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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
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formation
Ironic
discourses
Portrnts
Hays
Hideous
monster
Prison cell
sccoulermenls
Wmlrv
frenpitation
'nit o( wire
measurement
t-Vry
Wisconsin
community
Tidier
IVrfnrstion
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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
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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
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44 Hairleu
4rt Harvest
47 Indian weight
48 Redact
SO I .txn turn
' rrow poion
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".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.