly supporting the Democratic Party and its
philosophies, are pouring on the heat in support of the meas
ure, despite the fact that the workman theoretically is the
one who must pay. But the labor leader has little con
cern about inflation. Yet, if inflation gets much higher,
the person on fixed income will be hurt a lot worse than
by medical costs.
The red-hot hassle concerning medical bills for the eld
erly is a swell political issue. The Democratic Party,
which proclaims that it is for the "little people," is all
hot and bothered for the bill. Un the other hand, tne Ke
publican Party, which has the responsibility of administra
tion, proposes more time and study. In the meantime, the
medical profession is putting up a big fight on the grounds
that the proposal is one for socialized medicine.
But whether you are for or against the bill don't expect
a showdown vote while the election campaign is on. The
bill is a fine political argument, but if it were to be set
tled it couldn t be used by either side to get votes. 1
Showdown Avoided
Democrats, who proclaim so loudly and vigorously that
the bill should be passed, definitely control both houses of
Congress. But the Forand bill was rejected by a House
committee. The House committee has a majority of Demo
crats, yet voted 17 to 8 against bringing the bill out for a
vote.
Unquestionably the measure will be booted back and
forth until after the elections. It permits a vast amount of
propaganda on both sides. But if there is no showdown,
if no congressman must act responsibly toward issues of
help for the aged, as compared with further taxes and in
flation, he can say anything.
And the Forand bill isn't all. We'll hear a lot about
federal aid to schools, public housing, minimum wage,
loans to veterans, high interest rates, farm surpluses and
many other controversial issues, but don't think for one
minute that any congressman will risk a showdown, no
matter how much he talks, so long as influence can be
brought to bear on the forthcoming elections.
One Career Over, Ex-Navy Man
Seeks Second As College teacher
PORTLAND (AP)-Nocl E. Hols-
man at the ago of SS and after a
24 year interruption reached a
milestone Sunday on the road he
hopes will mako him a college
history prolessor.
Holsman received his balchelor
of arts in history from Lewis and
Clark College In Portland. His
wilo and three children, ail adopt
ed Korean orphans, were on hand
for tho event.
Back in 1931 Holsman was a
student nt the University of Wash
ington, but the depression left him
financially unablo to contimio his
formal education. Ho joined the
Army.
His Army service carried him
to Pearl Harbor, where he sur
vived Uio Japanese attack Dec.
7, 1911. Later he was in Korea,
and that is where he met and
adopted the three children.
"At an orphanngo in 1S55, Hols
man recalled, "I literally fell in
love with a pretty 12-year-old Ko
rean girl, whose talents for art,
sineins and directing the other
children caught my eye.
"Maxine (the oldest) was one
of threo children who had fled
with their wealthy, Christian fath
er from North Korea." The father
died in 1955.
Holsman said he and his wife
had not given any thought to
adopting children. Ho wroto to her
in Hillsboro, Ore., and she agreed
after thinking it over.
Catherine, now 11, qualified un
der the federal orphan law. It took
a special legislation sponsored
jointly by Sens. Wayne L. Morse
and the late Richard L. Neuber
ger to bring into the United States
Maxine, now 17, and Edward,
now 16. Edward, the last to ar
rive, came here Nov. 16.
"During the evacuation of Seoul.
Maxine, about 8 at the time and
carrying Kay, about one, became
separated from her father and
brother by tho crowds of people,"
Holsman said.
"Maxine searched for her fath
er for a couple of days, still car
rying Kay." He said some U. S.
soldiers picked up the two girls,
fed them, bad them treated at a
dispensary and put them In an
orpnanage,
"This is the first lime all three
children have lived together since
the Reds invaded Seoul in 1951,"
Holsman said. All three aspire to
college, mayhe because of their
adopted father.
Holsman. a retired warrant nf.
ficer, isn't stopping now. He has
applied for entrance to graduate
scnoois at tne universities of Ore
gon, Washington and California.
Trouble-Beset Craft
Again Asks Assistance
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) The
27-foot pleasure boat. Loafer,
which the Coast Guard has towed
into Tillamook, Newport and Coos
Bay in the past month, radioed
this morning it was in trouble
again.
The message from the boat said
tne engine had stalled, and that
two of three persons aboard were
seasick.
Tho skipper of the hoat Is
Truinbul P. Edwards, Fortune.
Calif. Names of the others aboard
were not known here.
Tho earlier calls for aid also
wero duo o engine trouble.
The Coast Guard said the boat
probably would be lowed to Cres
cent City, Calif.
Greyhound Lines Must
Make Rates Uniform
SALEM (AP) Public t'tilltv
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said
today ho has signed an order mak
ing Western Greyhound Lines'
intrastate express rates conform
to tho interstate rates.
Tho rates, he said, would elimi
nate discriminatory aspects of
present tariffs.
fn SOme cases. tilA nnw ralaa
will bo higher, and in other cases
they will be lower than the existi
ng rates.
In The Day's News
:By FRANK JENKINS :
At his now celebrated press con-
lerence in Moscow the other day
Nikita Khrushchev (let's not refer
mm any more as Mr. K; in most
of our country Mr. is a term of
respect) spoke bitterly of Presi
dent Eisenhower as "irresponsible,
unfit for office and dangerous as
the head of a major state." He
pictured Ike as "virtually a stooge
for John Foster Dulles at the 1955
summit meeting."
He shouted: "President Eisen
hower is completely lacking in will
power, out that does not excuse
him for not exercising authority
over such men as Nixon and Secre
tary of State Herter. . . .who are
leading the U. S. along a path
that could bring a new war."
He concluded by offering Ike con
temptuously a job as "manager of
a Kindergarten in Kussia, where
he could do no harm."
And so on.
There are suggestions by the
more than 400 newspaper, televis
sion and radio correspondents who
attended his conference that he was
practically fit to be tied. . .that
he used language unfit for publi
cation or broadcast, so the trans
lators and the news writers toned
it down to bring it within the lim
its of decency.
Comment?
This fits the situation:
"WHOM FORTUNE WISHES TO
DESTROY SHE FIRST MAKES
MAD."
Who said that?
It has been often plagiarized dur
ing the intervening twenty centur
ies, but it appears to have been
said first about 42 B.C. by Publi
lius Syrus, an actor in the type
of Roman theatre that 2,000 years
ago filled the place that is now
filled by the newspapers and the
news and comment magazines.
Anyway. . .it indicates that men
like Nikita Khrushchev and situa
tions such as Khrushchev appears
to be facing are no new thing in
the world.
Big question:
What IS the situation that Khrush
chev faces?
In a dispatch that has just come
over the wire as this is written,
Bill Ryan, one of the AP's top for
eign affairs commentators, says:
"Khrushchev's latest diatribe
leaves the strong impression that
the huge and mighty Soviet Union
is UNDER THE CONTROL OF
MILITARY LEADERS. . . .The
man who outwardly is the sole
boss the premier of the Soviet
Union and the first secretary of
its communist party now acts like
one over-anxious to prove to SU
PERIORS how willing he is to car
ry out their instructions
"The big difference between the
Khrushchev of today and the
Khrushchev who last September
ruled the roost is that today's
Khrushchev seems to have been
pulled down off his private cloud
and given a strict line to follow.
If he deviates from this line, the
signs indicate, THE RUSSIAN
ARMY WILL REPLACE HIM."
That is to say:
Having been MADE MAD,
ITImtch.hiiu will nnw ha Hoctrnvart
unless he kow-tows properly to his
bosses.
No wonder he s upset.
In conclusion:
The Soviet bosses. . .whoever
thev are. . .fear onlv one thine
SUPERIOR POWER.
It's up to us to stay more pow
erful than Russia.
How shall we do it?
We can't do it by spending mon
ey recklessly and unwisely for
things we can get along without.
Staying powerful will cost money
and tne way to provide tne money,
without weakening our economy,- is
to cut out the waste.
Jamet Marlow
Ike Is Latest In Long List
Denounced By Khrushchev
WASHINGTON (AP) Presi
dent Eisenhower is just the lat
est in a long list of people de
nounced by Nikita Khrushchev.
The Soviet Premier calls names
like a fishwife over a back fence.
The older he gets, the fishier he
sounds.
Over the past few years the So
viet leader has run up quite a
record, particularly against peo
ple with whom he had had some
friendly personal relations.
In 1956 he visited Britain, dined
with the British Laborites, was
asked by them to free 200 im
prisoned Social Democrats in east
ern Europe, and returned home to
denounce them as the lackeys of
reactionaries.
That same year at a Moscow
banquet attended by Gen. Nathan
F. Twining, U.S. Air Force chief,
Khrushchev reportedly drank
heavily, insulted various Western
military officials present, and was
told by the then premier, Nikolai
Bulganin, to shut up.
That was quite a year for Khru
shchev. He shocked the world and
shook international communism to
its roots by denouncing his late
boss, Joseph Stalin. He described
Stalin as a murderer.
In 1957 he got rid of a whole
batch of his old Communist cron
ies the Molotov-Malenkov-Ka-ganovich
set by getting them
bounced from the Presidium and
into oblivion.
The next year, 1958, he gave
his old traveling companion, Pre
mier Bulganin, the ax and took
his job.
Catholic Census Up
PORTLAND (AP) The CaUio
lic Sentinel, journal of the Arch
diocese of Portland, said Satur
day there are now 163,934 Roman
Catholics in Oregon an increase
of 11,000 in the past year.
He visited Marshal Tito, seemed
to get along dandy with him, and
in the end excoriated him as a
"renegade."
In between times, he belittled
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles and gave Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey, Minnesota Democrat,
an 8-hour interview in the Krem
lin. Early in 1959 Humphrey, report
ing on that visit, said Khrushchev
had been critical of Red China,
the Soviets' big ally, for its com
mune system.
As Humphrey said later, this
must have touched a sensitive
nerve. Khrushchev denounced
Humphrey.
The Soviet Premier put on a real
show when he visited the United
States in 1959, particularly at Los
Angeles.
There ho complained about the
security arrangements which, for
his own safety, kept him out of
Disneyland; took offense at a
movie can-can dance which he
said was immoral; and in one
grand temper tantrum threatened
to go home because Mayor Nor
ris Poulson made a crack about
an earlier Khrushchev crack that
communism would bury the West.
Then came I960, the U2 spy
plane flight over the Soviet Union.
Khrushchev's wreckage of the
summit which he blamed on Ei
senhower. He denounced Vice
President Richard M. Nixon and
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter.
His worst insults wore reserved
for Eisenhower and West Ger
many's Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer. Eisenhower, Khrushchev said,
was "weak-kneed," fit only to run
a children's home, and "complete
ly lacking in will-power."
As for the German chancellor,
Khrushchev called him a nut who
ought to be "straitjacketcd in a
lunatic asylum."
County Health Notes:
Summer Brings Its Own Special
Family Vacation Health Problems
By John H. Donnelly M.D.
Douglas County Health Office
With the coming and going of
the Memorial Day weekend and
with schools dismissed for the sum
mer, a good many Douglas County
residents are again thinking about
vacation. Summer months are a
slack season for some businesses,
the busiest season for others. For
almost everybody, however, there
i3 a change in the pattern of our
daily lives to adjust to the change
of the weather.
Summer has its own kind of pub
lic health problems, and a number
of these will be dealt with indi
vidually in columns to come. The
purpose of this article is to dis
cuss some of the health problems
to be found around the family
vacation.
preventable. Learning to swim, of
course, is desirable, and it's fun.
But on occasion the ability to swim
only leads to a false sense of
security. Swimming in a bathing
suit and swimming fully clothed
are two entirely different things.
The use of life jackets by non
swimmers or young children in
any boat and by all occupants
of small boats, particularly in
rough water, is often a life-saving
measure. Swimming in the ocean
surf is a hazardous sport at best
and should be attempted only by
strong swimmers who are well
acquainted with the effects of un
dertow. Swimming in a river is
a dangerous practice at best.
not only because of treacherous
eddies and currents, but because
of the pollution to a greater or
The word "vacation" actually lesser degree in virtually all of
has a root meaning to vacate
empty, in our usage it Has come
to mean recreation and rest from
work. It is not rest but the rec
reational vacation that we will
consider.
The highway traffic hazards are
dealt with at length by the Na
tional Safety Council and others
who are concerned with highway
safety and will not be discussed
here. These dangers are well rec
ognized and certainly everybody
knows tnem, even n too many
drivers ignore them. A good rule
for highway safety is to drive de
fensively, as though every other
car on the road is driven by a
fool.
Other safety factors also need
attention. Injuries are more likely
to occur when people are at play
than w.ien tney are at more quiet
or routine pursuits. Children are
more likely to nuri tnemseives in
unfamiliar surroundings. Vaca
tioners should carry a first aid
kit. A review of a good first aid
manual, sucli as that avauable
from the Red Cross or in the Boy
Scout Handbook, is excellent prep
aration for now to handle emer
gencies as they arise.
It would be difficult to estimate
how much discomfort or even ill
ness is caused each year by sun
burn. Fair-skinned people and red
haired people need to take special
precautions if they expect large
nortions of their bodies to be ex
posed to sun for much of the time.
While a "healthy tan" may De
considered a social asset, attempts
to acquire such a tan too rapidly
can only reflect on one's good judg
ment. Use of protective lotions and
gradually increasing exposure are
the best protective measures.
Drownings will continue to be
reported throughout the summer
season. It is safe to say that n
large proportion of these are quite
Editorial
Comment
HOW ABOUT EXPENSES?
Medford Mail-Tribune
The Oregon Statesman, also pon
dering the defeats of decent pay
for legislators, suggests that, in
stead of an increase in salary, the
people might vote for expenses for
legislators during regular or spe
cial sessions.
This might be possible.
While, quite frankly, we do not
understand the majority's refusal
to pay their legislators enough so
they can afford to serve, it may
be that a majority would grant
the justice of recompensing them
for a part of their out-of-pocket
expenses in the state's service.
A per diem allowance of $20 for
each night away from home on leg
islative business, including service
on interim committees, plus neces
sary travel, would take some of
the financial sting out of legisla
tive service. And it would also
eliminate the present financial ad
vantage held by legislators living
in or near Salem E. A.
our rivers. Each year the Umpqna
niver claims several lives through
drownings, usually unnecessary.
Protection? Learn to swim in a
supervised swimming pool: don't
attempt waters you aren't sure
you can handle; and don't swim
alone.
While we're on the subject of
rivers, lets explore the idea
that water from clear mountain
streams is safe for drinking with
out further treatment. It may be,
but the chances are it isn't, and
you can't tell just by looking at
it. All such water either should
be boiled for five minutes or more
at higher altitudes, or chemically
disinfected before being used for
drinking water.
Persons with heart or arterial
diseases, including high blood
pressure, should probably take ex
tra precautions about their activi
ties at higher altitudes. Thinner
air in the mountains imposes an
extra burden on the heart to keep
up with the oxygen demands of
even normal living. Activities
which may be tolerated at lower
altitudes may not be tolerated
when one is a mne high. Such a
a person should best seek his va
cation at lower altitudes, or if he
does go to high altitudes he should
relax the first two or three days
and gradually test his ability to
stand the altitude. People with
normal hearts, lungs, and blood
supply need have no fear of the
effects of any altitude found with
in Douglas County.
Of all the discomforts that an
noy vacationers, probably irrita
tions of the skin can be counted
among the foremost. Insect bites,
particularly mosquitoes, are often
prevalent, and can frequently be
avoided by the use of repellant
agents. Poison oak is a real prob
lem for people who are very sen
sitive and for such people strict
avoidance of poison oak areas
is the only reasoname protection.
Since recreation, outings and
vacations are planned for fun and
enjoyment, speaking about the
dangers and hazards might sound
like I'm being overly fussy. But
everyone will agree that a vaca
tion is most enjoyable if it is free
of tragedy or discomfort by a'J
of the family members. Simple,
sensible precautions can help as
sure such a carefree vacation.
Be prepared, and have a good
time!
Ike To Receive
Filipino Honor
By TONY ESCODA
MANILA (AP) President Ei.
senhower is to receive the Philip,
pines' highest decoration on his
mid-June visit to this Asian ally
of the United States. The decora,
tion is the Rajah of the Order of
Sikatuna, symolizing a blood com
pact between brothers.
This and other details of the of
ficial schedule were released Mon
day by President Carlos Garcia'i
government.
The schedule compresses in 2M
days from 4:45 p.m. June 14 to
midnight June 16 a visit original,
ly expected to last four days.
Eisenhower is to deliver two
major addresses,' attend two state
banquets and witness a massive
public rally in his honor at Ma
nila's Luneta Park, where the dec
oration will be presented.
From the Philippines he will
head to Formosa, the Nationalist
Chinese bastion less than 100
miles from the coast of Red
China, aboard the cruiser St
Paul, flagship of the U.S. 7th
Fleet.
White House press secretary
James C. Hagerty here on a sur
vey trip, announced an aerial um
brella of U.S. planes will cover
the cruiser and its escort vessels,
including the carrier Yorktown,
on the 32-hour, 750-mile trip.
Hagerty said Lt. Col. John Ei.
senhower, the President's, son,
will accompany the chief execu
tive on his Asian tour.
Eisenhower's jet will land June
14 at the U.S. Air Force Clark
Base 60 miles north of Manila.
Smaller planes will bring him and
his party to Manila's Internation
al Airport for a red-carpet wel
come by Garcia and. other Philip
pine authorities.
The Manila airport is not ca
pable of handling jets.
The Cartoonist Says:
"Let's PutOut.the Fuse First"
MR. PRESIDENT
bv Patrick and Vinmont
ZACHARY TAYLOR
Born in Orange County, Virginia, November 24, 1784. He attended' the
country school and worked on his father's farm until of age. At 23 he was appointed
a lieutenant in the army. He was a major in the War of 1812, a colonel in the Black
Hawk War, and a brigadier general in the Seminole War. From 1840 to 1846 he
was in command of the Department of the Southwest. He opened the engagement
with Mexico at Palo Alto, fought the battle of Resac.a de la Palma and captured
Monterey. At Buena Vista, with an army outnumbered four to one, he spurned Santa
Anna's demand for surrender and defeated the Mexicans, After forty years of miliary
service he retired to his farm.
He greeted the first Presidential proposal as nonsense but soon yielded to the
tempting suggestion. The Whigs nominated him without knowing how he stood on
any question.
Inaugurated the twelfth President of the United States, March 5, 1849, he
served sixteen months. The Compromise of 1850 was being prepared. He showed
a most uncompromising determination to uphold the Union and gave warning that he
would command the army in person against any rebellion. At the laying of the
cornerstone of the Washington Monument, July 4, 1850, he became ill. He died in
the White House five days later, aged 65.
JOHN MIDDLETON CLAYTON
Born in Dagsborough, DeWe, 1796. He graduated from Yale in 1815 and
after lour years of law study and admittance to the bar he entered practice at Dover.
Alter serving as a member of the legislature and Secretary of State of Delaware, he was
elected a United States Senator, in 1829. Considered one of the ablest debaters and
orators in the Senate, he served with distinction almost continuously for twenty years.
Clayton (pictured above) was appointed Secretary of State in 1 849 and negotiated the
famous Clayton-Bulvver Treaty during his brief tenure. He was again in the United
bates Senate in 1853, serving until his death in 1856.
President Taylor's Vice-President was Millard Fillmore.
MRS. ZACHARY TAYLOR
n,irrT,ln M3ni inr f788.' Smith, capable and high-principledas
u!Vi I t Captain ZacLry Taylor. For forty years she accompanied
him on his military assignments. Looking forward to a quiet retirement she was heart
broken over his becoming President, convinced they were too old for such a drastic
change of life. In poor health she turned many of the White House duties to her
vivacious twcnty-twyeawld daughter, Mrs. Betty Bliss. With gaiety the kevnot"
Betty presided with a fresh and captivating charm during her bTreign of sK
months. Mrs. lavlor survived her husband two years. She died in 1851