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By BILL JENKINS
All my sympathies lie with the
one-armed paper hanger. Spent
most of yesterday covering up a
bilious green wall with paper. And
If anyone can do it with one arm,
then I'm the man to hand him the
cigars. Even with two of us working
it took all afternoon to do a room
about the size of a large broom
closet.
1953 marked a big year for Cra
ter Lake, with 332,835 persons vis
iting the establishment. This is sec
ond only to the big one of 1947.
Campers scored the biggest gains
of all by nearly doubling the 1952
figures for use of the park's camp
grounds. A toUl of 16,075 persons
made use of these outdoor over
night facilities, 8792 staying at Rim
Village, 5925 at Annie Spring, 1429
at Cold Spring and 329 bunking at
Los Creek. They drove there in
4707 cars, which Is an average of
around four persons to a car.
August was the biggest month with
29,901 cars registered In, bringing
a total of 105,109 persons up for a
look-see at the blue lake.
The other day we spoke on the
subject of robins. Bitterly. Now we
find that our red breasted little pal
has been confounding others. An
American robin was recently
spotted In Britain. At the Lundy
Island bird observatory. Experts
figured out that, boosted by a 35
mile an hour tail wind, the little
fellow could have flown fr,om New
foundland to the British coast In a
matter of some 40 hours.
We always knew robins were
dumb, but not that dumb. We also
find in reading over a pamphlet on
our desk this morning that a robin
once built a nest on the tail of a
navy bomber and survived a 1700
mile flight. They have also been
known to build nests on merry-go-rounds,
traveling hoists and trolley
wires.
Fooeyl I'll stick to woodpeckers.
HAL BOYLE
WASHINGTON Wl Anybody
know what to do with 131,000 tons
of butter?
Some of the best brains in gov
ernment are trying to figure out
a lend-grease program to get rid
of it, but no one has come up with
the right answer.
The present administration is
plagued with the problem of sur
plusessurplus debts, surplus tax
es, surplus unemployment, surplus
leftover Democratic office-holders.
It also has Its shortages, of
course, including it shortage of
Ronnhiirnn senators. But to a visit
ing taxpayer the most striking1
shortag" Is the shortage of ideas
on how to get rid of that 131,000
tons of surplus butter. Meanwhile,
under Uncle Sam's farm price sup
port program the supply Is being
added to at the rate of 1,000 tons
a days. ;
The butter costs tho government
about 66 cents a pound but sells
on the world marke for only 45
cents.
The government's problem is
that there seems to be no way to
get rid of the butter without mak
ing somebody mad. ;
It might be given away to the
nritish. but for the lingering re
sentment they still hold against us
lor the dried eggs we forced them
to accept after the last war,. You
can't safely Insult a stout ally
twice in one generation.
It might be sold to the Soviet
government, which is reported to
be yearning lor jou.uou ions, u n
would make lor real friendship. But
the statesmen here figure they
have already learned that butter
won't melt in a Russian mouth.
It can't be given away to the
noor because that would be gal.
loping socialism. It can't be given
to the rich Decause mat wouio s
special privilege. . It can't bo plow
ed under, because any plow would
skid on all that butter.
- So Congress hems and haws, and
the butter piles higher every night
the cows come home from the
meadow.
What can be done with it? Well,
here are a few adventurous possibilities:
1. Load it on naval vessels and
sail It around the world until it
wears out.
2. Washington has a memorial
to everybody but the American
farmer. Why not build a tremen
dous monument to him, carved
from 131,000 tons of butter? It might
show a gigantic cow tenderly being
milked by a faithful son of the soil
in patched yellow overalls. Sur
rounded by plastic, this butter me
morial would endure forcvev. and
provide the capital with a tourist at
traction rivaling me wasmngion
Monument and perhaps outweigh
ing It, too.
a offer it to the Soviet govern
ment for nothing if each Russian
peasant and bureaucrat got a free
one-pound block of butter labeled
e ft of the U.S.A. THIS wuujjU
SET MORE Russians to pondering
virtues of free enterprise than 131,
000 tons of paper propaganda.
There is no better propaganda
than the visible fruits of prosperity-
. . .
4. Congress wants to get a raise
in pay but is bashful about voting
User, money, country aoctors oiien
take their fees in farm products
when farmers are short of dollars.
Well, why not give congressmen
a flat bonus In surplus butter in
stead of crass cash?
"That Is a generous, heart-welcoming
proposal," said one legisla
tor. "But if you divide 131,000 tons
equally among 631 Senators and
representatives, each would get
500,000 pounds of butter. What
would I do with 500,000 pounds of
butter"
Simple' Since politicians . always
butter up their constituents in an
election year, they could wrap a
couple of pounds of butter in their
latest speech and mail a package
to every voter In their district.
That may be spreading on politics
a bit thick, but I know that as a
taxpayer myself I wouldn't resent
this gesture.
The main thing is something has
to be done and done soon. They
are running out of storage space.
Come summer If all that butter
melts, Congress is going to have
a real emergency a new flood
control problem.
SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK W1 Business may
shift its ways of raising money
as a result of two tax develop
ments. They make the public look
better than the banker to busi-ness-and
should make business look
better to the public.
One tax development Is the move
, toward easing up on the double
taxation of business earnings and
dividends. Thew stockholders the
owners of business would find the
returns of their ownership sweeter,
The other Is the death of the ex
cess profit tax the first of this
year. That tax often made It more
profitable for business to go into
debt when it needed money to ex
pend than to raise the money by
increasing public ownership
through the sale of more stock
especially since some present
stockholders might object to "wa
tering down" their equity in the
business.
Stock traders are apparently
feeling more optimistic about the
prospects for sales of stocks and
for the continuation of high divi
dend payments to shareholders.
. Dividend payments by corpora
tions last year came to around 9
'h oiiiion dollars, ADout 3 Bil
lion of that went right on through
the stockholders' fingers and Into
the U.S. Treasury. Under the pro
posal 01 the House ways and
Means Committee, by 1956 the
stockholders would be retaining
another billion dollars for them
selves, assuming Uiat dividend pay
ments hold at the 1953 level.
This would make stock owning
look a lot brighter to tho public,
brokerage firms here feel. And
COUGH
FUSSIN?
1 Here's what thousands of doctors
jhave prescribed for coughs of colds
. . fast-acting, pleasant-tasting
PERTUSSIN. It works internally;
Joosena sticky phlegm; and thus
"brtakt-up" coughing spells. It's
they look Tor much better chances
for placing more common stocks
In the hands of the American pub
lic. The "double taxation" charge
arises this way: First, the earn
ings of the corporation are sub
ject to an income tax, at present
52 per cent; the second, that part
of the earnings which is passed
along to the owners of the cor
poration in the form of a dividend
is subject to the individual income
tax.
The House group proposes to lift
gradually some of this latter bur
den, so that the stockholders won't
have to pay Income tax on all of
the money he gets as a dividend.
They'll Do It Every Time
I 4 - 11
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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By Jimmy Hatlo
MONDAY, JANUARY
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Vet's
Mailbag
Despite the fact that Veterans
Administration lost a total of
25,128 employes In its non-medical
activities from June 1950 to Sep
tember 1053, and claims poured In
at a high rate from the Korean
conflict, VA has continued Its ef
forts to speed up claim handling.
The net result has been a increase
In the speed with which claims
have been handled during the past
year.
On June 30, 1950, VA had a total
of 188.3A2 employes in all activl
ties, 123 697 being employed In the
hospital and medical program and
64,805 in all other activics Claims,
loan guaranty finance, adminlstra'
tlve, contact, etc.
On September 30, 1953, with ad
ditlon of several hundred hospital
beds In new installations, VA had
a total of 181,220 employes, 141,543
being In medical activities and
39,677 in all other departments.
Veterans claims for disability
compensation or pension increased
rapidly after the outbreak of hos
tilities in Korea and un adjudicated
claims reacned a peak in April,
1952. Since then, although the num
ber of new claims has not declined
greatly, the number awaiting final
action nas been steadily reduced,
from 81 days' work to 62.
Dependents claims for death
benefits, (compensation, pension,
insurance, servicemen's indemnity.
and burial allowances) are also
being processed faster. Pending
workloads in adjudication of corn-
pension and pension death claims
are the lowest since World War
II. Fending insurance claims in dis
trict offices are' at a record low of
13 days, insurance correspondence
which had been subject to consid
erable delays, is being answered
promptly; correspondence on hand
is only two days work, compared
with 17 a year ago.
Special benefits for World War
II and Korean veterans are also
being handled more expeditiously.
There is no significant pending
work-lond in applications for Voca
tional Rehabilitation and Educa
tion, and applications for Guaranty
of Loans are at an all-time low
for less than week's work.
VA said the increase efficiency
In service, despite the loss of per
sonnel, has been accomplished
mainly by continuous efforts in de
vising new and better methods of
handling work, adoption of ma
chines in activities where possible,
simplification of forms, and great
er employe efficiency due to length
of experience. ?
QUESTION OF THK WEEK
Q Will I have to pay Income
tax on disability compensation pay
ments I receive from the VA?
A No. VA benefit payments arc
not taxable. In fact, they need not
even be reported as income, for
tax purposes.
STRANDED
MUSKEGON, Mich. MB Seventy
stranded fishermen rode an ice
floe for three hours yesterday, on
Bear Lake after waves from
passing Lake Michigan oil tanker
caused an Ice breakup. Police.
firemen and volunteers brought
the fishermen to shore In rescue
boats. Nope was harmed.
aKe it" from me . . .
Thlrc m ioo
DAIIN lrRNs IN
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An
Eisenhower Health Plan
Calls For Federal Aid In
Private Insurance Groups
WASHINGTON (A President
Eisenhower, an avowed foe of what
he calls "socialized medicine," to
day sends to Congress his program
for making health services readily
available.
There was every indication the
message would propose the crea
tion .of a system of federal re
insurance of private health insur
ance plans.
He mentioned re-insurance In
his recent State of the Union mes
sage, without defining what he had
in mind. It is generally understood
to be, a system wherein the federal
government, within certain limita
tions would Insure private plans
for hospital and medical care to
the extent of protecting an indivi
dual plan from being wiped out by
a, run of heavy claims. This might
help some plans offer broader ben
efits. Eisenhower has repeatedly blast
ed the type of health lasurance
plan backed by former President
Truman, saying that such a plan
would lead to 'assembly-line treat
ment" for patients. Truman had
favored instituting a system of
compulsory health Insurance, fi
nanced by payroll taxes on both
employer and employe, with the
entire program administered by
the federal government. Legisla
tive proposals to introduce such a
system have repeatedly failed. The
opposition was-spearheaded by the
American Medical Assn.
Authoritative sources said the
President's health message today
would also include calls for:
1. Increasing by at least several
million dollars in each case the
funds presently appropriated for
federal research on such major ills
as cancer and, heart disease, and
possibly mental disease.
2. Upping ftpm 23 million to 30
million dollars a year the federal
government's present appropria
tion for vocational rehabilitation
programs carried on hi the sep
arate states for people disabled by
disease or Injury. The states put
up $1 for every $2 appropriated by
the federal government for this
purpose.
Another recommendation consid
ered likely would be for broaden
ing the Hospital Construction Act
(Hill-Burton) to allow federal aid
in construction of nursing and con
valescent homes, dia gnostic cen
ters and rehabilitation centers,
there is no specific provision for
these under the present act.
The President has also ex
pressed a desire to have the act
broadened so as "to assist In the
development of adequate facilities
lor me chronically ill."
On Capitol Hill, where the House
Commerce Committee is holding
hearings on ways to help people
meet costs of illness, a spokesman
for a number of nonprofit health
groups said the biggest need is
for preventive health care and pre
payment of doctors bills.
Jerry Voorhis, secretary of the
Cooperative Health Federation of
America, said in prepared testi
mony much sickness that cuts
heavily into the family budget
could be kept away by treatment
ahead of lime. But it is these "first
calls" upon a doctor which are
most risky to health Insurance
from a commercial standpoint, he
said.
"What we need most of all is a
method whereby we can pay our
doctors for keeping the people
well," Voorhis said. "At present
the problem is that doctors gen
erally receive their income only
when people get sick, and the sick
er the people are, the bigger the
doctors' income. That is really
backwards."
Voorhis said he favored groups
of people attacking the problem
voluntarily, through principles of
risk-sharing- and mutual aid, but
he called for two types of gov
ernment aid v ,k
1. To medical schools, to help
ease what he called a national
shortage of doctors and other med
ical professionals.
2. Low-interest loans to volun
tary health plans, to assist them
in getting medical facilities.
Hunter Killed
On Rail Trestle
ST. CHARLES. Mo. IPI Two'men
and a boy, on a hunting trip, were
crossing a railroad trestle yester-
day when a freight train bore down
on them. They started to run.
Fred Limberg, 43, jumped to
safetv as he approached the end
of the 80-foot-long trestle. His son
Jack, 11, climbed over the side,
clung to a support and, after the
train had passed, slid 25 feet to the
ground.
The third hunter, Gene Callanan,
.11, apparently tripped as he fled
before the train. He was killed
FACTUAL GAIN AND LOSS CHART
ON UN-CONTROLLED DRINKING
A New Sensation and Feeling of Maturity
Disappearance of Self-Consciousness
Pleasure of Disregarding Conventions,
Magnified Feelings of Friendships for "Pals
False Feeling of Superiority and Grandeur.
Mental Elation Good Parties.
Hair of Dog.
Temporary Elimination of Business and Family
Worries
Source of Companions of No Import.
Self Esteem in "Going on the Wagon
Wishful Thinking!
Compensations of Feeling of Inferiority
Temporary Physical and Mental
Well Being
False Courage Relating to Social.
Sex and Business Life
Satisfying Fligtk
from Reality
Satisfying a
Craving and
Addiction
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PENALTY OF INDISCRETION.
to dif trior to FmUsh fVkZZ
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UNFAVORABLE rUBUCtTY.
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INCREASING RESENTMENTS.
s..ml VHiIHt Worn aboil Htaltk.
Lorn of Mtmory Cradoal or Serious.
uriMB Loom (TIom Oat?) (Fired?)
Warn. RalaoWt to Rcwtouon and DptnMCT.
DutafttnUM of Ctitral Nerroua Sntna.
For of Wutod Ufa.
DISSIPATED APPEARANCE.
and Silt of IifMI
Jb HroltW CoMImom Borrairiaf or Pi.h.Tiyf. Mooeatoi-.
Fear of laoutir. Ftar of Mat Soktr Eaooak to Sot DosMod Sdf ta"
TraIJ.
rwnONlC bnuU HORROR DREAMS.
ALCOHOLIC ILLNESS anTERNESS MELANCHOLY.
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Aeetanutioa of urn taaiocunoc.
WET BRAIN. DSSTTrUTII
IONS. DEATH!!!
LIAIILITII
rfe YOU at alco&oUcl
To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as hooertly as you can
Yh No V Do you crivf drink l a tefioit timt daily?
V Do you lose time from work due to drinkini? Q
yit driokini miking your borne life unhappy?
VDo you drink bectute you arc ihy with oto
people?
Vb drinking affecting your reputation?
VHave you ever felt remorse after drinking?
VHave you gotten into financial difficulties as a
remit of drinking?
VDo you turn to lower compaoloni and an inferior
environment when drinking? Q
VDoee your drinking make you care less of your
family' welfare? O
your ambition decreased since drinking?
yDo you want a drink the next morning? q
V Doe drinking cause you to have difficulty In
i tax ping?
D . V Has yout efficiency decreased since drinking? q
V Do you drink to escape from worries or trouble? q
VDo you drink alone? q
O lHave you ever had a complete lot of memory
as a result of drinking? n
V'Has your physician ever treated you for drinking? Q q
VDo you drink to build up your self-confidence?, q q
D VHave you ever been to a hospital or Institution
on account of drinking? rj q
If you have answered YES to any ost of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be alcoholic!
If you have answered YES to any two. the chances are that you arc aa alcoholic.
If you have answered YES to three or more. yoa are definitely sua alcoholic
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(Editor's Note This Is the
third is a series of articles dealing
with the disease of alcoholism and
what Alcoholics Anonymous is do
ins to combat it.)
By 1YLE DOWNING
Victims ot alcoholism suffer
many delusions. One of them Is
that "a little v liquor never hurts
anyone."
In the case of the alcoholic, it
doesn't matter whether it's a little
whisky, a little beer or a little
canned heat. Just one small drink
can cause a compulsion or craving
lor alcohol that leads a man or
woman to drink irrationally and to
excess. Medical science has estab
lished the fact that alcoholism is a
physical allergy coupled with a
mental obsession.
Another delusion very prevalent,
among alcoholics is the belief that;
drinking doesn't interfere with
their work.
MANAGEMENT ALARMED
Management in some of the na
tion's largest industries has be
come firmly convinced of the fall
acy of this belief. More and more
employers are becoming concerned
with the alcoholic problem as it
applies to their operations and have
turned to Alcoholics Anonymous '
for assistance. Among these are E.
I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. of
Wilmington, Del. and Eastman
Kodak Co. of- Rochester, N. Y.
Parenthetically, we want to point
out that the two groups of Alco
holics Anonymous in Klamath Falls
are anxious to cooperate with em
ployers who have alcoholics on
their payrolls. Alcoholics Anony
mous is listed in the telephone di
rectory. Alcoholism is responsible for a
high rate of absenteeism in many
industries. Dr. seldon D. Bacon, di
rector of the Yale Center of Alco
hol studies, says that among known
aicononcs absenteeism averages 22
days per year. He adds that Amer
ican industry's annual dollars-find-
cents loss from alcoholism has
been set at more than one billion
dollars a year.
INDUSTRY PAYS
Other researchers stale that in
dustry should not overlook the fact
that its taxes underwrite a large
share of the social cost of alcohol
ism the cost of police organiza
tions, courts, jails; welfare and re
lief all incurred directly as the
result of problem drinking.
Dr. G, H. Gehrmann, medical
director of the du Pont company,
says:
"The success of AA in helping
alcoholics is one of the ouUUrt
ing accomplishments of the ce
lury. No other group has been ib:
to help so many problem drlal
ers. AA has removed alcoholism
irom its classification of depravity
ana nopeiessness ana elevated i
its proper category a chrome
disease which can be successluli;
ueaiea. Any inausiry or organiza
tion mat does not avail itself
the services of AA is missing M
only means of rehabilitating bi
aicnoiic. i
Fifteen years ago, an alcholic n
a uie to control his drinkini; hi;
only two prospects, the state k-
pital and the grave. As we stale!
betorc, Alcoholics Anonymous
now salvaging 75 per cent of the
conoucs wno seek its aid. ,-,
PRISONS HAVE AA
In 15 years AA has evolved In:;
an organization of 150,000 persou
divided into some 4,100 locii
groups. Ninety prisons have M
clubs within their walls. Many bo
pitals also have AA units function
ing in them.
Some opposition to Alcoholic)
Anonymous has come from persou
who believe the organization advo
cates an end to saloons and tbt
return of prohibition. Alcoholic)
Anonymous is no more interests
in stopping the sale and consump
tion of liquor than the diabetic,
in America are interested In cut
ting off the country's sugar supply.
AA merely wants to help persou
who cannot control their drinkinj
to attain sobriety. For these per
sons who comprise 3.9 per cent of
the adults in the United Statti,
"one drink Is too many and athoih
sand aren't enough."
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