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Newspaper Page TextPACE. J HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falll. Oregon Monday. April 29, ISM EDSON IN WASHINGTON . . . Laos Proves Reds Won't Keep Promises Nondefense Spending . What's the cause of the present national debt, the further increase in that debt that is certain to occur this year, and the present level of taxation? " This is not so simple-minded a question a; it may seem. A common answer is to at tribute it to the cost of national defense, in an era when weapons are almost unbelievably expensive. And it is true that national de fense accounts for roughly half of the total federal budget, and is still on the upswing. ; But proportionately, defense has not been the principal villain of the play. Since 1952 defense spending has risen 26 per cent, or $11 billion a year. But nondefense spend ing, in the same period, has risen 104 per cfctit, or $22 billion a year, precisely twice as nfiich in dollar terms. Moreover, federal spending for nondc fdjise purposes, which are in prospect, will rfce on a wide variety of fronts. A partial list iilcludcs land, water and power projects; rec reational facilities; fish and wildlife pro grams; urban rdnewal; public housing; rural electrification and telephone loans. And this is oy no means the end. Public assistance will run to $3 billion next year, as against $2 billion in 1980 a jump of precisely 50 per cent. It will cost more, so far as one can see now, to support Congress, the judiciary, the Internal Revenue Service, veteran's services in sum, just (Pasadena Star-News) Many intelligent newspaper readers who cultivate an enlightened interest in world affairs often do not read very far down, we suspect, into stories on negotiations with the Soviet Union on such matters as a ban on nu clear testing or disarmament in general. They are discouraged from detailed pe rusal of such accounts, no doubt, by the prev alence of such statements: "The participants said later that the ex change of views had been useful." "Talks apparently will continue despite the lack of progress." "The (fill in) dispute will enter its Ih year next with the two sides still talking and still deadlocked." "But this will be an exercise in subtle- IN WASHINGTON By RALPH de TOLhDANO It is Defense Secretary McNa mara's unfortunate conviction Uiat if Congress understood his aims, he would not be involved In his present difficulties. But it is pre cisely because men on Capitol Hill, who have a wklc knowledge of military mutters, realize where Mr. McNamara is cuing (but be has run into so much trouble. The Mier(icial debate may be over the TKX contract or the cancellation of the Skybolt missile or the Administration's refusal to use appropriated funds to develop a B-70 bomber. But beyond and behind this, there is real opposi tion and great concern over Sec retary McNamara's concept o( how the Tent anon should be run. What Mr. McNamara would like to impose on our military system Is an American modifica tion of Hie German General Stall system. This would mean a sin gle High Command instead ol three competing services. Alrea dy. Secretary McNamara has be gun tile downgrading of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the liquidation o( tlie Air Perec, and the reduc tion of tlw Navy to a kind ol marine and submarine artillery. The argument advanced f o r this total "unification" is one of "economy." Bui this, to any military expert (in or out of uni form', is nonsense. The only economy one can achieve in de fense mailers is to make sure that the services get a dollar's worlh of military hardware for every dollar spent and In pro curement, this Administration has been extremely lax in making sure that competitive bidding and contract enforcement s q u e e i e waste out of costs. It is, of course, true Uiat "com monality" of weapons the big Justification for merging the serv iceswould reduce defense spend ing. It Is also true that tlte Ford Motor Company, Mr. McNamara's former business home, could save considerably on re tooling, pro duction costs, etc., by scrapping all but one of the models and Patient Diplomacy McNamara's Ideas Poor makes of cars it manufactures. It would probjbly go out of busi ness, too. The U.S. Army undoubtedly saved a good many dollars by ils suppression of the air power doctrines of General Billy Milchell and ils strangulation of what was then a subordinate flying corps. But in a period of na tional emergency, the nation had lo start from scratch, at a far higher cost, and the experience of World War II showed Ihal American air power had lo be lodged In a separate service if it was to operate effectively. Secretary McNamara objects because "each of the three serv ices has a different concept of what kind of wars we should he prepared to firht." He wants it all neatly tied up into one pack age, "one defense policy." That the Soviet t'nion or any other enemy might not agree with that "one defense policy" does not seem to enter Mr. McNamara's mind. The German General Staff, in two wars, worked out a single military policy, guaranteed In bring victory quickly and ellicienl ly before Allied economic might and maiqiower preponderance could be brought into play. On paper it was all very tidy and had the Kaiser or tlie Fuehrer been able to use the as yet twin vented computer, the plans would have been tidier still. But warfare is not an exact science. All the malhematic.il cal isthenics of tlie bright Joung men who now dominate the Pentagon can be meaningless if only be cause the one great variable in the equation remains unknown, namely what the nalurr of future military conflict will be. In (lie long run, it will I the decisions of the men in command and the flexibility of our weapons sys tems which will determine the course of any war lo come It is the rivalry of tlie three services and the differences in concept among them which gives the V S. aremed services their flexibility. Ami it is tlie men in Real Villain about everything the government does, plans to do, and wants to do. Areas where cost re ductions are planned are almost as scarce as hen's teeth, and that is the basic problem that surrounds Mr.-Kennedy's mired-down plan for tax reductions. It is the most obvious of truisms to sav that all of us would like to pay less in taxes. Yet the administration-program has not found the response that was anticipated, either with in or without Congress. The "Why" of that is not difficult to dis cover. For one thing, .some of the changes in tax policy the alleged "reforms" that are part of the package have met with the stiffest kind of opposition. There has been determined objection to the proposal that tax deductions for such costs as mortgage interest and contributions to charity be strictly limited. On a broader base than this, tabulations show that the proposed cuts in individual in come taxes would amount to relatively little for the average family. There is a feeling, in major business circles that a tax program which would substantially spur the economy must be more favorable in its attitude toward the investment community. On a still broader base, there is a fear that tax cuts without reductions in govern ment spending would be dangerous and un sound. And there is the real rub. tics, for the formal Soviet position has not changed." "Soviet intentions at this stage are the subject of continuing speculation, but the White House door will remain open for furth er discussions." "Moscow was informed that it had of fered an unacceptable proposal." "There is no desire to arouse false hopes at this time, but every effort will be made to keep the channels of communication clear." The talks drone on, but useful progress seems to be unheard of. Nevertheless, we arc full of admiration, and even incredulity, for the patience of the diplomats who keep going over the same old ground. ... We may conclude that they also serve who only sit and orate. uniform who make the command decisions. Secretary McNamara has already compromised that flexibility. And he has steadily reduced our generals and admir als lo (he status of messenger hoys. No one questions the priority of civilian over military authority in the running of the Delcnse F.s tablishment. But in the past. Hie civilian authority has operat ed according to rules set down by experience and Congressional mandate. Willi Ihc best of inten tions, Mr. McNamara is scrap ping all of his. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS D Iltiw smart Is porimisr? A They are far more intelligent than fisli'and more so than manv kinds of mammals. Their intelli gence is higher than a dog's and possibly equal lo a chimpanzee's. Q-Whlch Is the largest cut dla ntond In the world? A The Cullman I. called the Great Star of Africa with a weight of WO :o carats. It is in the col lection of Britain's crown jewels. 9 Ho strong are gale winds? A Winds from 31 In M miles per hour are c lasted as near gale, (rom 39 to 46 as gale, from 47 to 54 as strong gale. Q In reference to the moon what Is meant by perigee and apo gee? A-Each month lite moon is said to be in perigee when near est to earth and in apogee when farthest, away. 0 What tvpe of plants are called halophvtes? A Those which can grow in salty soil where most plants die Kxamples are asuragus and mangrove. By PKTKR EDSON Washington C'orrcsiondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEAi Re sumption of civil war in Laos will give a lot of people another chance to say "We told you so." The moral is that it's impossible to make a deal with thtf Rus sians or any other Communists Letters To The Hopeful Reing one of the many citizens looking on the community with renewed hope for future advance ment as a result of the success ful hospital drive. I hope our school situation can he solved w ith equal success. As a community, we realize that only with adequate hospital and educational opportunities can we hope to attract large industries to choose our locale. I read with dismay the bigoted thinking expressed by a future candidate for the school board. His expressed opinions inferred that by retreating instead of mov ing forward would we solve our problems. 1 fail to see how the elimination of self-supported ex tracurricular sports will alleviate the crowded classroom or could come under the heading of expen sive entertainment. On the contrary, thinking on the national level stresses more em phasis on activities thai embrace a larger number of participants. Physical fitness and character building are tlie proven results. I admit a strong personal aver sion to his remarks on skiing. Hodgepodge ACROSS 1 Degenerate in idleness 5' Purl of the Antilles" 9 Insane 12rssaR in the brim IS Individuals 14 Hail! 15 Supreme 17 Pasture 18 Protective fnliase !9 Manaeer 2t Mr. Gardner 2.1 Disencumber 24 Musical direction 27 Deities :i!-t (it! .12 Fastened .14 Interstice .Irt Guarantee .17 Diversities .IS Diah 39 Pace 41 Smalt child 42 Convulsive sigh 44 Mine entrance 41 Housekeepers 49 Walti 53 Ase 54 Opponent! 55 Noise S7Ala-. SS Border on 50 Consume so Remove 1 Plover DOWN 1 Tears 2 Western Itale .1 Curds ot whey 4 Bailer s Dove a rati 5 rw 7 TsHltod trail flner 9 Akard 10 Asseverate 1 1 Deoejsed I 12 li U I IS 16 17 18 I 19 110 III 16 lT" w is Ft 20 1 l ?i u "n53 iriTTT f''in r I'I'r5" 3o"3i 32 33 jj l" 36 J37 35 n35"- t2T i2 43 '"tU 45 To" 17" 443 J47" io" IT" 56 57 ""58 53 60 6l with any expectation they will keep their promises. So why did the U.S. get booby trapped? It may be granted that almost a year's relative peace in Laos has been gained since the ccase lii'e and the Geneva accord guar anteeing neutrality went into ef fect and U.S. military advisers "But You Promised!' V My son. a I960 graduate of KUHS. found upon entering an out of slate university that a majority of competitive skiers are from high schools with a strong four year training program. Recogniz ing tlie lag of such a program in this state, our two universities have started, this year, to render a small amount of support to their ski teams. I would like to quote a para graph from the Oregon Stale Uni versity paper in regard to a Feb ruary ski meet that involved 24 college teams consisting of 125 of the Northwest's best competi tive skiers. "Oregon State's impressive demonstration of raw potential de mands an opportunity for future development. Over 10 million Americans have made skiing one of the fastest growing participant sports in the United States. Ore gon Slate cannot afford lo pass up Ibis opportunity for representa tion." The local ski club activities at Klamath Union High School have been entirely self-supporting. Such unsubstantiated remarks by our misinformed candidate can only prove detrimental to their efforts. tiwf to Previous: Pimle IS Absorption 20 Broader 22 Mineral veins 24 Mender 25 Sumalran squirrel threw 2 Helper 2S Rescued 10 Hrrad spread SI Nuisance 31 Caprice .is River currents 40 Pendent ornament 4.1 Perforated 45 Turkic tribesman 44 Native of Media 47 Operatic aolo 4 Firn 10 V.:V.:ci mountain 51 Shank 52 Rnval Italian familv name 5S Ar.jer IR'Eli-IA'ylSt lEH-'AITIEISI IC1A 5frlil,ft"gA'M.pl1 were withdrawn. This, however, is not the whole ease on which American policy on Laos is built. When President Kennedy took office, he had three choices on Laos. The first was to abandon the country and let the Communists take it over. The second was military inter- Editor Surely we can afford to support our school budget and attempt In move forward in our thinking in order to provide our children w ilh the same opportunities enjoyed in other communities. Mrs. VV. R. Schmidt. 2071 Lakcshore Drive. HairCurler For those of us who do not get a chance to visit the local beauty parlor as much as we should, required reading some evening soon is Senate Rill No. 1211. This hill contains paragraphs which will curl your hair. Those sage predictors at the public hearings on zoning in Jan uary, who lestified "these ordi nances and laws w ill get more re strictive and dictatorial" are now batting 1000. And so soon! Tlie only consolation I have from reading S.R. 129 is that the power Is concentrated here at home, where I can at least exert my protest and vote maybe. Is this going to be enough? ' I resent that dedicated group of citizens on the local, state and national level known as the "or ganization for the dismantling and disposal of rights." Rut no more! My solemn vow for lfjrtf-lwm is to enlighten myself on local Is sues. My days of being protected, cod dled and slightly confused by this dedicated group are over. The price has been too high. I will make my presence known and I will step up and vote! Jtianita Kline. 2106 Madison St. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 9 llnw old Is the verse begin ning "Thirty dais hath Septem ber, April. June, and November?" A The origin of the verse is lost in antiquity. Tlie year 1570 marks its first appearance in English literature when Richard (.radon included it in an almanac. 9 What was the era of "shirt sleeve diplomacy?" A Prior to World War I. Sec retary of Slate William Jennincs Rryan. the "Great Commoner." dispensed with traditional formali ties. Q Is the President romtnait-drr-in-rhief of (he Toast Guard? A Only in time of war. t Did human Hie evolve en Ihe American continent? A There is no evidence of this. Q What dste has been pro posed as a new federal legal holt div? A Sept. 17, to be known as "O.isutution Dav " vention in which U.S. troops would take part in a long and dif ficult jungle and mountain guer rilla action to drive the Reds out of Laos. The United States was already involved in military support of South Viet Nam against Commu nist infiltration from North Vict Nam. This operation is still far from successful. That left only the third alterna tive, which was to seek a political solution. And when Russia's Nikita Khru shchev agreed with Kennedy at their Vienna meeting that Laos should he a neutral, independent country, it looked like an nut. It was a risk. Hut it was worth tak ingto gain time if no more. Roving Ambassador Averell Harriman was assigned to the job. After 15 months of negotiations, the Geneva accord guaranteeing the neutrality of Laos was signed by 14 free world. Communist and neutral nations on July 23, 1962. Hut now, as Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Har riman has had to return to Eur ope to try to salvage Laotian neutrality. Russia and the United States blame each other for the break down. The chain of events leading up to the new crisis apparently be gan when Prince Souphanouvong's Pathct Lao Communists in north ern Laos attempted to take over the neutralist forces of his half brother. Premier Prince Souvan na Phouma. Col. Kelsana Vongsonavanh. commander of neutralist forces in the central Plain of Jars, was murdered in February after he had ordered arrest of Palhet Lao I! Dy SYDNEY J. HARRIS "Whenever I see or hear the word 'spiritual.' it makes me grit my lecth." said a friend of mine, who teaches philosophy in a nearby college. "It's become the favorite word of people who don't even understand what it means." I quite agreed with him. The word "spiritual." used in its pop ular sense, has come to mean the opposite of "physical." Anything that is "spiritual" is good, is silive, is virtuous, is desir able, is loftier than the merely physical. This is not only nonsense it is dangerous nonsense. Just as physi cal things can be either good or bad, so spiritual things can be either good or had. The word it self is quite neutral, and has no intrinsic value. Indeed, as C. S. Iwis pointed out in his book. "Christian Re havior." some years ago: "The sins of the flesh are bad. but Ihey arc die least bad of all sins. VII the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting otlier people in the wrong, of bossing and patronizing and spoiling sport, and back-biting: tlie pleasures of power, of ha tred " Most of the evil in the world has been generated on tlie spiritual level: a power-driven and hate obsessed man like Hitler had no interest in physical pursuits: he was as abstemious as a monk, and as dedicated to the diabolic (which is a spiritual thing' as the monk is to the divine. The people who create tlie mis chief and Ihe sorrow in the world arc not the libertines and the drinkers and the wastrels; they are pathetic people who create, at Ihe most, private tragedy. The vast public tragedies are created hy tlie men who are dominated by some perverse spiritual drive hy pride, by anger, by hostility, hy envy. True spirituality is as rare as BERHTS WORLD I j Mtt ' (17 'ifrl r "AccnrJing It Ben ,. ,, Tif got at rare iitttse found enly in tborifint,' chlire unJer tht tit of thru.-' ' supporters, who had shot down a U.S. foreign aid supply plane, killing four Americans. Pathet Lao prevented the arrests. All this year there has been intermittent raiding by the Pathet Lao against neutralist forces in the Plain of Jars. Reports indi cate that fewer than 100 men are involved in each of these forays. But Ihey have the impact of ma jor battles. The Pathet Lao are believed to number about 20.000 troops plus an unknown number of North Viet namese who, in violation of the Geneva accord, were not with drawn after the coalition govern ment was set up. Neutralist forces are supposed to number only about 2.500 under U.S. Army-trained Captain (now General! Kong Le. He had led a revolt against loyalist forces under Prince Phoumi Nosavan. a former premier with pro-western sympathies. His army of about 60.000 men is still in the rich and most populous Mekong valley area of southern Laos. They have not been de mobilized because there has been no move for unification of the three armed forces under the co alition. If Undersecretary Harriman's diplomacy in Europe fails to ef fect a peaceful solution of the new Laotian crisis and a military solution seems inevitable, General Phoumi's army is an ace in the hole for Ihe West. U.S. troops have now been or dered to Thailand. The U.S. Sev enth Fleet has been ordered to the Gulf of Siam. This puts the situation right back where it was when tlie Ge neva Accord negotiations began. STRICTLY PERSONAL true bestiality in human beings. And those few who achieve it are those who arc terribly aware of the perils of spirituality who know, as the Romans warned us, that a corruption of the best be comes Uie worst. Which is why. to quote Lewis again, "Of all had men. the bad religious man is the worst." Unlike mosl other religions, both Judaism and Christianity ac cept the goodness of physical tilings, and do not dismiss them as delusions or devices of the devil. And those who despise the physical too often use tlicir "spir ituality" as a bludgeon for punish ing the weak, while they I h e m sclvcs revel in the pleasures of pride, of power, of exactly those "spiritual" qualities Uiat define the nature of their enemy, the devil. Al manac By United Press International Today is Monday. April 29. the linth day of lmv) with 24S more lo follow. The monn is approaching its first quarter. The morning stars are Venus and Saturn. The evening stars arc Mercury and Mars. On (his day in history: In 1862. New Orleans, gateway to the Mississippi River and once a stronghold of the Confederacy, fell to Union forces. In isn. Gideon Sundhack of Ho boken. N .1., was granted a patent for the "zipper." In 11145. American soldiers lib erated 32,000 Nazi prisoners al llachau, the oldest and worst of the Nazi concentration camps. In 1945. the bodies of Italian dictator Mussolini and his com panions, executed by partisans Ihe 'lay before, were hung in a public square of Milan.