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What's Wrong?
rtirinr th next Coneressional session a
f determined effort will be made to repeal that
;settlon of the Taft-Hartley Act wnicn atnnor
f izes the states to adopt right-to-work laws
j;laws which guarantee that a worker can join
lor not join a union, as he so chooses, without
coercion from either labor or management.
'So far, 20 states have adopted the laws.
J If the coming effort is successful, unre
strained labor monopolies will be in the saddle
:with a vengeance. Compulsory unionism
which means that man must join or starve
will become the rule. And this would be only
the beginning. Senator Byrd of Virginia, in
.'announcing that he would oppose repeal of
the section "with all my strength and ability,"
said: "Power breeds power, and labor leaders
are insatiable in their demands' for special
privilege and special legislation for immunity.
Repeal . . . would be followed by a drive to
repeal all protective provisions in the Taft
Hartley Act and other statutes in the whole
labor field."
There's nothing anti-labor or anti-union
in the right-to-work laws. All they do is to
assert the principle that each individual has
the right to decide for himself whether to
join or not. As the Dallas Morning News ob
serves, "If this is to remain a free country,
what's wrong with that?"
3 It is no reflection on the members of
.'President-elect Kennedy's cabinet thus far
"chosen to say that they were among his easier
choices. He reveals now that he has deliberate
ilyjaken his time in the selections for the criti
cal posts of state, defense and treasury.
. Some people have been' impatient with
Kennedy for having moved so slowly in these
.'areas.
' Admittedly there is some urgency. The
'transition from one regime to another is dif
ficult at best The longer the newcomers have
;to get acquainted with their tasks, the better
'dor the country.
j But Kennedy made what perhaps will be
.widely accepted as a valid point when he said
5n explanation:
j ; "Whoever is selected for those jobs, their
judgment will affect the lives of all Ameri
cans and they will be in those positions, I
Iwould hope, for four years.. Therefore I am
trying to render the best and most respon
sible judgment I can. When I feel I have done
tthat, then I am going to name them."
The president-elect surely understands,
'm do most Americans, that the men who are
chosen to guide us in diplomacy, in defense
:and in finance must do more than exhibit nigh
competence. .". , " 5 ' '
I ' They must also inspire tremendous con
fidence, not Only : among ) Americans but
Handled With Care
among our actual and our potential allies
abroad.
To find men who provide this delicate
but vital combination plainly is not simple.
Unquestionably there are quite a few able
prospects for all three key posts. What cer
tainly must be at issue in Kennedy's mind is
which one can best gain the necessary wide
support.
If good selections are made, it will be of
lesser consequence that a good deal of time
already has run on the available preflight
training period. Good men can learn their jobs
with often amazing dispatch, especially if
their general backgrounds are well suited to
the need.
Furthermore, in a very real sense the
key man in diplomacy, defense and finance is
the president-elect himself. In Kennedy's
case, training actually began the day after he
was elected. And he has had superb co-operation
from the Eisenhower administration in
getting ready to meet his problems.
If it can be assumed that Kennedy has
performed his preparatory labors well, then
we need not be concerned that the nation will
suffer from too short a briefing for even the
most crucial cabinet officers.
Most Americans likely would say it is
better to move wisely rather than quickly
even though the times be urgent.
Not To The Farmer
At a recent meeting we attended, more
than 93 per cent of the participants were
farmers, or engaged in farming one way or .
another. One of the topics of discussion cen
tered around possible ways to educate the pub
lic that it is not the price paid to the farmer
for his products that keeps pushing up the
cost of living.
That point is underscored in the latest
living index report It showed that the index
had risen to a new high due to an increase of
four tenths of one per cent in food prices.
This, despite a decline in some prices
paid to the farmers, and with other products
holding at the same price level. It is obvious,
then, that the increases in the living index
are not going into the farmers' pockets.
Most of the price increases have gone
into the distribution and processing of the
food we eat Wholesalers and other food dis
tributors will tell you that, in effect the price
increases arc a cost for our laziness and desire
for convenience. New processes of wrapping
and packaging have been largely responsible
for price increases of food items that require
packing. We're not satisfied with the old kraft
wrapper. We require that our food items be
attractively (and expensively) wrapped and dis
played before we'll buy. It goes without say
ing that it takes more than a fancy package
to make a steak extra good. And, we're paying
a price for convenience. Frozen foods, frozen
dinners, anything you want to buy especially
prepared and packaged, are yours for the ask
ing just pay the price.
Well, we've rambled from the point.
Which is: when you grumble about the price
of food, don't blame the poor farmer. He's
got enough troubles already, what with fight
ing off the federal government and the fools
who want to create a controlled paradise for
him.
BARBS
Songstress
: A Georgia golf pro was injured in
an auto crash. He should improve his
driving.
; When the moon comes over the
mountain there are usually revenue
agents somewhere nearby.
-it Often a word to the good wife
ufficient to start something.
Bl "How are you?" is a question that
jhads to people telling you all their
if Rubles.
To err is human but too often the
riser wears out before the pencil.
A pastor says there are no bad
children only stupid and thoughtless
parents. Don't let Junior read this.
j Oa with the nation's road repairs,
to' wcH have no excuse for finding
purselvet in a rut.
We know what the goal of some
ccflege boyi is, now that the football
i Is OB. At each end or ue neia.
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GOALS FOR AMERICANS
ncreasina Fmnlovment Is
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Maior Objective For U.S.
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By EDWARD F. DEN1SON
Associate Research Director
Committee 4or
Economic Development
One of a series of easy-to-read
condensations from chan
ters written by eminent Ameri
can authorities for book publi
cation by Prentice-Hall with the
Report from President Eisen
hower's Commission on Nation-
al Goals. Edited by Ray Crom
Icy for Newspaper Enterprise
Association. (Copyright 1960, the
American Assembly.) "
Various alternatives, in addition
to maintenance of high employ
ment, are available to the United
States if it wishes to raise its
growth rate. ' ' '
On the basis of reasonable es
timates, the national product
could be raised one per cent
above what it would otherwise
he in 1970, which would add 0.1
per cent to the annual growth
rate over the next 10 years, by
any of the following means:
Double the rate of net Immi
gration during the next decade;
or
Curtail by about one-third the
reduction that might otherwise be
expected in standard annual work
ing hours, or
Reduce by one-eighth the loss
of labor resulting from illness,
accidents, seasonal fluctuations,
excessive labor in agriculture, il
legal activities, concentrated long
term unemployment and labor dis
putes, or -
Raise the proportion of gross
national product devoted to net
investment by about one - sixth
above what it would otherwise be
throughout the next 10 years.
This result might also be
achieved by an assault on ob
stacles to the most effective use
' of resources.
Over the years numerous laws
and private restraints have devel
oped that prevent the economy
from achieving, or even moving
toward, an optimum allocation of
resources among the various lines .
of production.
Legal provisions include obsta
cles to international trade by our
own and by foreign governments,
federal subsidies to various in
dustries, resale price maintenance
laws, farm price supports, selec
tive excise taxes.
In the private sphere, monopo
ly, restrictions on the entry of '
new workers into certain occupa
tions and discrimination in em
ployment are examples of barri
ers to the most effective use of
resources.
In some industries Hie use of
the most efficient techniques and
tools is barred, usually either by
workers or by workers and em
ployers together. In agriculture,
government regulations prohibit
maximum production.
Elimination of these obstacles
would permit us, as a nation, to '
obtain more real income without
more work or any sacrifice of
. present consumption.
Increased mobility of labor and
capital would also help to bring
the actual distribution of re
sources closer to the optimum..
The major step of creating a
comprehensive system of public
employment exchanges has al
ready been taken. Better counsel
ing of students might be helpful.
Private pension plans are com
monly established in such a way
that the employe loses his rights
if he changes employers. For in
dividuals with long service, this
becomes a major barrier to job
changing.
Very high marginal personal in
come tax rates probably tend to
discourage risk taking, prevent
accumulation of investment funds
in the hands of individuals most
likely to undertake risky invest
ments and impair performance of
the entrepreneurial function.
The advance of knowledge has
clearly been the most important
single source of past increases in
output per unit of input. Expen
ditures for organized research
have been rising sharply and fur
ther very large increases are ex
pected. Better ways to organize
and conduct research may well
offer a significant opportunity to
accelerate growth.
Growth could also be stimulated
by bringing the average level of
technique closer to the best that
is known.
Improved means of disseminat
ing information would help. Re
moval of obstacles to the adoption
of new procedures would help too,
but may require bettor measures
to prevent workers from suffering
as a result of technological prog
ress. Increase in education is a ma
jor source of long-term growth,
but it is already too late to raise
1970 output by lengthening the
education of those now attending
school.
The effort the American people
might be willing to undertake to
increase the rate of growth by
these means is uncertain. Without
an extraordinary concerted effort,
however, the effect would prob
ably not be "big," if by "big" is
meant the order of magnitude
suggested by an increase from
three to four per cent, or from
four to five per cant. Differences
much smaller than this are im
portant and, if achieved by
means that are worth their cost,
well worth seeking.
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HAPPY TIMES
Repair Racket
aims Victims
Al
manac
By I'nitcd Press International
Today is Tuesday. Dec. 13, the
348th day of the year with 18
more in I960.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning star Is Mars.
The evening stars are Jupiter,
Mars, Saturn and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 17"ff, German poet Heinrich
Heine uas born.
In 1927, violinist Yehudi Menu
hin made his New York City de
but in Carnegie Hall at the age
of 10.
In 1941, the Japanese issued an
ultimatum to British forces lo
surrender the crown colony of
Hong Kong.
In 1M8, James C. Pclrillo's 11
month ban on phonoeraph record
ings by members of his Ameri
can Federation of Musicians
ended.
Thought for Uxky: Gorman
poet Hcrnrkh Heme said: "If one
has no heart, one cannot write for
the masses.''
3 A
rWS Claims Victi
By MARIE DAERR
In a Midwest city, motions for
a new trial have been filed for
two men, aged 33 and 25, mem
bers of an inteistate home re
pair racket who were convicted of
larceny by trick.
During their trial, a procession
of women, including an 84-car-old
retired school teacher in a
Wheel chair, told of having faulty
home repairs made by the two
men at big prices.
The stories of these women
should be a warning to all home
owners, particularly elderly peo
ple, the logical prey of such un
scrupulous operators.
Widowed Mrs. G. the former
school teacher, told of paying the
two men more than $6,000 for
repairing her chimney and roof
gutters and waterproofing her
basement.
"The men had come lo my
home and told me the chimney
might fall down at any moment."
Mrs. G said. "So I hired them .
to repair it.
"They insisted on going ahead
with gutter repairs and with wa
terproofing the basement. I told
them not to do the basement,
but they went ahead, anyway."
After the basement work was
"finished," one of the men
brought the aged woman a dozen
roses and a used television set
and took her to dinner at a fancy
restaurant.
"Then I was given a bill for
$5,200," she testified. "I pa It
Previously, I had given them $815
for the chimney work."'
After the first heavy rain, the
widow discovered that both the
chimney and the basement leaked.
She could not contact the two
men, one of whom was serving a
federal sentence for counterfeit
ing. "I didn't use the television set,"
the woman testified. "I don't like
television."
Another woman, aged 77, told of
paying $600 to the men for faulty
repairs on chimney and gutters
of her home. The woman, a re
tired office worker, walked into
the court room with the aid of a
cane.
Another prosecution witness, a
mother of three, told how the two
"repairmen" collected $1,100 for
seven hours work. The $1,100 was
part of an endowment for her
children.
In their defense, the two men
said they were merely employes
of a firm which had no business
address and used an answering
service to get calls.
Their operations, unfortunately,
aren't isolated instances. The best
place to stop such practices is at
the door of the home at which
these unscrupulous people knock
Any reputable repairman will
supply references, which may be
checked. If he says, "I've been
doing work on our street," ask
him for the names and his cus
tomers. Also, use your Rcttcr Business
Bureau for a check on his opera
tions. It exists to protect you
from being cheated.
When it comes to remembering
the ages of his children, John
Anderson (manager, Fred E. Bar
nctt Co.) has a little easier time
of it than most of us unfortunate
pappas. Most of his Dock were
born on the 28th of something or
other. For instance, Russell, 8,
was born Aug. 28. Then Richard,
t, was born April 28. Then Ken
ny, 4, was born Nov. 28. John
set the pace himself, being born
May 28. A daughter, Mary, who
is 7, broke the pattern by coming
into the world June 3.
I can't remember from one
year to another the birth dates
and ages of any of mine to a
certainty, that is. And if it
weren't for the fact that I have
the dates written down, I'd get
clobbered annually on Double-E's
birthday and our wedding anni
versary. Getting a lot of attention these
days is the matter of "horror"
comic books. Time was, when
many were fooled into thinking
the horror comics were on their
way out. There has been a good
deal of effort by responsible com
ic book publishers to police their
industry but not half enough.
There ought to be a law regulat
ing such publications, but there
isn't, and probably there never
will be because of the matter of
interpretation and censorship dan- .
ger. There is little that can be
done on the , national level,, but
certainly parents can forbid their
children to read the junk, there
by forcing publishers to switch
their efforts to something more
useful 'and profitable.
It is disgusting to hear a par
ent cry "there ought to be a
law" when the real necessity is
for the parent himself to estab
lish a few laws in his own
household. Followed up, of
course, by enforcement on the
part of both parents. Too many
times, we rely on the school,
the church, the public agencies
and law enforcement officers to
carry out the functions and re
sponsibilities that are rightfully
the parents'.
Ever wonder how you stand on
this installment buying thing, as
compared with others? Well,
over the" U.S. as a whole, about
six out of ten are making in
stallment payments on debts in
curred in order to buy consumer
goods or services. Families owed
nearly $41 billion in installment
credit on June 1 of this year,
and $12 billion on non-installment
credit composed of charge ac
counts, service credit and loans
which are due in a lump sum on a
specified date. These sums are
equivalent to $774 per household
in the U.S. for installment credit
and $230 for mm - installment
credit.
Back again on a diet, and I'm
reminded of the physiology stu
dent. His teacher asked him if
he could give a familiar example
of the human body as it adapts
itself to changed conditions. "Yes,
ma'am," said our hero, "my
aunt gained 50 pounds in a year
and her skin never cracked."
Anyway, (he seasons haven't
been speeded up to where
Christmas cards have to be
mailed before the last leaves
are raked.
Out here, we hear so , much
about the growth of such spectacu
lar cities as Los Angeles, et al,
we're rather inclined to discount
the hugeness of, say, New York
City. Well, it still tops the list of
cities in population by a wide,
wide margin. Latest population
figures show the following rank
ing 10 major cities in the U.S.:
New York City, 7,781,984
Chicago, 3,550,404
Los Angeles, 2,479,015
Philadelphia, 2,002,512
Detroit, 1,670,144
Baltimore, 939,024 ,
Houston, 938,219
Cleveland, 876,050
Washington, 763,956
St. Louis, 750,026
Los Angeles did increase in
size to the extent that it replaced
Philadelphia in the third spot
among the first 10.
Just in case you've been feeling
extra good today, here's a little
heart-warmer: The Tax Founda-
. tion recently counted the number
of "hidden taxes" that are im
posed on items in every day use.
It found that there are 100 taxes
on an egg, 116 on a man's suit,
150 on a woman's hat, 151 on a
. loaf of bread, and 600 on a house!
I guess you know who pays 'em.
We make our share of errors,
and have to live with them. But
a ghastly thing happened in a re
cent issue of The Saturday Eve
ning Post. In the issue of Nov.
10, the Post carried an advertise
ment that the issue of Nov. 17
would carry an article by Walter
L i p p m a n n, "America Must
Grow." The Lippmann article had
been published in the Nov. 5 is
sue. In a little notice of self-casti-gation,
the Post said: "The four
editors who let the error slip past
them were beheaded, of course."
This brings to mind some ma
jor newspaper bloopers gathered
over the years. Here are a few
examples that probably sent re
porters, typesetters and proofread
ers out of town for a few weeks:
"At the hospital, Mrs. ex
plained that she stepped on a
cake of soap. Her only injury
was a wrecked etaoin shrdlu."
"C H has bought a
cow, and he is now supplying his
neighbors with milk, butter, and
eggs.':
"The couple was joined in holy
deadlock ..."
"Mrs. H.M. sued her husband
for divorce alleging he subjected
her to the ignominy of being con
tinued on page 5."
"Mr. said his eyes are
closing but ours are open. Light
Is abundant There is no reason
why we should sefwy, shrdlu
shrdlu mfwet etaoin."
"A screaming crowd of 200 men
and women tonight attempted to
lynch Sam Smith. Two policemen
defended the prisoner until re
freshments arrived."
THEY
SAY...
Time is now clearly on the side
of a fantastically destructive war.
Sen. William Proxmire (D
Wis.), warning that new low
cost methods will enable many
countries to make atom bombs.
THE DOCTOR SAYS
'Gland Revolution'
Main Cause Of Acne
By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Two observations help to ex
plain the mechanism responsible
for the changed character of skin
secretions in acne.
Under normal circumstances the
eruption tends to appear at puber
ty and disappear at maturity.
Under artificial conditions, it
can be produced at almost any
period of life by administering
large and sustained doses of male
sex hormone t androgen 1 or of cer
tain pituitary extracts such as
are used in the treatment of dis
turbances like rheumatoid arthri
tis. These then are the probable
steps that govern the appearance
and disappearance of acne:
At puberty, the pituitary gover
nor sets in motion the revolu
tionary changes that convert the
lad into a man, the girl into a
young lady.
To accomplish its purpose, the
pituitary alters the proportions of
androgen and estrogen (female
sex hormone! that normally circi.
late in all our bloods at all times.
During the period of chance,
between puberty and maturity,
most boys have a consistently
high proportion of androgen. That
is why so many of them are pim
pled at one time or another.
During this same period, many
girls have a high proportion of
androgen at the time of their pe
riods when the estrogen level
tends to fall. That's why their
pimples usually appear or in
crease when they menstruate.
At maturity, when the boy
reaches full manhood and the girl
full womanhood, the blood ratio
of androgen to estrogen becomes
stabilized. And that's when the
problem of acne usually becomes
past history.
Thus you see that acne is not
a skin disease. It's a skin mani
festation of a temporary malad
justment of the pituitary regula
tor. Hence it cannot be "cured" or
even influenced to any signifi
cant degree of applications or
treatments directed to the skin
or to the bacteria that later take
up housekeeping in the plug.
While acne is intimately relat
ed to the reproductive process. R
has nothing to do with sexuality
or sexual practices.
It is cruel and unkind to ac
cuse the pimply adolescent of ex
cessive masturbation. ' It is peri
lously misleading to assert that
the "complexion" will clear as a
result of sexual indulgence.