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IIERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday, February 21, 1M!
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(W. B. S.I
Let's
The Russian space shot toward Venus
puts a new frame around the argument as to
where America stands in the missile-space
race.
Of course we will not know until April
how close they will come to completing this
remarkable effort. And we may never know
whether the Soviet vehicle actually makes
contact with Venus.
That planet, tens of millions of miles
from the earth, is continuously covered by an
opaque cloud layer which hides its surface.
Our only knowledge of it comes from the
astronomers' deductions. '
Nevertheless, top space men in this
country think it will be from 18 to 24 months
before we can make a comparable try. Even
then, we are unlikely to cast up any vehicle of
such size as the Russians have orbited. The
piggy-back rocket cut loose from the basic
Tehicle at high altitude was said to weigh 1,415
founds.
At such times as this, there is small com
fort for us in knowing we have "fielded" far
more space vehicles than the Russians, or that
in general they have tended to be consider
ably more complex than theirs.
The Russians still have an important and
spectacular edge in the power of their rocket
Cold-War
;'. The President has vast powers. A deci
sion made, an order issued in the White House
can set a tremendous machine in motion and
the effects may be felt around the globe. This
is especially true in the field of foreign rela
tions where, constitutionally and by statute,
the President's authority is virtually supreme.
Yet it is so often a long way from the Ex
ecutive desk to the actual administrative lev
els where policies are put into being. The
channels are often complex and they can
be and sometimes are clogged to the point of
impotence.
,: The lead article in the February issue of
The Reader's Digest deals with an extremely
important example of this. Written by Charles
Stevenson, it is entitled "What We Must Do
to Win the Cold War." At the beginning he
observes that President Kennedy pledges that
this country will take the initiative in that war.
"But before he can make a start," Mr. Stev
enson writes, "our new Sommander in Chief
must face up to a shocking and bitter reality.
He must capture control of the defiant, face
less bureaucracy firmly entrenched in Wash
ington. Its weak-kneed efforts merely to hold i
off Communism instead of fighting back are
loading us to defeat even as it tries to keep
the White House from interfering."
These are strong words, but Mr. Steven
son supplies evidence to back them. For in
stance, he tells of a secret mission assigned by
pj-esidont Eisenhower to Nelson Rockefeller
in 1955 to improve our cold-war strategy and
tactics. This mission, Mr. Rockefeller now says,
"was bitterly resented by the State Depart
ment," and was ultimately abandoned.
The point, as Mr. Stevenson sees it, is
that ". . . too many men in the State Depart
ment have persisted in the dangerously wistful
belief that if we don't annoy the Reds, they are
THEY SAY
It is possible, if not probable, that
within the tenure of the next presi
dent of the United States, the capa
bility of producing nuclear weapons
will be within the reach of as many
as 20 or more nations.
Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.).
We do not want war with the
United Nations. Congolese blood is too
valuable for that.
Congo strongman Col. Joseph Mo
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BARBS
Bad luck seldom goes around look
ing for people who manage always to
keep themselves busy.
One week's bills placed end to end
usually reach from one edge of a pay
check to the other
;: A Kentucky man was arrested for
wearing no clothes. The men just can't
get away with it.
Get In Orbit
thrust. And it is this which permits them to
launch their often more dramatic, though less
frequent, space shots.
Furthermore, the missile-space race is not
merely a physical thing. It is also psychologi
cal. We have to face the fact that when the
Soviet Union propels a vehicle toward Venus
it makes much greater impact on the watch
ing world than we do when we send up, for in
stance, a complex camera satellite.
Thus, while the Kennedy administration
waits for the report of a study group on the
extent of the "missile gap," the Russians in
effect have filed a report of their own.
It is one that is almost sure to get the bi
partisan reading it deserves. For it leaves us
no ground for complacency.
In fact, even if the Russians don't in the
end strike Venus, it might be a very good idea
to adjourn all the discussion about the so
called "missile gap" and expend our time
ind energy on just seeing that we get the
best and most powerful missiles and space .
vehicles.
The real danger is not that any American
politicians will "downgrade" their country.
It is that Russia will do it. So why don't we
stop the silly talk and set about seeing that
it doesn't happen?
Academy?
bound to see how well-meaning we are and
will slop harassing us." The result is nega
tive policy. By contrast, he goes on, the Sov
iets conduct extraordinarily efficient cold war
operations. He cites the Japanese riots that
caused the cancellation of President Eisen
hower's visits as an outstanding example.
These were organized to the last possible de
gree, by highly trained experts. Every pos
sible weapon was used to influence the Japa
nese, and to infiltrate schools and labor organ
izations. "This is cold war, Russian-style,"
writes Mr. Stevenson. "They have a name for
it; agitprop planned conflict in which agi
tation, propaganda, trade diplomacy, threats
of war and promises of peace are coordinated
in an ever-changing, world-wide offensive."
And it is all masterminded in the Kremlin.
Mr. Stevenson goes into much detail in
pointing to our own weaknesses in cold war
maneuvering. We have, it seems, an en
trenched bureaucracy bent on maintaining a
status quo which is rigidly opposed to new or
aggressive policies. We also, he believes, have
an "appalling" lack of understanding of Com
munist tactics a lack which extends into
high areas of government. One solution he be
lieves urgent is creation of a Freedom Acad
emy a "West Point" to teach our own cold
war managers, diplomats, and others "the
full scope of the Communist strategy and to
equip them with the ways to carry the war
back to the Communists and win."
Actually, a bill to create such an Academy
was passed by the Senate last session, but
time was running out and the House didn't
act on it. It is needed now with the utmost
urgency, Mr. Stevenson is convinced and so
is a cold-war commander, who will work close
to the President and head a professional staff
skilled in the arts of total political warfare.
Then we'll begin to win cold war battles.
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LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Better Medicine
I read in the Feb. 16 paper
your editorial on "Social Security
double talk." The last three lines
"This is doubly true when pro
posals are impending to extend
social security to include 'free'
medical care."
I lake it you ate against "free"
medical care for people over B.r
years of age, and that you will
be for the American Medical As
sociation in their fight against it.
Who are you for? The people of
the United Stales or a group ol
professional men who already
have so many laws governing our
people, and are trying to fleece
them out of their last dollar.
Look into your various health
insurances, see how the prices for
medical care is doubled as soon
as they, the doctors, know a pa
tient has insurance. This is a fact
you can find out for yourselves.
The A.M. A already has so much
power and more than our unions
and gangsters who seem to have
so much to say.
This past month another A.M. A.
rule or law that a prescription
cannot be filled if it's an out of
stale doctor. 11 takes $3 to get a
new prescription, and look who
is lining his pockets. The druggist
feebly answers "1 know it's a rack
et but what can I do?"
If this free medical care docs
lake more out for Social Security,
the people when they reach 65
years of age will at least get
something out of it.
A.M. A says "socialized medi
cine." Okeh, let's have it. It is
much belter than what we now
have.
A. M. Pape
Klamath Falls
Success Story
Your contribution toward the
Choir and Orchestra dinner add
ed a great deal toward our suc
cess last Monday evening. The
Choir, Orchestra members, and
parents certainly wish to thank
you for the line help and excel
lent spirit in which it was given.
W hile an accurate report will not
be available for a few days, il
looks as though we will clear ap
proximately $1,100 on the project.
Your confidence in our young
people is certainly appreciated.
M. Dale Hallack, .
Director. Vocal Music
Mrs. T. J. Riloy.
General Chairman
Piggybacking
This is to thank you (or the
very forthright article apjvaring
on the editorial page ol your
Wednesday, Feb. 8. edition en
titled "Piggybacking Deserves
Chance."
Your realistic views and expres
sion of this subject is certainly
most timely and the potential of
the ill-conceived restrictive pro
posal would be highly detrimental
to a large segment of your read
ers in the Klamath Falls and
Northern California areas.
S. B. Burton
Contest Winner
Thank you for taking our pic
ture lor the loeth contest.
We were glad we won.
Merrill Second Grade
'lis v' i ICl' II i
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
U.S. Industrial Lag
Fits Old Soviet Line
By PETFR EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk has
thrown a reviving dash of ice
water in the faces of those who
dream that U.S. relations with
Soviet Russia are due for a ma
jor change.
"1 would hope that we would
not be unduly optimistic that re
lationships twith Russia) have
basically changed because of say,
events of the last few weeks,"
Rusk told his first press confer
. ence. "One still has the mani
festo of the Communist summit
to read. One still has Mr. Khrush
chev's Jan. 6 speech to study."
Careful examination of that
speech reporting to the Russian
people on ihe manifesto drawn up
by delegates from the Commu
nist parties from 81 countries in
Moscow last November reveals
the Russian leader's real inten
tions toward America.
Here, in translations just made
available in this country, are ex
cerpts of Khrushchev's policies
in his own words:
"American imperialists 1 a y
claim to the whole world living
under their heel and threaten hu
manity wilh a rocket and nuclear
war. . . .
(But) "For the first time in his
tory, the present balance of power
in the world arena enables the
socialist camp ... to pursue
the completely realistic task of
compelling the imperialists, under
threat of Ihe downfall of their
system, not to unleash a world
war. . . .
"It is perfectly obvious that tiic
establishment of a world system
of socialism . . . undermines the
support for capitalism, intensifies
its general crisis. . . . This re
fers both to the entire system of
capitalism and to its main power,
the United Stales.
"The mightiest power of capital
ism has found itself most affect-
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q What ronuntry leads in dial
telephone service?
A Switzerland.
Q What is the source o( fran
kincense and myrrh mentioned in
the Hible?
A They are aromatic gums
taken from thorny desert shrubs
and trees which grow only in
southern Arabia and the Somali
lands. ( Which stale names should
not he abbreviated on an envel
ope? A Alaska, Hawaii. Idaho, Iowa,
Maine, Ohio and Utah.
I) Where do Ihe Hottentots
live?
A In the Union of South Africa.
O-ls it true that the Library
of Congress has a copy of every
United Stales hook that ha. ever
hern copyrighted?
A-Xo. '
Q What mythological Incident
gave rise to Ihe legend of St.
tieorge and the dragon?
A His story may be a Chris
tian version of tile (Ireck myth
of Perseus' rescue of Andromeda.
ed by the crisis. ... In the
postwar period, the United States
has experienced three critical pro
duction slumps, 1948-49, 1953-54
and 1957-58. . . .
"During the past year, U.S. in
dustrial production increased by
only two per cent. ... In the
U.S.S.R. production increased 10
per cent in I960. . . .
"The richest country of the capi
talist world is the country of the
largest chronic unemployment.
"A constant feature in the Unit
ed States is the growing below
capacity operation of indus
try. ... At the end of 1960 less
than half of the productive capa
city of the steel-smelting industry
was used. ...
"The U.S. shire of industrial
, output of capitalist countries has
fallen from 54 per cent in 1950
to 47-48 per cent in 1959.
"The U.S. share in the exports
of capitalist countries sank from
more than 30 per cent in 1946 to
21 per cent in 1953 and to 17.4
per cent in 1959.
"Nevertheless, American mon
owlists have been and remain
the principal usurpers and exploit
ers of the peoples. One is fully
justified in concluding that both
in the economic field as well as
in Ihe field of international poli
tics, the main power of capita!
ism has entered a phase of grow,
ing difficulties and crises the
phase of its decline. . . .
"And it can be said with confi
dence that the near future will
be marked with new successes by
Ihe united forces of world social
ism, the working class and the na
tional liberation movement.
"Whereas in 1930 the Soviet Un
ion produced less than 30 per cent
' of the output of the United States,
il. now produces roughly 60 per
cent. ... By 1965 the U.S.S.n.
will outstrip the United States in
volume of production and will out
strip the United Slates in per capi
ta production by 1970.
"The victory of the U.S.S.R.
in comiietition with the United
Sttites, the victory of the whole
socialist system over Ihe capital
ist system, will be the biggest
turning point in history."
Al
manac
Hv United Press International
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 21, the
52nd day of the year with 31"
more in 1961.
The moon is in its first quar
ter. The morning stars are Jupiter
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Venus
and Mars.
On this day in history:
In 1848. John Quincy Adams
collapsed on the floor of the
House. He died two days later.
In 1878, the first telephone di
rectory in the world was issued
by the New Haven Connecticut
Telephone Company.
In 18115. the Washington Monu
ment was dedicated in the na
tion's capital.
In 1909. sixteen battleships of
the I'. S. Navy, nicknamed the
;roal White Fleet, steamed into
(tifmpton Roads, completing the
first worldwide journey ever un
dertaken by the U. S. Naw.
In 1945. the W illiam Wrigley Co
said it wouldn't make any more
chewing gum for civilian use for
the duration of the war.
Thought for today: French writ
er Victor Hugo said: "Popular
ity? It is glory's small change."
Latest news from Washington
(as reported in a national maga
zine) has a note to ponder over.
A leading lady Democrat was re
cently named to a $15,255-a-year
job as a State Department consul
tant. Her assignment: to seek
support among women's organiza
tions for U.S. foreign policy.
That bit of information, just in
case you wonder where your in
come tax money goes.
We talk so casually about bil
lions of dollars ever consider
what a billion dollars looks
like? The Bell System mused
over it since its earnings are
over the billion mark. A penny
stack, it discovered, would
reach 230,000 miles high. Count
ing it out in dollar bills would
take 50 years on a 40-hour
week basis. It couldn't be count
ed or stacked in thousand dol
lar bills. Only 660,000 of these
have been printed.
Some time ago, I clipped an ad
sponsored by a large manufactur
er which paid tribute' to the teach
ing profession. I'm sure that all
of us will agree with the message,
which went:
"Every person reaching adult
years looks back with affection
to at least one teacher who helped
him open the right doors toward
the future, and occasionally he
hears the voice of her counsel
in time of difficult decision. He
recalls the quick compliment for
the task well done, as well as
the occasional rebuke for some
thing of mischief.
"The teacher who is dedicated
to a career of service has the
knack of coaxing and pushing
men of limited gifts to high goals,
of encouraging men of talent to
superb attainments. The commu
nity is never out of debt to her
for services rendered, and her
rewards can't be measured in the
coin of her realm. She has the
secret treasure of satisfaction in
the accumulated evidence of men
and women in high places who
have responded to her friendly
guidance.
"To impart wisdom by precept,
and to mould character by ex
ample, is a large responsibility
accepted by many noble men and
women in our schools. They are
entitled to the understanding of
all our people: the young in an
ticipation of life and the old in
appreciation of the benefits re
ceived." By way of pointing up some of
the material progress achieved un
der a free enterprise private-profit
system, the following statistics
should be of interest:
Automobiles: 8.000 in 1900 : 23,
035.000 in 1930 ; 60,000,000 today.
Telephones: 1,300,000 in 1900;
20.103,000 in 1930 ; 72,000.000 today.
Homes with television: None in
1940; 46,000.000 today.
Homes with electric washers:
3.500,000 in 1926 ; 47.500.000 today.
Homes with electric ranges:
370.000 in 1926; 1?,500,000 today.
Homes with air conditioners:
15.000 in 1940; 7.500.000 today.
Homes with electric refrigera-
Other Editors' Opinions
Not Playthings
(THE MEDFORD TRIBUNE)
School personnel, police officers,
juvenile authorities (and. it could
be added, most perceptive parents
and teenagers) have long been
aware that ownership or unre
stricted use of an automobile by
high school students correlates
with Door grades, school absen
teeism, and, to a degree, Willi
juvenile delinquency.
It remained for Circuit Judge
Joseph B. Felton, Salem, presi
dent of the Oregon Juvenile .Court
Judges Association, .to put the
case in clear, brief and readily
understandable terms.
His statement was made follow
ing a teenage "nimble." involv
ing some 100 youngsters in a pros
perous Salem neighborhood re
cently. Judge Felton said:
"The following facts convince
me that many times the great
est disservice a well-intentioned
parent can do to his teenager is
to allow him ownership or un
controlled use of any automobile
before that teenager finishes high
school.
"1. Every study shows a signifi
cant correlation between low
grades, lower grades, and drop
outs, and ownership of cars.
"2. Much of Ihe teenage truan
cy is by those with a car avail
able to make truancy desirable.
"3. The ever-increasing sexual
misconduct of teenagers is made
possible only by ihe automobile,
said to be a 'floating boudoir.'
"1. Almost none of the great
ly increased drinking by teenagers
could be accomplished without an
autonvvhilo to do it in.
"5. Tie minimum cost of main-
tors: 142.000 in 1926 ; 50,000,000
today.
And I can just hear some
skeptic say: Ych, and how
much is still owed on them?
Not long ago the worth of a
man was reckoned at 98 cents
based on the chemical contents of
his body. Now, a scientist has fig
ured out that the atoms in a hu
man body produce 11,400,000 kilo
watts of power per pound (what
about Marilyn Monroe?), if they
could be harnessed (the kilowatts,
that is). At $750 a kilowatt for
that kind of power, a man who
weighs in at 150 pounds is worth
$85,500,000,000. (You check the fig
uresI haven't that much ener
gy.) Whether or not the rule applies
to some of us with more than a
little blubber around the middle
has not been definitely ascer
tained. Nor did that item say
whether the number of kilowatts
per pound of man was anywhere
near equal to that of the famed
Marilyn.
Few people think of a dollar
bill as a piece of paper with a
message printed on it. The dollar
bills I get seem to have only
one intent get spent. But there
is a picture story on the back
side of Ihe buck that suggests
need for keeping vigilance over
the union of the states. The pyra
mid represents the growing of the
union, and the eye is its guar
dian. With the nation's debt at a
dizzy height, the government
spending exceeding income, it's
high time we thought seriously of
guarding the nation from finan
cial chaos. And to do that we
must not only demand economy
in government, but must cheer
fully accept the effects of econ
omy on ourselves.
A delightful demure young
miss was employed by a manu
facturer to distribute little box
es of candy free to passersby.
At the close of her first day's
work, she ran into an old friend,
who asked: "Is it true that you
are going to be married soon?"
"Next month," was the reply.
"That's wonderful," said t h e
friend. "What are you doing in
the meantime?" "Nothing
much," admitted our heroine,
"Just giving away free gam
pies." Looking for a worthwhile char
ity in which to plunk down a
large sum of money? Then, con
sider the Kiwanis Foundation of
Klamath Falls. The Kiwanis have
set up the Foundation as a means
of maintaining funds for their
boys and girls work. This way,
they hope lo provide continuity in
the program, rather than depend
upon annual receipts from various
Kiwanis activities.
There are several ways in
which you can participate in the
Kiwanis program, even though
you are not a member. If you're
interested, ask one of the Kiwan
ians. I believe that Dr. Harry
Fredricks or Greer Drew know
most of Ihe answers.
tnining a car is about $700 per
year, and this puts an unneces
sary burden and pressure on the
student or his parents. To keep
up a car, the student must get
part-time work and hurt his stud
ies, get full-time work and quit
school, or dip into savings that
could put him through one or two
college years.
"6. Records of Marion County
Juvenile Court show that the car
is involved, directly or indirectly,
in 75 per cent of referrals for
delinquent behavior.
"7. The ever-growing ownership
of cars by high school students
. . . puis an unhealthy and dan
gerous pressure on other students
who cannot afford it. It may
cause them to give up further
needed education just to have a
totally unnecessary car for a cou
ple of hich school years.
"8. Mobility of the car permits
children, within a few minutes,
lo avoid community view, impor
tant in control of conduct of all
persons. . . . The car is a power
ful, dangerous and very expensive
plaything."
The truth of Judge Felton's in
dictment of the automobile for
high school students will be ac
knowledged by teenagers and par
ents, if they arc honest w ith Ihem
seh.es even though they m a v
have succumbed to the terrific
social pressures which insist that
a car is a "must" for all hen
youngsters.
A car is, indeed, a "powerful,
dangerous and very expensive
plaything."
And. if it serves as nothing but
a "plaything" land that is true
m all but a veiy few cases where
hich school students have carsi it
does no one any good. It's a high
price for parents to pay to avoid
the task of acting as chauffeurs.