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PAGE I HERALD AND NEWS, Klamaty Falls. Ore. Thursday. 461 JO ff u 1 v NOTHING SPECIAL FREEDOM'S FLAfflE iff J (W. I. S.) Campaign As It Was If you are the kind who occasionally falls into argument over who said what in last year's presidential campaign, you should be armed with three fat volumes which set down nearly every word the two major candidates uttered. t The documents, now being revised to in clude additional material and elaborate in dexes, are the product of a quietly working group known as the Senate Freedom of Com munications subcommittee. To millions, of course, nothing is quite so tame as a warmed-over campaign speech. But many of these people hold certain im pressions of what the nominees said. In the case of the President, unconsciously or other wise they compare his 1960 utterances and promises with 1961 performance. Now a quick trip to the library, or the outlay of a few dollars, will allow them to check the accuracy of their "impressions" of 1960 events. . Actually, however, the historians and the professional politicians will be the major bene ficiaries of these works. Never before have they had anything like them to work with. : What makes them unique is that they con- tain the true raw stuff of history. ; ; Speeches are set down in full as deliv- ered, with all the verbal fluffs, dangling ; participles, unfinished sentences and other : embarrassments. Advance texts released to the press, which candidates sometimes throw away or alter in varying degrees at the time of delivery, are also there. The committee staff worked like a bunch of detectives to ferret out every possible statement it got wind of, including dozens by the President or Richard M. Nixon to special groups, trade magazines and other limited audiences of which the general voting public knew nothing. Naturally, too, the complete, unedited versions of the celebrated Nixon-Kennedy TV debates are included. In the past, the published papers and writings of our presidents have usually re flected careful editing and elimination of ir regularities in language or delivery. Kennedy will not be able to enjoy this luxury. He and his opponent stand before the American pub lic as they really performed in 1960. Some observers already are saying that the three government volumes may contain better clues to the close outcome of the 1960 election than almost anything we are likely to read elsewhere. However that may be, it seems clear the Freedom of Communications subcommittee has made a tremendous contribution to the permanent political record, reducing to print much of the wild diversity which characterizes our turbulent, confused presidential campaigns. Make It Constructive : Despite long years of talk about the "bi partisan approach" to foreign affairs, both Republicans and Democrats attack the oppo sition fairly consistently on this front. Right now reports keep circulating that President Kennedy is more than a little an noyed with the volume and extent of GOP crit icism of his foreign policy course. He is known to be particularly distressed that former Pres ident Eisenhower has joined In the assault. Certain responsible Republicans in Con gress feel, however, that Kennedy is showing far too much sensitivity on this score. And they believe that those who suggest dampen ing the criticism are in fact applying a "double standard" which holds the Republicans to stricter account than Democrats. These GOP moderates, and others point out that the Democrats didn't spare the lash at the time of the celebrated U-2 incident over Russia, that the late Secretary of State Dulles was often heavily assailed for practicing "brinkmanship" with Moscow and Peiping, that the Eisenhower regime was constantly charged with being too rigid In attitude on disarmament, Berlin, and a host of Issues. To most of these Republicans, there is no difference between such attacks and their own charges that Kennedy has mishandled Cuba and Laos and could be firmer on Berlin. : It is natural enough for those most deep ly involved in foreign-policy making to be resentful of attack. The authors of policy are its defenders. Furthermore, the men in power who are privy to all the secrets bearing upon the cold war struggle come to believe that they alone are competent to make reasonable judgments. But more detached observers quickly point out that this cuts both ways. This, of course, is not meant to suggest that all mistakes when they are established as such are of equal kind or magnitude. The cooler onlookers simply say that any standard is unfair which would allow one party to criti cize, but not the other. . Realistic politicians are arguing anew that partisan criticism is ever with us, and that foreign affairs, which bulks so large today, can't be isolated from it. But all, of whatever party, should agree that critical appraisals must stop short of either suggesting or promoting national dis unity. They should agree also that criticism should be neither so strident nor so insistent as to make our policy makers its captives, to tie their hands at a bargaining table and de stroy their usefulness. Under our presidential system, we only get one set" of policy makers at a time, and they have to serve us for four years at the minimum. The Washington Boom There's at least one place where a super- boom Is underway. It's Jn the. federal govern J ment. Unfortunately, it's a boom that the tax payers including taxpayers-to-be, not yet born will have to pay. Since January something like 100,000 ad ditional civilian employes have been put on the federal payroll. Federal spending for the year will pass $90 billion a new peacetime record. And authoritative estimates say that next year's budget deficit will exceed $5 bil lion at the very least. Some think it may run close to twice that figure. It certainly will if the next Congress approves any substantial number of the spending bills that will go into the hopper bills which have nothing what ever to do with our military strength. We're supposed to be prepared to make sacrifices in the name of national defense and of national survival. When will Washing ton provide even a minor example? Not until the people vote no to candidates and public of ficials who promote higher taxes by advocat ing give-away programs financed by taxpayer dollars. aBlj How Is Your Eyesight ? By ARTHUR LORD Dear Arthur: My husband's 71-year-old mother lives with us. She's an angel, but her eyesight is (ailing and I want to know how to keep her from hurting her self. I'm sure you know moro about this than I do. DEVOTED Dear Devoted: Follow these hints to help prevent poisoning, falls, bums, and automobile acci dents: Get mom to put on her glasses and read (or have you read I the labels on any medicine she takes. Put Internal and external medi cines in different places. Try to identify all medicines w ith a sym bol or color that is Immediately . identifiable to your mother. ' - Never put more than one night's supply of pills on the bed table. Locate lamps and fixtures so that mom can turn them on be fore entering dark areas of the house. Keep all cords and low fur- iliture out of passageways. Light all stairways brightly. Re move or tack dow n scatter rugs. It's more than likely that If mom does any cooking, she has a prob lem seeing steam and the intensity of the heal. Light the stove area with bright lights, get large cook ing utensils to reduce spillage, and mark all control knobs clear ly. Under no circumstances should your mother-in-law do any driv ing. Dear Arthur: I am only 46. but t have never been very handsome. All my life 1 have sought some one to love. Several months ago I started reading books on logic, and recently I made a great dis covery. I found love through the ability to reason. I feel wonderful. What shall I do? LARRY Dear Larry: Keep thinking! Dear Arthur: My brother has beer? on welfare care for seven years. He is unable to do much work. He has arthritis of the back and a pulmonary condition. lie applied for disability bene fits two years ago. The benefits were jusi approved, but the county welfare officer made him sign a paper to pay him back starting in November, 19fi2. Does this stand by law? And may I write to you again? ANNA MAE Dear Anna Mae: This does not stand by law, Anna Mac. If you wish, you can institute proceed ings against the welfare officer. You may be assured that your hrother does not have to pay him back. Of course you may write to me again, in care of this paper. If your question is of general inter est, I'll answer it in the column. Dear Reader: fleas" send your questions to me, Arthur Lord, in rare of this newspaper. Look for an answer to those of general Interest In future columns. r ras iill ... r " iK-vzitrZA CROMLEY IN WASHINGTON Red Shadow Deepens Over South Viet Nam: US Slow By RAY CROMLEY Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON NEA The sit uation in South Viet Nam is black er than has been reported. Diplomatic and military men admit privately it is touch and go whether the United States can keep South Viet Nam from going down the Communist drain. Says one key diplomat, "I wouldn't bet either way right now." ' Says another state department official: "The only practical plan of ac tion we have is a long, slow build-up. It will take time. Our optimists estimate it can be Al manac By United Press International Today is Thursday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of the year with 73 to follow in 1961. The moon is approaching its full phase. The. morning star is Venus. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. On this day in history: In 1781, the Revolutionary War was nearly over, as Lord Corn w alius, the lieutenant general of the British Army, surrendered to an allied force of American and Fiench troops at Yorktown. In 1814, the "Star Spangled Ban ner" was sung in Baltimore for the first time. In 1954, Great Britain and Egypt signed a new Suez pact providing for the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone during the next 20 months. The pact guaranteed Egyptian control of the Suez at the end of seven years. A thought for today: German writer Thomas A. Kempis said. "Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be. since you cannot make your self as you wish to be." done in 18 months. I think it will take longer. It's not something you can do rapidly. "So whether we hold Viet Nam or whether we lose it depends on the Communists," he continues. "If they step up their present ' guerrilla drive in an all-out at tempt to knock off President Ngo Dinh Dicm's government, they can take over before our program gets off the ground. "If, somehow or other, they are convinced that it's too dangerous a move for now and that Uiey'd better go slowly, we have a f chance. I think they're going to , act fast." . : Neither the State Department nor Pentagon men have any idea what will convince the Reds that this rapid take over is too danger ous a move to make. The military men in background sessions talk of sending regimen tal combat teams to Southeast Asia. They admit privately that they think a few American com bat troops aren't going to scare the Red North Vietnamese off. The loyal Vietnamese do not lack for troops. The army is being expanded from 150.000 to 175,000. The hard-core Communist troops number 16,500. The loyal Vietnamese do not lack for weap ons. Most of the Communist weap ons have been captured from the loyal troops. The loyal Vietnamese do not lack in fighting ability. In the pitched battles, loyal troops defeat the Red guerrillas regular- iy. But the Reds are taking over more and more of the countryside at least by night. They are levying on the rice crops. They are picking up con scripts and volunteers and setting 1 up cells. When government troops move into a village, the Reds disappear. When the government troops move on. chasing the will-o'-the-wisp Reds someplace else, the Reds ap pear in the village again, right on their heels and "punish" those who have helped the government. 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They force peasants to buck the government, then watch happily as the government punishes the peasants and makes enemies. The situation is getting worse, fast. For the past three months. Red organizers and guerrilla fight ers have been slipping into South Viet Nam at a sharp pace. These men are well disciplined and well trained. They know exactly what they want to do and how to do it. Some are South Vietnamese tak en North, trained, and returned South. Some are North Vietnam ese. No Red Chinese nor Russians have been observed. These organizer-fighters are coming in by three routes: They're moving in heavily through the Red-controlled part of Laos. They're infiltrating the northern border. They're coming down nightly across the South China Sea in junks, landing on the coastal deltas then fading in to the marshes. Next: The U.S. plan for South Viet Nam and why it wasn't adopt ed eight months ago, when there was time. OTHER EDITORS' . OPINIONS Medical Aid Troubles ' (Oconomowoc. Wis., Knterp, Iscl According to a United Press In ternational news report Colorado's "model medical care program for the aged" is in financial trouble. The Colorado program covers only those on state pensions (52. 0001 representing one-third of the state's citizens over 65. The costs broke the program's bank in the last 12 months and faces a $600,000 deficit over its $10,000,000 annua! allotment. The result has been a sharp curtail ment in medical care, shorten ing of the maximum time in the hospital, and limiting cases to what is termed emergency with committees set up to determine what is an emergency. . . . The accusations are that the abuse of the plan is excessive. Hospital admissions under the Colorado program have run 446 per 1000 persons a year. This com pares with 285 per 1000 in Con necticut and 121 in the general ' population. Picture if you will what the rt would be and what the abuses could be if the always much more and unnecessarily wasteful federal government man agement took over such a pro gram at the national level. There must be a better way to meet this human need efficiently, adequately and with dignity. Could it be that the way is lral or o near local and n8 at theXtopia of Washington? More dern "weeks" this week. To start with, its National News paper Week. Slogan this year is "Your Newspaper Heritage of Truth. Frontier of Freedom." I'm not going to belabor you with a long discussion of newspapering. But a few things might be kept in mind: It's easy to buy a copy of a newspaper in the United States. There are plenty of newspapers and the price is low. For 10 or 15 cents a copy, the newsgathering facilities and abilities of many per sons are at your disposal. I am sure that all of you subscribe to at least one paper and most of you take two or more. But suppose you were a resi dent of any of the 27 countries which comprise "Southeast Asia", for example. In at least two of these countries there is no daily newspaper at all and very few weeklies. In some of these countries, the average amount of newspapers distrib uted will run as low as l'-a newspapers for each 100 per sons. Is it any wonder then that Krushy and his cohorts appear to be winning the cold war in these areas? Adolph Hitler used to say, "Tell a big lie often enough and the people will believe it." Pro vided, of course, that there is no one to rise up and dispute it. The first act of any dictatorial regime, when it takes over a country, is to suppress the newspapers. When the free press is muzzled, the Big Lie can then go unchallenged. Observing the times, Rev. Laing Sibbet mailed me a little squib he saw in the October Kiwanis magazine. A 7-year-old West Coast girl answered thusly to the question "What good is a newspa per?" "We need newspapers so we can know who reks and who drownds and who shoots somebody. And who wants a house and who dies or who gets a baby. It tells if your dog is lost. They are good on shelves and to make bondfires. They also do good under a babys plate and keep dogs offa things. You can wrap potato peelings in cm. You can put down one when you defrost. They tell about shows and how much things are." To which we might add that they are also good to swat things with, such as flies and public offi cials. And today (Oct. 12-191 is the end of Patriotic Education Week. After what most of us saw on television Monday night, it doesn't take much coaxing to help Mrs. Arch Proctor bring to you The American Cred: "I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are de rived from the consent of the gov erned; a, democracy in a repub lic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states, a perfect un ion, one and inseparable; estab lished upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and hu manity for which American patri ots sacrificed their lives and for tunes. "I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution: to obey its laws; to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies." You know, it's just possible that the attitude of some of us that the best interests of the United States should prevail In our considerations and dealings with other nations, might just catch on. At least, to the point where we won't be pointed out as crackpots or the "far, far right" any more. I'm reminded that an American is a fellow who sips Brazilian cof fee from an English cup while sitting on Danish furniture after coming home in a German car from an Italian movie and writes his congressman with a Japanese ballpoint pen demanding he do something about all the gold : that's leaving the country. But, to get back to Weeks. This is (Oct. 16 - 221 National Bible Week, too. National chairman is Erwin D. Canham, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, who says: "Mankind has no nobler nor more useful guide-lines to thought and action than the Holy Scrip- . tures." And, it was Secretary of State William H. Seward (who was responsible for U.S purchase of Alaska from Russia almost 100 years ago) who once said: "The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing in-' fluence of the Bible." A person, who shall be name less (not my Main Street Adviser) wondered if I had heard about Chan the Teak Dealer. I hadn't, so he told me. Chan noticed that there had been thefts from his place of business and one night he apprehended a bear, wearing tennis shoes, making off with the merchandise. Whereupon he shout ed out: "Halt there, boyfoot bear with teak of Chan!" Serves you right for reading down this far in the first place. I'm told of the sad tale of the matron in our neighborhood whose young lads were entertain ing some other young lads on a rainy day at her home. The boys were rough-housing a little more than usual, and our Harried He roine cried out: "Boys, boys, you can't do that inside! If you want to do that inside you've got to go outside!" We hear a lot about our Con gressmen throwing their weight around. And the other day some bright young fellow in Washing ton went to all the trouble to see just how far this weight : went. He found that there are 39 tons in the House of Repre sentatives and nine tons in the Senate. You can always say one thing with virtual certainty about taxes they, always increase. Take the social security tax as an example. The combined employee-employer rate, with each paying half, was two per cent on a maximum of $3,000 a year in earnings when the plan went into effect in 1937.; Now, the rate is six per cent on $4,800. This isn't all. The tax is scheduled to reach 9.25 per cent in 1969 without increased bene-. fits. If benefits are increased, the tax will have to be boosted further ' still, and applied to higher income levels. THE DOCTOR SAYS . . . Doctor Considers Drug Endorsements By HAROLD T. HV'MAN, M.D Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. We were looking at TV the oth er night when the pitchman an nounced that his medical product was used and endorsed by 9 out of 10 physicians. My friend turned to me and remarked. "I guess you must have been the tenth doc tor." That set me to thinking about these ads and their endorsers? What are their names? If they thought the product good enough to endorse, why did they not sanc tion mention of their names? What were they doctors of? Medicine? Philosophy? Music? Fine Arts? Economics? And if they gave their endorse- ments to the manufacturer and sanctioned use of their names, why were they nn identified in the commercial? Furthermore, if the manufac turer obtained 9 endorsements out of a particular group of 10. were other groups questioned? And were there 9 out of 10 endorse ments in all groups? Indeed the inquiO might be ex tended. "Used at leading hospi tals!" say other commercials. What leading hospitals? How many? Why not all leading hos pitals? What reasons were given by leading hospitals that did not use the product? The product is "like a doctor's prescription" boasts another blurb. What doctor? What pre scription? It's all like a poem we used to recite when we were kids. It be gan, "1 was wilh Grant," the stranger said. Said the woman "Say no more." And she inviled the passer-by to eat at her table. Not until he'd had his fill did the stranger complete his opening sentence. "I was with Grant in Illinois," he said as he wiped his mouth, "some 10 years before the war." At any rate, that's how it seems to the tenth doctor. For a copy of Dr. Hyman's leaf let "How to Choose Your Family Doctor," send 10 cents to Dr. Hy man, care Herald and News. Box 489. Dept. B, Radio City Station, New York 19. N.Y. .QUESTIONS 0 AND ANSWERS Q Q What is the smirre of In sulin for medical use? A It is obtained from the pan crealiiQclands of cattle, ep, hogs and certain fish. 0 o o.
