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PAGE S Our If you were asked "What is the greatest single need in the world today" what would you say? Peace? Security? Happiness? These receive top priority in the minds of many but are they our greatest need? There are people who do not think so. They believe the greatest need is an under standing of individual freedom and what makes it possible. They believe that the main purpose of any society or government Is to guard the sacred rights of the individual. Mil lions of people believe these rights are being lost in the United States. The more articulate, through speeches, advertising, radio and every other means of communication, are striving to impart their understanding of the freedom that makes life worth living, Typical of the efforts of these people is The (Th Wall Street Journal) It is said that the trouble with kittens is that they grow up to be cats. Sometimes, though, they grow up to be tigers. When the first social security law was passed a generation ago it seemed like a simple enough method for providing older people with their basic needs. But, as the years passed, the method became less simple. Before World War II the. maximum amount of monthly benefits was $45.60, with family benefits up to $85. By 1958 these sums had been boosted to $127 and $254, respec tively. ' i Disability insurance benefits were initiat ed in 1956, but benefits were payable only to the disabled person. In 1958 ilspendents of the disabled worker were cut u on the pro gram. !: In 1956 the age when women were per mitted to start drawing social security checks was lowered to 62. During the last decade many other types of benefits were granted to wives, disabled children, widowers and di vorcees, while social security was expanded to include farm and domestic workers, Federal, state and local government employes, mili tary personnel and clergymen. In all, since 1950, Congress has enlarged social security in more than 50 instances. It was a cool noon. There was a smidgin of brine in the breeze. It fluffed the Man Mau coiffures of the palms and it followed a young man who limped across the Key Blscayne Shopping Cen ter. He was tubby and be wore blue shorts and a whits T-shirt. His eyes were planed wilh pain. He walked into the little med ical center, and leaned on the receptionist's desk. Mrs, Margar et Hancy, a tiny southern woman in while uniform, was typing ap pointments. "Yes?" she laid, without looking up. The young man licked his lips. "I'm in bad pain, Miss," he said, "I w a swimming and a Portuguese Man O' War touched my legs." The Man O' War Is a floating blue bubble with Jelly tentacles. When it touches skin, It leaves a chemical deposit which burns, sometimes for days. Mrs. Hancy picked up a phone and called a nurse. A dark woman with a rich smile responded. She is Mrs. Eva Hannrnfent. Tlie young man told his story. Mrs. Hannenfent said that the doctor was busy, but that she could take care of the matter. She took him into a small cell called an examining room. She sat him on an operating table and looked at his ankles. They were raw and swelling. She got some ointment. The young man eat with his legs dangling. He began to pant. "Better tell ma what that oint ment is," he said. "I'm hyper allergic." The nurse looked up at him and watched his respira tion. "To whatT" she laid. He gasped. "To penicillin, to mor phine, to 6ulfa many things." His voice became husky and his eyes began to bug. "I just got HERALD AND NEWS, Klamalh Fall, Oregon Greatest Need Kitten That Grew JIM BISHOP: REPORTER ... In Which A Jokester Gives The Doctor Fits out or the VA hospital in Brook lyn. Sometimes my throat closes up." He pulled his T-shirt down. There were scars at the base of his throat. The nurso knew that, sometime ' or other, doctors had punctured holes in his throat to permit him to breathe. She stopped work and went into Dr. John Handwerker's office. He was chatting with a re porter friend about golf. "Doc tor," she said, "I have a man in here who was burned by a Man O' War. His breathing is embarrassed." Handwerker is a cheerful crip ple. He leaned his left arm on his desk and propelled his body and both legs around Uie desk and was across the floor and into Uie little cell in a trice. He moved fast, he worked fast, but he spoke as softly as though he had all the time in the world. "Get Judy," he said. The nurse left and brought Miss Judy Mead ows back. Miss Meadows is a laboratory teclinician with a se rene beauty in her eyes. The lit tle room was now crowded. By the time Miss Meadows arrived. Handwerker had seen the old puncture marks, heard the stran gling gasps of the patient, ami realized that something would have to be done in a hurry. He administered demcrol and got ready to break a new hole into the throat if the young man's neck swelled to the point where he could not breathe. Whatever his allergy whs, it must also in clude tlie venom from Portuguese Men O' War. The demcrol had light effect. The breathing bo ' came no worse, but it did not improve. Handwerker tried to talk to tlio patient as he worked to save a life. He told Margaret Haniy lo Monday, March I, 1961 an advertisement that appeared in a recent issue of a magazine over the name of a .leading machinery manufacturer. It addresses a mes sage to everyone: "The all-powerful Welfare State does your thinking and worrying for you; there is no room in it for ambition the ambition to make a name for yourself, to do better than your father and your neighbor, to build your family's prosperous future. Ambi tion and laws that encourage it are what drive men ahead; they are what made this country great, created millions of jobs, gave America the world's highest standard of living, built schools and hospitals, created the wealth we have given in billions to the free world. "Restrict rewards, destroy ambition and you destroy those rich fruits; you destroy America." When the program was first devised the employer and employe each paid a 1 tax on wages up to $3,000 to a total of 3 on wages up to $3,600. In 1954 the rate was hiked to 4 on wages up to $4,200. In 1959 the rate climbed to 5 and the amount of wages sub ject to the tax was boosted to $4,800. At present the rate is a total of 6, but in 1963 it will rise to 7 and stay there until 1966. Then the rate will go up to 8 until 1969, when it will become 9. The social security tax has continued to increase, and will continue to increase, be cause even Congress finally had to face up to the question of how its "generosity" was to be paid for. . Meanwhile, there are plans in Washing ton to pay the medical bills of older people out of the social security pot while increas ing the program's tax bite even more. Pres ' ident Kennedy, while conceding he doesn't know how much this plan would cost, pro poses hiking the tax by one-quarter of one per cent and lifting the base to the first $5,000 of income. The Administration believes this is a "modest" amount to charge the public, and perhaps to some people it is'. But once we mount the tiger, we have no reason to be hopeful about how the ride will end. get an ambulance in a hurry. He asked Judy to phone his wife, Dr. Alma Handwerker, a surgeon. In 90 seconds, all the medical wheels were in motion. Like all doctors, John Hand werker dreads to lose a , pa tient, even a stranger far gone. OUier patients, regular patients, were sent home or asked lo wait until the emergency was re solved. One moment, the young man appeared to be almost co herent; Uie next he began to slide off into a coma. Tlie ambulance came and Dr. Alma sat in wilh tlie young man. Slie had Instruments with which to pierce the Uiroat en route to Uie hospital. John Handwerker followed in Uie family car. At Mercy Hospital, they and oth er doctors worked over the young man until 9 p.m. The doc tor phoned Uie Veterans Hospital in Brooklyn several times to talk to the doctor who had treated tills young man, but a nurse kept telling him that the doctor was off duty and she could not give out his heme phone number. "Dammit!" Handwerker said. "I've told you sewn times that I'm a doctor and this man's lite hangs in the balance. I don't care where tlie doctor is. Get him now." Ho got the VA doctor at last. The tyo doctors talked. Dr. Hand werker came back into Uie room where the ollters were working over the chubby young man. Ev eryone was perspiring. "All riglit," lie said to the patient. "You can sit up now. The act is over." The young man sat up and grinned happily. "The pa tient," said Handworker, "is a schizophrenic. He pulls this throat act for lauglu." CAPITOL MEMO House Speaker Accused Of Seeking Governor's Spot By DOUGLAS GRIIPP United Press International SALEM House Republican . leaders have charged anew that House Speaker Robert Duncan is worrying more about a bid (or the governorship than his job in Uie House of Representatives. Minority Leader F. F. Montgom ery, R-Eugene. cited the skimpy House calendar for March 2 as an example only four bills up for final action with hundreds . of " measures still in committee and Uiis despite the fact that the ses sion may be more than half over. "This is an indication that he is spending more time around tiic state than exerting his leadership in the House." Montgomery said. Duncan has been making a series of speeches throughout tlie state, more appearances than last ses sion. The GOP claims this is n campaign to sample grassroots feeling for the Medford Demo crat. . Duncan dismissed the remarks and said it sounds like the old story in 1959 when his le'idership as speaker was attacked. He said 100 days or sc is still a realistic target for length of tins . legislature and that house commit tees will be sending many major bills to the floor 'within 10 days. Al By United Press International Today is Monday, March 6, the 65th day of the year with 300 more in 1961. The moon is approaching its last quarter. , The morning stars are Jupiter ' and Saturn. The evening stars are Mors and Venus. On this day in history: In 1475, famed Florentine artist, sculptor, and architect Michel angelo was bom. In 1806, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet, was born. In 1836, on the 13th day of the siege of Uie Alamo, Santa Anna's Mexicans were able to overwhelm Geography Quiz ACROSS S Tike chtir 1 Country In Asia Senseless ones 5 Former name 7 Century plant of Thailand 8 Repair 8 Baden, for Instance 12 Nevada city 13 Unemployed 14 Baseball! Williams 15RcpeUtioa 17 Anger 18 Dram 15 Prince at Thebes 51 Landed 23 Masculine nickname, 24 Pronoun 27 Formerly 29 Enthusiasm Si Testilv 34 Printing mistakes 9 Football team 37 Roll 38 Toward the sheltered side in) Indies 41 Finish 42 Phvuciane lib ) 44 Placet 4o Arts basy 49 Relaxes S3 insect M Revision 5fl Follower 57 Weary M Medley 89 Rocky hilt AO Feminine suffix 81 Noted soprano DOWN 1 Rainbow 2 Network 9 Afresh 4 Recent baiUefrcuad 9 Make an issue 10 South American country 11 Fruit drinks 16 TV panel member, Francis 20 Brain passages 22 Peace goddess 24 Notion 2.1 Relate 2 Racer 28 Concise 30 Sun disk 31 Ointment "The Maps Shows the Road Gets Wider Further on" He predicts that the Ways and Means Committee financial look ingglass of the legislature will complete all of its work within six weeks. Since this is the 53rd day, six more weeks would make it a session of about 98 days. Duncan, 39-year-old attorney, has emphasized he is interested only in his duties as speaker right now. Montgomery says Duncan may not openly show his hand while Uie legislature is in session. But he predicts Duncan will "move into high gear" for the governor ship as soon as the legislature adjourns Ihis spring. Another GOP House leader party whip Winton Hunt of Wood , burn says Duncan is a changed man this session. The new atti tude, he said, is: "Duncan can do no wrong." A number of top Democrats would like to see Duncan carry the banner .in 1962. But odds are he would have a primary fight. Among Uiose menUoned for gov ernor are Ally. Gen. Robert Y. -Thornton; Sen. Alfred Corbett, D-PorUand; and Sen. Walter J. Pearson, D-Portlond. Another important question is: Who wants to run against Mark ' O. Hatfield? manac the tiny band of Texans defending Uie fort In 1857, Uie U. S ' Supreme Court handed down its decision in Uie Died Scott case which held, in effect, Uiat a slave was not a citizen 'but the property of his master. In 1953, an announcement from Moscow stated that Georgi Malen kov would succeed tlio late Joseph Stalin as premier of Uie Soviet Union. Thought for today: Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said: In telligence s quickness to appre hend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. Answer to Previous Puxzle BlBII Tl ISIHI IARG E II E.X ' N U C O S JE . E N E H ne fe G U. A D O R V B L. oe fjef s ZZH E MjHal r c s 1 V l C T OjRl I AWj P O I- E Asa B p a n tL a R.j.2. sore tan e. g p B l e i T R E T D JM B NT .X.-II - Mjl p B T H l N LORAL Q I- B J C J5L t NAT I V E S 33 Open 35 Decayed 40 Aver 43 Blackboard 45 South Pacille island group 48 Lure 47 Preposition 48 Give forth 50 Vend 51 City in Oklahoma 82 Greek porch 55 Born I 12 15 14 I IS 16 0 18 I 9 110 111 i? n n iT ii n ii riis 20 1 1 ' 5T a H3 L 24 125 p6 PL1 S 131 a m rprw 3 IjlT JT 4jTH 44 4 147 48 r" W 50 181 152 53 g J- " sT 57 8 " 5J 55" "7" ST"""" The Republican chief says he wants another term. Republicans say Hatfield is still at the height of his popularity perhaps at a higher peak. Democrats say Hal field has lost ground in the past two years. Duncan is known to have a strong dLilike for Washington, D.C., and this is one factor that has kept him from running for Congress in his home fourth dis trict. He has shown no interest in sec retary of state, state treasurer or attorney general. These three offices are not up for grabs in 1962 anyway. , This leaves the governorship. LETTERS . . TO THE EDITOR Names Omitted In naming the donors to the Chiloquin branch library, the con tribution of Copcland Yards, from Uie Klamath Falls and Chiloquin branches, in the form of a dis count on paint, sand, and cement, was emitted in the article ap pearing in Uie Herald and News of Feb. 9, 1961. This was an oversight, as it was in the orig inal copy submitted by me. Since that time it has been brought to my attention that John J. Kenney of Chiloquin donated labor, and tlie Indian. Educational Center permitted its office to be used for the food sale. To these and to all other persons who might not have been brought to my attention, but who gave labor or materials, J wish to express appreciation for their help. There is no better time' than the present to think former May or William Bames, for his ef forts, and those of the City Coun- . cil serving; with him, for seeing , the need of a building apart from the council chambers, to be used for a library. At his suggestion a room was remodeled from a space in Uie old fire hall, next door, for this purpose. The city provid ed tunas tor more than half of Uie Improvements, then local citi zens and various organizations took over, and succcsslully com pleted the project. Mrs. William Lorenz. Chiloquin, Ore. Thoughts I have told the glad sews of deliverance in the great congre gation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O Lord. Psalms 40:9. Jesus chose this method of ex tending the knowledge of Himself throughout the world; He taught His truth to a few men, and then He said. Now go out and tell Uiat truth to other men. Phillip Brooks. Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation. -Job 21:2. Th everlasting covenant and tlie everlasting consolations that flow from it are M-4 everlast ing arms. H. T. Wagner. EDSON IN WASHINGTON Resources Policy To Kick Up Fight By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON INEA) - Be tween President Kennedy's dream message to Congress asking for a far-reaching new U.S. natural re sources policy and its realization as an actual acUon program are mountainous obstacles that will be raised by vested private and public interests. A quick check at government agencies having responsibilities in these fields fails to reveal any solid plans for creating new river valley authorities, a national pow er grid, a new national fuels pol icy, bigger and purer water sup plies,' more flood control, refores " tation and soil conservation all topped off by a vast increase in the national parks system to pro vide more recreaUon facilities in which to enjoy beautiful, bounti ful nature in the raw. All this is head-in-the-clouds stuff, not backed up by much feet-on-the-ground surveying that includes cost estimates and ex planations of where Uie money is to come from. These doubts are not being ex pressed by critics here to belittle the President's -concept. L i k e home, mother, the Dag, small business, the farmer and strong national defenses, no politician can afford to be against natural resource conservation and develop ment Furthermore, the need for do ing something more about them is essential if predictions come true for a U.S. population of 300 million by 2000 A.D.-oniy 39 years away. . . . . Purpose of the President's mes sage was to pull together in one document all the scattered gov ernment policies on natural re sources development. This Is com mendable. But it is a long-range think piece, not something which will have automatic acceptance and implementation by Congress, the states, the vested private inter ests who want to hang onto what ever chunks of the national wealth they now have their hands on, Uie still more powerful vest ed agencies of federal government which now exercise control over vast segments of Uie public do main. THE DOCTOR Many Things Upset Efficiency Of Colon By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D. Written for NEA Of Uie many who inquire about "colitis," probably few have the affliction in the true sense of the word. For "coliUs" means inflammation of the colon. And, while inflammatory diseases of the colon do occur, they are rela Uvely rare unless they're part of a general infection of the entire digestive tract. To clarify my meaning, let me first explain what Uie colon is and how it functions. The colon is a reservoir for what's left of food stuffs after they've been as sorted in the upper bowel." If begins in the lower right side, rises to a site under the ribs (ascending colon), crosses the pit of the stomach to the left side (transverso colon), drops direcUy down to the lower left quadrant t descending . colon) and then makes a pretzel-like turn to form Uie sigmoid loop so-called because of its resemblance to Ui Greek "S." Now a lot of things can go sour on Uie way. You can get traffic jams at the junctions of ascending and transverse loops, and of transverse and descend ing loops. In Uie former instance, you report gas pains in the re gion of liver and gall bladder, in the latter, just under Uie heart. Then the transverse loop, in stead of going straight across, may hang down like a hammock swung between tiecs. That causes traffic jams all over. Under liver and gall gladder. Under heart. And deep down at the bottom of Uie hammock. , But that's not alL When dried refuse starts to loop-the-loop in the sigmoid, it may clog the whole works like a wad of cot ton in the trap under your sink. And all this time, you may be having regular bowel' movement of a sort. Never complete, of course, but enough to make you think your plumbing is function ing satisfactorily. To Uie refuse that never seems to be fully eliminated, your colon reacts in several ways. It mav make special efforts to rid itself of the material and end up by clamping down to make moUcrs worse (spastic colitis). It may wur forth secretion lo loosen and lubricate Uie unwelcome residue (mucus colitis . But. either way, it only succeeds in send ing "hurry calls," usually at Uie most embarrassing moments. You may think you have the '"trots"; actually, you're behind schedule. More olten man not, treatment None of those elements will sur render present authority in this field without a fight. ' For instance, to carry out Uie President's objectives though he did not mention this in his f message there is already big talk about getting all agencies dealing with natural resources . problems in one department of government. An example would be to take Forest Service from Agriculture, stream pollution from Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and maybe even Uie flood con trol functions of the Army Corps of Engineers. They would be com bined with Department of Inte rior water control responsibilities in a new, glorified Department of Natural Resources. These are all old reorganization chestnuts in Washington. In this space age, there is better pros pect of flying to the moon than ot achieving such bureaucratic amalgamation. Similarly, an Investigative group is now being set up in the House to recommend a new na tional fuels policy. This crosses Department of Interior -responsibilities in every aspect Bu fea of Mines, its division of pe troleum, and Bureau of Reclama tion and its division of power. Adoption of a new national fuels policy has been advocated for several years. Coal producers want their markets protected from oil and gas competitors. U.S. oil and gas producers want imports of foreign oil producers limited. Both coal and oil inter ests want hydroelectric power held back. , Private power companies want public power producers put out of business. But now, here is President Kennedy saying there should be a national power grid s with maybe a lot more river ba sin planning groups like Tennes see Valley Authority. The Eisenhower Administration wresUed for several years to get a new, unified, Republican power policy. What it ended up with was a compromise Uiat left civ il functions of Uie Army Corps of Engineers darling of tie rivers and harbors lobby and Inte rior's Bureau of Reclamation just where they had been before, are now and probably ever shall be. SAYS increases your difficulties. Seda tives add to bowel stoppage. Ca thartics increase the clamping ac tion of the spastic sigmoid. Roughage diets and bulk laxa tives contribute to the traffic jam. Anti-inflammatory drugs are use less since the colon is the vic tim, not the cause, of the dis turbance. Because your colonic tie-up may be due lo serious disease, espe cially cancer, you should see your doctor who will probably want to have you X-rayed after you've been given a barium mixture both by enema and by mouth. Then, if your problem is re duced to a mere traffic jam, he may be able to give you relief by prescribing regular doses of a nonmedicated mineral oil so as to "grease Uie skids" from above. And he may suggest an occa sional oil enema to help expul sion of dried material in the sig moid loop. Dear Reader: Dr. Hyman ap; , predates your comments and quesUons but regrets Uiat Uie hea vy volume of his mail doesn't permit him to answer each in dividual letter or post card. How ever, he will comment in columns like the above upon matters of general or unusual interest. For a copy of Dr. Hyman's leaflet "How to Choose Your Family Doctor," send 10 cents to Dr. Hyman, care of the Her ald and News, Box 489, Dept.; B, Radio City Station, New York 19, N.Y. : THEY SAY... ' The new administration in Washington will be playing game in which Uie stakes are not mere political success or defeat but survival survival of the dreams, Uie aspirations and Uie physical existence of humanity. Hrnry Ford II. No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or get rich in business by being a con- Jormist The truly successful businessman is essentially dis senter, a rebel who is seldom if ever satisfied with the status quo., Billionaire oilman Jean Paul Getty.
