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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1963)
fcdihfimL (paqsb Thouyh the new Congress is barely under way, fresh attempts to abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities already are being pressed. They deserve to be beaten off. Among the new year's petitioners for abolition are several dozen members of the organization, Women Strike for Peace. They arc presumably outraged because the Commit tee recently looked into alleged links be tween their movement and communism. We are also hearing again from the Na tional Committee to Abolish the House Un American Activities Committee. It supports its new call with an alleged 5,000 signatures. Without here going into the matter of re ported subversive elements operating in and behind the abolition group, it is possible to argue that the case against the House com mittee should be dismissed on its face. Our principal national watchdog against subversion is, of course, the FBI. Few ques tion that, overall, it docs a superb job in fer reting out Red spies, keeping tabs on Com munist activities and aims, measuring the size of the internal threat. But the Communist adversary is ingen ious, resourceful, many-faceted. We should welcome some reasonable diversity in our in vestigative approach to the problem. The need for such diversity is perhaps The (The Christian Science Monitor) On January 9 the first session of the 8!Uh Congress of the United States will convene. It will have a heavy schedule. But its most urgent order of business should be to see that the federal income tax rales, enacted to sup port a war economy, arc reduced to a level more consonant with peacetime economic growth. The principal obstacles to this objective arc two: la) Despite predominant business opinion, there is sonic demand that government expen ditures also be cut. If these can be kept from increasing materially it will be a consider able achievement. (I)) Sentiment will differ as to where the more substantial portion of the cuts should be made. This should not be permitted to de feat the purpose. Reductions should be, as (he President has indicated, across the board, from lop to bottom on both personal and cor porate earnings. Appropriations, of course, arc and should be related closely to taxation. The defense budget may rise unavoidably by around 000,000,000 but should be held below thai fig ure if possible. The civil budget should be hclcd within its present limits. Farm legislation may have as much In do with ultimate budgetary results as any other item outside direct fiscal measures. A sched uled producer referendum on the wheat pro gram may indicate whether farmers will ac THESE DAYS . Compulsory Unionism llv JOHN (HAMIUIU.AIN The prrsMiie tin Concrr? to "do sometime" alxmt .vlrikcs ami ItH'kouts is building ii, and the danger is tli.il .in unholy tr;idr will 1 mado. villi Uto hit; union ditrfs io!dms to .muiio torm of tomimlsory .'tr!itralnn in r iImiip (or Iho union tUov Thi.s would pvo the union chiefs o ninty lor tltrnwlvca by deliver ins tlx workins men lo thorn without Utoir luuij lo lift ) 1 111 pT to persuade onytxtdy in the i Hiik and tile. Since, arenrdini to ihp well known law (if the roiiM'i at ion of f nn , imlntdy likes to expend any ctfort thai can le avoided. I MiNpeet that llie bin union ltuMs would t'lwvrtullv aeiept a limita tion oil the npht lo Mnke if, in m domi. they would !r ehnunal iu all the ddlieult problems of oi sanialion. Much is Iteinc made at the mo nient alxput lhe diM-nmtnrt.o th.it aie caiiseil by Ldmr Mnfr Ncws ivr leaders, deprived of the inetj ttoht.in pi ess in New tnk t.ity ami in Cleveland, Ohio, have had lo pet then- news via out -of -in p.t'i "r radio. The Kat Coast loop horemen's strike has I'liu.sed h hitch in I he flow of many thinp. (rem banana a to imported Volkvwaizen.s People have h.d to walk lo work in I'hil adrtna. Hut Uie.e are mete m convenience; they dopnve no body of basic liltctltc.s (or tiie fan A pull. Tlie real menace of Uw union movement s its diive to com pulsion nn the human beinp. The notion that men muM 1 forced Keep The Watchdog sufficient justification for the House com mittee's continued existence. Yet there are other reasons. There is no point in leaving the field of Red subversion to the executive branch alone. It is a legitimate arena of inquiry for Con gress, with its properly wide latitude in in vestigation. Furthermore, anyone who examines close ly the printed record of the House commit tee's hearings and studies over the years will find the documents informed, with a very substantial knowledge of communism in most of its multifarious aspects. To argue that what this group does other, regular committees could do as well or better is to ignoi-t two things: the special commit tee's long background in this field and the already overburdened operations of other committees. To argue that the Un-American Activi ties Committee should die because it has sometimes trampled individual liberties is to contend that no instrument is better than an imperfect one. If that standard were applied broadly, we would have no president, no Congress and no business corporal ions. We would also have no committees to abolish other committees. Let the House committee mind closely the rights of those it investigates. But let it stand as the useful second watchdog it is. 88th Congress cept marketing controls. If they do not, a gradual reduction of government support prices seems inevitable. Foreign aid will evidently he a point of serious attack by those who would cither spend less over all or spend more at home. The case for the value of foreign aid is as cogent as ever but that value must more than ever be proved by effective administration. The Kennedy administration naturally will bring forward a number of measures characterized as part of its program. Among these, federal aid to education has been pend ing through many administrations. The ques tions here are largely whether it can be for mulated on a basis that will distribute money only where needed and will not subsidize sec tarian schools. Renewed attempts will be made to place medical care for the aged on a social security tax basis. The same reasons exist as at last session for continuing instead with the Kerr Mills law in that field. A bill to create a de partment of urban affairs is expected again to find rough going. One subject may be forced upon congres sional attention which is not a carryover from any strong legislative effort last year. This is the matter of governmental powers lo deal with widespread anil unresolved labor dis putes which affect the public interest. Such conflicts exist on the nation's railroads, along the docks of the entire eastern seaboard, in newspapers of the nation's largest city, and potentially in other industries. into unions ns a condition of em plovnient is deeply miained in the iund.miental philosophy of hi union chiefs; they have come to regard the hin union a a soil of Mihslitule (or the jHihlnal state. This Assumption i immediately apparent tn all their iutioriv James Carey, head of tin- hilei nalional I'nion of KUvliu.il Workers, is giutim to uiinu thr union shop out of Wesimhouse and (leneral Klectric. On I he- IV eitie Ciwst the leader of the aerospace unions at e tt v ui to connive with tlie federal i;o em inent to force tiie union shop on their own reluctant lolloweis Hut the real temper of the union lead cis comes out even moie Mmhu.v in llieir wotds I'or example, theie is (he iei on! of an exchange Mwecn Sen Hairy (.oldwater and Walter lieu thfM. tlie (ovs ot tle I mted uio niohile Workers Whm lioldwaler flaked Iteuther. "What aUnit the m.ui who jtii il,H not want in (clone to a union'" (lie lahor chief replied- "Wei!, if a fellow woiU in a io-iieial Motois pl.mt and doc w.tnt to belong lo a union, he dors no! have to work tiieie " Hut supiM'-e he u.uit to w(nk there''" (ioldwaler insisted Whereupon Mi liinither let h a .statist pi econreption cme to the suif.or, "li vou want lo in a cot lam lommumtv," he s.inl "and ou want the U-nehl ot IV woik of tilal k "mmun.tv , have to t laves in tli.d roininu mt v , ni do iioi have to live in lli.it community. That is the free dom of choice ' Thus the cat emerges hum the I'.Ik Mr. Jieuther considers union dues, levied compulsonlv on ev ery emplove in an aulomohile plant, lo bo the equivalent of tax es Thev are not a voluntaiy ton tnhution tieely aieM tijum by union niemltcrs who hov to i;et their quit! put tpio in higher w;i. ex in exchange tor I eiinuuishiiu a part ol Ihe.r wivkly )u t'hfi ks. When a union boss starts think ing .dHHit union dues .in iaes that must Ite (slid to his 01 taniatn-n wiliv-niiK, it is easy to see bow I lie Siatis! frame of mind uets extended to other thaii;s States not only have lite power lo levy laxo-. thev aKo have a monopoU ! police ami nuhtaiy tiuce in thr tciiitoi- .subject tt llieir junsdic t'on The union Uss w ln is cant ed I ho uwer ttt tax Us followers vt ill hat d hoi;L;le alttMil 1 a is in an anm or a xpiatl ot tops to tfclt-nd his icaan 1 litis t:n piac t.ie ( emjtlov.n oons t,t v!;,p ieco!c, Hants into hue is a step ,nt,t liom the inipo-itiou of 'ompu'so! v taxes No doubt Hetilber. w ho is a li ce enouli fellow m h;s petsonal 'e'ationships. ,nls to ir,di:e t"e t':!! nnpl.wttions nl hi oucs-etual-tars ('!;t!.s.j!. . Hui if HiMtiiei .''!, - s K:nd s waved m foist'i' t"in;'u!-oi lin.onu'.ttion on lue toi.!ii: a a enoi.-l ivnthlion o( einp:tnieut. ti;ev create an a.lntni"-ti al.ve nionstei wi,ch. m tSt- I'.antj-. ot ,i Vs. scnipu!eus nici ! son of lai' leaflet . row; l iPt-Hii -.'.iW'Tv t'i piaeticaliv f ci v . PACE HI RAI D THE GLOBAL VIEW By l.KOV DKWKN Newspaper Knterprise Analyst .NKW' VOHK Nt:At Some world statesmen cling to their litical illusions even bke ordina ry mortals. A case in point is In dia's Jawaharlal Nehru. The prime minister lias in formed his Cabinet, believe it or not, that India has no intention of abandoning "non alignment" thereby joining the aiMi-Cummu-nist nations of the world. Nonalignment 'douhlelalk f o r neutrality1 was born in 1W1 in Helgrade at a conlcrenee oi Asian and Middle Kaslern nations smhi sorel by Nehru and Yugoslavia's President Tito. Their aim was to create a "third force" between Hy M IM:Y J. IIAHHIS No one has tasted the dregs of humiliation lo their bitter fullness as much as the father ol a 3- ear old girl who rapidly, consistently and continually bca'- him at "Concentration " "Concentration." in case you have forgotten, is a game of cards in which the whole deck is scattered on the floor, faces down. The object is to puk up two matching cards at a tune; to do this, one must remember the exact location of the cauls that have already been faced and then turned down again. I ust happen to know- the fa ther ot a f year-old gul who can barely lead, write ard count Most evenings, after duiiicr, the two of them sit cross-legged on the thtor, pull out a ragucd deck of Old Maid cards and spre.nl them out tor "Concentt at ion " Invariably llie little gul wins. Her father, as I have heard horn many unprejudiced people, is a brilliant man. a man of erudi tion and towering intellect, of ast memory and incredihle powers of deduction. Yet he alv.nvs loses, Nighl alter night he sits there and loses, biting his lips and desperately holding bat k the tears, while she gnus and minks, laughs ,md sanns. and even dares lo pat him on tlie hat k t untie s enthngly at the er.d of the game tler she has luppilv toddled otf to bed. her lather poui s out t;ie bitterness m his heait to his wile ' nf tonisi-. what has a kid wt to th'iik aUtiif" he a s. I'heie s notii.ng on hrr mind -no p-olileins in u, , 1( s nt; to pav W'y sh.nuMn t s.-c c memtHM wheie t;.e v.uds aie'" ometures. alter a pa: In ulai !y humiliating evening he will pon dei along other lines ' lo vou supw s;v ,iv.i!s' ' he a-k h's wii,. with a g'ea V of hopr in lus eve ' Cm d s.-e have ivaiked I ;e udiv dir .tig it d.tv w nue 1 m av mg av .iv to huv her ne skates -md t:ra dol.s' lo ou MMiH'-r sne vtif'ie awav I" a gambling hoi-r lor a cold k ' I h! catiie i ri t he on tiie level'" V'd. on ttll o!.vi eviT.ies. he um:srs it w's- ma' in- wun AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. 'Talk About Outmoded Positions . . ." Schizophrenia Of Neutral; the lied bloc and the Narth Atlan tic alliance. This writer was amonc a score of rcxn ters in Belgrade w h o watched Nehru's diplomatic acro batics as he tried to maneuver between the United States and Hussia always giving the edge to Kussia. India's Prime Minister was nev er slow in voicing his disapproval of American "colonialist" policy. However, when Soviet Premier Khrushchev violated Ids agree ment wilh the I'nited States and resumed the testing of atomic weaH)its Nehru was as cavjey and noncommittal as the rest of (he so-called neutralist nations who had gathered in Helgrade. STRICTLY PERSONAL a snort of derision. "It's jul cards," he says "Let her try matching me on dates in Knglish history. Or algebra. How about llie Shakestiearean sonnets'1 I'll give her a headstart of ?( sonnets and beat her. Why doesn't she play chess with me" I'll wreik her in lour moves with the Nim-ZMi-lndian Defence." Hut no lationaliation helps. Kvcning alter evening, he is con fronted with the same acrid smell of defeat, the same sense of his inferiority, the same immutable knowledge that her brain is mote agile, her relieves more accur ate, her memory more .sharp, than his No father who has evricnced so deep a trauma tan ever be the same man again. POTOMAC FEVER Si biinrli pH IVnimr.ils i.iv $Ui r.irh in diiip uh .IKK ot party fimd-r.iiMng scheme. A ladies' auxiliary dinner it!i .lack lor u", Vrnpt anir in f'urnlf I, Or (.anile Innlhall: Thry rhonsr up Ode, and when thr wlmtlr blnm, one ffllnw pi, k up the ball and Roe home. Mcvcch lanicnl 'llicie nine a a Ked finin I krauiui. (s evscd tf a trcuhleonie man;a. He si'ke witli a vilhve in p;u ecu ("i;it:ee aiM a. v,.n eiiil to Albania lieiHiMican 'c of hitciv At llie lltislcn tea iirt. tho vho.rd hae kept the tea and chucked Potcn m; ii tiie iialNir, lajor world settlement are In the oflinc II Kerf ( hma promi.e not to miarie Kornioa. Ie t.millr will pronne n.t lo intade Ftrltain. Ivec'ihi!! an are o rni.-ued a! Kennedy. recoid SMS b;!l.vi A'n.i;lu p!a:l. ine ov tn -el it tct U NtNcc-ae at J t Im!- en ( I f 1X11!.!! KM T.i l. Monday, January 2S, 1W3 History moves swiltly in Hie atomic ai;e. Almost tn the year alter the Belgrade conlerence Red China attacked India and Nehru lound himself deserted by his neutralist friends. Khrushchev "postponed" the de livery of war planes lo India. He had promised them originally in an obvious elfort to use Nehru anainst his hated Red Chinese rival Mao Tse-tuni;. That other "neutralist." Tito4 rushed to Mos cow In rejoin the Soviet camp. Only the NATO nations, espe cially "capitalist" I'nited Slates, came to Nehru's aid Willi wea pons and uar supplies when In dia was in danger of being over run by Red China's armed hordes. President Kennedy acted more from strategic calculations than visionary love for India. Hul its an ironic note lo history that while the neutralists passed reso lutions which in ellect urged Neh ru lo bow lo Red China. Ameri cans were risking their lives fer lyinu weamns to India And still Nehru insists on In dia's role as an "unaligned" na tion. He even told Yugoslavia's Vice President Kdvard Kardelj. who recently visited India, that America-hating and America-bailing Krishna Menon might "be back" in India's Cabinet, "though not pel haps tor a while " V.. is Menon fired I rum India's Cabinet last November because Ins pro-lied policies in the I nited Nations and a delense minister lnoimht India to the brink of disaster" Not a I all. Nehru assured Kar '! J Menon was meie'y tlie vic tim of anti-l'onitnunist pressure. "In situations like this." Nehru said, "there is alwavs the need to lire someone " Not even tiie Amei e an tapa ers' massive aid soerp: to have changed Nehru s mind. He oh viously still holies to act the hon est broker between the free wot Id and the lied dictatorships. Why. then, does not New Fron tiersman John Kenneth Calbiaith. I S ambassador to India, tell Nehru the fa ts of life' President Kennedy s academic advisers have recently been Hex ing their muscles in an attempt to assert Amrrican world leader ship. Thev have irritated Ameri ca's NATO allies They have had some harsh words lor M.u niillan. !c tlaulle anil Adenauer. Wnv not also minim Prime Min ister Nehru tiiat nnnahgnmcnt m I'M is dead' Tiie recent contt ont.Cicn of tlie niltsl Stales and Russia over Khni.-iiciiev's attempt lo base ol tensive mi-ilc in Cuba empha sized that in a woi Id l.itp!y di vided between great atomic sn.. e-s the pn.-ih. ..tie of etleilite a, t:iin h n, uti.il nations is an iTu-ion i:l''.- .t la 'I ,to ha a'.iie!v ri: .evil li s mm Marxist - l.enini-t coin lusicn. He i- inr!-;ng i iig,t si. ma b.ti k inin the Snvet camp t it-i Neiii' i ifm.iin i.-i i r.l ivi I "e nri!':ali-t s:,le!-nes ir'ieh lor,- QUESTIONS AMD ANSWERS P I'nr nhat I the an:trnm i unit nf measurement - !"-e a:-;-:, ,sni 15 .1 I'-iiM'e '"' u-r -i '.I ev.1; , l. e ;er.;'tl i ' wae-. EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . . 1 trK Congress To Update Creaking Machinery . By PETER EUSON' Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEAI-Kcd up with their own inability to get things done under outmoded rules and traditions that have been con sidered almost sacred, more and more congressmen are lining up this year behind proposals for icform and reorganization of Con gress. The case with which the House nf Representatives put through lermancnt enlargement of its Rules Committee to 15 members on opening day indicates the change in sentiment. An effort lo make it a little easier to curb Senate debate by majority vote alter 15 days of filibustering may have tougher sledding. With bipartisan backing from 10 senators the new propos al was given a chance until Sen. Everett Dirksen, Republican min ority leader, called lor a quick end of debate on the subject, saying there was no steam be hind it. These reforms, intended lo let Congress work instead of prevent ing it from acting on legislative proposals blocked by minorities arc just a beginning straws in the wind. Twenty two senators from both parties have already signed up as cosponsors of Pennsylvania Democrat Joseph S. Clark's plan lo set up a new Joint Committee on Organization of Congress. They have staked lop billing for it as Concurrent Resolution No. 1. It will be open or 10 days lo receive signatures from other sen ators who may wish to sponsor it before it is referred tn the Rules Committee lor consideration. A similar resolution is being intro duced in tiie House by Rep. John Lindsay, It-.N'.V. It has been 16 years since Con gress was last reorganized. But Ihcre is some feeling in both houses that, since the earlier re organization didn't d.i all that was expected of it. another rc lorm drive won't do anv more. A principal feature of the I.a-Kollette-Monroney Reorganization Act of 1!M7 was simplification of the committee structure. While the number nf standing commit tees was reduced, subcommittees multiplied. This mad-- the ma llv I Tl.TON LEWIS .in. Huned in the tiles of agencies and bureaus scattered across tins capital city is a Presidential di rective of Oct. 2. ltKI. In a message to all Department and Bureau cluel. John Kenne dy lays down the law. The bloat ed Federal payroll, he says, must be slashed and costs c.t Do not. orders the President, spend all those lunds authorized by C 0 n giess: "There is no question that em ployment can be he'd substan tially below the levels which would be jtossible under the funds authorized by the Congress, if strong elforts are made lo achieve increases in elliciency . . . and to stall each activity with only the minimum number of employes needed to tarry out our ohjec t'ves." One year later, the President issued a similar directive on man im.ver utilization, ordering the "same amount of work lo be perlnrmed by increasingly fewer people." In his State of the I'nion message- last week. President Kennedy indicated til.' problem had Ix-en Inked "T will short ly submit a li-ial I'n-4 administra tive budget which, while allowing lor needed rises in delense. spac e and lived interest chafge. holds total expenditures for all other pui mses below this c.ir s lev el." Sciera! d.is later came the President's budget mes-age. A dose examination of that mas sive d'Huiner.l shim the Piesi dent did nut. in fac keep Ins promise to iiiiirl expenditures ' below- this year's !ocl." The number of emplove now on the Federal pavrol! will ji mp .( in fiscal pm. This 'a ill bung lo isoiioo t.ie niimlie:' of new workei added since Jor.n Kcnnedv J.s,k tlie re;i ol guv eminent two vears ao. The cost of 1X0.000 emp'enes a eai ; mot e than a Inliiiin doilai. "fuse a look at the stiec ihi in creases called to; in tue Pir-i-de'it s new tn;i,-: 1 T ;e ttnitc House a!. 'lie w til emp o rvs ne wo:keis !:- biur et w ,:i 1 ie $0 m:"inn. 2 Ci'mmeice Secret,,!- Uii.'.rr IIiiLes. who once sa'd he cm. id set alone with several ti.nj..i:id lewcr e:r.p!"cs. rt : 7 new ores H s lr.:..!-,-t I!, -ra-e :'-o m 1 on ! T 'e IViMMnvrt c' Health. I'd , cation ar.J Wr.!a:f. w hnf an- chinery as complex as it was he fore. Senior Congressmen who want things left as they are argue that while congressional practices may be cumbersome and slow moving, they have served t h e country well, so why change? But the last session of Congress did not adjourn until Oct. 1:1. This was only three weeks before election. There was a tie-up of money bills caused by a personal prestige feud between House and Senate Appropriations committees. That lied up many government agencies and disgusted even some of the oldest members. This has resulted in a number of new proposals for congressional reorganization this year. One of the most promising has come trom Sen. Clifford Case, R-N.J. He is a cosionsor of the Clark resolu tion, and its other backers are also sjionsoring the Case proposal. Rep. Henry S. Reuss. O-Wis.. is introducing a similar ptoposal in the House. Case calls for creation of a new Commission on Congressional Re organization. It would be modeled on former President Herbert Hoov er's Commisson on Organization of Government. Its membership would be three senators, three representatives and six private citizens qualilicd lo make studies and recommendations on improv ing the functioning of the legis lative processes. Specifically, the Case plan would require the bi-partisan commission lo report on 12 of the most fre quently criticized congressional procedures: ' Obsolete rules. Staffing and operation of committees. The congressional work lead. Floor procedures. Conflicts oi interest nf congressmen. Senate and House expense accounting. Financing of congressional duties on executive apjiointments. Legislative over sight. Congressional power over appropriations. Operation and reg ulation of lobbies. Other "reforms" which have been widely discussed without re ceiving open backing include in creasing representatives' terms from two years lo lo.if and in creasing all congressmen's sala ries hy $7,500 a car to a total of S."0.fKX) because the work so hard. WASHINGTON REPORT . . . Federal Payroll Grows; Meets Frontier Need nual growth rate lopo Ihe Fed eral Establishment, is given S.!):;i new employes, its budget hiked by $U million. 4. Attorney General Bob Ken nedy gets Tfij new lawyers, clerks, janitors and chauffeurs. His budg et goes up $20 million. 5. The Post office deficit is cut by $2 w million in one year thanks to increased postal rates, not Federal economy. Secretary J Edward Day. as a matter of fact, will have t'.tViO necv workers. ii. More than j.oofl new employ es are assigned to Agriculture Secreiary Orville Fireman. A Presidential claim that the lie paitment's budget will he cut $02ii million is "false." according lo Delaware Sen. John J. Williams, a fiscal export. He said: "The pioposcd reduction is achieved only by charging a part nf ti.e cost of administering the agricul tural program to the Commodity Credit Corporation, postponing liie day of reckoning when we musl absorb that loss either bv cancelling some of the notes or by appropriations lo cover the detit it." 7. Trea-ury Sevi clary C. Doug la Dillon w-11 have 4.4U new rmplojes under terms of Ihe proposed budget, plus $421 million more with which to play. Throughout the budget in vir tually every Bureau and Agencv. provisions are made f ir new em plovo. and for new apprnpnaliun highs The l-almr Department gels "M million mote and l'st ex tia employes. The Federal Avia tion Agency: $10 million and ", new workers General Services Administration si a million and .1.20H additional employes. T:ie National Aeronautics ami Space Administration receives permission to hire :1.1V! workers and get an additional $! (I bil I'on. The Department of Detene 1 one of tiie few area whei ti.e payroll i cut 'by tn.l.'.M. its appropriation 1 t,p $2 7 bil lion, however THEY SAY... Ire tmtod Sta'e ha nm-and wp w,il never enter any commit mei:! hy winch cmmun.M imtvr-;i.:.-m .;,:; he , rt.iied a;..;r,.t 1 'e united ac'irn of free men, in t:i;s hem. sphere or any o'her. ire President Lyndon Jnhnoa.
