ERALD AND NXW8. KUmatt Falls. Ore.
Tbarsday, December M. MM
If
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' SPECIAL
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' No one expects the Soviet Union or any
member of the Communist orbit to give up
misrepresenting the United States before the
world. But there Is no reason why we should
not be better understood and appreciated by
the rest of the family of nations.
It is both tragic and wearying that in so
, many quarters our clear dedication to peace
and to the betterment of human welfare at .
home and abroad should be taken at some
thing less than face value.
- To the extent that this misunderstanding
is America's own fault, we must hope that
efforts are made in the years just ahead to blot
iut any wrong impressions,
i The emphasis has got to be put on the
positive, peaceful side of our endeavors rather
than on the negative, military side. And every
American from the president on down must
find the means of conveying to peoples abroad
that our sympathy with their struggle for ad
vancement is strong beyond doubt.
But understanding is always a mutual
thing, and in the postwar years there has not
been too much mutuality about it where the
'United States is concerned.
From those beyond our shores,, new na
tions or old, freshly come to independence or
till seeking it, we have a right to expect a rea
sonable attempt to see America in the full
r. . '
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- There have been occasions before to re
mark upon the emptiness and the patness of
some liberal thinking in this country.
Since this nation, needs the full force
of both its liberal and conservative urges at
their best, it woujd be good if it could be re
ported that the previously noted tendencies
were diminishing. Unfortunately this cannot
be said. .
' 'f The biggest weakness shown by the of
fending liberals is one which seems to ex
press a contradiction of their very nature. Too
often they do not search out the truth. In
deed, there are many times when they do not
yen display a curiosity about it 1
: They tend to deal in black and whites,
to favor the use of oversimplified labels, to
indulge in hero worship which goes well be
yond the bounds of reason into pure emotion.
' All these things should be the very farth
est from their normal intellectual behavior.
The true liberal is wedded to the quest lor
truth, is intensely curious, deals in shades
of gray befitting the complexities of today.
- As an example, one of the complaints
raised in some liberal circles against the new
secretary of defense, Robert McNamara, was
that he was a specialist in market research.
The assumption was that any man so
trained was committed to a narrow, mer
: THEY SAY . ; '
Europe, wallowing in an incredi
ble wave of luxury, is bound to be
come a colony of the resurgent, indus
trious and vigorous young nations of
Japan and China. . . . The West is
Witnessing the end of its era. '
-j-George Bilatnkin, British foreign
: affairs writer.
They (the Republicans) have been
peddling eyewash about themselves
: and hogwash about Democrats. What
they need is a good mouthwash. ,
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.).
BARBS
A train of thought arrives no place
if it runs only local.
Modern youth is slowing down,
says a writer. Sometimes only when he
hits a tree or fire plug.
', Intelligence is the ability to be
lieve a person when he or she says
they cannot sing.
' The popcorn business each year
reaches into the millions and that
No One-Way Street
light of its history, its background and its
problems.
Why, for example, should it be impossible
for them to understand that we are caught be
tween two fires on the issue of colonialism?
Throughout this nation's lifetime it has
been thoroughly committed to support for the
aspirations of those seeking self-determination.
It is also a fact that our strongest allies
in the defense of world freedom happen to be
or to have been important colonial
powers.
In this, dilemma there Is no black-and-white
course for us to follow. If the struggling
peoples of the earth want our sympathy, it
does not seem too much to ask that they give
some in return, on such delicate Issues as our
colonial position.
Let them ask themselves, too, why they
find it so easy to view with suspicion a country
like America which has an unmistakable com
mitment tp peace and freedom and justice.
And why, in turn, are they so ready to
take at face value the patent frauds of com
munism, whose whole , history and perfor
mance speaks of aggression, injustice and op
pression? Understanding is a two-way avenue and
it's time our friends abroad opened up their
side of the street.
No Napping, Please
chandising outlook which could not possibly
serve the country well.'
But if there is any individuality at all
left in this country, then it means there are
marketers and marketers. Does the simple
label explain McNamara and his potential!
, ties as defense secretary?
, Genuinely thoughtful men would not
think so. They would want to know the full
story of the man. Presumably President-elect
Kennedy learned a good part of it before he
chose him. It does not seem too much to ask
of some of our self-appointed guardians that
they do the same. ;
The uncurious liberals also exhibited
their lack of imagination and depth in judg
ing Dean Rusk, the new secretary of state. One
wonders how much of what he has done and
said they troubled to acquaint themselves
with before condemning him as "gray and
colorless" when set beside hero Adlai Stev
enson. When events finally establish the real qual
ity of some of our public figures whom these
liberals initially treat with scorn, they usually
manage to greet the facts with a great sense
of discovery. They announce to the nation
that the men in question "have changed."
In truth it is they who have changed.
They have just awakened. If they want to earn
the legitimate title of liberal, they should stay
awake all the time.
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EDSON IN
By PETER EDSON - -Washington
Correspondent "'
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA)-What to
do about the foreign aid program
is one of the Kennedy adminis
. tration's biggest problems.
There's ample dissatisfaction
with the way foreign aid is being .
run now. A few people like Sen.
Barry Goldwater would abolish it
, altogether. That's the extreme,
minority view.
But even supporters of foreign
aid who consider its abolition' not
only, impossible but also crazy
are not satisfied with the results
now being obtained.
This dissatisfaction Is not based
solely on scattered disclosures of
inefficiency and waste.
It is based primarily on realiza
tion that needs of countries elig
ible to receive the aid are chang
ing. So the kinds and methods
of giving aid must be changed to
meet new conditions.
In the 15 years that the U.S.
has been in foreign aid business
fiscal 1946 through fiscal 1961,
ending next June 30 about 90 bil
lion dollars' worth of aid will
have been furnished. It has aver
aged four billion dollars a year
in economic assistance and two
billion dollars a year in military
assistance.
Foreign aid enthusiasts at the
opposite end of the scale from
Goldwater think this isn't
' enough. They want two or. three
billion dollars a year more. The
need is there.'
But explanations of who is to
furnish this money are not forth
coming. And the size of the pro
THE DOCTOR SAYS ...
Survivors Of Burns
Could Aid Research
By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
If you've suffered a severe ;
burn at any time in your life,
you now have an opportunity to
make a practical expression of
gratitude for your recovery. 1
Let me explain. The death rate
from burns rises sharply when
more than 30 per cent of the
body's surface has been charred. '
And when the area of involve-:
mcnt is more than 50 per cent,
the prospects for recovery fall off
sharply despite improved meth
ods of treatment that make use
of intravenous infusions, transfu
sions, antibiotics and other inno
vations. In a joint effort to increase '
the recovery rate from extensive
burns, investigators from the Uni
versity of Illinois, members of
the medical staff of Chicago's St.
Anne's Hospital and the faculty
of Our Lady of the Angels School
undertook a coordinated study of
the youngsters who survived a
disastrous school fire Dec. 1.
1958.
Briefly slated, the results of
this admirably conceived investi
gation were:
Isolation of a circulating "burn
toxin." produced in the charred
tkin and tissues and apparently
WASHINGTON
Big Problem For Kennedy
Is Course Of Foreign Aid
gram does not now receive as
much attention as does its char
acter and quality.
Economic development of the
backward countries is no longer
considered enough. There must be
development of free political insti
tutions along with it, under new
concepts. This means not just
anti-Communism but constructive
independence and democracy the
democracy of 1776 restated in
terms of 1976.
There is a further new empha
sis called for on education, hous
ing, land reform and self-sufficient
agriculture.. These are not
the big projects of river valley
dams and power, steel mills and
high industrialization new coun
tries want for prestige. They are
the fundamental improvements
that reach down to the common
people and improve their stan
dards of living.
Those were some of the points
brought out in the recent Wash
ington Conference on International
Economic and Social Devel
opment. It was the annual meet
ing of representatives from about
100 nongovernmental church, edu
cation, labor and farm groups and
private foundations interested in
foreign assistance.
There was some expression of
opinion that the government ought
to get out of direct foreign aid
and turn it over to private busi
ness, religious and welfare organi- -zations
to run on government
subsidies, of course. The thought
was that, "The business of the
State Department should be to
run foreign policy not build fer
tilizer plants."
responsible for most of the dis
tressing manifestations and the
high mortality rate among those
who suffered extensive burns.'
Demonstration of a "burn anti
toxin" in the circulating blood of
survivors pf extensive burns.
Evidence of the capacity of
"burn antitoxin" to lessen the
damaging effects of circulating
"burn toxin," as the latter is be
ing produced in charred areas of
the skin and tissues.
Here, then, is how a survivor
of an extensive burn can make a
practical expression of gratitude
for recovery.
Offer a sample of blood for
testing at the nearest hospital or
branch of the Red Cross.
Inform local officials, including
members of the fire and police
departments, of your readiness to
donate blood containing "burn an
titoxin" to any acutely burned in
dividual, 1 especially one whose
area of involvement exceeds 25
per cent of the body's surface.
Always provided, of course,
that preliminary tests indicate
that the bloods are compatible.
For a copy of Dr. Hyman's
leaflet "How to Combat the Com
mon Cold," send 10 cents to Dr.
Hyman. care Herald and News,
Box 489. Dept. B, Radio City Sta
tion, New York U, N.Y.
Wherever reorganization of for- .
eign aid is mentioned, bureau
crats pop up with diagrams of
how it should be done. For 'in
stancethere should be more
multilateral assistance given
through the. U.N. instead of bi- -lateral,
country-to-country aid.
But this may not be practical,
yet.
It is largely gobbledygook, any
way. Foreign aid has already
been shuffled and reshuffled from
MSA to FOA to ICA and from
Point Four to TCA. AU this alphabet-mixing
just mixes up the
recipients of foreign aid and de- -stroys
staff morale to boot.
The organization they have is
' good enough. What it is said to
need most is some dedication and
enthusiasm such as it had in Mar
shall Plan days. Today the stick
wielding critics of American for
eign aid are beating a worn-out,
if not dead horse.
Other Editors' Opinions
Who Picks
Junior's Books?
, (SALEM CAPITAL-JOURNAL)
There aren't, too many advan
tages to being an adult. But one
of them is that other adults rare
ly tell you what you can read."
Like most advantages, this one,
however, is canceled out. Adults
have to choose textbooks for kids.
And this is one of the least
enjoyable tasks around. You can't
please everyone. Sometimes it
seems you can't please anyone.
The hearing in Salem last week
' attended by a platoon of angry
parents demonstrates that some '
of the ablest educators in the
state can't bat 1,000. And the com
mittee which draws up the mas
ter list, made up of administra
tors from school districts around
the state, is a good one.
Nevertheless, one of the books
on their list drew the label of
"trash." It is an anthology, in
tended primarily for use by un
willing readers. Many 'of the se
lections obviously are intended to
be the transition from comic
book level. To a person who no
longer reads with his lips, some
of the stuff is trashy. To those
who think school books shouldn't
discuss teen-age romance, the
book just won't do.
The textbook situation in Oregon,
however, isn't as bad as this one
example would indicate. In fact,
we doubt if anyone is going to
improve greatly on the system im
mediately. The state committee selects new
books in each subject field each
six years. But, as in the case
of the "trash" book, there are
alternates, usually about half a
dozen. This explains why Tigard
School District where most of
the objectors came from is one
of the few districts in the state)
which uses the loathed volume.
Other school districts chose oth
er texts from the list. And many
districts aren't bound by the state
list, anyway. AU first class dis
tricts (those with 1,000 or more ,
students) can use any text they
wish to match their own courses
of study subject to approval of
the State Department of Educa
tion. But this is rare, for the state
textbook committee usually ap
proves most suitable books in
This Is the first holiday season
of my life that I can't recall
having to wallow around in snow
up to my ears, and face a howl
ing blizzard, or biting Arctic
blasts. I'm not kicking, but,
somehow, I miss the battle.
We are grateful to those per
sons who took the trouble to ex
press their pleasure at our at
tempt to keep our Christmas Day
front page clean of the usual ac
cidents, murders, etc., and to em
phasize the good news that came
in that day. Incidentally, I have
no desire to get in a plug for
our advertisers, but I hope that
you noted the holiday greetings in
the paper, and the attempt by
retailers to let you know they ap
preciated your business during
the past years.
Whatever our personal feelings
or fears about it may be, we can
perhaps gain some satisfaction
from the thought that our descen
dants will look back upon our
times as a great age. According
to the opinion of the president of
Carnegie Institution, "Our age
may be considered typical of the
most significant eras of change
since the fall of the Roman Em
pire." (
A reader asked me where I
got the stuff for this column.
Frankly, some of H is stolen
outright; some la altered from
the original form (without apol
ogy); some is seat in by read
ers, and other of it is created
' on this old Underwood.
Gimmicks without end are used
to alert holiday motorists to the
perils of mixing drinking with
driving. Latest is a Texas sign:
"He who has one for the road
has patrolman for chaser."
The only exercise some people
get is. jumping to conclusions,
running down their friends, side
stepping responsibility, and push
ing their luck.
. When it comes right down to
cases, the fight planned and con
ducted by our own Sen. Boivin
for president of the state Senate
was about as effective as they
come. Practically every leading
Democrat politician in the state
got into the act one way or an
other, and too many of them
talked too much. But Harry? He
kept his mouth shut, and walked .
off with the marbles.
Girls, comes now a story that
if a man wants to worry, let
him. This from the chief psy
chiatrist with the medical divi-
each subject field. It wasn't rare
a few years ago when only one
history (or arithmetic or biology)
text was approved for use.
Salem's current selection sys
tem is a good one. In higher
grades all teachers in a subject
field go over all state-approved
. texts and vote. Their recommen
dation goes to the superintendent
who usually repeats it unchanged
to the school board, which also
rarely differs with the teachers.
But the board could. It is the final
authority. And all books are set
up in . the board room several
weeks in advance of the section
deadline for reading by tb; board
and the public.
In primary grades the system
differs only because teachers are
not specialists in subject fields.
Each grade chooses a selection
committee which reports its find
ings back to the teachers for ap
proval. Recommendations then go
to the superintendent and to the
board.
During this process parent
groups are told of the impending
selections and are invited to in-
' sped the books.
( Even then, there are problems.
Each viewpoint differs, and Salem
educators presume that many pas
sages in many books used here
would bring questions from some
parents.
A former member of a state
selection committee tells us that
even committee members differ
on most of the books, and that
special interest groups rarely
agree on any. An example is in
history. Labor unions object to
what they consider unsympathetic '
handling of the labor movement
Manufacturers' groups don't like
the prominent play given to the
sins of the tycoons. Transplanted
Southerners don't like the way
the Civil War ends. And the DAR
blue-pencils just about everything.
The Tigard situation, we'll
guess, came about partly from
poor judgment and partly from
low parent interest until some
one worked them up.
Parents have abdicated, passing
the duty to the school boards.
Boards have passe'i it to their
professionals. Their professionals
have shrugged it on up to state
professionals.
Parents should take an interest
, in book selection but not just
once in awhile.
. lion of the Du Pont Co. Bo ;
claims that the idea that a nerv- .
ous man must be removed from
a situation, leave work, calm
down and rest is a delusion. I '
take note, however, that he hat
nothing to suggest regarding the ;
guy (or the gal) who carries on .
a running day-long battle with '
a flock of six kids or so.
t
- Something of a shock was an
other little news note. It revealed
that the Martin Company, one of
the pioneer airplane manufactur
ers in this country, has built ita
last airplane. From now on it
will concentrate on missile and
space work. That is, it is a shock
to some of us old duffers. Our
kids, I guess, will take it in
stride as they hit for the moon.
Men, here's one to show your
wife: More divorces are caused
by women who talk too much
than by any other thing. Med
learn, when they are small, not
to say everything they think. If
they do, somebody knocks their
block off. Nobody knocks a little,
girl's block off, and she 'says
what she pleases until she is a
garrulous old woman.
- i
Two publications of rather wide)
circulation recently devoted ex
tensive space to articles stating
the case for and against the old
man having to mop up the kitch
en sink, change the babies' dia
pers and otherwise engage in ac
tivity generally' conceded to be
long in the realm of the gentler'
sex.
In my opinion, there is no case),
at all for the men who would
shirk their household duties. If
we men get tired of our jobs,
contemplate the tediousness of
managing a household: Cooking,
setting the table, clearing the tar'.
ble, washing the dishes, washing
clothes, ironing clothes, mending
clothes, wiping noses, keeping
youngsters clean, settling disputes,
soothing hurts, dressing young
sters, putting youngsters to bed.
tidying up the home, sweeping
the floors, mopping the floors,
waxing the floors, washing win
dows, vacuuming the rugs, mak
ing beds all this, and a thousand
other details that go on night and
day, day after day, year after
. year, for the mother raising a
brood and managing a husband.
While it is easy to find ex
cuses for the man who slaves
at the office or job all day to
head for the golf course, lake,,
stream, or other favorite haunt,
it would be easier to make a
case for the women who main- -tain
the home and family to
sneak off a couple of hours each
day to gather frazzled nerves,
and regain some serenity for a -brief
interlude, at least.
Along this same line of think
ing, I am firmly convinced that
Pop should provide the L.W. with
as many of the labor and time)
saving conveniences of the day
as possible. They are just as im
portant to the homemaker as a
new printing press, a new trac
tor, or other machinery and
equipment designed to save time
and increase production.
Of course, the logical conclu
sion (at least, the most ideal) to
this is for every man to acquire
a million or so bucks before ha
gets married and hire a dozen
maids and butlers to wrestle with
the household and the kids.
And with that, I suppose, will
go both of my men readers.
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Dec. 29, tha
364th day of the year with two
more in 1960.
The moon Is approaching its
full phase.
The morning star is Mars.
The evening stars are Mar,
Saturn and Venus. . ,
On this day in history:
In 1808, Andrew Johnson, 17th
president of the United Stales
was born.
In 1848, President Polk and tha
entire household staff witnessed
the installation of the first gas
lights in the executive mansion.
In 1851, the first Young Men's
Christian Association to be estab
lished in tho United Slates opened
its door in Boston.
In 1940, Hitler's airmen staged
the biggest and most violent air
raid ever attempted to date oa
the city of London.
In 1947, Henry Wallace, former
vice president and cabinet officer,
announced he would accept tha
presidential nomination in 1948 on
a third party ticket, ,
Thought for today: Greek au
thor Aesop said: "Belter beans
and bacon in peace than cake
and ale in fear."