PARI I
Gold
The Republicans are a party that must look
to the future, since the present, measured in
major offices held, is not cheerful.
The future appears to lie in the suburbs.
Of the 90 million population increase expected
in the United States by 1975-80. nearly all will
come in these growing city outskirts.
So how are the Republicans doing there?
,'. The party's analysis of 1962 voting fig
ures, contained in a new National Committee
study, suggests the GOP may be holding up
very well in areas both parties regard as
prime battlegrounds from here on.
Review of 13 major metropolitan zones in
dicates that last year Republican congressional
candidates won 55.7 per cent of their suburban
vote as against 53.2 per cent in 195(1, the
previous off-year test.
The areas studied include New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
(Maryland suburbs), Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Den
ver and San Francisco.
Only in Boston's environs and the New
York state-New Jersey suburbs of New York
City were losses sustained.
Gains in the others ranged from a whop
ping 27 per cent in Denver's suburbs to a
modest 1.5 per cent outside San Francisco.
No comparable figures were developed
in this study for all the big governorship races,
though Michigan's Republican George Romney
Is shown to have made an 8.8 per cent sub
urban pickup around Detroit as against the
Protection
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Gov. Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey
is one of perhaps a number of governors
calling attention of their state legislatures to
the need for stricter laws against drunken
driving.
The drinking problem, says Mr. Hughes,
"dominates any discussion of death on our
highways." And basic to any effective program
of controlling the drinking driver, he de
clares, is an "Implied consent" law. Such a
Statute provides that a holder of a driving
license may be required to take a "drunkom
etcr" test If suspected of operating a motor
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
' Eight states, among them New York,
Minnesota, Nebraska, and Idaho, now have
such a law. These and a still larger number,
approximately half of the states in all, give
legal validity to chemical tests in most cases
IN WASHINGTON . . .
By KA1.IMI de TOLEDANO
The balllc over (lie new Ken
nedy budget $!!l billion adminis
tratively, but $112 billion when
all Federal outlays arc Included
will be one of the goriest and
gaudiest in many years. Speaker
John McCormack's outburst on the
White House steps, In which he de
scribed as "wild" Republican
claims that some $10 billion can
be lop)cd o( Mr. Kennedy's re
quests (or current spending and
future obligational aulltority. is
an indication o( what is In store.
For Mr. Speaker McCormack is
not Riven lo excess. Rut he bad
been prodded into a do-or-dif
mood by the White House whose
Ideologues are committed lo the
record-busting budget.
'Pile Administration and its Con
gressional spokesmen arc clearly
a little desperate about what
will happen In the phonebook-site
budget report when the various
appropriations sulicommlllees of
the House finish what legisla
tors call "marking it up" name
ly, preparing it (or enactment.
To evaluate a budget or the valid
ity of its variuus spending pro
posals requires far more time,
rffort, and training than the av
erage Congressman commands.
Administration Democrats know
that in previous years, there was
a bit of slashing here or slic
ing there. Foreign aid sometimes
look a beating. Congressional pi es
sure added and subtracted. But
by live large, the budget went
through as the Budget Bureau
and the President's Council of
Economic Advisers drew it up.
After all, there were few enough
people around to understand the
arguments of Senator Harry F
Byrd.
But Administration Democrats
also know that (his year, the
Republicans have stolen a march
on Uie White House. Representa
tive Frank Bow'i attack on tlie
Administration budget Inst Mon
day was only an opener. For the
Mil time, is nrrnureH
HERALD AXD NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
In Them Suburbs
Against Drunken Driving
voluntarily taken as evidence of intoxica
tion. In the early years of using breath tests
there was some question as to what amount of
alcohol content in the blood should be taken
as indicating serious loss of control. Most
state laws now regard 0.15 per cent as con
stituting prima facie evidence, and 0.05 to
0.15 per cent as providing supporting evidence
in the presence of other factors. There is con
siderable medical testimony that 0.10 per cent
is enough to be conclusive.
A person who applies for a driving license
asks society for the privilege of taking a po
tentially death-dealing instrument on the high,
ways. Surely, in view of the number of fa
talities caused annually by drunken driving,
it is not loo much to make the taking of a
breath test one condition for keeping that li
cense. Legislatures meeting next month will
do well to see how their stale laws stand in
this respect.
Budget Battle Coming Up
President Eisenhower' Budget
director, Maurice Stilus, has been
working with a corps of econo
mists, analyzing the Kennedy
budget item by Item and pre- '
paring a Republican counter-proposal.
At the same time, ranking
Republican members of the com
mittees and subcommittees which
will examine the President's pro
posals, have also been thorough
ly briefed.
In short, the Republican op
position has prepared a series of
documents of its own as detailed
as those which the White House
has sent up to Capitol Hill. For
the first time in my memory,
there will he a phalanx of Con
gressmen with ammunition to
spare. Representative Bow, in
speaking for House Republicans,
characterised possible budget cuts
in the kind of broad terms that
Congress is accustomed to hear.
His colleagues, however, have
been sharpening their razors lo
a fine edge and are ready lo
wield them.
None of this would matter In
White House strategists. Alone,
the Republicans do not have the
voles to change n single comma
in the budget or to cut It by a
eiiny. What worries the Admin
istration is the sentiment among
many Democratic members.
These Democrats have been
leading their mail and consulting
their consciences. They are also
caught between strong pressure
from the grassroots not to cut
taxes unless the budget Is also
cut, ami a squeeze from the
While House to leave the budg
et alone hut to lower taxes leven
without "reloim'i. They there
fore foresee a deficit which may
run above the $20 billion mark
-and it frightens them. i.Vnlt
delicit mail has been unprece
dented this year
Sentiment for budget cutting is
stronger on the Hill today than
I have ever seen It. White House
strategists realize this. They also
realize that they cannot undercut
Monday, March IS, 19S1
party's 1958 governorship showing there. This
gave him his victory margin.
Other evidence suggests that governor
candidates rang up improved suburban scores
in other places as well, though there were oc
casional losses.
The figures would be more conclusive if
many more areas were included. Still, there
is no particular reason to believe that in gen
uine two-party sectors a more comprehensive
showing would yield a different result.
Republicans once considered the suburbs
locked up for them. The steady outward push
of millions of habitual Democrats has sharp
ly altered the outlook. The GOP no longer
can take the outskirts for granted.
It is hard to judge how really significant
a 2.5 per cent GOP suburban gain in 13 areas
is from one off-year test to another. No com
parisons are offered with presidential IflfiO,
President Kennedy made substantial in
roads then in several major suburban fringes.
The arc around Philadelphia was a notable
case.
Do the 19(S2 results indicate the GOP
is on the way to countering these gains? Or
will his presence on the ticket in 19(54 reverse
matters again, affecting the suburban vote for
all major- offices?
Of the samples offered in the current
GOP study, the verdict on 19(52 suburban re
sults probably has to be that they seem prom
ising for the Republicans, but as yet prove
nothing for the long pull.
proponents of budget cutting and
fiscal responsibility in open de
bale. The Administration, how
ever is canny in the ways of poli
tics. If it can make the budget
issue a partisan one pitting
Democrats against Republicans
then the Democrats who make
up part of the "economy bloc"
can be weaned away.
Hence the nature of Speaker
McCoi mack's remarks. In them,
he came periously close to charg
ing that there was something
slightly unpatriotic about budget
culling. Debating the question on
this basis can generate consider
able beat but very little light. II
can lead to the kind of 'name
calling which divides men and par
lies. It is interesting to note that
Maiority Under Mike Manslield,
who would lind himself in dilti
cullies if he attempted to use
similar tactics in Hie Senate, was
more moderate In his criticism
and asked the Republicans to
prove their point. This is pre
cisely what Hie OOP strategists
hope to do. II will be something
ol a job, but the Republican
House leadership Is trying to re
strain (iOP Congressmen from
exchanging polemics with the
Democrats. The slogan is "Keep
it calm and keep il factual."
Only in this manner, the Republi
cans believe, can they win over
those troubled Democrats w ho see
danger in the high-budget-low -ta
Kennedy program.
THEY
SAY...
I'e bcrn muling about how the
Piouiettl wants this nation to hp
physically fit and by George I
wanted tn prove to myself that
t slill am.
Alois Mepuka. M, of Lincoln,
Nrb., allrr 30-mile hike.
By SYDNEY J. HARRIS
A recent piece o( mine about
writing letters and the fact that
there is no relationship between
the ability to write good letters
and literary skill in general
seemed to surprise some readers.
Evidently they expect a profes
sional writer to be not only adept
but even, eager to indulge in per
sonal correspondence.
Actually, except for those lit
erary exhibitionists who compose
letters with a sly glance at pos
terity land who also manage to
keep copies of their lengthy epis
tles', most professional writers
have little skill and less desire
to grind out words after working
hours.
No one expects a surgeon to
perform a lobectomy just for the
fun of il, or a lawyer to handle
litigation as a hobby, but some
how people assume that a writ
er likes nothing better than to
spend his spare time in pecking
away at the typewriter in an ec
static trance.
When the writer confesses that
he doesn't even know how to
compose a really interesting Id
ler, this is taken as mere irony
or an excuse for laziness. But
the truth about this sort of pro
fessional incapacity was amusing
ly revealed some years ago in a
book by Beatrice Houdini about
her late husband, the great magi
cian and escape artist.
Houdini, as everyone knows,
was the cleverest man with his
hands who ever lived. He could
palm 52 cards, a complete deck,
one after the other. He could es
cape from handcuffs, strait jack
et or a trunk. No jail cell was
able to hold him.
But, in his personal life, this
Let's Eat
ACROSS
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4 Strofjanoff
fi Pe ssert
12 Mouths
13 Shield hp iiring
blackbird
42 European
ermine
45 Flatterv
49 Contestant
61 of corn
62 Painful outcry
53 Bird bill
protuberance
54 Kunnrr on
snow
Sft Woody plant
66 Condition
(suffix)
57 bass
DOWN
1 Bridge (Kr
2 Operatic solo
3 Navonnes
4 Seethes
6 Sea eagle
Evades
7 Moor
8 Carried to
Newcastle
9 Against
10 Sham
1A Heavy blow
15 Yugoslav City
1 fi Hood
18 (iosaiped
20 Arrav
21 Moths
2'2 Consumes
24 Food fish
20 Royal Italian
family name
27 Mineral spring
SOCity m Missouri
32 Cancer or
Capricorn
.14 Placard
AS Soar
Worm
37 High-priced
'AQ K roster
40 Striplings
41 Ctirknn
1 2 3 14 15 16 17 I 18 19 IQ U
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47" 43 44 'rj43 46 S7"T"
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That Goes for Me,
STRICTLY
PERSONAL
amazing dexterity was nowhere
evident. Once, Mrs. Houdini re
lates, he was putting in a new
light bulb in her room, which
shattered to bits on the floor.
She rebuked him for his clum
siness, he apologized profusely,
end went to fetch a second bulb
which also slipped from his fin
gers and smashed.
This time she upbraided him
so fiercely that he hastily left
the house. An hour later, a mes
senger appeared with an envel
ope. The message read: "Mr.
Houdini wishes to inform Mrs.
Houdinithat the first bulb fell out
of his hand, but the second one
slipped. He wishes to convey his
sorrow, and promises that the
one that (ell will never fall
again."
On another occasion, the Hou
dinis were guests at a country
house party, when the hostesses
asked for help in arranging the
table (or a buffet supper. His
wile saw Houdini volunteering,
and remarked: "He won't be any
good to them," adding in a burst
of confidence, "You know, he's
the mot helpless man in the
world!"
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q What denomination is the
Little Church Around the Corner
In New York City?
A Episcopal Church, the real
name of which is the Church of
I he Transfiguration.
Q Which Is the only New Eng
land state that was not part of
the original 13 states?
A Vermont.
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17 Stamping
machines
19 eiba
TA Perfume
24 European shark
2n Japanese herbs
26 Having auricles
27 Pungency
2A Funeral pile
tref. sp
29 Onus of
maples
31 ivsnassionate
.13 Derm
Stace whispers
40 Machine tool
41 Kstate
42 Highlander
AS Trip
44 One time
46 Rianchi
opponents
47 Japanese brew
AS Assam
silkworm
50 Mtlitarv
abbreviation
Answer to Previous mine
Too!'
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Support
Having read many recent let
ters from sportsmen criticizing
the Oregon State Game Commis
sion's policy on deer manage
ment, I would like to venture
the opinion that most Oregon
hunters are in accord with the
present system, and being satis
fied, do not feel the need of writ
ing about it. 1 believe this is a
mistake, as it has often been
demonstrated that an organized,
voluble minority can accomplish
either harm or good entirely out
of proportion to its size.
The Game Commission has
men in the field every month of
the year studying deer habitat,
feed supply, weather conditions
and many other things having a
bearing on overall herd manage
ment. Furthermore these men
have the necessary education and
intelligence to correctly interpret
what they observe. Their methods
and results are respected nation
ally, judging from conservation
articles in leading outdoor maga
zines. The latest article I have
noted appears in the March, 1963,
issue of "Field and Stream."
Naturally there were no mass
migrations of deer during the
mild falls we have had recently,
nor are the does apt to stand out
in the open to be counted after
they have been legally shot at
for several years, but this does
not indicate that the herd is de
pleted. Hundreds of deer can be
seen in fields of nearby valleys
at night during the autumn, prob
ably due to scarcity of their na
tural lood.
During 33 years of deer hunting
in Klamath and Lake counties 1
have found many dead bucks in
the woods, some of them gutted
and dragged almost to a road,
then left there to rot when the
"sportsman" was able to kill one
with a larger rack, so if there is
a deer shortage it cannot all be
blamed on the doe kill.
I believe the recently formed
' Oregon Fish & Game Council"
is in about the same category as
a man who. on the basis of hav
ing piled a few rocks in his time,
feels qualified to tell an expert
mason how to build a stone wall.
It appears to be a question of
whether surplus deer die of star
vation or are taken by hunters
on a carefully studied ' sustained
yield basis. To me the latter is
much preferable, and I believe it
is to this end that our Game Com
mission is working to the very
best of its ability.
Jack F. Moore,
42oj Frieda Ave.
Thanks
This is to both commend and
thank you and the editorial staff
of the Herald and News for the
good coverage devoted to Ameri
ican History Month, sponsored by
the National Society. Daughters
of tlie American Revolution, each
February.
The photo-news recognition giv
en to observance of the month
is a valuable contribution to the
promotion of study, understanding
and appreciation of American his
tory and our nation's heritage.
The National Society joins with
the Oregon State Society and DAR
in jour area in this message of
sincere appreciation.
Raymond l Hatcher.
Public Relations
Director. NSDAR
I Pifirs To
Gerrymander
There is much misunderstand
ing and general confusion con
cerning the "gerrymander" plan,
which tlie Klamath County Joint
School Boards Association voted
to adopt on the evening of Feb.
28. Tliis plan is to be presented
to the voters as their solution to
the overcrowded condition existing
at Klamath Lnion High School
and to other county-wide school
problems, providing enabling leg
islation will permit them to do
so.
As a member of tlie Klamath
Falls Citizens' Committee which
has been studying the problem
for some time. 1 feel that I must
voice my disapproval of this plan.
Although my feelings may or may
not be the same as others in
this group.
Many people have questioned
me about this plan their first
question usually concerns the
word "gerrymander." Back in
1812. a man by the name of El
bridge Gerry was governor of
Massachusetts. He arranged elec
toral districts which enabled one
party to elect more representa
tives than they could on a fair
system. In other words, he ma
nipulated in order to gain an un
fair advantage. Hence, the word
"gerrymander." To me. this plan
is very well named, as I think
i'. certainly takes advantage of
the people in the Weyerhaeuser,
Stewart-Lennox area and those
in the North Suburbs. Here again
there is confusion. People in the
suburbs do not know which area
is designated as "North Sub
urbs." In this particular instance,
at least, the North Suburban area
is that lying to the north of Sixth
Street.
This plan was presented by
members of the County School
Board to the City Elementary and
KUHS Boards, and had only one
member vote against it. This was
Margaret Sheridan, who is more
concerned with the residents of
the suburban area than are cither
of the two County Board members,
who are supposed to represent
the Weyerhaeuser. Stewart-Lennox
and North Suburban areas.
If these men were truly interested
in the welfare of the people of
this area and in the education of
the children, they would never
have voted in favor of this plan.
The representative of the North
Suburbs lives far outside this area,
and his interests very plainly lie
with those with whom he is more
directly associated. The suburbs
need representation on the Coun
ty Board.
The millage rates in the entire
area would be affected in the
following way: the city would go
up 3.16 mills, the South Suburbs
would go down 5.1 mills, the North
Suburbs would go up 11.96 mills,
(with the exception of an area
near Simmers Avenue, which
would go up 14.66 mills', and the
county would go down 2.4 mills.
Is this a fair millage increase?
Many other plans have been dis
cussed at these meetings which
gave more equal millage rates to
all concerned, but the County
School Board voiced disapproval
of these proposals.
If this gerrymander plan is
adopted, the people in the North
Suburbs and the Weyerhaeuser,
Stewart-Lennox areas will go into
the city school system. The people
in the South Suburbs will remain
in the county elementary district,
but their children will be changed
from KUHS to Henley High
School. This means that approx- -imalely
1,100 students would come
into the city district along with
some 35 Henley High School stu
dents, and approximately 500 sub
urban KU students would go into
the county system. As to what
would happen to the North Sub
urban children attending Alta
mont Junior High School, is any
one's guess. As of now it appears
they would be without a home.
'Millage rates and student pop
ulation figures are based on 1962
6,1 operating budgets and would
be subject to change.)
Instead of adopting a plan which
would further unite the people ol
Ihe metropolitan area of Klamath
Falls, this plan would split the
suburbs still further. Although the
millage rates would go down for
the people of the South Suburbs. I
cannot believe they will support
this plan. It is a plan which will
relieve the present situation for
only a short time, and people will
not vote in favor of short-range
plans.
Before closing, I must express
gratitude lo the members of the
boards who have spent long hours
studying the situation, and espec
ially to those County Board
members who have traveled long
distances every week to meet
here in our city. Also. I must
especially commend two men
who have worked unstintingly for
many months gathering data and
information and compiling figures,
in order that we may finally reach
a solution to our problems. They
are Mr. Ray Hunsaker and Mr.
Buzz Wagner. I know they have
the respect and admiration of all
who have worked with them.
Somewhere, there is a solihion
to this problem, but I do not
believe the gerrymander plan is
the answer. To present it to the
people to be voted upon is simply
another waste of the taxpayer's
money, as I am sure it will be
defeated. We must have a plan
which will look to the future of
a growing community. It must
be a plan which is fair to all con
cerned, and above all. it most
The Editor
be a plan which will benefit the
children of the entire county by
providing them with tlie oppor
tunity to obtain tlie best educa
tion we can give them. They
are our citizens of tomorrow.
Beth Binford
Cooperation
As you know, the 408th Fighter
Group and the 322nd Fighter In.
terceptor Squadron held a Mardi
Gras last Friday evening. The
purpose of this program was to
raise money for the Intercommu
nity Hospital Fund. It was a large
success due to the active interest
and participation of many per.
sonncl.
Like the other squadrons here
at Kingsley Field, we of tlie 408th
L'SAF Dispensary set up booths
and concessions at the Mardi
Gras.
A program of this type is rath
er difficult to put on at times
due to an overhead cost of build
ing materials and operating
supplies. All costs must be met
by individuals rather than club
funds or government money. The
initial expenses must be taken
from the gross earnings of the
program, thus leaving a smaller
profit.
On behalf of our squadron. I
wish to thank two of your local
merchants who donated their ma
terials to help us help the com
munity gain a higher goal toward
your hospital.
These two merchants, South
Sixth Street Oxygen Sales and
Ganong's Variety, have long since
established good community rela
tionship and are leaders in this
field.
It is a wonderful feeling to see
a community bound together to
work for, and attain, higher goals.
A.l.C. Clyde C. Duprce,
408th USAF Dispensary,
Kingsley Field.
Faith
What is normal? Who decides
what is normal? 1 began to won
der about these questions when
I read the editorial "Time For
a Hard Look" in Sunday's paper.
We condone a lot of things which
we hate to face up to by calling
them "normal;" things like ju
venile naughtiness, like many
Americans being in the under
privileged class, and now even
the stealing of public funds by
certain members of Congress is
called "normal." Things that are
supposedly normal by man's stan
dards are of no comfort to me. If
by "normal" we mean "average,"
is it anything to aspire to?
I believe that the only true
"normalcy" are things set by
the laws of nature like the force
of gravity pulling on a plumb
bob to determine what is per
pendicular, (gravity is not man's
invention) tilings like rainfall and
water distribution over the face
of the earth, the number of days
of sunshine, etc. When man be
gan to state what was normal
and what wasn't normal in the
realm of economics and social
behavior he added much to gen
eral confusion and nothing to
peace of mind.
Karl Marx's communism was
a theory whereby all men could
be forced into a "normal" state.
Present communism as practiced
has become a technique for the
power to force man into their
idea of "normalcy." Thank God
that our government is based on
Nature's Laws, as are the world's
major religions. We need an abid
ing faith in the goodness and
the rightness of our form o(
government. Troubles and differ
ences will arise, but they can
not "do us in" if we and, espe
cially, our officials in Washington
hold fast to that abiding faith.
We all need to stand up to this
faith, to believe in something, tn
stand for something so firmly
that no amount of sneaky infil
tration of " communism, or any
outright application of "Europe
an" intcllectualism can have any
effect on us.
Eleanor Thomson,
Bly, Ore.
Dogs
Votes were cast by the voters
of the city of Klamath Falls in
the November election, the re
sult of which, predominantly was
in favor of dogs not being per
mitted to run loose, and a city
ordinance was duly passed cm
bodying certain restrictions.
At this time I note that there
are many dogs running loose in
many parts of Klamath Falls.
It appears to me that the best
way to get rid of a displeasing
law. or ordinance, which is not
looked upon with favor, is the
strict enforcement thereof.
Why clutter up the city books
with certain laws ordinances
when they arc made playthings
hy those paid to enforce them.
And tlie voter s vote is also made
to seem as though it had never
been cast. This not only tends to
disrespect our laws, but also
figures deep in our so-called de
bnquency. L. E. Hubbard,
.127 Alameda Avenue.
Closing
In my opinion stores should not
remain open on Sundays (or sev
eral reasons:
Worship A time lo worship.
Rest A rest day. or of even
just a day of togetherness for the
entire family in this busy,
rushed world.
Mrs. R. Londborg,
2226 Wantland.