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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore.
Sunday, October 30, 1960
"Break Clean arid Come Out Fighting Cuba"
NOTHING
SPECIAL
IW. B. S.)
We
We have commented to some length on
ome of the amendments and measures on the
November 8 ballot. Several of the other
amendments deserve some comment.
Measure 1, "Fixing Commencement of
Legislators," is merely a housekeeping meas
ure to make legislators' terms of office start
at the same time as the regular legislative
session.
The State Constitution now provides that
terms of legislators start and end on the first
Monday in January and law provides that the
Legislature shall meet on the second Monday
in January of each odd-numbered year. This
means that there is a period of a week every
other year during which there are no members
of the Legislative Assembly.
Approval of Measure No. 1 would pro
vide for orderly succession of legislators to
the office of governor in the event that office
should become vacant at a time when there is,
In effect, no legislator holding office,
i" We recommend that voters approve
Measure No. 1.
'' Measure No. 3, "Financing Urban Re
development Projects," could have some appli
cation to Klamath Falls at a later date. As far
as we can determine Klamath voters should
approve, the measure, as it is an attempt to
make urban renewal projects pay for them
selves. Under Measure No. 3, cUies would be al
lowed to take the increased tax revenue from
a redevelopment project and place the money
In a special account to pay for the costs of the
improvement program. If approved, the meas
: It is inevitable that the discussion of Cu
ba, the off-shore islands, a new Summit Con
ference and other problems of U.S. foreign
policy should continue up to election day.
: A serious omission in the debate so far
has been the failure of the presidential candi
dates to state clearly that they speak with
one American voice on Formosa's defense de
spite their disagreement on the strategic value
of Quemoy and Matsu.
Neither Vice President Nixon nor Sen
ator Kennedy ever suggested, even remotely,
that the U.S. should not defend Formosa
against aggression by Red China. Yet so vague
and inconclusive have been their statements
on Quemoy and Matsu that they leave the cru
cial Formosa issue dangling dangerously.
It is illusory to suggest that the Nixon
Kennedy controversy about the off-shore is
lands has gone too far, is not in the national
interest and should be terminated. In the con
duct of foreign affairs such a hit-and-run ap
proach might prove disastrous.
: ; In diplomacy there are always two sides
to consider. Important are not only the inten
tions of U.S. policy but how the adversary
in this case Red China's Mao Tse-tung in
terprets the intentions.
; By now it is obvious that the Communists,
Russian or Chinese, are a special breed of di
plomatic horse traders. In diplomacy they gen
erally consider the total strategic picture and
not merely disjointed parts or details. At in
ternational conferences, Moscow and Peiping
as a rule ask for crumbs in the hope that they
will walk away with the whole loaf.
The consensus of United Nations experts
on communism is that Red China would not
risk war over Quemoy and Matsu unless Mao
:: QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q How fast is the world's popula
tion increasing?
A By about 48 million a year, ac
cording to the U.N. Yearbook
Q What is a "dossier"?
A A report on some incident or
detailed information concerning a person.
BARBS
: A married man gets in the last
word at least when he's allowed to
complete a crossword puzzle.
The only time it pays to go around
in circles is when they are circles of
friends.
The average doctor Is said to know
about 25,000 words, the most mono
tonous of which are "stick out your
tongue." , .
; The vacation Mom had during the
6ummer doesn't compare with the one
ihe's having since school started.
Oppose-No.
ure would give the Legislature permission to
draft and enact necessary legislation for city
participation in the program.
. An urban renewal project is one in which
both the federal government and the muni
cipality participate. An agreement is drawn,
land is purchased, cleared of old buildings,
and sewers and streets are improved if neces
sary. This is called the "gross cost." Then the
land is resold and the money from the sales
applies against the gross cost. Of the net, the
federal government pays two-thirds of the
. cost and the city pays the other third.
It would appear that Measure No. 3 merits
approval by Klamath County voters.
Measure No. 4 is one that we do not like.
It calls for "Permitting Prosecution by Infor
mation or Indictment." As far as we are able
to determine, there are not very many peo
ple who do favor the measure.
The measure, if approved, would take
away the right of a defendant to a hearing be- ,
fore the grand jury. Un,dcr provisions of the
measure, a defendant could have a hearing
before the grand jury if prosecuting officers
desired. Otherwise, he would appear before a
trial jury.
While the proposed change might have
some tendency to save time and money in the
judicial process, we believe there is a clear
opportunity for abuse of a defendant's rights
if the measure is passed. Certainly, the con
fused situation in Klamath County is no en
couragement. Comments on other measures will be
forthcoming.
erious umission
considered (as he does) the two little islands
a springboard to Formosa.
For Mao Formosa is the prize, not Que
moy and Matsu.
A leading Red once compared Commu
nist tactics of attrition to the slicing away of a
sausage piece by piece. This is the strategy
Premier Khrushchev employs in West Berlin.
Divided American views on the defense of
Quemoy and Matsu could well make Formosa
a generous gift to the Red Chinese sausage
sliccr. t It is indeed unfortunate that the whole
issue of Formosa has been beclouded in the
heat of election campaign oratory.
For instance, Adlai Stevenson suggested
that "If Red China agrees to recognize the
independence of Formosa and to renounce
the use of force against its neighbors," the
U.S. should no longer "lead the fight to keep
Red China out of the United Nations."
For Red China a statement of this -kind
is an opening wedge. The "Marxist dialecti
cians" will certainly interpret Stevenson's sug
gestion to mean that Formosa has been put on
the diplomatic auctioning block and can be
exploited by Mao to blackmail his way into the
U.N.
Otherwise why should Red China be
asked to "recognize" the independence of an
area that is already independent?
Formosa's role in the unfolding hot-cold
war is not simply to provide a link in Ameri
ca's West Pacific defense. Continued indepen
dence of Formosa is even more vital because
the island is a symbol of freedom for millions
of Chinese on the Communist dominated
mainland.
'Equality State'
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University of
Wyoming
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highest peak
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14 Desert garden
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lowly
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67 Holds in high
respect
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macaw
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uranium
among
Wyoming's
mineral
resources
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mallet
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dignitaries
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state present
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scenic beauty
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Macmillan
n Arranging Summit Meeting
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan is running into strong
Western opposition in his latest
efforts to promote a summit con
ference with Premier Nikila S,
Khrushchev.
He also is running into growing
evidence Khrushchev has little or
no intention of easing any of his
cold war demands, from neutral
izing West Berlin to "instant" dis
armament. By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
I'd suggest you consider what
you are doing before yoii go shop
ping for a "cough medicine."
The cough mechanism wasn't
set up just to annoy you. 11 has
a definite and useful purpose.
And that purpose is to keep your
airway clear. To free it of any
thing that might serve to block
the flow of air into your lungs
or out of them.
Let me give some examples of
how coughing acts to your ad
vantage: You're at table and something
you've tried to swallow has "gone
down the wrong way." That is
to say, entered your airway in
stead of your gullet (esophagus).
Or you've caught cold and in
fected nasal secretion that trick
led down the back of your throat
has been drawn into the airway i
when you took a deep breath in
preparation for a sneeze. .
In each of these examples,
you've gotten something in your
airway that doesn't belong there.
If what you tried to swallow was
permitted to lodge there, it might
permanenlly obstruct the blocked
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Fire Control
I wish to express appreciation
In behalf of myself and mem
bers of the Bonanza Volunteer
Fire Department to residents of
Bonanza Rural Kire District for
an exceptionally good record of
fire safety practices during the
exceptionally hazardous fire year.
Residents in Bonanza as well
as those in the large rural area
we protect are to be commended
for diligent use of trash burners
and oilier fire controls during the
dry season.
Though the season was one of
the driest on record, the district
suffered no damage from fires
caused by carelessness.
And despile Hie fire danger,
fires of all nature were fewer
considerably than average.
Men of the lire department will
appreciate continuing efforts by
residents to keep lire loss nl a
minimum.
Lloyd Sparks.
Chief. Bonaiia Volunteer
Km Department
Faces Tough Battle
West German Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer was reported so
alarmed by Macmillan's persis
tent efforts to organize a new
East-West meeting he is flying
to London next month to do what
he can to stop it.
Adenauer has insisted from the
beginning that only a firm stand
against the Soviets can save West
Berlin, and he is said to believe '
that a summit conference on Ber
lin and Germany alone would only
worsen the situation.
THE DOCTOR SAYS ...
Explains Purpose
Of Cough Action
portion of t h e passageway in
which it was stuck. And if the in
fected nasal secretion remained
in the bronchus into which it was
drawn, it might well introduce in
fecting bugs into areas they
couldn't otherwise have reached.
Now let's consider other ways
In which the cough mechanism
works to your advantage.
You have a deep bronchitis or
even a pneumonia (by which is
meant that the infection has got
ten clear down to the tiny air
sacs through which oxygen must
pass to get into your circulating
blood stream.)
As a result of the infectious
process, pus has accumulated in
your bronchial tubes or your air
sacs.
You lake a deep breath in and,
if you're lucky, you cough it up.
If you're not lucky, it remains
as a plug, like an adhesive plas
ter dressing over a -boil that
ought to be drained.
For present purposes, just one
more set of examples:
Ordinarily the delicate lining
membrane of the airway is kept
sweet and moist by a mucus se
cretion that protects it just as
saliva protects the lining mem
branes of your mouth. When the
air you breathe has a low mois
ture content, the secretion crusts.
Then the underlying membrane
gets irritated and cracked just as
your lips do under similar cir
cumstances. You respond with a
cough that should serve to in
form you that your membranes
need watering. Not the applica
tion of lipstick. Or a swallow of
cough medicine.
Or take the opposite situation.
Your membranes react with a
protective bath of mucus to an
increased moisture content of the
atmospheric air or lo irritants.
Just as your eyes water when
you enlrr a smoke-filled room.
Well, the tears can run down
your cheeks. But the bronchial
mucus has to be expelled by the
cough mechanism. What's t h e
sensible thing to do? Shop for a
"cough medicine?" Or do some
thing to dry the air?
Remove the irritant? Or re
move yourself to where the mois
ture 'content of the air is more
nearly normal and not fou'ed
with contaminants?
For a copy of Dr. Ilyman's
leaflet "How to Combat the
Common Cold." send 10 cents to
l'r. llyman. caic Herald and
News. Rox m. Dept. B. Radio
City Station, New York 19, N Y.
Adenauer got a strong boost in
his belief when Paid Verner, first
secretary of the Berlin Branch
of the Communist party, came
out strongly for a new summit
conference.
Verner told an East Berlin
meeting there should be an East
West meeting soon after the new
American president takes office.
The object of such a meeting, he
said, would be to rubber-stamp
the Berlin decisions already taken
by the Soviet Union.
If the West does not agree,
Verner said, the Soviet Union
will go ahead and sign a separate
peace treaty with East Germany
and end formally the Western
rights in Berlin.
French President Charles de
Gaulle was reported almost as op
posed to a new East-West meet
ing as Adenauer.
When Khrushchev issued his ap
peal for a summit meeting of all
the United Nations members in
New York for the current assem
bly De Gaulle simply ignored the
invitation. He stayed home even
though Macmillan decided at the
last minute to go himself.
The stream of Communist sat
ellite pronouncements all back
ing Khrushchev and Khru
shchev's own statements in var
ious speeches were expected to
harden Adenauer's and De
Gaulle's position.
The United States position
toward a summit has been luke
warm, with President Eisenhower
so angry at Khrushchev's insults
and his breakup of the Paris con
ference last April he maintained
an icy aloofness when Khrushchev
was in New York. Eisenhower re
jected appeals by five neutral na
tions for a face-to-face meeting.
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on and Sen. John F. Kennedy
have indicated they might attend
a summit conference as presi
dent. But they were both reluc
tant and made it clear they would
not go unless pre-summit meet
ings assured a summit of some
success.
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Sunday. October .10.
the 3(Mlh day of the year with 62
more in 10.
The moon is approaching its full
phase.
The morning star is Mars
The evening' stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
On this day in history:
In 1735, John Adams, second
President of the United States,
was born in Braintree. Massachu
setts. In 1751, British dramatist Rich
aid Sheridan was born
In 1847, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow's poem "Evangeline"
was published.
In IMS'. Orson Welles caused a
national panic when he produced
on radio a dramatization of H. G.
W ells' "The War of the Worlds."
In 1041. the U.S. Naval destroy
er Reuben James was torpedoed
hy a German submarine and sunk
off the coast of Iceland, despile
the tact that Ihe United Slates
was not al war with Germany.
Thought for today: American
Lawyer Daniel Webster said:
"Justice, sir, is the great inter
est of man on earth."
Something you parents might
keep in mind as your kids get
ready for Halloween tomorrow
night: See to it that Ihe kids
wear at least one item of apparel
lhat will enable motorists to see
them if they are out "trick or
treating." In many instances, no
matter how careful a driver may
be, the motorist can't see a tiny
dark-costumed figure that darts
out in front of him until perhaps
it is too late. If the youngster's
costume must be of a dark hue,
add reflective material to alert
motorists of his presence.
The papers the other day
were lull of the news of the
opening of another huge shop
ping center In Portland which
is somewhat surprising to some
of tu not familiar with high
finance. This, because, as I get
the story, the fabulous Lloyd
Center is a long way from even
pretending to pay off. The shop
ping activity there is so low
that retailers are paying only
the minimum rent, which leaves
the owners of the center holding
a great big empty sack on
their investment.
This all points to one thing:
those Portland shopping centers
are going to be forced to go out
of their normal trade area to
keep themselves going. They'll be
trying to lure customers from all
over the state. One thing to re
member: they might have glam
orous stores and much hoop-le-do,
but they can't offer any better
merchandise, or more of it than
you can get right in , your own
home town. If Klamath Falls or
other area merchants don't have
a particular item in stock at the
moment you want it, just re
member that they can order
whatever you need. And you have
the added advantage of doing
business with someone you
know who stands back of his
merchandise. And, don't forget,
he's the guy who pays the taxes
to send your kids to school, pro
vide file and police protection,
pave your streets, etc.
A worthwhile thought is offered
in a book about the Chinese
called "Three Times I Bow." The
author points out that one of the
simplest truths of our age is that
staying home is one of the great
est pleasures in the world (How
many times have you heard
someone perhaps yourself say
"Oh, what a relief to be
home!"?). If you're not in a
hurry to go someplace, why rush
to go any place? At home you
are surrounded by your household
goods, the things you really love
Candidates Dodge Questions
That Could Clear Cuba Issue
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPD - That
fifth TV debate by the candidates,
on the subject of Cuba's Fidel
Castro and what to do about him,
could be made much more in
teresting than it is likely to be.
It could be more interesting if
the candidates would explore the
blackout area indicated by the
following questions:
Were U.S. intelligence agencies
aware during the three years pre
ceding his entry into Havana that
Castro was likely to become an
active Communist fellow traveler?
Did policy-making lop officials
at the While House. State Depart
ment and Pentagon have full ac
cess to all intelligence informa
tion? Did the Central Intelligence
Agency and-or the FBI submit
reports in volume to the appro
priate departments and, if so,
who actually received the reports
and what happened to them?
The pay-off question could be
this:
When President Eisenhower and
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles quickly decided the United
Slates should recognize Castro's
revolutionary government, did the
President and Dulles or either of
them possess all of the facts in
the ease?
That is lo say. did they possess
all the facts readily available in
the intelligence files of the U.S.
government? Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon is a top level mem
ber of the Eisenhower administra
tion. He might know Ihe answers
to any or all of those questions
if they were asked.
Sen. John F. Kennedy is a
member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. He might
also know some answers. If
neither Nixon nor Kennedy had
any answers, they might agree
that a search should be made
for them.
The foregoing questions appear
to have validity because the rec
ord on Castro's background is be
coming clearer day by day.
The Senate internal security
best in the world. Thai's why
you possess them. The wise man
(so reason the Chinese) builds his
castle within himself, and the best
place to start building that castle
is in his own home. There, sur
rounded by the things he love.i
best, he can truly relax and be
himself. .
P.S. If he happens to have a
flock of kids around, he might
not be able to relax completely,
but lhat loss is sometimes miti
gated by the free three-ring cir
cus antics of his flock.
A 1 1 this talk about the ap
proaching welfare state and
Utopia some people envision,
reminds me that men hustling
to do better than the competi
tion they hate have done mora
for the world than the kind
souls who dream of universal
love and something free for
everybody.
LOOSE ENDS: A pessimist is
a guy who sizes himself up, and
gels sore about it . . . With
some persons, no mailer what
you try, works . . . The first
scat covers were triangular . . ,
A wife can sland anything in a
husband until he begins to weigh
less than she does . . . Most of
us probably have more closa
calls with an automobile thdh
we'd care lo admit.
A man whose hobby is collect
ing examples of unintentional hu
mor, displays these prize blurbs:
A woman wrote an insurance
company, "My husband had an
accident policy with your com
pany, and in less than a month
he was accidentally drowned. I
consider this a good investment."
... An ad suggested, "Don't
kill your wife with work. Let
electricity do it." .... And a
tailor wrote a regular customer,
"You may imagine it is impos
sible to buy a serviceable suit
at this price. Buy one from u
and be convinced."
Maybe you don't give a darn,
but I ran into the scientific dis
covery of the age the other day.
For centuries, people have won
dered: Which end of the egg is
laid first? I have the answer
(from a poultry expert at an ex
tension farm). Based on observa
tions, practically without excep
tion, the large end is laid first.
While the egg is being formed,
the small end is the forward end,
but apparently the egg makes an
end for end turn before being
laid.
Now, aren't you glad you stuck
around for the finish?
,.,
subcommittee is in print this
week with a pamphlet on t h e
"Communist threat to the United
States through Ihe Caribbean."
The pamphlet is based on infor
mation from anti-Castro Cubans
and may be regarded as strongly
prejudiced against the Cuban dic
tator. The pamphlet is sailed, how
ever, with the implication that
Ihe intelligence agencies of Ihe
U.S. government were well aware
of Castro's ideological commu
nism well before he took Havana
on Jan. 1, l!)5!l.
The word in Washington is lhat
intelligence reports on Castro's
Communist orientation were sub
mitted regularly for the informa
tion of administration policymak
ers. The word is not so clear on
who actually received Ihe reporls
in. for example. Ihe Stale De
partment, nor whether Secretary
Dulles did or did not finally read
them.
Candidates Nixon and Kennedy
could start something, if they
would, which would clarify all of
lhat. It seems important because
' another Cuba js likely in the Car
ibbean. That would be the Do
minican Republic where Dictator
Rafael Leon das Ti'ujillo Molina
rules.
Trujillo is a baddie. Substitut
ing another Castro for Trujillo,
however, would be no triumph
for U.S. foreign policy nor for
peace.
THEY
SAY : . :
Mr. Nixon is experienced
experienced in policies of re
treat, defeat and weakness.
Sen. John F. Kennedv (D-
Mass.).
Futile.
-Rep. Charles A. Hallrrk (R
Ind.l, on Congrens summer
session.