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IW. B. S.I
The Senate Preparedness Committee re
port that Soviet offensive missiles might be
in Cuban caves nearly ready for use deserves
a little exploration.
Actually, the committee's observation on
this point does not differ in most respects
from one made months ago by President
Kennedy. There is no reason any difference
should exist, since in both instances our in
telligence experts are the source of this ad
mission. In the present state of things, we cannot
prove such missiles are hidden in caves, nor
can we demonstrate they are not.
The committee, led by Sen. John Stennis
of Mississippi, does go beyond anything we
have had from the President or other adminis
tration sources on one big point.
It says that "assuming maximum readi
ness at preselected sites, the Soviet mobile
medium range (1100 miles) missiles could be
made operational in a matter of hours."
. This calls for frank comment from the
President, Defense Secretary McNamara or
a top military official.
Kennedy indicated months ago that while
missiles might conceivably be stored in Cu
ban caves, this nation's regular surveillance
of the island was such that we would know
quickly if they were brought to the surface
and made ready for use.
He implied that the Russians and Cu
bans would have to repeat the process of erect
ing suitable bases, which we forced them to
halt last October.
The Stennis group seems to suggest that
Cuba under Soviet control could prepare sites
and locate vital auxiliary equipment without
our detection. Only thus, obviously, could mis
siles hauled out of caves be set to fire with
in hours.
Yet this conjecture leaves unanswered
the question just how these extensive Soviet
Cuban preparations could be managed with
out giving us a clue.
We are entitled to know on what infor
mation and reasoning the committee bases
this most crucial guesswork. And, as sug
gested we are also entitled to hear what the
government says about this. ,
The security of free mankind is at stake
in this matter of who has what missiles where.
There is no place today for idle speculations
that cannot be given some foundation in fact
and good sense.
The Six Per Cent Routine
. (Register Guard, Eugene)
For many Oregon voters, the first Mon
day in May is a day of understandable con
fusion. Some don't even try to take part in
the annual budget elections held by most
local school districts on that day. They don't
because they really don't understand one of
the principal reasons why such . elections
must be held. They don't understand why it
is that, year after year, school districts must
ask for approval of whopping property tax
levies "in excess of the constitutional 6 per
cent limitation."
Perhaps the following schematic expla
nation will help those who want to vote, and
vote intelligently, in school elections.
H Is an overly simplified explanation,
but it serves to convey the essential facts
Involved. It also dispels what might he mis
takenly assumed even by the most conscien
tious voters if they had nothing but the ballot
titles to judge by.
If voters of School District "A" are
asked to approve a tax 1 e v y of $300,
000 outside the 6 per cent limitation, that does
not automatically mean they are being asked
to increase the district budget by that amount.
If they want to know how the proposed budg
. ct for 1963-64 compares with that the district
: has had this year, they should check news
paper articles appearing in advance of the
election or call their school district adminis
trators. In all probability, a good part of the re
quested levy outside the limitation per
haps all of it was sanctioned by the dis
trict's voters last May to support the 1962-63
budget. And, 12 months prior to that, most
of it was approved in connection with the
district's 1961-62 budget plans.
The point is that for most Oregon school
districts, tax increases allowable within the 6
per cent limitation and without special voter
approval have been insufficient each year
since World War II. But the districts have
not been allowed to use levies outside the Iirrti
itation except as they have been annually ap
proved and annually re-approved and, in
most instances, annually increased to match
mounting school enrollment totals and the
effects of continued inflation of instruction
costs.
In brief, there is no appreciable "car
ryover" effect from one annual school budget
election to the next. That's why proposed
levies outside the 6 per cent limitation loom
so large. In some cases these levies represent
as much as 90 per cent of all local taxes need
ed by the school districts for purposes other
than debt retirement and interest. Usually,
of course, they are not quite so all-inclusive
of districts' lax needs, but the fact remains
that most of these levies outside the limita
tion have been building for 10 years and
more. Yet they must be resubmitted to the
voters, with whatever additions school budg
et committees have deemed necessary, year,
after year, after year.
IN WASHINGTON
Soviet Fleet Overrated
. By RALPH At TOt.EDANO
. For some lime, viewers - with
alarm have stridently warned of
a Soviet ubmarine fleet num
bering between 400 and SO0 ves
sels. These cry-wolf accounts
have pointed our top Navy of
ficials land, indeed, all of our
military) as shortsighted and
complacent men unable to per
ceive the dangers and blindrd by
a dangerous disdain for Soviet
undersea power.
The precise opposite Is true.
The U.S. Navy, which has never
looked lightly on Communist
threats, has carefully examined
every scrap of evidence avail
able to the viewers - with-alarm
land much lh?y have never
seen! in order not to he caught
unaware.
Our Intelligence officials know
that the Soviets have these 00
to Son submarines. But they also
know tlie capabilities of these
German model. World War II
style U-boats. All but 12 of these
underwater craft are useless in
an aw of atomic weapons. And
those Soviet submarines that
are armed with missiles the
12 have a maximum speed of
18 knots, which makes them easy
prey for our modern hunter-killer
submarines. The missiles they
carry have a range of 200 to
.100 nautical miles, but these could
he launched against the United
States coast only if our Navy had
specific orders not to sink them
before they were properly posi
tioned. There have, however, been stor
ies In the newspapers about a
"fleet" of Soviet atomic subma
rines. On the basis of my own
experience with Communist prop
aganda claims, my brief look
at the Soyet'i visible naval pow
er, and the detailed accounts of
its "reviews" of Leningrad, it
(las been obvious to me that this
scare talk was based on nothing
but a few hints dropped to the
right reporter at an impression
able moment. The Communists
are adroit at this.
American Intelligence cannot
rely on this kind of Information.
It derives r conclusions from
A dull and painstaking process
the kind of brilliantly routine
work which in World War II
enabled us to break the Japa
nese code and clobber the Kin
peror's navy. In Intelligence, the
Mate Maris and the flamboyant
spies are few and far between.
The most successful kind of es
pionage consists of putting to.
gether hundreds of thousands of
tiny scraps of information until
the jigsaw has been completed.
On this basis, small contradic
tions assume great importance.
So too dues the even smaller
giveaway which is why all
combat soldiers are told never
to try to fool tlie enemy If cap
tured simply to give their name,
rank, and serial number. A he
is frequently more revealing than
the truth.
As a result of this kind of
work, it can he slated that the
Soviets do have an atomic sub
marine iust one atomic sub
marine. We know what it looks
like, how- it is constructed, and
how it is operated We know its
speed and its performance. Com
pan-d lo ours, it is a primitive
model. We know It has made at
least two trips under tlie Polar
rap. We know without any doubt
that It is incapable of any voyage
around tlie work! without surlac
ing. i The Soviets revealed this
It is possibli that oilier atomic
submarines are under construc
tion, but this is the kind nf as
sumption made about an enemy
service for safety's sake.
Perhaps the most interesting
piece of Intelligence concerns the
400 to 500 conventional (and oh
soletei submarines in the Soviet
fleet. Why, when the rest of the
world was looking ahead lo more
modern weapons, did the Kremlin
choose a vast fleet of eralt which
would not compare with what was
on Western drawing hoards?
The answer, simply, is that the
Kremlin has always operated this
way. When jets were lirst com
ing in, the Soviet Union quickly
developed one design and tlicn
mass-produced it. Today Ihese
tun-engine Tt' HHs fill Russian
airfields. Tlie planes are lumber
ing and inadequate, hot Com
rade Khrushchev sure as blacs
has a lot of tliem. The same
has been true of other weapons.
The Soviets always seem to h.ne
one aim to achieve numerical
superiority. They tan then boaM
ol so many of this and that
bill while they boast, the United
Mates and Groat Britain are de
veloping new and more ellective
nuxlcls.
If the Soviets go true lo form.
Iheir scientists and engineers wit!
work on new plans wailing lor
Ihe flow ol stolen U S. and Bill
ish blueprints. Then tlie Kremlin
will divide on a new model for
lis submarine Heel. The West
changes and adapts with each
new elfort. The Communists will
mass-produce. Then they will an
nounce that they hae X num.
her of atomic Mihmarincv Tins
will exceed the number under
commission in the U S. Navy,
but in an era of last-moving
technology, there will be no com
parison between ours and theirs.
Grand Strategy Of Freedom
By SAMUEL B. PKTTKNGIU,
Former Congressman, Indiana
Socialism's secret weapon is
money.
Governments formerly Rained
power by the sword and swelled
their coffers by conquest and tri
bute. That method is still used,
but chiefly against foreigners.
Modem gover nments obtain pow
er over their own people in a more
subtle fashion. They tax away
the earnings of their people, and
then dole some nf it back to them
in subsidies, gilts, grants-in-aid.
and the award of huge govern
ment contracts.
By this process they become the
masters of men, and cease to he
their servants. The historic rela
tionship is reversed. Instead of
government coming lo the people
for its support, the people come
to the government for their sup
port. Hitler put all groups in Ger
many in pawn to him via the
money route. In the face of the
granting or withholding of public
money, opposition died away.
People began to keep their mouths
shut business men first but. fin
ally, editors, educators and minis
ters. Me thus united Ixith con
servatives and radicals behind
him. This is a very important
point.
In this country, governors of
stales, mayors of cities and mem
bers of business organisations
chambers of commerce including
those most oposed tn Socialism
in the abstract, become beggars
at Washington for a return of
some of the money collected from
them in their own communities
less the political brokerage. As
heccars. they fawn and smtrk.
Big government breeds little
men. Tlie great "power of the
purse." with which Ihe representa
tives of the taxpayers once held
the executive branch in check, is
rapidly passing into the hands of
a political Santa Claus.
Not one of the extensions of So
cialism could be put into effect
without money. Cut off the money
supply and the power to borrow
and you stop them in their
tracks. As Jefferson said, "We
must make our selection between
economy and liberty, or profusion
and servitude."
Harry Hopkins gave the formula
for Socialism tax, spend ami
elect. Yet because they fail to
grasp tlie grand strategy of free
dom, various groups exhaust
themselves on scattered tactical
skirmishes good in themselves,
but largely futile in the face of
this overpowering flood of money.
Justice Holmes used to say,
"We must strike for the jugular
and let the rest go." I would urge
no one to abandon the fight for
his own program or group, but
the number one plank in all plat
forms must be the exact reverse
of the Hopkins formula "Reduce
taxes and spending, especially at
the federal level. Keep govern
ment poor and remain free."
Make that the number one
plank in all platforms for free
dom. The doctors can then fight
socialized medicine; owners of
real estate can fight public hous
ing; others can fight federal con
trol of education; business can
fight government competition: oth
ers can fight to relieve privately
created wealth of some of the tax
hurden.
With reduced Federal spending
and sharply reduced taxes as the
number one plank of all groups,
they can then fight with some
chance of success.
As it is, with each group fight
ing some single phase nf Socialism
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in which the others are not par
ticuiarly interested, they are
picked off like sitting ducks.
The Socialist planners lull the
unthinking with the trick ques
tion, "What freedom have you
lost?" That's easy tn answer. It
is my freedom to keep what I
earn and spend it as I please.
That's the vital distinction be
tween European Socialism and
American individualism. "To have
and to hold," written into mil
lions of title deeds, tells the story
) the individual incentives and
rewards that have produced Amer
ica's magnificent achievement.
A grand strategy fur freedom
is imperative. We must unite on
one point, easily understood, which
touches the pockethook nerve of
millions of voters. Intellectual ar
guments are not enough. You
must appeal to the legitimate self
interest of millions. We must find
Ihe common denominator of mass
resistance to Socialism. The com
mon denominator is the pocket
book. On that concept and that
alone can you mobilize an army
sufficient in numbers to wage suc
cessful war.
We must show millions of voters
how they are being hurt how
their security for old age is melt
ing away. The present "run" on
our gold by foreign creditors is a
storm flag which only fools will
disregard.
There are millions of life in
surance policy-holders. As money
becomes cheap, their security
shrinks and in time vanishes A
policy paid up in I!W0 has lost
more than half its value in terms
nf what it will buy today.
A life insurance president has
just told lis of the disastrous ef
fect of the cheap money policies
nf the past 20 years on life in
surance security. The insurance
companies are forced lo earn less
on their investments. Therefore,
they must charge higher premi
ums for the same protection. Then
when the policy is paid, the money
received is taxed more, and buys
less. To cover all these losses, a
typical life insurance holder needs
tn take out at least 90 per rent
more Insurance tn provide the
same purchasing power and pro
tection as in 1929.
Most of Ihe beneliciarirs ol life
insurance are women. Tell them
what taxes and debt and rotting
money are doing to the security
their husbands have worked so
hard to provide. "Old age and
want thou ill-matched pair "
Then there are other millions
who own government bonds. A
bond bought ten years ago for S75
ran be cashed today for J100 But
the 100 will h..v you less than
the $75 did when you turned it
over lo the government. So you
have lost all your interest and part
ol your principal. And you are ten
years older.
Then you have 50 to fin million
people who have hern compelled
tn buy what are called 'Social se
curity" rards. Their hnped-lor so
rurity melts away as dollars be
come rheap To make up the
loss, bills ar in Congress to pay
them more of these rotting dol
lars, adding tn the tax burden to
be earned by all industry, forc
ing prices still higher, and the
music goes round and round.
The guarantees of government
are writ on water and carved in
sand Something for nothing is the
moral ranrer of a free soriefy
Once begun, there is no stopping
its deadly course except to find
the lowest common denominator
nf the mass resistance of millions
of voters the pockettok and the
fear of poerty in old age This
is the grand strategy of freedom.
No matter what side of the
political fence one might be on,
he or she can hardly feel that the
community is anything less than
highly- honored with tlie appear
ance of Sen. Barry Goldwater
from "Arizona, in a couple of func
tions here this weekend.
Sen. Goldwater is also a Ma
jor General in the Air Force
Reserve, and is one of the coun
try's most able and qualified
pilots. He is in the area to help
Kingslry Field personnel wind
up a most successful Armed
Forces Week observance this
evening. His appearance this '
afternoon at the dedication of
the Presbyterian Intercommuni
ty Hospital site is a bonus for
the community.
That Mr. Goldwater is a top
ranking candidate for presidential
nomination cannot be ignored to
tally. However, I'm hopeful that
all citizens will cast aside any
thoughts of political connotations
in his visits here today. The King
sley Field people are most anx
ious that the General's appear
ance here be considered in the
same light and with the same
courtesy that would be extended
to any other major staff officer
of the Air Corps. The hospital
board hopes that citizens will
recognize that Sen. Goldwater is
one of the nation's outstanding
citizens, and a man who has
contributed much to tlie welfare
and progress of the nation.
Sen. Goldwater Is as articu
late as he Is brilliant. He has
served the country well in a
number of capacities. He is also
a very busy man. The commu
nity can take pride in that Mr.
Goldwater has agreed to accept
the Invitation to participate in
the hospital dedication ceremo
nies and to honor our Klngsley
Field people Sunday night.
1 hope that Klamath Falls folks
realize tlie important contribution
not only to the nation's defense,
but to our community of the peo
ple at Kingsley. Not only are they
the best pilots and backstop peo
ple in the Air Force, they contrib
ute much to Ihe welfare of the
community. They take an active
part in every project we ask
help in.- In addition, they jump
in and take hold of projects that
are helpful to the community on
their own initiative.
One fellow describes Utopia
as the good old days with all
of the modern conveniences add
ed. There's considerable fussing and
fuming over the proposed agricul
tural program. It would take a
London lawyer to figure out just
what the whole thing is about.
. The other day, a piece of litera
ture brought to my attention con
tained some spoofing of the gov
ernment farm program. Perhaps
you've seen this lor one like it)
in other publications. Here is an
alleged letter to the Secretary of
Agriculture:
"Dere mr. sEktary:
"my frend over in Hickry coun
ty receive a thousun dollr check ,
frum the guvernment this yere
for not raisin hogs. sO i am
goin into the not-raisin-hog buz
ness next yere.
"What i want to kno is, in yer
npinyun, what is the bes kin of
farm not to raise hogs on and the
bes kin of hogs not to raist? i
wuld prefer not to raze razer
backs, but, if that is not a good
breed not to rais, i will jes as
gladly not raise eny Bcrkshcers
or Duroks, cause the hardes work
in this is going tn be in kecpin a
inventory of how many hogs i
ain't razed.
"my frend Zeke is very joyful
bout the future of this business,
he has been raisin hogs fur more
than 20 yeres and the bes he ever
made wuz $400 until this yere,
when he got that thousun dollers
fer not raisin eny. if i kin get
$1,000 fer not raising 50 hogs,
then i will get twicct as much fer
not raisin 100. Right? 1 plan to
operate on a small sclae at furst,
holding myself down tn not rais
in bout 4,000 hogs, which means
i will have $8,000 comin.
"now, another thing; these hogs
i will not raise will not eat 100.000
bushels of corn, i unnerstan that
you also pay farmers fer not
raisin corn, so, how much will
you pay me for not raisin 100,000
bushels of corn not to feed the
hogs i am not raisin?
"i want to git started right soon
as this seems to be a good time
of year for not raisin hogs. Now,
one thing more, kin i raise me
bout, oh, say a dozin hogs or
mebbe even 10 while i am in the
not-raisin-hog-business, jest enulf
tn get a few sides of bacon fer
hreakfust. yer frend.
WASHINGTON REPORT . . .
Congressman Shows
Political Courage
By FIXTON LEWIS JR.
It takes political guts for a
freshman Congressman represent
ing a marginal district tn vote
"No" on pork barrel legislation.
Particularly when that Con
gressman is Ihe first Republican to
represent his district in 42 years.
Particularly when unemployment
is high and passage of that hill
would mean juhs building sewers
and pumping stations and roads,
15 projects in all.
But Bill Brock, a ,12-year-old
businessman from Chattanooga,
Tenn., did just that. Rejecting the
advice of colleagues older and pre
sumably wiser. Brork opposed the
President's $450 million emergen
cy public works bill earlier this
session. He explains why:
"For every dollar sent to
Washington. Chattanooga residents
would receive less than 75 cents
hack in the form of short-term
public works projects. 1 feel
strongly that the same amount of
money spent for new industry and
more jobs could go a long way
toward solving unemployment
problems."
Dark-haired Bill Brock, in Wash
ington only three months, is deep
ly distressed "I have been tre
mendously disappointed," he told
my associate. Bill Schulz. "in the
number o( Congressmen whose
only question about any legislation
is 'How many votes will it gel
me"'
' My criterion is different: Can
we allord it? to we need it? Will
tt promote individual freedom and
responsibility?"
Of the several score freshman
Congressmen now learning the
Washington ropes. Brork has im
pressed leaders on both sides of
the aisle as one of the most prom
ising. He demonstrated why in a
whirlwind campaign last year that
frankly surprised GOP oilman
who had written off Tennessee's
Third liistnrt as lost
Republicans had not bothered
to run a randidaie in 19i. al
though Ru-hard Nixon carried Ihe
H. strict with something m spare.
The evidence indicates a ' deal"
had been ronsummated by local
politicians, leaders of both par
ties, to keep the seat Democratic.
Privrrdmg as if there were no
deal. Brork neisn to ork in No
vember, lo. starting with cam
paign nucleus nf .10 people, aiming
Inward November, 19R2. There is
no indication that he planned, at
the time, to he tlie candidate.
By early 1962, Brock had decid
ed to nin. When a brash young
liberal won the Democratic pri
mary, defeating a middle-of-the-road
incumbent, the scene was set
(or a bitter fight.
Well financed, Wilkes Trasher
received ample Administration
support in a campaign that served
as a proving ground for the elec
toral popularity of Medicare.
Thrasher made medical care un
der Social Security his key issue.
Brock opposed it.
The two were divided on almost
every issue: deficit spending, aid
lo Communist nations, federal aid
to education.
When the ballots were tallied
Brock had won an amazing vic
tory. In a district where only 15
per cent of the voters are thought
lo be Republicans. Brock won 51.1
per cent of the vote.
His volunteer organization,
which at first numbered but 30
people, had grown by leaps and
bounds. The Congressman elect
wrote 4.500 thank you notes to
workers who helped his campaign.
Representing a marginal dis
trict. Brock has kept his ear close
to the grass roots. He sees his
constituents as alarmed by "do
nothmg foreign policies" of tha
Administration. "They want lead
ership." he says. "They want vic
tory in the Cold War and they're
not getting it."
Six months alter his first race
for public office. Brock is being
urced to run for the l'.S. Senate.
Tennessee voters must decide the
fate of Albert Gore in 19M and
of tMos Kcfauver two years lat
er. Both are liberal Democrats
and would get quite a race from
licirecm alive Brin k.
Young Republicans hope Brork
runs lor the post of Young Re
publican National Chairman at the
federation upcoming convention.
Active in YR alfairs for many
years. Brmk favors Barry Gold
water for President. "Tlx Republi
can Party." he sas. "is the con
serai;e party and Goldwater our
leader."