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ERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Fall., Ore.
Friday, Jaaaary 27, 1N1
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! There b considerable misunderstand
' tag regarding the sfrcaHed food distribution
program of the Department of Agriculture.
. Food, that is, which is available to persons in
need of assistance.
, There is shaping up in Oregon another of
. those silly controversies over the food distri
' bution program. In this state, there is no com
prehensive effort made to get the surplus
foods to the individual level, for distribution
' to persons in need of general assistance. Ad
ditionally, there is no program in Klamath
; County.
: There is good reason, in most cases, why
: the food is not available. Principal reason, and
-apparently a good one, is that the cost of dis-
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lng agencies must order the surplus foods in
: carload lots. Closest available distribution
point for Klamath County is Salem. Costs of
; getting the surplus foods from Salem to Klam-
I ath Countv and distribution here nrnhahlv
; would cost more than the food
nearly as much, at least.
MIAMI, Fla.-The long train
came into the station slowly, A
panting dragon. It stopped and
the official with the white hair
laid: "Florida Special, Atlantic
Coast Line." Gail aaid. "This Is
the one. He's in Car 29." I said.
"The age of miracles is not
past" She said, "What?" I said.
"Never mind."
My father was aboard. For
months, his letters had said that
he was too old and too nervous
to make a long trip alone. I kept
goading and badgering, promising
him a brass band and a bunch
of blondes, knowing all the time
that he would grin at the kidding,
but would not get on the train.
Here he was. We walked down
the line and there was Car 39
and, right behind the porter and
the luggage, he stood. As always,'
be was dignified and well dressed.
, The gray fedora matched the gray
' topcoat and the gray suit. The
tie was maroon. John F. Murray
and his attractive wife hopped off
another car and John said: "Don't
worry about him. He made the
trip fine."
My father got down the steps
lowly and carefully, the brown
hoes gleaming in the light and
we kissed and then he kissed Gall
and he said casually: "That's a
great train. Good service and the
steaks are great." I looked at
Gail. She looked at me. We found
out later that he had made
friends all over the train, in the
club car, in the dining car, and
that he had talked about the old
days when he was a brakeman
on the Pennsylvania, and later,
when he became a police lieuten
ant. Your recent references (Jan. 4,
1961) to the Monroe Doctrine are
interesting. Equally interesting
are the comments of Mr. K. con
cerning the Doctrine having out
lived its time. Certainly Mr. K.
teems to have a better grasp
of history than does the author
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In 1(03 when the Holy Alliance
in Europe seemed to threaten
.' U.S. markets in the Western Hem
isphere, President Monroe and his
Secretary of State, John Q.
Adams; felt a strong need for a
doucv which would make these
markets secure for future Amer
ican trade. Out of this situation
the Monroe Doctrine developed.
The Doctrine was embodied in
the annual message delivered be
fore Congress by Monroe on Dec.
1 1823, The first part of the
doctrine stated
that the' Americao'.Cbh-' '."
tinrats ... are henceforth.-
not to be considered as sub- .
jects for future colonization , -by
any European power.
Towards the end of the mcssapt
President. Monroe, added., these '.'
lines:
With the existing colonies or
dependencies of any European
power we -have not interfered -and
shall not interfere.
. . . Our policy in regard
to Europe, which was adopted
at aa early stage of the w ars -
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JIM BISHOP: REPORTER ...
He Proves That A.Man Is
As Young As He Feels
Steve Trumbull of the Miami
, Herald walked up and asked him
some questions. Yes, my father
said, he had been to Florida once
before. He had driven down with
my mother fifteen years ago and,
from his observations out the club
ear window, he would say that
the city had built up a lot. We
grabbed him and threw him in
v the automobile for fear he would
Start giving out autographs.
I couldn't believe it. As I drove,
I kept glancing sidewise to make
sure that this was John M. Bish
op Sr., age 77, bent a little for
ward, the brown eyes back a little
deeper behind the shaggy brows,
the hair white as a percale snow
flake, a man shuffling along wait
ing to-find out the answer to
everything.
This was the man. But the at
titude was different. "I brought'
enough clothes to last me all win- i
tcr," he said casually, "In case
.you want me to stay all winter."
I said sure. "I also brought a
new pinochle deck and I got a
chess hoard if you think your
game has improved."
The needle was well honed.
"Watch this man ahead of you.
He's going to make a left from
the right lane." Okay. Okay. "The
man in charge of Die dining car
was J. E. Hester. I never met
htm before, but he sure knows
how to work the appetite up."
"You hungry?" I . said. He
shook his head. We drove to Key
Biscayne and he said: "Now isn't
this beautiful?" I said yes. "It
used to be a big coconut plantn
tation," he said. I said I knew
' " it. "I ' read up on everything."
Letters To The Editor
(European) which have so
long agitated that quarter of
the globe, nevertheless re
mains the same, which is not
to interfere in the internal con
cerns of any of its powers.
This little mentioned part of
the Doctrine seems to have out
lived it." time almost from the
outset. We have interfered time
and again in tlic affairs of Eu
rope. I do not intend to imply
that we did not 'need or were
not asked to interfere, but the
fact remains that we did.
Our later action in our own
. hemisphere seems to indicate, es
pecially to nations in Latin Amer
ica, that the Doctrine was a proc
lamation which closed the Amer
ican continents to further colonis
ation by all nations except the
United States. In the past the
United States has landed troops
" in Cuba a total of six times, 1808,
1002, 1906. 1909. 1917, and 1922.
'We have, landed troops in Nica--'
ragua the same number of times,
1900. 1910, 1913. 1925. 1926 a n d
as late as 1933. We have landed
..troops , in other Latin American
nations but the above examples
will convey the idea.
During the administrations of
Presidents McKinley, Teddy Roos
evelt, Taft, and Wilson the Unit- .
ed States acquit ed Puerto Rico,
Guantanamo Naval Base, an op
tion for a canal route through
Away
As a practical matter, those individuals
and families in need of the surplus foods can
consume just so much of it or, at least, their
desire for rice, flour, corn meal, etc., is limited,
to say the most.
Some critics of the state position in this
matter say trjat Gov. Hatfield and the State
Welfare Commission are doing the state and
its people an injustice with their attitude. Not
so, say the officials, and we're inclined to
agree with them. .
The state docs participate in that insti
tutions and the schools use practically all of
the desirable surplus foods that are available.
None of these "desirable" items are available
for needy persons at the county level.
Now we note where Secretary of Agricul
ture Freeman has ordered the department to
accelerate purchases of canned pork and
gravy, dried edible pea beans and dried whole
egg solids.
If these and other "edibles" become more '
readily available, we'll probably see a change
in the attitude of welfare officials in attempts
to bring them to county needy families and
individuals, because they will be worth the
cost of distribution, and there will be more
demand for them.
he said. "I even saved the train
menus for your sister."
My father is a take-charge man.
He does it quietly and politely,
and I began to wonder how many
drawers he would leave me in
the villa where I lived. We talked
about home, and my mother, and
better days, and when we got to
the Key Biscayne Hotel, I no
ticed that he tipped as though he
was loaded, which he isn't.
"I saw Or. Krull before I left," .
- he said. "He says I'm in good
shape so I have nothing to worry
about. Maybe you ought to post
pone those blondes until I rest up."
I said, facetiously, that he could
hold hands. "That's all right for
children," he said, "but I haven't
got lime for that."
When we got to the villa. I
showed him his bed and he insist
ed on unpacking his, own gear.
The suits were hung up, the hand
kerchiefs and sox - and under
wear went into bureau drawers.
He went into the bathroom for a
while and came out slick and
scrubbed. "Do you want to lie
down?" I said. "A little nap
maybe?" Ho gave me a pitying
smile. "I'm ready for anything."
he said. "Just, call your best
shot."
So here he is. The old team is
In harness again and we will
have the time of our lives, see
ing horse races and jai-alai ami
driving down over the keys and
whacking golf balls and going deep
sea fishing. The first stout wom
an he sees he will nudge me and
whisper: "Now isn't she hand
some?" All of a sudden, myfather looks
great and I feel fatigued ...
Nicaragua, a lease on the Panama
Canal, a lease on the Great and
Little Corn Islands and title to
the Virgin Islands.
It Is true that during this pe
riod our acquisitions in this area
may have been necessary, this
is still highly debatable, but to
day our holdings, particularly in
Cuba and Panama, have only
proven to be embarrassing. This
embarrassment stems from the
fact that there exists in the Amer
ican people a belief which is old
er and more fundamental than
the Monroe Doctrine. This be
lief is expressed in the first lines
of the document upon which this
nation is founded.
When in the course of human
events, it becomes necessary
for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have
connected them with another,
and to assume amoung the
powers of the earth, the sep
arate and equal station .to
which the Laws of Nature and
of Nature's God entitle them.
How is it that we feel free to
criticize the French in Algeria,
the Belgians in the Congo, or
even the Russians in Hungary
when our presence in Cuba and
Panama are regarded in the
same light by many nations of
the world. At one time our naval
base at Guantanamo may have
been vital to the defense of our
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1 I FINALLY found it!
SEVERAL MONTHS ago I re
ceived a phone call from a very
agitated mother. She informed
me that the Legislative Interim
' Committee on Education was go
ing to recommend that the en
trance age for school children be
changed.
She suggested that I check into
the matter and find out just what
the committee's recommendations
would be.
I tried to do that.
I spent many hours poring
over three large printed volumes
. . of recommendations.
I discovered just about every
thing else that they want to make
recommendations about, but that
one issue eluded me.
I DON'T QUESTION but what
It's in those pages somewhere, but
my mind merely finds it impos
sible to comprehend just what
suggestions they want to make
when those recommendations cov
er three large volumes, each'
about two to three inches thick.
Surely there can't be that much
wrong with our educational sys-'
tern!
AT ANY RATE. I have to thank
the Government Relations Depart
ment of the Oregon Education As
sociation for finally finding this
particular recommendation.
That agency, somehow, boiled
down those three volumes into a
little 48-page pamphlet which
neatly covers and succinctly ex
plains the pertinent recommenda
tions of the Interim Committee
on education.
THE PROPOSAL on changing
the entrance age is listed as num
ber 25, and says, "Hecommcnda
:. tion has been made by the Legis
lative Committee of the Oregon
Education Association that the en
trance age for school children be
changed. This recommendation is
made at the request of the Ore
gon Elementary School Principals
Association. They favor revision
of ORS 336.070 to change the
school age entry date from Nov.
15th to July 1st. A Research Cir
cular of the National Education
Association published in 1958 sum
marized the school admission age
in the United States. In this study.
4 years. 8 or 9 months was found
to be the most frequent entrance
ages for kindergarten, and five
years, 8 or 9 months as the most
used entrance ages for first grade
southern coast and the Panama
Canal, but with today's modern
weapons this is no longer true.
I for one do not propose that
we withdraw from Cuba at the
insistence of either Mr. Castro
or Mr. K. but I do feel that we
should withdraw.
Perhaps one answer to the prob
lem would be to turn the naval
installation over to the Organiza
tion of "American States to he -operated
as an institution of high-
er ' education to train students
from all over Latin America. This
or some similar plan would cer
tainly put Mr. Castro in a diffi
cult position to object and at
the same tune would place the
U.S. policy more in line w ith the
original intentions of the Monroe
, Doctrine.
Rich Pastega.
JI0 W. Bahcock.
Bozeman, Mont.
THE VIEW FROM HERE ...by F.LW.
Entrance Age Shift
Doesn't Make Sense
admission.
This study, indicated, however,
that in most of the cities sur
veyed kindergarten is offered. An
opinion 'poll conducted by the Ore
gon Elementary School Principals
Association and reported at the
1960 convention indicated 758 Ore
gon elementary school principals
favored the proposed change while
259 opposed the suggestion."
THAT'S THE REPORT.
Now, let's analyze just what it
will mean to education.
I'm not an educator and can
speak only from the viewpoint of
a parent
I was about five years and nine
months old when I entered the
first grade, my birthday falling
on Nov. 7, just eight days inside
the deadline.
In looking back on it (and (hat
takes some memory), I can't re
call that I ever labored under
any more than the' normal handi
cap of being gifted with only av
erage intelligence.
But today, at a time when our
educational system is already be
ing declared too slow, when em
phasis is being placed strongly on
scientific bents and when gifted
children are being pushed as rap
idly as conscience dictates, this
appears to be a backward step.
THE STATE OF OREGON is
not gifted with public kindergar
tens, and must rely on private
kindergartens which, to my knowl
edge, are not required to meet
any specific educational qualifica
tions. Therefore, the net result of such
a recommendation will be merely
to delay entrance of a large num
ber of youngsters for another year.
I challenge ,ny educator to
prove that the average youngster
who is five years, nine months or ,
six years at the beginning of the
school year is not ready for en
trance into the educational realm.
If this recommendation is adopt-
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children, those born between July
1st and the first week in Septem
ber, would be seven years past
when they finally entered the first
grade. This is ridiculous.
WHILE RECOMMENDING that
the age be pushed back to July 1,
the same group recommended
that compulsory education be con
tinued until the age of 18.
Already, this comprises one of
the problems of the high school
level.
There are a number of students
of the under-18 group who do not
want to, and should not be forced
to continue their education, but
because the law says they must
stay in school until 18, they must
do so.
The net result is much more
troubles at the high-school level
with these individuals, who, in
many cases, are much better off
shoved out into the world and
forced to make a living.
'That may be a calloused ap
proach, but there's more truth
than fiction in it.
IN THIS DAY of educational
challenge, about the only thing
to be gained from this nonsensi
cal recommendation is a one year
respite in the number of students
entering the first grade.
If the truth were known, this is
probably the whole reason behind
the recommendation, to gain a
one year respite from the pres
sure of increasing enrollment.
If this is the reason, it's absurd
' to set education as a whole back
another year for this purpose.
I COULD UNDERSTAND moving
the entrance date the other way,
say, back to January 1, and per
mitting a child to enter school at
the age of five if they . will be-.
come six by Jan. 1, but to shove
the date back to July 1 is totally......
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By PETEK EDSON
. Newspaper Enterprise Ash.
WASHINGTON NEA) One
way to get a line on the incom
ing Kennedy administration is to
'compare the number of Truman
"retreads" with the number of
new big wheels set rolling to run
the country in the next four years.
There's nothing wrong with hav
ing revolved in high government
circles before. But the question is
whether the "New Frontiers" wUl
be crossed on new rubber or some
old remounts that already have
given good mileage in Fair Deal
days and whose sidewalls may
have become slightly cracked.
Kennedy's personal White House
staff members announced so far
are all new talent. The majority
of these men he will see every
. day are really too young to have
' served in previous Democratic ad
ministrations. That goes also for
brother Bobby, the new attorney
general.
Counts on the number of jobs
which Kennedy must fill vary
from 1,400 to 1,800. It would be
practically impossible to find
fresh brains for all these vacan
cies. And besides, a little experi
ence might not hurt.
There are plenty of Truman ad
ministration alumni hanging
around Washington. They have
been hanging on for eight years
wMe the Republicans ran t he
town, waiting for the Democrats
to make a comeback so they can
come back, too.
Former Secretary of State Dean
Acheson and fotmer Secretary of
Defense Robert A. Lovett two of
the ablest cabinet officers who
served under President Truman
have set the example of saying
they aren't interested in reappoint
ments. They have had it. Bowing
out puts them in the category
of elder statesmen who can be
safely called on for advice and
counsel in the future. It gives
them status and influence.
But three younger Truman re
treads had to be put back m
service to run the State Depart
ment, though they were not re
mounted on their old rims. Dean
Rusk was formerly assistant sec
retary for Far Eastern affairs.
Undersecretary Chester Bowles N
was Roosevelts price controller
and Truman's economic stabilizer.
Ambassador to the U.N. Adlai
Stevenson helped set up the world
organization.
. There is little criticism of such
appointments, as it wouldn't be
too smart to turn foreign affairs
over to green hands.
THE DOCTOR SAYS ...
Menopause Tales
Continue To Exist
By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
. Written for.
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
My mail is filled with requests
to "please write something about
the menopause."
"It's such a difficult time for
me and for millions of other wom
en," writes a correspondent.
To begin with, let me explain
what the menopause is and how
it comes about. Then, we'll discuss
your approach to its problems.
The menopause is nature's way
of limiting the child-bearing capa
cities of the woman. It is a com
pletely normal phenomenon, so
please be relaxed about it.
; You enter the menopause when
the pituitary regulator issues a
"cease and desist" order to the
ovaries. The ovaries then discon;
tinue their production of ripe eggs
and this, in turn, puts a stop to
periodic bleedings from the uter
ine nest.
A few minor discomforts fre
quently accompany these changes.
Usually they consist of brief flush
ing, chiiling, sweating and various
manifestations of nervousness.
Rarely do menopausal accompani
ments fail to be relieved by sim
ple sedation, provided that the
medication is given by an under
standing physiciap to an under
standing patient.
Once in a very great while,
the menopausal symptoms are
sufficiently severe or annoying to
require more drastic treatment.
Under these circumstances, the
physician may find it advisable
to prescribe or inject a glandu
lar extract.
Whether or not glandular treat
ments are given, the patient is
entitled to know that there is no
such th'ng as menopausal insanity
or arthritis or any other such
condition. Disturbances that occur
with or alter the menopause are
probably coincidental. Rarely if
ever are they caused by the
"change."
Since the menopause marks the
end of the woman's span of fer
tility and nothing else, it does not
produce any significant change in
her appearance, her reactions or
her ability to perform whatever
duties he performed previously.
Finally, while it is possible to
produce malignancies in female
animals who are given relatively
enormous doses of female sex .hor
mones over relatively long spans
of time in their relatively brief
C. Douglas Dillon Is a retread
from the Eisenhower administra
tion, switched from State to ma
the Treasury. Other Kennedy cab
inet members have held other gov
ernment jobs in Congress, the
armed services or in minor exec
utive department posts,, but were
not Roosevelt or Truman appoint- 'j
ees.
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Gold
berg and Postmaster General
J. Edward Day have had no pre
vious federal government service
. as civilians. Likewise, Secretary
of Commerce Luther H. Hodges
formerly was governor of North
Carolina and Secretary of Agricul
ture Orville L. Freeman formerly
was governor of Minnesota.
Freeman and George McGovcrn
of South Dakota, who will head
the Food for Peace program, also
are lame ducks defeated candi
dates for public office in the last
election. There will be more Ken
nedy appointments in this class.
They aren't retreads.
Kennedy's new Budget Director
David E. Bell is a retread, hav
ing worked on Truman budget
messages in the White House.
Clark Clifford, who is handling
problems of transition from the
Eisenhower administration to Ken
nedy, was Truman's counsel but
apparently won't take another job.
Texan John B. Connally Jr.,
named by Kennedy to be Navy
secretary, served as Vice President-elect
Lyndon Johnson's pre
convention campaign manager.
. Eugene Zuckert, a former AEC
commissioner, becomes secretary
of the Air Force in the new ad
ministration. Archibald Cox, Harvard profes
sor with a long background ot
governmental legal work and one
of Kennedy's campaign aides, ha
been named solictor general.
In little cabinet posts, Roswell
L. Gilpatrick, named deputy sec
retary of defense, was Truman's
Air Force Secretary. But Deputy
Attorney General Byron E. White
is new to Washington. Kennedy's
new Chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers, Walter W.
Heller, was a Treasury fiscal ex
pert in Roosevelt's war years and
a consultant in Truman's time.
Paul Nitze, to be assistant secre
tary of defense, headed Slate De
partment policy planning under
Truman.
Rex M. Whitton, long engaged
in Missouri highway construction,
will become federal highway ad
ministrator in the Kennedy administration.
lives, there is little or no danger
of stimulating cancer growth in
the woman who is given the rel
atively small doses of estrogens
for the relatively brief time that
is ordinarily required to control
uncomfortable manifestations of
the "change." '
For a copy of- Dr. Hyman's
leaflet "What About Hardening of
the Arteries?" send 10 cents te
Dr. Hyman, care Herald and
News, Box 489, Dept. B. Radio
City Station, New York 19, N.Y.
Al
manac
By United Press International .
Today is Friday, Jan. 27, the
27th day of the year with 338
more in 1961.
The moon is approaching i1
full phase.
The evening stars are V e n u I
and Mars.
On this day in history:
In 175H, Austrian composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was
born.
In 132, English clergyman and
mathematician Charles Dodgson
was born. Under the name of
Lewis Carroll he wrote "Alice in
Wonderland."
In 1R50, American labor leader
Samuel Gompers was born.
In 1880. Thomas Alva Edison
received a patent for an elcctrie
incandescent lamp.
In 1883, American composer Je
rome Kern was bom.
Thought for today: American
politician John James IngallJ
said: 'The purification of politic
is an iridescent dream."
THEY
SAY...
This great country of ours IJ
not like a cord that is tossed on
the waves over which we hae
no control. Our enormous capa
city to act imposes upon us
responsibility to make history and
to take a large part in the shap
ing of events.
Dean Rusk, secretary el stale-