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Newspaper Page TextPAGE t HERALD AND NEWS. The exact status of the developing 41,000 mile interstate highway system needs to be cleared up. It isn't proper to say it's "behind sched ule" in the matter of miles of road construct ed, since federal officials say there are no year-to-year mileage deadlines. The only goal is to finish the entire network by 1972. Right now the record shows 8,000 miles built and another 2,300 miles of previously constructed toll roads, tunnels and bridges drawn into the system'. Construction is under way on another 4,100 miles, with engineering work or land ac quisition proceeding on 10,000 more. Alto gether, work has been completed or begun on nearly 25,000 miles, about 60 per cent of the , total. When President Kennedy says the pro gram is in trouble, he means it could have .trouble getting up the money to finish by 1972. The 90 per cent or more of cost generally supplied by the federal government can, un der the law, come only from revenues fed into the special highway fund from gasoline taxes and other highway user levies. With the total price tag for the program having already been boosted several times to cover rising costs, the judgment is that the 1972 deadline can't be met from presently For more than 30 years the Democrats in presidential election years have been giving the Republicans fits in the country's big cities. Stung by the closeness of their defeat in 1960, GOP leaders are setting out to try to reverse the trend. Most people think it all began with Frank lin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Actually, the first significant switch occurred four years earlier, when Alfred E. Smith lost to Herbert Hoover. Lost under Hoover's- electoral landslide ' was the fact that Smith won five of the na tion's 12 largest cities and hung up a total vote in the 12 greater than Hoover's. Also un noticed: a 400,000 decline in the Republican vote in those areas back in 1924. Thus 1924 and especially 1928 signaled what was coming. In 1932 Roosevelt won all but Philadelphia among the big 12. There- ( after followed the deluge, with Roosevelt win ning the entire lot in 1936, 1940 and 1944, and Harry Truman duplicating in 1948. Dwight Eisenhower broke the spell in 1952 by taking Los Angeles and San Francisco among the 12. Four years later he repeated in those and also notched Chicago, Baltimore and Milwaukee. But the new pattern failed to hold. Presi dent Kennedy in 1960 not only cleaned the boards In the 12 comparable cities, but won 26 of the nation's top 40. In those cities, the GOP saw three million votes peeled off its 1956 presidential totals. Their city losses were decisive In such big electoral vote states as New York, Penn BARBS Why don't people stop to think that there's never any happiness in dislik ing anybody? Some apartment janitors are stingy with the heat the tenants burning up. so are A Kansas bride was taken ill right after she cooked her first meal. May be she baked her cake and ate it too. An optimist is a person who is fool ish enough to lend money to relatives. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q What new material is revo lutionizing the adhesives industry? A Epoxy resins. Q When will Hallcy's Cornel re appear? A In 1986. i Klamath Falls. Oregon Rugged Highway authorized revenue sources. Completion would have to be stretched out to 1977. Mounting evidence gleaned by House committee and independent investigators shows that the "rising costs" include untold millions of dollars scandalously lost through lack of proper federal control in graft, ex travagant waste, and mismanagement at the state level. To do the job on time means digging up another $9.7 billion. The President thinks it can be done if Congress will keep the existing four cent federal gasoline tax and add new, stiffer levies on the big trucks which use the roads. The overall cost picture won't be affected by Kennedy's order directing immediate re lease of $724 million which normally would have been allotted from the fund, in the months up to June 30. About 10 states, including New York, Ohio, Texas, California and the Dakotas, are sufficiently advanced in planning to put the money quickly to use. Here and there, con tract letting may also be speeded. But in many areas the money can't be handled now. Al ready allotted funds are backed up, waiting for plans. For the long pull, however, the problem of rocketing costs has to be met tomorrow. Too Lopsided sylvania, Illinois and Michigan. They narrowly saved California. ' - The big question among Republican lead ers was: "What hit us?" They're trying to find out, with a new special committee on big city campaigning. It will soon meet to plot tac tics aimed at recapturing enough of the city vole to win key elections in 1962 arid regain the presidency in 1964. Party men are attacking the problem on several fronts, but the one uppermost in their minds right now has to do with campaign' or ganization. They say very frankly they were improperly organized in many cities last fall. Some see their toughest task that of breaking into the national, racial and religious minorities which went heavily Democratic in November. These make up 78 per cent of New York's population, 65 per cent of Philadel phia's and bulk large in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and many other places. Leaders found that in Philadelphia 85 per cent of their local chieftains were not members of the large minority groups. They discovered, too, that they were undermanned in 500 of the city's 1,600 precincts and not manned at all in 300. They've begun by examining six cities as a pilot project. In the end they may study all 26 they lost. , Anyone interested in the health of the two major parties must wish them luck. No party should have a monopoly of the cities, the farms, or any region. Sensible balance seems a wise goal. Late Actor ACROSS 1.6 Popultr lite actor 11 Rwtow 13 Several of Ilia aim hive beta 7 Qualified 8 Honey maker 9 Scottish miss aO Feminine suffix 19 Waste material 13 Swift 18 Miss Wert 20 Tax 21 Arm. for Instance 22 Bestowed approval 23 Assist 24 Alder (var.l 23 Plunge into water 27 Japanese outcast 28 Cape 2d Large plant 31 Fish sauce id cri Certify 16 Depression Bureau (an.) 1? Splendor ST.' 19 Manner direction 20 Attacks 23 Mortar trays 26 Dregs 30 Feminine appellation 33 liturgical headdxau 33 Even 34 Indifferent 35 Gifts 39 Essential belnf 40 Perfumed 42 Hypothetical atructorat units 43 Ha waa one of fllmdom' Idolised a 4Alttort at Its capital 49 He had (real acting ; to Grated 64 Roman magistral 63 Landed property 66 Send In pavment 17 Comfort DOWN 1 Bird crop 2 Sweet e oration 3 Continent 4 Legal point 6 Retain Obtain Tuesday, March 7, 1961 Answer to PravtOU r 36 Birds' home 37 Powerful explosive 38 Fixed look 41 Rub out 42 Passage In the brain 43 County in Flood 44 Spar 46 Javanese tree 47 Anatomical plexus 48 Roman date 50 Biblical high priest 51 Seine 63 Depot (ab.) i-H.. 61 I IAIMI pai 5. i L oL jdl e leTcj 4- X H R I A T I ONI Bel aielw eTe o p 5 i full i , , 'r 'Z-M t u i1 -UE 5 Bt e x C aO erg p on e "fa r r a"t a1 b i. p vie n 5 t j Ali- js US A6 T B E N rTI o a &.H"SI1 1 & i 11 1 BU T LS lt A AN T AMEjNFMEflf 1 It e i j rTe 5lTo Tlll lEiTi-rieq IaIlIpU I 12 13 14 IS I IS 17 18 It 110 fi 171 u " an 21 u a 24 la rTS 21 a 129 37j Tl ' 1 13 """! b ' ' 1 a in LJ 1 " i u t 4 u? iu s ' s7 ; jam - Laos Situation Poses Threat To Kennedy Official Policy By JOHN M. IIIGHTOWER . WASHINGTON (AP)-The tide of civil war in Laos is beginning lo run dangerously against Amer ican eflorts to unify and neutral ize that Southeast Asian country. Worried Kennedy administra tion officials are now trying to figure out new moves this country or its allies can make to achieve a military stalemate and provide a fresh basis for diplomatic ne gotiations. , Officials hope to avoid a mili tary showdown with the Soviet Union in Laos, but increasingly it is being said privatcjy by au thorities here that the United States will never allow the Com munist conquest of Laos as it Tax Foundation Book Js Must Reading For All By LVLE C. WILSON WASHINGTON IUP1I - Tax Foundation, Inc.. has published, in a bright red paper cover, a book on government finance that a child with eighth grade skill ii: crithmetie should be able to understand. The child could understand most of it, anyway. This book is rec ommended leading, however, for the child's father and any other taxpayer. Several tabulations in tlic Tax Foundations' publication shoidd be read with special at tention to a socko line from Presi dent Kennedy's inaugural address. The line was this: "Fellow Americans, ask not what your country will do lor you ' ask what you can do for your country." It has been a long lime since Americans thought of govcmmeiu in the terms suggested by the new President. Perhaps Ihcy never did think in those terms. The pressure on government is now. and long has been, to do some thing for our fellow Americans. This pressure is effective. It has boosted government spending by many billions, ol dollars. For example, government spent about $68 billions in fiscal year 19VI tinder Hie first Eisenhower budget. President Eisenhov cr budgeted for the current, 1961, fiscal year to spend about $.10.3 billions. You may believe that this big hike in government spending over a seven-year period should be charged to the cold war and other international deliriums. Not so. The IP:4 expenditure for major national security was almost $47 billion. The current budget pro poses major national security sending just short of $46 billions, about SI billion down from 1954. So. where are the areas of big ger spending over this seven-year period? They are in the domestic spread of sending largely in be half of our fellow Americans lo whom Kennedy appealed on in auguration day. International al fairs and finance spending, which is not directly in behalf of Ameri cans, did increase from 1954 to 1961 from $1.7 to $2.1 billion. Veterans services and benefits, however, increased during that period from $4.2 to $5.3 billion, labor and welfare from $2 4 to $4.4 billion, agriculture and its re sources from $2 3 to $3 4 billion, natural resources from $1.3 to $2 billion: commerce and housing from $317 million to S3 7 billion. Tlie government went into the red for a great deal of this spend "Whatsa Matter, Can't Y' Read?" would endanger all of Southeast Asia. .' Unless the situation can be im proved from the Western point of view in the next two or three we,cks, the United States will have to take a much stronger po sition than, it has so far in trying to bring the civil war under con trol, responsible authorities say. One possible action under con sideration is to give the Soviet government a new warning of the seriousness of American inten tions not to settle for anything less than a neutralized Laos. U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson, who returned to Mos cow from Washington early lust week, is expected to explore the Laotian crisis with Soviet Pre- ing in response to pressure from our fellow Americans. That caused another expense itcm'lo zoom to a shocking level. Interest on the public debt was $6.4 billion in fiscal 1054. This year it will ex ceed $9 billion. , That's where !he money goes. The foregoing illuminating and simply expressed information is from a single page of the Tax Foundation's book. There arc 270 pages. This book, the 1960-61 edition of "Facts and Figures on Government Finance" can be or dered from Tax Foundation, Inc.. 30 Rockefeller Plazo, New York 20. N.Y. I don't know what it costs. But 1 do know it is a bargain. THEY SAY . . . The achievement of human con trol over unlimited destructive power has invalidated a basic premise guiding the interaction of groups namely that superior destructive force is the final ar biter of conflicts. Dr. Jerome K. Frank, profes sor of psychiatry al Johns Hop kins V. We are a sovereign slate with all rights to establish relations w ith whomever we desire and in whatever manner we consider best furthers the national inter est. Haul Koa, Cuban foreign minis ter. No klansman nor anyone else who has sworn to uphold the Constitution and obey the laws of tlie United Stales can in any way stop integration nor the talking over of state laws. Bill lledrlx, hrad of the South ern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, resigning after 22 years' membership. Other nations look lo the Unit ed Stales for atomic leadership. In the absence of American lead tlcrship. e must expect more dispatches, like those from Tel Aviv and Paris, telling of joint atomic projects of which we are not part. Perhaps they will be peaceful, perhaps not. Publisher Robert MrKinney. mier Nikita Khrushchev as soon as possible. The worsening of the situation in Laos, as evaluated in official quarters here, is due to a heavy inflow of Soviet weapons and Communist military technicians : from North Viet Nam. A Soviet airlift to the rebels in the northern and eastern parts of ' the country has been delivering tons of weapons and ammunition including artillery for almost three months. ' Truck convoys from Nprlh .Vfct Nam have also been delivering So viet weapons. The total amount of supplies the rebels have re ceived since December is esti mated at 4,000 tons or more. ' This buildup for an estimated 4 force of 2.000 Communist and pro- ' Communist troops, officials here ' said, has given the Reds a slight edge in military resources over the royal Lao army operating un-. der the government of Premier Boun Oum. ' The Reds have taken posses sion of about a third of the coun try. It is in the sense of in creased military power and ex - tensive territorial control that the situation is beginning to go against American aims. It has gone badly in another respect. A regime has been es tablished ' at Xieng Khouang in the name of former neutralist premier Souvanna Phouma. Phouma is regarded here as a neutralist rather than a. Commu nist, but he is bitter against the United States on the ground that it did not support his government when he was premier late last year. Phouma's identification with the regime set up in rebel territory gives that regime considerable prestige since he is widely re garded outside Laos as perhaps the only man capable of unifying the country. Efforts were recently made to persuade Phouma to join the Boun Oum government. He is re ported to have told the Western powers that he would not take part in any government unless it also included representation for Communist - oriented Pathct-Lao. Other political moves cither originated or supported by Wash ington have failed. The Soviet Union turned down a proposal to re-establish an international con trol commission, over Laos unless it was preceded by an interna tional conference. Communist governments have also rebuffed a proposal from King Savang Vathana for crea tion of a three-nation neutral com mission to investigate conditions in Laos and make proposals for a settlement. A grave problem is the danger of a U.S.-Sovict arms race in Laos. If the Soviet arms buildup continues to the point where the military balance is seriously threatened son officials here be lieve the United Stales will have to go in for heavy military aid to the Boun Oum government. If that process continues on each side the fear is that it might lead to broadening the war very con siderably. The United States so far has resisted Communist efforts lo call an international conference on the problem. Officials now appear to be backing away from that po sition, bill they are still reluc tant to consider going into a con ference when conditions in Laos would put tlie Western powers in a bad bargaining stance from the outset. By PETER EDSON . Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEAi - A col lection of cute sayings by Presi dent John F. Kennedy, printed in this space recently, has drawn from readers vehement comment of two exactly opposite types. ft seems that people either like the President's pretty w it, or else they think it's terrible, and he ought to cut it out. Letters from two Pittsburgh Press readers are typical of the lot. And because this question of injecting humor into politics seems to have stirred up a minor con troversy, it may be worthwhile letting both sides of the argu ment have a fling at it in ap proximately equal space, as a nightcap to the Kennedy - Nixon great debate. First, here is what a lady read er has to say: "I should begin this letter with a greeting. 'Sir,' but to me that name implies respect and, after reading your columns concerning President Kennedy's 'sense of hu mor,' I'm afraid any appropriate greeting for you escapes me. "It is obvious at this point that I am a Republican. But let's not digress. What you consider humor on the part of Mr. Ken nedy, I consider rank sarcasm, which is one brand of humor I can't appreciate at all. It is usual ly a trade-mark of people who seek to - belittle others in order to raise their own stature. "To my mind it has exactly the opposite effect. One of the things I disliked intently about J.F.K. was his constant belittling of Mr. Nixon and his remarks during the debates. It showed me what kind of a man he really is. - "I was also proud of Mr. .Nix on's composure during all this. He did not stoop so low as Mr. Ken nedy in his remarks. "With that off my chest and since 1 am not at all interested in a Kennedy scrapbook humor ous or otherwise let's find some thing a little more interesting to write about hmmmm?" THE DOCTOR Remaining Active In Retirement Pays ' " By HAKOl.D T. HYMAN, M.D. .... Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. . 1 used to feel very sorry for the many men who dreaded rc- , tirement. And for their wives who wondered what they'd do when they found themselves with "twice as much husband and half tint income" - - Here are a few slories which tell why my attitude changed: We have a neighbor, an elderly ear- . penter who had been in "moth balls" for the past several years. He loves wood. He handles a piece of good wood the way a concert violinist handles a Stradi- "varius. He strokes it after it has been planed the way you would pat the hand of a cherubic young ster. Fver since his retirement, he has been leaving home just as punctually, as ever, walks to a shop maintained by townfolks for vocational training of the menial ly retarded. There he spends his dav teaching by example the. skills necessary for turning oa'. modest articles that con be sold for the benefit of;lhe shop and the individual worker. , '. At day's end. ht. returns home w ith no more money in his pock- Thoughts If I had not rome and spoken to them, they would not have sin;' but now they have nn ex cuse for their sin. John 1.1:22. The depreciation of Christianity by indifference is a more insidi ous and less curable evil than infidelity itself Bishop Whatcly. For thou O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Psalms 71:5. Reverence is the very first el ement of religion; it cannot but be felt by everyone who has right views of the divine greatness and holiness, and of his own charac ter in the sight of God. Charles Simmons. Behold, you trust In deceptive' words to no avail Jeremiah 7:8. Wisdom and truth, the offspring of the sky. are immortal; while cunning and deception, the mete ors of the earth, after glittering for a moment, must pass awav. -Robert Hall. Many seek the favor of a ruler, but from the Lord a man gels Justice. Proverbs 29:2. God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before H i s hand takes hold on justice. Henry Ward Beccher. EDSON IN WASHINGTON Readers Differ On Humor Of Kennedy For the other side of this ar gument, a male reader writes: "Dear Sir: Speaking of jewels of humor during the presidential election, don't forget to remember the gems flashed by the commen tators. Specifically, I might men tion Huntley-Brinkley interviewing Richard M. Nixon Oct. 15. "Mr. Brinkley (in his inimical fashion! said to Mr. Nixon. 'I un derstand that the people of Whit tier, Calif., are so certain that you will be elected President of these United States that they have, al ready started to build the log cab in you were born in.' "Mr. Nixon (not catching on in his inimical fashion) 'Well, I nev er count my elections until I have won them and that is why I have never lost an election.' "Being a Kennedy rooter, I did not refrain from writing Mr. Brinkley. asking him to tell the people of Whittier to hold off or dering the syrup until after the re sult of the election. "To which Mr. Brinkley replied: 'It may, indeed, have been a mis take to inject even a small touch of humor, because Mr. Nixon is not particularly noted for his wit. But it seems to be a terribly humorless campaign so far, and I think an occasional light touch is called for.' "What do you think? I think Mr. Brinkley's humor is precious but he obviously was not following the John F. Kennedy speeches where humor and wit are abun dant. ... "I think humor good, clean wit is a stopgap for boredom and is a vote getter, even in a presiden tial election." : Both sides having now been heard in rebuttal, the argument will be considered closed. But President Kennedy goes right on poking fun, in his own way. When he spoke to the Na tional Industrial Conference Board of big businessmen here the other day he observed: "It would be premature to seek your support in the next election, and inaccur ate to express thanks for your support in the last." SAYS 1 ' ei than when he set out, but a much richer man in spirit. ; .i Except that she reads lo the blind, another of our neighbors, a retired business woman, in vests her retirement time with similar satisfactions. , The third of this small group is chair-ridden. Because she had little formal education, she had more or less persuaded herself that "good literature" was beyond her grasp. So' she wasted her days and nights staring at soap operas, gun battles and rassling matches. With some urging, she was per suaded to make the reading ac quaintance of some of the famous characters of literature. Soon she made friends with Huck Finn's Aunt Polly, David Coppcrfield's Pergoty and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Now, she has pro moled herself to following the ca reer of Scarlett O'Hara. She keeps' apologizing for her slow progress. "But," site says ; "no malter how long it seems to take, I get lo the end too soon." Need I add thai none of these neighbors appears in need of psy chiatric guidance or treatmcni? None fares the long hours of the ' day and night with dread or ap prehension. For a copy of Dr. Hvman's leaf let. "Anticipating Retirement" send 10 cents to Dr. Hyman. care Herald and News. Box 489. Dept. B. Radio City Station, New York. 19. N.Y. Al manac By United Press International Today is Tuesday, March 7, the Rfilh day of the year with 2M more in 1961. The moon Is approaching It? last quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars and Venus On this day in history: In IS47. American horticulturist Luther Burbank was born. In 1875. Maurice Ravel, famed French composer, was born. In 1876. Alexander Graham Bell received i patent for his invention of the telephone. In 1936. Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to March imo the Rhine land, thus breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Tact In 1940. in a mad dash to safe ly, the British liner Queen Eliza beth arrived in New York harbor, safe from Nazi submarine and air attacks. Thought for today: Norman Douglas said: "Many a man who thinks he found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tav. em for his friends "