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Newspaper Page TextPAGE I HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Fall. Ore. Monday, March 25, EDSON IN WASHINGTON "May I Quote You?" Draft Act Disregards Problems Of Youths One Thing Certain, At Least There is obviously a great deal of pics sure on legislators in Salem to do something to relieve over-burdensome property taxes. There is (rightly so, it seems) wcll-substantiat-; ed thought that property taxes have reached the saturation point; in fact property owners are getting soaked and good. The legislature is considering several ; bills that seek some measure of relief, but ' none of them actually promise much. Proba : bly what will happen is that we will retain our high level of property taxes, (to take care of local government costs) and just add anoth er level, or another type of tax to handle our state government load. Much is being said about "broadening the tax base" and some revisions in the personal and corporate income tax bills would start us ; on the road in this direction. There seems to be little question but what elimination of the deduction for federal income tax paid is desirable. Even though this ' suggestion seems to be levying a tax on a tax (the taxpayer never gets to sec that money withheld for federal taxes) this proposal would mean less money going to the federal govern ment (we get a deduction at the federal level for state income taxes paid), and more money going into state tax coffers. Labor unions and ambitious politicians are effectively fighting efforts to reach too far down the ladder of income tax rungs. (Eugene Register Guard) "The trend of the times is outright de fiance of authority and that's what we had last night." Speaking was the chief of police in San Francisco, which had a rough time New Year's Eve. There was also trouble that night in Reno. In both cities there was evi dence of the "trend" the San Francisco chief mentioned, and also of another trend. These riots, on the pattern of the Seaside riot, are all too common. Usually they are i the sport of the young, those under 25 or so. But news stories from San Francisco and Reno ; suggest that this was not so on New Year's Eve. Many of the rioters were older, certain ; ly old enough to know better. '. The other trend is the ganging up of : unruly citizens upon policemen. This has iheen commented upon in the East, notably in : New York. There a policeman who seeks to arrest a wrong-doer has to take on half the IN WASHINGTON . . . ! By KAU'll 1p TOLEIMNO Every political movement, what ever its nature, nltracts to its ban ners the mentally sick and the vicious. Causes which arc in them selves sick and vicious have no difficulty in finding adherent. nf this kind. So it has been with both Fascism and Communism. And so it is now Willi Fidelism, that so cially nasty brand of Marxism Leninism planted on the Ameri- ; can hemisphere by Nikita Khru- ' shchev. ; The moment Fidel Castro began ; showing signs of success and ; rash he found adherents in this ; country, some of them recruited from Die Communist and criminal elements, to organize committers, stage, demonstrations, issue pain '. plilcls and "newspapers," and In one instance even publish a book. These elements, of course, were in addition to the respectable, sup porters of Fidel Castro. Jack I'aar. for one, gave him millions of dollars worth of publicity, but this is an aspect of his career he would like the public to lurjjel. 'Every political movement, in its early stages, also gathers to Itself well-meaning individuals who go through lile deceiving them- . selves.) ', Electronics has given a new di mension to the appeal of anti-human movements. Turn against your country and you, too. can become a radio personality. Lord Haw-Haw, Axis Sally, and others did it during World War 11 so why can't you? In the case of Communist Cuba, the "ou" turns i out to be Ihree interesting charac ters. Since January l',mi, Mrs. Bar bara Collins has been broadcast '. ing from Havana to hie I'nited : Slates. Mrs. Collins, the daughter : of a New Jersey minister, desert ed her husband in Miami to take this propaganda job. Another mo tive was a subpoena from the Sen ate Internal Security Subcommit tee, then investigating the Castin financed Fair Play for Cuba Com Sorry Trends Traitors, Or 'Misguided'? mittee, which Mrs. Collins was seeking to evade. To her new friends in Havana, she Is known as "La Barbara sin hniba" (translation: Barbara without a beard, a feeble pun in Spanish), a nickname she seems lo enjoy. Mis. Collins, in her broadcasts, professes that the real danger to this hemisphere is the I'nited States. Another broadcaster is lllah Warner, who gives her spiel over CNCA in Havana. Where Mrs. Collins spends most of her time describing Castro's heaven on earth, Mrs. Warner attacks the United Stales as "the most fero cious class of dictatorship." de scribes our laws as "fascist." and calls on the American people to overthrow Iheir government. The prize package, however, is Hubert Franklin Williams. Once head of the Union County, NO. division of Ihe National Associa tion lor Ihe Advancement of Col ored People, ho was kicked out tor his advocacy of violence as a means to solve race relations He helped found the Fair Pl.iy (or Cuba Committee In 19HI. he kidnapped a married couple and held lliem as hostages, then fled The FBI, called in lo apprehend him. says thai Williams "lias been diagnosed as schizophrenic and has . . . threatened violence ille' should be considered armed and dangerous." The ( astro regime granted Wil liams "political asylum" a once honored term and he now con ducts a service called "Radio Free Dixie" which advocates ra cial violence in Ihe I'nited States. His message is carried by Hava na's lon.wiO.watt transmitters lo mosl of the Western Hemisphere. Should these Hirer proagandisls ol Castro Communism ever return In the I'nited Stales, they will raise some interesting legal points. Are they traitors, like Tokyo Hose and Axis Sally-hoth convicted ol treason? Or are they to be treat ed simply as misguided Ameri And, it appears politically impossible to im pose a sales tax system, even though legis lators privately will admit this is the most practical solution to the problem of addition al state funds. We must accept the history of the resis tance of Oregon voters to sales tax proposals, but it seems to us that if sufficient assur ance could be given that sales tax funds would be used as an offset to property taxes, there would be a great deal more of acceptance. While there are valid arguments against a sales tax (among which, of course is that it is "regressive" in nature, and "imposes a pen alty on those least able to pay it") it appears to be the one tax left that would bring huge amounts of money to the state. Another way of making the sales tax more palatable is to earmark all or a sub stantial portion of the receipts to education, which takes hte biggest bite in our state funds (in fiscal 1961, education took 8121,190,000 from a total of $485,081,000 spent). There seems to be greater unanimity in choice of lax raising objectives between the House and the Senate tax experts this year than in the past. Consideration and compari son of the various tax raising proposals and their merits (or lack of merits) gets quite con fusing. One thing pretty certain is that the tax payer is going to be relieved of more of his hard-earned cash anyway you look at it. neighborhood. He may be lucky to escape with his life, not to mention his badge. In both San Francisco and Reno, the public seemed not to be on the side of the police. Yet, for most of us, the policeman is the fel low who stands between us and a breakdown of orderly living. In both San Francisco and Reno, police made good use of police dogs. These wonder ful dogs, used more and more in large cities, are effective instruments of riot control. Un less seriously provoked, they won't do real harm to a prisoner. But if provoked, they could break an arm with their-powerful jaws. Few risk provoking them. San Francisco police, with dogs on leash es, herded the rioters down Market Street "like a bunch of sheep." Maybe Oregon ought to have a supply of dogs, just in case anybody gets any ideas about repc !ing the Seaside adventure. cans exercising Ihe right of free speech? The American Security Council, which has been collecting material on Ihe Fidel-fawners, holds that the argument that the U.S. is not at war, eliminating a treason charge, has "very nearly vanished." But it should be pointed out Ihal Americans like William Hinton worked for the Chinese Commu nists in Bed China during actual hostilities in Korea. Yet Mr. Mill ion returned to the U.S. and went on a speaking tour in behalf of his former employers. American law and Ihe Constitution are very tolerant ol these aberrations. Cor rupting Ihe minds of one's country men is nol yet a crime even when it is done for money and in Ihe service of the enemy. Al manac Rv 1'nltcd Press International Today is Monday, March 23. tile mill day of I'M with 2B1 lo follow. The moon is new. The morning slars are Venus and Saturn The evening star is Mats. On this day in history: In 1776. Ihe Continental Congress awarded Ihe first medal ever giv en in the I'nited Stales lo George Washington in recognition of his role in bringing about the evacua tion nf Boston by British lories on March 17. In mil, 147 lues were losl when hie swept Ihe Triangle Shut Waist Comany in New York City In 10.1.1, Ihe famed Palace The atre opened in New York City with F.d Wynn one of Ihe head liners. A (bought for Ihe day: Amen, can author Thomas Paine said "When we are planning lor pos terity, we ought to remember that virtue is not bciediUi)," By SYDNEY J. IIARB1S Speaking of the inconsistencies and irregularities of the English language as I was in some re cent columns on "nouns of mul titude" and different verb-forms in the past tense I ran across the word "usherette" in a new book the other day. Why should the feminine of "usher" be "usherette" instead of "ushcress?" I suppose it fol lows Uie lead of "drum major ette," which also makes no sense. The feminine of "poet" is "po etess," and the feminine of "ac tor" is "actress' but the femin ine of "painter' is not "paint less," and the feminine of "doe tor" is not "doctrcss."' And why should the feminine of "aviator" be "aviatrix," and the feminine of "executor" las in a Willi be "executrix?" Like wise, a female Jew is referred to as a "Jewess." but a female Greek is not a "Grcekcss." and a female Turk is not a "Turkess." How is a foreigner lo know that the feminine of "hero" is not Herocss" but "heroine?" Or that the feminine of "wizard" is "witch?" And while a baron's wife is a "baroness," an carls wife is not an "earless," but a "countess." And, in Ihe animal world, while a few females arc designated by t he traditional "ess" ending "lioness," "tigress," and so forth most of them have separate forms of no regularity or consis tency. W'e have a bull and a cow, a . dog fox and a vixen, a billy goat and a nanny goat, a buck hare and a doe hare, a peacock and peahen, a boar pig and s o w pig, cob swan and a pen swan, a tup lamb and a cue lamb, a Time Study ACROSS Month I'art of day Dial of a cloi-k Suffix Sea bird .Ifl Time period 37 Weapons 39 Formal assembly 40 Tibetan priest 41 r.m-ountered I -12 (Iota Selfsleem (pi Distress signal 45 Precede in time 40SwaKinan idial.) M Wool e,eht S'' Kxamine WA :I6.i or 3ti(t M Biblical prophel S.i Seed containers Sfi Discern S7 IVrchcd DOWN 1 lassie 2 Wild ox of t'elebes 3 Day removed 4 Listened lo 5 Shield bearing Iher I 6 Concord 7 tlc-rnt ')h rriwp formation Ironic discourses Portrnts Hays Hideous monster Prison cell sccoulermenls Wmlrv frenpitation 'nit o( wire measurement t-Vry Wisconsin community Tidier IVrfnrstion I 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 IS ZZZU 12 15 , , !" 1 n a U , 24 a!5 I In I 28 29 30 31 ""1J2 33 35 rnp 3T1 139 4! 43 44 PT4546 47 48 49 so " b 5l "" 33 35 55 al 5? STRICTLY PERSONAL torn cat and a she cat. a male dog and a bitch, a stallion and a mare, a steer and a heifer, a slag and a hind, a ruff and a reeve spawner (fish in breeding time', a gander and a goose, a drake and a duck, and so on. For that matter, why should the feminine counterpart of "male" be "female" instead of "malcss:" The merman takes a mermaid and the milkman takes a milk maid, but the postmaster's equiva lent is the postmistress and the testator's opposite number (in law) is a testatrix. The confusion in such gender words is pointed up by the story o.r the French visitor being taken on a tour of a select English college for women. "Notice that lady in front of us," said the guide. "She is Ihe mistress of Itidslcy Hall." The Frenchman looked quizzically at the guide "And who." he asked, "is Ridslev Hall?" QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS While a ship may symbolize the Navy and an airplane or long range missile the Air Force, the only completely adequate symbol of the Army is man the frontline combat soldier. Gen. Paul L. Freeman Jr., commander nf U.S. Army In Eur ope. No annihilation without repre sentation this is the crux of America's somewhat strained re lations with De Gaulle, w ith Can ada and sometimes with my coun try. British historian Arnold .1. Tovnbec. Answer to Previout Puixlfl UeMlOQ! E m lElTlAMt ANlIlfE RlETeivtFs1 ELRlerlErNL EE ft Woman iKr.) 9 Aw rv 10 State (ib.) 11 Suffixes 17 Nation 19 Insert iJ.t Pierces with horns 'iA Orchestra '2S Scope '-ft Thrum 2 Kncaices in conflict 29 Native of Latvia .11 Deny X Surrendered :tfl Italian city 40 Attachment.! 41 Jo. ml 4'J Oase 43 Jason's ship imvth . 44 Hairleu 4rt Harvest 47 Indian weight 48 Redact SO I .txn turn ' rrow poion 10 111 14 17 ".Vi;'-'-' LETTERS TO THE . EDITOR Project If at all possible. I would like to share this experience with the readers of the Herald and News. H has been on my mind for the last five years. In 1958. that is, after 20 years of living in this country. I decided to visit my mother in Poland. I took a tour trip. We started out on the Polish vessel from Mon treal, Canada, and after 11 days on the sea, we arrived at the Po lish port, Gdynia. There, we sep arated for the next three weeks. Each tourist went to visit his rela tives in Poland. After that time, we gathered together again in Kra- . kow, visited a few famous places in Poland, and then we continued our tour through Germany, Italy, and France. Krom France we flew to New York where our tour trip ended. I decided to spend three more days in New York in order to see tile Statue of Liberty and a few famous places. By the leader of our group, I was given the address lo Ihe St. Joseph's Home, con ducted by the Sisters, where I could stay for a very small ex pense. Right across Ihe street from St. ' Joseph's Home, I noticed a num ber of three-story brick buildings, containing small apartments more like cages, where the poor work ers' families were living. It was Ihe beginning of August and the summer heat was at its best, t saw tlie children of those work ers trying to play in the front of those buildings. Not one tree, not a speck of grass. Only heat, dust, and busy streets. Watching those children through the window, my mind wandered lo Ihe beautiful fields of our Oregon country. The trees, streams, green fields, and plenty of fresh air. Will those chil dren ever have a chance to see Ihe real beauty of this great American country? Then again, in my mind. I went lo Poland, which I had left only two weeks ago. I remember seeing long trains full of chiidren head ing toward the summer resorts. Even when I was a young girl hving in Poland, I remember hun dreds and hundreds of children ar riving in our town to spend vaca tion away from the big cities. It was called "colonia." Also, while traveling on our tour through Germany. Italy, and France. I can'! recall seeing any children wandering or playing by the streets. It is the European way of living to take children away from the cities for the sum mer. It docs not matter how rich or how poor they are. During the 25 years nf my life in this country. I have traveled a number of times across the I'nited States. I took lime lo stop and look. From what I have seen. I learned that the children of big cities deserve a lot more atten tion from every one of us than we are really giving to them. I kept silent during those years, but in my heart and mind I have tried to work out the way to bring those children to the wide open country Now the opportunity presents it sell The OTI. wili he moving lo its new location. Before long tne present campus will be va cant. The location and condition" are perfect in every way. Now all we need is good will Tle churches and private organ izations can get in contact with their members in 111 big cities (iixxt-will chartered trains, buses, aod planet couad ima4 Uk uuisii ca By PETER EDSOX Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON t NEA I Ex tension of the Selective Service law for another four years is breezing through Congress, but with blinders. It is a straight re newal Of the act expiring June 30. Apparently no one sat back and took a look at this as part of the whole "youth" problem. The toughest part of the nation's big gest problem unemployment is the unemployment of young peo ple and the disturbing high school and college dropout rates. The draft act doesn't touch these problems. Nobody wants a Hitler Youlh Corps or a Young Communist League, w ith every youngster reg istered and assigned to some service. But short of that, it may take an awful lot of good management to handle the U.S. youth problem of the late 'Bus. In 1962 there were 700.000 young people out of school and out of work. The number is expected to giow to a million by 1970 unless something is done. American Farm Bureau Feder ation, carrying out a 1039 policy resolution, testified this year in favor of drafting men aged 18 to 22 instead of 23 to 2f. as is , now done. Matt Triggs, AFB legis lative counsel, testified this change would cause less disrup tion. But an amendment to do this was defeated in the House. Selective Service now registers about 1.4 million young men a year. Only 120.000 are drafted. The older men are taken first because the armed services don't want draftees competing with the 600.000 volunteers they recruit ev ery year, aged 17 to 22. The draft law acts as an incentive to young er men to enlist and get their military service over. Also, Selective Service System wants to give men up to 22 every opportunity to complete college. Deferments are given to teachers and skilled technical workers as well. U.S. Armed Forces are there fore the biggest employers of young men. The fie youth programs pro posed by the Kennedy adminis tration would soak up only 40, 000 lo 50,000 unemployed youths a year. WASHINGTON REPORT . . . New York Teacher' Disguised Commie By FULTON LEWIS JR. A local daily vied for the read ers' attention recently with this startling headline: Nuclear Hor ror is Here Now For Kids. The accompanying story quoted John Darr, a New York teacher, as saying, "Even if children are not destroyed physically by the bombs, they will he destroyed spiritually by the threat of the bombs." Darr addressed a convention of the American Orthopschiatric As sociation. He told the assembled psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers that many students and nightmares in which they were the only survivors of n nuclear war. He told nf one "bomb - con scious child" in S a n Francisco who hid under her desk after coming hime from school one day and asked her Mother. "Mommy, can't we move somew here where (here isn't any sky?" Darr. a horn-rimmed young man. told convention delegates there was only one way to rid the children of such fears: universal disarmament. "Support of Ihe poli cies of nuclear deterrence." he said, "is inconsistent with a con up here as well as lake lliem back, all free of charge. Retired people of this community and county could offer their services free. Farmers and store owners could supply food products at their cost. Each organization would sponsor one building for one week or even a month. "Whatever you have done lor one of those little ones, you have done it for me." said our Lord. Every sacrifice for this cause would be the one which we will be able lo take along with us on this most important date. All earth ly riches we will have to leave behind. Our town would lie Ihe perfect example to the nation, to the world, that we know how to take care of our own. 1 am sure other towns will follow and before Ion: with God's help, not some, but all chikiren of the United States will he the happiest children of the world. For the love of those children. I am asking everyone In support this idea. Mrs. Flank Kmk P S. I am sending copies nf this letter In the newspapers of New Yok. This won't begin to sulie the problem. The Peace Corps now has about 3.000 volunteer men and women under 25 on its rolls. The number may be 5,000 by the end of th year. The men will have to report to their draft boards after their two years of service. Peace Corp? Director Sargent Shriver Jr. wanted it that way so that the organization wouldn't be a dralt dogger haven. The manpower training and development program now has about 3.000 young people enrolled. This will grow. Now under consideration by Congress Is the Youth Conserva tion Corps. It would recruit 15,000 the first year. The proposed National Service Corps the so-called domestic Peace Corps would recruit only 500 workers the first year, 5.000 by the end of the third year. Less than half would be young peo ple. The ratio also would apply to the 40.000 volunteers in the pro posed Home Town Service Corps. All these programs are meet ing Republican opposition. Rep. Jerry, Ford of Michigan. GOP Policy Committee chairman, and Rep. Peter Freylinghuysen Jr. of New Jersey, speaking for GOP Education Committee members, oppose the Youth Corps because it would cost $100 million the first year. $260 million when in full operation. As alternatives they propose first "a study of laws and regu lations restricting youth employ ment." It sounds a little like see ing if child labor and minimum wage laws will stretch. Second, they would expand the vocational education program which already costs $54 million a year. Third, they would expand the Manpower Retraining act to per mit use of more than five per cent of its funds for youth. Finally, they would expand op portunities for youth employment by the National Park Service and the i'.S. Forest Service. Details haven't been worked out very carefully. But at first glance it looks like just another formula w hich would cost about as much as the Youth Corps and probably not do much more good. cern to realize such (wonderful I hopes for children." What the article in the Wash ington Daily News did not say is undoubtedly more important than what it did say. For Mr. Darr is more than just any teacher at New York's Ethical Culture School. He has been identified as a Communist. The Subversive Ac tivities Control Board in 1956 re vealed that Darr was a director nf the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. Darr was recently called before Ihe House UnAmerican Activi ties Committee which was inves tigating Communist infiltration of so-called peace groups. Identified ns chairman of the Greenwich Peace Center. Darr refused lo answer virtually all questions put lo him on grounds of "con science." The following exchange between Committee Counsel Al fred Nitlle and Darr is illumi nating: Q. Did you participate in such activities as Ihe formation of the Greenwich Peace Center in re sponse lo Communist directives? A. I refuse In answer on the same grounds. Q. Are you now a member of the Communist Party? A. I refuse lo answer nn the same grounds. Q. I direct you to answer that question. A. I refuse to answer, sir. for Hie same grounds. Q. Were you a member of the Communist Party during t h e course of your service as a mem ber of the Board of Directors of the National Council of American Soviet Friendship, Inc.? A I refuse to answer on the same grounds. The above may he of interest to readers who were puzzled to read what "John Darr. a New York teacher." had lo say about nuclear testing and Ihe horrible anxiety it left with children. THEY SAY... There us wit and there is hu mor Humor sprmgs from truth and wit is exaggeration of the truth. Combine tl two and you et a clown WUon.