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Newspaper Page TextPAGE B A Know Candidates, Issues We're coming down to the last four weeks of the election campaign, and it's high time for voters to take a hard, knowing look at the candi dates, their programs and their prom ises. In the final analysis, the voter has to make up his own mind, disre garding much of the oratory, the his trionics and the conglomerate gobble degook of the candidates and their fired-up supporters. Here's a check-list on political can didates worth reviewing before you make up your mirid for whom to vote In November. It encourages you to look into their background and should, once and for all, prove that if you read your newspapers and magazines and listen to the radio and TV pro grams having to do with political can ' didates, you should be well-informed. These media should help you arrive at a fair and impartial conclusion: Is he (or she) a man with a con science? Or does he make statemenls or ta.ke positions at the expense of conscience? Is he a strong leader, able to make intelligent decisions under pres sure? Or is he so indecisive that he evades important issues? Does he show by past perform ance that he has administrative abil ity? Or does he merely say he has? Do his advisers advocate realis tic improvements? Or would their pro posals, however well-intentioned, run the risk of making a bad situation worse? Does he show Imagination and initiative without being foolhardy or reckless? Would he maintain the same fis cal standards which meet essential needs without opening the door to graft, inflation, waste or corruption? Would he, as the elected guard ian of the people's rights, uphold es tablished law? Or is he inclined to be a law unto himself? Would he put the welfare of the people before his own party, business or organization? Does he indulge in generali ties, dreams or grandiose plans? Or does he get down to specifics? Would he effectively encourage citizens to shoulder real problems? Or would he shift so much of the burden to centralized government that per sonal responsibilities and individual enterprise would be stifled? Would he pursue a course of action based on moral and patriotic principles? Or would be "zig" with every new "zag?" Docs he have the courage to in sist on necessary but unpopular mea sures for the general welfare? Or does he follow the line of least resistance, telling people what they want to hear? Does he strike you as an oppor tunist intent only on the next elec tion? Or is he a statesman whose vision embraces the next generation? Columbus Day - I960 Christopher Columbus was one of those rare men whose lives mark the end of one age and the beginning of another. Through him, cramped and narrow Europe of the late Middle Ages was given a sudden view of a rich, unlimited "New World," ripe for conquest by those daring enough to cross the still unknown sea. What kind of man was Columbus? The few established facts about him are familiar in our schoolbooks. He was a weaver from Genoa turned sail or. His fortitude and singleminriediicss drew admiration, but he was a diffi cult master and poor administrator of the lands he discovered. In his biography of Columbus, one time Spanish ambassador to Wash ington, Don Salvador de Madariaga, wrote: "Colon (Columbus) was not a set tler but an unsettler. He belonged to that type of man who is born to in itiate things, to open them up, to sow; not to that type who develops and ex pands them, who reaps." As it was to be later (in a different sense), America was the land of oppor tunity. Here, not only nobleman but peasant and outcast could make their name and fortune. Greed and adven ture were the spurs and exploitation was the handiwork of the successors to Columbus. Not until later did men seek out the wilderness as a place in which to build homes and begin a new way of life of their own choosing who came to America not to exploit but simply to live without oppression. Food For Thought A British biochemist says we are wasting a lot of food by feeding it to cows and other farm animals. We'd get more value out of leaves and grass es if they were processed and com bined with other foods in some pala table way for human consumption. Could be that someday the man of ' the house will hear the good woman say: "Henry, go out and mow the din ner, please." They Had Choice? If you can't lick 'cm, join 'em. That apparently seemed to be the course pursued by school officials in Kerr ville, Tex., when they declared the opening day of the Texas deer season a legal holiday as a number of schools do. Reason: Most of the youngsters play hooky that day anyway to go hunting. And not until much, much later did the descendants of these settlers look at themselves and realize they were a new .breed of men, deserving to be free of Old World domination. We are often reminded that Colum bus did not set out to discover Ameri ca. His great dream was a direct route to the East, and he could never ac cept the fact that he had found an en tirely new world, not an outlying part of Asia. He was not even the first, for the Vikings had been to America long before him. But his discovery was the one that counted. It is a truism to say that Columbus' voyage profoundly changed the course of human history. Vet no other judg ment can be made. We are all his heirs. No Place To Hide Kotzebue, north of the Arctic Circle, will soon be equipped with phones in color, yet by the Trans Alaska Telephone Co. This Eskimo village will then be the northernmost telephone point on the North Ameri can continent. It's getting harder and harder to get away from it all to get some place where you can't be reached by the office. Any Other Name- New regulations by Cuba's weath er bureau won't allow "American" hurricanes in Cuba. Actually, the hurricanes will be the same; just the names will be changed. Instead of English feminine names, often untranslatable into Spanish, they'll be given Spanish code names. BARBS College grads start out looking for a position and are lucky to find just a job. Folks don't mind being bitten by a travel hug unless it's a mosquito. There are a lot of remedies for a cold, depending on how many friends you have. You might just as well keep your temper nobody wants any part of it. Pastors would be happier if dimes went to church as often as nickels do. Other Editor's Opinions . . . Strange Logic (EUGENE REGISTER-GLARD) The Oregonian is back at its absurd argument that because it costs Portland residents more to maintain the operations of their big city government, other residents of the state should somehow be forced to chip in on these costs. The Portland paper this time uses figures from a new report on the financing of city govern ments in Oregon. These figures show that of all Oregon cities of 1.000 population or more, only four raise larger shares of nec essary municipal revenues from property taxation than Portland does. "Most Portland property own ers," the Oregonian concludes, "may be better able to pay higher taxes than those in smaller cities, but the high property tax rale should be con- . sidered by the Legislature when it delves into such issues as equalization of school reven ues." This Is strange logic, indeed, to argue that kids in small towns should receive proportion ately less state financial assis tance in their schools simply because the big city maintains more costly police and fire de partments, zoos and things like municipal auditoriums the likes of which small towns can't even afford to contem plate. Teachers', Tenure (OREGON STATESMAN) The Oregon Education Asso- ciation is alarmed over propos als for amending the teachers' tenure law the law which gives employment security to teach ers in the larger districts. In its publication the OEA lists the following as "major changes" in the tenure law: 1. Permitting extension of probationary periods to five years. 2. Removing administrators and supervisors from tenure classification in those positions and giving them tenure only as teachers. 3. Extending ' causes for dis missal to include "inadequate professional performance, physi cal or mental incapacity, and emotional instability." 4. Wiping out provision for a tenure commission and its re view duties. 5. Limiting court appeals to violations ot legal technicalities only. Its editorial comment is that these proposals "strike at pro fessional security." It feels there is continuing need for "safeguarding educators from dissident groups and personal attacks" so as to "permit edu cators to use their creative abil ities best in developing and op erating good school programs." In particular, the OEA asks for competency panels to hear appeals from decisions by school boards under the tenure law. What the interim committee which considered the subject probably listened to were criti cisms of the way the tenure law works. Critics say that once a teacher comes under tenure there is the temptation to "coast." In short, teachers may get lazy. In individual cases that may be tine, but most teachers arc eager to do a good job whether tinder tenure br not. There may be ways of strengthening the hands of administrators to in sist on competent performance by those on tenure; hut it would be a mistake to weaken the se curity of teachers in their posi tions save for serious cause. In recent years administrators To New Worlds EDSON IN WASHINGTON Africa Colony Status Real Poser For NATO : Former Governor Discusses i Proposed State Reshuffle (By CHARLES SPRAGLE IN THE OREGON STATESMAN) The 11159 Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution asking Gov ernor Hatfield to present a com prehensive plan for reorganiza tion of our stale government. The governor assigned immedi ate responsibility for the spade work to Freeman Holmer, di rector of the Department of Fi nance and Administration. When Holmer and his stalf had stud ied the problem and discussed it with department and bureau heads they prepared a fresh chart ot organization. Gov. Hat field then appointed, a commit tee with former Gov. Robert D. Holmes as vice chairman. The committee held six meet ings and arrived at what it calls a "consensus" as to w hat should be done. On some of the issues the ag cement was complete, on others there was considerable variance in opinions. And when the report was finally passed it was with the understanding that individuals were still free to dif fer on specific details. Oregon's system of adminis tration has been one of wide dispersion of authority. While the governor is the chief execu tive, he shares his power with the secretary of stale and slate treasurer on certain boards, chief of which is the board of control. Also, there is a prolifer ation of independent boards and commissions. While the appoint ing power rests with the gov ernor they function with a high degree of independence of the governor's office. At present there are 68 operating agencies and 83 policy-making or advis ory ooards. The Finance De partment's plan proposed a re duction to 34 agencies plus 20 licensing boards. In general the Advisory Committee approved suggestions of the department, but with some important changes. This effort toward streamlin ing administration and establish ing clear and direct lines of command has been going for ward a long time. Gov. Frank 0. Lowdcn of Illinois made a name for himself in the second decade of the century when he set up a cabinet form in Illi nois. Other states have followed suit, with greater or less suc cess. The new state of Alaska has gone to the extreme of sim plification. It elects a governor and lieutenant governor, twinned on the same ticket, with executive powers centered in the governor. There is much to be said for the use of boards and commis sions in administration. Where lay persons are used they bring a broad experience in affairs, usually take a very great inter est in the work assigned them. Citizen participation is helpful in keeping the public informed about government and alert to its needs. Among these com missions are the Highway Com mission, the Board of Higher Education, the Welfare Commis sion. Our committee decided to recommend no change in their status. It was pointed out that a board whose members hold overlapping terms is able to provide a stability and a con tinuity of policy in administra tion which is helplul to the em ployed staff and to the public being served. should have the appointing pow er. The committee touched a live nerve when it considered the disposition of the Fish Commis sion and the Game Commission. It concluded to use a single bu reau of fisheries and one of game in the Department of Nat ural Resources. This would combine regulatory authority over fish in one agency. Wheth er that can be achieved, and' whether it would end or soften the bitjer fight between sports and commercial fishermen is a question. Instead of putting the State Fair under Agriculture it would be set up as a division in the Department of Commerce. There is a great deal of in terest in these and other pro posals on reorganization. Some interim committees are consid ering special phases of the prob lem. The common report is that the agencies affected agree on the need, but many ask. to be "let alone." The committee understands clearly that its function was ad visory only, and advisory to the governor. He can make such use of its recommendations as he chooses. Then he will sub mit his recommendations to the Legislature which will have the "last word," unless the referen dum is invoked on particular acts. There will be ample time for the public to learn in de tail of the proposals, and the Assembly is sure to hold hear ings before taking action. By PETER EDSO.V Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON INEA) - The most serious split yet to ap pear in the North Atlantic Trea ty Organization shows around the tough African knot. It is a division over whether the Eur opean NATO members w ho now have colonies in Africa shall be supported in trying to hold them. The split has been widened by the current U.N. General Assembly where Khrushchev backed up now by India's Nehru demands immediate in dependence for- all colonies. Of the 15 countries now in NATO, eight are sometime col onial powers. Four still have African colonies Britain, France, Belgium and Portugal. Italy had African colonies till they were taken away from her after World War II. Germany had African colonies till they were taken away after World War I. Denmark holds Greenland and Norway Spitzbergen Islands, which must be defended under the NATO pact. Spain, which is not in NATO but which has a mutual defense arrangement with the United States, still holds African colonies. Britain, France, Belgium and Spain have been rapidly grant- ing independence to their col onies in the last few years. The stumbling block is Alge ria, which the French consider an integral part of France and refuse to let go. Article six of the North At lantic Treaty specifically pro vides that an armed attack on "the Algerian Department of France" shall be considered the same as an attack on Europe an France. If such an attack developed, other NATO members would be pledged under article five of the treaty to come to the aid of France with such action as deemed necessary, "including the use of armed force" to maintain NATO security. This is said to give France a strong hold on Algeria under international law. It is a basis for the contention that NATO should back France in resisting Algerian independence. The Algerian question is again on the U.N. agenda. It has been there since 1!)55. It failed to get the required two thirds majority for approval last year. But the pressure from the 2.1 African and Asian nations spon soring the resolution in support of African "self-determination" grows stronger every year. This year, it might pass. France considers this outside interference in a purely internal matter. And if France calls on the NATO countries for support of its position, a showdown is inevitable. The question is not now ac tively before the NATO council of ministers in Paris and there is no definite move to bring it up at its December meeting. But there is strong sentiment in NATO for support of the French position. It is based in . part on a belief that an eventual conflict between the Free World and the Communists if it comes would be fought in Af rica. It is argued that if the NATO countries give up their influence in Africa, the Free World will lose this struggle. For this rea son it is argued that NATO should adopt an African policy, which it does not have now. A 1 1 this puts the United States on an extremely tough spot. American sympathies are naturally with dependent peo ples seeking freedom, liberty and independence. But the Unit ed States also stands by its allies. If, however, this country is now put in the position of being forced to defend the colonial powers because of the NATO treaty, it will put a severe strain on the alliance. This could weaken it even more than previous French re fusals to commit its forces to the NATO supreme command. And nothing could delight Khrushchev more than to have the North Atlantic alliance fall apart. THE DOCTOR SAYS Clip And File This Inoculation Summary Al manac Important People have had more trouble getting teachers than getting rid of the misfits. The employment mar ket promises to favor teachers for some years to come. Answer to Previous Puzzle What every mother likes about a new baby is her arms. ACROSS 1 Sinser, Smith S "I do not like you, Doctor " t Mrs. Eddie Cantor 12 Exclamation of sorrow 13 Notion 14 Pile 15 Follower of Nestorius 17 Female saint (b.) 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Kg'gp i -ij ' ' ' XSfe YiEKSlElTit: J-E EjAjTIE KIBlAiPlgfa 11 Imitated IS Wild ass 20 Assistants 22 Passage money (pi.) 24 Oriental rulers 31 Bewildered 3.1 Saltpeter 35 Unfounded reports 4n Crowns 43 Windshield accessory 45 Mother of pearl (var.) 4fi Altars 47 Educator, Horace 48 Wax 60 Jewish scripture (var.) M Sacred bull 52 Vnaspirated 55 Devotee I I 3 ( lb 16 17 18 I 19 1 1 0 III rj - n TT ft ij it hi 20 51 a !7! 3 ' j las J2 V i ms 5opT 5T " jj n5Ji m :. s 3 rp4) r"Ji I , lui r r w is 152 3 5 1? sT 57 3 5T1 tZ JT m 1 The committee had numerous arguments over whether to go to the strict cabinet form or to be less ambitious. Some urged recommending the full treat ment of consolidation to ten or a dozen departments. Others ar gued that neither the Legislature nor the people would go for so radical a change, and others felt there were values in much of the present organization which ought to be saved. As might be expected, the result was a compromise. The major departments rec ommended are one of Mental Health which would displace the Board of Control as manager of the institutions. Also new de partments, of Natural Resources, I,abor and Commerce. Kach would have a director who would have power to appoint, with approval of the governor, the subordinate division chiefs. The functions would be dis charged by the several divisions whose heads would report to the director and that person to the governor. Where desirable, ad visory committees of lay per sons could be appointed. This change for the Labor de partment would mean that the director would be appointed by the governor. Now the labor commissioner is an elective of fice. Opposition to this chance was forecast because organized labor has felt that the public should have a direct hand In choosing the commissioner. Another change in the elec tive officials was rvcommended. to have the Superintendent of Public Instruction appointed by the governor. Kdur.it innists are apt to argue that Die board By I'nited Press International Today is Wednesday, October 12, the 28fith day of the year with 80 more in I960. The moon is in its last quar ter. The morning star is Mars. The evening stars are Mer cury, Venus, Jupiter and Sat urn. On this day in history: In 14112, at 2 a.m. Roderigo de Triana. a sailor aboard the Pit)ta. one of three vessels in the expedition led by Christo pher Columbus, sighted land. In 1870. confederate hero Gen eral Robert E. Lee. died. By HAROLD T. HYMAX, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Now that school has oM?ned, its a good idea to discuss chil dren's immunity records. To begin with, consider the youngster who's just entered at the preschool or school level. If your doctor has been a practi cal advocate of preventive med icine, your youngster has prob ably already been immunized against smallpox, diphthe- ria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and infantile paraly sis (poliomyelitis). If so, he or she needed only a fresh vaccination against small pox and a single booster dose of one of the new four-way prod ucts that protect against diph theria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis. If the child had never before received preventive inoculations, he required, beside the compul sory smallpox vaccination, three monthly injections of a four-way product, anil an additional dose of polio vaccine at some conven ient time in the late spring or early summer. . THOUGHTS Every maj feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. James Russell Lowell. 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AOUAIIUS " " . 8 19 74 31 v 7 57 79 86 V ii 4 14 2 5 30 1 145 57-67 1 Following completion of the basic immunization schedule, the school child requires only a single booster of the four-way product every three or lour years, and a repeat of smallpox vaccination every lifth year, provided that no emergency sit uation arises. In the event of an emergency, sx?cial precautions must be tak en to meet the special emergen cy. A booster of tetanus toxoid will be required if the child suf fers a penetrating wound; of diphtheria toxoid if a single in stance of this dread infection oc curs in the neighborhood; of pertussis vaccine if an epidem ic of whooping cough breaks out in a nearby community; ol pol io vaccine if newspapers report a rising rate of inlantile paraly sis anywhere in the nation. Then there are fresh problems to be met and solved. Typhoid immunizations will be needed for the youngster who expects to go to camp the following summer or who may visit coun tries less fortunate than our own. The child who inherits a fam ily susceptibility to rheumatic, fever and especially one who has suffered a single attack, however mild, requires regular doses, under medical supervi sion, of an antibiotic capable of eliminating streptococcal inva sion. The youngster whose resist ance may have been lowered by a congenital deformity or soma acquired disease may have to be protected against an attack of influenza, mumps or measles by injections of appropriate bio logical products. And finally, consideration must be given BCG vaccination for the child whose family background points to a special susceptibility, to tu berculous invasion. If you're the kind of parent whose prime consideration is the health of your children, p ase file this column whera yo can later check it over with your own doctor and the school physician. And please remem ber that, in a field as complex as that of immunity, ynu'rs bound to run into differences of opinion and procedure. For a copy of Pr. Hyman's leaflet, "Anticipating Retire ment." send 10 cents to Dr. Hy man. care Herald and New, Rox 4W. Pept. B, Radio City Station, New York 19, N.Y.