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"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."
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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,
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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:
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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