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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
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PERSONAL
gradually deteriorating since I
first became a regular patron
more than 20 years ago; at that
time, they were sharp, compe
tent and personable; nowadays
the smiles are as bright and the
legs as trim, but that's all.
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
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associated with the Glastonbury
thorn?
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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.