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Newspaper Page TextPACE 6-A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Friday. April 5. 13 WASHINGTON REPORT?1. Republicans Gain In Southern 'Assemblies Where Does One Begin and the Other End? The bill providing for health care for the elderly which has been introduced in this Congress varies from the Medicare bill of last year only in minor details. It would bring everyone drawing social security benefits un der the federal tent whether or not they wanted or needed the aid. Administration estimates place the cost at $5.6 billion over a four-year period and that is hardly pin money, particularly when looked at in the light of current budget and tax problems. Other estimates, from informed sources, place the possible figure at twice that sum. Peter Edson, a well known Washington columnist, provides an interesting footnote to the proposal. An effort is being made to get rid of the name Medicare, which is in ob vious bad odor in and out of Congress, and to substitute a term such as "hospital insurance." Labor's (Oregon Farm Bureau Paper) The editorial from the AFL-CIO .Labor Press of March 8, 1963, reprinted in the center columns of this page should give farmers a pretty good idea of where they stand. Ob viously perturbed over the Farm Bureau's ac tivities in the legislature, the inaccurate and ridiculous rantings of the giant labor organi zation contradicts its own argument. Farmers have made more progress in man-hour production than any other seg ment of the economy, had they not, and had the nation's farmers been operating on the "slow down, strikes, less production" theory of the labor unions for the past 20 years, a powerful lot of labor people would not be eating. The modern-day labor unions on the other hand are still holding to a 1913 law requiring an extra brakeman on diescl trains, even though there is nothing for them to do. This is characteristic of the logic and practical programs of labor. It is the labor unions who seek govern ment work programs and feather-bedding laws along with extravagant welfare programs dc-, signed to keep people off the labor market. It is they who seek state monopolies in such things as workmen's compensation and unem ployment at the expense of the employer. It is organized labor and its bedfellow farm organizations who insist on lavish and often foolish government farm programs de signed to establish prices from the edicts in IN WASHINGTON . . . By RALPH do TOLEDANO ; Perliaps someone will explain to me why we keep a group of grown men in Geneva month at ter, month. Presumably, they are negotiating a disarmament agree ment with the Soviet Union. But everyone knows that the Krem lin considers these negotiations simply a form of diplomatic mu sical chairs in which the Soviets and the West go round and round until finally Niklta is sitting plac idly on the last chair and smiling benignly at us. Repeatedly, the Communists have made proposals which are quickly withdrawn If the West agrees to them. Repeatedly, they have argued that the West should disarm first and then talk about disarmament. Repeatedly, they have made it clear that they want to make sure the West gives up its weapons, kit any effort to check up on the Kremlin is a dirty fascist plot. Lately, they have resorted to a new gimmick. JThey propose a "plan" so vague that it is meaningless, refuse to explain It, and thou accuse the West of bad fulth in not accept ing 11. For Instance, there is the Gro myko plan for a reduction in mi-clear-armed missiles to a "mini mal" number. What is that "min imal" number? The Soviets re fuse to say, but they fill the rec ord with hours of harangue In which they denounce us for not agreeing to this "minimal" sug gestion. They talk of enough mis siles to serve a nation "defensive ly" but not "offensively" carry ing President Kennedy's Cuban argument to ils logical conclusion. But how many lCBMs are de fensive and how many more make them offensive? If the survival of the West did not deiend on its military power, the debate might be funny enough io be condensed (or a TV spec tacular. At present, the Soviet negotia tors arc arguing that the best May la achieve jcaeo it by the Dismal Prospect But social security is not insurance in any ac cepted sense of the term and the Internal Revenue Service itself is authority for that statement. In the case of an Amish farmer who refused to make his social security payments on the grounds it was insurance, the IRS ruled that it was a tax. And it seized and sold the farmer's horses in order to meet the tax. That aside, the American Medical Asso ciation News does a good job of summing up the grave faults in the bill in these words: "It would lower the quality of health care, it would lead to the decline of voluntary health insurance and prepayment plans, it would take another bite out of the take-home pay of America's wage-earners to provide benefits fo millions who can well afford to take care of themselves, and it would impose government controls on medical practice." It would be hard to think of a more dis mal prospect than that. Modern Day Washington. It is they, the leaders of the labor movement, who apparently despise the capi talistic economic system and are working mightily to replace it with government bureau crats elected and paid for by organized labor. The phony reasoning displayed in the AFL-CIO editorial is the type of diatribe which has brought on mutiny within their own ranks. A new publication called RANK AND FILE is now being published in Portland by dissenters from the labor ranks. The publica tion is edited and published by labor union members who have had enough of the radical programs aimed at destroying the economy of this country. The AFL-CIO in Oregon is opposed to a balanced budget for the nation's or state's economy. They believe in spending more pub lic money for welfare, education, public works, and just about anything else you can name. They could care less about your tax dollars to satisfy the insatiable appetite of the labor union leaders. Their obvious goal is power to control your life and mine to the end that we ' cannot work without a nod from an impersonal dictator backed by billions of dollars in dues taken from the laboring men tof the nation. Giles French, editor of the Sherman County Journal, said it best in the fewest words when he stated, "It wouldn't be so bad if the labor unions only wanted to return to the 18th century . . . but they are trying to take us back to the days of Nero." Disarmament-Red Style destruction of all nuclear wea pons. This, of course, doesn't fol low. Wars were fought long be fore the atomic bomb was de signed. And it is argued by many that if nuclear weapons were re moved, the Communists would have such a tremendous man power edge over the United Slates that Khrushchev could dictate the terms of a l'ax Sovietiea. At the Geneva talk-fcst, how ever, that point Is not being con sidered. For the Soviets aren't even willing to accept the advant ages of total nuclear disarma ment. What they want, really, is something else again. They are proposing that both sides list the total number of vehicles which can deliver a nuclear warhead. Then each side will destroy the declared number of vehicles in the presence of the other side. If Comrade Khrushchev says that the Soviet Union has 75 ICBMs, ho can then allow West ern observers to watch the de struction of 75 ICBMs. Tho West will, simultaneously, destroy ils declared number of interconti nental missiles. Since, that num ber is pretty generally known to military experts and neatly jolted down In the logbook of Soviet Intelligence, the West will be compelled to play it fair, even if it wants to elicit. The Soviets, on the other hand, get mighty huffy when it is suggested that some system of verification be part of Hie agreement, to make sure that other nuclear-capable ve hicles are not hidden away in the vast U.S.S.R. The Kremlin insists tli.il only alter there is complete disarm amentalter Junior's toy pistol has been thrown into the scrap heap-can there be any fruitful discussion of verification tech niiues. Until then, American re fusal to be drawn into such a trap Is considered bad manners, warmongering, and duty pool. The Soviet Union, we are assured by Hie Soviet Union, will keep its word. It hasn't jet er ami it Voice Isn't likely to until it scrups a policy of lying and deceit openly declared by Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev. The only condition they have made to this policy is that it furthers Communist ends. To be practical about it, the So viet Union will agree to a fool proof system of disarmament only when it finds it advantageous. The Kremlin is interested in hu manity only as something it can control and enslave. A system which, with planning aforethought, condemned to death at least three million people in order to collecti vize the farms is not going to stop at a little matter of cheating in order to immobilize its great est obstacle to world conquest the United States. Which gets me back to my question. Why is the U.S. wast ing the time of grown men, who could be doing far more for their country at other pursuits, in senseless and useless negotia tions which can end only in total stalemate or total diplomatic sur render by the West? Al manac By United Press Intrrnatlnal Today is Friday, April 5, the 95th day of 1163 with 270 to follow. Tile moon is approaching full phase. The morning stars are Venus and Saturn. The evening star is Mars. Those born today include Sir Joseph Lister, the English founder of modern antiseptic surgerv, in lit'7. On this day in history: In Itil4, Pocahontas as mar ried to English colonist John Unite. In una. Daniel B.ikcman. the last sunning soldier of the Rexiv h'lion.iry War. died at tlie age of UW. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Purely Personal Prejudices: It is tlie most common of delu sions to think that if we had only one thing more better health, more money, another love-life we could then be happy; and the bit terest potion is preserved for those who attain this goal, and then find that . . . there is one Uung more needed. The language of most advertis ing bears no relation to human speech, and that is why It takes so much repetition and volume to get through to human ears; like the phrase on the jar of jelly I was eating from at break fast today: "Fresh Fruit Good." What person has ever said ' In himself, "Mm-m-m, this jelly Is fresh fruit good?" Those who insist that we must act like the Russians in order to "beat" the Russians (whatever that can mean these days) ought . to ponder the remark of George Orwell: "I always disagree when people end by saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or whatnot if we devel op an equal fanaticism for it ap pears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the con trary by using one's intelligence." (As illustration, it must be added, Orwell pointed out that "A man can kill a tiger because he is 'not like a tiger, and uses his brain to invent the rifle, which no tiger could ever do."i Unless the encroachments of age arc blurring my judgment. It seems that the quality of air lines stewardesses has been Sweet Springtime ACROSS 10 Handled ' 4:1 (U s address -tti Penetrate 47 Knttinetnng decree 50 Recommit 62 Horn 04:10 (KM tV Adolo.Menls .'m Traii..are..-or 67 Colonize DOWN 1 Kn.lure 1! 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More confusion is caused by the word "flesh" in tlie Bible than by almost any other; when we are warned against "temptations of the flesh" we take it to mean physical temptations, but this is not at all what St. Paul had in mind, as any theologian will tell you. (Likewise, most people would be astonished to learn the author of the merry couplet: "Who loves not women, wine and song Remains a fool his whole life long." None other than t h e "strict" Martin Luther.) Lovers' quarrels are a way of testing their love, not repudiating it; they are a means of renewing love from tlie doubts, the appre hensions and the fears that are attendant upon passion; and un less the quarrels are too frequent or too fierce, they possess a self healing quality. k QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q What is a popular tradition associated with the Glastonbury thorn? A It is said tlie thorn always blossomed at Christmas time un til adoption of the Gregorian cal endar. Some used this to con tend the calendar should not have been changed. Answer to Previous Huzile Interpret 19 (.'ollfpr cheer 21 Take into rustody 22 said Brews I.' 4 Prehistoric chis. Comfort L'H Heavv blow l't Mr. Mnsia. .10 Forefather ;iR Km its vapor 41 Annual income Kt.i 4' Mr Ford 4.1 Trails 44 IVrMan fairy 4 Korelokrn 47 Ink stain ifl KurMpean hUrkturd Feminine appellation IVt hvpioMve. .'trt Melt down 37 Dine THE GLOBAL VIEW... Russia Plans Lady Space Fliers Soon By LEOX DENNEN Newspaper Enterprise Analyst NEW YORK (NEAl - Now it is a girl that Nikita Khrushchev intends to send for a whirl into space. Red officials hint strongly that the Kremlin will soon launch the first female astronaut. Prof. V. M. Keldysh, president of the first Soviet Academy of Science, said recently, "Russian women willbe flying in the near future in the cosmos." Moscow's secretive leaders would hardlv permit their top scientist In m:tko f: ' ' V!!:l an optimistic : te'SW forecast of this ' . H- i nature unless -M lhe, project tn scnu a wurnuii into space was well advanced. Keldysh's infor mation was reinforced by the ra dio of Communist Hungary and by Col. Popovich, Russia's astronaut No. 4. During his January visit to Cu ba Popovich also predicted that "the world will sotin know about the first female astronaut." Popovich. like Keldysh, is in a position to know a great deal about Russia's space plans. But behind the rash of predictions, in the view of specialists on Rus sia, is also the fact that the tim ing of life Soviet space program is usually manipulated by the Kremlin for propaganda purpos es. The propaganda value of being tlie first nation to whirl a woman in space is such that the Kremlin will surely time any such at tempt to drive a maximum of political advantage. As the Soviet specialists see it, Nikita Khrushchev has had noth ing but setbacks since he was forced to remove his missiles from Cuba. Russia's economy and agriculture lag. The Red world is in a state of disarray. The Soviet premier must gain a spec tacular victory in a hurry to im press the West, divert attention from his domestic troubles and. above all, bolster his prestige and declining authority in the ranks of international communism. Since Moscow has put four men successfully into orbit, the poli tical stakes are high enough for Khrushchev to risk launching a woman. Keldysh and Popovich are obviously confident enough of the outcome to advertise the pro ject in advance. .Nevertheless, there is always the chance that the project might end in a tragedy. Unusual significance is thcielore attributed to a letter by a Soviet citizen, E. Meos. print ed in the British publication Flight International. The letter is careful to recall that in the last war some of the heroic" Soviet women pilots were killed in action again.-t the Nazis. A Russian citizen would hardlv dare to disclose in a foreign pub lication any tyjic of military in. formation, past or present, unless ordered to do so. The reader is thus left with the uncomfortable feeling that Khrushchev and his propagandists, who certainly in spired and studied the letter, care fully, wish the world to expect the best hut to be prepared for the worst. Kor reasons of their on. the Soviet leaders seem to have aban doned the old Stalinist pretenx lliat Soviet aviation is accident I By Fl'LTON LEWIS JK. Midway through the presiden tial campaign of I960, a k e y member of the Nixon entourage told Florida Republicans: "We re not for a two-party system. We haven't got time for that blabber . We want Nixon in." It was an attitude shared by too many Republicans. Members of the GOP National Committee, despite pious talk of building a "two-party South," were content to extend efforts every four years to electing a Republican Presi dent, and nothing else. Today there is a significant change of attitude apparent al Republican headquarters. Nation al Chairman Bill Miller has or dered Southern efforts stepped up. 1. Lee Potter, the directur of Operation Dixie, has been given the green light to win races, lo cal and national, across the South. And Florida voters last week went pollward to give the Repub lican Party its biggest Southern boost in history. Republicans picked up eleven new scats in the State House, one in the State Senate. They swept Broward County, winning three seats there, picked up three more in Pinellas (St. Pe tersburg) County, one in Seminole County, one in Sarasota County, two in Palm Beach County, an other two in Orange County. In electing a Republican from Seminole County, voters did something that had not been accomplished since Reconstruc tion. In Pinellas County, voters chose the first woman Republi can (Mary Grizzle ever to serve at Tallahassee. Gov. Farris Bryant, a Demo crat, blamed the defeat on the failure of Democrats to vote. Mrs. Clare Williams, a Florida native who is assistant chairman of the Republican National .Com mittee, reads the results differ ently. She says that a large scale exodus of Democrats to the Republican Party is underway. mm mm I hni ' I ill Si ft a V "P taught those Commiet a lesson in Cuba by being strong and firm . . . and that's -why we must be equally strong and firm in our resolve to dis mantle our missile bases in Turkey and Italy. , . ." Other Editors' Opinions Automation Study (Oregon-Statesman. Salem I Recent legislatures have spawned too many interim com mittees. They are expensive, es pecially under the new ground rules, with generous appropria tions for employment of staff and expenses of members. So many interim reports come piling in just before a session convenes that few members have time to study them all. And usually they recom mend so much legislation that it cannot get the attention it de serves. These committees often perform valuable work; but the system would be more effective if there were fewer committees and those named stopped short of re forming tlie universe. Less mon ey should be appropriated for in terim committee work, but those authorized should have sufficient money to work on. The subject comes to a head with Senate passing of a resolu tion to create an interim com mittee to study automation, with So.1.000 for spending money. The object would be to study the elfccts of automation in OrVgon. The measure had tlie endorse- liee. Tlie Red Army's newspaper lied Star just disclosed that two of Russia's top test pilots. Col. Peter Dolgov and Georgi Mosso lov. were killed while testing new aircralt. However, the Russians have as ' et admitted no casualties in space. The mysterious disappear ance of the first Soviet astronaut, Vladimir Ilyushin. reported by this writer last April, was never chared up by Moscow. She points to superior GOP or ganization in many parts of the state. Mrs. Williams predicts the Re publicans will pick up at least one seat in tlie U.S. House next year. She gives the GOP a fight ing chance to take the Senate seat of Spessard Holland. Local gains, she says, will continue. Throughout the South, further Republican advances are record ed. In Mississippi, where a GOP State legislator was elected ear lier this year. Republicans have opened an all-out campaign to win the Governorship, up (or grabs this fall. Rubel Phillips, an articulate one-time Democrat, will carry the party's standard. State Sena tor Stanford Morse, a Democrat, has announced that he will run for Lieutenant Governor as a Re publican. Morse, w ho supported John Ken nedy in 10, is a prize GOP "catch." He now says the GOP is "the only possible course to free Mississippi from the ruth less domination of t h e Kenne dys." Mississippi Republicans have opened expanded State headquar ters in Jackson, with field men operating throughout the stAc. The Democratic nominee for Gov ernor is not yet known. Gov. Ross Barnett cannot succeed him self and Republicans hope to ben efit from a split in Democratic ranks. Lincoln Day dinners across the South drew well. In Little Rock. Ark., more than 300 turned out to hear Rep. Ed Foreman, 29-year-old Congressman from west Texas. Foreman is typical of the new breed of Southern Republicans. Good-looking, articulate, Foreman campaigned for two years against Democrat "Slick" Rutherford, surprised the experts by winning handily. He attributes his victory to widespread acceptance of Gold watcr conservative views. 11 ment of tlie Associated Oregon In dustries and AFL-CIO. Such a local attack on so enor mous a subject looks like a waste of money. Automation is a na tional problem, and is receiving study from many organizations. An Oregon study would be so narrow, so ill-nourished as to be valueless. Oregon will do much better to await the findings of national stud ies. Even then not very great reliance can be put on them be cause technological change is moving so rapidly. To illustrate: at tlie Village Green conference on this subject recently our panel was ready to recommend more education for technical skills. Af ter we heard an address by an ex ert in the field we were quite bewildered over what kind of edu cation to recommend for the age of automaJion. Oregon will feel the effects of automation, but it lacks resources in the way of ample study mate rials in automated operations to develop an answer to the prob lems that are arising. The vote by which tlie resolution passed the Senate, 24 to 5. indicates an emo tional reaction rather than one based on the practicalities of the situation. THEY SAY.'.. Now we've arrived. We've had a holdup now we're ma ture. H. R. Beehtel, president, First Trut and Saving, Bank, Dav enport. Iowa, in ake of K.VXl rnbberv.