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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Monday, March 13, 1961
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
Foreign Aid Faces
- "P-p-pIease C-c-come l-i-in"
Compact
;, It is most unfortunate that the Washing
Hon state legislature heeded the cries of the
public power advocates and killed the Colum
bia Compact The action relieves the Oregon
legislature from further consideration at this
time, because the Compact required that it
must be ratified by Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana and Idaho before it could be submitted
to Congress for authorization. Up to the time
it was killed in Washington, the Compact had
a good chance for passage this year, as both
Idaho and Montana legislative bodies had aj).
proved it.
i Admittedly, the Compact had been wa
tered down through the years to the point
."where it had become hardly more than another
advisory agency. Still, it would be better than
aiothing.
' Now, we assume, we can anticipate a flur
ry of activity in support of establishment of a
"For four years there has been before
the Congress legislation to reform federal
lax rates to permit greater economic progress.
Over roughly the same period, federal spend
ing has increased $11 billion, and retarded
'economic growth has emerged as the nation's
chronic problem. If the revenue consumed
in the increased spending had been retained
in the private economy through tax rate re
form, we would already be moving into a new
era of more rapid and sustainable economic
growth." . ,
Thus begins a joint statement recently
issued by Representative A. S. Herlong Jr.
(D-Fla.) and Representative Howard H. Baker
(R-Tenn.). It was made on the occasion of the
re-introduction of the Herlong-Baker Bill for
lax reform and tax reduction. This, in their
view, is an absolute must if America's eco
nomic supremacy is to be maintained, and if
the needed degree of economic growth is to be
pbtained. As they see it, "The philosophy un
derlying the federal tax system is as outmoded
s the breadline." It destroys and prevents the
accumulation of capital which otherwise
would go into the making of jobs and the pro
duction of goods and services. It thus amounts
to a brake on growth and progress. It also
jstands in the way of the creation of the new
Sources of taxation which are an automatic
part of economic development.
I In a previous joint statement. Repre
sentatives Herlong and Baker said: "Com
inned with men's energy, vision and techno
logical skill, capital is the source of all eco
JIM BISHOP: REPORTER...
Tears
n -j ... 1 1
; The exit from lite is more im
portant than the entrance. We
aro born unconscious of the event,
and sometimes we leave in the
same state. Still, wlien it Is time
to step oft stage, most of us have
an Idea that the curtain is going
down. Most people go gracefully.
! In line of duty, I have seen
many people make the final adieu.
Some were in bed. Some wore In
the street. Five were in electric
chairs. One. a little boy with blond
hair and apple cheeks, died of
rheumatic fever. Of all the exits,
his left the most lasting impres
sion on mo because of what he
said.
He looked up at an older sister
and said: "I'm going to die, ain't
I?" and the girl said: "No, what
makes you say that?" He point
ed to his parents at the foot of
the bed. "Because Mommy and
Daddy are crying."
In the long march of man across
the face of history, It matters not
whether he left at the age of II
or at the age of 77. He was here
as all of us are at the will of
God. He put us here for a pur
pose and for a time, and when
the time is up, we go. He will
Judge us by our deeds and, in
my opinion. It is better to go in
Innocence than to live longer and
be laden with crimes.
; I have always been puzzled by
people with a morbid fear of
death. One cannot live forever
end the body betrays us more and
more with each passing year.
Death holds terror only for the
living. It is pointless to grieve
for those) who have gone, because
Should Be Kept Alive
Columbia Valley Authority or similar federal
agency to step into the vacuum left through
the lack of effective state action. With the
death of the Compact, public power and so
cialized electric power advocates will redouble
their efforts to set up another TVA in the Pa
cific Northwest.
The time, money and effort spent on the
Compact is not entirely wasted. Each of the
seven states had appointed good men to repre
sent them in the proceedings leading to writ
ing of the Compact, and there is presently a
greater understanding of the individual state
problems leading to development of water
resources. While it seems wasted effort to
keep submitting the Compact to the legisla
tures, we are hopeful that representatives of
the states involved will continue to meet and
discuss ways of implementing an effective program.
Federal Tax Reform
nomic progress. Its beneficial effect starts
with employment. The production of capital
goods itself provides jobs. Then, these goods
are used to increase the productivity of exist
ing jobs and to create new production and new
jobs." The whole purpose of their bill is to
put more capital to work in this fashion.
The bill provides for tax reform and tax
reduction on a graduated basis over a 5-year
period. All individual and corporate income
tax rates would be cut. At the end of the five
years, the individual brackets would run from
15 per cent up to 47 per cent, as against 20
per cent to 91 per cent now. The corporation
tax would be reduced from the present 52 per
cent to 47 per cent. The bill also provides for
more realistic depreciation rates, decreased
estate and gift taxes, and more liberal capital
gains provisions. As a safety valve, reduc
tions could be postponed in any year in which
an unbalanced budget was threatened.
The reduction in federal revenue in any
one year would not be greater than three and
one-half billion dollars. And that much new
revenue is gained with a growth of three and
one-half per cent in our economic output.
Students of the problem are convinced that
our growth, if the Hcrlong-Baker provisions
were in force, would be substantially greater.
The authors of the bill emphasize that '
its intent "is to give priority for use of the
revenue gain to tax rate reform over any and
all spending on new or old programs except
that necessary for national security." And
stress is laid on the need for economies in
non defense federal spending.
For The Dead
Come From The Living
they have made the final trip to
lifo everlasting. If you must
grieve, do It for the next of kin.
They are Uio ones who are hurt.
When the chips aro down, I
think that women have more cour
age than men. They are nervous,
emotional people throughout most
of their lives, and they complain
about imaginary aches and ills,
but, they are serene when the
book is ready to be closed.
My maternal grandmother was
Mary McSwiggen Tier. Her face
was etched with sharp lines when
the time came. She w as in bed in "
the back room at 41 Randolph
Avenue, Jersey Cily. She was
conscious and she called her two
daughters into the room. One was
my mother: one was Aunt Ktla.
She talked to them and they
started to cry. "Go downtown on
Newark Avenue," she said, "and
buy me a nice dress to be buried
in. Get me something blue or or
chid, with long sleeves. A lace
yoke would be nice if you can
find one. And slop that damn cry
ing God forgive me!"
They obeyed. Their eyes were
red. Hers weren't. They came
back with the dress and put it on a
hanger and hung it on the bed
room door so that she could sec.
"That's nice," she said, approv
ingly. "That's very nice." In a
few days she was gone.
My paternal grandmother was
Mary Murphy Bishop. She was
born in the City of Cork. When
her time came, she was living
with my Aunt Margaret McCar
thy. It was a cold night in Jan
uary. She was a tiny woman with
cheeks like Queen Victoria and a
Utile bun of snowy hair on hot
head. In the middle of the night, she
called "Margaret! Margaret!" My
.grandmother was deep in the
eighties and she had sustained a
heart attack. It was the lust one.
Aunt Margaret phoned for a priest
and a doctor. The priest was
young. When he came into the
room, blowing the intense cold off
his hands, she raised herself on
one elbow and said:
"What are you doing hero on
such a cold night? A young man
like you needs his sleep."
He told her to shhh. She looked
at him and smiled apologetically.
"What would an old woman like
me have to confess?" she said.
It was a question of inarguable
logic. Still, he went Uirough the
ritual of Extreme Unction and
grandma resigned herself to it.
When lie was finished, she
thanked him kindly, and died.
Both Indies had lived full lives
and, in advanced years, they he
came bored w ith life. It was like
silling Uirough a movie the sec
ond time. Grandma Bishop said.
She knew the plot and the whole
cast of characters. Not long ago,
my fattier was in a half-kidding,
half-serious mood and he said:
"When I go. remember, no tears.
In my time I have lived two
and a half lives. I'm far ahead of
the game."
He couglied noisily. "And for
goodness' sake, if anybody comes
. to the services, please otter him
a drink."
After all, tho end is the true
beginning. . ,
Goldberg Emerging As Strong
Man In Kennedy's Top Flight
By JAMES MARLOW
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON (AP)-Il's that
time in the life of a new admin
istration when looking at the
. President's Cabinet is like exam
ining a chorus line to guess who'll
star.
By this time in President Ei
senhower's first administration
three of his Cabinet already were
tagged as standout: Secretary of
Slate John Foster Dulles. Treas
ury Secretary George M. Hum
phrey and Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson.
It's not that easy with Presi
dent Kennedy's Cabinet. Yet. he
has some extremely forceful men
around him. But so far Labor Sec
retary Arthur J. Goldberg has
bad far more attention than the
others.
I Dulles, Humphrey and Wilson
all lived up to early expectations,
but in different ways, and were
on stage till the end of their serv
ice. Dulles and Humphrey be-
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manac
By 1'nltcd Press International
Today is Monday, March 13, the
72nd day of the year with 293
more to follow in 1R61.
The moon is approaching its
new quarter.
The morning stars are Jupiter
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Venus
and Mars.
On this day in history:
In 1733. Joseph Priestly, the
English chemist who discovered
oxygen, was born.
In 1791. "The Rights of Man"
by Thomas Paine was published
in London.
In 1B32, a cartoon depicting
Uncle Sam as the symbol of the
United States appeared for the
first time, in the New York Lan
tern. In llfl, impeachment proceed
ings against President Andrew
Johnson got under way in the
Senate.
In 1933. banks throughout the
country began to open following
the bank holiday proclaimed
March 5 by President Roosevelt.
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came dominant and controversial.
Wilson, who occasionally popped
off to his own disadvantage, was
as controversial as either of the
other two but never seemed to
acquire their authoritative voice.
By comparison the rest of that
first Eisenhower team with the
exception of Agriculture Secre
tary Ezra Taft Benson remained
shadowy figures.
Goldberg, if only because of tho
events which immediately began
to overtake him, so far has given
the impression of more speed
than anyone else in the Kennedy
' Cabinet. His problems, of course,
were of the kind to make head
lines. First, he had to settle a tug
boat strike which had New York
in knots: then he had to settle
an airline strike which had the
, nation in knots. He made a trip
through the depressed areas, ap
peared repeatedly before Con
gress, and even flew to Miami to
talk turkey to the AFL-CIO Exec
utive Council.
Some of the others in the Cabi
. net will move up front and cen
ter as their problems multiply.
So far they've stayed pretty much
out of sight, as if hibernating un
til spring.
It's doubtful Secretary of State
Dean Rusk will ever get the pub
licity of Dulles. He's not the type.
Dulles was undisputed boss of
foreign policy, went in for dra
matics, was leaned on heavily by
Eisenhower.
Rusk lacks Dulles' sense of dra
matics, doesn't push himself or
his ideas into the spotlight, seems
determined to let Kennedy make
the big statements in the foreign
field. ,
Except for a few statements
Agriculture Secretary Orville L.
Freeman has been in the back
ground. And this is a guess un
less his farm programs strike
sparks he isn't likely to be a fiery
- figure.
J. Edward Day, by the very
nature of his job as postmaster
general, isn't front page material.
And there's nothing theatrical
about Abraham A. Ribicoff, sec-retai-y
of health, education and '
welfare, an earnest, quiet mun.
The rest of the Cabinet
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is unpredictable. The President's
brother, Robert F. Kennedy, at
torney general, isn't apt to cause
problems for the President by
pushing forward.
He is, however, a very active
young man. And his actions, rath
er than his words, may assume
an extremely important role in
any appraisal of the Kennedy ad
ministration. Interior Secretary Stewart L.
Udall, aggressive and outspoken,
almost certainly won't stay quiet,
lo avoid conflict. It's too soon to
guess about Luther H. Hodges,
secretary of commerce.
Traditionally, though, that job
doesn't produce fireworks. Two
men to watch are Defense Secre
tary Robert S. McNamara and
Treasury Secretary Douglas DU
lon. Both have played pretty mum
while) getting their house in or
der. But both are strong men, with
brains.
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Lost Freedom
Most people think of revolution
as the violent overthrow of gov
ernment and cannot conceive that
it can be just as completely de
stroyed a little at -a time from
within.
In my opinion the United States
is not loo far from the final
stages of just such a revolution
which started as the new deal in
1933.
We are turning our republic,
which was probably the, finest
system the world has ever known,
into one similar lo the totalitari
an governments which have pre
vailed in many foreign countries
from ancient times.
A few of those responsible
were true revolutionaries working
for the international communist
conspiracy who have been follow
ing a brilliantly conceived and
superlatively executed plan for
the communist conquest of the
world, but the vast majority are
misguided intellectuals who be
lieve they are building a new or
der where all people will enjoy
a happier life, free from want,
with security for all.
To accomplish this the wealth
of our country is being redis
tributed through excessive taxa
tion and vast spending programs.
While these architects of the
new order vehemently deny they
are socialists, they are following
quite closely the socialist plan,
which does not create new wealth
hut will only be successful until
the wealth produced by the free
enterprise system is squandered
and then human nature being
what it is compluston becomes
necessary to insure production.
Bureaus must be set up to
make and enforce the thousands
of rules and regulations inherent
in this system, which, when it
readies this stage is changing
from socialism to a bureaucratic
dictatorship.
These bureaus are constantly
enlarged, become hard to control
and finally become so complicated
that one bureau may at the same
time be carrying on projects in
dire'! opposition to one another.
A good example of this is the
mess caused by government med-
wl Stiff Opposition
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn. (
WASHINGTON (NEA)-Etforts
'to beat down the U.S. foreign aid ,
program are going full till while
the Kennedy administration is still
trying to decide what its future
policy shall be.
Principal argument of the
groups against foreign aid is that
the United Stales can't afford to
send more billions overseas while
the U.S. balance of payments sit
uation is so precarious and the -U.S.
domestic economy is so dis
turbed. This argument has a strong ap
peal to businessmen feeling the
pinch of recession, to the unem
ployed and to Congressmen w hose
principal interest is cutting any
and all government expenses, par
ticularly abroad.
Henry R. Labouisse Jr. has
only recently been confirmed and
sworn in as new director of the
U.S. International Cooperation Ad
ministration which administers
foreign aid. He has been, howev
er, working with White House
and State Department officials on
details of a new program to be
' sent Congress later in the year.
Its broad oulines were sketched
in President Kennedy's State of .
the Union message. He called
then for central policy direction
of all U.S. foreign aid programs
"that now so often overlap, con
flict and diffuse our energies."
Since the Marshall Plan was
set up there have been four such
reorganizations. First it was Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra
tion, then Mutual Security Ad
ministration, then Foreign Opera
tions Administration and now In
ternational Cooperation Adminis
tration. By hatever name they call it
next thereby further confusing
countries receiving aid what is
being sought now is a turnaround
that will head the programs in
new directions. No policy has been
agreed on yet.
But in his State of the Union
message the President said he
would ask Congress for authority
to establish a new and more ef
fective program to assist the eco
nomic, educational and social de
THE DOCTOR SAYS ...
Abnormalities Not
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By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D.
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
In recent years we've learned
that many of the abnormalities
present at birth are not truly
congenital, in the sense that
they're hereditary, but acquired
in the sense that they occurred
during the carrying period.
To use a word you'll be reading
more about in the near future,
they're embryopathic, meaning
that they took place while the
developing infant was resident
within the mother's body.
Now let me explain that this
differentiation is no mere hair
splitting, as you'll understand
when I give you details of a
disturbing letter sent by a well
meaning mother who, quite un
derstandably, is uninformed in
this complex field of medicine.
The great difference between
hereditary and embryopathic dis-
dling with the American farmers.
While some of them are being
paid to retire land others are paid
to put land into production at the
same time vast sums are spent
on irrigation and reclamation proj
ects. While all this is going on farm
ers arc being subsidized in rais
ing surplus crops and billions of
dollars o( the taxpayers money
is spent by the government in
acquiring and storing these sur
pluses. After more than twenty years
of this fantastic mess the bureau
crats are still rushing ahead with
new schemes and the farm prob
lem is farther from solution than
ever.
Had the farmers been left alone
the law of supply and demand
would have taken care of their
problem long ago.
Many people in our country,
myscll included, have changed
occupations several times, with
out any help or interference from
the government, as changing con
ditions made the one we were en
gaged in no longer profitable.
,Ve have gone so far down the
road to ruin that it will take a
tremendous effort and require
great sacrifice from all of us to
turn our country back to sane,
constitutional government but it
is st ill within our power to do so.
When they fully understand all
the implications of what has been
happening to our country I be
lieve most Americans will agree
that less of freedom is too high a
price to pay (or "security from
the cradle to the grave."
Mr. Lyle Hartzell Sr.
Box 35
Florence, Oregon
velopment of other countries and
continents a new emphasis.
He did not mention the milita
ry aid programs, though it would
be wrong to assume from this
they will be left out.
This year about $2.4 billion is
appropriated for military aid and
defense support activities, with
$1.1 billion for scattered econom
ic assistance and relief programs.
This aid is now being adminis
teredas someone has described
it a good bit like assistance to
the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad. This is to keep
it from bankruptcy. About all
such aid does is buy time. This
is often expensive, as has been
proved in places like Korea and
Nationalist China.
The kind of aid administered
frequently determines the kind of
government the receiving coun
tries get. If a lot of military aid
is given, a general emerges as
head of government, as in Pakis
tan or Turkey. This may not pro
mote democracy and economic
growth.
To get the U.S. foreign aid
program out of this rut of Just
keeping the recipient countries
from going bankrupt, it is now
proposed that more U.S. foreign
aid be matched by native capital
for investment in new enterprises
and economic development. Amer
ica can't furnish all the capital
needed forever.
One other requisite of Presi
dent Kennedy's is that larger con
tributions must be made by Amer
ica's allies for aid to the new
and less developed countries.
A start in this direction has
been made by West Germany's
recent agreement to finance a
foreign aid program of its own.
But the German parliament must
first ratify this and appropriate
money for it. German funds may
therefore not become available be
fore next January.
It is conceded that the German
contribution to international for
eign aid may be large. But first
reports that this would be a bil
lion dollar's a year are now said
to be exaggerated. The size of the
German contribution may be de
termined by contributions made
by other foreign countries.
i leieuiiaiv
..
turbances lies in the fact that the
latter, being acquired, are not
handed down from generation to
generation.
Stated in positive terms, the
child who is born with an em
bryopathic defect or deformity
will not transmit that defect or
deformity to his or her own chil
dren. "I am a widow," writes the
good mother who brings this sub
ject to our attention, "and I have
a son who was born blind. He
had eight operations when a child
but none of them did any good.
We spent wur life's savings on
these operations and his educa
tion. He is a musician and plays
organ and accordion. The only in
come he has is his blind pen
sion and what little he can make
with his music.
"And now to my problem. He
is going to marry this summer
and his fiancee has just partial
sight. 1 am afraid that if they
should have a child it might be
blind, too. I know what suffer
ing that would cause parents with
small means and a child who
would never see. Is there any
medication he ca.n get that would
keep him from being fertile?
Please help me in this matter."
I can indeed help you in this
matter, dear mother. But not in
the way you might imagine.
Since you do not state that cith
er you or your husband suffered
any visual defect and your let
ter is well written in a firm hand.
I am going to assume that your
son's blindness was embryopathic.
As such, it is not transmissible
to the next generation. And if
this is also true of the partial
blindness of his fiancee, as is
most likely, there is no reason to
fear for the visual acuity of their
child or children.
Would it not be an act of cruel
injustice to deprive this young
couple, who've already had more
than their share of suffering, of
the joys of parenthood? And. al
though my experience is limited
to only one blind couple blessed
with offspring. I can assure you
that your grandchild-to-be will
probably be just about the most
beloved youngster in your com
munity. Or. for that matter, in
any other. He ll not he packed in
the back seal while his parents
traipse around the countryside or
go to a drive-in late, late movie.
And he'll have no baby sitter to
tend him while his parents ate
gallivanting around.
"How about casting out fear,
grandmother-to-be. and getting
started on some sort of knit
ling assienment? Baby booties,
lor example?
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