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Tuesday. January 19, 1MI VAGI Nothing Left But the Sugar NOTHING SPECIAL IV. I. S.) HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls,' Ore. Q Suppose It Were Your Business ! If vou wonder why your taxes are so high, i this little story may help clear your mind. '. Construction of a $40 million steel plant In Montana is scheduled to begin next May. i The plant will use large amounts of electric power. The regional investor-owned utility, the Montana Power Company, offered to sup i ply it at a rate that is among the lowest in i dustrial rates in the country, and to invest $20 million in needed transmission lines. Said the , Livingston, Montana, Enterprise, the company "would have paid $15 million in taxes per year to Montana counties and schools, plus income tax to the state and federal govern ments on its earnings." However, the utility didn't get the con tract. The steel company accepted the offer of a tax-exempt federal socialized system for power at a cost of about 2.4 mills per kilowatt hour. That figure is actually less than the cost - of taxes alone of the utility company which works out to 3.6 mills per kwh, says the pres ident of Montana Power. The utility's president adds "that every one .should understand the policy of govern ment by which a federal agency builds power plants, transmission lines and substations with taxpayers' money and operates those properties in a commercial business without paying any county, state or federal taxes and sells the power in competition with a tax paying power company at less than half what it costs the taxpaying company to produce and sell the same power." Another point is in order. Using its tax exemption and other special privileges, the government could build a steel plant and sell th product for less than any private enter prise. It could do the same thing with any product and any service. Then we'd all work for the government, and we'd all take what ever orders the politicians in Washington dreamed up. 'Mobocracy' In Action Democracy may be at a juncture in his tory where it needs protection from its friends as well as its enemies. The disorders in Belgium are a painful case in point. . The sequence of events was simple. When the Belgians cut, the Congo adrift, they were faced with inevitable economic difficulties at home. To meet them, the present government under Premier Eyskens proposed an "aus terity" legislative program. The Belgian Socialists disapproved of the program. In protest they called a. series of strikes which have added up to a near general strike in many parts of Belgium. To reinforce their complaints, they , have marched in the : streets and indulged in riotous disorders. ; Now it is clear that this is a political - strike aimed at the very least at defeating : the austerity program, and at the most at un gating the Eyskens government. ; But is this really the way to accomplish such ends in a democracy? ' ; The political strike, the riot, the over- turning of cars and the stoning of shops, are these the processes of democracy? : Of course they are not. They are the tac- tics and strategy of internal warfare. They : represent the substitution of violence for the human intelligence. They are as reprehensible in the domestic sphere as war is on the inter national scene. What is truly stunning is that such weap ons should be so quickly resorted to, and that they should find so many ready hands in tiny Belgium, a nation long seen in the world's eyes as one of its most orderly democracies. The Socialists in Belgium may think of ' themselves as democrats. But they have not been living and acting as democrats. They have been trying to legislate in the streets, with rock and muscle. .. They have been a bad example to the sup porters of democracy everywhere. They have done ho service to themselves, to their coun try, or to the cause of freedom. Democracy is not mobocracy. Every time a "democratic" rioter throws a stone through glass, he breaks a window in democracy's threatened house. And the wind which then wafts in is an evil current gener ated in Communist Russia.; . , ( Are the peoples in trie democracies thus' to do the work of their enemies? In too many instances it would seem so unless they can .awake to realize that democracy is served only by democratic processes, not by self-destructive internal warfare such as has plagued the Belgians. Castro Asked For It In breaking off diplomatic relations with Cuba, we have taken an action which most Americans will regard as reasonable in the light of Fidel Castro's persistent provocations. There is no doubt that we have also served Castro's own twisted political purposes. . As President Eisenhower has properly pointed out, there is a limit to the harassment one nation can endure at the hands of another. Though we cannot take punitive steps against tiny Cuba, we do not have to pretend to be on friendly terms with a government which has made hating America its stated policy. There is no need to catalogue again the many Castro provocations. The final straw, of, course, was his order to reduce our Cuban embassy staff from near 100 to 11 the exact number in Cuba's American embassy. Our obvious conclusion was that this would make our Havana embassy virtually inoperative. ; From Castro's viewpoint, the gains in this : move were clear. Much of the U.S. staff in Cuba was engaged constantly in processing visas for Cubans eager to escape to America from the wonders of the Castro regime. ' The backlog of Cubans seeking U.S. entry Is said to be at least 50,000 right now. They, plus the thousands already landed in Florida, constitute an intense embarrassment to Cas tro. For they advertise in loud tones that his revolution is not universally accepted as the blessing of the century. Besides this, Castro undoubtedly found a kind of warped satisfaction in the mere act of our breaking off. In his petty dictator's world , even such a negative act can be hailed as a triumph, for he will offer it as proof his "hate America" campaign is justified. In actual fact it is not justified. We may indeed have had our shortcomings in our rela tions with the Cuban people. But a strong, basic friendship existed, and as far as we are concerned, still docs. Thus the severing of diplomatic ties must be taken with deep regret. I THEY SAY... The role of a woman in the United J Nations can be the same as the role i -of a man. There is no difference be- tween the mind of a man and a woman, i Mrs. Haling Anegay, 25, beauteous Moroccan delegate to the U.N. ' Certainly we in the United States win never accept the present situa tion In eastern Europe as anything but a temporary nightmare before the inevitable dawn of freedom. Undersecretary of State Douglas y- Dillon. ;'; We win dissolve state boundaries ; because political boundaries are obso- lete ... We'll kick the judges out of : their jobs and give them chance ter go to work and make an horast Mv - Erie Haw, Socialist ' Labor Party : presidential candidate, with some of his platform. ; ' When I was young, I worked for f capitalist 12 hours a day and was 1 always tired. Now I work for myself - to hours a day, and I never get tired. 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The young 4.1-year-old Kennedy is not pessi mistic but appears to take a much more sober view of the world. Three stories, which moved within an hour of one another on Associated Press wires, point up the difference. During the presidential cam paign Kennedy complained the American economy was dragging its feet, needed to grow faster. Eisenhower has appeared rather satisfied with the rale of growth. A number of economists agreed with Kennedy. ; Thursday at 4:38 p.m. The AP moved a slory saying the National Planning Association which de- scribes itself as a nonprofit, non political organization teamed up THE LIGHTER SIDE yell, At Least Congress Is In Action, He Finds By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD - For a while, I thought that Congress was sick or something. My fears were aroused by the Congressional Record for Jan. 3, which indicated that members of the House ol Representatives in troduced only 383 bills on the first day of the new session. This averages out to less than one bill per congressman, which OTHER EDITORS' OPINIONS Settling Strikes (MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE) Now that pressures of election year politics have diminished, per haps Congress will face up to the pressing need for revision of laws designed to handle strikes. . A good many proposals to cope with this problem have been of fered since the end of the steel strike. 1. Limitations on government in tervention. The aim is to encour age the full use of collective bar gaining yet. give the government sufficient means to act when the public health and safety demands. 2. Flexibility. A number of al ternate courses would be permit ted the President, depending on the nature, and severity of the strike. These might range, for ex ample, from the early use of a presidential fact-finding panel lo imposition of an injunction to halt a strike, perhaps even govern ment seizure of a critical indus try. Boards of inquiry might be em powered by the President to make a simple report of the facts or might be asked to assess blame and recommend settlement terms. One advantage of a flexible ap proach would be that labor and management would be kept on edge as lo the form' of inter vention and thus be stimulated to reach their own settlement. 3. Public representation. Espec ially since the nation's experience with the steel strike, we believe) there is widespread acknowledge ment of the public's right to be , represented as "the third voice'' ' in major indusu-iul negotiations. 4. Individual Industry responsi bility. Lubttr and management should be persuaded to work out their own procedures for prevent ing strikes. Only it these failed would government intervention be torn gvssiy. isn't even enough for a good bon fire. Ordinarily, the opening day inflow will average about three bills per congressman. The record for Jan. 3 came out on Wednesday and, needless to say, I didn't sleep much that night. I lay awake for hours try ing to figure out the reason for such a puny total of new bills. In the hallucinations that insom nia can produce, I even began to fancy that the republic might be in jeopardy. But fortunately, my worries were groundless, or at least premature. On Thursday, the next edition of the record revealed that House members actually greeted the New Year with 1,827 bills, 82 joint resolutions, 34 concurrent resolutions and 64 plain resolu tions. This was clear evidence that our lawmakers still are vigilant and relentless about looking after our interests, so we can all feel reassured. Some of them aren't even waiting for President-elect John F. Kennedy to point the way to the new frontier. In looking over the list of pro posed legislation. I saw many measures of vital inconsequence to the national welfare. Here are some of the more vivid eye catchers: A bill to provide an official flag for congressmen to fly on their car bumpers or yachts. Ever since the dawn of the republic, congressmen have been forced to travel around without a flag they could call their own. It's nice to know that someone is trying to do something about this privation. A bill to "create a presump tion"' that heart attacks and hyp ertension suflcrcd by government workers are "incurred in line of duty." This would entitle them to disability compensation even if they get ulcers on their own time. A bill to prohibit the registra tion of trademarks containing the words "While House." This, I presume, would keep motels from pretending to be the executive mansion or from putting up signs claiming that "John F. Kennedy slept here." A bill to provide for the coin age of $30 million worth of $5 and $10 sold pieces. Rep. Carroll D. Kearn (R-P , who introduced it, anid would 'oe better to put pnrt of our bullion in circulation ihnn to "risk the gold slipping out of this country." For all I know, he may be right. A bill to require that dogs be kept under leash in public places in the District of Columbia. I don't know what motivated this measure, but I will try lo find out It ought to nvtto inteitti- ,'ltalttfy, d on Kennedy's side, called for fast er growth. Trying to accomplish this is go ing to be one of Kennedy's tough- . est tasks'. At 5:30 p.m. The AP carried an other story out of Washington. This one, basing its information on "authoritative sources," said. Eisenhower would send Congress a budget which at this moment locks very sunny, indeed. The country is in a recession, the fourth since World War II, and just preventing its getting worse will call for strenuous ef- . forts by Kennedy's new adminis tration. If it does get worse, Kennedy may have to take stringent steps. The President's budget is his es- 1 timate of how much spending should be for the fiscal year start ing July 1 and how much the gov ernment will collect from revenue to offset the spending. Eisenhower figures, the AP said, that if Congress votes to spend no more than he suggests, then at the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 1962), the government revenue will be $600 million more than its expenses. But this is based on a happy view of the future: The belief that the recession will get no worse and that a gradual recovery will begin in the next few weeks. This is contrary to the way most economists see it. Just 10 minutes after The AP finished moving the Eisenhower budget story it moved another as a bulletin out of New York where Kennedy is staying until his in auguration Jan. 20. This one started off: "President elect John F. Kennedy tonight re ceived study committee recom mendations for swift emergency measures to combat the business slump. The group also urged temporary tax cuts if the situation turns a great deal worse in the spring." The study group, appointed by Kennedy to evaluate economic conditions, wasn't predicting dis aster which would require massive spending and public works. But it did suggest a bundle of steps to end the slump without trying to be drastic right away. It then suggested drastic ones if the recession takes a mean downturn. While we would much prefer it otherwise, most of the material on our editorial page is prepared and produced as much as five days in advance of publication. For Instance, I wanted to be on hand for the opening of the state legislature Monday, so I had to get editorial pages out for Tues day and Wednesday and have them ready before I left for Sa lem Sunday. This is not a serious situation, but one that does not leave too much lasl-minute flexibility. At the same time, there are only rare instances where editorial comment on any situation is of such vital nature that it cannot be postponed for a day or two in the interests of efficiency and planning. I realize, of course, that the Herald and News editorial page is not as powerful or as crusading as some people like to see. At heart, we are a pretty conserva tive element in the community, and I'm afraid that is the way we will remain. Our editorial page is directed toward building the community not tearing it down - with dramatic rampages against this or that issue, or this or that group of individuals in the community. And, I think, too, that some readers like to see edi torials not directed wholly at lo cal levels. They like to see an occasional piece on Cuba, or Laos, or whatever other isolated spot might be in the news and in our minds for a few days. This is not by way of apology, or of being apologetic. It is just a way of pointing out that I do not believe any editorial writer should go off half-cocked or rant about something he knows nothing about just to excite readers. It Is easy for some editorial writers to pick up some little incident in a community and make an, issue of it. More often . than not, however, such crusad ing does more harm to the com munity than good. And. in the long run, readers generally come to realize that the writer is pret ty shallow that he has nothing to offer but dirt and muck. - We comment on'' local matters 1 when comment is due, I think. On state and national issues affecting the Klamath area, I often find that I do not have the time to research the matter carefully enough before writing an editori al. Therefore, I do not feel quali fied to write, and so ... no comment. As 1 become more fam iliar with the problems and bel ter acquainted with, background and history that will assist in sol utions, perhaps there will be more leading comment than at present. Al manac By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Jan. 10, Uie 10th day of the year with 355 more in 1961. The moon is approaching its new phase. The morning star is Mar s. The evening stars are Venus and Mars. On this day in history: . In 1737, revolutionary hero Eth an Allen was born. In 1776, Thomas Paine pub lished his pamphlet "Common Sense" setting forth the proposi tion that the colonies should sep arate from Great Britain and es tablish their own independent government In 1861, Florida seceded from the Union. In 1870, John Rockefeller incor porated the Standard Oil Com pany in Cleveland. Ohio. In 1901, the great Texas oil boom began when oil was struck in Beaumonl, Texas. Thought for today: American statesman Thomas Paine said: "Suspicion is the companion of tttcan souls, and the bane of all gmg flfcicty." vorable comment. Summing np, I would nay that while we are) doinf a fair Job on our edi torial page, we promise uncon- dilionally to get better. As long as I'm on this line, I am hopeful that with Congress and the state legislature in ses sion, we will see more people using our "letters" column. Actu ally, it doesn't take too much time to sit down and whack out a few lines on topics or issues that interest you. And you'd be surprised, probably, at the peo ple who will agree with your viewpoint. And, of course, we're always interested in hearing the opposite side, aren't we? I think too many people ar afraid to write to their newspa per because they're afraid the ed itor will add a note to their let ter taking their hide off. We don't do that. You'll be interested in know ing that our Progress Edition is moving along, almost on schedule. There's practically a warehouse full of material for this first ef fort, and I think you'll like it. Don't forget to reserve extra cop ies for your out-of-state (or in state) friends and relatives whs will be interested in knowing about the Klamath Basin, its in dustries, business, culture, and progress. (Not an ad plug mere ly a public service.) On the oilier hand, I don't want to be deprecating. Com ment of readers on our editorial page content and makeup Is tremendously reassuring. I would say that for every criti cal comment, we receive be tween 15-20 times as much fa- Enough about the newspaper. Cap Collier wants to know why I don't write about the blackbirds down near the river; the number of pheasants one can see on the slatcline highway; the unusually fine weather, about the skiing on Tomahawk, etc., etc. Cap's right. I've just not wandered "around enough looking at the birds and bees et al. Political note: It is said that Kennedy's political margin in Michigan would have been greater had Republicans known he was going to send Soapy Williams to Africa. There's always one consolation we can fall back on. If K weren't for the scoundrels that make up a minority of society, how could you .measure the goodness of the ma jority? ' I like what the guy said: "This 'just getting by' attitude of ours is the cue adopted by our youth today, too readily used to excuse poor grades, half-hearted efforts, and the minimizing of intelligence in all endeavors. , . . Our atti tudes symbolize a powerful new cult, the cult of mediocrity. This 'just average' philosophy is laying the foundation for an unimagina tive, vegetable-like generation." He should have added, though, that the kids are getting it from examples set by their parents, and from lack of parental control and interest, in most instances. And, I knew you'll agree that It is probably just as well that the "jokes" were left out today. THE DOCTOR SAYS . . . Child Convulsions Are Grave Concern L By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D. Newspaper Enterprise Assn. The appearance of a convul sion, at birth, is always a cause for grave concern. And justifi ably so, since infantile convul- sions are1 almost always mani- ' festations of severe damage lo the brain itself. By the time the child is two years old, the first appearance of a convulsion is a cause of very much less concern. For, at this stage in the youngster's develop ment, the convulsive episode is al most always the response of a normal, but highly sensitive, nerv ous system to fever or to a dis- . turbance in body chemistry. The fever is almost always caused by an infecting organism that can be liquidated by treat ment with an antibiotic. The chemical disturbance is almost al ways due lp a deficiency of sugar or calcium that can easily be overcome by (eeding or injecting the appropriate substance. So therefore the convulsive episode has no more influence on the child's future development than an electric storm that terrifies momentarily and then passes. But if you are the parent of a convulsing child, you'll prob ably want more reassurances than are given in the bare outline you've just read. You'd .want to know how sure your doctor could le that the convulsion, attributed to the fe ver or the chemical disturbance, wasn't a manifestation also of an underlying opilepsy. And you'd want to know why, if this pos sibility existed, it wouldn't be bet ter to prescribe ant iepilciajc drugs to spare your child the harrow ing experience of another convul sive episode. Here's how you can protect your child and yourselves with the thoughtful cooperation and as sistance of your doctor: Request a tracing df the brain waves (electro-encephalogram) to determine definitely whether or not your child is epiliptic. The tracing (EEG) is readily obtained without the slightest discomfort or risk to the child. If the tracing is normal, you may breathe freely though you must bear in mind the possibility that the child, up to the age of S, may still have a convulsive epi sode at some later timtf if he suffers a fresh infection. If the tracing indicates that your child is epileptic, you may take comfort in the experience of Dr. Samuel Livingston, direc tor of the Epilepsy Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. After 24 years of study, Dr. Livingston rec ommends regular daily doses ot anticonvulsive drugs for the child with proven epilepsy. At the end of four years of treatment in the case of a boy and slightly longer in the case of the girl who is about to mature, treatment if gradually withdrawn and then wholly discontinued if all is well as it is with the very rare excep tion. In this way, as you see, your child will not be unnecessarily treated if there is no reason to administer anticonvulsive drugs:j he or she will be given almost certain protection against anoth er seizure if drug treatment is required, and you may rest se cure in the belief that your child to safe from haim. ti
