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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falh. Ore.
Thursday, January tt, 1M1
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SPECIAL
IW. B. S.)
Follow the Leader ,
What's
(Memphis, Term., Press Scimitar)
; Several years ago I read the report of a
speech in which the listeners were asked
'.'What Is Your Upset Size?"
, This is one of the most challenging
questions I ever faced.
Does it upset me if the toast is burned?
If someone calls me on the phone, bawls me
out without giving his name and hangs up?
; Does it upset me if I read a dispatch or hear
a broadcast which indicates that war is threat-
ening?
A man's character is indicated by what
: has the power to upset him. If he is easily up
set, of course he is a lightweight. As the size
of what it takes to upset a person Increases, so
' his spiritual substance and stature increase.
A real Christian, or even a pagan philosopher
who lives up to his philosophy, will allow noth
ing to upset him. The Christian doesn't get
upset because he thinks with God's help he
can meet the situation; the philosopher doesn't
get upset because he knows it doesn't do any
good. '
The second question which offers an un
forgettable challenge is this:
"Are you part of the problem or part of
the solution?"
; ' Everyone at almost every moment is
either part of the problem or part of the solu
. tion. At one time we may be part of the prob
lem, making things difficult for other people.
At another time we may be part of the solu
Ratify
We note where the Washington state leg
':. islature is considering (win bills to ratify the
Columbia River Interstate Compact Commis
sion, and we are hopeful that our own Ore
: gon legislature will consider similar favorable
legislation.
The signing of the Columbia River power .
Tweive-Month Schools?
i. (The Christian Science Monitor)
f' More and more high schools across Ameiv
jca are conducting' summer schools and in
many of them the number of pupils in the
summer session is practically as large as in
' the regular terms. This is the report of Law--
: rence G. Derthick, United States Commission
er of Education.
:". Doubtless this indicates, as Mr. Derthick
believes from other evidence as well, that
young Americans are attaching a new and
wholesome importance to education. Possibly
it indicates still another point as to the use
of America's school plant.
When this continent was primarily agri
cultural there was practical reason for concen
trating the classroom term in the colder
months and turning children out to help onthe
farm in the summer. Now that America is pre-
. dominantly urban and child labor is outlawed,
the effect of a three-month vacation for teen
agers is debatable.
Some of the high schoolers apparently are
saying to themselves, "The school is there;
why not go?" Grownups may reasonably ask,
"Why not a 12-month school year, perhaps
divided into quarters?" This might involve
some rotation and rest periods for teaching
staffs. And if Johnny or Marilyn needs a va
cation, it might .be as welcome in December
as In June. . 1
:, THEY SAY ...
The most pressing problem of the
next decade is to find a substitute for '
the threat of war as an instrument of
national policy. . . . For if mankind is
to survive, a new basis for diplomacy
must be evolved, and . . . America
must lead the way.
Oliver D. Knauth,, international af
; fairs writer.
He thought he would rather stam
pede the thing and pinch the whole
show. He overplayed his hand a little.
British Prime Minister Macmillan,
? on Nikita Khrushchev's U.N. deport-
1 ment
i, Germany, rearmed with nuclear
weapons, is not necessarily a force for
peace.
Rep. Chester Bowles (D-Conn.).
BARBS
You can do one of two things when
you're run down. Take medicine or get
the license number of the car.
All it takes is a lot of money and
a flock of children to build a happy
home."
Your Upset
tion, making things easier for other people. '
If I hurt other people's feelings, or get
my own feelings hurt, which may be worse,
I am part of the problem. If I have a prejudice,
I am part of the problem. If in an internation
al, business or labor conference I stubbornly
refuse to recognize or take full account of
facts presented, I am part of the problem.
If I break a traffic rule, or if I drop litter,
I'm part of the problem. .
If in considering what stand I shall take
in a controversy, instead of considering , my
own interest, I think only. of what is good for'
all concerned, of what is good for the com
munity, then I am part of the solution. If I
don't do my part for the United Fund, I'm
part of the problem. If in dealing with every
matter, I am moved only by reason and love,
then I am part of the' solution. '
The poet, Robert Burns, wished:
Oh wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
The public man has no difficulty seeing
himself as others see him. All he has to do is
look at the cartoons and editorials, the letters
to the editor, or his own mail. But the private
person has to use more imagination.
"What is your upset size?"
"Every person is either part of the prob
lem, or part of the solution."
These words, which stared at me out of
the printed page, I can never forget or long
ignore.
The Compact
development treaty in Washington, D.C., last
week emphasizes the true bonds of friendship
between the United States and Canada. Now
that the treaty is signed, there is even more
urgency attached to ratification of the Com
pact between the seven states involved.
The Compact assures continuous and or
derly growth and development of the Colum
bia River resources. The Canadian-U.S. treaty '
is another instrument in that development. As
friends, the two nations have agreed to a work
ing agreement of mutual advantage.
Primary factor in that agreement is that
Canada will spend almost $500,000,000 on
three dams to increase downstream power pro
duction in the United States.
The United States, for .its part,' will spend
millions installing facilities to make use of
this regulated flow of power and will return
half of the power, plus cash, to Canada. Al
though its own construction is not considered
urgent, the United States will spend almost
$500,000,000 within the next 10 years. And
by 1985, it is estimated that the U.S. will have
invested as much as $756,000,000 on Columbia
River development. - ,
So, it would seem that the seven Pacific .
Northwest states involved in the Compact
Washington,' Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyom
ing, Utah, and Nevada have a significant
opportunity to share in that development and
growth. It just makes good sense for the leg
islatures of all of those states to .ratify , the
Compact without further delay. Extensive
study has gone into the various provisions of
the Compact, and there is no excuse for'delay
along those lines. The Compact, too, could be
an additional deterrent to establishment of
a regional power authority (such as TVA) that
is advocated by so many who want complete
socialization of the power industry. .
Storybook Land
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Dwarfs"
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the Bean"
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13 Mountain
nymphs
14 Sprakar
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16 Lamprey
17 Observe
19 Before
30 Church
dignitary
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27 Aesop's Fable
tell about
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Cornish town
(prefix)
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Red "
8 Rstlo
German river
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serf
12 Gaelic
13 City in New
York state
18 Note In Guldo'i
scale
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21 Keep
22" Wolf"
23 Come out
24 War god of
Greece
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26 Hops' kilns
again
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33 Abstract being!
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33 Conference
sitting
39 Heron
39 Kntrap
41 Musical
direction
44 Roman bront '
45 Tree fluid
48 Make signals
51 " Charming
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Beauty"
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65 Dispassionate
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1 1"1' T r I 1 1 1
Adlai Stevenson Is Student
Of Foreign Affairs Policy
By United Press International
Adlai E. Stevenson, who is
this country's new ambassador to
.the United Nations, is no
stranger to the World organiza
tion. He has been characterized
as probably knowing more about
the international body than any
one in the United States.
'For this and two other impor
tant reasons, he will have a
stronger voice in U.S. foreign,
policy councils than any of his
predecessors at the U.N.
Reason No. 2 is that over the
past eight years Or so Stevenson
has spent much of his time
studying foreign affairs. This has
entailed extensive travel, which in
turn gave rise to the third rea
son: That as a quasi official
goodwill ambassador overseas he
has become one of the best known -and
most admired Americans of
his time.
The hearty endorsement of
Stevenson as an expert on the
U.N. came from Dean Rusk,
secretary of state.
"There is no question," Rusk
said recently, "we want to get the
full benefit of Stevenson's counsels
in foreign policy. We expect him
to play a key role in the formula-'
tion of foreign policy in Washing
ton." Stevenson himself has said that
Ifa'ffT HAPPY TIMES
!.!.. .
Kp f Children ignore
ts .
Law, Parental Aid
By MARIE OAERR
Should children be forced to
give money to their needy par
ents? Alvln L. Schorr, family life spe
cialist for the Social Security Ad
ministration, isn't sure they
should. .:j
Schorr points out that 35 stales
have laws requiring children to do
this. However, he says, such con
tributions are not customary
American family practice and
"give rise to administrative dif
ficulties and grave questions of
equity."
The specialist has just finished
a study on "Filial Responsibility
in the Modern American Family."
It has made him decide that our
country's social security program
"promotes independent living and
warm relationships between par
ents and grown children."
Schorr found that only 5 lo 10
per cent of America's older peo
ple receive money from children
who live separately from them.
When grown children do give their
parents money, the amount is
small, averaging $200 to $250 a
year.
Because of the strict way "de
pendent parent" is defined, only
35,000 dependent parents get pay
ments under social security. This
compares with a total of 10,000,
000 social security beneficiaries in
1959.
Only 25 to 30 per cent of our
older people live with their adult
children. Schorr discovered. The
'percentage has been going
down in recent years, because
social security makes it possible
for the aged to live independently,
if they so wish.
Older people who da live with
their children U s far con
venience, td help their children
or because they themselves need
help. And most of those who live
one of the major aims of the
new administration will be to
rebuild American prestige abroad.
He also has expressed the belief
that Russia will not be able to
wreck the U.N., and the hope
that the organization can "be a
factor to end the cold war and not
aggravate it."
The former Illinois governor,
who lost two presidential races to
Dwight D. Eisenhower, has been
familiar with the United Nations
since its inception, He helped for
mer Secretary of State Edward
" Stettinius in shaping up the foun
dations of the organization in 1945.
Since then,, he has served in
several U.N. posts, including that
of U.S. delegate.
He gained practical experience
- in world affairs as a member of
an Air Force survey mission in
London and the European Theater
- during World War II and as head
of a post-war economic mission to
Italy. . ,
Further, he steeped himself in
foreign affairs information to pre-'
pare for his presidential cam
paigns, and has written and spok
en on U.S. policies in the cold
war conflict with Communism
since his second presidential de
feat In 1956.
The 60-year-old Stevenson has a
quick, penetrating mind. His pub-
,
...
separately keep in touch with their
children through visits and the
telephone.
States set up thejr own policies
regarding support of needy par
ents. And, according to Schorr's
study, often there is "high human
cost" to support requirements,
In general, the children of needy
older people do not have much
money themselves. Laws requir
ing them to give money to their
parents are "likely to interfere
'with the advancement of adults
and the nurture and education of
their children," in Schorr's opin
ion. Schorr admits that state laws
on support of parents result in
some savings in old age assist
ance payment. But, he says, opin
ions are divided as to whether
the savings are worth while.
Q My nephew, 62, became ill,
delayed applying for social so
' curity disability payments, but
finally did so. He was awarded
$113 a month, but he died on
date award was effective. Would
his estate be entitled to any bene-fits?-E.N.
A No, because no back pay
ments were due. However, social
security will pay a lump sum
death benefit.
Q My first husband died be
fore receiving social security. We
had been married 20 years. I re
married. My husband has di
vorced me. I am now 71. Is there
any chance of receiving social se
curity benefits based on either
husband's account? R.A.
A No. But perhaps you can
receive state old age assistance.
Dear reader: Marie Daerr is
unaWo to answer questions except
thraufA the columns. She appre
ciates your comments and ques
tions but the volume of her mail
makes personal replies impossible.
lie speeches usually are garnished
with commentary which may be
witty, sometimes cutting but al
ways frank and to the point.
The name Stevenson has been
prominent in Illinois politics for
100 years. Adlai's grandfather,
for whom he was named, was
vice president of the United States
from 1893 to 1897 under G'rover
Cleveland.
OTHER
EDITORS'
OPINIONS
Emphasis On
Competence '
(THE CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE MONITOR)
We are glad to see that the
next Secretary of State is in no
rush to execute drastic person
nel changes in the foreign serv
ice. ' And apparently this is in
line with the wishes of President-elect
Kennedy. A conference
between Mr. Rusk and Mr. Ken
nedy has brought word that there
will be no immediate shifts in
several key ambassadorial posts.
Some changes have been made,
others will doubtless come later,
but there is no unseemly haste
to reward heavy campaign con
tributors. Most noticeable is the retention
of two top advisers on Soviet af
fairs. Charles Bohlen will continue
as special assistant to the Secre
tary of State a position which
presumably permits full use of
his special competence in that
field. Llewellyn Thompson, pres
ent Ambassador to Moscow, will
remain there for the time being.
Walter Dowling is also' expected
to retain the embassy in Bonn
temporarily at least and a ca
reer man, Livingston Merchant,
is slated for the Paris post.
Foreign policy remains basical
ly much the same regardless of
.the party in power and it is rea
sonable to have considerable
continuity in diplomatic person
nel. It makes sense also to re
tain and advance career men.
Other fresh examples of this are
the shifting of Roger Jones from
chairmanship of the Civil Service
Commission to be Deputy Under
secretary of State for Adminis
tration and the naming of John
W. Macy Jr. to head the com
mission. Both are career men in
federal service although Mr.
Macy has recently been presi
dent of Wesleyan University.
We welcome such evidences of
a disposition to emphasize competence.
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Jan. 26, the
26th day of I he year with 339
more in 1961.
The moon is approaching its
full phase. .
The evening stars are Mars and
Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1815, the United States gov
ernment bought Thomas Jeffer
son's 7,000 volume library to be
used as the start of a library for
Congress.
In 1837, Michigan became the
26th state.'
In 1861, Louisiana seceded from
the union.
In 1880, Gen Douglas MacAr
Ihur was "bora.
The thing I dislike most about
leaving town for a few days is
having to sit down and whack out
about three of these columns, a
dozen or so editorials, and get
ting other material ready for the
editorial pages before I go. It's
bad enough trying to put one of
these columns together at one
session much less three or four,
or so. I often wonder how these
cartoonists can closet themselves
for a few weeks and bring out a
two or three month schedule of
the comics they draw. Some of
them are undoubtedly as wacky
as their drawings indicate.
At hand is the third biennial
report of the state water re
sources board. I haven't had
time to study It, but I am
amazed to find no reference to
Klamath County's water re
sources any place in the book.
There is a slight nod In our
. direction, listed under projects
of the Bureau of Reclamation.
' and a map showing that Klam
ath County is listed as "not
scheduled" for drainage basin
studies by the board. Also, I
note that in the list of "County
Water Resources Committees"
there is none listed for Klam
ath. Could it be that we do
not have such a committee?
Say it not!
An African tribe was having a
terrible time with its crops. The
natives went to the chief, who
said: "What we'll do is send a
telegram to the Russians telling
them we are having agricultural
problems and need their assist
ance. They will send us tractors
and 100 young technicians to help
us. Then we'll send a telegram
to the Americans telling them
that the Russians are sending us
seeds and tractors, and the Amer
icans will send us seeds and
tractors and 100 technicians. When
all the technicians arrive, we'll
eat them."
Not so far-fetched at that.
The opposite sexes? Men walk
from the knee, women from the
hip. Men strike' matches toward
themselves, women away. Men
dress to look like other men,
. women to look unique within the
current fashion. Men look at their
fingernails by cupping their palms
and bending their fingers toward
themselves, women extend their
fingers palms outward. Men nag
their wives for what they do,
women nag their husbands for
what they don't do.
Instead of the hundreds of fed
eral bureaus, this country ac
tually now needs only five: one
to raise the wages of everyone
who works; one to increase the
pensions of those who do not
work; one to raise the price
of everything we sell; one to
lower the price of everything
we buy; and one to raise the
money to pay for it all..
It was a family summer scene
a pretty young woman knitting
THE DOCTOR SAYS . . .
Public Officers
Health Guardians
By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Some adults still continue to
look on representatives of local,
state or the U.S. Public Health
Services as if they were truant
i officers. Yet there are no more
dedicated men and women in
any branch of the public welfare.
And none who should be made
more welcome.
For it is partially through
their combined efforts, for exam
ple, that each of us can motor
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coasts, and from the Canadian to
the Mexican borders without ever
having to expose ourselves and
our families to Greasy Spoon Res
taurants, Sloppy Joe Taverns.
Flea-bag overnight stops with fil
thy facilities.
Three reports that arrived in a
single mail illustrate the wide
range of public health officers.
The first, from the New Hamp
shire Board of Health, announces
pridefully that Bang's disease, the
equivalent of human brucellosis or
undulant fever, has been com
pletely eradicated in the state's
livestock. It would be impossible
to overestimate the magnitude of
this achievement whose accom
plishment has not. to my
knowledge, been called to the pub
lic notice.
Not only does this point the
way to elimination of a milk-'
borne disease that is difficult to
diagnose, resistant to treatment
and crippling to thousands of our
people, but it also may provide
an annual saving of $25,000,000 to
livestock producers.
, The second report comes from
tiny garments while her mother
gardened nearby. .
A neighbor passing by was vis
ibly touched by the tableau. "My,,
Mrs. Frisbee," she exclaimed,
"it's nice to see Alice so re
laxed and domesticated." '
"Isn't it?" answered the moth
er. "I'm so delighted she has
taken an interest in something
besides running around with
boys!"
I told you that sometimes, this
dadgummed thing comes hard.
We are all inclined to think
that with the Civil Service setup
we have, that there is not the
"to the victor belongs the spoils"
attitude that was so manifest, say,
during Jackson's days. Somewhat
surprising is the information that
the Kennedy administration will
have the privilege of handing out
about 6,000 patronage jobs. Of
course, this is only a fraction of
the total of 2.3 million jobs in
the federal dynasty. As far as
I know, not all of these jobs are
filled, in case you're interested.
Not all of the federal jobs are
filled by Presidential appointment.
There are almost 900 positions in
,the federal government that can
be filled by the President's selec
tions. They require Senate con
firmation however which is al
most always forthcoming. (Last
sensational balk was Lewis
Strauss, as I recall). There are
almost 400 jobs that do not re
quire Senate confirmation, so the
President does have something to
say about the whole mess. Oth
er jobs are usually filled with ap
pointments of the department or
agency heads involved.
Here's a valuable use for news
papers: "My wife's away and things at
home are such a mess," moaned
Benson. "Wish she'd hurry back."
"Why don't you do what I did?"
asked his friend.
"Anything I'll do anything."
"My wife had been with her
relative for a couple of weeks
and wouldn't pay any attention to
my letters," said the friend. "So
I just sent her a copy of the
local paper with one item on an
inside page clipped out."
I've heard there's a local res
taurant serving something for the
fat boys. It's called a Brigitte
Bardot Plate stuffed tomato with
very little dressing."
One good reason Americans
never will go for communism
is that when they hear the
shout "Workers, Arise" they'll
get up and go for coffee.
Are we losing our nerve? As
I recall history, America started
out as a great experiment. Now,
it seems to me that so many
of us as individuals, want some
one else to solve our problems.
We are getting afraid to experi-
ment as individuals, and as a
nation.
the North Carolina Health Board.
As the result of a tuberculosis
control program that has been ac
tively pursued since 1945. the
death rate from the White Plague
has been reduced from 7.5 per
100.000 population to 4.6, between
1954 and 1959. This reduction of
about 40 per cent has been paral
lelled by the reduction in the
disease rate that fell from 33 to
24 per 100.000 population. Again,
quite aside from what this ac
complishment means in terms of
human suffering and incapacita
tion, it points the way to reduc
ing the national cost of tubercu
losis that stands at the staggering
annual figure of $725,052,000. ;
Against those positive achieve
ments, made possible through
public cooperation, is the alarm-'
mg report by the Public Health;
Service's Communicable Disease
Center in Atlanta. Ga. As the re
sult of lack of public cooperation, '
the past three years have wit-!
nessed an increased incidence of
infectious syphilis to alarming'
proportions, and this despite the
fact that syphilis is far easier to
prevent and cure than either
brucellosis or tuberculosis.
The cities with the most shame-'
ful records of better than a 300 '.
per cent increase in the past three
years include New York, Washing
ton, Miami. Newark, N.J., New
Orleans. Oakland and Long Beach
Calif., and Seattle. Wash.
For a copy of Dr. Hyman's
leaflet "How to Choose Your Fam
ily Doctor," ' send 10 cents to
Dr. Hyman, care Herald and
News, Box 489. Dept. B. Radio
City Station, New York 19, N.Y. '