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IW. S. S.I
Goldwater Moves Ahead
The early milestones In a presidential
campaign are not always easily detected. They
can la passed almost unnoticed, while the
focus of news is on other things.
' This may just have happened in the Re
publican arena.
Due note was taken, of course, when a
"draft Goldwater" organization was formed
with headquarters In Washington. There are
plans for a giant Goldwater rally there July
4.
But it was not this alone that made the
milestone. What is most significantly new
and it showed up in reaction to the draft an
nouncement is a changed attitude among
some of Sen. Barry Goldwater's close asso
ciates. A recent Gallup Poll places Goldwater
ahead of all current GOP choices for the
1964 presidential nomination.
They no longer are playing it quite so
cool as before. Formerly they echoed the
senator's own expressed disinterest in mak
ing a race. Now they are beginning to make
some of the same strategic political argu
ments one hears from his staunchest out
side supporters.
To be specific, they are repeating the
contention that GOP gains in the South have
sharply altered both the nomination and the
election picture.
With this change, so the reasoning goes,
it is now possible for a candidate to capture
both Hie convention and an electoral vote ma
jority through a combination of southern,
western and some midwestern states.
Goldwater is ottered, by intimates now as
well as others, as one who may be pre-eminently
qualified to put this combination to
gether. It would mean victory without most of
the big industrial states and their great urban
populations.
The matter is taken further. Expecting
new use of the devastating old argument that
a conservative "can't win," Goldwaterites
from the inner circle on out are trying to
turn the argument completely around.
For the reasons already set forth, they
are suggesting that this time their particular
conservative can win and that it is the mod
erate candidate, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of
New York, who will be a poor bet for No
vember of 1964.
In support, the claim is made that Rock
efeller would be snowed under in the very
industrial areas where his advocates count him
strongest against President Kennedy.
What real weight to give these arguments
is not the important point at the moment.
The meaningful thing is that they have be
come the properly of Goldwater's intimates.
This is a better sign than any exterior ev
idence that, despite all his disclaimers, the
senator's 1964 GOP candidacy is moving stead
ily toward reality.
Farmers Make Bold Move
(Th Chriifian Selene Monitor)
The vote on the wheat referendum ought
to clear the air. We will have the first rea
sonably fair test of whether American agri
culture has become an Industry, capable of
standing mostly on its own feet. The farmers
want such a test. We have had no trial of the
comparatively free market in wheat since the
nineteen twenties and much has changed on
the farm since then.
If the farmers had voted the other way,
for full-scale production and marketing con
trols, there would have been a test of that al
ternative. But hardly anyone doubts that con
trols would work, if voted by the farmers and
Congress and applied firmly. The question fs
rather whether we want them. And the aver
age American, like the average farmer, proba
bly would reach the same general verdict; we
want effcclive controls only If there is no
other workable alternative.
It Is plain that the present system, in
force since the depression of the 1030's, is
neither a valid alternative nor workable. It
results in chronic, subsidized surpluses and
a monstrosity of government storage and de
vices for getting rid of the stuff as well as
a great generosity of food distribution to the
hungry which can be arranged by other and
far less costly means.
Is there, then, another and workable al
ternative? By going over to the maximum
feasible degree of free market and minimal
subsidies and controls?
We simply don't know. Many farmers
assert there is such an alternative. The Farm
Bureau in particular says the relatively free
market will work. But it certainly did not work
in the terrible twenties. More than a decade
of chronic farm crises showed there was a
built-in downward spiral of overproduction
and price collapse. As it sagged, each farm
er produced like mad to get more of the re
duced price, knowing his neighbor would
do this, and that if he didn't he would go
bankrupt.
But since then the farm has been miracu
lously mechanized in the United States. It is
possible that farmers, like businessmen, can
make workable decisions on how much to pro
duce in view of the state of the market. And
that the inefficient will drop out or be forced
out, instead of hanging on like social and eco
nomic derelicts.
The point is that we will now find out.
The farmers themselves have ordered the
test. Otherwise we might have sunk into firm
controls without ever knowing.
We have one reservation. We would have
preferred the Committee for Economic Devel
opment plan which moved back toward a free
market by careful stages. We hope a plunge
back into competition will not prove too heavy
a dose. The Kennedy administration has said
tartly that if the farmers decide to plunge
it will not help them. They are on their own
now. But knowingly so. We wish them well.
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THE GLOBAL VIEW
The Role Of The Red Spy
By LEOM PENNKN
Newspaper Enterprise Analyst
UNITED NATIONS. NY.
NEA)-The trial ol U.S. Navy
yeoman NeWon Drummond,
charged with selling secret U.S.
document to the Russian mis
sion of th United Nations, was
old stuff emong U.N. diplomats.
They hav become accustomed
to the fact that Moscow'! spies
use U.N. headquarters as their
opciations base.
"After all Uw Russians did not
Invent espionage." said a Latin
American delegate whoso coun
try is now one of the main tar
gets of Russia's secret service.
A diplomat from Europe com
mented: "Even before Joshua
sent out two men to 'view' se
cretly the land of Jericho, na
tions spied on each other to bol
ster their power." His country
was also recently rocked by
spectacular disclosures of Red
espionage.
' Seen with the "above-thc-bal-tie"
indifference of U.N. diplo
mat, Russia's secret operations
in the Free World may seem
similar to the espionage con
ducted by Uie West against the
Soviet bloc. But this is an II
hisiha that persists only in the
unrealistic atmosphere of the big
glass bouse on the East River.
Of course tlie NATO nations are
trying ruird to peneUate the se
crecy of Russia's military plans.
But democratic society, especial
ly the United States, takes to
tspiona; only u a necessary
evil. For the Kremlin rulers it
is a vital tenet of their Marxist
Leninist philosophy.
Red agents do not simply spy
to gain secrets. Their mission is
also to sow chaos and civil strife
in countries fighting Communist
domination.
According to Western intelli
gence experts, at least 300.000
Soviet bloc agents operate today
in Uie non Communist countries.
They consider this figure to be
10 times larger than the com
bined total of all Uie secret
agents serving the West.
Nor is money a problem for
the Russians despite their per
sistent economic and agricultural
crisis. The Western analysts es
timate that the Red bloc spends a
half billion dollars a year on
Its vast espionage ring.
Though Soviet agents are fre
quently caught red-handed, this
docs not mean in the view
of United Slates apecialists
that Moscow's spy sstem is de
fective. Kver since Lenin created
the Red dictatorship in Russia
in 1917. the Soviet secret serv
ice has relied mainly on the
"human wave" strategy. Three
agents take the place of every
spy caught.
Thus, the Kremlin seems to
he undisturbed by exposures or
Uie steady trickle of defectors
to the West-even if they are of
tlie suture of Oleg IVnkovskv.
the Soviet scientist recently exe
cuted in Moscow as a Ornish
spy.
Until the last war it was the
Communist International (Com
intern which carried on much
of Russia's global espionage. Tlie
Comintern's section in charge
of secret operations in particular
ureas was usually headed by a
top international Red. Georci
Dimitrov, former leader of tlie
Bulgarian Communist Party, was
"director" of espionage in the
Balkans. Ho Chi Mmh, now pres
ident of Communist North Viet
Nam. held a similar post in
Southeast Asia.
Tlie Soviet secret service still
employs "native" Communist
parties everywhere to gain infor
mation and recruit agents. But
a notable feature of Red espion
age since Premier Khruslicliev
. came to power is the wide use
tlie Kremlin makes of "diplo
matic missions," especially in
l.ilin America, Asia and Africa.
No other country in m o d e r n
times has had so many of its
diplomats expelled for espionage
as Russia.
Yeoman Urummond's trial or
the recent convKlaon of British
Admiralty official William Vas
sal, a homosexual blackmailed
by Moscow, are merely samples
of the Tumorous cases of lied
espionage uncovered yearly by
eery country outside the Rus
sian orbit.
Many cases never come to tri
al because the Soi let or East
European nationals caught spy
ing enjoy inimunity as diplomats
or U N. oflicials.
IS
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
Romney Playing It Cute
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) Ef
forts to smoke out Michigan Gov.
George Romney as a Republican
presidential candidate, when he
appeared before the National
Press Club in Washington, were
kinda cute.
"The governor has said he was
not a candidate so many times."
observed Bryson Rash, club presi
dent, by W'ay of introduction,
"that he's thinking of having it
tattooed in fading ink, of course."
The opening sentence of the gov
ernor's speech was, "1 came here
today to sell Michigan, and I
hope that while I succeed in that,
I will succeed also in convincing
you that it is my only purpose."
The 550 people in the audience
responded unanimously with a
horse laugh of disbelief.
The real highlight of the speech
came while Romney was itemiz
ing a census of all Michigan's in
dustrial, human and natural re
sources. "Michigan's No. 1 crop in value
is coin," said the governor with
deadpan pride. When the audience
tittered, he added, "Real corn."
Finally came the Q. and A., which
in condensed form went something
like this:
First Question Would you ever
consider living elsewhere?
Answer I've lived in Mexico.
Idaho, Washington and the District
of Columbia. But Michigan is the
place for me.
Q Would you accept a favorite
son nomination from District of
Columbia Republicans?
A I've invited Goldwater and
Rockefeller to come to Michigan
and see if they want to become
its favorite son.
Q Are there any circumstanc
es under which you would accept
the Republican nomination for
president?
A There are no circumstances
under which I will seek it.
When this evasion drew another
gulfaw the governor added: "I
told the Republican National Com
mittee that if they would bring
the National Convention to Michi
gan, I'd take a Sherman."
Q Do you consider that the Re
publican candidate for Uie presi
dency in 1964 will be a sacrificial
lamb?
A It's too early to tell what will
happen in 1964.
Q Are you a Republican?
That stopped him for a moment,
then he replied:
A I worked for the Democrats
in Washington during Uie depres
sion. The Republican Party was
then controlled by big business.
Labor moved into the Democratic
Party and that brought on a stale
mate. I resigned from the Republi
can Party and joined a citizens'
committee. Then I again joined the
Republican Party because I be
lieved it impossible to form a citi
zens' party. But we can't deal
w ith our problems till we do. I w as
a citizen who was also a Republi
can and proud to be one. But there
is a need for a genuine citizens'
political party. Parties don't exist
lu be big business or big labor.
That is not government of, for or
by the people-
QWhy don't you admit you are
interested in being a candidate?
A This is not a pose on my
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part. In 1960 Nixon urged me to
run for the Senate. But I was
convinced that our direction can't
be properly corrected except at
the state and local government
levels, not the national level.
Q Would the fact that you were
born in Mexico make it impossible
for you to become a presidential
candidate?
A There ain't no candidacy and
I don't know.
Q What do you think of co-existence,
containment and liberation
as national policies?
A They're too big to comment
on.
Q Aside from all that, what do
you think of Texas?
A No one could feel kinder to
wards Texas. I also lived in Texas
as a refugee after my family was
driven out of Mexico by the revo
lution. The federal government
housed and fed us in El Paso for
a time. Salmon was unsurplus
then and we lived on canned salm
on. My older brother still can't
eat salmon. But whatever they
blow about in Texas, come on up
to Michigan and we've got it.
That put him right back in Mich
igan where he started from.
OTHER
EDITORS'
OPINIONS
Land Spurned
(.Milwaukee Journal)
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlcvi
of Iran is having trouble with the
landlords who must give up hold
ings so that he can distribute them
to peasants. The average peasant,
of course, thinks that the whole
business is just fine.
There are some peasants who
aren't average, however. The
Khashgai. Boir Ahmadi and Made
sani tribesmen, for instance. Their
chiefs own huge areas and the
tribesmen own no land at all. and
that's the way they like it. They
are rovers, who move about with
their sheep, cattle and other live
stock as the seasons dictate. They
rinn't want to settle down on land
of their own. and they've been
nuking their point by battling
with the shah s troops.
In a single battle they killed
eight policemen who were trying
to arrange to give them land and
lost 32 men of their oun. The
giver, tlie shah is learning, is not
always blessed.
How They Grow
IKort Worth Siar-Trlrgraml
One way that federal bureau
cratic agencies grow:
The Kood and Drug Administra
tion, according to its head man.
Commissioner George P. Larrick.
will budget 20 new full-time posi
tions for next year. The function
ol these new employes will be to
work with consumers, particular
ly through clubs and organizations,
to tind out "what the consumers
want us to do for them."
Such intensive prompting should
turn up a lot of suggestions for
thincs the consumers think they
would like to see done, whether
they need to be done or not. And
ol course once this is found out.
even more employes will hae to
lie hired to do them
It looks like the perfect formula
for perpetual growth.
Lawrence Slater is the source of
some information that won't make
you feel any happier even if bet
ter informed as to what has hap
pened to the bucks you work so
hard lor.
The 50-cent dollar, once regard
ed as the ultimate evil fruit of in
flation, would now be welcomed
back with open arms, according
to a study released by the Nation
al Industrial Conference Board.
For the dollar is now, by the
Board's calculation, worth 40 cents
or less in prewar buying power.
An American family with an
annual income of about $7,500 in
1963 has the purchasing power
of the $3,000-a-year family in
1939, the Board reported. The
reason, inflation and increased
federal income and Social Se
curity taxes.
For those concerned, the report
made these other comparisons: To
gain the purchasing power of a
$10,000 income of 1939 requires a
1963 income of $26,934. An income
of $80,549 today buys only what
$25,000 bought in 1939. And $100,000
worth of 1939 purchasing power
now takes $390,741.
' Alt of which Is mindful that
a few years ago men dreamed
of getting a salary they'd have
a hard time living on today.
If all businesses were as ener
getic and willing to experiment in
pulling in customers as are the
thousands of very competitive
hamburger drive-ins, there prob
ably would be less talk of govern
ment aids.
Now comes the egg-burger, if
you please, to stimulate the sale
of hamburgers. We've had the
cheeseburger for some time, and
it's an accepted item, of course.
But egg-burgers are something
else. It's a fried egg slapped on
top of a hamburger patty.
Not too many o.' us. this far
away, pay much attention to the
problems that occupy the minds
of residents of Washington, D.C.
But, they've got some king-sized
ones, believe me. All cities have
their fiscal problems, but in Wash
ington: " The federal government pays
no taxes. In addition to occupying
half the city's usable land, fed
eral requirements have set up
hundreds of embassies, legations,
military missions, purchasing mis
sions and so on which are also
exempted from all taxes.
The federal government is
the number one employer and
most of its employes who work
in Washington live in the sub
urbs and pay no income tax to
the city.
Tremendous expansion in fed
eral hiring in recent years has
skyrocketed the costs of providing
municipal services to these non
residents and tourists.
Because Americans want their
capital to be beautiful. Congress
and the original plan of Major
L'Enfant demand wide, tree-lined
costly streets and avenues.
All municipal construction
must conform to rigid (and costly)
lederal esthetic standards.
In earlier years, Congress fi
nanced half of the city's budget.
Today, the arrangement is a mat
ter of debate. Since the change,
lump sums have ranged from a
high of 39.5 per cent in 1924 to a
low of 8.5 in 1954.
Historians tell us about the
past and economists tell us about
the future. Only the present is
confusing.
For those of us who have little
or no hair, it is maddening to go
into Uie bathroom and find all of
the combs full of greasy kid stuff
or that gruesome butch cut wax.
I'm reminded of the time the bar
ber surveyed the slick hair of a
young man who had just seated
himself in his chair. He asked:
"Do you want a haircut or should
I just change the oil?"
WASHINGTON REPORT . . .
Lunatic Fringe Seeks
Goldwater Downfall
By FULTON LEW IS JR.
Assorted nuts and bolts have
launched a desperate attempt to
smear Arizona Senator Barry
Goldwater, leading Republican
presidential contender.
Southern racists and Northern
bigots have joined forces in a
ridiculous effort to prevent Gold
water's nomination. First salvo in
the Goldwater attack was fired
last year by George Lincoln Rock
well, self-styled fuehrer of the
American Nazi Party.
Various journals of the lunatic
fringe have since devoted their
pages to the "truth about this no
torious Kosher conservative."
The Thunderbolt, a racist rag
published in Birmingham w ith na
tional circulation, joins the band
wagon this month with several
articles about "the Judas goat,
half Jew Barry Goldwater."
Goldwater, they charge, joined
tlie Phoenix chapter of the Na
tional Association (or the Advance,
ment of Colored People a decade
aco to work for the desegregation
of Arizona public schools. This the
Senator readily admits: "I felt
this was a worthwhile project. In
this respect, I paid membership
dues to the Maricopa County
NAACP and contributed $400 to
this project"
"My firmer conviction," he con
tinues, "is that desegregation
should be conducted at the state
level without federal intervention.
Therefore. I felt that by contribut
ing to the local group as a private
citizen 1 was helping its chances
by resolving tlie problem. Deseg
regation in tlie Phoenix school
system w as carried on w ithout in
cident due to the mannerly way
the citizens of Arizona conducted
themselves."
Goldwater. who is not now a
member of the NAACP, comes
under further atlack for his ef
fort? to integrate the Phoenix air
port in 1952.
He is scored, too. lor criticizing
racial discrimination in Jimmy
Holla's Teamsters Union. Golda
ter. the racists point out. voted for
a Constitutional Amendment to
outlaw tlie poll lax.
He is chastised by Thunderbolt
editors for voting to confirm that
"left w ing Jew," Arthur Goldberg,
as Secretary of Labor 'he is now
a Supreme Court Justice'.
Tlie lunatic fringe says that
Goldwater's greatest fault is the
fact he is half Jewish. iThey de
light in disclosing the Goldwater
family name was originally Gold
waser The Thunderbolt tries to claim
that "S5 per cent of ail spies
caught stealing I'.S. atom secrets
have been Jews. All Jews are pa
triots not for America but for Is
rael and Sov iet Russia "
Goldwater. thc people sav. in
troduced a bill 1S.6376I to create
a federal mental hospital in Alaska
"that was denounced by almost
all patriots as being a Red plan
for imprisonment of right wing pa
triots w ithout court trial."
Tlie bill, needless to say, pro
vided no such thing.
Other screwball reasons that
Golaater is unfit for the Presi
dency: His son has contemplated
service in tlie Peace Corps. His
daughter has talked about visiting
Israel tor several years.
Note: Goldwater comes under
attack from all sides. While South
ern bigots attack him as a flam
ing integrationist. the Chicago De
fender, a militant Negro publica
tion, calls him a narrow-minded
racist.
"If Goldwater is to be stopped
before he reaches the river bank,"
tlie paper says, "Uie movement to
impede his march must begin
now."
Goldwater, K says, "is openly
against the broad spectrum of
Uie civil rights issue in all its
related facets, against enforce
ment of federal laws where Ne
groes are involved."
"He is not a mere disciple in
sackcloth. He is Uie exponent and
prophet of a new evangelism irA,
politics which is akin to the Dixie''
crat's flaming doctrine of racialism."
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Sunday, June S. the.
IVlid day of I'M with 212 to
follow.
Tlie moon is approaching its
full phase.
The morning stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
Tlie evening star is Mars.
On this day in history:
In lata. Gen. Robert E. Lee
took over the command ot the
Confederate armies of eastern
Virginia and North Carolina.
In 1924. Congress conferred citi
zenship upon all .American In
dians. In 1946. as the result of a na
tional referendum, the Italian
people voted to abolish the mon
archy. In 19.V1. Queen Elizabeth II was
crowned in Westminster Abbey.
lndon. by the archbishop of
Canterbury.
A thought for the day Russian
noelist Turgenev said: "I aire
with no mans opinions. I have
some of my own."