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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Or.
Friday. March :9, 196J
"So It Flies Faster Than Light, Never. Needs
Refueling, and Can Wipe Out Mankind,
ButCan We Be Sure It Isn't Obsolete?"
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Americans are always being chopped at
for not making a real effort to find out what
other people in other lands are like. But this
is a two-way street, and there is not much evi
dence that foreign folk are traveling it either.
That the Russians, the Red Chinese and
other Communists have some weird notions of
us is to be expected, since their propagandists
specialize in peddling false information about
everything.
What is more astonishing is the depth of
ignorance about us which is found in Western
Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Edward R. Murrow, director of the United
States Information Agency, documents this ig
norance both broadly and in detail.
We think our moral tone has slipped in
recent decades. But some foreigners find us
unbelievably moral.
They do not understand how we can
leave coins "out in the open" at street corner
newsstands, or why we wait patiently at un
attended stoplights. (Frenchmen, for instance,
' often run on the red if no one is around.)
They are baffled to hear that most Amer
icans really pay their taxes and, of their own
experience, they can't believe these monies
reach the federal treasury without being
sluiced off.
Yet the open intermingling of the sexes
which is common to our life is read by many
foreigners as incontrovertible proof of promis
cuity. Some who visit here take pains, there-
" A nararlox afflicts us in the
; oi me um ceniury.
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We have developed an astonishing tol-
BiinriA ts hiimnn IVnlttr ic it nvhihile itcnlt in
Individual private lives even when that frail
ly leads to the commission of crime.
But we show surprisingly little tolerance
of human mistakes and weakness when they
crop up in public life.
Admittedly the standards among our
public men are intended to be high. If we are
sensible we do not deliberately put in posi
tions of authority our weaklings and misfits.
yci even men cnosen ior
:-(jigncr cauuer nave men naws. moreover,
;they are plunged today into a welter of prob
lems whose size and number are without any
-shadow of a Drecedent.
Why should it be assumed,
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Out of the blue quickly master the delicate,
tary, political and economic aid to a small
Asian land like South Vict Nam, a country
which has only half a will to help itself?
In our national lifetime, this is an effort
. loiauy new.
wnv is Ihprp sum nastp In
visiDie economic improvement m bouth
7 America, a continent that has lancuished for
centuries in poverty and political immaturity?
The Russians, using the most crushing
- juccdiunai uuwer ever amass,
trying to lift their own millions
mire for 45 years and have not
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' Namura continue to note that the
new policy ol "creeping disarm
anient" initialed by the New
Frontier may lead straight to a
war which Hie U.S. can't win.
They point oul lliat military now.
er. not negotiation nor foreign
aid, stopped Hie Kremlin In its
tracks when it went adventuring.
tTvr avamnln. TmioU art inn n
Greece by the U.S. caused the
: Soviet withdrawal. Military con
', tlict in Kurea prevented a com-
oleic Communist takeover of the
Far East. thouch suhseouent ne-
gotialion precluded the possibili-
ly of complete victory. The So
; viels did nothing to prevent U.S.
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joey ma not slop inc Benin air
lilt. The Hods stood back when
the U.S. convoyed men and tup
plies to Quemoy and Mauu. They
did not start a World War 111
over American Intervention In
Vietnam or the Cuban blockade.
In short, the Kremlin has retreat
ed every time the U.S. has
showed determination. What, (he
military asks, will happen when
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ilist Intelligence sources say that
;uiit is the time for a return to
the Mainland. According to their
' Information, corroborated by oth
; r Intelligence nervices. the Chi
. nse Communists have been
lorceq w oepioy ineir great land
. Armies ever the vast Chinese ter
Gulf Remains
fore, not to be left alone with an individual of
the opposite sex.
Since they have no comparative model of
modern capitalism, many are inclined to dis
believe what they see of our economy here.
They filter the evidence through 19th century
glasses.
It goes without saying they do not under
stand our system of government, with its cur
ious checks and balances. The 50-state fed
eral system is even more confusing. In most
foreign lands, a provincial leader, compar
able to our governors, would be quickly sacked
if he spoke out as some of ours do.
A system of politics which fills the air
with hostile criticisms but puts everybody be
hind the President on the big national matters
is too much for foreigners to figure.
We mutter about "managed news." They
wonder why USIA is not in full control of
what the press puts out.
And, oddly, they puzzle over why so many
millions of Americans jump into all kinds of
voluntary programs. A common approach
elsewhere seems to be, don't pitch in unless
you are compelled.
The jets have telescoped lime and re
duced the oceans to lakes. Yet the gulf among
humans of differing cultures remains im
mense. Our friends appear to know us little
better than enemies who deliberately try not
to.
To Err Is Un-American
late decades
yet. Their massive fann problem is unsolved.
Is there any reason we should not make
mistakes when, in an unparalleled upsurge,
more than 50 new nations suddenly appear on
the world scene and we try to cope with them?
We have the rough job of nurturing their in
dependence in a world beset by aggressive
communism. The guideposts are few.
When, ever before, did we have to figure
how to defend a great free city like Berlin,
totally encompassed by a hostile enemy?
Spin the globe and note such other
trouble areas as Korea, Laos, Indonesia, India
and, highest in our thoughts now, Cuba. Each
raises unique problems. All can be labeled
critical in varying degrees and diltcrcnt
ways.
Not even Franklin D. Roosevelt in World
War II had a daily agenda so staggeringly
complex as has confronted Dwight D. Eisen
hower, John F. Kennedy and their free world
counterparts in other lands.
And hovering over these men today is the
awful knowledge that error can be com
pounded, in hours, into the near nuclear ruin
of this planet.
Surely those persons unable to tolerate
imperfect effort must have sure-fire proposals
of their own to make Viet Nam securely free,
turn Latin America toward booming prosperi
ty, snuff out all threat to Berlin and erase
the last vestige of Castro from Cuba.
Let's have the perfectionists' plans, right
now. Human frailty obviously has already cost
us dearly.
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ritory to put down spontaneous
revolts which have broken out as
a result of food shortages and the
lock of other necessities. It the
Nationalists mounted an invasion
today, it is estimated, less than a
third of the Ited Chinese army
would be able to counterattack
and the reliability of those troops
is questioned. The Nationalists, on
the other hand, have the best
trained and equipped army in the
Far East and its morale is
high. Only Hie Slate Department
prevents military action which
could collapse half of the Commu
nist empire.
Senate Cloakroom: Republican
and Democratic Senators are still
hopping mad over a Pentagon
"counterattack" led by "n e w s
manager" and Assistant Defense
Secretary Arthur Sylvester
against the Senate Permanent In
vestigations subcommittee in gen
eral and Senator Henry iScoopi
Jackson In particular. Sylvester
tried to blame the investigation
it the Increasingly malodorous
TKX contract on Senator Jack
son. But lie smeared w ith such a
broad brush that lie also attacked
Chairman John McClellan and the
ranking OOP member. Senator
Karl Mundt. Neither man has any
personal or state interest in the
TKX controversy, and they are
now lying in wait lor Mr. Syl
vester'! boss. Secretary McNa
mara. .Mr. Sylvester's tendency
to sound off first and think later
which got him Into no trouble
when he was a Washington cor
respondent has become an In
creasing liability to the Adminis
tration. The Pentagon (Ante-Room Di
vision): A lesson in how the mon
ey goes can be found in the re
cent report of the Comptroller
General. The Defense Establish
ment, which insists that not a
nickel can be cut from its budg
et requests, is the offender. The
facts: Between I'.HiO and 1962, the
U.S. Army Engineers spent more
than $2 million (or 103 crane shov
els. Must ol these shovels were
still new and unused when they
were sold as surplus at prices
less than one-third of acquisition
cost. But the Army now wants
to buy several hundred of the
same kind of shovels for $12 mil
lion. Another $j million went down
the drain hecanse of U.S. Army
carelessness in the handling of
iuIiIkt tank tracks. (But it's only
money, i
House Cloakroom: Kcpresenta
tio Donald Bruce of Indiana, a
hard-hitting Republican, has been
getting some attention for his at
tacks on the way urban renewal
funds are being spent. Mr. Bruce
H)ints out that the poor families
dispossessed by so-called slum
clearance never bench!. "T h e
money actually provides windfall
pruht.s to shun landlords, execs
sue foes to planning consultants,
and opportunities for great protils
with minimum risk for large cor
porations," he has been saying.
What Mr. Bruce does not point
out: Studies show that in newly
built low-cost housing develop
ments, the crime rate is higher
than in the housing they replaced.
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By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) - One
key principle in President Ken
nedy's tax reform program. Treas
ury officials say. has not been
fully appreciated by the general
public. It is intended to ease the
tax burden on people who are not
fully sharing in the nation's pros
perity. Included here are not only those
with incomes less than $3,000 a
year who would have to pay no
taxes at all hut also those with
incomes up to $10,000 a year who
use the minimum standard de
duction instead of itemizing de
ductions. Working mothers, wid
Kennedy's Tax Cut Plan
And Its Effect Upon You
The e fleets of President Kennedy's proposed income tax
reduction program on taxpayers in various income strata are
shown in the accompanying table. The figures reflect the
changes which would be made in the returns of persons itemiz
ing average deductions and the proposed rate reductions lor
both 1961 and 196a.
Married, Two Dependents
With Average Itemized Deduction
1964 196S Toi Percentage cut
Annual Preient To Tax Seduction when program
Income Tan liability Liability by 1965 fully in eHecr
$0-3,00(1 o 0 0 0
5.000 1 310 $ 279 $ 252 $ 58 18.7
7,000 640 574 52a 112 17.5
10,000 1,240 1,125 1,050 190 15.3
15,000 2.252 2.059 1,940 312 13.9
20,000 3.500 3.208 3,024 478' 13.6
50,000 15,136 13.998 13.410 1.996 13.2
100,000 41,274 37,936 35,700 5,574 13.5
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ows or widowers with dependent
children or disabled dependents
also would benefit. So would the
aged.
The present minimum standard
deduction is 10 per cent of the
taxpayer's income or $1,000,
whichever is less.
Under the proposed reform the
minimum would be $300 for a
single taxpayer. $400 for a mar
ried couple and $100 more for each
dependent, up to $1,000 for seven
dependents.
These changes would benefit 13
million taxpayers now using the
minimum standard deduction.
They would apply to taxpayers
with incomes of less than $3,000
and no dependents, $4,000 a year
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and one dependent, $3,000 a year
and two dependents and so on
up to $10,000 a year and seven
dependents.
People who must pay for the
care of a child or a disabled de
pendent of any age in order ' to
hold a job would benefit.
Instead of the present $600
maximum for dependents' care,
people with two dependents could
deduct up to $!)00 and those with
three or more the full $1,000.
The maximum income which a
married couple may have and still
be allowed to take the deduction
if the wife works would be raised
from the present $4,500 limit to
$7,000.
The age limit of children (or
whom a dependent's deduction
could be claimed would be raised
from 11 to 12 years.
A married man whose wife is
in an institution or a wife whose
husband has deserted her would
be able to claim these deductions,
the same as widowers and em
ployed widows.
The president's tax reform pro
gram would extend new bene
fits to all people over 65 years
old, including the 13.5 million low
income aged who pay no taxes
under present law. Social Secur
ity, railroad retirement and oth
er benefits now excluded from
taxable income would continue to
be exempt.
With the exception of a few
older people in the top income
brackets, all the 3.4 million aged
who now pay some income taxes
would benefit from the general
tax cuts.
The present retirement income
credit and the $(100 exemption
for those over 65 would be elimi
nated. In their places there would
be a straight M00 cut in taxes (or
single people over 65. For a mar
ried couple, both over 65 and fil
ing a joint return there would be
no taxes on income up to $5,778,
whereas they must now pay taxes
on all taxable income over $2,667.
Even tlie people over 65 with
income from wages, private pen
sions and dividends would get a
tax reduction.
Although the tax exemption on
the first $50 of income from divi
dends and the 4 per cent tax
credit on all dividends above that
amount would be ended, the 5 per
cent cut in corporation tax rates
which the President proposes
would more than offset present
benefits.
All ceilings on medical expense
deductions would be removed,
although medical expense below
4 per cent of adjusted gross in
come could not be counted as a
deduction.
People who retire before reach
ing ago 65 would be permitted
to continue using the present re
tirement income credit till they
reach 65. People between 62 and
65 who receive social security or
railroad retirement benefits would
continue to receive them tax ex
empt, but they would be taxed
on other income, the same as all
other people under 65.
In summary, the special tax
credit proposed for the aged
would give 50 per cent of its
benefits to people with incomes
under $5,000. People over 65 with
incomes from $5,000 to $10,000
would get a 37 per cent tax cut.
Incomes trom $10,000 to EO.000
would get a 17 per cent tax cut.
llicbcr incomes would got cuts of
from 8 to t per cent.
By FULTON LEWIS JB.
Little more than a month ago,
bureaucrats in the Department of
Commerce granted an American
firm permission to sell synthetic
rubber valued at $460,000 to Com
munist Czechoslovakia.
Informed the rubber was to be
used in t h e "manufacture of
tires," Rep. Glenn Lipscomb op
ened a one-man investigation into
recent trade and discovered that
U.S. shipments to Iron Curtain
countries are continuing at a
shocking rate.
To the Soviet Union. U.S. firms
ship industrial chemicals, petro
leum coke, technical data of all
kinds.
To Hungary, industrial chemi
cals, pneumatic metalworking
lools, microfilm, scientific in
struments, automotive parts.
To Poland, chemical concen
trates, spectrum measuring in
struments, precision boring ma
chines To Czechoslovakia, crude sul
phur, carbon black, semiconduc
tors, raw cotton, optical measur
ing devices.
One of the biggest recipients of
U.S. goods is Yugoslavia's Josef
Broz Tito, who recently kissed
and made up with Premier Khru
shchev. On Feb. 21, the Commerce De
partment issued a license author
izing the shipment to Yugoslavia
of rolling equipment worth $3.6
million to be used in a steel mill
under construction at Jescnice.
The license, which had been ap
plied for only three weeks earlier,
covers equipment and spare parts
for a combination blooming, slab
bing and plate mill.
This type of mill, Lipscomb dis
covered, is used to reduce steel
ingots to intermediary sizes and
shapes before further processing
into steel plates, rails, wheels,
sheets, bars, tubes, rods, and a
variety of other items. "Obvious
ly," says Lipscomb, "such equip
ment is essential to the manu
By SYDNEY J. HARRIS
Speaking at a college recently,
I became involved in the fami
liar controversy about a "liberal
arts" education versus vocational
or technical training. Or, more
succinctly stated, education for
living versus education for mak
ing a living.
I am wholly on the side of the
liberal arts, and the older, I get
the more I observe the melan
choly consequences of. too early
specialization. It forces a man
into a mold from which he is
rarely able to break out in later
years.
The French have a phrase in
deed, the French have a phrase
for everything "une deforma
tion professionelle." This means
a professional deformation, a kink
of personality, that afflicts men
who too closely identify their
whole selves with their occupa
tion. This is a dangerous tendency,
for oneself and for others, espe
cially among professional people
for it subordinates the whole
man to the function of the man,
and his spirit soon loses its in
dividually and its authenticity.
In his interesting brief book on
depth - psychology and pastoral
care, Father Josef Goldbrunner
makes this point most tellingly:
"Professional life compels the
soul to put on a u n i f o r m. For
example, the teacher must al
ways know more than the pupils.
His task bestows authority and
power upon him. The preponder
ance of person as teacher, applied
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Friday, March 29. the
83th day of 1963 with 277 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The morning stars are Venus
and Saturn.
The evening star is Mars.
Those born today include John
Tyler, the 10th president of the
United States in 1790.
On this day in history:
In 1R24, Hie Society for the Re
formation of Juvenile Delinquents
was incorporated in New York
City.
In 1847. Gen. Winficld Scott cap
tured Vera Cruz, Mexico.
In 1867, the Act of Confederation
was passed by the, British Parlia
ment, creating tlie Dominion of
Canada.
In wa. comedian Jack Benny
made his radio debut.
A thought for the day Ancient
philosopher Pubhlius Syrus said:
"Every one excells in somethin;
in which another fails."
facture of many strategic goods."
On Feb. 25, four days after
Commerce first approved the ex
port of equipment for that mill,
another license was granted.
The department authorized the
shipment to Yugoslavia of a
7,000-horsepower electric motor,
two 600-horsepower electric en
gines, and special purpose con
trols and parts. Total value: $685,
120. These products, too, will be
used at the Jesenice steel mill.
According to the Department of
Commerce, products of this mill
will be used in the ship con
struction industry.
Incredibly, the Yugoslav pur
chases are being financed through
credit extended by the Export-Import
Bank, which has just
"loaned" Marshal Tito $50 mil
lion. Congressman Lipscomb told
my office: "The American tax
payer is therefore contributing
greatly to the economic and mili
tary buildup of the Soviet bloc."
On Feb. 19, Commerce issued
12 licenses approving the ship
ment of copper scrap worth $2
million to Yugoslavia. When Lip
scomb asked the department for
what purpose the copper would
be used, he was told it would
be converted into copper sulphale
and used in an agricultural spray.
The Special House Committee
on Export Control, of which Lip
scomb is a member, disclosed
last year that Yugoslavia supplies
the USSR with copper rods, cop
per plates, copper tubes and
pipes. "All of course are import
ant in the manufacture of many
strategic commodities," he notes.
Since the beginning of January,
the Commerce Department has
approved the shipment to Tito of
the following: electron tubes, com
munications equipment, construc
tion machinery, electrical testing
machinery, petroleum drilling
parts, coaxial cable, waveform
measuring instruments, copper al
loy wire, aircraft parts, scientif
ic and professional equipment.
STRICTLY
PERSONAL
to begin with at the right time and
place, gradually becomes a habit
and taken for granted.
"The husband and father, the
whole man, acts like a teacher.
He gradually begins to school
master everything and everybo
dy Instead of leaving his
'uniform' at school and becoming
a 'civilian' again, instead of be
ing the man Nature intended him
to be, there is the danger that
the teacher may identify him
self with his role and become in
capable of separating himself
from it.
"He no longer knows he is play
ing a role and always wearing
a mask in front of his spiritual
face. The mask inserts itself be
tween his real nature and the
world, as the Greek actor wore
the persona (mask). Thus, we
have the persona of the official,
the clergyman, etc. The weaker a
man's nature is. and the greater
his personal vanity, the more he
runs the danger of mistaking his
persona for himself.
"His character fails to develop,
it gets set in a groove. The vital
energies of the soul are forced
into a strait-jacket and fullness
of life is rendered impossible.
Anything that does not fit into
the persona is repressed and slips
back into the unconscious."
'Other
Editors Say
talkers
(Register-Guard, Eugene)
In a less complicated era. Con
gress was, hands down, the talk
ingest body in the world. But now
it's barely holding its own. with
the United Nations coming up
fast. The Congressional Record
usually runs to about 20.000 pages
a session, plus, of course, the
swollen appendix. The last ses
sion of the U.N. is recorded in
19,200 pages of speeches and sum
maries. The U.N. is already the winner
of the race for sheer bulk. Rec
ords must be produced in three
languages, French, Spanish and
English. Many more must be
translated into Russian and Chi
nese. And a few arc also pro
duced in less common languages.
Altogether last session the U.N.
filled 306.307.000 pages witft
speeches, records and supporting
documents.
Some U.N. officials are con
cerned about this. They'd like to
cut down the debate. But they're
afraid the debate in t h e ques
tion would just take up more
space.