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HERALD AND SEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Sunday, December 31, 1963
NOTHING
SPECIAL
Just Tell Me What's in Your Mind
Q
dubiiaL (Poojl
Ways Needed To Curb Perils
The revelation by Cuban economics czar
"Che" Guevara that Cuba would have
hi'iched an all-out nuclear attack against the
United Slates in the event of war may proba
bly be written oil as a particularly insane bit
of bombast.
The missiles and their warheads were
Russian, manned by Russians, and it is cer
tain the Kremlin would never have turned
control of them over to Cubans and their un
balanced leaders. They must have been aware,
even before the President's warning, that any
nuclear attack from Cuba would have brought
U.S. retaliation against the Russian homeland.
Nevertheless, Guevara's boast sends a
chill down the spine. It also underscores the
fact that the question of disarmament is not
one that involves only the two nuclear giants.
A small nation like Cuba, even with only
a&cw nucJcar bombs, could set off World War
10 despite all the "fail-safe" controls the U.S.
oj1 Russia may have over themselves.
One nation with one Polaris-type subma
rine somewhere at sea could precipitate war
by launching a missile against either the U.S.
or Russia. Unable to detect the source of the
missile, the nation attacked would assume the
worst.
Pending disarmament, or at least a ban
on weapons testing and manufacture, the
President's recommendation for "instantan
eous communication" with the Kremlin is
something that can and should be followed up
at once.
White House officials have revealed that
during the Cuban crisis, telegrams between
President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev
took from six to as long as 12 hours to be
delivered. This is far too leisurely for safety-
This "hot line" would probably be a tele
phone or teleprinter (the President favors the
latter) with a direct line between the two cap
itals, manned around the clock and used only
during real emergency situations.
Such communications, which could be ex
panded to include most major countries, may
not bring the world closer to peace, but it
would certainly lessen the chances of misun
derstanding and rash action.
Anything that does that is mandatory in
a day when it takes only minutes for a missile
to cross from one hemisphere to another.
'Send More Money'
: An ancient joke tells of the amateur
poker player who fell in with a group of pro
fessionals, last his shirt, and wired home: "It's
a:great game. Send more money."
: The American taxpayer is now in the
shoes of that hapless victim.
: At the federal level, we hear much talk of
income tax reduction though how this can
be accomplished, in the light of eight or ten
billion dollar annual deficits without shrink
ing the dollar's buying power farther, is a
question that would stump Socrates. That
Aside, other federal plans, now in the press-on-regardless
stage, call for a myriad of change's
ip tax policy that would subject individual
rfnd corporate taxpayers alike to an almost
endless scries of expensive irritations, and
bury us under a flood of tax forms.
At the state level, there is, for the most
part, a mad search for more lax revenues
for welfare services, for schools, for high
ways, for urban renewal (the current polite
term for slum clearance), and for just about
anything else anyone can dream up. Most
barbarous of all is the scheme now in ef
fect in some states, and planned by others
whereby federal income taxes are not allowed
as a credit against slate income taxes. Thus,
the taxpayer pays a tax upon a tax, on money
which he never really had at all.
No man can foresee the end. But the way
we're going, that "send more money" wire
will have to go unanswered. The well runs
dry.
WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK
It's Tough To Stay Home!
' n.v WASHINGTON STAFF
Newspaper Knterprise. Assn.
:WAS11!NGT0N (NEA) Pres
ident Jnhn F. Kennedy doesn't al
vfays have an easy time of it
when the lie wants to spend a
(jiiiet evening al Uic White House.
I First l.aily Jacqueline was go
if? to a performance o( the Amor
if an Ballet and husband Jack de
cided ho would stay at home.
During the first act Jackie sent
a Secret Service man tc phone
the President that the ballet was
so good he should tome over.
Soon afterward, the President
arrived at the theater, still in
time to eni'y a goodly portion of
6ie night's performance. R u t
While House security guards re
pot tcdly were less prepared lor a
flight out than the President. They
ne all settled comfortably nr
tlie evening with their shoes oil
when Mis. Kennedy's call came
In.
Hecent commotion over news
' censorship has caused revival in
some newspaper circles of the old
proverb "The truth shall make
you free." The rub is. say the
critics. "You're not always lice
(o eel it."
' Mary Travcis who completes
llic folk song Irio of "Peter, Paul
ind Mar,.," wiys she met the con
(tmprsi.il James Meredith while
pinking a concert appearance at
pie Miss.
Mary asked Meredith if he
Ihousht that after all this time
IhniKs were netting any better.
Meredith replied:
"II a man heals his wife R9
times, every week and then de
cides he will beat her only (Hi.
would you s.iy that's better?"
Ar.soci.de Justice John M Har
lot of the Supreme Court, listen
ing with his colleagues to an in
fmc lax case imolving a dance
Jtudio. heaid wilh astonishment
tliat some people buy "lifetime
courses" entitling Ihrm to I2..HKI
hours of instruction.
"When they finish," lie said
quietly Irom th bench, "they
must be magnificent dancers."
Air Force Chief of Staff (ion.
Curi is E. 'May was 56 Nov. 15
lli.i Navy counterpart. Chief of
Naval Operations Adm. George W.
Anderson Jr., was 5i on Dec. 15.
On Nov. 15 Anderson sent a gift
to l.oMay. It was escorted by a
bosun's male to pipe it aboard
In the best Navy style. A Wave
ohiror and Marine lieutenant col
onel followed the gilt a 4
foot model ol the aircrall car
rier Forrestal into LcMay's oili
er oilier, then into bis inner ot
flee, much to the amazement of
Hie Air Force chief.
(In Dec. 14, the Friday bcloie
Anderson's birthday. I.cMay, not
to he ouldune. sent a present.
Fust came two kilted Air Force
personnel, loudly playing b a c
pipes. They were followed hy air
police. Finally came the present,
a model of the controversial
long-range bomber ItS-70.
Al a recent party of interna
tional bankers in a Washington
hotel, one of the waiters lold the
dicjnliod money men. "You h-o-ple
di ink more than anyone who
comes hcie. except Ihe minimi
ists" Fugcne Illack,. who retires as
president ol Ihe World Hank on
.Ian 1. tells one on himself
aliout a checkup at the Mayo
Clinic. He went out tor a llioi
ough examination and was there
for over a week. On Saturday
nidil the staff doctors invited him
to a 'eekend patty whuh they
hold to relax their o.n tensions
J'ait ot Ihe Inn was a poker came
ttlack was invited to Ml in and
to his chagrin, he lost more mon
ey to the doctors at poker than
they charged him for his physical
examination. It all turned out ail
right, however, for Blaik later
was asked to become a financial
adviser to Ihe Mayo Foundation,
which handles its nmltimillion dol
lar endowment that helps (iiimhc
medical services for chanty pa
tients. U.S. Information Agency work
ers in Bolivia have lound a new
use for old radio program tapes.
Formerly the recordings were
erased after being broadcast and
Hie clean tapes used to record .suc
ceeding programs.
Now the old tapes are distribut
ed to missions in remote moun
tain areas of Bolivia. The priests
broadcast the recordings on llieir
public address systems
The I'SIA programs, particular
ly the anti-Communist ones, are
broadcast outside the churches
and on Ihe village squares, right
along wilh Ihe priests' sermons
and talks to their parishioners.
POTOMAC
FEVER
Car-tin exchanges Cuban pr is
oners lor medicine. Alter Iomiic
his miv-iles, you have to admit
tli.it CaMrn timk his medicine
liko a lilt I o m, in.
Thr government fail In con
vict Jimmy Hotta. II be Kins to
fltprr,r they're living Holla (or
Hoh Kennedy io run agalnl in
wt.
Iluj.Mii replaces Amha!ador
Zonn .it the C N Dunns the
Cuban itims he vva guilty nf
telling lit own whopinrs in
stead of the Kremlin s.
tter Matching JKK's pri t nr -nume
on TV, KCC Km Newton
Mi now acam proclaims television
tn be a vast v asteUnd tor the
lie publu ,11)5
llnlidav ode : 1 he ind U
harp. The marrow chillv The
snow's as deep a ( hrttlma
b.llv
.SucniiMs fne the Miholt mi'
ule succevslully after live lai!
urrv It proves that all we need
ed up there with that thing uas a
c.nw'e kv mils
KLtTCHKK KM:iUX
Letters To The Editor
Zoning
While reading letters to the ed
itor under datelines Dec. 1(1 and
Dec. 23, both signed "Name With
held," it occurred to me that
I hold a great regard for the
person who writes an honest
opinion on any subject and signs
his name to his article.
More people should avail them
selves of the freedoms of speech
and of the press. We here in
Klamath Falls and Klamath Coun
ty arc very fortunate in having a
press which learlcssly expresses
its views. A press which allows
others to air their views through
the letters sent to lite editor.
H is my opinion that opinions
worth writing to the editor are
worth signing. 1 hold little regard
(or the literary sniper who hides
behind "Name Withheld."
Should the person writing the
"Name Withheld" letter, appear
ing in the Dec. 19 issue of this
paicr. care to he may certainly
give away his animals for what
ever purpose lie cares to. I hope
he kccs his giving confined to
his animals and in no way de
signs to include mine in this give
away. The person writing tlie Dec. 2.1
"Name W ithheld" letter will prob
ably ind himself in no end of
dilliculty locating his animals in
town. However, there are still
areas in the suburbs that arc tol
erant toward persons keeping ani
mals. All my neighbors have one
or more animals. Some are kept
year round, some seasonally. We
live in peace with each other. I
am aware of one or two restricted
areas where the residents are not
tolerant toward their quite inof
fensive cat and dog keeping neigh
bors. They are constantly bick
ering with their neighbors about
anything connected with the keep
ing of pets. The property next to
mine is for sale and I have no
objection to you moving in with
the whole passel of creatures you
mention. I'll bet I can take all
Ihe "whiff" you can take, so you
do not worry me in the least.
Don't snipe al a lady's statement
' and then hide behind "Name With
held." Speaking about whiffs, how can
the planners justify locating the
MS area adjacent to the South
Suburban Sanitary District's dis
posal plant? Or along a river
where a city has been known to
empty raw sewage for days at
a time? Some of the MS area
is very marshy. In a south wind,
fumes and odors from certain
types of industries could, quite
conceivably, drift through the city
civic center, through tlic area
occupied by some very preten
tious motels. And. as the plan
ners tell us, these offenders would
only come to our area after we
are zoned. Zoning would give
them the protection they need
against a public who could quite
conceivably desire to recover for
damage suffered.
Our attention has been drawn
by frequent "Industry on Pa
rade" programs from the local
TV station. From these we have '
been led to believe that
present day industries are quite
particular about the neighborhood
they move into.
I have been informed by a
member of the Planning Board
that annexation to the city is in
evitable for the suburban area.
Can justification be given for in
cluding the vast area laid forth
in the suggested areas as shown
on the map that appealed in this
paper recently? I am assuming
that this entire area is the future
target of the annexing group. The
suggestion has been made in ap
parent sincerity that this is the
eventual, inevitable future of
those who purchased property
outside the city boundary. Those
who were living with a belief
that they were citizens of a free
land. One in which they would
take part in all future develop
ment. A land that recognized the
will of the majority of the people
living in a given area to decide
their own fate. To what degree
the people are w illing to be reg
ulated by any show of force may
well become an issue of great
imxrt.
Frank Braman
EDSON IN WASHINGTON .
Reapportion Issue
letting Wide Study
fly nillTK BIOSSAT
Newspaper Knterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON NK. - In a
matter of days the 30 governors,
their legislatures and all federal
and Mate judges will he citing
a fieh batch nf recommendations
on .slate legislative reapportion
ment. Thec arc authored hy the Ad
visory Commission on Inter-gcv-ernmcntal
Relations, a 'Jti-mcmher
!dy wliosr personnel runs from
congressmen to county suhmvis
ors The commission decided to look
into the subject last spring alter
the big stir caused by the Su
preme Court's March 2H decision
in the Tennessee ninoitionmenl
.ae
The commission's recommenda
tions which coer the whole span
of reapportionment p r o h I e m s.
amount to a call tor major con
tnulianal reform in this field.
Keen interest in the proposals
is expected Irom many of the
state officials who will have them
on their desks when the new leg
islative season stalls in January.
Anions the interested parties is
Gov. Nelson Mmkeleller of New
Yoik. een though his slate ahea
d hjs aUipled a new 'apportion
ment plan.
What the commision promises
Male apfxirtionment proceduies
should nut he lett tn Matutoiy
uh;m but should be clearly spc'ied
out in st.ite constitutions.
To assist tii.it purpose, coils! i
tuuoiis should include a lixed pei
ceniage turc to express the pop
ulation dotation to be allowed
lelween ihe anous legislative
dii!icts. The eouunission suge.'-l
10 per ecu! This would apply, of
eoutse. whcif annortionment is
stnctiy on a population basis
The "dratt Kuiuae" on th.s
proposal indicated that vapue con
stitutional phrases calling tor dis
tricts "as nearly equal as pos
Mble" have produced monumental
headaches. Also deplored is the
fuzincss over how and where dis
trict lines are to be drawn.
State legislatures are adjudged
the best qualified acencics to do
the reapportioning job. But it is
urged that where they fad to act.
or act improperly, a separate
board e-r commission slioiild bo
empowered to step in and do it.
This proposal does not po as tar
as prcvailinc arrangements in 14
states which have already fully or
partly transient the apportion
ment process trom their legisla
tures to diltercnt boards and indi
iduals in authority.
Sla'e courts should be en
dowed with jurisdiction over this
field, and equipped with specific,
powerful remedies to compel per
formance when either the legisla
ture or the relevant commission
fails in its apportionment duties.
Among suggested remedies: an
order requiring elections at large;
injunctions cither barring sched
uled elections or hanning pay
ment ol legislative salaries; mil
hluation of unconstitutional reap
portionment. It is adhed. however, thai
bth federal ami stale courts steer
clear of tmng to decree s.ocitic
reapportionment formulas.
Constitutions should spent y the
frequency of reapportionment, and
t.uhiir to meet the timetable
s-lvMild bung switt alternative ac
tion tiom an independent hoaid
or the courts
From time to time, a state's
voleiv in sixtai referendum or
at regular elections, should have a
ihatue to voice their views on
either nr or conhnuing appor
tionment features.
Joiner
I have been following the let
ters and the editorial in the Her
ald and News very closely and
will say this.
I notice that all the letters
and they are very few in favor
of zoning the writer's name is
withheld. This about shows they
don't want their neighbors to
know who they are. One stated
that he or she would give up
his cows and chickens if it
would improve the community.
May I suggest that if they arc
so hot for zoning that they move
to someplace where zoning is
already in force.
I consider if a person cares to
build, or have livestock or pets
and they violate no law against
public sanitation, safety or de
cency that's their right.
The Herald and News took a
partisan stand when they printed
that editorial about calling names.
Alter I read the editorial I im
mediately joined the Tax Payers
league.
In the news report of the meet
ing at the City Council room it
was said the crowd was abusive
and unruly. So were the patriots
of 177t when England tried to
force the stamp act. unwanted
tea and all sorts of other forms
of tyrannv on them.
The mob as they were called
at the Citv Council room sliowed
a sparkle of the spirit of ITTfi.
No. 1 wasn't one of them. Tlie
crowd was so large I couldn't
even get in so went home. Keep
the spirit of I77H alive The whole
trouhle is some people spend all
their time worrying about their
neighbors and have no time left tn
tend to their own aftairs.
How would the County Court .
the Planning Commission and the
Herald and News like to have us
suburbanites tell them how lo ar
range their huildings. bow large
t icy sh"uld be. where to put the
f,irn;ture etc In clo-ing I'll say
Ilaus M.l iVr zoning. Planning
Commission ard any other thing
that abrtdrc liberty and with
those who have such a long nose
its alas m their neighbors af
ta,;s Vitne not w ithhe'd
Paul Kvereft PletfcrV
Denver Avenue
Here's something to get your
day started right a statistic, of
course. Seems that some bright
fellow has figured out that the
world's population, projected at
its current growth rate (2.2 per
cent per annum! to A.D. 2147,
would allow something like six
square feet 0 living space per
capita. This is living? Not content
with that gloom, he tried for
panic by calculating that the
weight of earth's population even
tually would exceed that of the
earth itself. Somebody'U have to
get off!
I have nothing against the
greeting card Industry, but it
seems just little silly to be
getting Christmas cards from
giant business corporations a
couple of weeks before Christ
mas. The only reason some peo
ple have a secret sorrow is that
the rest of us won't listen to them.
A fellow was in town the other
day trying to whet interest for
an appearance of the Portland
Symphony in Klamath Falls. Lord
knows we can use all of this tyie
of tiling wc can get our hands
on. Trouble is, a sponsoring group
is needed to assure the $2,500
guarantee. Although there is ev
ery reason to think such a ven
ture would be a financial success.
it would require a good deal of
selling and promotion. Now, if
there is anyone with $2,500 left
over after Christmas bills and in
come tax, will he please step for
ward? While we have not set a hard
and fast rule on the length of let
ters to the editor, we do wish they
could be held to, say, about 300
words. We have published some
extra long ones, because we don't
like to edit them and risk chang
ing the writer's intent. We like
letters, and publish most of them.
So keep them coming and short.
Some of the so-called "comics"
in our newspapers are no better
than some of the tecvee shows
we lament about.
With the holiday season almost
IW. B. S.)
over, we're deep in the Initial
phases of getting ready the Prog
ress Edition. It is surprising even
to us. lo consider all of the de
velopments in the community in
just one year's time. Incidental
ly, if you have any ideas about
content for the upcoming (Feb.
241 issue, we'll be glad to have
I hem.
I have 10 copies of the new
proposed Oiegon Constitution
available for those who want to
look this most auspicious docu
ment over. From the rumbling
heard in Salem, it is evident
that the legislators have some
definite ideas about the ap
proach to how the proposed
Constitution is to be handled
by them.
Bigotry has no head and can
not think, no heart and cannot
feel. When she moves it is in
wrath; when she pauses it is amid
ruin. Her prayers are curses, her
god is a demon, her communion
is death, her vengeance eternity,
her decalogue is written in the
blood of her victims, and if she
slops for a moment in her in
fernal flight it is upon a kindred
rock to whet her vulture fang
for a more sanguinary desolation.
From the comment I've heard
around, there is some considerable
dissatisfaction with the way the
so-called dog ordinance is being
enforced. Unless it is enforced
right to the letter of the law, it's
impossible to enforce at all. There
is no middle ground in this situa
tion. And I'm not sure that it is
enforceable.
A sportsman's w ife heard a yelp
from the road in front of her
house. She rushed out to find that
a neighbor had run over and killed
her husband's favorite dog.
"Gosh, I'm sorry," the neigh
bor groaned. "But I guess I'll
have to tell him. Where is he?"
The wife replied that her hus
band was around back of the
house, and the neighbor started
to go around to find him.
"Better break the news to him
easy like." the wife called. "First
tell him it was one of the kids."
WASHINGTON REPORT
Defense Policies To
Come Under Attack
By FILTON LEWIS JR.
The defense policies of Jolin
Kennedy and Robert McNamara
w ill come under heavy attack dur
ing the early days of Congress.
A Senate committee headed by
Georgia's Richard Russell will in
vestigate plans to scrap the Sky
bolt air-to-ground, medium-range
missile. Delene experts, including
Missouri's Stuart Symington, have
indicated they will oppose the
White' House plan. Members of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff are re
ported to be furious with the Ad
ministration's idea.
Another Administration scheme,
not yet officially announced, calls
for an end to the Nike-Zeus anti
missile progiam. Messrs. McNa
mara and Kennedy have long been
cool to Nike-Zcus. depHe the fact
that Congress in !1 called for
its development "with all possible
urgency."
Tests since then have indicated
that the Nike-Zeus only pos
sible defense against enemy
ICBM's is capable of everything
tlie Army claims it is.
On July 19. a Nike-Zeus lired
from the Mid-Pacific Island of
Kwajclein intercepted an ICBM
launched from Vandcnberg Air
Force Base. Calif.
A similar test was successfully
completed Dec. 1J. Another ICBM
"killed" 100 miles above Kwaje
lcm after a flight of 5.000 miles.
President Kennedy hinted, on
his recent radio-TV "fireside
chat." that Nike-Zeus might go.
He said the problem of anti mis
sile delcn: was essentially one of
shooting a bullet with a bullet.
If an enemy fires thousands of
bullets at us. Mr. Kennedy said,
this creates a problem "which we
have not mastered yet."
Army scientists say ihe prob
lems can be mastered. They point
out that a Nike-Zeus direct hit
is not necessary lo destroy an
enemy missile. The Nike-Zcus car
ries a nuclear warhead. A torrent
of radiation unleashed with its
explosion would disable the ene
my warhead.
Should that result, the enemy
missile would continue in fiisht,
its explosive power gone. It would
(.ill 10 earth, inert.
ConffTssional supporters nf
?-ikc-tcus claim that it is more
i ian an anti missile missile Call
lornia Coccres.-man Geotce MiJ
!cr. a mcmt'cr of the Committee
on Science and .VstronatitKS. sas:
Miidies already rr.r.d? hy
Army show that Nike-Zcus tan
be modified to make it a satellite
kuier. "
Miller says that Nike-Zeus could
he altered to blast out of the sky
Soviet "spy satellites." He feels
that production of Nike-Zeus com
ponents must begin immediately.
South Carolina Sen. Strom Thur
mond, a general in the Army re
serves, scoffs at claims that Nike
Zeus is "too expensive."
"We can have Nike-Zeus pro
duction for less than the cost of
rebuilding a single city or indus
trial complex. The cost is com
parable to the cost of weapons
systems developed in the past.
And when human lives at stake
are added to these facts, the an
swer is clear and emphatic. W
must start production of the Nike
Zeus now. Further delay increas
es our risk. We can no lonccr
run the risk of being half-safe."
Thurmond agrees with Lt. Gen
Arthur Trudeau. retired chief of
Army Research and Develop
ment, who says:
"It is a lot safer and. in the
long run. cheaper lo build wea
pons and not use them than it is
to need weapons and not hava
them."
Al
manac
By I nitrd Press International
Today is Sunday. Dec. 30. th
364lh day of 12 wilh one to fol
low: The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
Tlie morning stars are Venus
and Mars.
The evening stars are Jupiter
and Saturn.
On this day in history:
In Hill. Dr. Sun Vat-Sen wa?
elected as the first president of
(he Republic of China.
In 1927. Japan dedicated tha
first subway in the Orient, which
covered a route of not quite two
miles.
In 1936. one of the most bitter
labor and management leuds of
all times was started when mem
bers of the Automobile Workers
I'nmn staced a "sit-down'" strike
asainsl General Motors in b:d
for reco;nition.
In 1947. Rumania's King Mi
chael agreed to abdiraie, savins
he was ocinc forced off the throne
by Kxai Communists aided by the
Soviet t'nion.
A thouihl for today tlie F.n:
lish editor and poet Sir Herbert
Read, said the period from 1919
to 19!9 was "ihe ne-man s-car
between the wars.'"