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"I Know How Meade Felt When the
Battle Was Over"
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: Whether it happens in four years or eight
or 20, there is something unfailingly stirring
about the transfer of government from one
party to another. It is the living, breathing
proof of the saneness, indeed the wisdom of
democracy. .
All around the globe men still are seeking
to win their goals by violent means. They can
find in our presidential inauguration a memor
able example of the rule of law and order, if
they will only pause long enough to look.
The example is particularly forceful at a
moment in history when even peoples who live
' under parliamentary democracies are resort
- ing to violence in an effort to gain their ends.
?i The essence of democracy, of course, is
that the people have a choice, and that once
It is expressed it be accepted by everyone. In
. too many places, the losers have not been will
ing to abide by this fundamental of free gov
ernment They have used riot and destruction
: to try to overturn peacefully taken decisions.
I Violence manifestly is the first resort of
' tyranny. It should be the last resort of a free
Wrong
j ' Some bright fellow is going to win the
I ' hearts of the citizens of the free society some
! day by devising an acceptable substitute for
; the strike as a worker's economic weapon.
j At best it is a wasteful device. After a
I major strike, the cost in lost production and
1 ; lost wages is usually totted up. But seldom if
i ever does anyone try to figure how long the
! affected workers have to toil before their new
: gains if any balance their losses.
When big industries and the flow of basic
goods are affected, the production loss to the
nation can be serious. In the great competi
: tive race with the Communist world, we can ill
afford such slowdowns.
Beyond this, too, there are instances in
Jj which the strike weapon is in fact abused.
: Fundamentally, it Is conceived as the ulti-
mate pressure device which workers can ap
: ply against employers whose resources are
J. presumed to be so ample they could hold out
Indefinitely at the bargaining table.
In fairness to the general public, it should
j not be used to cripple a community, to endan-
ger their health or their military security.
; Most unions are careful to stay within these
i; bounds.
; But occasionally some step beyond. The
j J strike of three unions against the tugboat and
i ferry operations of 11 eastern railroads is such
:t a case..
In essence this is a small strike over a
;V small issue. They want the right to fix the
:: size of crews on roalroad tugs, the companies
wish to retain the right to determine crew
sizes flexibly. Only 680 workers are involved,
i;' To press their demands, the unions have
not been content to tie up ferry and tugboat
; activities of the affected rail lines. This alone,
of course, has disrupted . commuter trans
port andyfood supplies for thousands of New
Yorkers.
:: , The strikers have gone further. They
: chose to picket rail lines not directly involved
: in their operations, with Jhe express purpose
of putting the squeeze on New York's food
supply and forcing its commuter transport to
BARBS
A doctor says that babies need
more sleep than grownups. But ap
parently not at night
Success doesn't come to the man
who hasn't much get-up in the morning.
A Judge barred children from his
court because he felt it gave them a
poor outlook on life. Maybe some kids
shouldn't be allowed to go home.
Divorces often result when
two people concerned art in love
with themselves.
1 A hundred years from now some
J .- of the things we buy for antiques will
' be 100 years old.
Aviators usually stand a nerve test
before going up very high. Landlords
dont need one. ..
; When a newly married couple
'. i roof over their heads they want
-. ntu t mini in a Mi u
Maybe the most efficient chap
: ere is the need of a shave.
Drama Of Democracy
people, employed only when their government
has become so twisted and warped as to be in
fact no longer free.
Happily, Americans still understand the
vital importance of this keystone in the dem
ocratic system. And their gracious acceptance
of the majority verdict was put to the supreme
test this time, since Kennedy won by a slender
112,000 votes out of some 69 million cast.
The ceremony of the inaugural is basically
simple. Yet it has about it the grandeur that
must attach inevitably to this remarkable act
of transferring great national power in a
peaceful, orderly way. .
The drama is heightened in 1981 by the
fact that the outgoing President Eisenhower
handed the reins to a man who was just fin
ishing college as he was about to take com
mand of Allied forces in World War II. Eisen
hower is 70 and Kennedy 43.
As we prize each chapter in the constant
ly unfolding and renewing story of democracy
at work, we must pray that it is a story all the
world can read and that it has no ending.
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Way To Do
suffer major crippling. The net effect is also
to handicap long distance rail operations.
This is a clear abuse of the strike weapon.
By hurting the general public, by shutting off
essential transport, they are attempting to
coerce both their employers and the public
authorities into a favorable settlement.
Whatever the basic merits of their cause,
the unions involved deserve to loscthis round
in their battle. They have forgotten their real
responsibilities and have thought only of their
own narrow little cause.
,ln Good Company
Your newspaper, together with all the
others in the nation, reaches a total daily
circulation of 58 million persons. Twenty
five years from now it is expected to be 81
million.
"Newspaper circulation grows," says
. Stanford Smith, general manager of the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers Assn., "because
the service rendered to readers is not likely
ever to become available from any other
source. . . . The newspaper has demonstrated
that it fulfills an important role in safeguard
ing our free society against tyranny that no
government can ever provide."
Expansive words, but most newspaper
men are dedicated to living up to them.
Don't Look Behind You .
Science has caught up with another fav
orite subject of science-fiction writers a
machine has "built" a machine. Well, the first
didn't actually build the second, but it de
signed it and told humans how to put it to
gether. Western Electric Co. scientists in Burling
totvN.C, first told-a general purpose com
puter, by using a series of equations, what
they wanted in the way of a missile tracking
computer. They then waited for instructions.
The result is the first computer completely
designed by another.
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BEING A PARENT can be a
rather frustrating experience at
times.
There, are times when all types
of advice seem about as useful
as a third leg, and when a situa
tion arises that the . child psy
chology book didn't expect, and
neither did you.
' HOWEVER, sometimes the sim
plest advice gets the most effec
tive results.
A dramatic example of this '
simple advice was given to mem
bers of the Klamath Falls Kiwan
is Club last week by Mrs. Rober
ta Frazier, family life specialist
with the OSC Extension Service.-
She had seven basic rules for
not only better understanding and
relationship with your children,
but with other people as well.
HER PRESENTATION was ef
fective, and well worth repeating. .
Her suggestions can be put to
mighty good use, if we will weigh
them carefully and apply them.
SHE POINTED out the obvious'
fact first that teenagers are just
people, but that they are going
through one of the most difficult
stages of liie when adjustments
seem the biggest.
Her initial point was accept
philosophy that people are differ
ent. Each person is an individual, '
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THE DOCTOR SAYS ...
Working Mothers
False Economy
By HAROLD T. HYMAN. M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Aim.
Commenting on a recent column
that urged obedience as an im
portant safety factor in the pre
vention of childhood accidents, a
very wise high school girl asks
the following question:
"Do you think it's worthwhile
(or a mother to go to work and
leave her children with a baby
sitter wh.n the money she earns
is just about enough to pay the
extra expenses that she would not
have if she stayed at home?
. "1 baby sit four days a week
with two children aged 7 and 4
years," she explains. "Their moth
er, who goes to work, told me
she wanted them to mind and
even be spanked if necessary.
However the parents rarely spank.
"They tell the children to do
a thing but never see that it's
done. As a result the children
do not pay attention.
"The mother admits it is eas
ier, when she has time off, to
give in to the children rather
than to make them mind.
"The younger used temper tan
trums to get his way until t
cured him. Since the mother real
ly doesn't increase the family in
come, if all expenses are consid
ered, don't you think she might
do better to stay home and give
the children the companionship
and discipline they need?"
I do not for a moment cast
reflection on many brave moth
ers w ho must supplement the fam
ily income for cum-nt expenses or
their children's higher education.
However I must say that I have
VIEW FROM HERE . . . by F.LW.
Advice For Parents
Holds Good Points
each person is different, yet w
continually persist in trying to
treat all people alike.
Instead, she suggested, recog
nize that people have individual
differences, then apply that knowl
edge in working with others.
HER SECOND POINT was
based on how people do feel. Not '
how they should feel, nor how
you think they feel, but how do
they really feel. Are they easily
embarrassed, does praise make
them happy, does encouragement
make them work more readily
and harder?
In other words, when dealing
- with people, determine how they
really feel, not how you think
they feel.
LEARN TO LISTEN. Most of
us, she explained, proceed on
what we want to hear. Sometimes
we are so busy talking that w
don't hear.
She suggested that we learn to
listen ... to our children, our
spouses, our co-workers.
You'd be surprised what you
can learn from your children, or.
any children, she said, if you just
listen to them. Not when they're
talking directly to you, but when
they are talking to each other.
WORK WITH GRAIN of wood.
Work with people rather than
known altogether too many in
stances in which younger mothers,
in particular, take jobs merely to
escape what they consider the
drudgery of housekeeping and
child care.
As my prematurely wise young
correspondent has suggested, the
family income is not significantly
benefited if additional expenses
are deducted from the take-home
pay check. For example, one must
deduct such things as the salary
of the babv sitter, transportation
to and from work, meals and
snacks eatrn outside of the home,
and the additional costs that go
for clothes, cosmetics and other
trimmings.
In my experience, most moth
ers who use outside work as an
excuse to escape from maternal
obligations and domestic duties
suffer from shortsightedness.
Some, who married in their
teens, seek the freedom and ex
periences they renounced when
they went from high school to
the altar. Others, however vig
orously they may deny it, work
for pin money to blow on non
essentials. Either way, these selfish young
women do not command the same
respect from their husbands and
their children that is accorded
the working mother whose labors
are performed in behalf of the
family welfare.
I am su.-e that my young cor
respondent ill not repeat the
mistakes of her employer. And I
am jure that her children will
have fewer accidents and fewer
serious illtrmes than the children
presently ia her charge.
against them. It's always twice
as tough to work against the grain
and do an effective job, whether
it's carpentering or working with
an individual or a group of indi
viduals, i '
In other words, don't be an
"aginner." A lot of people are
against, and then may later be
converted in favor. She suggests
the other way around.
SET THE LIMITS. When deal
ing with youngsters, she suggests
that definite limits must be es
tablished. A child that has no lim- :
its, or has too many limits is a '
most unhappy child. "
Every child will press an issue
to see where the limit is, she
. emphasized.
She suggested letting the child
assist in establishing what the
limit should be, but cautioned
that once they are set, the parent
must enforce them.'
REINFORCE THE KIND of be
havior that you want! Mrs. Fra
zier emphasized this point by say
ing, "Most of the time we re
inforce wrong behavior by ex
cessive use of don'ts."
Don't do this, and don't do that,
she pointed out, merely gains the
youngster's attention.
She suggested instead that par
ents be quick to praise when
youngsters do things the correct
way, or the way they want them
done. This puts the emphasis in
the proper place, she explained.
It's funny, she said, you'd think
when we have told a youngster
many times not to do something,
and they still do it, that we'd
realize we're not getting a n y-w-here.
and try another tact.
FINALLY, she suggested that
we recognize the basic needs of
everyone, namely, affection and
recognition.
These are the things that chil
dren are looking for. Understand
ing this will help parents evalu
ate a youngster's behavior.
I MUST ADMIT that most ef
forts to advise people about peo
ple are doomed to failure by the
fact that people are people, but
In this case, I think she has some
excellent points that applied right
can be a decided asset for any
person. . '
I'm a firm believer in applied
psychology . . . you can attempt
to apply psychology, but if it
doesn't work there's another kind
of psychology that can also be ap
plied where it often can do the
most good.
Al
manac
Br I'nlted Prri International
Today is Tuesday. Jan. 14, the
24th day of the year with 344
more in 1961.
The moon in approaching its
full phase. .
The evening stars are Mars and
Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1849. James Marshall discov
ered gold in a branch of Califor
nia's Sacramento River.
Thought for today: Basil O'Con
nor sard: "The world cannot con
tinue to wage ar like physical
giants and to seek peace like in
tellectual pygmies."
How are you doing? Of the na
tion's 45 million families, one in
eight had an income of $10,000
or more last year, two in five
were in the Jo.OOO to $10,000
bracket, two in nine in the $3,000
to 15,000 bracket, and one in four
below $3,000. The median was
$5,400.
The Ceaui Bureau, which
nude public these figures said
that familv income had la
creased twice as fast as living
casts ia the If post-war years.
Some might aot believe that
their incomes have kept pace
with Inflation, but it Is quite
true tor the last eight years, at
least. After taking inflation lata
account, income raised from
$4.M te 15,001. Without adjust
ment for inflation, the rise was
from $J.M te $5.40.
Now, I don't want to turn this
into an advertising column even
for our own use. But, I want to
insert a plug for our Progress
Edition which is scheduled for
Feb. 26 publication. It will have
more than 100 pages devoted to
telling the story of what we have
in the Klamath. Business, indus
try, agriculture, recreation, com
munity life will be principal
features in telling the story.
You'll want to be mailing extra
copies to friends and relatives.
We're hopeful that you'll place
your orders now so we can gauge
somewhat the number of extra
copies we have to print. We've
scheduled a 20,000 press run. and
the extra copies will be available
on a first come-first served basis.
Don't miss out.
From what I've seen of the pic
tures that are taken of the pro
posed FDR memorial in Washing
ton. D.C., I'm inclined to agree
with those who label it a mon
strosity and let it go at that. It
seems inconceivable that all of
the groups concerned with the
project could agree that such a
design reflects anything but an
unstable mind. I never did think
much of FDR as President, but
I don't think any man deserves
the awful "tribute" some people
want to remember him by. Any
way, we spend too much money
on these really meaningless me
morials. It could, better go into
' the type of thing outlined on this
page the other day by Peter
Edson.
Through the courtesy of our
representatives in Salem, we are
receiving copies of all bills that
are put in the legislative hopper.
If you have a question about a
bill, or a proposal, give us a jin
gle, or come down and go through
our file. The bills are kept in
the news room, so ask for that
department when you call.
I'll-be-demedDep't.: The Re
search Institute of America is
authority for the information that
the more money we earn (make),
the smaller the amount we give
to charity, percentagewise. Tor instance,-a
chart worked up by the
R1A shows:
Letters To
Band Support
The KUHS Marching Band
wishes to take this opportunity
to express its thanks and appreci
ation to the community of Klam
ath Falls for its support which
enabled the band to attend the
East-West Shrine game in San
Francisco. Special thanks should
go to all those who so generously
donated both time and money for
this tremendous undertaking.
Without the support which so
many people in Klamath Falls
have shown not only this year,
but in the years past, the band
would have been unable to attend
this annual football classic in San
Francisco.
Not only was the trip most re
warding for the students, but the
actual p re-game show, put on
with the combined bands of Klam
ath Falls and Medford, Was
shown on coast-to-coast television,
and the people all over the Unit
ed States are now aware of a
small Southern Oregon town by
the name of Klamath Falls. It
was the hope and desire of the
band members that they might
represent the entire community in
a manner both pleasing and sat
isfactory to the citizens of Klam
ath Falls.
Our success was due largely
to the concentrated efforts of Mr.
LaMar K. Jensen, director of in
strumental music, KUHS, and
those from the music department
who so ably assisted him. We '
also wish to express our special
thanks to the chaperons who do
nated their time and effort to
making our trip both pleasant
and successful.
Tom Trulove.
Drum Major, Marching Band.
t Bruce Lattin,
f . President, KUHS Bands.
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Income Given to Interest
Bracket ' Charity Paid
$5,000-10,000 245 364
10,000-15,000 421 544
15,000-20,000 601 654
20.000-25,000 771 751
25,000-50,000 1,137 1.03S
So, this chart shows that the
people who earn between $5,000
and $10,ttM give away almost
' four per cent of what they make
each year. These la the so
called "luxury" brackets give
leu than three per cent.
And, that third column up there
is interesting, too. It shows that
the bigger "success" one bo
comes, the more debt he incurs.
That is, if the interest figures
can be taken at their face value.
"Yes, sir," said the old man,
"I'll be 90 tomorrow, and I
haven't an enemy in the world."
Said a visitor, "A beautiful
thought." Continued the old man:
"Yes, sty I've outlived them all."
I do not know how President
Eisenhower feels after being re
lieved of his job as President.
But if the farewell statements of
a few former Presidents are any
indication, he will not be sorry
to be relieved of the pomp and
circumstance. '
George Washington said, "I'd
rather be in the grave than in the
Presidency again." '
Thomas Jefferson: "Never did
a prisoner released from h i s
chains feel such relief as I shall
in shaking off the shackles of
power."
James Buchanan (to Lincoln)
"U you are as happy, dear sir,
an entering this house as I am
on leaving It, you are the hap
piest man in the country."
Lincoln, after having been hi
the White House awhile: "I feel
like the man who was tarred and
feathered and ridden out of town
on a rail."
James K. Polk: "I shall be a
happier man in my retirement."
Want your boy to be President?
Send him to Harvard University.
Kennedy is the fifth U.S. Presi
dent who graduated from that
august institution.
For those who keep crying that
our defense effort is lagging, and
that we are going to the dogs,
and that we are losing the space
race, consider this: The U.S. put
15 new satellites into orbit in 1960,
with an amazing variety of mis
sions. The Russians sent up only
three, all designed as short-lived
test vehicles for a man-in-spaca
program. The satellite score since
1957 is now 32 for the U.S. and
nine for Russia.
And I'm inclined toward a "sow-hat?"
attitude . if someone
' should raise the thought that Rus
sia probably will be first with
man in space.
The Editor
" Grateful
As the parents of Lillian LeFe
ver. the poster girl for this year'!
United Fund Drive, we want to
give our thanks to all the people
. in Klamath County, whose gifts
to the fund made this care avail
able over the past six years. We
are sure, that without the care
she has received through these
agencies, that we would prob
ably not have our daughter alive
today.
We know that she is only one
of hundreds of children receiving
this aid, and know that hundreds
of other families feel the same as
we do about the generosity of our
neighbors in Klamath County.
Sincerely.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey LeFever
Irritated.
To the people in and around
Klamath Falls who drive. When
you're stuck with a parking ticket
don't use the envelope provided
for paying ticket. It seems that a
good many of the tickets paid by
envelope never reach the-proper
destination. Then, although you
have already paid the 50 cent
ticket you are fined again (sev
eral times over the original .VI
cent Ucket). When you go to City
Hall about this the clerk says,
"Well, you might as well pav It
and save an even heavier fine.
After all it s only your word
against ours and you don't have
a receipt."
Also be careful where you park.
There may not be a meter there
hen you park but when vou re-
turn to your car, lo and behold!
a shiny new parking meter and
also a parking tickef.
Boy! there's just nothing some
people wouldn't do for 50 cents.
Sybel Reeve