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PAaa HERALD AND NEWS, Klamatfe Falls. Oregoa Wednesday, Jaauary If. 1MI "May I Say a Word for Rule XXII? . . ." EDSON IN WASHINGTON Policy Spadeworlc Is Exhausting Work it" ! As Vice President Richard M. Nixon pre . pares to return to private life for the first time . i ince he entered the Navy in World War II, a comment on his postelection performance leems warranted. It has been of a high order, in the view of most men in both major political parties and many disinterested observers. Typical was his gracious, generous and dignified behavior as Senate presiding officer when he had the somewhat delicate task of for mally declaring the presidential victory of John F. Kennedy and his own defeat. His brief speech on that occasion was so thoroughly in the best traditions of the demo cratic spirit that it won applause from Speak er Sam Rayburn, who rarely applauds any thing in Congress. Nixon also has been following a planned policy of leaving the spotlight to Kennedy in these days when he is getting his adminis tration under way. He reasons sensibly that : there will be time enough for Republican lead ers to speak out, when they have had oppor tunity to weigh Kennedy's performance in the White House. i It is interesting to set Nixon's recent be havior against some of the forecasts that were : ; Since the 1960 election the complaint has often been uttered that too much time exists : between that date and the inauguration of a :ew president. There are those, -however, :ho are arguing just the reverse that the i time is all too short to encompass the difficul ; ties of transition. : ' The president-elect must choose not only ' his cabinet but hundreds of other top policy : makers. Practically speaking, these ought to be selected before he takes office. ': Beyond this, It would be helpful if he Could get well under way on the burdensome ; chore of filling some 5,000 additional federal ; Jobs which are not under civil service. The president-elect and his key policy i makers, furthermore, need every possible . minute to learn the complexities of the prob lems and tasks they will face. It's not like ; taking over the presidency of a corporation : with which you are already largely familiar. The fine-threaded intricacies of govern merit today cannot be quickly grasped but ; must be mastered slowly and surely. The ten and one-half weeks between election and in auguration may not be enough. N. I zs rv The bellmen recognized him in the lobby of the Beverly Hilton. They nodded and smiled. He re moved the cigar from his mouth and smiled. No words were spok en. The man wanted to remain at the big Hollywood hotel in a sta tus called Incognito. He looked like Jack Paar. He smiled like Jack Paar. He was as nervous as Jack Paar. He was Jack Paar. So he signed the register: Mr. Primrose Magoo, and then swung the register around so that Uie assistant manager could look at it The man looked at Paar and at the name. "Yes. Sir," he said. He hit a bell. "Boy, please take Mr. Primrose ' Magoo to his . suite." Paar smiled apologetical ly. ; i "It's Just that I don't want the phone ringing all the time," he said. , The . assistant manager smiled ' underatandlngly. Paar smiled. "You know,'' he s a i d, "the phones, the autographs all I want is peace and quiet." The osistant manager watched him walk to the elevator behind the boy and Uie luggage. Jack Paar looked over t b rooms. They were beautiful. Good view of Twentieth Century Fox's OH well. Nice furniture. Cheerful dtcor. The boy raised the blinds, turned on the air conditioning, Witched the bathroom light on, put the baggage on the racks, and mid out his hand. Paar tipped Urn. Then he picked up the phone. "In case anyone calls me." he Mid, "I'm Primrose Magoo." There was a silence. "You're ho. Mr. Magoo?" '.'"Magoo. Magoo. I'm not Jack IW to.anybody." tX tUtnje, Mr. Ague." too Measure Of Character How Much Time? JIM BISHOP: REPORTER Primrose Magoo Is The r r"'4- Cm- -4- 1 4- I operator said sweetly. "The list ing just came in. It says Prim rose Magoo. Why would anyone who wants you ask for Mr. Paar?" "Never mind," ho said. "Just Five mt long distance." He got the operator and called Uie Na tional Broadcasting Company in New York. "Mitzi." he said to his assistant, "I'm at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Yes. It's me. In 'case you want me. just ask for Mr. Primrose Magoo. What? Primrose, dammit. Like the flower. Magoo. You don't have to know how lo spell it, dear. Just ask for It and I'll pick up the phone. Anything new? Mr. Paar, who Is as sensitive ns Miss America with a chin pim ple, sat. No phone calls. No auto graph hounds. No knocking on the door. Nothing. "This," he said to himself, "is great. Simply great." He phoned a few mem bers of the cast in other rooms. "In case you want me, just call Primrose Magoo. What? I wish you were that funny on the pro gram, pal." Ho sat. Nothing. He fidgeted a little. Nothing. He tried a news paper. Nothing. He went into Uie bathroom and tried the faucets. The hot water ran hot, Uie cold ran cold. He examined the clos ets. On the hat shelf was a Bible autographed by Cecil B. DeMille. He looked out the window and rocked on his heels. Nothing. The oil well was still there. Paar decided to call Mrs. Paar back home. A good Idea. He picked up the phone and pan icked. What was tho home phone number? How ridiculous not to remember. It was Docrficld some Uiing or oUier. How many num made. Remembering that he had known noth ing but victory, some observers predicted that in defeat he would "fall apart." They saw him as a "hollow man" who would turn bitter and vindictive. He has confounded these appraisers. A , few might say he has been helped by the fact he lost so narrowly, but that conceivably could have added to bitterness. Nixon's only real pique has been reserved for some members of the press, whom he ac cuses of bias against him and in favor of Ken nedy in the coverage of the campaign. The charge deserves full examination by journal istic scholars and other dispassionate onlook ers. . Even this has been expressed indirectly, through his aides. Thus Richard M. Nixon Is about to make an exit that is a credit to him and to his party. Technically, he heads for private life in Cali fornia. But everyone knows it will be more public than private. Beaten but not crushed, carrying himself well, he will be the major spokesman for his ' party for some time to come. If things break properly for him, he could easily be his party's presidential standard bearer again in 1964. As some observers have shrewdly point cd out, the president-elect not only needs time to study policy matters, he needs the op portunity to draw counsel from many varied sources which will not in every case be open to him once he is installed. It is the one time in his presidential ca reer when he can seek advice anywhere and everywhere," without undercutting or handi capping established members of his top team. As soon as he takes office, he is commit ted largely to listening to just that advice which his chosen policy makers give him. This is understandable, but it is undeniably limit ing. President-elect Kennedy is widely consid ered to have made good use of this advice seeking period. But many feel it would be better if it were longer. Those who favor a quicker change-over believe they are arguing for greater contin uity of authority and action. It may well be that they are arguing for less. To thrust a new, unpracticed leadership team into office quick ly might in fact produce a sharp break in the continuity of effective government. r bers could little old Bronxville have? He put the phone back on the cradle. The number would not come. It was unlisted. Oh well. He picked up Uie phone again. "Hon ey," lie said. "Get me informa tion in Bron.wille, New York. Yes. Bronxville." He waited and spun the cigar slowly in his mouth. "Hello, Bronxville information? Good. This is Jack Paar. I'm out in California and I can't remem ber my home phone number. Can you "Oh, come on. I know it's un listed. It's my number. Excuse me? You listen to Uie program? Well, that makes everything easy. Recognize the voice? I'm Jack Paar. Sum, I just Want to call home and what? You can't. Now look here. Miss. It happens to h my phone and I pay the bills and 1 want that number. Why don't you ring Mm, Paar and ask her if she wanls to speak to her lawful husband? You can't? "This is too much. Tell you what you do. ' Miss. Now don't bang up. I know that rules art rules. I can even tell you what the number used to be before I Changed it. Once it was Deer field 7-71R7; once it was Dccrfield 7-9299. Excuse me? No dear. That's what I want you to do. If I remembered, would I he on my knees begging? 'All right. Okay. U you want to make sure that this is Jack Paar speaking, tall me back right away at the Beverly Hilton Ho tel in Beverly Hills. Calif. Just tall right back. Call collect. Ill pay for it. Then you'll he sure. "Whal-dcar? Oh no. Just ask (or Pr-ntua Magw." ... Eisenhower Budget Opens Way To Unofficial 'Guessing Game1 By SAM DAWSON AP Business News Analyst NEW YORK (AP) - The budget that President Eisenhower submit ted to Congress Monday opens up a guessing game rather than set ting a final guide for taxpayers and business. The guesses are implied In both the spending and income sides of the ledger. In spending there's always Uie question of what Congress will finally do with any presidential budget. Added this time is the uncertainty of the task force re ports to President-elect John F, Kennedy. If all their suggestions were, adopted spending would rise well above the $80.9 billion the out going President calls necessary, Al manac By United Press International Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1R, ' the 18th day of the year with 347 more in 19fl. The moon is approaching its first quarter. The morning star is Mars. ' The evening stars are Venus and Mars. On this day in history: In 1782, Daniel Webster. Amer ican orator and statesman, was born. In 1788. the first English settled In Austral'a at Botany Bay. In 1919, the president of France formally opened the peace confer ence at Versailles. In 1943, Moscow announced the lifting of the German siege of Leningrad. In 1950, the U.S. Senate re pealed the federal iax on oleo margarine. In 1955, Chinese Communist cap tured Yikiang'. . . a Nationalist held Island 200 miles north of For mosa. Thought for today: American statesman Daniel Webster said: "Justice, sir, Is the great interest o( man on earth." Just Kids , ACROSS 1 Youngest kid 5 Nuts toys 9 Health resort 12 Chemical suffixes 1$ Gudrun's $ Indolent Chart Chokes with sand 9 Sculping (2 wordil 10 reman fairy 1 1 Likewise husband (myth.) 'i'Pr 20 Make 15 Of kid t rcparltloa I' 22 Donkeys 17 Und measures H Kid j missile t8 Come in 2S Sheaf 19 Canadian province 21 Oceans 23 Musical di reel ion 2 Obeisance 28 Kid s marble JO Therefore 31 Scottish negatives 24 Beetle 27 Bewildered 29 Rn.e part 32 Atonement 34 Classes 3 Edit a? Take eengtsnot 38 Waste allowance 39 Cloy 41 Distress sipul 42 Soak flax 44 Outlet 4 Kan 4 Notes duration M Male kid M Submarine trt . I'nder pre&x) S7 Formerly AS Mimicker 59 Emit SO Short Stejtr 1 Dregs DOWN 1 Chew 2 Soon 3 Twist -4 4 Worms I Uncle Remsa' atv" and which itself is 92 billion, more . , than in the current fiscal year. In receipts, his estimate of $82.3 billion will be obtained only If the current business slide is reversed so that lax collections will swell, and only if Congress votes higher gas taxes and increased postal rates. So the budget leases business and the taxpayer about where they were that is, guessing how much the Kennedy administration will want to spend, how much Congress will approve, and how far the business slackness is likely to go and when a recovery - can be expected. " The taxpayer, and that includes both individuals and business, is concerned in what happens to the budget because ultimately the bills have to be met. And if the Treasury doesn't achieve the $15 billion surplus that President Ei senhower hopes for, but runs up a deficit instead, both individuals and business could be under re vived inflationary pressures. ' Business Is further concerned because just how much the gov- . ernmcnt spends and for what it puts out its money vitally affect many companies and whole in dustries. Eventually this widens out to take in most of the economy. Studying the proposed budget, business notes that only two items call for less spending in fiscal 1962 than in the current fiscal year. These are Interest on the public debt, down because inter est rates are down, not because of any drop in the total debt; and for commerce, housing and space technology. Everything else is up. Defense spending is up $1.5 billion, but this was expected. So was the in crease in outlay for veterans serv ices and benefits. President Eisen hower wants more for foreign aid than Congress voted for this fiscal year. Purely civilian projects that are asking more money for the next fiscal year are labor and welfare, agriculture and agricul tural resources, natural resources, Answer to Previous Puizlo W Saltpeter 47 Rain heavily 3S Happenings 4(1 Sea bird 40 Opposed SO Sulk ' 4S Fastens SI Fencing sword 45 Siamese moner 52 Indian weight 46 Greek mountain U Follower ,uii.eTSl jTCTTTjeTEn IT a ftioNi aIkIe olaI a i 5ita f i In t o 51 l o c L"1wJa 5JT53 a p al KF A . 6 Kg p eg i u BuSTl Jo a ;Hl a gr)c at i EiixlH IE i t rt tc i n iff eTa t t e 1 1 InItIeIhI llTlllel 1 12 13 M 1 IS IS 17 It It Il0 111 n re rj il 16 FT il rfi 20 1 1 1 51 ana J ft H IX "JS :Tl-S mST 35 T srr s Ji nsrw n 4i ZZZ6 "E5 1 1 1 g"P" a r 5 so jsi jii B 3 sT R sr sr srr BS si ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 III " and general government costs. Some projects don't come un der the regular budget at all. These are the sums collected and spent for such endeavors as So cial Security, jobless payments and superhighways. Adding these, the total cash to be spent in fiscal 1962 becomes $101.8 billion, or $3.9 billion mora than this year. And Uie total mon ey expected to be collected from Uie public becomes $193.1 billion, or $4.1 billion more than this year. These are figures that business studies, since they furnish a bet ter idea of how much government will withdraw from the public's pockets and just how much could be available sooner or later to business either in government or ders, or in cash in the pockets of those who get salaries, or pay ment from the government. LETTERS ,TO THE EDITOR . Loose As ... ? Many people wonder what be came of the water that covered the now dry lake beds in south eastern Oregon. Well they need not wonder any more I can tell them. For I was there. Many years ago there was an abun dance of water. Then one fall thousands of geese on ther way south lit in the lakes for their over night sleep. Before morning there cam a big freeze and (raped all the geese. Their feet was frozen in the ice. I lived neer one of the lakes and went out early and found all . those geese. Of course my ap pearance frightened them and they started off. takeing the lake with them. The first thing I knew I was on the ice well up in the air. Lucky for me I had my pair a shute with me and I ran to the edge of the lake and jumped. A favorable wind carried me to my own front yard. When the geese got down south where It was warm the ice melted and freeed them. And the floods from this melt ing ice is what created the grand canyon. The governors of New Mexico and Arizona wrote to the Governor of Oregon thanking him for the Oregon water. Not so with Cal they now want some more free Oregon water. All Pyeonear, Goooseville. PO. Box? Empty. Tel. Gander 7 com 11. Editor's Note: Thank yew, Mr. Pyeonear, for the loosid and com prehensuv explenashun. For the benefit of readers who do not know where Gooseville is it Is where the wild goose goes.) Calendar Helps The local branch of AAUW wishes to extend to you its sin cere congratulations on your pub lication of a community activity calendar. This is a need that has long been felt and one that will meet the approval and apprecia tion of all concerned. We hope the calendar will enjoy a long, long life of service. Miss May E. Phinncy, Corresponding Secy. By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON INEA) - As President-elect Kennedy works on his inaugural message, there is every expectation that he w ill out line completely both his foreign and domestic programs, Then will follow a whole series of congressional hearings at which new cabinet officers and inde pendent agency heads will be asked to explain in detail what Uie new President's broad pro grams mean and how they will work. These sessions may run all through February while Congress and the new administration get acquainted and establish their working relationships for the years ahead. In this process, nobody Is going to be in greater demand than Secretary of State Dean Rusk. -There are crises to face in Cuba, Laos and the Congo. There are new Russian negotiations to begin on disarmament, nuclear test 'bans and United Nations affairs. Al! foreign aid programs have to be reviewed and revised. Days and nights won't be long enough to get it done. When reorganization of the of fice of secretary of state was be ing studied by the American As sembly last fall, two of the key questions were how to give him more time to do his job and how to improve his relations with Con gress. When the late John Foster Dul les was secrelaiy of state, it was estimated he had six to 12 of these sessions every month Con gress was in town. When foreign aid and military assistance appropriations were be fore Congress, lie olten had to tell the same story to four or eight different subcommittees and answer similar questions from as many committeemen in separate sessions. On the average, he spent the equivalent of one full day a week talking to committees. This is the problem the Ameri can Assembly group of 75 State Department officials and ex-o(fi- . cials, professors, business leaders and assorted experts and thinkers put their brain to work on. In cluded in tbe group were Rusk: If - f, THE DOCTOR Home Remedies Not Common Cold Cure By HAROLD T, HYMAN, M.D. . Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. "Why is H." demands an in dignant correspondent, "that you doctors continue to say there is no such thing as a cold cure? Almost every one has a cure of some kind or other that he swears by. Don't you want people to get better unless you get your fee?" I U answer the second question first. I can assure you, my friend, that if a tme cold cure were announced at any medical meeting, anywhere in the world, the cheering would make you think you were in Pittsburgh ,when Mazerowski hit that home run in the World Series. Now in answer to your first question, I regret to repeat that we say there is no cold cure for the very simple'reason that there is no cold cure. Why then, you may ask, do each of your friends believe in the virtue of his own particular cold cure? f Here are some of the reasons: Like all oUier infections, the common cold may fade out of its own accord before it comes into full bloom. Hence any medication that you happen to be taking at that particular time might be credited with the cure. That's why each of your friends has his own particular cure. If there were any one effective cure, each of your friends would be taking the same cure. Many people think they're catch ing cold each time their noses become stuffy or runny. But, as you know, your nose may feel clogged and run a bit if you sleep in a stuffy room. Or sit for a while in a smoky room. Or in hale smog or an irritant fume. Or if you're coming down with an attack of hay ftver. I'nder any of these circumstances, you'd feel clear as soon as the atmosphere cleared. If. at the same time, you happened to be taking medicine, you might think it had cured the cold. But what you did was to cure an incorrect diagnosis. While the usual cause for the common cold is a virus that Is not responsive to treatment, an identical condition is occasionally produced by staphylococci, streotococcl or pncumococci that can be bumped off by any one of several antibiotics. When this oc curs you are correct in stating that you've cured a nasal infec tion that resembles the common cold. But it tt not exactly the new head of state's policy plan, ning staff, George C. McGhee) new assistant Secretary of De fense Paul H. Nitze: new Ambas sador to London David K. E, Bruse and others. Harlan Cleveland dean of Syra cuse University's graduate school of public alfairs, a former Mar ' shall plan administrator frequent ly mentioned for a foreign aid post in the Kennedy administra tion, came up with the idea that there should be only one annual review of foreign policy for Coil- ' gress at the beginning of each session. It should be given to all com mittees concerned with foreign af fairs in joint session. The report made here should be general and not in detail. The specifics would be, left to Under-Secretaries and assistant secretaries and lower experts for answers in later hear ings. : This plan didn't gel very far. It was recognized that secre taries of state and their assistant are temporary four to eight years at the most. Congressmen with seniority necessary to get on far more' permanent 10 to 20 years of service. These congressmen are chan nels of communication between the public and the State Depart ment. Often the congressmen have a better feel of public ap proval or disapproval of a policy, than career diplomats. Also, It was considered good for the sec retary to have to explain his poli cies and answer congressmen'! questions about them. It mad him think more. A further disadvantage was cit ed in trying to have the secre tary of state answer only to joint committees. They're too big and unwieldly. Having the secretary report only to party policy com mittees to get lighter discipline would not work either. It would mean merely an extra chore lor the secretary. For when some new crisis' arose. Senate Foreign Relation and House Foreign Affairs Com mittees wouid want to hear about it direct from the secretary, just as they have in the past. So it isn't likely that the present sys tem of repeated reports to Con gress cumbersome though tt U will be changed. SAYS kind of nasal infection that's pro duced by the virus of the com mon cold. , Now, my friend, if you'd likt to prove that you and your friends are right and that I am wrong. I'll tell you what to do. Call a meeting of all those who have cold cures. Choose any orS) of the methods. Have every on present agree to a trial at th next opportunity. Continue your experiment until every member has tried every cure. If then you can show that any "cure" has a batting averago over the .500 mark, let me know and I'll dine publicly on crow. Dear Reader: Dr. Hyman ap preciates your comments and questions but regrets that the heavy volume of his mail doesn't permit him to answer each in dividual let'cr or post card. How ever, he w ill comment in column like the above upon matters of general or unusual interest'. For a copy of Dr. Hvman's leaf let "How to Combat the Common ' Cold," send 10 cents to Dr. Hy man, care Herald and News, Box 489, Dept. B, Radio City Station, New York 19, N.Y. THEY SAY... There would he very serioul difficulties for those who iflteni to dedicate themselves now lo tht task of emancipating Portuguese: Africa. Premier Anlenie Olirelra Sal ur, dictator ef Portugal, warn ing against attempts to meeldlt ta Portugal's colonies. ' The civil defense program is I grand illusion. In terms of monSf it is ludicrous. . . The time hat come ta abolish this billion-dollar boondoggle. Sen. Stephri M. Yuaig (D- Ohlnl. We have to stop pretending that Chiang Kai-sheit is stall the leader of the Chinese nation . . . Red China should be admitted ta United Nations now, while t art possibly eisct something from them in return. Peas Arhesoa, farmer seero tary of state. 1r
