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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Oregon Tuesday, January IT, 1H1 Rolling Out the 'Red' Carpet NOTHING SPECIAL IW. I. $.) Q 'Galloping An invitation to a dinner fete honoring the governor of Montana Hugo Aronson "The Galloping Swede" brings to mind the story of a fantastic career that could happen only in America. Arriving in the United States as a penni less immigrant youth, Governor Aronson made his way to Montana where he engaged in the rough, tough work in the oil fields. He even tually formed his own company and subse quently rose slowly to positions of eminence In his home community (Cutbank) and county and finally was elected to the Montana state legislature. There, he hewed an outstanding reputation for honesty and forthrightness that brought him state-wide attention and even tually the governorship, which he held for two terms. He chose not to be a candidate for reelection last November. We cite Governor Aronson for what he From Washington, comes word that James M. Landis, special assistant to President-elect Kennedy is advocating establish ment of a government television network. Mr. Landis poses as an expert in reorgan-. ization of federal regulatory agencies. He should confine his activities to that field. While not actually pushing the idea of a federal system of television stations, Landis believes the idea is "worth exploring." Wo would not like to accuse Mr. Landis of being a fool, but such statements certainly put him close to that category. The federal government has a role to play in the establishment and enforcement of Will Personal Touch Suffice? World War n led many men, experts and amateurs alike, to conclude that great wars are essentially unmanageable affairs. More than a few observers think the time may not be far off when the national government falls in the same category. ' ' 1 Big wars, once under way, tend to take on a shape and direction all their own, neither intended or foreseen by those who began them. There are too many elements, too many unpredictables, too many loose ends, for pre cise human control of events. At its worst, the huge federal establish ment of a nation like the United States is hard ly comparable to the planned chaos of war. Vet, more and more as time passes, it be comes a thing of such size and weight and built-in momentum that it seems to defy any man or group of men who would put an indi vidual stamp upon it. Certainly no realist imagines that govern ment in this country will ever be made small again. A big country and a big government go together. But its sheer bulk means that it extends and proliferates in ways that even the most diligent leaders cannot necessarily grasp. It operates throifgh countless built-in mechan isms, long since approved by Congress, which compel continuing and often rising expen- BARBS A survey shows that 25 per cent of the women slip their shoes off when riding in a train. Proper sizes might cure this. The Indiana plumber who was charged with disorderly conduct at. least was different. He forgot himself. Get to the bottom of things in your business and you have a better chance of coming out on top. Raising a family these days costs almost as much as it's worth. It's strange how many child gen iuses grow up to be just another adult. It's the little things that count on Mom or Dad helping with homework. A judge says that women forgive more often than men. Maybe because they have so many more opportunities. A college professor says that talking often cures troubles. Some times we wish we could find out what cures talking. Swede' Good is a remarkable American, and an humble one. He has become nationally known for his rough-hewn qualities j no slick politician type, Gov. Aronson has never pretended to be anything other than what he is. But it is the qualities of genuineness and honesty that have made him so admired by his political enemies as well as his friends. The real point of this discussion is that the governor did not reach pinnacles of emi nence through trickery and political oppor tunity. Rather, and first, he got where he is by hard work. And when he reached the peak, he did not stop. He worked harder. There is a lesson for all Americans especially our young people of today in the life of Hugo Aronson, Montana's "Galloping Swede." We only wish there was opportunity to associate with more like him. A Job For Castro? laws, in preserving the peace, and other func tions which are quite removed from the realm of individual action. Not so in the realm of business endeavor. There, the federal government can do nothing right. The thousands of business endeavors in which the federal government now inter venes are mute testimony of the incptness of such a concept. The next thing Mr. Landis will advocate, probably, is that the federal government set up, or take over an existing system of news papers, radio stations, ct al. Maybe Landis and President-elect Kenne dy could simplify the whole mess by calling in Castro, diturcs in many fields. President-elect Kennedy has made it clear he is intent on being a strong president. That means he plans, insofar as he is able, to place his own personal stamp upon the Ameri can government in at least the next four years. If he succeeds, then he will have staved off the day when government is as unman ageable as war. He will have given shape to a . glacier that, in this age, few can chip away at. Will he achieve this purpose? Obviously no one can make even an educated guess at this stage, before he has taken office. For those who hope that government is still governable, the most promising sign is that Kennedy is bent on using the full political lev erage of his office. All strong presidents have done so. None, however, has had to test his weap ons against so immense an establishment as Kennedy inherits Jan. 20. The dedicated partisans of democracy ev erywhere will have their eyes fastened keen ly on his effort. They will be vastly heartened If he can demonstrate that government on so huge a scale still can be brought within rea sonable human control and given the quality and flavor of its leader. Award Winner ACtOSS 1 Joint winner ot 1M0 U.iker Award, Dr. Edgar V. 6 He wu one of joint winner of thif heirt award 11 Motive 13 Interstice 14 Grain beard 15 Western pofiiet IS Court right (Kng law) 17Cartograph 19 Mimic 20 Metal fjrmbali of India 22 Before 23 Consumed 24 Race course 2 Dormouse 3 Secular 4 Worm 8 NegaUve word ft Three times (comb, form) 7 Fowl 8 Revolve t Run away to marry 10 Comfort 12TiUe 13 Seem 18 Circle part 21 Their Award wu given tn the Acid ot cardiovascular research 23 Reluctant circuit t Cut. at ( roast 28 Harden 30 Scottish sheepfoltf 31 New Zealand parrot 32 Indian weight 33Hatard .15 Type of boat 37 Rowing Implement 38 Gibbon 40 Bitter vetch 42 Altitude (abj 43 Harem room 44 Nolo in Guide's scale 48 Seesaw 49 He is connected with the Majro 52 Ocean veaseli 63 Church festival 54 Bury ti Cubic meter DOWN 1 Brattlian macaws l' II li U ft I M p II It IIS ir- rn p i5" it rrie n -sr sn jt jif sr ar b" ' r - Jl 9 ST m 3 ST" s? -a- r -or ir " 0 T mTST 55 55 U 1 3" Example Aniww to Previout Punle 25 Equal . 27 Stagger 29Clothinf makers 33 Accessible 34 Stripling 38 30 (FT.) 37 Glyceryl eater 39 Speed contest 41 Craftier 42 Gudrun'a husband (myth.) 45 land measure 47 Device used by golfers 48 Make a mistake 50 Spanish article 51 Devotee oiaip IcTATiHeTl f5Tu 3 i x i i a 4- g o g CS X g T U i N 5 F SI S H5p D nIt 5 kMi Id t gig IwlrilNiS 'W.4 Al manac By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Jan. 17, the 17h day ot the year with 348 more in 1961. The moon is approaching its first quartor. The morning star is Mars. The evening stars arc Mars and Venus. On this day in history: In 1706, Benjamin Franklin. American printer, scientist, jour nalist and inventor, Mas born. In 1806, the first baby was born In the White House James Mad ison Randolph son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Martha Jef ferson Randolph, who was the daughter of President Thomas Jefferson. In 1917, the U.S. bought the Vir gin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. In 1944, Gen. Dwight Eiscnhow er assumed command of the Al lied liberation forces. Thought for today: Versatile American Benjamin Franklin said: "Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day." - .TS.X .V Jt -e t ' v.-r-rT . :-. vv r m. - r THE DOCTOR SAYS By HAROLD T. IIYMAM, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Unhappy consequences may re sult from a false sense of securi ty, arising from unwarranted claims made in behalf of germ killers. To take the simplest example, let us assume that you rinsed your mouth, gargled or sprayed your nose with a germicide. Let us also accept the unlikely prop osition that, by your action, you completely sterilized the treated area. Yet, within an hour or so at the very most, examination of the recently sterilized area would surely reveal a bacterial popula tion that differed little, if at all, from that which was present be fore the germicide was applied. If this observation were not cor rect, doctors and nurses would not have to put on sterile rubber gloves aftc- they'd completed a 10 minute surgical scrub of their hands. Take another example. Let us assume that you've cut your fin ger and poured a germicide inlo the wound. II you used a con centrated solution, you'd be apt to give yourself a chemical burn and thus provide the bacterial in vaders with a rich supply of dead tissue on winch they could feed, grow fat and multiply. If you used a weaker concen tration, that would be further dil uted by the blood and tissue flu ids that continue to ooze out of the cut surfaces, you might kill some bacteria but the survivors would soon make up for these losses by reproducing new gen erations every 20 minutes of so. What the.v you may ask. is the meaning of tests that show com plete absence of bacterial growth in glass test tubes or plates after they've been treated with germi cide? They have very lillle meaning, I'm afraid. You tee there are bac- V $ 5 SSSPTO?frW4 k.a tr-y 4 r; . ra 4. EDSON IN WASHINGTON Good Man For Job Is Hard To Get By PfcTER EDSON Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEAl - While Cuban U.S. relations have been going from bad to worse, the Ken nedy administration has been hav ing its troubles finding an assis tant secretary of state for Latin American affairs. The job was offered to Thomas C. Mann, who has been holding it since last July. But he has been in Washington for several years as assistant secretary for economic affairs and he would like to return to the field. He is reported to be more interested in becoming United States ambas sador to Mexico. The job ,wa& also offered to Gov.. Luis Munox-Marin of Puer to Rico. But he has just been reelected to another four - year term and w ould like to stay where he is. Somebody w ith their experience nnd intimate knowledge of Latin America is needed for this most important post. But finding somc- body who knows how to handle the assorted dictators and revolu tionistsor is willing to try has Germ Killer Claims Are Not All-Embracinq teria and bacteria, just as there are various kinds of animals. Some of the bacteria that live on our skin surfaces and in our body cavities do us neither harm nor good. They are called com mensals which means literally that we dine with them at the same table imcnsa: table). With other bacterial species we have mutual assistance pacts. These allies are called symbions which means that the survival of each of us is dependent, to a de gree, on the survival of the other. The myriad? of colon bacilli, for ' example, that live in our inlcstin ' al tracts perform important func tion' for us. Indeed, we would have difficulty surviving without them. When we kill them off, as we occasionally must before an intestinal operation, we're apt to got ourselves inlo very serious difficult ics. They, on the other hand, cannot continue to exist un less we continue to exist. Finally there arc the really vil lainous bacteria or pathogens. Many pathogens are easily de stroyed in test lubes which is much like breaking clay pigeons in a shooting gallery. Killing them in the human body is more like stalking wild animals in the jun gle and having to shoot them while they're charging. Killing commensals and sym bions, whether in test tube or in the body, is like going hunting and coming home w ith a string of pussy cats while tigers and lions continue to roam in the woods back of the house. Scicntis's must do better than that if we're going to wipe out the common cold, epidemics of influenza, poliomyelitis and olher infections. For a copy of Dr. Hyman's leaf let "What About Cancer?" send to cents to Dr. Hyman, care Her ald and News, Box 489, Dept. B. Radio City Station, New York 19, N.Y. been the big worry of Kennedy's talent scouts. A task force has been working at the State Department for some weeks, planning how to spend that 500 million dollars promised the Latin Americans by Under secretary of Stale C. Douglas Dil lon at (he Bogota Conference last September. This is the traditionally screwy way these things are handled. Somebody figures that all prob lems would be solved if Uncle Sam would hand out a lot of money. Congress is then persuad ed to authorize it. So now under the guise of sav ing Latin America from the twin curses of Castro and Communism the State Department experts are planning how to spend the money; assuming Congress appro priates it this year. If Congress docs that, the joke is going to be on Dillon this .time. For as secretary of the treasury in the Kennedy administration, he's the boy who will have to raise it. There are ahcady several lend ing agencies set up to barrel out the dough to Latin America. They include: World Rank, Export - Import Bank. International Development Association. International Finance Corp., Inter-American Develop ment Bank, Development Loan Fund and International Co operation Administration. Those organizations will make loans of varying degrees of hard ness or softness, the same way you grade cheese. With all their billions of dollars of capital, you would think they could satisfy ev ery taste and smell. But no. The oOO million dollars to betd off other Caslros in other coun tries is for "social development" whatever that is. It is not for electric power, dams or steel mills. It is intended to satisfy the pent up longings of 120 million people two - thirds of the Lalin-Amcri-can population who arc ill-fed, ill-housed, ill-clothed and illiterate. Your heart goes out to these underprivileged people. But there is nothing in the plan for making the other third of the population the cultured, overfed, well housed big landholders pay some taxes and share some of their luxuries with their own poor. This is where social reform should be gin. Furthermore, the first install ment of 500 million U.S. dollars earmarked to save Latin Ameri ca from other Caslros figures out tn only 25 million dollars apiece for 20 countries, or $4.16 and a fraction for each of the underpriv ileged 120 million. And you can't buy much land reform, medical care or higher education for that money, even in the Andes high lands, the Amazon lowlands or on the Argentine plains. So the problem becomes one ot deciding where to begin. Somebody suggests hospitals, pure water supply, sewers, diet improvement, schools, vocational training, diversification of agricul ture, farm loans for better seed, fertilizer or tools, housing loans, small business loans. They need them all. Then the argument begins on how to divide up the money avail able to do the most good in the shortest time, how the programs should be administered and what the chances are to get the money back in some sweet by-and by after 3000 A.D. We don't usually bother to take picks on our big city cousins (anyway, it generally doesn't do much good) but a rather silly car toon in The Orcgonian the other day gives cause for comment. The illustration inferred that the upcoming reapportionment of the legislature would foment civil war between the eastern and western components of Oregon. Would The Oregonian imply lhat eastern Oregonians are' lawless? That we don't know our responsibilities? As far as I have been able to determine, people who have given thought to the situation are pretty well resigned to a shuffling of rep resentation in the legislature that will cause some losses in eastern Oregon. So far, I have not heard any wailing on this side of the hill. In both houses of the state legis lature, Elections Committees have been staffed by top men. That is not. to say that they are "packed." , Influential men from eastern Oregon are on both com mittees, and naturally, they'll do their best to preserve all of the representation we're entitled to. But, I doubt that they'll go so far as to dodge the law. In any event, there should be no cause for hard feelings on either side. It is doubtful that men and wom en elected to the legislature from whatever area in the state would go so far as to act against the best interests of the state as a whole when they are considering legislative matters. I've heard some interesting (if not accurate) conversations refer ring to ages of Presidents since JFK got the nod. A little research shows these vital statistics: Wil liam Henry Harrison was the old est person elected to the office of President at the age of 68. He served two months, 11 days. But Andrew Jackson, elected at age 61, served two terms, making him 69 at the end of his second term. So, he was the oldest in office un til Dwight D. Eisenhower sur passed him. Kennedy is the youngest man ever elected President. He will be 43 years, 7 months and 22 days old when he is inaugurated. Theodore Roosevelt, at the assas sination of McKinley, was inau gurated at the age of 42 years, 10 months and 18 days. He was elected President in 1904, making him 46 years old at that time. A bar patron whispered to the bartender that a monkey who was sitting on a pickle barrel playing a harmonica had his tail hang ing in the barrel. The bartender replied. "Don't bother me with it. Go tell the monkey." Whereup on the patron approached t h e monkey and said, "Do you know your tail is hanging in the pickle barrel?" "I don't know," replied the monkey, "hum a couple of bars and I'll see if I can pick up the melody." I must admit that is going a long way to get in a crack at today's song titles. And, yes, I don't know what a pickle barrel would be doing in a bar. Or. is Letters To Appreciation The members of the Klamath Falls Fire Department would ap preciate it. if you will print this letter to tne public, expressing our thanks for the support they have given us in the realization of our Rescue Wagon project. ". Although we launched this proj ect with some question of its success, the results have been extremely gratifying to us. We had set a goal of at least J3.000, and at this time have a total of $3,737.32. This assures us of being able to secure a Civil Defense Rescue Car, with some money left over for a resuscitator and oth er additional items of equipment which we will need with it. We wish to extend our thanks tn the following: The Klamath Falls Police Deoartmcnt. the Ki wanis Club. Home Lumber Com pany. Carpenters Auxiliary. Klam ath Valley Lumber Company, Swan Lake Moulding Company. Lucas Furniture. Mouldingcraft Manufacturers. Klamath Lumber and Box, Modoc Lumber, Rotary Club, Exchange Club. Soroptimist Club, American Legion Auxiliary', Elks Lodge. Lions Club. Weyer haeuser Timber Company. Beta Phi Chap'er and Xi Delta Chan ter Beta Sigma Phi. Standard Oil Company of California. Tokctee Lions. Shrine Club. Long Bell Pa per Company. Sports and Imports. Business and Professional Wom en. Klamath County, and the in dividuals who donated their time and money to help out, Wa the help of Joe Searles, pickled" Speaking of song titles, and silly present-day songs whatever be came of "Cement Mixer?" Now, there was a song! How about "Three Little Fishes." (Or, waj that the title?i And how about "Mairzy Dotes?" One good thing about inflation is that in this day and age, it is practically impossible for a kid to get sick on a five-cent candy bar. Chill-of-the-week Dep't.: Word comes through the Manchester (England) Guardian that evidence suggests that the first Russian space traveler will be sent abroad any day now. The report said lhat he will stay in some kind of or bit for a whole day or roughly 18 circuits of the earth. During this period he will be supported by means of an oxygen supply system, and if precedent is any guide, there will be a television camera so that people on the ground can see how he is stand ing up to the unusual conditions. There is no reason why the first trip should not be made any day, the report concludes. I wish there was some way to reverse this situation: The 16-month-old wakes at 6 ayem, and hollers for attention. The 16-year-old quietly pulls the covers over his head and seeks to sleep until 8:55. Bad news for ruminant citi zens. The nickel packet of gum may be going the way of all flesh. A major producer ot gum, which has been selling the product since 1890, announced in October that it was just mar keting a new packet with eight sticks of gum, which will sell for 10 cents. Jack Bishop gave me a booklet called "A Case for Wood" which contains almost 50 pages of fas cinating material about wood which so many of us take for granted. Of particular interest was the story of archaeologists finding massive wooden beams near Ankara, Turkey, in an area adjacent to the tomb of King Midas. The beams are thought to be 2,700 years old. and they ar perfectly sound! The wood from which the beams are formed is a species similar to our pine. They are hand-hewn, beautifully sand ed and smoothed, and so expertly fitted that even after these many centuries the joints are practical ly invisible. I hadn't known it, but the book let also points out that the ven- ' erable old colonial homes in New England stand as a more recent reminder of wood's incomparable durability. Many still retain the original wood sash, siding, and ex terior trim after more than 300 years. Someone wrote a puzzling sen tence about marriage which de serves study: Marriage is a com munity, one mistress and on master, and two slaves, making in all, two. And I'm reminded, as I hit the bottom, that if you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish in it. The Editor Klamath Falls and Klamath Coun ty Civil Defense director, our ap plication has been submitted lor federal matching funds. The lo cal Civil Defense Office has been notified the application has re ceived slate approval, and they have forwarded our application, recommending approval to the Of fice of Civil and Defense Mobili zation. Their decision is expected within the next 30 days. Our thanks also to the Herald rnd News. KOTI - TV. KLD, K AGO and KFLW for the publici ty which helped make this driva a success. Geno. Ghcller, Chief, Klamath Falls Fire Dept. Helpful Staff On behalf of the Pomona i Grange. Midland Grange and tha Midlani Grange Home Economic Club we wish to thank the Herald and News for all the stories that have been put in the paper for us during the past years of our grange activities, and especially do we want to thank Norm Car doza, Barbara Schiffman and Hel en Bechcn for being so coopera tive and cordial to us. Thank! again. Y'ou are all so nice. Mayme Cammocll QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q What new "firal" was nn rently rstablishe by Texas? A It established national Grandmother's Day as the .second Sunday in October. that where the term comes from?
