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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Wrdnrsday, March 13, 1963
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Food Without Fear
The fight against food faddism is an ex
ceedingly difficult one. All manner of exag
gerated, unsupported and plain misleading
claims are made for diets which the medical
fraternity, out of its wealth of research and
experience, regards as dangerous to health
and life. But great numbers of people inno
cently accept the claims and follow the advice.
And the problem has become steadily worse in
;recent years.
: Writing in Today's Health, Dr. W. W.
jBauer, Director of Health Education Emeri
tus of the American Medical Association, put
Uhe case for a sound diet in simple and un-
equivocal terms: "Anyone whose diet contains
: items in sufficient quantity from each of the
four basic food groups can forget all the ex
traneous worries about food. ... He can rest,
assured that if he is a normal individual and
will eat as he should he will suffer no de
ficiencies of vitamins or minerals or pro
teins. He need not be disturbed by fears of
cholesterol and other substances which are of
concern mainly to the abnormal individual un
der medical treatment .You can and should sit
down to a well-cooked, well-chosen, attractively-served
meal in a happy frame of mind
and enjoy yourself in reasonable modera
tion. : . ."
This means that the normal- individual
needs for both mental and physical health
and general well-being meat, dairy products,
fruits and vegetables. The food faddists who
would change this represent a danger to
health and, frequently, their unsupported
claims have a' commercial origin. They have
a product to sell. Special diets should be es
tablished only under the direction of a quali
fied physician.
Medicare Is Oversold
(Tulsa, Okla., World)
The Medicare issue ... is one where
bad information, or none at all, has tended to
confuse the entire plan with the average
.American taxpayer.
;; If we are to, believe those who advocate
medical care under Social Security, the whole
; nation is rapidly falling victim to disease
; .without any treatment or cure being avail
able. This is typical of the exaggeration that
accompanies most efforts to Invoke new laws
upon an unwary public.
The fact of the medical care issue is
that most Americans are now protected from
illness and hospitalization under private mcdi-i
cal care programs. The Health Insurance In-'
stitute of America, in a survey completed
just the past week, says that as of last New
.Year's Eve more than 140 million Americans
:are protected under health insurance. This not
only represents 75 per cent of the entire
; population of the nation, the Institute reports,
but meant in 1962 that $7.1 billion in benefit
: payments had been made.
;: Let's break the figures down a little
further. During 1962 five major types ot
health insurance were in existence and use.
Some 140 million are protected by hospital
expense insurance, another 130 million by
surgical expense insurance, 97 million under
Tegular medical expense insurance, 38 million
under major medical expense policies, and
43.5 million by loss-of-income insurance.
These figures seem to us to show in
black and white clarity that the claims of the
Kennedy Administration, and others, that
health insurance as a vital field into which
the United States Government must enter are
not only exaggerated but, in truth, uncon
scionable. Medical care under Social Security pro
gram does not, as its advocates have stead
fastly failed to explain, provide general health
insurance coverage for all Americans. Only
those persons within the Social Security pro
gram would be covered and only then to the
extent that the program can be built up over
the years by increasing taps upon the weekly
paycheck. ,
It is evident from the figures produced
by the Health Insurance Institute that
the American people are well able to par
ticipate in their own way and with their own.
money in private hospitalization and medical
plans. The general effect of a Medicare pro
gram as envisioned by the Administration
would be nothing more than Uncle Sam climb
ing into the saddle as health administrator.
We resist this approach on the common
sense ground that experience has shown time
and again the United States Government can
not substitute competently in fields where
free enterprise has done well. Why should
Uncle Sam move into a field where 75 per cent
of the American people are now caring for
themselves?
U.S. Hopes Defeated
(Sacramento Bee)
The recent election In Nicaragua of the
hand picked presidential candidate of the
'Somoza family is tragic proof that the Alliance
.for Progress initiated by President John F.
Kennedy Is failing.
: The basic goal of the alliance is to elimi
jnate the inequities of life in Latin America
through social and economic reform .;id give
the peasant an appealing alternative to Cas
troism. The United States stands ready to pour
billions of dollars into these countries to help
achieve this aim but all the gold in Ft. Knox
will not halt the spread of Castroism if the
Latin American countries continue to be ruled
by the likes of tho Somoza family.
The election was a farce. The winning
candidate, Reno Schick, formerly secretary
to Tacho Somoza, made a victory statement
when tho results from three precincts were
.in. There were 1,383 precincts still to be heard
;from but the opposition candidate understood
;the system and promptly conceded.
' Tacho Somoza was the nation's dictator
rfrom 1932 until he was assassinated in 1956.
Since then two sons, Luis and Tachito, have
ruled the roost. Luis has been serving as
president but since his successor is something
of a family retainer no changes aro expected.
Tachito Somoza continues as head of the na
tional guard.
The Somoza dynasty owns much of the
land and industry in Nicaragua. It controls
the armed forces, selects government officials
and rules in a brutal and repressive manner
which has bred corruption and inefficiency.
Tho fact it trumpets anti-communism and
anti-Castroism and has been friendly to Amer
ican businesses should not hide the threat it
poses to our national self interest.
This is the breeding ground for Castro
ism. The situation parallels that in Cuba under
Batista. The conclusion will be the same un
less President Kennedy can transfer some
of the goals of the alliance from his speeches
into reality.
Any support we give to the Somoza dy
nasty will be money down the drain and more
clearly and fatally will establish in the eyes
of the Nicaraguans that the United States
stands beside oligarchical dictators who are
repressing the people.
BERRY'S WORLD
THEY
say:..
"Mummy, you mean u t'd be in ibis rat race tvt
it rfaiMv weren't Preiltlent"
The sacc center could bo as
important to western Penn.s Ka
ma as coal was in the past.
Dr. Edward II. Litchfield,
chancellor of University o( Pitts
burgh, on nlmis lo build a $30
million pare research renter.
Whore is Australia ami New
Zealand ami Croat Britain and
Kranco and Italy and intr other
allk's'.' Why sjunild tho American
taxpayers bo paying most of tlio
cost of protecting freedom in
South Viet Nam? Ait wo the only
ones that have a-stake in free
dom? Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Urr.
Labor is behaving excessively
in America today, just as busi
ness, tlio txuiks. Uo stuck market.
Uie utilities, the railroads did ui
their tuiKv
Louis II. .Nellirr, editor of the
Cleveland Press.
.Still Another Spring
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STRICTLY
PERSONAL
By SYDNEY J. HARRIS
"It seems so obvious that we're
going to blow up the world if we
keep on this way," said the man
at lunch. "I can't understand why
the loaders of powerful states
can't sit down together and work
out a sensible plan for survival
of the species."
Speaking of the human race's
seeming inability to "learn from
living," as I was yesterday, it
strikes me that such a proposal
is too simple, too sane, too prac
tical, too realistic. It is not the
way things have ever been done,
by states or by individuals.
In one of his books written
shortly after the First World War,
George Santayana made the fol
lowing bleak and trenchant ob
servation on the history of hu
manity: "Each generation breaks its
egg-shell with the same haste and
assurance as the last, pecks at the
same indigestible pebbles, dreams
the same dreams, or others just
as absurd, and if it hears any
thing of what former men have
learned by experience, it corrects
their maxims by its first impres
sions, and rushes down any un
trodden path which it finds al
luring, to die in its own way.
or become wise too laic 'and to
no purpose."
What the theologians call "orig
inal sin" may very well be the
persistent and fateful tendency
to learn nothing from the past., to
repeat the same mistakes in dif
ferent ways, to commit the
same old errors under new names
with improved techniques and
even more disastrous conse
quences. "The only thing we learn from
history," said Hegel, "is that we
learn nothing from history."
Statesmen today behave in ex
actly the same way as' the slates
men who wrecked the civilized
world in the war bclwecn Athens
and Sparta 2.500 years ago. The
same rivalries, enmities, fears,
passions and superstitions are
loose in the world today as in the
era of the Persians and the Baby
lonians; and what happened to
them does not deter us from pur
suing a similar course.
The world has always been run
by its "practical" men and its
practical men have almost al
ways turned out to be tragically
wrong. For what the world has
always desperately needed has
been more idealism and less prac
ticality, more belief that men can
sit down together and map their
own survival, and less reliance
on treaties and alliances and
arms and strategies which fad
apart at the first assault of un
reason. We are pocking at the same in
digestible pebble today but this
pebble, at last, is different: it
contains its own ultimate destroy
ing agent, and the end of all
dreams, absurd or otherwise.
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q During what war did Flor
ence Nightingale "become famous?
A The Crimean War.
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LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
, Fine Citizens
Friday night, March 1, it was
my pleasure to attend the King
sley Field Mardi Gras held in the
Air Force maintenance hangar.
As you know, this evenl was con
ceived and conducted by Kingsley
Field personnel solely as a bene
fit for the Intercommunity Hos
pital. There were perhaps 1,000
Air Force personnel, including
wives and children, in attendance.
, I believe the people of Klam
ath Falls, in their complacency,
tend to take for granted our Air
Force installation and its impact
or. the community. We should
take time to review a little of the
past participation of these won
derful people in our community
endeavors. As a group Kingsley
Field people have consistently ex
ceeded their United Fund quotas.
They have a phenomenal record
of giving to the Red Cross blood
bank. During the bloodmobile vis
it last fall, for instance, they do
nated more blood than all the
rest of the community combined.
In addition, men and women of
the base have contributed their
time to the Boy Scout, Girl Scout,
Camp Fire and YMCA programs
in an outstanding way.
So again the oilier night, it was
truly a heartwarming experience
to see Kingsley Field so cnthusi
asticijly supporting another one
of our community projects. Most
of these people spend not more
than two or three years with us
and the majority, therefore, will
never see the hospital. Vet in
no way dues this fact seem to
dampen their enthusiasm, f o r
aaain this week the wives of
officers and airmen are putting
on a variety show for the benefit
of the hospital fund.
I would like, therefore, to con
gratulate the base personnel and
their families for their continued
efforts to make Klamath Kails a
belter place to live and I here
with commend them to you as fine
citizens and good neighbors.
Robert E. Vcalch,
Mayor.
No Bed
Your last Thursday. March 7.
edition of the Herald and News'
pave some good coverage on the
front page to the railroad manage
ment's reasons why the Oregon
full-crew law should be amend
ed, or more specifically, why
liieir Senate Bill 275 should be
passed. As a trainman with 17
vears' experience. I don't quite
agree with their reasons. Inci
dentally, in those 17 years I
haven't been able to fiiid the
featherbed they have referred to
so frequently.
Wednesday night. March 13. the
railroad men are going to pre
sent their reasons why Senate
Bill 275 slxmld not he passed in
a hearing at the State Capitol.
Tliev will have one hour and a
half in which In do this before the
legislative committee appointed
to handle this bill.
I hope that your ncwpapcr will
see lit to give their reasons for
retaining Oregon's railroad full
new law as much front page
soace as ou did ITI s report o
the management's version. This.'
I am sure, is a wish shared by
all of the railroad men in the
Klamath Basin
We are a little tired of being
called "leatlierhedders" in law
print on the hunt luge of the
newspaper, especially Since the
job e have is amthing hut a
Icatliertxd.
B. L. Jones
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
Kennedy Scheduled
To Central America
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON ( NEA '-President
Kennedy's scheduled visit to
San Jose, Costa Rica, March 18
20 will mark the first time a
U.S. president has met with the
presidents of Panama and the
five Central American republics
east of Mexico.
When this region first obtained
independence from Spain it was
known as the Province of Cen
tral America. Panama was part
of Colombia. Later the area split
into six republics.
Some years hence they may
again unite politically. But their
big problem now is economic
integration and firm establish
ment of a Central American Com
mon Market by 1966.
The coming conference of seven
presidents also will discuss inter
national political questions, par
ticularly the bitter pill of Cas
tro and communism in the Carib
bean. The Central American presi
dents may have some plain talk
for Kennedy on this subject be
cause their countries are prime
targets for subversion from Cuba.
What is expected to emerge
.from the San Jose conference is
not a series of resolutions but a
more conventional communique.
It might call on the several coun
tries to double their internal se
curity efforts.
There will be positive action on
economic integration which was
called for by Kennedy two years
ago in his original Alliance for
Progress speech to Latin Ameri
can diplomats at the White House.
Excepting Panama, which is
expected to join later, Central
America is technically a free
trade area now. Tariffs between
the five countries have been abol
ished on all but about 50 principal
items of trade. Tariffs on them
are expected to be removed with
in five years.
In the meantime, it is planned
to negotiate common external tar
iffs and a customs union which
Will make Central America a
true common market area. Eight
treaties and protocols have been
signed since 1958 to bring eco
nomic integration to this present
status. Agreements have been rat
ified by all governments except
Costa Rica, which is moving slow
cr. Major obstacles still hamper full
development. All six countries de
pend on similar exports. Coffee
is the principal export of Costa
Rica. El Salvador, Guatemala and
Nicaragua. Bananas are the ma
jor export of Panama and Hon
duras, second in Costa Rica and
Guatemala. Cotton and textiles are
developing in Nicaragua and El
Salvador. Panama has large
shrimp exports. Honduran cattle
are moving to neighboring coun
tries. But the volume of this trade,
two per cent of total exports in
1950. was still only seven per cent
in 1960.
Lack of communication is one
handicap. Air transport bears the
heaviest traffic. Such railroads as
there are run principally from
coastal cities inland. There is no
through line from Panama to the
Mexican border and there would
be little for it to haul if it could
be built.
All bridges are completed on
the Pan-American highway, but
it is by ho means a paved free
way for tourists. There are many
gravel stretches and numerous
landslides in bad weather.
A caravan moving from Pana
ma to Mexico by motor vehicle
and thence by air is expected in
Washington for the Pan American
highway conference opening May
6.
The U.S. Congress, paying two
thirds of the cost, appropriated
$60 million in 1958 to complete
the highway and made it plain
this was to be the last contribu
tion. A Central American Bank for
Economic Integration was estab
lished in Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
in 1961. U.S. Agency for Interna
tional Development AID has
advanced it a $3 million grant
and a $5 million loan to get go
ing. AID has opened a Central Amer
ican office in Tegucigalpa for re
gional planning. A. U.S. advisory
mission has been set up to work
with the Organization of Central
American States in Salvador and
the Council of Central American
Universities in San Jose. The first
project is printing over two mil
lion textbooks to supply the first
six grades of all Central Ameri
can schools bv 1965.
WASHINGTON REPORT
Congress Scrutinizes
Foreign Aid Program
By FULTON LEWIS .lit.
Soon after John Kennedy
plucked him from relative obscur
ity and named him Director of
the Budget, charming, debonair
David Bell told a West Coast
audience that America could af
ford to double its annual outlay
for foreign aid, increasing it from
$5 to $10 billion.
Recently promoted to Foreign
Aid Director, Bell must be con
tent with far less than $10 billion
next year, however. From all in
dications. Congress will sharply
pare the "modest" S3 billion the
Administration has asked for lis
cal year 14.
Ohio Senator Steve Young is
typical of many lawmakers who
have undergone an "agonizing re
appraisal" on foreign aid. Demo
crat Young last month returned
from a Geneva conference on "un
derdeveloped nations" convinced
that the foreign aid program was
stalled w ith incompetent, unneces
sary bureaucrats. He demands a
cut ot $1 billion in the Presi
dent's aid request.
Majority Leader Mike Mansfield
is another to voice severe mis
givings about the program. He
says that more than SOT million
in recent aid to Vietnam has
failed to make the Asian land
any more stable than before.
Intellectuals, too. have begun to
pan tlic whole scheme. Harvard
Professor Edward Banfield re
cently completed a scholarly
study, concluding there s: no
justification for a multi-billion dol
lar program of the type America
has run for many years.
One of the most telling indict
ments came last month from Dr.
D. A. Fitzgerald, a top-ranking
foreicn aid ofticial for 14 years.
Dr. Fitzgerald, deputy director of
tlie International Cooperation Ad
ministration, stepped down last
August. While praising the Mar
shall Plan he helped originate. Dr.
Fitzserald says tlie current pro
gram is wasteful and harmful to
the host interests of the United
Slates.
Congressman "Gene" Snyder,
freshman P.epuhlican from Louis
ulle, Ky.. has compiled a long
list of foreign aid projects that
he calls "typical of tlie whole
program." IS. taxpayers, he
claims, hne paid for the fol
lowing: 1. A luxury yacht kqst: $.1 1
million', repiete with gold wall
paper, for a millionaire Emperor
ol Ethiopia.
2. Suita for Greek undertakm.
3. Troughs for Egyptian camels.
4. A sawmill for Nationalist Chi
na that could not cut the type of
logs native to that area.
5. Two rifles for every soldier
in the Cambodian Army.
6. Educational TV for Nigeria,
a country with almost no TV sets.
7. "Multi-laned highways for
countries where there arc very
few, if any, automobiles."
8. Five professors to teach an
ll-man class in Rhodesia.
9. A splendid new sports stadi
um located in the heart of equa
torial Africa that lacks a single
modern road leading up to it.
10. "Extra wives for officials of
the Kenya government."
Republicans plan to fight the
foreign aid program with extra
zest this year and think that a
minimum of $1 billion can be
trimmed from the Administration
request. They will receive con
siderable help from Rep. Otto
Passman. Louisiana Democrat,
who is the number one Congres
sional expert on foreign aid. His
worldwide travels have convinced
him that more than a billion dol
lars can be "easily" cut.
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Wednesday, March 13,
the 72nd day of 1963 with 293 to
follow.
Tho moon is approaching its
last quarter.
The morning star is Venus.
The evening star is Mars.
Those born on this day include
Joseph Priestley, the British
chemist who discovered oxygen
in 1733.
On this day in history:
In 18K8. impeachment proceed
ings against President Andrew
Johnson got 'underway in the
Senate He later was acquitted by
one vote.
In 1933. banks throughout the
United States began lo open fol
lovwng the "bank holiday" pro
claimed on March 5 by President
Roosevelt.
In I9h2. a M.flnu.ooo.ouo foreign
aid bill was sent to Congress.
A thought for the day: Author
Thomas Paine said: "Society in
eei y state is a blessing, but gov
ernment, even in its best state,
is but a necessary evil ... In
its worst state, an intolerable
one."