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A specialized technique de
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Medical association's bureau
of health education will be
used on the Jackson County
Tuberculosis and Health as
sociation television program
over KBES-TV at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Dr. Thomas H. Emmens and
Dr. John T. Weisel, ophthal
mologists, will appear on the
program. Special film foot
age will illustrate the doctors
remarks.
Common eye defects, such
as myopia, color deficiency,
and crossed eyes will be ex
plained, as well as th,e func
tion and selection of eye
glasses, and special dangers
to the eve after 40, such as
glaucoma and cataract.
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Committee Wants
Goldfine Records
Washington (UPI) Mem
bers of the House subcommit
tee investigating federal reg
ulatory agencies have called
for an immediate move to ob
tain tax returns of Boston mil
lionaire Bernard Goldfine.
They want to determine
whether Goldfine wrote off
his gifts to Presidential As
sistant Sherman Adams as
business expenses. Adams said
they were personal gifts. I
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Adams' Acceptance
Worse Than Other
BY A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington President Ei
senhower and Sherman Adams
have both conceded that the
pesident's assistant acted im
prudently in
the - Goldfine
case per
forming fa
vors from his
high office for
a friend who
gave him ex
pensive gifts
but they
both argue by
a. Bobt smitk implication
that this is no worse than
many of the things that occur
in Washington today. It's just
part of the prevailing system.
Adams, during his testi
mony before the House com
mittee, noted that he gets
many requests from members
of Congress as well as from
private interests to take some
sort of action. He added: "I
say this in no spirit of criti
cism at all because it is in the
nature of the system in which
we are engaged together that
this is so."
Eisenhower, in defending
Adams at his news conference
the next day, said accepting a
gift is not the same as taking
a bribe. He went on to say:
"Almost without exception
1 ! w
1 I m I
everybody seeking public of
fice accepts political contri
butions. These are gifts to
further his political career.
Yet we do not make a gener
ality that these ' gifts are in
tended to color the later offi
cial ,votes, recommendations
and actions of the recipients.
In the general case this whole
activity is understood, ac
cepted and approved." . 1
Dependent Upon Gifts
The president is correct that
most people accept the pre
vailing system by which pub
lic office holders have become
utterly dependent upon ex
tensive gifts in the form of
campaign contributions t o
conduct election campaigns.
But some are now beginning
to question whether one
should expect any group of
government officials, of either
party, to remain "clean as a
hound's tooth" under the
pressure of this system.
The theory behind the ex
poses of congressional com
mittees and newspapers into
corruption in government is
that corrupted officials must
be found and rooted out after
being exposed to public at
tention. The theory is perhaps
unconsciously held that the
source of the trouble is that
the corrupt official was weak,
immoral or downright dishon-1
of Gifts
Capitol Happenings
est, and the solution is simply
to replace him with a good
man.
The lesson of the Adams-
case should be that a man
who is neither weak, immoral
or dishonest can da . things
which in the past one might
have thought possible only for
a corrupt politician Adams
has been doing these things
because it has been part of the
system. And things -like this
will continue to happen as
long as this system prevails
Constant Pressure
The system functions along
two lines:
1. Non-elected government
officials, whether appointed
by the president and his cab
inet or civil service employees
who come up through the
ranks, are under constant
pressure from private inter
ests who are seeking types of
action that would be favorable
to their interest. These offi
cials do not owe their jobs to
these interests as a rule- (al
though in some instances a
private interest may influence
the appointment), so the pub
lic relations firms, lobbyists
and executives of these inter
ests seek ways to endear them
to the government officials
whom they wish to influence.
Luncheons, dinners, cocktail
parties are a commonplace
lay-a-way
O or buy on
one of our
easy-pay
budget
plans . .
Seen Flo
means of spreading good will
Personal gifts, all-expense-
paid trips, free hotel accomo
dations are less common but
not out of the ordinary. Adams
falls into this broad grouping,
but his is not an isolated in
stance.
A government attorney un
der civil service who works
for a federal agency and falls
into this category tells me
that his office must deal con
stantly with representatives of
a particular industry which
benefits from government con
tracts. - During negotiations,
the industry boys invite the
officials of his agency to par
ties, dinners. He follows a rale
'which he personally adopted
of not accepting such invita
tions. One of his co-workers is
noticeably more agreeable to
the industry's desired terms
after lunch than before, al
though he would doubtless be
offended at any suggestion
that the free luncheon affected
his judgment about the mat
ter.
The superior of this worker
has been accepting free hotel
accomodations in New York
offered by an industry offi
cial who was out of town but
maintained like Adams' friend
Bernard Goldfine, a regular
suite.
Ike Ducks Question
When Eisenhower was ask
ed , at his news conference
whether he would back up
lesser officials who might be
found doing what Adams had
done, he ducked the question.
He said only that he would ex
pect all government officials
to conduct themselves impec
cably at all times. He seemed
to see nothing wrong with the
system which confronts offi
cials with temptations, which
can easily be rationalized at
the time as long as "everyone's
doing it."
2. Elected officials in this
day of expensive publicity
election campaigns must rely
upon substantial financial con
tributions from- private
sources to underwrite their ef
forts to be elected. Once
elected they can't entirely
forget their benefactors, be
cause mere is always the next
campaign to worry, about
whether it is two, four or six
years away.
There are today only ar
chaic corrupt practices laws
designed to compel public dis.
closure of the sources of these
contributions, but the ways of
avoiding full disclosure are
legion. Whether hidden or
fully disclosed, the contribu
tion tends to impose a pres
sure upon the office holder to
treat his benefactors with ex
tra consideration, extra time
of his office staff, extra effort
in getting what that interest
may want done in Washing
ton or the state capital or the
local courthouse.
Don't Affect Vole
Moreover, members of Con
gress are frequently given
other types of gifts, free trips
to Florida, free cruises on
ocean liners as well as person
al articles. Sen. Paul Douglas
(D-Ill.) says he rejects any
thing worth over $2.50, but
most politicians have no stip
ulated limit and stoutly main
tain publicly that gifts and
campaign funds don't affect
the way they vote on legis
lation. .
The defender of the system
must contend that gifts and
campaign funds don't influ
ence official descisions. But
there is a mountain of evi
dence that favoritism in gov
ernment has been going on
here under both parties.
It's time for a change a
change in the system.
A rigid code of ethics for all
government officials and peo
ple doing business with the
government should be adopted
to outlaw gifts and other types
of free loading. Private cam
paign contributions should be
outlawed. Instead, election
costs should be federally fi
nanced so that the nation's
lawmakers the great major
ity who want to be honest and
just in fulfilling the high re
sponsibilities of their office
can be beholden to no one.
Unless there is this drastic
change in the system, politics
will more and more be re
garded by the public as a
questionable profession a t
best and not the high and
respected calling it ought to
be. Fewer men of integrity
and ability will be willing to
subject themselves to the
trials of economic pressure
groups, and public office will
be largely left to those who
find the gift system appeal
ing and personally beneficial.
The leading nation of " the
world fight for democracy
cannot afford this internal po
litical corruption of the intent
of America's founding fathers.
STAMP DEALER DIES
New York (UPI)' Sid
ney F. Barrett, 65,who was
treasurer and a former presi
dent of the American Stamp
Dealers association, died here
Wednesday.
State GOP Leaders Disagree
On Method To Win Labor Votes
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press International
Washington (UPI) State
Republican leaders found
themselves in disagreement to
day about what approach they
should take in an effort to win
labor votes in the 1958 cam
paign. Some cautioned against ac
tion which might put an "anti
labor" label on the party and
others warned against com
promises to. woo labor leaders
who could be expected to sup
port Democratic candidates
anyway. ti .
These points of view and
others were heard from GOP
state chairmen attending a
three-day "campaign school"
which closes today.
The labor issue appeared to
be getting fresh study from
Republicans, partly as a re
sult of the California primary
earlier this month. Senate Re
publican leader William F.
Knowland, an advocate of a
state "right to work" law, won
the GOP nomination for gov
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poor showing compared with
State Attorney General Ed
mund G. Brown, who won the
Democratic nomination.
Knowland 'Misunderstood' ;
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr., Cali
fornia state chairman, blamed
the Republican set-back on
the business recession and on
his belief that Knowland's po
sition was widely "misunder
stood." He said he expected
the business situation to im
prove before' the election, in
November.
Bell also said in an inter
view that he hoped Knowland
could get away from the Sen
ate more often "and do a bet
ter job of explaining his posi
tion to the rank and file union
members"
"His program is not anti
labor and is merely protect
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some unscrupulous labor lead
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looted 'and robbed the funds
of members," he said. v
, At one of Thursday's closed
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identify the GOP with the
"right to work" issue. Cam
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who spoke thought it was a
tricky issue with which to
deal.
Why Woo Labor
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directly on the issue but had
told the Republicans they
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the labor "heirarchy" who
would work against the GOP
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and file.
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told the meeting that labor
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"right to work" law. After the
commitment, he said, they
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candidate.
Thad Hutcheson, Texas
chairman, told a reporter that
his view wa that "we should
not be afraid to identify our
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issue." He expressed the be
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