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PACE HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falli, Orrgoa Tawtdajr, December f , MM "Nothing to Declare!" NOTHING SPECIAL INBOUND FROM IW. I. S.) Q m ft m m m mm v z i i i an ? When a man of New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's standing announces his bid for another, term only three weeks after a gen eral election, it is a good deal more than .routine. Naturally enough he denies his move has any. connection with the 1964 presidential race, but of course it does. ' For one thing, the early announcement means he is out to win big in New York in 1962. A defeat would destroy his prospects altogether. A very close victory might put a serious question mark beside his vote-getting ability. . , From now on, one way or another, Rockefeller will be campaigning for reelection. Already he has declared a 1960 state tax re bate which may help take some of the sting out of his unpopular tax hike of 1959. All signs point to his heavy activity in the next two years. Whatever he may say about it, this is Rockefeller's way of placing a quick bet on 1964. Obviously he is not assuming that Vice President Nixon, on his strong showing in the 1960 election, has an unshakable grip on a What Makes' Us Great? ' In the business world one sometimes hears it said that a corporation is only as good as the caliber of the men in it. It is a way of reminding people that corporate reputations, like individual repu tations, must be earned continuously ' by good performance. There should be no coast ing on past good will. The same can well be said for a nation and its citizens. .' The United States stands before the . world as a great country. Clearly it deserves to be so regarded. And its citizens, free and gen erally well endowed by contrast with others, are the envy of millions around the globe. Yet we must not conclude that our na tional greatness is something that exists au tomatically and is conveyed by the mere ut terance of the word "America." Nor must we feel that being born American instantly elevates us to some sort of lofty supremacy. '; We and our country must constantly re earn the label of greatness. America is great not .because it is big, rich, highly developed industrially. It is great because it chooses to use its immense power in the furtherance of freedom and general hu man betterment both at home and abroad. ' It is a nurturing place for ideals that befit mankind's noblest aspirations. It is an excit ing center of ideas for the - enrichment and uplift of life. : Until we see and study the details of Gov. Mark Hatfield's record high budget, we're going to reserve comment on it generally. However, no citizen of the Klamath Ba sin can fail to note the significance of the $2 million figure the budget calls for in ex pansion of Oregon Technical Institute. With the establishment of the $2; million budget figure, we are moving definitely from the "wishful" aspects of the OTI campus change to specifics of the project that has ' I QUESTIONS ! AND ANSWERS Q Which bank of a river is the right bank? : A That on the right hand when .looking downstream. ;Q What president pronounced the famous blessing on the White House? ;A John Adams: "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it! May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." BARBS J Fast footwork is important in fight inf, but it's smarter to use it in not fighting. SThe note of harmony that has set tled many a discord is dough. 'The smart man is always on the job He's better off! Early Preparation second nomination. The governor knows that the Republican party seldom picks a loser for another try. The last time it did, with Thomas E. Dewey in 1948, it was sorry. Nixon nevertheless is today the most powerful factor in his party. If he should seek the California governorship in 1962, win it and go on to try for the presidency again, then Rockefeller and any other contenders would clearly have a battle. The one big thing Nixon can present, aside from his now proven national vote-getting prowess, is his status as a middle roader capable of uniting the party's various fac tions. This is something that cannot be light ly overlooked by the prognosticators for 1964. Should Nixon drop out or somehow be thrust out of the picture, then the coming contest would tend to focus on Rockefeller and conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater un less another middle roader were found as a rallying point. Rockefeller has chosen to act as if the liberal-conservative fight is sure to be fought the next time out. So he is wasting no time in firming up his lines. That appears to be the underlying meaning of his bid for reelec tion 100 weeks before voting time. By the same token, Americans as indi viduals are great riot because of the accident that puts them within U.S. borders. They are great only as they live in earnest, energetic pursuit of the ideals for which the nation 1 stands. Americans have a tradition of hard, ef ficient work, of bold, imaginative experiment, of cheerful, hopeful assault on all their prob lems. As a great amalgam of peoples, they are committed to tolerance, to the service of all human rights, to the wiping out of inequity and injustice. They are believers in meaningful liber ty, in the freedom of men to rise to their best levels of achievement and well being. And they are convinced that the finest way to export the practices and the goals of freedom is to set a good example. Men in this country who at least try to . live according to these tenets can proudly wear the label of "American." Those who do not are empty shells, lacking in the substance of greatness. If at any time in our history we shall find too many of these among us, then our na tional greatness itself must be called in ques tion. For America is only as good as the Amer icans who make it up. . . We must hope that such hollow moments never come, that instead the stuff of quality always runs thick in our veins. A Significant Step taken some years of hard work and much plan ning on the part of Klamath people who were interested enough to initiate action leading to this phase. We owe much gratitude to these citizens and to Dr. Purvine and his staff for the achievement of this goal. We are hopeful that the same spirit of cooperation and helpful ness will prevail during the construction and moving period that faces OTI. 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Edited by Ray Cromley for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. (Copyright 1960, the American Assembly.) It must be a primary goal of Ihc United States to arrive at a systematic reduction of arma ments under adequate inspection and control and to establish in ternational regulation of the most lethal instruments of destruction. Limitation and control of nu clear weapons are the more ur gent because without them other nations will presently equip them selves with such armaments. The enormous expense involved may deter most smaller powers. This factor would have less weight with West Germany, Japan or the Chinese People's Republic. Com munist China in particular may be confidently expected to join Ihc so-called nuclear club within the next three to five years and to use its nuclear power as a political if not as a military wea pon. An increase in Ihc number of nuclear powers will render the conditions of human living even more precarious. The employment of nuclear blackmail for political purposes must be exacted to be come widespread. The number of persons in a . sition to unleash nuclear war will be vastly increased. Not only tech nical failures but the hasty act of some unbalanced or panic stricken individual might draw the great nuclear powers into a rela tively minor conflict and plunge a large part of mankind into the holocaust. ' Since nations arm against each other out of distrust and fear as THE DOCTOR Parents Should Make Child Obey By HAROLD T. I1VMAN, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. My morning mail contained a surprise that almost bowled me over. Here was a pamphlet pre pared by the Accident Prevention Committee of the American Acad emy of Pediatrics. And in inch high green letters on the cover page was the word "obedience." In case you aren't familiar w ith the word, or haven't come across it in a long time, it's pronounced oh-bee-dec-cnts. In fear -ind trembling. I turned Ihc page to discover in what con nection the word was used. Being almost completely surrounded by parents who are rearing llicir chil dren "pcrniissively," I suspected that we might be advised that ac cident prevention depended on adult obedience to the whims and vagaries of the young. But nol The brave members of the committee state that obedi ence to the commands of the par ent by the child is "an efficient, workable jalety tool." Must Lead To Achieve Arms Contro well as for deliberate conquest, it is unthinkable that for the fore seeable future anything approach ing complete disarmament would be agreed to between the Soviet bloc and the Free World. To be sure, the Soviets have proposed the early and speedy abolition of all armaments. But this proposal is so patently illogi cal and impractical as to stamp it a cynical fraud designed for propaganda purposes. It does not necessarily follow, however, that the Soviet govern ment is uninterested in the limi tation and control of nuclear weapons. Even though superiority in long-range missiles may pro vide it with a powerful instrument of blackmail, it may have real misgivings about the acquisition of nuclear armaments by its Chi nese ally, the bellicose attitude of which has provoked so much heat ed argument in Communist cir cles. Furthermore, Soviet leaders express deep concern about the possible arming of West Germany with nuclear weapons. Because limitation and control of nuclear and other armaments arc of paramount importance, ev ery effort must be made to ad vance, even though but slightly, toward the solution of these com pelling problems. The difficulties and complexi ties, technical as well as politi cal, are certainly enormous. Prog ress is bound at best to be slow and painful. To aim at total dis armament within a few years would be futile. But partial, even informal, agreemenls may he feasible. A beginning might well be made with an agreement to suspend nu clear testing. It might also pave Ihc way for discussion and agree ment on the terms of an effective nuclear stalemate. The end to be sought, without which ' there can be no real se curity for anyone, must be effec tive international control, especial ly of nuclear weapons in all their SAYS Note Ihe word "command." That's another you may not have seen applied lo child rearing in a long lime. You've been fed a diet of reasoning, requests, entreaties, appeals jnd maybe supplications. But "command?" Think, hard. When did you last hear that one? But there are more supriscs in slore. The famphlct recommends punishment for disobedience. Think of it! Shades of the Inquisi tion! And here's what the kids call the killer-diller. What kind of pun ishment do you think is recom mended? You'll never believe it. But there on page 12 it says that "a spanking is quick, often effec tive." Not hy everybody, of course. Only by those who "(eel comfort able" about administering one. Better ask your doctor to get you one ol the!e revolutionary tracts. It's been published and distributed for the acaderrrf, a).i public sorrier, by the Ross Lab oratories of Columbus, Ohio. Attempt aspects: research, testing, produc tion and stockpiling. Toward this end the United States is bound to strive with all its might. In the past, discussion of the arms problem has suffered not only from the deep distrust be tween the nuclear powers but to some extent from lack of unity of purpose and plan on the American side. Key agencies of the govern ment, to say nothing of Congress, have contended against each oth er and have thus hindered or de layed the formulation of sound and consistent policy. Furthermore, there have been neither funds nor staff nor prop per direction for the continu ing study of the political, military and technical problems involved, including the implications of spec ific plans and proposals. If Amer ican policy is to inspire confi dence, if our negotiators are to be effective, if in short any real progress is to be made in the crucial matter of arms control, much better provision must he made, perhaps through a special agency, for research, planning and the coordination of policy. This is a matter that will brook no delav. Al manac By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Dec. 6, t h e 31st day of the year with 23 to follow in 1960. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning stars are Mercury and Mars. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. On this day in history: In 1847. Abraham Lincoln took his scat in the 30th Congress as a member of the Illinois delega tion in the House of Representa tives. In 1B57. Joseph Conrad, English author of sea tales, was born in Poland. . In 1839, Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans. In 1017. Finland declared her independence from Russia. In 1933, Americans crowded into liquor stores and cafes ... to purchase their first legal alco holic drinks in 13 years. It was the end of prohibition. A thought for today: English novelist Joseph Conrad said: "You shall judge a man hy his foes as well as hv his friends." THEY SAY.. We ate today in an extremely ironical situation. Men can reach out into space for hundreds of thousands of miles but thoy can not reach across the conference table to each other except in hit ler dispute. Dr. Gravsnn Kirk, president of Columbia University. Being Uside down every morn ing is very pood. It changes the flow of the blood. When I make a recording. I stand on my head lo hear it better. Composer Rudolph Frlml, 76, yoga enthusiast. A fat lady stepped on the scales, not know ing they were out of order. The indicator stopped at 7S pounds. "Holy smoke," ex claimed a drunk who was watch ing her, "she's hollow." Man is growing larger where he sits down according to many ru mors we hear. La Scala in Milan is enlarging its 13-inch seats; the Army is making all pants larger scat-wise; the Chicago Transit Co. ordered an extra inch of seat space in new diescl buses. And a suit of armor worn by a knight in the Middle Ages is too small for a 13-year old boy of today. Which brings us to the logical question: Are we developing a race of giants or just a bunch of big sitters? I hope that letter of Mayor Law rence Slater's sets the record straight on this Pelican Theater offer thing. Point is, the council never did have a firm or formal offer in the situation. There was some preliminary talk, but inves tigation revealed so much money was involved one way or another, that it was not practi cable for the city to consider get ting involved. One thing for all of us to remember in these things where the city and money are involved, the city must first have, or make provision for raising the money. Nothing is free despite what a good many politicians would like to have us believe. An essay on meetingitis in a na tional magazine perked our atten tion. This virulent disease pro duces tired nerves, loss of sleep, Nnd discomfort at the base of the spine. It is not new, Alexis de Toqueville noted it in 1835 saying "Americans of all ages, condi tions and dispositions constantly form associations." The basic cause of meetingitis was the industrial revolution which gave man his freedom, but destroyed his roots. No longer, as in the Middle Ages, belonging to a group by birth, he began creating groups that he could belong to by choice. Today, in our highly mo bile society, roollcssncss is a greater problem, spawning more groups. The author suggests that in time the reason for a group tends to deteriorate. At first it was to get good speakers, then lo get enough members to come lo the meetings for the speakers to speak to. He suggests, also, some cures: that by law all meetings should be held on Tuesday; that only one-man committees be appoint ed, who could adjourn when he pleased; that no new organiza tions be allowed unless the per petrators can prove a serious need. And right away he went off to a meeting to get his cam paign underway. YOUR POCKETBOOK Sweater Will Do But Mink's Better! By FAYE HENLE Just what does the American woman want for Christmas? How much does the average U.S. fam ily spend gift swapping not just at yuletide but Ihroughout the year? A company (Chicago Printed String! has done a fascinating sur vey dealing with the annual 17.8 billion dollar gift-giving bonanza. Interviewed were housewives, av erage annual income $0,350, aver age number of persons in the fam ily 3.6. Here is what the survey shows: The average family spent $147 on Christmas gifts last year and plans to spend about the same this season. -' This means the Christmas gift business is a 7.3 billion dollar affair in which 1.5 billion pack ages arc swapprd. That's 41 per cent of all gifts bestowed during the year. The average spent rer Christmas gift is $4.91. This same family spends $(56 during Ihc year to give 58 addi tional gifts. Biggest non-Christmas spending in volume is done for birthday presents which represent a 3.4 billion dollar annual mar ket. In dollars the most expensive gifts are those bought for wed dings: people arc willing to spend $17 on such occasions. They hit an average of $13 for anniversary gifts. The average price for all gifts purchased is $7.48. Presents bought in department stores account for 3fi per cent of Ihc gift market. Discount, whole sale outlets and gift shops each capture six per cent. Gift giving takes five per cent of the average familv's disposable I'm sure our 16-month-old is un usually gifted musically. The oth er day she took a tumble off the divan and as she was picked up she mourned: "Mi fa la fa so fa!" A Moscow father was compli menting another on his three sons. "You must be mighty proud of them," he said. "One a peo ple's lawyer, one a people's doc tor, and one a people's artist." "Yes, they're fine boys," said the father, "but the son I'm real ly proud of is in America." "Oh, he's an American?" "Yes, indeed he's unemployed and gets money from the govern ment, and if it weren't for the few dollars he sends home, we'd starve." Don't forget, while you're con templating the Christmas season, and your shopping plans, to in clude some consideration for the people at the county nursing home. We'll accept and deliver gifts for them. Just wrap them attractively, mark them plainly and' bring them to the Herald and News office. We'll do the rest right down to helping supervisory personnel at the home plan and carry out a regular Christmas party Dec. 22. Don't wait until the last minute to bring in your gifts. We want to make certain that all residents of the home get one or more gifts, and we'll be maintaining a daily inventory of the gifts to see that happens. The temperance lecturer had warmed up to her subject and was blazing away. "Who has the money to spend?" she thundered. "Who has the finest car? The saloonkeep er. "Who has the finest fur coats? The saloonkeeper's wife! Who pays for these pleasures? You do, my friends!" A few days later, a man and wife who had been in the audi ence stopped the lecturer on the street and thanked her for the advice. "I am glad, indeed," she said, "that you nave given up drink." "Oh, we haven't done that," said the man. "We've bought a saloon." We're getting ready to publish, in February, an edition of the Herald and News that will high light and emphasize the progress we have made in the Klamath Basin the past few years. I'm certain that this effort will show that we have enjoyed a hereto fore unappreciated degree of healthy growth and prosperity. The edition will contain pictures and news stories regarding this progress. At the present time, we're planning an edition of 9fi pages to tell this story. You'll want to reserve extra copies to send to your friends and relatives out of the area, because I know it will be one of the best things we've done -along these lines. income, that is, money left atttr paying taxes and all other essen tials. Will there be different types of presents under Ihe tree this Christmas? The consensus is "lit tle change." Almost any item from "having the walls painted" to a mink wrap is considered ap propriate and desirable. For those with annual incomes between $2,500 and $5,000. house hold goods account for 24 per cent of the most expensive gifts given, clothing for 20 per cent, jewelry for 20 per cent, toys for 14 per cent. Among families living on $3,090 lo $7,500 a year, household items account for 50 per cent of the most expensive items bought, clothing 18 per cent. In the $7,500 and over household, clothing ranks first with 36 per cent, household goods next with 34 per cent while jewelry and toys tie with seven per cent. Although the .ife do meet of the holiday shopping, lier husband buys the more expensive gifts. Few wives apparently can de cide what lo give their husbands but women themselves know what Ihcy want. Household goods are most in demand by women in the under $5,000 a year income brack et and clothing highest on the list of women in the $7,500 and up group. Note to husbands: Mink is most acceptable but sweaters will do. Household items wanted are re frigerator and dishwashers among major appliances, electric hand mixers in Ihe small appli ance category. Most wanted sin gle hou);o!d item is a Wi(g, maclHf)' O I
