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
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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.
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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.)
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