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PAG1 O WtfitS AND NEWS. Klamath alls, Ore. Sunday, October 29, 1961 'He's Behind in His Rent, He Cocks in His Room And He-Complains About the Service . NOTHING SPECIAL IW. I. S.) Some Britons are declaring over and over that we Americans are "obsessed" with anti communism. Most who say this do not mean we are see 'ing things under the bed, or applying the Communist label to persons and policies which ' do not deserve it. That is another matter. What these Britons seem to mean, judg ing from the detail of their argument which we manage to hear in this country, is that we see too much evil in the Soviet and Chinese brand of communism. To put their case most sharply, m,any Brit ons just do not believe that the Moscow-Pci-ping variety of totalitarianism is in the same league with Hitler's Nazism. , They start with the idea that communism is "perverted" socialism. Since they often fav or socialism, they conclude that there is a .large kernel of good in communism. They concede that the "perversions" re gression, brutality, threats of war must be rresisted. But they argue that one day they may pass, leaving only the "good" of social ism. By contrast, they found Hitler's totali tarianism a naked grab for power, having no justification other than its own inner compul sions. ' What can we say to this? We can argue, wth some plausibility, that what these Britons think of as communism's perversions may well be permanent rather than passing. ): ' In the Soviet Union, communism has been in the saddle more than 40 years. Some as pects of its terror have indeed been eased since Stalin's death. But the men who suc ;f , (Tucson Arizona Star) . Many editorials on Communism and how to fight it have been written, but probably none any better than is found in the words of J. Edgar. Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, In his testimony be fore a Senate Judiciary Committee subcom mittee investigating administration of Internal security laws: . . , ' ' "Because Communism thrives on tur moil, the party Is continuously attempting to exploit all grievances real or imagined for its own tactical purposes. It is, therefore, al most Inevitable that, on many issues, the party line will coincide with the position of many non-Communists. The danger of indiscrimi nately alleging that someone is a Communist merely because his views on a particular sub ject happen to parallel the official party po Among the harsh realities of life Is hopping, I do not like It. Like a visit to the dentist, it is always scheduled for next week. Some husbands like to accompany their wives while the ladies dream their way from one counter to another. Not me. My feet hurt thinking about it. . , , Yesterday I went Shopping. Alone. My method is to compile a list of Items I need, rush Into each shop with fangs bared, ask lor tho item, pay for It, and go. It there is a customer ahead of me, es pecially a lady who knows the clerk well enough to shred a little of the latest gossip, I'm dead. Fin. ished. Lights out: ', My patronage always goes to the local stores, unless I'm in tho I market for something they do not sell. Then 1 go. to Red Bank or INew York. On this flying Jaunt, I started :n the village. The first 'order of business Was the news 'papers and some color movie film, so I headed for Art Katim's store. He was so surprised to see me that ho said hello twlct. He had tho papers. No film. We talked about our children for a moment and I hurried out and down Die street to peep Into the barber shop. He had two custo mers waittngnd one in the chair. I pulled out my list and checked .o(f one hair trim. Saw Grace Jlyan who, is well as her hus band Jack, Is an old friend, flopped in a crouching, on-the-hark position to discuss grand children, measles, runny noses 'etc. and hurried on to the Sea Bright Pharmacy for vitamins. . In and out Stopped in BUI Fowler's hardware store for some staples, bulbs, small night lights i Built-in Defects ceeded him engineered the butchery of Hun gary and the cruel walling-in of East Berlin. Can anyone honestly believe Khrushchev and his associates, who perpetrated these . deeds and were earlier linked with Stalin's terror, are on the road to the "softness" of socialism? Years ago Arthur Koestler, an author who knows from the inside the meaning of com , munism, gave an answer. In his book, "Darkness at Noon," an aging Russian has been ruthlessly jailed for clinging to humanitarian, socialistic notions. He puts his hand on the arm of his young, rigid-mind-, ed interrogator, a complete totalitarian, and starts a sentence with: "My son. ..." The jailer brushes him off and thunders: "I'm not your son." Responds the victim, who had been in the vanguard of early communism: "Oh yes you are. That's the horror of it." Repression, then, is the inevitable off spring of total control. Its force may be delib erately blunted from time to time. But, once . having been used, it is always easy to use again. Far from being better, communism is probably worse than naked Nazism. For it tries to mask its terror and tyranny in the false cloak of concern for humanity. The "promise" it holds out is a vicious de ceit. That deception not only lures the naive . and unwary, but many who think themselves alert to any peril to freedom. Our British critics seem to be among them. They are puzzled by us. We are puzzled that they find potential good in a system that offers repression as an inborn characteristic. ; From An Expert sition is obvious. The confusion which is there by created helps the Communists by diffusing the forces of their opponents. "Unfortunately, there are those who make the very mistake the Communists are so careful to avoid. These individuals concentrate on the negative instead of the positive. They , are merely against Communism without being for any positive measures to eliminate the social, political and economic frictions which the Communists are ... exploiting. , "These persons would do well to recall a recent lesson from history. Both Hitler and Mussolini were against Communism. How ever, it was by what they stood for, hot against, that history has judged them." Those final lines will stand a rereading. Americans engaged in negative compaigns, working ... to divide neighbor from neighbor . . . should remember them especially. JIM BISHOP: REPORTER . . . As Shoppers, Men Hardly Measure Up To Women for the children. I was ready to go when Bill, a stout man with a moon smile, started to talk big game fishing. I was lulled. I leaned on the counter and wo lied to each other glibly. Deep sea fishing is, to me, what a new hat and shoes are to a woman. "The best all around fishing," I said, "from big bills to barracu da, is north of tho Jack Tar Ma--rine at West End, Grand Baham- . as." "Never heard of it," he said. "The best I ever had was north of Jupiter Inlet, near Stuart, Flu.. Ever hear of a sallfish jumping into the boat?" We talked for half an hour, The fish got bigger and bigger. We talked boat captains and I said Steve Hollingsworth was the only man I ever knew who could smell a broad bill In a flat sea. Fowler fell back Into a rack of screwdrivers, and I left. I drove to Red Bank, walked into Reus sille's jewelry shop to get a ring smallened. Smallencd? Short ened? Talked to Bob about base ball, napkin rings, the weather, and gold earrings. Time was running out, so I hur ried to Anderson's Music Shop to find out If there were any new l.p. records by Ruth Welcome She plays sentimental songs on a zith er. Mr. Anderson said no. He said I had them all, and there were no new once. So 1 bought a couple of piano records by George Feycr and Frankie Carle. Ran around the corner to Kis lin's Army and Navy store just to see what bargains he had. Found out Poppa Klslin lost his wife last year, his left leg this year both to diabetes. He's tough. He'U make it. Bought boots for the lit tle ones, some long .22 shells for the rifle, and talked to young Kis lin for 40 minutes about business. Got into tlie car. Almost home, when I remembered the barber. Drove up and down in front of his shop like a rich picket. He had one waiting customer and one in the chair. I've read his back is sues of Playboy, so 1 gave up the haircut and headed for the barn. Almost home and remembered that I wanted to stop at Shea's Service Station to tell them about the healer that doesn't heat. Mrs. Shea was there. She heard the story and said she'd tell her boys, Eddie and Waller. Waller would pick the car up and fix the heater. I told her not to forget . the anti-frcczc. She said it had been taken care of. I went home. 1 arrived triumphant and fa tigued, being careful not to put the car in the garago for fear it ' might get bad habits. Remem bered that while 1 was at Shea's, forgot to get gasoline. Forgot to put shoe polish on the list, which was why the shopping was impera tive in the first place. No haircut either. Can't remember every thing. Can't remember anything. " Kelly met me at the door. The smile of greeting chuivd to puz zlement. "Is that all you got?" she said, pointing to the bundle. This fiNod my mood for the rest of the day. "You've been Rone since one o'clock." she said. "1 mean, ' It's practically time for dinnc5" "So what?" I said defensively. "I'm on time. I made it, didn't 1?" She shook her head sadly and turned toward the kitchen. "They talk about women," she said, and disappeared among the pots and pans. , . , Civil Defense Everyone is talking about them these days fallout shelters, that is. Our magazines and " papers are currently coming out with a rash of articles similar to Life's "How You Can Survive Fallout." We are encouraged to "prepare" for thermonuclear at tack with comfy prefab shelters which LIFE depicts, complete with happily grinning family and presumably, although not shown, stocked with rifles to fend off less prudent neighbors. For ra diation sickness, we are told, one takes tea and aspirin, and supposedly when (and if) we emerge, after a few days or weeks, communism will be erad icated from the earth and we will all pitch in and start over. . Things . may be tough for a while, what with death and des truction and poisonous radioacti vity everywhere, but it will all be worth it, we are led to be- Al manac By United Press International . Today is Sunday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of the year with 63 lo follow in 1981. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning star is Venus. .The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. On this day in history: In 1795, English poet John Keats was born. , In 1923, Turkey became a re public, and its first president, na tionalist leader Mustafa Kemal, announced he would be known as Kemal Ataturk. In .1929, pandemonium reigtled on the New York Stock Exchange as prices virtually collapsed. Huge blocs of stock were thrown on the market but there were few buy ers. The great depression of the 1930's was under way. A thought for today: American author Mark Twain said: "One of the most striking differences be tween a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives." Colombia ACROSS 1 Colombia's 'capital TH emerald mines re near Somondoeo IS Papal capea 14 Withdraw 1) Itll rich in mineral 12 Communists IB Father of Osiris 21 Nautical term 22 Cylindrical 23 Tradesman 24 Girl's nam 25 Cravats 15 Moves smoothly 28 AnneiM 16 Undated 28 Colombian 17 Harden monkey 20 The dill 30 Hideous monster 3.1 Strong wind 35 Niggardly 38 School group (abj 18 Self-esteem 20 Disorder 21 la present 24 Unfresh 27 Honey-maker 28 Philippine peasant SI Helper .12 Storming S4 Liberate, 38 Tardier 37 Donkey 38 Point 40 Choice part 41 Reinstate 43 Surf noise 48 Auricle 47 Mine shaft hut 50 Cheerer 82 Harbor seal 83 Continued story M Eaten away 87 Pact 88 Eye membrane DOWN 1 Quagmires? 2 Shield bearinf 9 Manner of welkin 4 Aged 8 Golfer"! momd 8 Property Rem 7 Hummer 8 Informed P Ledger entries 10 Honeysuckle, lor l Letters To The Editor lieve, if we can preserve our way of life. The Life article (three per cent of the population killed if all were sheltered is based on a very small attack delivering 300 megatons on military targets ' only. The same study (p. 216,. house government operation, civil defense, Aug. 1961) shows . a 3000 megaton attack on cities would put inescapable deaths up to 80 per cent of the popula tion. President Kennedy told con gressional leaders a new war , ' would cost 70 million dead Ameri- ' cans. (Saturday Evening Post, Sept. 16, Stewart Alsop). It would seem there's really not so much to be gay about as we stock our cozy basement hideaway, des. . pite the constant attempts of the press and the Pentagon and Her man Kahn to condition .us other wise. Statements like Governor Mey ner's of New Jersey, in which he calls Civil Defense "a cruel ' hoax" are not widely publicized. Nor were those of George F. Kennan. former chief of the . State Department's Policy Plan ning Division who wrote: "Are we to flee like haunted creatures from one defensive de vice to another, each more cost ly and humiliating than the one before, cowering underground one day, breaking up our cities the next, attempting to surround our selves "with elaborate electronic shields on the third, concerned only to prolong the length of our lives while sacrificing all the values for which it might be worthwhile to live at all? If I thought that this was the best the future held for us, I should be tempted to join those who say, 'Let us divest ourselves of this weapon altogether; let us stake our safety on God's grace and our own good consciences and on that measure of common sense and humanity which even our adversaries possess: but then let us at least walk like men, with our heads up, so long as we are permitted to walk at all.' " Many good Americans feel as Senator Stephen Young of Ohio docs: "The survival of 180 mil lion Americans indeed of all mankind depends not on civil Answer to Previous Punle ' 41 Anatomical networks 42 Command 43 Pause 44 Alder (dial) 45 Weight deduction 47 Mohammedan magistrate 48 Rinlicsl name 48 Icelandic saga M Consume 63 Swedish coin 54 Child I IAIBIEIUI rj 1 il - I re 2I22 5 a a b Hj? Hststst I- H MJ""!" n pa r a i U jit U a j Jjl W m. ss r - 5rb"T54 3 51 57 51 I I I I I I I I I I IT defense but on peace. It depends not on futile shelter programs in spired by a caveman complex, but on solid workable internation al agreements lo disarm. Shelter building represents a psychology of fear. We ought to be talk ing about building homes for our . people rather than hoodwinking them with foolish prattle about , underground shelter.. We should be considering ways to feed the : two-thirds of humanity who go to bed hungry every night rather than telling Americans to store away a two-weeks supply of food in useless holes in the ground. Instead of wasting untold billions on a national network of bomb shelters, we should put just a portion of these dollars into forg . ing links of friendship with other peoples. The friendship we shall earn will contribute far more to our safety than shelters to jump into after it is too late. 11 is interesting to note that many of those who talk the loudest about Civil Defense talk the least about peace. Civil Defense today is a myth. It is based on theories as antiquated as mustache cups, tal low dips, and civil war cannon balls. In the nuclear age there can be no realistic Civil Defense program. We must devote our ef forts to the utmost toward find ing a peaceful solution to the world's problems. It is our only permanent shelter." Virginia Govedare THE DOCTOR Ailing Poses By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. "To go to school or stay home from school?" That's the question that puzzles the conscientious par ent almost as much as "To be or not to be . . ." puzzled Hamlet. At one end of the spectrum is the suspected "goldbricker" who puts on an act on Monday morn ing or on the day of an exam for which he or she is inadequate ly prepared. At the other end is the over conscientious youngster who is fearful of making any complaint lest he or she sacrifice a per fect record of attendance or miss a class with a revered and re spected teacher or lecturer. Dangers lurk in each of these extreme attitudes. And in many intermediate situations. To let the goldbricker get away with his or her act Is to estab lish a precedent that may lead to later and greater exploitations of the "strength of weakness." To permit the hyperconscientious child to hide or deny distress may result in perforation of an infected appendix that might have been easily and rapidly removed, ii the complaint of bellyache had been reported when first noted. On a broader scale, a school epidemic of an infectious disease might have been averted if a sore throat was called to the parent's atlention before the youngster got on the bus or mingled with class mates. The difficulties of making the on-the-spot decision are by no means lessened by the usual com motion that's prevalent in most households between waking up time and the mad dash to get to work, school or the office. Twice a day, every day, I'm reminded that if I had all the money wasted on postage, I wouldn't have to work for a liv ing. Big business hollers about the wasteful federal government, but I'll bet the money wasted by business on silly mailings is equivalent to many wasteful gov ernment programs. I wonder what in heck fun there is in festooning a boulevard tree with rolls of. toilet tissue. The other day, a couple of trees on Pacific Terrace were gaily be ribboned with green, yellow and white streamers, and the yard in which the tree grew was liberally sprinkled with bits of the stuff. I've noticed it mostly on Pacific, Melrose and Portland Street yards, and it is reasonable to as sume that the persons responsible are out to get somebody's goat. : Judging from the conversations of (those affected, I'd hate to be in the shoes of those responsible for the desecration if any of the prop erty owners ever get their hands on the culprits. In the mail is a card from Mrs. R. Stombaugh who wonders at the nature of a person who would dump a dead deer on a dirt road just over Riverside hill. The people living in the Abilene Street vicinity wonder, too, why some agency doesn't do something about getting the carcass 'out of the area. State police, sheriff, game commission, and health de partment have all been notified, but none will claim responsibility for getting rid of the carcass. One of the greatest deterrents to progress, it often occurs to mind, is the statement, "Let's appoint a committee." "Never," sighed a' local bank er the other day, "have so many people lived so well, so far be hind before." - It's a strange thing (and it's worldwide), but a newspaper can go on and on for years running reams of publicity for the many civic organizations, fraternal groups, societies, charities, etc. Hardly ever is a word of com mendation or gratitude extended. But let a blooper occur, or per mit an omission of a pet contri- . bution by someone in one of the organizations and down comes the meat ax. The hapless editor is berated, reviled and generally , banished to Hell at the next organ ization meeting. Most of us are well aware of our faults, and would prefer not to be reminded of them. Well, I guess this won't make me any more popular with the young set, but I would advocate . abolition of the silly custom of "Tricks or TVeats" on Hal lowe'en. All of this hullaballoo about civ il defense and fallout shelters and SAYS School Child Health Issue School buses, car ' pools and trains can't be held up while mom and pop go into conference. Here are a few suggestions that may prove helpful: After the goldbricker has gotten away with his or her act the first time, waken him or her a few minutes before the usual time each morning thereafter; inquire into existing complaints and while there's still time look for obvious signs of a disease. That is to say, a rash, especial ly behind ears (measles); nasal discharge; reddened eyes or throat; elevation of rectal temper ature; or a swelling or glandular enlargement, at or near the site of complaint. Finding nothing, send the young ster off with instructions to report to the school nurse or doctor, on arrival. And phone the school to alert some official to see that the youngster reports before mingling with classmates. In the case of the hyper conscientious student who won't complain and ho refuses to per mit examination or temperature" recording despite an appearance of illness, phone the school nurse or doctor of your suspicions. And request that your young ster be looked over before enter ing class. I won't guarantee that school of ficials will cast their ballots for you as "Parcnt-of-the-Ycar." But you may perform a valuable health service to your own child a.id to his or her classmates. 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 4S0. Dept. B. Radio City Station. New York 19, N.Y. what have you has brought to the front a few conclusions, whether we like them or not. One is that no civil defense program can protect all of the people under all circumstances; another is that fallout shelter pro tection for all the people would cost upward of $20 billion and take five years or more to com plete; that mass shelters, or com munity shelters rather than family shelters are the only an swer to the problem of giving min imum protection to all the people; that governmental (federal a'nd or state) financing of shelters' is the only practical or possible an swer; that the problem of ventila tion in a shelter is moVe important than any other, even food and water; that a thermonuclear war would not wipe mankind off the earth, even though it would leave survivors in a more hostile en vironment than man has ever known. When it comes right down tojf. most of us have a lot of nutty ideas. The historic joint meeting of the state board of higher education and the legislative emergency board here last week emphasized that there is no person from the Southern Oregon area on the col lege and university board. I don't know all of the geographic areas represented on the board, but its makeup certainly is lopsided and top heavy with Portland area rep resentatives. I don't say that is bad, because the board of higher education is composed of earnest, sincere citizens who are doing a good job for the state. But it would seem reasonable that this area should have a representative on the board, now that OTI is part of the system of higher edu cation. And the Klamath area is full of good men and women who would do a good job on the board. I don't know how many read ers missed the editorial page last Wednesday. It got shoved out of the paper when we discovered that a large advertisement had . not been included in the planning and make-up of the 24' page pa per. It was not possible to put the ad on another page (it being eight columns) and the editorial page and. the ' comics page were the only two "clean" pages left i. in the entire paper. So, out went the edit page. 1 believe that is the first time, since we started the editorial page that we have had to pull it for any reason. Incidentally, I'd like to have your ideas on features you think should be included in the edi torial page and elsewhere in the paper. If you have a favorite columnist or panel or feature that you'd like to see in the Her ald and News, let us know. Not that we can get all of them, but if there Is a large degree of Interest in some particular fea ture, It Is possible that we can obtain rights to publish it, if economically feasible. ' I guess most of us think that our Congressmen just go to Wash ington to spout off, but that's not so. Most of them are hard working guys. Last year 38 Sena tors held membership on five or more Senate committees, with two on seven or more. One was on nine committees. In addition, Sen ators were members of dozens of sub-committees, where most of the work is actually done. Adding up. there were 60 Senators who had 12 or more assignments and five who had 20 or more in 10. THEY SAY... These persons would do well to recall a recent lesson from his tory. Both Hitler and Mussolini were against communism. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, warning against unthinking an- ticommunism. It is an odd thing that man's thinking . . . lags behind man's accomplishments. . . . And so. in this world today, which is a very rapidly changing world, we still think largely, on the basis of a world that is passing. Indian Prime Minister Jawa- harlal Nehru. What certain captains of indus try do not seem to realize is this. . . . That you cannot praise the free competitive enterprise system on one hand and mean it and violate the antitrust laws on the other. Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-ttnn. InJhe movies they give you a police escort if you're late. Here, they put you in jail. Yvonne Toth, 21, of Cleveland, whose fiance was arrested while speeding to their wedding. Si .I
