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In the months to come it is a safe bet
that much will be heard about such things as
adverse balance of payments, loss of gold, the
value of the dollar, prices and foreign compe
tition, all of which to the average person will
be highly confusing. Adding to the confusion
is the fact that this country "went off the gold
standard" many years ago. What this meant
was that private citizens were no longer able
to convert "paper money" into $20 gold pieces
or other gold coins. However, government is
required to hold $12 billion of gold as backing
for currency in circulation. Some believe that
gold should now be removed altogether as
backing for the currency. This is a question
that will be debated in months to come. :
Wrapped up in this one issue is the future sta
bility of governments throughout the world
and society in general.
.. About 20 years ago a book was published
entitled "The Promises Men. Live By." Its au
thor, Harry Scherman, endeavored in simple
language to explain the economic facts of
modern.life. His thoughts are pertinent today.
Real money has always been and still is a
tangible and useful form of wealth. Contrary
to popular belief, government cannot create
money. Money, in the thousands of years of
human history, has taken strange and fasci
nating forms. In the early Greek world a
handful of roasting spits became known as a
drachma, a unit of money. In our own history
tobacco was used as money as were Indian
blankets in the Far West. All of these things
were of tangible value. While it may come as
a shock, the green pieces of paper that we all
now work so hard to obtain are not money. In
the words of Mr. Scherman, "Even the wealth
iest men nowadays own no money . . . What
Social Security Double
When is insurance not Insurance? The an
swer to that is the federal Old Age'and Survi
vor's Insurance system. According to legal in
terpretation, social security benefits are no
more than "gifts" handed out to social se
curity recipients at the pleasure of the federal
government. If you do not believe this, read
the following testimony of the Social Security
A Sense Of History
(Philadelphia Bulletin)
: Americans are fortunate to bo witnessing
one of the smoothest functionings in their
history of a process too often marked by cool-'
ness and lack of cooperation. That process is
the transition of Government.
, The credit for this was placed the other
night squarely where it belongs: on the person
of Dwlght D. Eisenhower. It was one of a series
of fitting' accolades given the President in the
course of an hour-long telecast which reviewed
Mr. Eisenhower's career. And it came from a
man who should know: President-elect Ken
nedy. -
; ; "I think that there is no period in Presi
dent Eisenhower's long life of service to his
country," said the President-elect, "which has
distinguished him more as a patriot than his
ability to lay the groundwork for a successful
transfer.
, "President -Eisenhower has an historical
sense. And, therefore, from the day after elec
tion until the present, he has made every ef
fort to make it easier for those of us who are
assuming responsibility."
W BARBS
'. The Treasury Department says the
average dollar lasts about nine months.
Let's call that today's laugh.
; In an office, it's amusing how long
it takes some people to tell you how
busy they are.
Soon after a girl floes a nice job
of making up, some fellow thinks the
job needs retouching.
:.' It's the fast stepper who finds it
hard to keep up with running expenses.
: By this time we'll bet the majority
of Christmas toys have been trampled
or stumbled ,oye.r. '.'.
Don't put your money in a sock.
Put a sock in your money by buying
Government Bonds.
-The average husband prefers a
wife who Is a good mixer, In the kitch
en mainly.
Promises Men Live
'we handle, what we deal in, what-we say we
own, consists almost entirely of promises to
pay money promises made by our govern
ment or by our central banks . 4 . The in
disputable fact about our modern world is
that everything else we use as money can so be
used only because it consists, at one or more
removes, of promises to deliver gold in a
stated weight and of a stated fineness . . . For
about three thousand years ... the use of
silver and gold has been spreading over the
' earth until . . . they have become the pre
dominant money of all the more civilized
communities."
The history of money and the rise and fall
of nations and societies makes two elemental
facts grimly clear. Among private citizens the
"promises mert live by" in the realm of eco
nomics and money are rarely violated. The his
tory of governments in the same area is a
sadly different story. Centuries ago, rulers
"clipped" and "sweated" coins to cheat their
subjects. In modern times behind the intrica
cies of finance and credit the long-term rec
ord of government is no better. When men act
in the name of government, in the view of Mr.
Scherman, ordinary moral standards that gov
ern private citizens do not apply. And he
backs up his view with a wealth of facts. His
advice is to make "an untiring effort to under
stand the economics of this world in which you
live and neither T)e content nor discouraged
until, in honesty, you can feel that your com
prehension is not too unclear."
That is a large order but as the experts
and the authorities expound their ideas on
what to do about these strange new problems
of international payments and gold, the least
we can do is try.
Administrator before the Supreme Court:
"The OASI program is in no sense a federally-administered
insurance program under
which each worker pays premiums over the
years and acquires iat retirement an indefea
sible right to reccivi . a fixed monthly bene
fit .. . The conlribitions exacted under the
program are a tax. . . . Consistent with the
non-contractual nature of OASI benefits is
the ruling of the Internal Revenue Service
that monthly benefit payments are voluntary
payments to the recipient by the government
.... a belief has developed . . . that . . . bene
fits are paid as the result of a contractual ob
ligation on the part of the United States gov
ernment . . . This belief has been fostered
to a considerable extent by publications and
other statements of responsible officials of the
Social Security Administration."
The Social Security Administration, for
public consumption, says: "Beginning January
1, 1960, 50c more social security tax on every
$100 you earn (and 50c more from your em
ployer) . . . provides: Monthly payments for
you and your family at retirement, or when .
you are between age 50 and 65 and severely
disabled ... for more information on your
rights and benefits see your social security
office."
As one actuarial authority observes:
"When statements as self-contradictory as
these are issued by or collaborated in by the
same government agency, it is certainly time
for the public to take an interest in what is
going on." This is doubly true when proposals
are impending to extend social security to
include "free" medical care.
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WASHINGTON '
WINDOW
His Memory
Doesn't Jibe
With Facts
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Harry
S. Truman took another hip shot
at history last week and, as he
, so often does, HST wounded a
fact.
Mr. T. sometimes permits a
wishful memory to rosy-hue some
bit of factual history, and this
was one of those times. The for
mer president was in New York
last week en route with Mrs.
Truman to a Bermuda vacation.
HST is good for an interview
any time, afoot or afloat. He is,
in fact, the news reporters' best
friend, loaded always with snap
pish comment, Frederick M. Wiii
ship of UPI's New York bureau
reported HST's interview on this
occasion, and in his story he
quoted the former president on
President Kennedy's performance
to date. HST thinks Kennedy is
doing real well, and he especially
approved of the $2.8 billion wel
fare benefit hike just proposed.
"I feel the American people
have gotten off very easy," Tru
man said with respect to taxa
tion. "The only other country
where they don't pay what they
should is France."
Truman's Budget
Winship's story continued, but
not in direct quotes:
"The former chief executive
said he believed every effort
should be made to make income
meet out-go in the federal gov
ernment. "He (Truman) said he man
aged to balance the budgets fur
six years until expenses of t h e
Korean war created a deficit."
Reporter Winship insists that is
what HST said, that he (Winship)
has it in his notes. Mr. Truman
took office In April, 1945, and left
the White House in January, 1053.
He was not responsible for the
1!)55 deficit which amounted to
$53.9 billion. That was a war time
FDR budget.
Record Doesn't Square
Thereafter the record does not
square at all with Truman's mem
ory of his budget accomplish
ments. He had a bad deficit rec
ord. His 1946 fiscal year deficit
amounted to $20,6 billion. In the
fiscal years 1947-48 there were
budget surpluses. These were the
years of the Republican 80th Con
gress which HST denounced as the
worst ever.
In fiscal 1931, HST came up
with one more budget surplus,
making it three instead of six for
his White House term. His fare
well deficit was nearly $10 bil
lion in fiscal 1953. All of these
are the official figures compiled
by the Bureau of the Budget
where the nation's fiscal history
is kept with a sharp and accu
rate pencil.
Wealthy Robbed
The rotting of the U.S. dollar
proceeded every year save one.
1949, while President Truman was
in office. The Senate Finance
Committee .calculates the dollar's
value tn 1945 when HST became
president at 77 2 cents. That was
the 1945 value or purchasing pow
er in rehuion to the dollar of
1939. In 1953, the year HST left
the While House, the value or
purchasing power of the dollar
had slumped to 51.9 cents.
That 25.3 cents levy by infla- i
lion on every dollar possessed by
anyone anywhere was a hidden
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EDSON IN WASHINGTON
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) - The
staff of Texas Democratic Sen.
Ralph Yarborough's Freedom of
Communications subcommittee, in
compiling the transcript of all the
presidential candidates' broad
casts in the last campaign
which it will publish in six vol
umes of about 1,000 pages each
has come across a number of
prime examples of President Ken
nedy's wit and humor. '
Supplementing the few samples
given in a previous column, here
are a few more gags to put in
your Kennedy joke book:
In -a Dallas speech, Kennedy
referred to the Russian lead over
the United States in the space
race.
"The first satellite was called
"Sputnik, not Vanguard," he said.
"The first country to place Its
emblem upon the moon was not
the United States, but the Soviet
Union. The first passengers to re
turn safely from a trip to outer
space were named Strelka. and
Belka not Rover, Fido or
'Checkers. "
At Amarillo. just before the
election, Kennedy pulled this one:
"I understand that the vice pres.
ident is arriving in Texas ,wilh
a 'rescue squad' Nelson Rocke
feller, the President of the United
States, Henry Cabot Lodge ' and
now they are adding three new
members to the team, who will
advise him on how to win this
election. They are Landon, Hoo
ver and Dewey.
"We can't lose."
Kennedy was probably at his
best or worst, if you are a
' Republican and are still reading
at the Al Smith memorial din
ner in New York, last Oct. 19.
Here arc a few quotes:
"Mr. Nixon, like the rest of us,
has had his troubles in this cam
paign. At one point, even the Wall
Street Journal was criticizing his
tactics. That is like the L'Osser
vatore Romano criticizing the
Pope. . . .
"But I think the worst news for
the Republicans this week was
that Casey Stengel has been fired.
It must show, perhaps, that ex
perience does not count. . . .
"On this matter of experience. I
had announced earlier this year
that, if successful, I would not
consider contributions as a substi
tute for experience in appointing
ambassadors. Ever since I made
that statement. 1 have not received
a single cent from my father. . . .
"One of the most inspiring
notes that was struck in the last
'Great Debate' was struck by
the vice presidmt in his very
moving warning (to) the children
of the nation and the candidates,
against the use of profanity by
presidents and ex-presidents when
they are on tlie stump. And I
know, after 14 years in the Con
gress with the vice president that
he was sincere in his vies about
the use of profanity.
"But I am told that a promi
nent Republican said to him yes
terday in Jacksonville, Fla.: 'Mr.
President, that was a damn fine
speech." And tlio vice president
tax of which only alert citizens
were aware then or of w hich they
are aware now.
Former President Truman must
have forgotten about that when he
told Reporter Winship that Ameri
can taxpayers had gotten off easy.
Those with dollars, in truth, have
been robbed.
Kennedy Shows He's
Master Of 'Needle'
said in reply. 'I appreciate the
compliment but not the language.'
"The Republican then went on
to say, 'I liked the speech so
much that I contributed a thou
sand dollars to your campaign.'
And Mr. Nixon replied, "The heil
you say.'
"However, I would not want to
give the impression that I am tak
' ing former President Truman's
use of language lightly. I have
sent him the following wire:
" 'Dear Mr. President. I have
noted with interest your sugges
tion as to where those who vole
for my opponent should go. While
I understand and sympathize with
your deep motivation, I think it is
important that our side try to re
frain from raising the religious
issue.' "
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Feb. 16, .the
47th day of the year with 3!8
more in 1961.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The evening stars are Venus
and Mars.
On this day in history:
In 1804, U. Stephen Decatur of
the U. S. Navy climbed aboard
the former U. S. frigate Philadel
phia in Tripoli Harbor and, with
75 American sailors, set tlie ship
afire.
In 1838, American historian
Henry Adams W'as born.
In 1868, members of the Jolly
Corks, a social and benevolent so
ciety, organized themselves into
the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of the Elks.
In 1898. Katharine Cornell,
famed actress, was born in Ber
lin, Germany.
Thought for today: Henry
Adams said: "Chaos often breeds
life, when order breeds habit."
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q What is the most important
political fact about the Soviet
form of government?
A One-party dictatorship.
Q Is the number of foreign
students studying in the U.S. in
creasing? A A record 48.486 foreign stu
dents studied here last year.
Q Why is snow white In color?
A Due to the reflection of light
by the tiny surfaces of the crys
tals. Q For what odd habit is the
crested flycatcher noted?
A It usually includes a cast
off snakeskin in its nest. Some
naturalists believe that the snake
skins scare away enemies.
Q What is the story behind the
first margarine?
A It developed as result of a
contest w hich Napoleon HI c o n
ducted to get a butter substitute
during Franco-Prussian War of
1870.
Q How does South America
rank In size among the conti
nents? A Fourth largest, taking up
nearly one-seventh of the world's
land area.
Make of this what you will,
but a large grocery industry mag
azine says that sales of food for
Fido and Tabby exceed those of
baby food sales. Many people
think that the nation's 54.000.000
(yes, millions count 'cm) dogs
and cats have been erroneously
thought to thrive merely on table
scraps. Not so. For the retail food
business, packaged sales alone
amount to more than $400 mil
lion yearly, and it is thought
that the market is just beginning
to boom. Dog food sales alone
during 1959 out-stripped baby food
sales by better than 16 per cent,
and another $60 million in canned
cat food should be added to the
grand total. And, if that ain't
enough, consider this: the dog and
cat population is growing six
times as fast as the human popu
lation rate.
Wonder when same smart
i politician will come up with a
social security and unemploy
ment plan for our four-legged
friends?
No single item got more nation
wide publicity than did the inci-
' dent where people in a town in
New Jersey found themselves in
, jail for failing to return overdue
library books. It was a good idea,
and I wonder just how much ef
fect the action had in inducing
people in other towns and cities
to return books they had stashed
away in some dusty corner.
Our Progress Edition work has
brought to us the deep realization
of the significance of agriculture
in the Klamath Basin. I think
you'll be surprised at the extent
of the industry, unless you have
been closely associated with agri
culture, livestock and farming in
the area.
Not too many of us appreciate
the role of the farmer in our
lives. And .slowly, but inevitably,
it seems, we are reducing the
number of farmers more each
year. (When I say farming, I in
clude ranching and livestock rais
ing and specialized production ef
fort.) There never has been anything
wrong with farming that a few
profitable crops won't cure. It
has always been the most satis
factory existence of all the trades
and professions. The dividends in
good living, independence, outdoor
work and the enjoyment of asso
ciation with nature and growing
things put it high on the list of
desirable occupations. 'The good
farmer is seldom lazy, yet he can
find time for recreation. His shot
gun is always handy; his fishing
pole and bait convenient, and the
field and stream lie just over' the
way.
In addition, the farmer is a
good businessman. He has lo be
to stay in the "game" of these
days of high operating costs, and
huge investments in machinery
and equipment. Yet, he is a
born gambler. Here is the Farm
er's Creed:
I am the farmer. I live by
THE DOCTOR
Cat Naps Valuable
in y'li
I As Safety Valves
By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
A great-grandmotrfcr, in her
' Klrd year, wants to know if there
is anything she can do to keep
from napping every so often.
"I've always been able to cat nap
at odd times during the after
noon and evening but now I doze
off for a few minutes even in
the morning," she complains.
Well, bully for you, as Teddy
Roosevelt used to say. Have you
ever thought that maybe one of
the reasons your family continues
to be blessed with your presence
is this gift of napping?
Far from suggesting something
you can do to keep from napping.
I'd suggest you teach the trick
to every one you hold dear. For,
in my opinion, tlie ability to doze
at regular intetvals during the
day is a most valuable safety
valve in these tortured times.
Note that I emphasized "regu
lar intervals." For. as you can
readily imagine, there are great
dangers inherent in catnaps tak
en at irregular intervals when
you're at work, in class or driv
ing a car.
By regular intervals. I mean
preferably after the midday meal
or before or after the eveninR
meal. For example, the former
is favored for the housewife after
site has finished her morning
chores and before she starts out
for the afternoon session of mar
keting, shopping, calting for the
children and the like.
The midday snooze is aiso fa
hard work and the sweat of my
brow. I work in the sun and
the rain and my hours are long
and my duties unending.
I seek not fame or fortune but
my life is one of little things
humdrum to the city man full of
drudgery and some danger, but
rich in contentment and peace.
I am the first stop on the
production line of mankind, for I
start the raw materials of food,
fiber and timber down the chan
nels of trade.
I am an idealist who will not
sacrifice my freedom and inde
pendence for a weekly or month
ly pay check; but value my way
of life above all, no matter
what the cost in toil or sweat or
sacrifice.
I plow my own row, keep my
own time, vote my own ticket,
choose my own company, burn
my own fuel, raise my own feed
and food; I am freedom's child
and her most adent champion.
I am a home builder and a
family man and my children give
life and leadership to the nation,
for they know the meaning of
work as the real purpose in life,
a reason for being as certain
as the processes of nature itself.
I am a God fearing man and
a believer in the church, for un
der God's supervision I have
charge of the field, and the soil
I tend, and the plants I bring
' to fruition. And through His teach
ings I learn my responsibilities
and duties, and in His inspiration
I find my solace and strength.
I am a specialist in an intri
cate profession with skill and
knowledge acquired only through
years of planting, cultivating, and
harvesting, through producing and
. marketing, through butchering,
through blacksmithing, and ani
mal husbandry and many associ
ated trades.
I am the foundation of civili
zation and its hope for the fu
ture, for neglect of my way of
life is the most certain sign of
decadence in any race or na
tion. For no good reason, I'm re
minded of the story about the
census-taker who stopped at a
farm house in Connecticut (I
guess that's far enough away)
and asked the farmer, who was
sunning himself on the porch,
how many children there were in
his family.
The farmer thought over the
question quite a while and then
shook his head in puzzlement be
fore replying: "Well, I can't give
you a sure enough figure," he
answered, "but there must be
quite a few. At least, lately, I've
noticed that a barrel of flour
lasts pretty darn quick."
Come to think of it, that's' not
so surprising. Some people don't
count their blessings until April
15.
SAYS
vored for the worker or executive
who has the good fortune to have
a comfortable place to doze off
the cab of a truck or the back
seat of a car, a shady spot on
the grass, a comfortable chair or
a couch in an office.
For those who can't take a
midday nap, the snooze before or
after the evening meal is the next
best bet. Either way, however, it
has to be accepted as part of
the daily routine. Otherwise it'll
never work or never be respected.
Now what does the nap accom
plish? Well, for one thing, it
breaks the vorking day in half.
It refreshes in a way that has
never been satisfactorily ex
plained. We know very little about the
wonderftd phenomenon of sleep.
It's possible that we have a sort
of sleep center in the brain.
When, as a result of fatigue or
drag administration, that center
gets a red light, it sends out
signals thjjt make our eyelids hea
vy and that cause us to yawn
iimong other things. This signal
probably influences the entire
body.
At any rate, the cat nap. un
der corlrolled conditions, is a real
blessing. And I hope our great
grandmother continues to indulge
in it.
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