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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Sept. 22, 1960
In The Day's News
ty FRANK JENKINS
Editorial Comment
A DO-GOODER IDEA
By Charles V. Stanton
What is a workman's labor worth? , How do you go
ibout legislating a man's production?
; Congress has been considering a minimum wage. Rut
.can Congress give the employer any assurance that the
pian he hires is worth the amount Congress says must be
paid?
Simultaneously it is proposed that Congress prohibit
' Right to Work laws. Does Congress have the right to de
clare that every workman must pay tribute to a labor
.tinion?
There is a most pleasant ring to do-gooder proposals.
"The promise to be all things to all people is a favorite meth
od of winning votes. Most people have a streak of charity
in their make-up. They want the unfortunate, the under
privileged, the physically handicapped, taken care of at
'.public expense. They're willing to shoulder a fair share
of the cost.
But I question that charity can be legislated without
. injustice and imposition upon the general public.
Today's legislation, coupled with various proposals; is
' designed to capture votes, I feel, regardless of the moral
;or the practical side of the issue.
Production Is Yardstick
Production, not wages, should be the yardstick by
".which we value labor. To say that a man shall be paid a
minimum wage, regardless of his earning power, doesn't
' make much sense, in my opinion.
',' A person is employed because by his labor he will pro-.-
duce money for his employer. His production should be
sufficient to pay him a decent standard of 'living, to assure
continuance of his job through maintenance of a profitable
' business, and to yield sufficient revenue to his employer
', that the investment of risk capital is justified and an equit
7 able return obtained from the investment which mnde the
job possible.
But the modern school of thought seems to be that the
V. workman shall be paid regardless of any profit to the em
" ployer.
Labor is justified to a fair share of any profits earned
from production, but the tendency today seems to be to
'.take from the employer any fair rate of profit, to fix wages
J. without thought of production capacity, ability, or desire
on the part of the workman, to tax away anything more
than a bare profit, and to make investment of capital so
undesirable that there is no incentive toward creation of
' new iobs.
Z Wage demands grow steadily, backed by the threat of
strike. Employers are forced to pay more and more in
Mhe way of fringe benefits. The supply of workmen the
i, labor force is steadily being decreased by laws limiting
;' the employment of. young people, while vctiring older work
ers. Laws are passed to tell the employer whom he may
employ. He can't show discrimination. He is subjected to
labor laws. He is taxed by local, slate and federal govern
' nient and, in effect, is taxed by labor unions through do-
': mantis for health, death and pension benefits and other wel
i fare contributions from payroll.
' Shortages Created'
The principle of artificial shortages and payment for not
; producing is not confined to the matter of labor and wages,
however.
We find in food production the theory that we'll control
acreage and pay for surpluses.
Not long ago, we're told, a certain species of hard
wheat was wanted for bakery production. Hut that species
was limited in the amount of yield per acre, even though
the price was a little higher.
Today, however, the grower, paid a subsidy, can grow
... more wheat on less acres by using a more prolific species,
";'so bakeries are experiencing difficulty in gelling the kind
of flour they want, while the federal government has mil-
lions invested in a poorer grade of wheal.
That's what happens when we try to legislate prices
'.',' lather than production.
The laborer, naturally, voles for the politician who
promises him favoritism who promises him that he'll
-'. get a minimum wage regardless of whether he earns it, or
I produces enough to justify it.
But, as a result, the person with potential risk capital
won't create new jobs. More people go on unemployment
".relief and the tax burden on the whole public is increased.
; ' The do-gooder idea is of strong influence politically but
is mighty poor economy, it. seems to me.
' Hal Boyle
Remarks People On A Diet
r Sometimes Tire Of Hearing
NKW YORK (AP) firm ark And in Irss than three weeks he!
,. people on a diet (jet tired of hear-1 dropped two whole pounds '' t
'"g: "So what if you are a littlr
"Haven't you been pulling on overweight? I had an uncle who
-a Imle weight lately?" I weighed 2 pounds and he lived!
; "111. fatty." , to be 90. Of course, he was bed-
.. "And then you pour In half a fast the last 2.S years, but on the '
eup of sugar, add the whipped i other hand "
,. cream and "1 know you must be sick and
- "Actually, in your case, if I tired of cucumbers. Whv don'l
- probably not so much fat as it is you trv for a little more variety?
.. a matter of posture. Why don'l i How about a nice radish, tor e
ou jiki iry puuiiig in your atom-; ample?"
"es, you still take a size li
collar. But if I were you I'd try
a size 17 this lime nut thai you
need il. but it'll just give you a
feeling of added comfort "
"Have you beard about the
new nll.nritlMin (lint'1"
My cousin goes to a Hindu who I "Have vou heard about the new
tells him that losing weight is all carboh'vdrate diet'"
siinple-if you just tune yourj "Have vou heard about the new
mind to the inlinile. Then you lor- all vitamin diet?"
get all alwut hunger pangs." "Anybody ran take it off But
oa mean that's all the cat : keeping it" olf-that s the reallv
ones you re allowed tor a whole ! important thing."
nay. h.v. m the old dav you! ")h. dun'l tell me vou're on a
T1!t 1 ,5'"'' mo,c than that on diet, too! .Now I've heard exerv
your necktie during lunch. Hung "
lil'a 0U ,r,rJi .,,hr ,''mon' "Psychologically. I understand
i rt. 2?.n,uEir,n.BH0,? ' h''r " ,niU ,at ""lc Koncrallv are suf
works vonders-and you ran eat i fenng either from guilt feelings
A reader of this column mailed
in the other day a clipping from it
in which a reference is made to
"the Russian shin which was
launched into the wild blue yonder"
and a comment in parentheses to
the effect that it "ISN'T BLUE
out there in space, you know."
Enclosed with it was a clipping
from one of the current news mag
azines quoting Air Force Major
llobert White, who recently flew
hia X 15 rocket ship higher than
man had ever flown before. This
paragraph from the magazine was
heavdy underscored:
What did Major White see' He
says: "It was a VEKY DEEP
BLl'E. but not exactly like night.
Your view encompasses three dis
tinct bands the earth, the light
BLUE of the sky and then the
very DEEP BLUE of extreme al
titude." Hmmmmmmmm.
How come?
Did somebody goof?
Well, it's like this:
Major White flew higher than
man had ever flown before, but he
didn't fly out of the earth's at
mosphere. At his highest point, he
was up about 25 miles above the
earth's surface. The earth's at
mosphere is somewhat more than
100 milex thirlf Mainr Whilo tuac
only about a quarter of the way
up uiruugn ine aimospnere.
And-
It i 111 Until naetfinc llirniioh
the gases that compose the earth's
aimospnere tnat make tne Dluc.
This is what happens:
The earth's atmosphere is made
up of nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen.
neon, helium and other gases.
When light passes through these
gases, all the different rays are
scattered. Some are scattered
more than others. The shorter the
wave length of the light, the more
it is scattered. Blue is scattered
the most, red the least. Therefore,
the greatest part of the sky ap
pears to be blue, as these scatter
ed rays are reflected back to us
from all parts of the sky.
If there were no atmosphere
around the earth, part of the light
from the sun would hit us direct
ly, and the rest would simply go
past. The sky would always LOOK
BLACK with the sun, moon and
stars shining in a GREAT BLACK
CURTAIN.
This is the point:
If and when man GOES BE
YOND the earth's atmosphere, he
will find himself whizzing through
the BLACK VOID of outer space.
We of course have to take that
for granted.
No man born of woman has as
yet seen outer space and returned
to tell the tale.
But wait!
It probably won't be long.
In fact
George M. Low, an official of
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, told a bunch
of editors and publishers in Wash
ington the other day that Russia
is ready to send a man into orbit
around the earth and MAY PICK
U.S. ELECTION DAY FOR THE
SHOT!
So
If and when this Russky gels
hack, he'll be able to give us eye
witness testimony as to whether
outer space is black or blue.
YES, BUT WHO PAYS?
Klamath Falls Htrald & Niws
The quick trip of Sen. Kennedy
through the west has left a good
many of his supporters and well
wishers more than a little starry
eyed. ,
Sen. Kennedy, if elected president
would provide everything for ev
erybody; Bigger and better medi
cal aid; more federal aid to edu
cation; more billions for defense;
expanded lederal housing program;
massive highway program (in
cluding forest access roads j; more
federal aid to small forest owners
and logging operators; speeding
up of urban renewal and slum
clearance program. And a host of
related federal largesse.
The only thing the good senalor
didn't tell us is; who is going to
pay for all of this munificence.
Who would be stuck? Stabbed
would be a better word than stuck.
But, terms don't matter. The little
guy you and us would be
paying the bill in the form of
higher taxes. NoUiing is free, re
gardless of young spellbinders who
might try to convince us that some
James Marlow
U.S., Russia In Contest
To Influence New Nations
WASHINGTON (AP) The
world wasn't ready for the new
freedoms and the changing mood
of the last half of the 20th Cen
tury.
The result is one of the great
dilemmas:
The contest between West and
East to gain the allegiance of
(he new and independent nations
emerging from colonialism and
(he older but smaller nations get
ting impatient with poverty.
Only 15 years ago the United
Nations started out with rl mem
bers. Gradually since then, as
more nations became indeoendenl
the membership climbed.
This week it shot up to with
the addition of 1.1 newly inde
pendent African nations and the
former British colony of Cyprus.
wnole halclies of Ihcm arts neu
tral in the contest between com
munism and I lie West.
And in Latin America nations
which felt Ihe United States was
taking them for granted have be
gun to assert themselves. They
showed this when they wouldn't go
all Ihe way with this country in
chastising Kidcl Castro's Cuba.
Now and it's almost as if it
had happened suddenly both Ihe
United Slates and Russia have to
find new ways lo attract the new
ly free people and the discontent
ed ones.
No wonder Premier Nikita
Khrushchev ranie ti. Ihe United
Nations in New York lo speak,
perform and otherwise offer in
ducements. No wonder President Eisenhow
er arranged lo address Ihe Gen
eral Assembly today and offer aid
lo the emerging new nations of
Africa, and also invited the repre
sentatives of 18 Latin-American
countries to lunch in New York.
Nothing better illustrates Ihe
unpreparedness of holh this coun
try anil Russia to cope with this
gigantic problem of winning new
friends than Ihe chaos which
erupted when the Congo got inde
pendence from Belgium litis sum
mer. The Russians I l ied lo horn in
Willi planes, trucks and techni
cians, hoping for a foothold in
Africa, only lo be thrown out in a
lightning change of the Congolese
government.
This country was trying to op
erate through the United Nations,
and so far Ihe world organization
has been supported by the U.N.
memoer nations overwhelmingly
as the agency for bringing order
and stability to the Congo.
But once it is established East
and West will be in a struggle to
win allegiance.
This whole show at the United
Nations now no matter what
turn il lakes is a contest be
tween the United Slates and Rus
sia lo influence world opinion,
even if nothing comes of it imme
diately. And probably nothing
much will.
Appling May Appeal
Lane Court Ruling
SALEM (AP) Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr. said here
he wants to make a Supreme
Court appeal of the Lane County
Circuit Court decision which re
moved the office of Lane County
coroner from the ballot.
But, he said, he won't make a
final decision until after he meets
late today with Atty. Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton.
Appling had held (hat 21 counties
must elect coroners, holding that
the new law setting up a county
medical examiner system doesn't
take effect until next Jan. 1.
Lane County was removed
from this list of 21 by the court
decision.
"I want to make it clear that
I hold no interest in the case other
than to gel the confusion clari
fied." Appling said. "I don't care
if we have a coroner system or a
medical examiner system.
"But I believe a Supreme Court
appeal is necessary because we
must have an interpretation of the
law that will apply to the whole
state.
sort of financial hocus pocus will
produce the billions that will pave
Ihe way to the better life they
promise.
Kennedy assails the Republicans
for their lack of progressiveness.
His is more subject to criticism for
bis lack of reality. He cannot deny
lhat it is the taxes coming from
the little fellow that provide the
bulk of federal funds.
The Tax Foundation has calcu
lated that the total U. S. taxable
income is about S153 billion. The
amount of income subject to the
first bracket (20 per cent) is about
S108 billion. That is the rate that
catches most of us. Tax Founda
tion calculates that this bracket
produces about 61 per cent of the
lax yield.
Surely, then, it behooves the
"small" taxpayer to inquire fully 1
inlo what the politicians' promises
will cost him in taxes. Sen. Ken
nedy's lavish program is no ex
ception. SCRIPTS BYPASSED
Sain Capital Journal
This lime it was Vice ?residnt
Nixon's turn.
Those people who were present
at the Lloyd Center lo hear h i m
speak or who watched the talk on
television must have wondered
what brand of hashish the news
men at the meeting had been
smoking to come up wilh the
stories they turned out.
What Nixon said and what he is
reported to have said just didn't
jibe.
Actually it's another case of the
political malady which the Capital
Journal mentioned a week ago in :
connection with Ihe talk of Sen. I
John Kennedy, the other presi-1
dential candidate, here.
It is simply that candidates oft
en dun't say what they announce
they are going to say. Kennedy
wasn't even on the same subject
that he said he was going to talk;
about.
Advance copies of Nixon's speech
distributed lo the press more than
three hours before he gave it dealt:
with the vice president's views on
water resources. I
The big news in it w as that Ihere I
should be greater emphasis on ,
"new starts" for multi-puipose !
dams when he spoke in Portland.
He did sandwich in a few words
which appeared in the speech 1
which lauded the Eisenhower ad
ministration's deeds in the reclam
ation field and denied the admin
istration was "standing still" in
the field.
Although the vice president did
n't say what lie said he was going
to. many words were sent out via
the news services saying that he
had.
The Capital Journal story, writ
ten before his speech took place,
said the remarks were prepared
for delivery. They were but they
weren't delivered.
The whole situation makes one
wonder. ,
Will either of the candidates be
hoimr .-it fnlfilline their cam
paign promise than lliey are at
saying what tney are guma m -o .-
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PP&L Announces
Large Bond Sale
PORTLAND (API Pacifie Pow
er & Light Co. loday reported the
underwriting firms of Blyth & Co.,
Inc., and White, Weld A- Co. were
successful bidders lor $20 million
in 30-year first mortgage bonds.
The firms offered $99.72 jointly
for the bonds carrying an interest
rate of 5's per cent. The under
writers will offer Ihe bonds lo the
public at S100.689.
The joint offer was low among
four for the bonds, which were
sold by PPi-t, to help finance its
lDtjo construction program.
The company's directors also
declared a regular quarterly divi
dend of 40 cents a share on com
nion stock of record Sept. 30 and
payable tlet. 10 .The regular quar
terly dividend on various types of
preferred stock also was declared.
Eugene Gets Grant
WASHINGTON (APi - The
Public Health Service today an
nounced a SlOC'iOO grant to help
linance a sewage disposal project
at Kugene. Ore. The project, one
of 16 that received grants, will
cost an estimated S63.VOOO.
Soviets Say West
Violates Treaty j
MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet ,
eovernment charged the United
States and its SEATO allies today
with organizing a rebellion
against the neutralist government
which came to power in Laos last
month.
It declared the Western powers
are '"grossly violating the Geneva
agreements of 19ii4" the pacts
which drew the boundaries of the
new states born alter the Indo
china War.
'Th Soviet government . . .
cannot ignore in silence instances
of crude interference by the Unit
ed States and its allies of the ag
gressive SEATO (Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization) block in the
internal affairs of Laos." it said
in a statement broadcast by Ra
dio Moscow and Tass.
The statement charged that alt
er the coup which saw the down
fall of the pro-Western Laos gov
ernment Aug. 9, "the U.S.A. be
gan to encourage its stooges to
organize an uprising against a
government which enjoys the con
fidence of parliament and the peo
ple ...
"It is no secret now that money,
weapons and ammunition are
flowing in a wide torrent to the
insurgents and U.S. military ad
visers are the real masters of the
insurgent forces."
"It is precisely with the encour
agement and support of the
U.S.A. lhat the uprising, headed
by (Jen. IMioumi Nosavana, was
organized against the lawful government."
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hore Leave
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"On you it looks good."
"Goodness, how I row vou.
No, 1 really mean il. 1 eal. 'and
; eat, and eal and never gain an
ounce."
all the aspirin vou want
"Talk to him about baseball,
! Khrushchev, the atom homh or
anything else at all, but don I
' mention food."
. "Have another carrot, oh, go
on. take two."
"My friend ate nnlhine hut
srapcfruit juice and marmalade. pour you din;
or a frustrated (ledums comnlev
What do you think vour trouble
is'.'"
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pour you breakfast."
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pour you lunch."
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