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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Tuesday, November 8, 1960 "Mr. Lumumba, I Presume?" NOTHING SPECIAL IW. B. S.) Q 1 4 j,A'i I sZs ' Of interest in the November issue of the American Legion Magazine is a discussion, pro ' and con, of "Should Veterans' Benefits Be Ex tended To Post-Korea GI's?" Nobody asked our opinion in the discus sion, but our answer would be a flat, unqual ified NO. The entire GI situation has become clut tered with the fuzzy thinking of a bunch of do gooders who don't know when they have enough. We cannot conceive where anyone can logically say that those young men who give token service to the nation today are being imposed upon or unfairly used. We think (as a veteran of five and one half years in two active theatres of war) that there is too much coddling of our "service men." We think that every able-bodied man OWES it to the nation to serve a minimum re quired amount of time in the service. We are inclined to think, too, that these minimum re quirements are too short. If the do-gooders and bleeding hearts want to do something of a more socialistic nature than we now have, why not come right out and sponsor a plan to send every young In his speech at the Republican national political convention in Chicago, former . President Herbert Hoover rose above parti- sanship in making an eloquent expression of ; his deep concern for the apparent lack of pride in country and weakening in the forces ' of independence, morality and responsibility Which gave our people the strength and will to build America. The following are excerpts from Mr. Hoover's address. As I look back over my long years of - concern with our national problems, I have come to believe that moral forces and cer tain forces embedded in the soul of America are more important than all other issues for they lay at the base of their solution. Today America is in the midst of a fright ening moral slump. Beyond the terrifying warning of (crime) statistics, we can hardly believe that integrity and moral steadfastness are increasing when we witness the constant exposure of State and municipal corruption. All wars, by their violence and disregard for individual rights, bring an aftermath of decline in morals. But some part of this de cline in morals is an infection from Communist Russia. I do not need remind you that the doctrines of Karl Marx and of the Communists are a destroyer of all morals. They declare there is no God. They stigmatize religious faith as an opiate of the people. Lenin himself declared that their foreign policies must be based on dodges (tricks and untruths). And during the 14 years since the war, Communist conspiracies and their fronts have poured Marxist poisons into our people. This nation (America) needs a rebirth of a great spiritual force which has been im paired by cynicism and weakened by foreign infections. Call it nationalism if you will. But there is an American kind of nationalism which is neither isolationism nor aggression; and embedded deep within it is compassion for distress both at home and overseas. The spiritual force of which I speak is enshrined in the. word America. We do not use that word merely as a geographical term. At one time, and even now, fonmillions of Ameri cans, that word summons to mind the whole background of the nation. THEY SAY . , . A cancer on the body politic of America. Nobel Prize-winning chemist Linus Pauling, on the Senate Internal Se curity Subcommittee which is in vestigating anti-nuclear bomb scientists. There are four things a woman needs to know . . . How to look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog. Mrs. Caroline K. Simon, secretary of the State of New York. BARBS Some bathing suits this past sum mer were good for laughs, mavbe be cause brevity is the soul of wit! , Six overnight guests escaped from a golf club fire in the south. Wonder If they went around the course in nothing. Students are not allowed to have sutos at an Ohio college. Gas and mid night oil don't mix very well. Socialism By Any Name man to college, or to an on-the-job training program? Let's not cloud the issue by trying to support a claim that some young men de serve such special consideration simply be cause they have spent some little time in the service during peacetime (or, as some want to call it, "cold war service"). For our own part, we like the "con" part of the magazine discussion in which Sen. Goldwaler says: "... There is no comparison between peacetime and wartime service. Why then, should we extend public funds to supply bene fits to a person who is merely discharging his obligation without suffering any wartime risks such as family dislocation, disruption of a business or professional future, or death or injury in combat? "The period of peacetime service is gen erally of shorter duration and usually the veteran knows in advance how long his service will last. Peacetime veterans accordingly are afforded a better opportunity of anticipating the interruption of civilian life and are in a position to make the necessary arrangements for minimizing the transition from civilian to military life." The Soul Of America The word America recalls that millions of people for over 300 years have sought our shores as a refuge from oppression. To those millions of people, the word America came to mean a civilization unique on earth by the fusion of the attainments of scores of nations. For centuries the word America among the great masses of people over the world has been an emblem of hope, of more security in life, and more freedom. The word America brings to our minds the great men and women, who won for us our independence and created a government unique among nations. The word America means that our wars were not fought for the glory of war but for freedom in the world. The word America en visions rills of freedom springing from our mountains and plains, pouring like a mighty river which refreshes not only our own people but (he whole of mankind. Today, we alone among the nations have a multitude of citizens who have sunk to a posture of perpetual apology and seeming shame for ourselves. Yet today the fires of nationalism in its higher sense are burning brightly in almost every nation on earth. We have witnessed the spirit of nationalism give birth to the independence of a dozen nations in the last ten years. I do not pretend that a rebirth of that spirit which lies within the word America will cure all moral ills. But with it, we might have a revision of some of our school-books. The re-echo of the word America might resurrect conscience away from crime and back to manhood. It might, by the recall of the rights and ideals of our people, tend to curb excessive demands of pressure groups. It might stimulate anew the initiative and enterprise of tens of thousands of our youth, who from fear of the future seek refuge in bureaucracies of industry and government. Because I lament the evils and dangers which beset us, I would not have you believe that our Nation is in its decline and fall. The American people have rallied many times in our history to meet even greater tasks. They can be rallied again. Newsman ACROSS 1,7 Veteran newsman 13 Breathe in 14 Indian heroin 15 Lariats ( Compilation Scorpil star 7 Barterer 8 De tester 9 Shoulder (comb, form) 10 Slonastery 18 Makes amends Inhabitant 17 Craft 11 Dill 18 Feminine 13 Talk back appellation (coll.) JOKnlchts (ab.) 19 Shoshonean 31 Model 21 Babbles 23 Den 28 Pronoun 27 Congers 31 Tapestry 33 He can b heard on the . 34 Tumults 39 Western csttl 36 City In Pennsylvania 37 Employ 40 Gaelic 41 Colonizer 22 Tidier 23 Bird 24 Operatic solo 25 Press 28 German river 29 Falsehoods 30 Painful 44 South by east (ab.) 47 Extirpates 48 Drinking vessel 81 rur M Indolent 83 Table attendant 88 Marvel 57 Emphasis 88 Lances DOWN 1 Italian coin 2 Heavy blow 3 Pronominal word 4 Dine 8 Peruvian ntmal I VI I ICIEI IJOIHM ICI I IP KEESLliSjijAoN ess i silllEA i FJF e K a s u kIe Mr a b o s: nIeIeI IKToTStSl luglNIT 32 Steamship (ab.) S3 Rliht aid (ab.) 37 Speaks 38 Masculine nickname 3D Arm joints 42 Throws 43 Bar legally 44 Stltchea 45 Unruly child 48 Prince 48 Concluding passage 49 Employer 50 Personal (ab.j 52 Follower 84 Chemical suffix 1 2 3 4 8 16 I Is i 116 'll 112 n i4 i! rs n rii i? nj a p4 g"js Qrprpr 3? fn j; a jy' 4d U Us lii in TTTTW 51 u a M 5J a- 51 g ' ' ' I ''III i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Parties Fail Tuesday anolher continuation of the inroads of communism and socialism into American govern ment will be sanctioned by the voters, aided by the fear of both political parties in bringing the real issues of the times before the people. To date, both parties have merely attempted to by-pass the real issues and (he danger sig nals appearing in our inflated economy by promising to "out liberal" each other with our for eign aid, military programs, so cial security and countless other programs to aid one and all at the expense of the farmer, the workingman, the business man and every American who is able to produce for the benefit of Big Government and our foreign friends we hope to buy. Who has told the voters that: a. 67 countries of the free world now have a total national debt, combined, of 185'i billion. b. 7 countries in Ihe Soviet bloc have a combined debt of 51 billion. c. American's debt is $21)0 bil lion, or nearly 50 billion greater than these 74 countries combined. Also, these countries produce 788 billion of combined national prod ucts as compared with our pro duction of 441 billion of national product. This astonishing fact comes from figures gathered by the Li brary of Congress, and were told Congress by Rep. Geo. Andrews (DAIa.l. Now, the Harvard School of Business conference i mid-summer 10H0I brought out the fact that our major industries from steel to plywood have already lost their foreign markets to other nations and are very rapidly losing the American markets to cheap foreign labor backed by our fi nancial assistance, and our out dated Breton Woods trade agree ments which should be changed or scrapped immediately. Bnlh political parties have failed to point qut the facts about how communism is now surely defeating us without a hot war, simply because the Russian ruble will be strongly backed with gold, while we stupidly cling to our commie sponsored gold poli cy of FDH, White, Hiss et al. and have done nothing to halt Inflation and Ihe devaluation of our own dollar lo a low of B cents. When we abandoned the gold standard, the Idea was at that time to jazz up the economy this was some 28 years ago. We now have an 8-cent paper dollar not payable in gold, de posited in hanks or in our hands. Foreigners now have holdings which are cashable in I'.S. gold, amounting to almost 2.1 billion dollars. On October 4th the I'.S. held only 18 2-3 billion dollars worth of gold, with the foreign drain on our gold reserve aver aging 13 million per day. Here is an alarming situation that needs urgent attention, as gold must be the basis of our monetary sys tem our gold must be re valued lo halt the danger of oper ating with our cheap dollars at home and a solid gold dollar among foreigners. This would not add to the danger of inflation at home the inflation has already taken place it would be ad justing our cheap, depreciated YOUR POCKETBOOK By FAYE HENLE Don't let your neighbors tell you that you: Should buy ' a house just be cause the interest on a mortgage is tax deductible. Should pile up medical expens es so that you can claim a larg er tax deduction. Can afford to go head over heels into debt because the inter est on your loans will lower your tax bill. Will actually save money by contributing to Aunt Jane's pet charity because all charitable contributions are tax deductible. These items are tax deductible and could mean some reduction in the tax bill for someone of considerable wealth. But if your annual income is $10,000 or less, these deductions are really quite meaningless. Take home ownership. Let's ar gue that you could find a rental unit at a monthly price equiva- Al manac Today is Tuesday, Nov. 8. the 313th day of the year with 53 more in 1960. Today is election day. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning star is Mars. The evening stars are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. On this day in history: In 1793, the Louvre Museum in Paris was opened to the public lor the first time. In 1837, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Handley, Mass., started classes w ith 80 stu dents. In I860, famed French actress Sarah Bernhardt made her Amer ican debut in New York. In 1889, Montana became the 41st stale. In 1942, 400.000 Allied soldiers, transported by 500 U.S. and Brit ish transports, invaded North Africa. Thought for today: Ameri can statesman Henry Clay said: "All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy. I bow to you today because you bow to me." home dollar to the persistent val ue of gold. Politicians of both parties still feel thai the voters are, in the main, sold on our drift into a so cialistic slate. Neither Nixon nor Kennedy have proposed to re verse this trend and secure us from our own folly, simply be cause neither party feels that our people would face up to these hard facts, and prefer to drift along with glib promises that the government will provide (or us like manna from heaven. The choice seems to be that we slide back fast with Kennedy and crew or prolong it with Nixon, there Is no fearless candidate advocat ing that we return to genuine strong Americanism. C. R. Grems Klamath Falls PS. "Conservatism" simply means that we save our coun try. "Liberalism" simply means that our government is free with our money, and why save even America. Spending To Save On Taxes Not Feasible lent to what it would cost you to repay a mortgage and pay lo cal taxes on your property. The argument might run that by own ing you would amass a tax de ductible item. This is true. But, the amount by which it would lower your tax bill is not a suf ficient argument for owning. The prohome ownership argu ment has much, much more to offer than a mere tax deduction. When you own, you build an equity in your home; your prop erty could easily appreciate over the years. In some areas, home ownership is an important status symbol. When you rent, you build no such equity in your home; your status in the community might not be as great. However, if you apply the capi tal that would have gone into owning a home in other invest ments, you might strike situa tions of greater or comparable capital growth. And, with wealth comes status. Owning versus renting has been argued in the past and little doubt, the argument will contin ue. Owning merely to reap a tax benefit, unless it is a question of owning income-producing proper ty, makes little sense to anyone In a low-middle income bracket. When it comes to medical ex penses, you can deduct only those medical and dental expenses which exceed 3 per cent of your adjusted gross income. Excep tions: Those over 65. When it comes to deducting the Interest on your loans, such as money borrowed from the bank or installment credit purchases, this won't amount to a row of beans so far as a tax savings is concerned for those whose income is middle range. And when you in the low-middle income bracket contribute to charity, do so only because of your personal desire and with no other motive. The reader who writes that he fails to see how he can save by spending a dollar to avoid paying 25 cents in taxes is completely right. He can't save. More and more people are com ing to realize this although more and more of them are itemizing their tax deductions instead of taking Ihe optional standard de duction of 10 per cent of adjusted gross income with a top of II. 000. Figures compiled by the Commerce Clearing House show that in 1957, 20 2 million taxpay ers listed deductions item by item, 3.3 million more than those who itemized deductions in 1955. Average itemized total deduc tions for people in Ihe $6,000 to $7,000 a year income bracket in 1957 averaged $1,190: (or those in the $8,000 to $9,000 a year brack et $1,497, and for those with an nual incomes of from $10,000 to $15,000, it amounted lo $1,979. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q What U absolute zero? A The point at which, theo retically, all molecular motion ceases lo exist. Q When the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth. England. hat was lis original destination? A Virginia. It's hopeless I know. But every once in a while I can't resist the urge to cry out against the "organizers." We've got our kids organized from the lime they leave the crib straight through to the grave. (Yes, even to the grave we now have the ceme tery organizations which permit us to pay our graveside expenses on the "easy payment plan.") Not that I object to organizations. Some people like them. But I object to the pressure that is put on the kids to belong to Scouts, Blue Birds, Camp Fire Girls, etc. etc. through a long line into and past their school years. Schools, churches, fraternal organizations, et al, are responsible for this terrific pressure. I could go for a "leave the kids alone" organization. Maybe it will be a stimulant for par ents to get acquainted with their kids. I should temper this whole thing by saying that too many parents are only too glad to have little Johnny or Mary trotting off to somebody else's house or a lodge hall for a cou ple of hours or so each week. A paternal puzzle: On the one hand, we are advised to be leni ent with the child or we'll inhibit him. On the other hand, we are told to be strict with the child or we'll spoil him. I still think a good wallop on the tail would straighten out many of these "warped" kids. For bravery and calmness un der fire, we cite our women's page editor. She has performed countless acts of heroism and solomon-Iike judiciousness that deserve reward. For instance, the times she has dragged Mrs. Dullish up from the depths of obscurity when she was going down for the third time, and has placed her firmly on the social ladder. Or, the time she kept the name of A. Philanderer out of the so ciety column when the publicity department of the eastern hotel where he had registered with an "and wife" signature sent us the item. Mrs. Philanderer, our WPE , knew, was not on the trip with the local playboy. She has struggled, I don't know how many times (every Sunday, at least), not to put a more beautiful gown on Mrs. Flotsam than she did on Mrs. Jetsam when both were in the receiving line. She makes every effort to make Mrs. McMeekly's dreary lit tle party sound as gay as the By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. One in every seven Americans is taking tranquilizers as an es cape from anxiety, according to Dr. E. M. Papper. professor of anesthesiology at Columbia's Col lege of Physicians and Surgeons. In a recent conversation with several of my colleagues, I ex pressed the opinion that over-enthusiastic prescription of tran quilizers, especially without pre liminary investigation into the cause for the individual's anxiety, constituted a serious indictment of current medical principles. Without a dissenting voice, my colleagues insisted that practical considerations compelled them to act in a manner contrary to their better judgment. According to their joint de fense of themselves personally and of the profession in general, they asserted they were virtually compelled to prescribe each new drug that was glowingly reported in popular magazines. tf they protested that the drug was insufficiently tested or that it occasionally and unpredictably exhibited unpleasant or even toxic side effects, they came to be regarded as "old fogies." If they suggested a preliminary inquiry into the cause for the anxiely, they were accused of trying to "psycho-analyze" and were assured that there was no need to pry into the private af fairs of Ihe patient. Indeed, the purpose of the visit might be baldly stated to be a re quest for a prescription to ob tain a drug that the local pharm acist would not sell over the counter. And. if that prescription were not forthcoming, the "cus tomer" knew where one could be obtained. Before you follow this unwise course, perhaps you'll be interest d in the following list of some one given by Mrs. Swankly. And as for brides, no person would have performed such yoeman service as that rendered by our beloved WPE. She yhas made unattractive brides sound ravishing in ttia writeups; plain ones have been built into glamorous beauties; old ones are made young; question able ones, almost virginal. She has typed "I Love You Truly," and "At Dawning" so many limes she doesn't even both er to read the script any more. She's described wedding gowns, bridal bouquets, wedding cakes, and what "the mother of the bride chose for the wedding" in the point where she's wearing slacks herself. Every Sunday morning, armed with a cup of black strong cof fee and steely determination, she scans the society pages for any possible boo-boos so that she can grab the phone and call to explain to an irate bride or mother-in-law how come the "bride" actually appeared in the story as the "bridge" be. fore a guffawing neighbor has that pleasure. No, Ihe heroes don't all corns from the ranks of college foot ballers, on the field of battle, or the ranks of the police. We nom- i inate our WPE for any type of award the field affords. Long may she wave. One of the most misused word I know of is "entail." Right be hind it comes "scanty." Another is "scan." And an often - used word that is not a word at all is "irregardless." Well, the campaign is over, and what in heaven's name are wo going to use for editorial materi al? There's the story around town about two politicians in an argument. One said: "There are hundreds of ways of making mon ey, hut only one honest way. Asked the other: "And what's that?" The quick response: "Ah, ha. I knew you wouldn't know." I guess all this credit, and putting off the day of payment Is all right. Just so we don't get like the drunk who didn't like hangovers, so he solved his problem by staying drunk all of the time. I believe that when this election is all totalled up, Ihe figures will show that if all of the national polls were laid end to end, they would still lie. THE DOCTOR SAYS . . . Tranquilizer Use Must Be Tempered loxic side effects produced hy certain tranquilizers, as reported in reputable medical journals: Sleepiness, dizziness and uncer tainly in gait (ataxia). Lack of muscular control, milk ing it unsafe to operate a molor vehicle. Shaking palsy (like paralysis' agitans or Parkinson's disease'. Severe depression, occasionally lo Ihe point of suicide attempts. Rashes, occasionally covering the entire body. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, con stipation or abdominal pain: Ilia last with occasional stomach ul ceration and perforation. Liver damage, sometimes in capacitating and occasionally la ta!. Addiction lo some types with withdrawal symptoms such as oc cur when the morphinist attempts lo "kick Ihe habit." Destruction of white or red cells, with occasional fatality. Unless the stakes are higher than the mere quieting of anx iety, I am unwilling to accept these risks. And if you agree with me, you'll cooperate with your doctor when he seeks to discover ar.i eliminate the causes for your anx ieties. For a copy of Dr. Hvman'J leaflet "Anticipating Retire menl," send 10 cents to Dr. Hy man. care of Herald and News, Box 489, Dept. B. Radio City Sta tion. Nevv York 19. N.Y. Thoughts Give something to others each day of your life; Help those who are limid to stand in the strife; Go faithfully onward, o'erflouinjj with love. Then, smiling, the Master will greet you above. James Rowt.
