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Morse; Neuberger Favor Giving Birth Control! Information When Requested By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington Bureau Editor's Note: This is the first of two articles based on questions ask ed Oregon's two Senators and four Representatives on birth control. siu uic prunirin 01 over-population in underdeveloped countries. Washington - Senator Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger agree that the United States should give birth control information to underdeveloped count ries which request it. They both stressed that such informa tion should never be imposed nor made a condition of our giving economic aid. The controversial question put to both Senators was: If and when a foreign country with a population problem re quests financial assistance un der our foreign aid program for a birth control program of its own selection, do you believe United States govern ment officials should deny or accede to such a request? Credits Assistance Morse's answer was: "Yes, I believe the U. S. should furnish assistance for birth control programs, if it is requested by another coun try. We furnish technical as sistance for so many other things, I see no reason why information on this subject should be excluded. As a mat ter of fact, it is our medical assistance in bringing epi demics and disease under con trol which is largely respon sible for the rapid population increase in many countries. "It is not the birth rate which has increased so much as it is the death rate which has declined in the underde veloped countries, particular ly infant mortality. If it is sought, I think it is entirely appropriate to extend help in connection with birth control. "However, I strongly op pose attaching conditions to our economic help which would require a recipient na tion to undertake a program of population control in order to qualify for economic loans. That would be an inexcusable and unjustifiable interference in its internal affairs." Morse believes that we may tend to think of certain coun tries such as Africa, South America and particularly the Asian nations as "overpopu lated" because so many of their people live in squalor. Not Conducive to Democracy He feels that once these nations begin to apply the techniques of industrialization to their lands, we will cease to think of them as overpopu lated. Industrialization, he said, tends to bring about stabilization of populations. Morse said that extreme and widespread poverty is never conducive to democ racy, and that it is the major source of totalitarian eco nomic and political systems. He believes that the U. S. should "concentrate upon eco nomic development to im prove living standards." "This earth has an abund ance of raw materials, of pro ductive land, of human capac ity to produce the goods and services which can bring mod ern comforts to a world popu lation of perhaps far greater size than now exists. On his recent trip to South America he saw tremendous untapped raw materials, metals, oil and water power which, if put to work, would bring an immense improve ment in living standards to the people. 'Essentially False Issue' Neuberger's answer to the question was: Valentine Sale Expected to Hit 500 Million This Year By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York-fiJPD - Each bear and each bull in Wall Street will receive 2.81 valentines this year. That's 0.34 more than they received last year, and a new record high. These figur es were ob tained from sources known Elmer Walxer to be reliable and are guaranteed. They are based on statis tics gathered by Norcross, Inc., a leading maker of greet- ing cards, including valen tines. A Norcross spokesman look ed United Press International square in its figurative eye and said: "At least 500 million love missives will be sold this year." That compares with 440 million for 1959, the pre vious record. We forgot to mention that every man, woman and child in the nation will get his 2.81 valentines along with the bears and the bulls. This half billion batch of valentines, said the Norcross spokesman in his best econ omic tone, is big business. The 1960 Crop of valentines Priest's Efforts To Aid Parolees Paying Dividends St. Louis (UPD-A 23-year up hill battle against the econom ic, social and educational boy cott of ex-convicts appears to be paying off at long last for Father Charles Dismas Clark, a St. Louis Jesuit known as the "hoodlums' priest." Father Clark's dream of a "halfway house" where parol ees could be sheltered and fed until jobs are found for them is now a reality. Al though he conceded the proj ect has not yet proven itself, there has been a rash of cueries from other cities about the pioneer rehabilita tion plan. The 57-year-old priest is not easily deluded. He has been on the inside of many midwestern penitentiaries and he knows there are some crim inals "who would shoot their own mother and then bet on which side of the bed she falls." . To Help Parolees "These are not the men I'm interested in," he said. "I want to help the parolees who have an honest intention of reforming. Each ex-convict is an individual and should be treated as such.' Ten parolees presently oc cupy the home, a converted schoolhouse. It was purchased from the St. Louis Board of Education with the help of Morris Shenker, noted St Louis criminal attorney and long-time friend of Father Clark. There are 200 Missouri state penitentiary inmates waiting to be paroled to "Dis mas House." The priest said at least 100 ex-convicts will eventually pass through the house each month after been screened by the St. Louis and Washington University psychology depart ments. Once the men are admitted, the primary job is finding employment for them. Ac cording to Father Clark, job offers now outnumber parol ees. Of 34 men sent out for interviews during the first few months of Dismas House, 26 have been hired. The other eight work at the home. The average stay for a pa rolee ' at the home is t wo weeks. Some donate their en tire pay checks to Father Clark and most of them gave at least a portion of their wages. Two Ways of Judging The priest has two ways of judging when a parolee ready to move out of Dismas House when his foot locker is full of clothes and he be gins to resent the 9 p.m. curfew. . Financially, the center is operated on a catch-as-catch- can basis, although a fund raising campaign is being planned. For the present, Fa ther Clark is forced to rely on frequent checks, from S2 and upwards, from well- wishers. Produce merchants donate fruit and vegetables and cleaning shops turn over un claimed garments. A group of 10 young lawyers has volun teered to defend any of the priest's "boys" who might get into trouble. Father Clark cites two cases in support of his belief that it is unjust to make an outcast of an ex-convict. "Suppose," he said, "the good thief St. Dismas came to St. Louis. Jesus himself felt that St. Dismas deserved con sideration, yet he would . be an ex-convict. "For that matter, the Son of God was crucified for se dition against the Roman Em pire, and therefore could be classified as an ex-convict." Boy Scouts Troop 14 Troop 14 will hold a Court of Honor Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Roose velt school gymnasium.' Par ents of troop members are in vited to attend. Under a new law, a driver's license is required in. Cali fornia for operation of a self- propelled wheelchair. Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery Stops Itch-Kelreyes Pain Trfc. PL T. wu For Otm rst time science has found a new staling substance with the aston ishing ability to shrink hemor rhoids, stop itching, aad reliev pain withoat snrgery. In case after case, wh3e fentry reliering pain, actnal reduction (shrinkage) took place. Most amazin z of ail results were thorough that sufferers made astonishing statements like "Pflea The secret is a new healing sob rtanee (Bio-Dyne) discorery of a world-famous research institute. This substance now available in suppository or tintmnt form under the name Preparation H. At your druggist. Money back guarantee. . TJ. . fmt. OA ranges in price from one cent to S5. It might be difficult to find the penny ones. Since tms is leap year, there is a stress or that angle, girls doing the proposing, but there's still the traditional sentiment variety in two out of three of the valentines, ac cording to Norcross. Who's going to send those half billion valentines to whom? Norcross has the statistics on that one too. There are 11.9 million unmarried ladies who bank on leap year valen tines in the campaigns for husbands. Also 52 million children under 14 are slated to send a dozen or so to class mates. It is estimated 14.8 million bachelors will send several million to their favorite girl friends. Then there are the 90 million marrieds who'll ex change valentines, or else. Everybody In A total of 45 million moth ers will get their share and so will myriad relatives and in-laws. Valentines represent the second biggest selling item in the card line, with Christmas by far the biggest. If each card" carries a 4 cent stamp, the post office will ring up a 20 million dol lar sale. The Norcross valentines this year carry bigger hearts, redder roses, and more roman tic sentiments than ever be fore, its spokesman admits. There are the padded satin hearts, great big ones, frosted hearts, gold-embossed hearts, simulated lace hearts, and lots of roses. Dan cupid returns to the cards after a long absence. Color is emphasized too this year, oranges, reds, pinks, yellow on red fluorescent, and lots of gold. There are comics too but these are edited down to avoid rudeness that once featured their predecessors. There was one great big one in the group this depart ment looked at. It looked like a bear thumbing his nose at him who opened the missive. Norcross said it was a tiger. Just to keep the franchise we checked , the records and regret to say that the market declines more often on St. Valentine's day than any other day. Records go back to 1897. The bullish thing about the Valentine day markets is that the net changes always are narrow, or have been in the past, minus 0.45 in 1940 in the industrials; minus 0.02 in 1944; and plus 0.03 in 1902, to mention a few. There will be no market on the good old saint's day this year. It's a Sunday. "I believe that any reason able information that a friendly nation asks for we should supply." But Neuberger said he re gards the birth control ques tion as "essentially a false issue." "Asian nations have birth control programs. They have proved generally ineffective, despite assistance from pri vate and governmental sources. .Factors other than funds or information are in volved," he said. He said the reasons for in effectiveness to date of birth control in the Asian countries has been "religious scruples, illiteracy and poverty." He said India's Premier Nehru has stated that illiteracy is re tarding population control in India. "It is significant that the only Asian nation which has achieved even minimal suc cess in checking the rate of population expansion is Japan, which has legalized abortion and encourages use of con traceptives. Japan now has the highest living standard in Asia. It is the most heavily in dustrialized nation in Asia, and has the least illiteracy," he continued. Education Is Luxury Illiteracy is tough to com bat because education is a lux ury in Asia, said Neuberber, because "Capital, labor and land must be devoted to the basics of food production. Population increase com pounds the problem and creates a vicious cycle. Eco nomic aid permits devotion of more resources to educa tion. Receipt of our surplus food commodities helps free resources for projects of this type." Neuberger stressed that he would never, favor the U. S. attempting to force birth con trol programs on other na tions, "anymore than I would condone the U. S. making abolition of the system of Un touchables a condition to aid for India." Thus far, no responsible U. S. officials of the Interna tional Cooperation Adminis tration or the State Depart ment have suggested that the U.S. force birth control pro grams upon the underde veloped countries unasked. Private agencies, such as Church World Service, which have been asked, do dissemi nate information. The Senate Foreign Rela tions committee released a re port last fall by the Presi dent's Special Committee to Study the Military Assistance Program dealing with the eco nomic aid program. This so called Draper Committee started the furor. The Draper Committee's re port suggested the U. S. "as sist those countries with which it is cooperating in eco nomic aid programs, on re quest, in the formulation of their plans designed to deal with the problem of rapid populat'-m growth." Not Governmental Activity The ICA, which administers all non-military foreign aid on Nov. 28 said the discussion was "academic".' "Not one penny of foreign aid funds ever has been used for dissemination of birth con trol information, and there are no plans to do so," their spokesman declared. President Eisenhower sub sequently said at a news con ference that giving such in formation was "not a proper political or governmental ac tivity, function or responsi bility." Neuberger also agrees with Morse that the drop in death rates has played a more im portant role than rising birth rates. He points out that our rate of population increase is 1.9 per cent while that of India is 1.7 per cent. "No one suggests that the U. S. restrict population ex pansion even though their birth rates are higher than in India. Obviously, the U. S. has the economic base to sup port such growth," he concluded. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Monday, Feb. 8, 1960 3 Family Council Kathleen J. He acts as though I was the guilty one. Jack J. We never should have married. Kathleen J. - My husband and I have been married nearly 15 years and have four wonderful children. Our mar riage hasn't been ideal be cause we are very different and don't have the same in terests, but I at least felt sure of my husband's loyalty. Six months ago this security was swept from under me by the discovery that my hus band had been intimate with another woman. My husband admitted it. but said it was "all over" and give me his word that such a thing would n't happen again. I have tried my best to be forgiving and understanding hard as it is. But Jack acts as though I was the guilty party. He is always gloomy and short-tempered. He was never the jolly type, but now he carries a chip on his shoulder all the time. Jack J. - Kate's statement that I was never the jolly type sums up the whole story. She has always been very sociable, likes parties and going out. I hate parties. I've never been talkative and I can't think of anything to say when I go out. I don't think I'm any dif ferent now than I ever was. Only Kate is more suspicious. When I am quiet she wants to know if I am thinking about "her." This other woman nev er meant anything to me. It was just one of those crazy things and it was over before it ever really began. I suppose Kate and I never should have married. We couldn't be more different. She was never interested in reading or in sports as I am. Yet she blames me for not caring about her interests. .The Council: We get the impression that Jack's brief escapade with another woman was like a boil, a symptom of infection within the marriage. Kathleen and Jack should be aware that differences of tastes and interests do not in themselves undermine a mar riage. They can contribute much to its richness - if each partner is emotionally ready and willing to give of himself and receive from the other. Many quiet, reserved men take pride in their wives' social gaiety and feel it brings a new, more interesting ele ment into their lives. Many social butterflies gain secur ity from their husband's quiet er, more thoughtful attitudes. In this case, however, Kath leen and Jack are using their different interests as a means of escape from one another and a weapon to fight one another. We doubt the sin cerity of the "interests" of either of them. People who get real enjoyment out of something in life communi cate their happiness and con tentment to everyone around them. They don't have the time or inclination to find fault with others. We believe Jack's 'statement that the other woman never meant anything to him be cause, as is the case with most unfaithful husbands, his prob lem is a lack of ability to give and receive love. Kate, on the other hand, probably is equal ly deficient in this and per haps rightfully feels a degree of guilt for her husband's excursion outsile the marital boundaries. It takes an enormous effort to change emotional patterns, but it can be done if there is a strong enough incentive and a willingness to be critical of oneself and tolerant of oth ers. Psychological consulta tion helps, but the most im portant thing is the indi vidual's own efforts. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Ik; Science Stops Useless Boughing with a Tiny Tablet and a sin of water! Controls nerves tftat control cooghing due to colds and excessivt smoking. Helps break up bronchial congestion raises phlegm. What is useless coughing? Thtrra or two kinds of coughs: 1. 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