Herald and news., January 30, 1961, Page 8, Image 8

PAGE HERALD AND NEWS,' Klamath rails, Ore.
Monday, Jamiarj M, 1W1
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
Capital Expectant
As Team Takes Over
Never-Ending1 Obligation
f After World War II, it was Europe that
"was in distress and calling for help. Then the
: focus shifted to Asia, next to Africa and now
to Latin America. Of all these areas, only Eu
rope is today on its own feet.
That America should be asked to bear
the full burden of financial aid to three con
tinents is obviously beyond reason. The pres
ent drain on our gold supply is evidence that
there are limits to what we can do.
Most European leaders understand this,
and seem willing to commit their own restored
economies to a larger and larger share of the
load.
Nevertheless, we cannot in good sense
shrink from that part of the burden which is
fairly ours as a great and rich country dedi
cated to the preservation of freedom. Nor must
we assume that the development of the emerg
ing peoples in Asia, Africa and Latin America
is simply a money problem. ; '
There has been too much of that sort of
thing already. With some it seems to be al
most an automatic response: See a problem
area, vote some money.
Actually, most of those who are truly
conversant with the intricacies of life on these
struggling continents feel that money is only
a small part of the solution.
Many of the affected peoples need to do
much for themselves. And not just in a mate
rial way. They need to grow in understanding
of themselves and others, to accept with some
humility the responsibility that goes with lib
erty, rather than simply dwelling upon the
rights and privileges. They need to learn to
give as well as take, to work as well as enjoy.
By the same token, we need to offer them
something more than the material. Technical
and other expert assistance, of course, but
even more than that. We need to give them
the feeling that we are truly sympathetic with
their aspirations, that we want to see them im
prove and prosper for their own sake, not just
so they will add a further bulwark for us
against communism.
This country, which was born in rebellion
and raised high the ideals of freedom and self-
determination, has come to be viewed in loo
many eyes as self-seeking and overbearing.
We are much better than that. But we
seem to have lost the knack of persuading
many of our fellow human beings abroad that
this is so. We need to get it back.
We need constantly to re-earn the friend
ship, admiration and respect of the aspiring
peoples everywhere who are determinedly
bent on betterment in this world which still
requires so much of it.
Historians sometimes say that the tone
of a new presidential administration is large
ly set in its first days of power. If that is true,
then the promise of the next four years is for
vigorous action and eloquently forceful lead
ership. ,
President Kennedy set that mood in his
first crowded 'weekend in office. His busy
round of conferences, issuance'of the first
executive orders, his message to Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev all these seemed to flow
. naturally from his dramatic inaugural address.
The proof is, of course, in the doing. It
is much too early to be looking for major
accomplishment from him and his adminis
tration. In both the foreign and domestic
realm, he has many stout obstacles to sur-
mount if he would set this country on the new -high
road. ' ' ;
; But perhaps the meaningful thing right
' now is that he is behavlng like a man who truly
believes the barriers can be leaped. More than
' that, he is acting like a man who thinks that
if he issues the call for action, for sacrifice,
the people of this nation will follow without
question.
His inaugural speech was remarkable for
; many things. Not the least of these Is the fact
: that he spent no time dwelling upon the great
: ness of America. II. clearly underscored all he
Bright Omen
said but he left it substantially unspoken.
He credited Americans with knowing
their greatness. He centered his attention on
the uses of that greatness, to make the world
a better and safer place for all people to live
'in.
And he asked his fellow citizens to con
sider what they might do to enlarge our
strength and stature, rather than to take from
Though he sounded a powerful note of
hope hope for peace and disarmament, hope
for the uplift of the struggling peoples of the
globe, hope that the wonders of mankind may
be turned to its benefit instead of its destruc
tion Kennedy rooted his appeals in the grim
realities of the age.
The summons he issued to the American
people, a call which is plainly intended to
reach beyond all political boundaries, was for
us to "bear the burden of a long twilight strug
gle, year in and year out."
Thus, as he embarks on his difficult path,
a new President moves with no illusions. But
he brings to his tasks the strong urgency of
energetic youth, and many early signs of high
competence.
For the sake of us all, Americans in both
parties and our friends abroad will wish that
the promise he gives is fulfilled.
JIM BISHOP: REPORTER
f Horse Player Covers
f Bets On Final Race
; ' The line was long, but he was
: patient. The Old Man had spent
most of his life In these lines. At
: the head of it was a window. Over
it a sign road: "M Dally Double."
The Old Man shuffled slowly for
: ward, his eyes on the form sheet,
as though he still wasn't quite
, sure. He heard the buzz of the
crowd, and smelled the deep moist
loam of the track. He saw and
heard without seeing and hearing. ,
: It had been his life. A race
: track is good now and then. It
. brings excitement In color. It
quickens the blood and makes
ibe heart surge with hope. The
Old Man used the track as a sick
ness. He was there every day,
silting in the sun down on the in
field, one leg crossed over the
other, the pencil working the per
formance figures, the imagination
bright with anticipation.
Sometimes, he won. Not often.
Sometimes the old faco, with tan
lines running down the leathery
cheeks, broke into a thousand
planes of smiles as an outsider
ran his legs out down the stretch,
his hoofbeats muffled in synchro
nization with the Old Man's heart.
Sometimes he went to the window
and presented a ticket with curled
edges and took, in exchange, fifty
or sixty dollars.
Today was his final day. Win
or lose, he would never go to
the track again. For thirty years,
, he had fought a machine which
could outlhink him, out figure him,
and outlast him. The machine
thought up the odds, handicapped
the horses, and beat the Old Man.
The machine had cost the Old
Man many a job, and had cost
him his wife. Now he had been
told by a doctor that it might
cost him more.
He si ill wrote fo his wife. His
on wouldn't write to him, but
' 0'
his wife wrote. She was gray and
lonely and gave chips of her heart
to grandchildren who sometimes
said: "Where's grandpa?" She
kept the main part of her love
for the Old Man because he was
a habit she could not break. She
wrote many times that if he would
quit the track they could spend
the little lime left together. It was
an abasement for her, to fight
horses for his love, but she had
no pride left.
He shuffled up to the window
and the man inside looked up and
said: "Hello, Pop." The old man
said "Six and two" and the tick
et seller looked up in surprise
because horse number six was a
long shot and so was horse num
ber two in the second race. Play
ing six and two was a good way
of losing $2.
"Hit ten limes," the old man
said softly. The ticket seller
looked up again. "You want ten
tickets on six and two?" he said.
The Old Man nodded. He smiled
a little. "It's my last bel, Pad
dy." he said. He caught tlio grin
of disbelief. "Oh I know you
heard it before. This isn't walk
ing money, and it ain't eating
money either. If these two come
in. I go home in style. If they
don't ..."
He took the ten tickets and
counted them and put his last
twenty dollars on the sill. He
glanced apologetically at (lie man
waiting in line behind him and
moved off. He was mumbling to
himself as he went back doun
to the infield and the sun. "This
double could pay three hundred,"
he said. "Three hundred times ten
is three thousand. It would be
nice to have that much to give
Molly. She rales something."
The race was six furlongs and
he compressed his old moulh tight
and watched and listened to the
o
monotone of the announcer and,
when it was over, he turned his
fect slowly and went back up
stairs to the window. He held the
ticket up. "It was a hunch play,
Paddy." he said. Paddy shook his
head. "Had TO BE is a lousy
horse," he said. "He hasn't run
since lust year and he wasn't in
shape then." .
"He won, didn't he?" said the
Old Man. "He was walking away
from the ' favorite at the wire.
I'll take the second race too.
You'll sec."
The man behind the window
looked up in time to see the Old
Man open his mouth in silence
and slide down slowly to the floor.
Some people came running, and
then a track policeman arrived
nnd waved the people away. The
Old Man was on his side, one
arm under his head, the knees
drawn up like a sleeping baby.
The cop sent for the doctor. It
took time. The doctor knew the
Old Man was dead before he
opened his Utile bag. He told the
policeman to send for an ambu
. Innce. The doctor saw the ticket
in the Old Man's hand and he
reached for it and then decided
to let it stay there."
By the lime the litter arrived,
Ihc second race was running. Pad
dy stood behind 'he window lis
tening. When it was over, he said
nothing. Another ticket seller left
his window and walked over to
Paddy.
"Who would figure that two
horse to come in?" lie said. "You
know what the daily double is,
pal? Three hundred and four
bucks. Three hundred and four
lousy bucks for two. What was
the name of that two horse. Paddys-Paddy
watched them carry the
Old Man off. "His name," h
aid, "a Home At Last." . . .
I
Compromise Appears Near
On Columbia River Sparv
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
SALEM (UPD An Oregon leg
islator key in highwf.y matters
said Thursday Washington and
Oregon are "very close" to a
compromise on the proposed $24
million Astoria-Megler bridge over
the-Columbia River.
Slate Rep. William Hoimstrom,
chairman of the House Highways
Committee, indicated Oregon may
yield on Washington's insistence
that each state pay for its own
approach instead of going 50-50.
This has been a major stum
bling block because Washington
is cold to the idea of going half
on total cost of the approaches.
The reason is obvious: Oregon's
approach would cost $1,575,000
and Washington's $179,000.
Reason for the difference Is a
problem of height on the Oregon
side.
The cantilever, steel bridge
would fill the only remaining
gap in U.S. Highway 101, which
runs the entire coast from Mexico
to Canada. A ferry system oper
ates at Astoria but it has been
pegged as totally inadequate.
Except for cost of the ap
proaches, Hoimstrom said Oregon
and Washington are "pretty much
in agreement" on oilier issues
concerning the span. A two slate
meeting to further discuss the
problems was scheduled in Port-
costs over and above the tolls
collected and for the first dec
ade or so the bridge expects to
operate in the red.
The 1959 Washington Legislature
took no action and the project
was temporarily dead.
If cost of the approaches were
taken out of the $24 million.. Holm-'
x strom said Oregon could probably
bond for a total of $22 million
and still get by. Oregon would
have to pay for its approach out .
of regular state highway funds.
The idea is that when (he bridge
is paid for, Oregon and Washing- '
ton will each own half and. will
share equally in the tolls.
HAPPY TIMES
Retired Enjoy
jJ Kitchen Tasks
land Jan. 28.
Oregon has pushed the project
for years while Washington has
been lukewarm; Hoimstrom, Gear
hart Democrat, predicts the Wash
ington Legislature will approve
necessary legislation this year.
The very earliest lhat construc
tion could begin would be 1962.
The bridge was first conceived
in 1934 by Astoria area residents.
At that time Uie span could have
been built for only $6 million.
In 1953 the Port of Astoria
launched a new drive and a $50,
000 feasibility survey was made
with Washington sharing half the
cost.
Hoimstrom pushed a bill in 1957
that provided $250,000 to design
and engineer the project. Wash
ington paid half of this and the
study was made.
In 1959 Hoimstrom. an auto
sales manager, introduced a hill
authorizing Oregon to issue $24
million in self-liquidating bonds to
pay for the bridge.
The hitch was that Washington
had to pay half of any bridge
Al
manac
By I'nitrd Press International
Today is Monday, Jan. 30. the
30th day of the year with 335
more in 111.
The moon is approaching ils
full phase.
The evening stare are Mars and
Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1835, Richard Lawrence, a
demented painter, attempted to
assassinate President Andrew
Jackson.
In 18R2, Franklin Delano Roose
velt. 32nd U.S. president, w.ts
born.
In 1933. the radio program.
"The Lone Ranger." was broad
cast for the first time.
In 1933. Adolf Hitler was named
chancellor of u German Reich.
In 1948. Mahandas Gandhi was
assassinated bv a Hindu extrem
ist. Thought for today: American
statesman Thomas Jefferson said;
"Delay it preferable to arror."
By MARIE DAERR
"Don't chase your husband out
of the kitchen. Encourage him to
share the chores."
This advice to wives of retired
men comes from Aaron Lipman,
assistant professor of sociology at
the University of Miami. Coral
Gables, Fla.
In Lipman's opinion, such lowly
chores as emptying the trash and
washing the dishes rank high as
morale-builders for men who are .
drawing pensions or social securi
ty, instead of a salary.
"Sharing household tasks makes
for companionship and compata
bility," Lipman says. "When she
is young, a woman considers be
ing a good provider her husband's
. most important role. A man
wants his wife to be a good
homcmaker.
"In the laler years, after retire
ment, love, understanding, com
panionship and compatability are
the imporlant tilings."
Helping with household tasks
gives husbands a feeling of use
fulness and worth. Lipman states.
But, he warns, men don't want
to be urged to learn such a com
plicated task as cooking.
"They want to do things that re
quire no special skill." Lipman
maintains.
Lipman's advice is the result of
a study he made. He talked to 100
, couples over 60 years of age in
metropolitan Miami. More than
80 per cent were migrants from
: other slates. Most were well edu
cated. Most of the men had good
jobs before retirement.
Three-fourths of wives surveyed
said their husbands did the mar
keting, or helped them with it.
More than half of the husbands
cleared the breakfast table, wiped
the dishes and picked up and put
away clothes. Other tasks the
men did were: cleaning, dusting,
making beds and preparing break
fast. Lipman reports lhat 62 per cent
of the women and 58 per cent of
the men thought that, when a
man retires, his wife has a def
inite right to expect her husband
to help with the chores.
"When the men were asked how
they felt about doing such tasks,
only four per cent gave a truly
negative reply," Lipman states.
Q Will you please tell me how
to get a copy of Uie booklet,
"Little Strokes." mentioned in i
recent column? L.R.B.
A "Little Strokes." Public
Health Service Publication No.
689. may be obtained for 10 cents
from the Superintendent of Docu
ments. U.S. Government Printing
Office. Washington. 25. D C.
Q My husband is drawing disa
bility benefits under social securi
ty. We have no children. 1 will
be a this year. Will 1 be eligible
for social security, in spite of the
fact that I have never worked?
A Yes, at age 62 you may
draw a wife's benefit.
Dear reader: Marie Daerr is un
able to answer questions except
through the column. She appre
ciates your comments and ques
tions but the volume of her mail
makes personal replies impos
sible. THEY
SAY...
"Redemption" has come to
mean turning in trading stamps,
and "dedication" means a person
likes his job so thin has our re
ligion grown.
Methodist Bishop Hazn G. Wer.
rr of Columbus, Ohio.
Twenty centuries after the birlh
that founded the Christian move
ment it is not at all clear that
there is a victory for the church
to celebrate.
i-Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike
el California, advocating a sub
dued Christmas celebration be
cause "Christianity Is is re
treat." The birth controllers and social
scientists . . . have beset Puerto
Rico. ... The Catholic Church
in Puerto Rico is no longer on
the defensive. It goes out to meet
the foe.
Archbishop Jamra P. Davli W
San Juaa.
II would be safer lo send the
husbands (home) and keep the
wives here.
Emrys Hughes, Labor member
of Parliament, (he U.S.
rolhark li serriermri't depend
eats. People look upon smoking as a
tranquilizer. For the man over
40 who shouldn't smoke for health
reasons I think flirting Is a suit
able alternative ... A man loves
his wife more for having other
women friends.
British physieiai Dr. Alislair
Maekinnrn. O
The new electronic competition
for Ihc advertising dollar has
forced competition for tde maxi
mum audience. Dancing girls at
tract more television viewers than
commentaries on world affair,
and horoscopes have i higher
readership than editorials.
Harry Ashmen, Firlltier PrlM
wlialig am kmi.
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assd.
WASHINGTON INEAI There
have been flurries that the Ken
nedy political honeymoon was
- over before he took the inaugural
oath. But the prevailing sentiment
is to give the new administra
tion a chance to show what it can
do.
Nit pick-rs are eager to find
flaws even with perfection. Presi
dent Kennedy has the disadvant
age of not being a national hero
who won by a landslide and can
do no wrong. But the criticisms
so far have been clouds smaller
, than a child's hand, evaporated
by the sunlight of public disclos
ure. There was an abortive move lo
object to the appointment of Ches
ter Bowles as undersecretary of
state and Adlai Stevenson as U.S.
ambassador to the U.N., on the
basis of their views over future
relations with Red China. But tiie
evidence was so scanty the ef
fort was abandoned.
Objections to the millionaires of
the Cabinet Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara and Attor
ney General Robert F. Kennedy,
the President's brother are go
ing to be worked out by trust
fund agreements to satisfy Senate
critics.
There may be rather concerted
opposition to the President's ap
pointment of Dr. Robert C. Wea- -ver
as housing and home finance
adminislralor. Open basis for the
objection is a fear that Weaver,
former New York housing official,
favors an end to segregation in
all government-financed housing.
Under the surface there is an
investigation going on of some ol
Weaver's associations prior to 194U.
AFL-CIO President George Mea
ny is sore that the appointment
of Joseph D. Keenan as assistant
secretary of defense for manpow
er did not go through. Meany is
usually perturbed about some
thing, so this does not have -the
makings of a rupture.
If one comes, it will be over
Kennedy's refusal to buy the 20
point legislative recommendations
for economic reform.
There is plenty of political go
sip in Washington that before ton
long President Kennedy and Vie
President Johnson face a show
down over relations with Congress.
The vice president is still con
scious of his past position as Sen.
ate majority leader,, when thj
President was decidedly a junior
grade follower. But it is the Presi.
dent w ho now leads in determining
what the administration's legisla
live program will be. And it re.
mains to be seen whether th
vice president can follow and sup.
port as well as he has led.
Kennedy has been criticized for
not using his influence, through
Johnson or otherwise, to persuade
the Senale lo change ils rules on
limitalion of debate al the open
ing of Congress. A couple of phone
calls might have done it.
But in his defense, it should he
made clear that at the time this
matter was sidetracked to the Sen
ate Rules Committee, Kennedy
was neither president nor was ha
a senator. So he had no official
voice in the mailer.
Tile complexion of Congress has
not changed appreciably from
last year. If anything, it is a
shade more conservalive. It is not
the kind of Coigjress apt to give
whirlwind approval to an extreme,
ly liberal program like the New
Deal reforms that sailed through
in F.D.R.s first 100 days in of
fice. If the Kennedy honeymoon
does end soon, it couid be over a
program such as this.
But in Ihe weeks before inau.
guration. Congress showed a warm
friendliness toward (he new Presi.
dent. It showed tolerance toward
practically all of Ihe new adminis
tration appointees and a willing,
ness to cooperate with them. '
They have been of a remark
ably high order, with a potential -for
creative leadership that has
not been one of the oulgoing ad
ministration's greatest assets.
The moud in Washington as the
Kennedy administration settle!
down lo work is one of hope
and high expectations lhat its chal
lenges will be met with decisive
ness and distinction.
THE DOCTOR SAYS
Do You Wilt Easily?
' Self-Diagnosis Helps
By HAROLD T. HYMA, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Next time someone in the fam
ily complains of feeling tired or
weak ( asthenic f or of drooping
too easily, put on your Sherlock
Holmes hat and see if you can't
figure out Ihe reason before you
lay the problem before your doc
tor. Here are some of Ihe frequent
nonmedical causes of asthenia:
Flabby muscles from too little
exercise.
Overexertion from loo much ex
ercise, as in the case of a young
ster trying out for or playing on
school or college team, or dad
overdoing at yard work.
Overweight from too much in
dulgence in food and drink, partic
ularly if associated with flabbi
ness from too little exercise.
Underweight, particularly from
rigid dieting for a quick weight
loss.
Insufficient sleep from watching
late shows on TV or from over
stimulation by excessive indul
gence in coffee, tea, cola drinks
or from overdoses of appetite kill
ers and other pep-up pills. v
Too much sleep from overdoses
of tranquilizers, sedatives, sleep
ing medicines or antihistamines.
Poor ventilation, overheating
and other unhygienic conditions in
Medley
plane of work, home or bedroom.
Nicotinism which, according to
recent studies, "cuts down on
the wind" of persons who average
more than a pack of cigarettel
a day over the years.
Alcoholic excesses.
But please. I beg you, don't
overdo this game of self-diagnosis.
If you don't got a "cure" with
in a few days of your discovery
and correction of the suspected
cause, belter get professional ad
vice. For among the hidden causes of
asthenia are such formidable dis
eases as the sugar sickness (dia
betes mellilus), thyroid disorder,
tuberculosis and other chronic in
fections, profound anemias and
other blood abnormalities, poison
ings of various kinds, and cancers
involving internal organs and
structures.
For a copy of Dr. Hyman's leaf'
let "How to Combat the Com
mon Cold." send 10 cents to Dr.
Hyman. care Herald and News,
Box 489. Dept. B, Radio City Sta
tion. New York 19, N.Y.
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ANSWERS
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until they die?
A The adult Atlantic mackerel.
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