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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Sunday, May J. 1961
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SPECIAL
1W. B. S.I
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School Budgets Deserve Support
Voters In all three school districts in pass the budgets and let the school officials
Klamath County will do well to consider care- procee(3 jn orderly fasnion wUh ,hejr .
fully the alternatives when they go to the , A ...
untie trimfifrnm tn i ,u u i gested programs this year. Education has tak
polls tomorrow to vote on the various school
budgets and the ranHidates who seek election cn enoueh " hpa,in2 ln K!aath County
to board positions. wl,hout atldinS furthcr to the burden-
We are hopeful that a great deal of in- As to the candidates involved in Mon-
terest will be indicated by a big turnout of day's election, we are hopeful that voters will
voters. Informed voters, that is. We do not studv thc attitudes and philosophies of those
subscribe to the theory of "get out the vole' involved.
indiscriminately. Only those persons capable Unfortunately, too many "local" elec-
of making voting decision based on facts lions are nothing but popularity contests, and
should exercise their privilege. there is little attention paid to the way the
On the basis of facts, it appears that candidates actually think and what their at-
the various school district budgets deserve titudes are. For the most part, candidates in
the support of voters. Certainly, it is possible Monday's election, have expressed them-
to get into the item-by-item elements of the selves on several matters relating to operation
budgets and select some items that do not of schools and the role of education, particu-
descrve to be there. However, there is not larly relating to KUHS and suggested reor-
enough "fat" here to support rejection of the ganization plans.
budgets. Statements by the candidates in letters
The time for conscientious, tax-saving to the editor, in news stories, and in public
voters to take issue with school budgets is meetings can form a basis for voter judg-
prior to and during their preparation. If a ment. A position on the board of KUHS (or
program or part of the curriculum is believed any other board, for that matter) is not some-
to be unnecessary or too expensive to warrant thing to be taken lightly. Our present school
support, the time to attack that item is before situation demands representatives who are
the budgets are finalized, and while the budg- mature, thoughtful and reasonable in their
et boards and school boards are considering thinking and their subsequent action. We
the programs requested by the administrators cannot condone policies and actions that are
and educators. the result of emotion, expediency and hap-
We are hopeful that Klamath voters will hazard thinking.
Norblad Questionnaire Results
(Gazette-Times, Corvallii) II. Do you favor legislation containing
... i ti 4 income limitations to provide a pen-
Those who sent in answers to Representa- sjon of appro.xinlatev ',100 a
talive Waller Norblad's pool Of the electorate for Veterans of World War I? 47.2 52.8
in this the First Congressional District will 2- Do you favor legislation providing
be interested in the tabulated results of that tZZ
questionnaire. for development of their local
To us the returns are a surprise in a few importation systems? . ... 6.3 m.s
.... . 1 . ... We are surprised at the closeness of the
cases. We suspect that many who answered the . .
.. . J .., . ' ,.. ,, percentage difference n answer to question
questions had qualifying answers which could ' " ,., ... 1 ,
' , . ! , i . , . ,, number one. We assumed the response for a
not be shown n actual tabulation. , . , . . . ...
.. ,, tax cut would have been overwhelming.
Here are the results: . . . ,
Percentages y niaJor Pom on wnlch we dls-
1. Should Federal income taxes be "veT "no agreed with the majority of those rcspond
reducod? si.8 48 2 ing to the poll is over the establishment of
2. Should Labor unions be brought a Domestic Peace Corps (question three). We
' 3. lfainS to -l-Mwi W " " s"srl s voters confused this with the
a Domestic Peace Corps? 38.1 61.9 establishment of a Youth Conservation Corps
4. Do you favor amending the Jones or else with the Peace Corps people sent to
Act to permit U.S. lumber producers foreign lands
to ship at lower rates on foreign ships , ' , ..... ....
as do Canadian lumber producers? .... 85 0 15 0 wc differed with the majority m regard
J. Do you favor continuance of our to aid for school construction but we quali-
current farm price support program? .. 22.3 77.7 f iod our answer to making the money a loan
6. Do you favor giving United States , distressed districts
military assistance to India? 5D.9 40.1 io nisiressea oisincis.
7. Do you favor legislation to establish Mr. Norblad says the response to thc
a Youth Conservation Corps? R4.3 35.7 questionnaire was large and evidences "a very
' ZZ.:6.:.. 44 6 4 "-Hhy and gratifying interest in our national
(hi teachers salaries? 21.8 78.2 affairs. This is good. We wonder, however,
. Do you favor legislation similar to how accurately the poll reflects the thinking
the Administration's proposal (King- of all the people in Mr. Norblad's District
Wfim. H0W many De"Wmta- fr "" had "
aid. and related home health services opportunity to vote? The registration in the
for our elderly under Social Security? .. 4G.8 53 2 District is almost 50-50 but it is only natural
10 St0'! fiL,U.lln,,, that a majrity on Mr- Norblad's mailing list
he permitted to claim their tui- ,. . , ...
tion. books, and other educational costs wou,d be members of his own Republican .
as an income lax deduction? 57 2 42 8 party.
IN WASHINGTON . . .
The
Hy RALPH de TOI.KOANO
Not being (Ha theologian or
(2) a reporter (or the religious
press, I have refrained so far
from any comment on Pope
John's encyclical, l'acem in Ter-
ris. Rut I have read many com
ments by lay writers and edilori-
' alists that I believe miss the
point completely, and therefore I
Icel some discussion is warrant
ed. Since the encyclical Is direct
ed to "men of good will'1 rather
than to Catholics alone I hope
tli.it this gives me certain jour
nalistic latitude.
The main point to tie made
about Pacem in Tcrris, moreover,
is (hat it l addressed to men
of good will. Therefore, those who
feel that it is an unqualified ap
proach to Comrade Khrushchev
and tlie Kremlin are barking up
the wrong subtlety. A Commu
nist, in Calholic doctrine, is not
a man of good will and the mo
ment lie becomes one. he craws
to be a Communist. So it Pope
John has opened the doors of
the Vatican to the Communists,
they may enlcr only if they tear
up Hieir parly cards and Ihis is
hardly a revolutionary concept.
But I here are many who have
looked to thc Vatican for moral
leadership in I he fight to pre
serve the world's freedom. They
feel that it Is a giant step toward
tlie socialism which was presum
ably inherent in 10 Mil's lie
rum Novarum. And it Is Ihoir
worries which 1 do not under
stand. Granted that there may
be much in the fine print which
has eluded me. But it seems quite
categorical when Pacem In Ter-
Papal Encyclica
ris stales that "free initiative in
tlie economic field" is a "natural
right." That slams the door on
both Comrade Khrushchev and on
Americans for Democratic Action
however enthusiastically they
may applaud Pope John.
At the same time, tlie encycli
cal is quite cautionary in its state
ment that "state activity in tlie
economic field . . . ought not to
be exercised ... to control tlie
individual freedom oi personal in
itiative." True Ihis is followed
by (lie rather curious hoie that
tale activity "should expand that
freedom "something which the
world's experience has proven to
be a forlorn hope. But the basic
point in defense ol the private
man as opposed to the statist
man has been made.
Kvery where, tlie easily misun
derstood statement is carefully
qualified. For example. Pope
John warns that nuclear testing
"will have fatal consequences tor
life on earth." But, he notes,
these nuclear tests, to be so dire
in cflect. must be "undertaken
with war in mind." This automat
ically excludes tlie West which
is testing defensively, and places
the onus on the Kremlin
whose generals are openly dis
cussing aggressive nuclear war
as an instrument of Communist
policy.
Though Pacem In Terris rails
for an end to the arms race, it
again qualifies this hy discounting
such pleading in its flat assertion
that Uus eventuality cannot come
about unless there is "an eftcclive
method of control." Again, it is
the West which has pleaded for
adequate controls and the Soviet
In ion which has refused to allow
them.
But perliajis Hie most import
ant, and least considered, point
of Pacem in Terns concerns
revolution. Not only the Commu
nists but some men of tlie left
throughout the world insist on
violent changes in the social or
deralways. o( course, in the
interest of justice. This runs di
rectly counter to the spirit and
the letter of tlie encyclical. For
Pope John knows that abrupt
and violent change bears t h e
seeds ol that destruction which
cannot allow- freedom or social
justice to prevail.
"There are some souls." savs
Pacem in Terris. "particularly en
duwed with generosity, who, on
limling situations where the re
quirements of justice are not sat
isfied or not satisfied in full, fee!
enkindled with fie desire to
change tlie state of things, .is il
1'iev wished to have recourse to
something like a revolution.
"It must be borne in muni
that to proceed gradually is thc
law ol life in all its expressions,
therefore in human institutions
too. it is not ivsihle to rennvati
l"r tlie better except hy woikin:
from within them gradually."
What this savs merely echoes
conservative doctrine, it could
ironically, he applied as a countc
nigumcnl to the revolutionary N,
prrme Court dcsecrr;almn deci
non. And il is based on an ancient
principle: Ends cannot justily
means in fact, ends are always
conditioned by means.
Other Editors' Opinions
Public Interest Vs. Strkes
(Engineering Ncwfi-Record,
New York)
Signs multiply that Ihe general
public is getting fed up with the
economic losses and inconvenienc
es that occur when failures in col
lective bargaining cause work
stoppage. Sooner or later this ex
asperation is going to explode into
irresistible demands for a "law."
which in all probability will he
harmful to both labor and man
agement, and therefore not in the
public interest either. Some bet
ter way than more governmental
controls tc avoid or settle strikes,
it seems, is badly needed.
Inasmuch as the public inter
est cannot be sidestepped, some
kind of a procedure for stimulat
ing and improving the force of
public opinion would apear to be
a better way to cope with collec
tive bargaining failures than most
of the panaceas now under con
sideration. Among these are com
pulsory arbitration, fact-finding
boards whose conclusions would
be legally or politically enforce
able, antitrust laws for labor un
ions and various kinds of strike
curbs.
Unfortunately each of these
methods would represent a dim
inution of private rights without
oflering any certainty of solution
to the basic problem that now
too frequently makes the public
the victim of labor strikes. It
seems quite possible, however if
to avoid tliese disadvantages .if
every bargaining situation that
reaches an impasse could be
turned into a showcase operation,
and all bargaining secrecy aban
doned. Such a procedure would let
the process of private decision
making continue but continue un
der the watchful and critical eye
of the public.
Tlie bargaining problem, though
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many faceted, is simply that the
scope and complexity of collective
bargaining issues have outpaced
the growth of the bargaining pro
cess, which is still young and far
from mature. Indeed, it will prob
ably be a long time before ei
ther labor or management can
adjust its sturdy but natural self
interest enough to permit collec
tive bargaining to accommodate
the opposing factors that must
somehow be reconciled. It will
take time, patience and ingenuity,
for example, to force such great
issues as job and income securi
ty, the equitable distribution of in
dustrial incomes, fcatherbedding, -:
profit margins and the scope of ':
bargaining itself into their prop
er relationships and perspective.
To give labor and management
the necessary time to explore, ex.
pcriment, and invent along the
slow, long road to sensible and
peaceful, but voluntary, adjust
mentsand to stimulate these ef
fortswe need to develop an in-,
formed public opinion that can
meanwhile more effectively pro
tect the public's interest. One
way of doing this would be to re
quire negotiations to continue un
der the direction of a mediator,
but to open bargaining sessions
to public attendance, whenever
impasses produce a strike.
Such a procedure, which should
help purge negotiations of unten
able positions, could be a strong
inducement to peaceful settle
ments without violating the con
cept of free enterprise, or destroy
ing private decision-making or ab
rogating Uie right to strike. Such
an approach would also seem pref
erable to the development of a
new coterie of arbitrators or la
bor specialists empowered by law
to develop, even in secrecy, la
bor contract settlements that nei-
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ther labor nor management nor
the public can understand or ap
prove. Such a procedure, too, would
avoid the ridiculous situation that
has just occurred in New York
City's long newspaper strike,
where the mayor has spent weeks
secretly mediating as the pub
lic's representative without once
informing the public about the is
sues or the positions taken by la
bor and management.
If the President's complex and
far-reaching guideposts for non
inflationary wage and price deci
sions are to be effective, and if
public opinion is ever going to be
a significant influence for right or
wrong in collective bargaining,
the public itself must somehow be
introduced to the fundamental is
sues and intricacies of the bar
gaining process.
If the public has a stake in
bargaining which everyone seems
to admit it has a right to know
what is going on. That right ac
crues beyond question whenever
labor and management fail by
default to discharge their obliga
tions to the public, and resort to
strikes or lockouts. In view of
the storm clouds now gathering
on the horizon, the present would
seem to be a propitious time to
start that introduction.
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Candidate
I came to Klamath Kails in
l!i.lfl to encage in the same in
surance business I still own and
operate. We have raised our
daughter and three sons who
have gotten their complete grade
and hich school education in the
Klamath Falls public schools. In
appreciation for these benefits to
my family, I am willing to offer
my services to our schools.
Regarding plans for reorgani
zation. 1 pledge to work for the
best interest of the people of this
community to the ends of achiev
ing the highest level pf efficiency
at costs that are reasonable. 1
believe a well organized single
district for the entire county to
be n good solution to our prob
lems. I am a business man and like
most members of school boards.
I am not an educator and am
aware of my limitations. There
fore, in all cases of important
decisions. I would try to secure
good guidance in making such
decisions.
ln all due respect to parents.
Ihe faculty, and the public as a
whole as taxpayers, may we a!
wavs he mindful that the welfare
of our children who attend our
schools is mast important.
Hans Norland
THEY
SAY...
The girl watchers are united in
a simple thought, and that is
that there is nothing in the world
more beautiful than a beautiful
girl.
Don Saiiers of New V e r k.
president o( the Amerfeaa Sort
It of Girl Watchers.
I believe in the principle of
school reorganization, and there
appears to be much in favor of
the proposal that Klamath Coun
ty schools be reorganized under
one administrative and operating
head. But, there are a lot of ques
tions to be answered yet before
voters can set their stamp of ap
proval on such a plan.
One thing I dislike to see is the
growing trend to choose up sides
with our rural friends on one side
and the so-called city people on
the other. After all, we're all in
tlie same county we have prac
tically the same social, economic,
and human welfare elements and
we're all after the same thing,
an improved education system.
Frankly, I'm surprised and dis
appointed that Cliff Robinson has
come out swinging from the heels
and making some rather rash
statements regarding tlie pros
pects if the one-unit county plan
is approved.
I believe that school admin
istrators and officials have been
remiss in their failure to obtain
answers io some quite funda
mental legal questions. Some of
these questions, they say, have
to be resolved at the attorney
general level. YVe need answers
to such questions as to control
of the proposed school district
administration.. who would be on
the board, and how would he
get there, etc.
The latest incident involving the
Klamath County Sheriff wherein
he offered information to a juror
sitting in a trial proceeding is al
most unbelievable. That is, until
you consider other school-boy an
tics of that sheriff.
I hope school boys won't think
I am trying to discredit them.
Pool oooops pocket billiards
is chalking up a comeback on
the American scene. And for some
of us who wasted our youth chas
ing the recalcitrant 8-ball around
the greensward, it's encouraging.
By FULTON LEWIS JR.
In the South German town of
Bui g Prcppach. door-to-door med
icine peddlers tiave a sure-fire
pitch: "Take one of these tablets
each morning and night and your
brain will become as sharp as a
buzz saw."
The tablet is nothing more than
ordinary sugar but the buyer is
positive it works. Local police
have given up .trying lo jail
the salesmen since no one who
buys the "anti-stupidity pill" will
admit he has been gypped.
There are no complaints, either.
nm a Chicago man who stopped
king insulin after buying a
naeic spike" guaranteed to cure
aMos if worn on a chain
uound his neck. Tlie pencil-sized
glass tube, containing a penny's
worth of barium chloride, cost the
man $306. There are no complaints
because the man is dead dia
betic coma.
All across the country there are
thousands of slick pitchmen who
sell "magic spikes" and other
"treatments'' guaranteed to cure
anything from cancer to flat
chests.
The Pharmaceutical Manufac
turers Association estimated re
cently that health chicanery is
practiced by at least lOO.ooo fak
ers whose "specialties" range
from arthritis and cancer to food
fads and kitchen-table ahortions;
from diabetes and sex to high
blood pressure and hypnosis.
And 25 million Americans fall
prey to this humhuggery, whether
they swallow a bogus health tonic
or let themselves be strapped
against an impressive - looking
machine. At least one-fifth of those
victimized suffer serious setbacks
Al
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Today is Sunday, May 5. the
125th day of 1!W with 240 to
follow.
The moon is approaching full
phase.
The morning stars are Venus
and Saturn.
The evening star is Mars.
On this day in history:
In 1PI8. Karl Marx, the Ger
man social philosopher who was
to become the chief theorist of
modern socialism, was born.
In l!C5. a biology teacher in
the Dayton. Tenn., public school
system was arrested for teaching
the theory of evolution in viola
tion of a state law.
In lftio. the Federal Republic
of Germany 'West Germany i be
came a sovereign state.
Although, the new pool room Is a
far cry from that which I knew
as a kid.) The cue to the renais
sance, in fact, is the whole-hearted
efforts of billiards equipment
manufacturers in dolling up the
surroundings and enhancing the
game's reputation. .
With more than 2,000 billiard
rooms as modern as the bowling
alleys with which most are con
nected, it's no wonder the game
is returning to popularity. Even
the ladies are taking up the sticks
with rattling good will. (They have
royal precedent. Mary, Queen of
Scots, was said to have been a
devotee of billiards). And, the pool
table (ooops, billiard table) is be
coming quite tlie thing to have
around the home premises in the
family recreation area. It's report
ed that more than a half-milliitu
homes now boast billiard ta
bles. There's real substance to the
idea that papa-san can be gone
from the home for days on end
and there's not too much con
cern in the family circle. But,
just let Mama go away for a
couple of days and all hell
breaks loose. The kids get
droopy and don't care much
about anything. Their custodian
(especially If It's papa-san who's
volunteered to baby sit) is prone
to .go berserk, and the whole
thing's pretty much of a mess.
And papa-san's efforts (o reor
ganize the kids and the entire
household during the chief's
absence are doomed to failure,
although the Old Goat will nev
er admit to it.
Females don't like females
even in the insect world, as per
this biological item which was
used as a filler in the newspa
per: "It is safe to hold a queen
bee in your hand as the queen
bees use their slings only on other
queen bees."
Just what you're going to do
with that information is your own
problem.
WASHINGTON REPORT . , .
Bogus Health Tonic
Bilks Many Unwary
in health and thousands are has
tened to death.
One of the most lucrative fields
for medical quackery is arthritis
where $250 million is taken in each
year. Thousands of Americans
have been conned into buying
something which was said to "re
verse the death process into the
life process."
The arthritic sufferer attached
the device a metal disc which
sold for as much as $1,250 to
his wrist or ankle and submerged
an attached cylinder in cold wa
ter. The arthritis was then
"cured."
Fifty million dollars a year is
estimated to be the take for 4.000
phonies w ho promise to cure can
cer. The American Cancer Socie
ty points out that those with cur
able cancer die unnecessarily,
those who cannot be cured are
denied effective relief from pain,
and those unafflirted who are led
to believe they have cancer are
disfigured hy caustic compounds.
"Specialists" in illegal abortions
make anywhere from $150 million
to $M0 million a year and are re
sponsible for at least 5.000 deaths.
At least $100 million is annually
taken hy fast-talking phonies who
promise to "cure" diabetes, "grow
hair." "banish" venereal disease.
Another $50 million is pocketed hv
"metaphysicians." "dianetic audi
tors." "astrolothcrapisLs." "scien
tologists." "therapeutic hypnot
ists." etc.
The field of medical quackery
has been described by one Cabi
net officer as "more lucrative
than any other criminal activity."
It is a field that has made mil
lions for many. Before a federal
court cracked down on Harry
Hoxey in 10. he had taken can
cer patients for $50 million in 10
years.
It is no easy task for the
Food and Drug Administration, for
Ihe American Medical Associa
tion, for individual doctors, for po
lice and district attorneys to
wipe out medical quackery.
As long as women want beau
ty, men want virility, parents
want strong children, the sick
want relief: as long as people de
sire health and are not satisfied
through legitimate channels, the
quack will be In business.
It was little more than a gen
eration ago that disciples of
health faddist Horace Fletcher
were eagerly heeding advice to
chew each mouthful of food leven
soupi .12 limes once for ach
tooth. Ten thousand followers of
Dinshah Ghadalj conscientiously
slept only with the head pointing
north. Others had explicit faith in
a cancer "cure" through a cer
tain root.