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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Sunday. November 13, 1960
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Can't Legislate Happiness
The 1960 census furnished ample evi
dence that population is spurting ahead in the
United States even though some cities and
towns such as Klamath Falls did not share
in that spurt.
One interesting phase of the census re
port deals with the 16 million people over 65
years of age, and the problems this growing,
surging nation poses for them.
There is plenty of awareness of their
problems both political parties have planks
In their platforms calling for assistance in so
lutions. A White House Conference on Aging
has been called in Washington, D.C., for Jan
uary 9-12. At this point, we believe that more
than can be delivered has been promised to
our elderly people. Time will tell.
Aside from the material things that are
promised, it is interesting to take note of a
poll conducted by George Gallup, nationwide
pollster, to determine why some old folks are
happy and some are not. Objective was to dis
cover what happy old folks had in common,
then to learn whether indivitluals who know
these factors can add years to their lives.
The survey was conducted by personal
interviews with 402 of the 29,000 persons in
, the United States 95 years or older. Among
them were 364 whites, 34 Negroes, three
American Indians, and one Japanese from
virtually every stale in the continental United
States. Each person interviewed was asked
Responsibility
Some idea of the shift of responsibilities
from state and local government to federal
agencies in Washington, D.C., is offered in a
summary of a 64-page study on public assis
tance. During the past 30 years government has
undertaken a tremendous responsibility in
caring for those in need. Motivated primarily
by depressed economic conditions in the early
1930's, congress passed the Social Security
Act in 1935 and thus set up a national welfare
Guantanamo Water
Before the situation at the U.S. Navy
base at Guantanamo Bay develops into any
kind of hot action, it will probably take on
some aspects of the famed Berlin airlift, in
the opinion of some observers. First step in
any squeeze play by Cuba would be shutting
off the pipeline which supplies the base with
2.3 million gallons of fresh water a day.
Water could be brought in by tanker, but
at great expense. The Berlin airlift was ex
pensive, too, but no one ever seriously con
sidered stopping it for that reason.
Walls To Scale
Any idea that the problem of emerging
Africa is merely one of strong leaders, money
grants and propaganda warfare eventually
runs up against the hard fact that Africa's 250
million people speak no less than 800 distinct
languages and dialects. The concept of unity,
in most cases, goes little beyond the tribal
level.
BARBS
A large percentage of girl gradu
ates find husbands, says a college pro
fessor. Wouldn't it be better if they
looked for single men?
When hard work leads to success,
you're just lucky as far as your friends
are concerned.
The family budget envelope often
winds up as a game of put and take
and run short.
A man should be happy to be tied
to his wife's apron strings, if she's
willing to wear one.
Some folks resort to tightening to
stop the noise in their car. Others just
tell the kids to shut up.
QUESTIONS
AND '
ANSWERS
Q How does the Soviet Union
rank in world population?
A Third, with 209 million per-ons.
221 questions from a 24-page questionnaire.
Among the discoveries were these:
A long, happy life depends on several
vital factors, not one. Some are controllable
by the individual; others are not.
Heredity has much to do with longevity.
Although diet may not be so important
as some would claim, those who live longest
cat sparingly, always using moderation at the
dinner table.
Exercise, done with regularity and not
overdone, is also characteristic.
An even temperament, the cultivated
ability to stay on an even keel with oneself and
the world, is essential.
Happiness is still another characteristic
happiness based on an abiding faith rath
er than in material possessions.
Religious people were happier than those
who were not religious, and the happiest of
all were very religious.
This all goes to show that the government
can help with legislation increasing Social
Security benefits. It may remove many of
the restricted opportunities for useful em
ployment. It may even provide improved hous
ing. But the government cannot enact happi
ness. The government can set the stage but
each individual determines how many years
he will live and how happy he will be in the
closing years of his life.
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plan. Federal funds were made available to
states for "money payments" to the aged, de
pendent children and the blind. Subsequent
amendments added the permanently and
totally disabled, increasing the federal govern
ment's share in all four programs, and pro
vided matching funds for medical care. Gen
eral assistance was left to the states and local
ities. Total government payments for public as
sistance reached $3.7 billion in 1959 4 per
cent more than in 1950. The federal govern
ment provided just over half of the public
welfare funds during 1959, the states 35 per
cent and the localities 13 per cent.
From the standpoint of government and
citizen, the most important problem of public
assistance is the increasing number of indi
viduals applying for help. Although propor
tionately more people are qualifying for so
cial insurance, only old-age assistance among
the public welfare programs is showing a
decline in the number of recipients. Nearly
seven million persons received public assis
tance payments in 1959, compared with six
million in 1950. Records show 3,000,000 per
sons assisted under aid to dependent children
programs, followed by 2.4 million under old
age assistance, and 1,000,000 under general
assistance.
It is not hard to find abuses in most
states in most of the public assistance pro
grams. This is probably more true in huge
populated centers than it is in those areas
sparsely settled. But, regardless of remote
ness or closeness to the problem, there can
be no argument against a conclusion that
the problem affects all of us.
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Rockefeller. Looms As Ranking
GOP Presidential Possibility
By ROBERT T. GRAY
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-Gov. Ncl
son A. Rockefeller, who failed to
carry his home state for the Re
publican standard - bearer last
week, nevertheless appears cer
tain to emerge as a contender for
the Republican nomination for
president in 1964.
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on lost New York by 400.000
votes, although President Eisen
hower carried it by 1.5 million in
1956 and Rockefeller was elected
by more than a half-million votes
two years ago.
But, despite this setback to
Republican fortunes, Rockefeller's
name is certain to loom large
when the GOP slarts seeking a
national leader to restore the
party to the victory trails.
Despite the handicaps, Rocke
feller is in position to move into
national leadership.
He established himself as a
dominant influence in party af
fairs last summer when he pre
vailed upon Nixon to incorporate
a large portion of the Rockefeller
views in the GOP national plat
form. Rockefeller would have two
major barriers to assuming con
trol of GOP national affairs:
home-front problems and the ani
mosity of the conservative Repub
lican bloc.
By FAYE HEME
If you are on the threshold of
retirement, this is what you
should be doing:
Exploring your company to
see what retirement counseling
services they have to offer.
Setting up a retirement budg
et. Exploring your community to
see what health, recreational,
housing and educational facili
ties exist for you.
Watching for a proposal to
the next Congress and support
ing it that will tie government
pension payouts to the cost of
living.
Supporting the proposal that
government bonds will be re
deemed with "adjusted dollars"
which means that if the cost of
living goes up, your bonds will
be paid off in dollars that will
compensate for the declining buy
ing power of your fixed income
dollars.
These were answers I got at
the 10th annual meeting of The
National Committee on the Aging
when I asked how people should
prepare for retirement.
Answer No. 1 came from G.
Warfield Hohbs, the committee's
chairman and vice president on
leave from New York's First Na
tional City Biink. Said Hohbs:
"It is important that those fac
ing retirement he made aware
that while they might have
dreamed of golfing every day,
they just won't be able to as the
years creep up and that fishing
as a daily routine can become a
mighty bore "
He cited that many a company
is putting S to 10 per cent of
its payroll money into retirement
funds but neglecting the allun-
Sen. Barry Goldwater of Ari
zona, a leader of the conservative
element in the GOP, told a re
porter at Phoenix, Ariz., Wednes
day . night: "If Mr. Rockefeller
can't carry New York, he can't
be reckoned a figure to be con
tended with in the Republican
party."
There is no question that Rocke
feller has lost ground in his home
state since his upset election vic
tory against a Democratic tide in
1958.
Shortly after his inauguration,
Rockefeller put through a record
tax increase that has been a
source of controversy ever since.
To keep in the public eye,
Rockefeller would have to win re
election in 1962. A victory seem
ingly would be much more diffi
cult than it was two years ago.
But Rockefeller has shown abil
ity to cut across party lines and
win support from Democrats and
independents. In addition, New
York Democrats do not now ap
pear to have a potential candidate
to match Rockefeller's crowd ap
peal and grass-roots campaign
techniques.
The governor obviously would
have to overcome a reservoir of
ill will he created among Repub
licans with his prolonged criti
cisms of Nixon last spring and
early summer.
YOUR POCKET800K
Points To Ponder
If Retirement Near
porlant aspect of counseling
which might cost them less than
one-twentieth of 1 per cent.
The retirement budget sugges
tion came from Charles E. Odell,
director of the retired workers
department of the United Auto
Workers, AKL-CIO. He pointed to
a recent study by Cornell Uni
versity urging that people must
recognize there arc things they
will want to do when they are
retired.
In order to fulfill these goals
they must plan on where and
how they want to live, they must
know what they can count on fi
nancially when they retire and
that they must know where to
go for help if they need it for
their health and happiness.
Odell pointed to the success of
the union-sponsored day centers
that provide educational and rec
reational facilities.
Hohbs cited Peoria. 111., (or hav
ing published a directory of com
munity services for older folk. It
was made possible by funds from
community service organizations.
The proposal that pensions be
tied to the cost of living might
sound unworkable to you. but it
was pointed out that this already
Is being done in nine European
countries.
Discussing this. Mr. Hohbs
said that such a move would not
be inflationary. Said he; "If pen
sions are tied to the consumer
price index, the inflationary im
pact is less than one-twentieth as
great ns any wage adjustment
made in behalf of price increas
es "
A National Council on the Ag
ing, growing out of the present
committee, will be launched next
January.
While the governor campaigned
intensively for Nixon after the
GOP convention, some Republican
leaders are sure to feel that
Rockefeller's earlier activities
cost Nixon votes.
But memories of political lead
ers often are short when the ques
tion comes down to victory or de
feat. Republican leaders would
forgive Rockefeller a good deal if
they thought he could help them
recapture the White House. Many
GOP politicians disliked former
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, but sup
ported him because he was a win
ner in the state.
As governor of New York for
at least two of those years, Rocke
feller will be in an ideal position
to keep himself before the public,
to remind the GOP that he is
ready, willing and, most likely,
readily available.
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Sunday, Nov. 13. the
318th day of the year with 48
more in 1960.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning star is Mars.
The evening stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
On this day in history:
In 1850, Scottish novelist Robert
Louis Stevenson was born.
In 1853. American matinee idol
John Drew was born.
In 1921, Hollywood released a
movie entitled "The Sheik" star
ring Rudolph Valentino.
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel, run
ning between New York and New
Jersey, was opened.
In 1933, workers in the Hoimcl
Packing Company in Austin, Minn,
staged the first "sit-down" strike.
Thought for today: English au
Ihor Thomas De Quincey said: "It
is notorious that the memory
strengthens as you lay burdens
upon it, and becomes trustworthy
as you trust it."
Thoughts
You shall give In him freely,
and your heart shall not be
grudging when you give to him;
because lor this the Lord your
God will bless you in all your
work and in all thai you under
take. Drut. 15:10.
For God abases the proud, but
he saves the lowly. Job 22:29.
My God. give me neither pov
erty nor riches, but whatsoever it
may be thy w ill to give, give me,
humbly to acquiesce in what is
thy will. J. E. Gotthold.
In that day men will regard
their Maker, and their eves will
look to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 17:7.
The only significance of life
consists in helping to establish the
kingdom of God; and this can be
done only by means of the
acknowledgement and profession
of the truth by each one of us
Leo Tolstoi.
A man who bears false wit
ness against his neighbor is like
a war club, or a sword, or a
sharp arrow. Proverbs 23:18.
Simile-ot-the-week: As blank
looking as the windows of the
political parties' headquarters on
Main Street.
Well, we turn from the elec
tions rush to the Christmas rush.
And I'm not looking forward to
it. But, just in case you're in
clined to be one of those persons
who get their work done on time,
now's the time to start your
Christmas shopping. And, if you
don't believe me, just ask your
friendly local merchant!
A salute today to Charlie
DeLap and the gracious ladies
in his county clerk's office
who did so much to help us
get complete, tabulated election
returns to Herald and News
readers Wednesday the day
following the exciting election.
Floyd Wynne and I worked
through the night compiling the
chart, and got it to our plant
at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. Ernie
Hedlund and Jack Metz stood
by in engraving to make the
plates, and the boys in the
composing and press rooms had
the finished product ready to
go to our readers by 2:15 p.m.
a half hour after our daily
deadline. Incidentally, a pat
on the back, too, to George
Mclntyre and First Federal
Savings & Loan for their pub-lic-spiritedness
in sponsoring
publication of the tabulations.
Just in case you missed this
Item in the news stories, I'm
going to run it in here. I doubt
that it needs any additional com
ment. In Chesterfield, England, lives
Jack Cooper, father of seven, who
has been unemployed since 1957
because it pays him more to be
Idle than to work.
Cooper said the national as
sistance board keeps badgering
him to get a job. But he gets
more from unemployment bene
fits than he would at work. He
gets $30.52 a week and free milk
for the children if he does not
work. If he worked he would be
paid $26.60 a week, and no free
milk. His income now comes from
unemployment benefits, national
assistance for dire circumstances
and a family allowance.
Food costs him $22.40 a week
and his rent in a public housing
dwelling is $3.64 a week. Cooper
claims he has a "duty" to his
family to remain unemployed, un
der the circumstances. If he goes
to work, his family will suffer!
By HAROLD T. HYMAX, M.D.
Written for NEA
One of my favorite Gilbert and
Sullivan songs is the one that
ends with the line:
"So it really doesn't matter,
matter, matter, matter, matter."
Unfortunately, some of the
things that really do not matter
to me are a source for great con
cern to at least four of my cor
respondents whose fears I hope
to put at ease today.
The first of these is a middle
aged woman who "rubbed the tip
of my tongue over the roof of my
mouth and discovered a hard
swelling" that she feared might
be cancerous.
Although I think you'd better
show this to your doctor, dear
lady, it's a 100-to-l shot that
you've discovered a ridge of bone
that's always been there and
that's perfectly normal.
Perhaps your attention was di
rected to it when you singed it
with a hot liquid or scraped it
with some rough food.
Anyway, it not only doesn't
matter, matter, matter today but
it won't become cancerous in the
future unless it's most unusual.
The second correspondent is an
elderly man who "discovered a
hard lump in the middle of my
stomach where the lower ribs
come together." This too is a nor
mal structure. It s called the xi
phoid cartilage.
The word means it's shaped
like a sword, though I must say
I've never seen a sword like it.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter
and I'll guarantee, sight unseen,
it'll never become malignant.
And two writers inquire about
"low blood pressure" and "low
blood sugar." Unless, in each in
stance, the level of tension or
sugar has suddenly and abruptly
tallen. neither of these findings
has any unusual significance.
Quite likely, in each instance,
what is meant is a reading that s
below the average. Now below
Nothing Is so fascinating as the
world of books. And both libraries
located in Klamath Falls have a
selection of books and materials
ready to answer the needs of al
most any reader. In our supple
ment each week, we carry a re
view of new books prepared by
Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Cote. Wo
hope you take advantage of this
exceptional service by our two li
brarians. An inebriated man walked
into an elevator shaft, fell four
floors to the bottom, stood up.
brushed himself off and shout
ed: "I said UP!"
Here's a queer one. The New
York State Department of Men
tal Hygiene reported that, based
on a study, "The Typical Moron"
is pretty typical of all of us.
Here's what they found in their
study:
The typical moron prefers the
movies to any other form o(
recreation; reads a newspaper
and magazines regularly; is a
habitual user of radio and TV;
and, if a male, has participated
in some form of military service,
usually the Army.
The average moron, if married,
maintains a home which he rents.
He is saving money; is paying
for some kind of insurance; owns
a radio, and has a telephone in
his home, but docs not own an
automobile. The typical female
moron is similar in all these re
spects. (Ed. Note: except for
some general physical character
istics, and the possibility that
she may not be saving money!)
Webster defines a moron as
a person who is moderately feeble
minded, usually happy with tasks
too simple and monotonous to sat
isfy an intelligent person.
Which leads me to the conclu
sion that the NYDMH had better
revise the report or that most of
us had better revise our opinion
of ourselves.
The report could explain this:
"My father and mother were
first cousins," the new pupil
reported to his teacher. "I guess
that's why I look so much
alike."
Since that little squib came out
in here the other day about our
Women's Page editor saving the
hide of A. Philanderer, 33 Klam
ath Falls businessmen have can
celled plans for trips to far-away
cities.
THE DOCTOR SAYS . . .
'Discovery' Needn't
Bring Cancer Panic
average may be normal for the
individual. It's just like weight,
as I've pointed out before.
A man like Jackie Gleason
weighs over 200 pounds which is
probably normal for him. Fred
Astaire may not weigh more than
140 pounds. And that's normal
for him.
If Jackie weighed 140, he'd
probably be badly off. And if
Fred weighed 200, he'd probably
be miserable.
In the same way, the life in
surance companies particularly
place great reliance on blood
pressure charts and blood sugar
levels.
You realize that these are ob
tained by compiling large num
bers of readings from supposedly
normal persons and then calculat
ing the average.
If you happen to be the sort
of person that's below the aver
age, you're not necessarily out of
whack. Most likely, it's the way
you're built.
And the way you're built de
pends primarily on your inheri
tance. You may be descended
from parents of the bulldog type
and I from greyhounds.
We look different. Our blood
pressures and blood sugars are
different. But you're normal for
you and I'm normal for me.
The readings we present do
have significance, however, if
they undergo a sudden change.
And w hen that happens, you ve
got to see your doctor for the
explanation that I can't possibly
supply under prevailing circum
stances. Dear Reader: Dr. Hyman an
preciates your comments and
nuestions but regrets that t h
heavy volume of his mail doesn't
permit him to answer each in
dividual letter or post card.
However, he will comment m
columns like the above upon
matters of general or unusual interest.
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