HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Oregon
Tuesday, June 18, 19fi3
EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . .
Peace Search Put
Into Perspective
"Steady On, M'Boyl"
diioiiaL (paqjL
PAGE. I
Tax Bill
It probably comes as no surprise to
most observers that the 1063 legislative $60
million tax measure has been referred. The
timing might have caught some people off
jguard, but most would agree that referral
Was inevitable.
Even the members of the legislature ap
parently regarded the possibility of referral
js very real. They provided some protection
In setting up an October 15, 1963 date for a
Special election if the measure was referred.
If the voters reject the program, the October
jlate leaves enough time for the legislature
lo convene in special session and write a new
fax program.
Legislators who voted for the present bill
did not like most of the provisions involved. '
Especially distasteful to most legislators are
the provisions calling for a heavy increase in
jncome taxes on those taxpayers who already
pay the bulk of the taxes. Another undesirable
(Element, we are told, is that which took away
What NATO Does - If
f (The Christian Science Monitor)
The NATO conference which has just
concluded at Ottawa reflects the state of the
world or rather of both worlds and not
just that of the 15-nation Western community
which was driven into alliance by the Soviet
threat to Western Europe in 1948-49. It was
a banquet without the Russian Banquo's
ghost. Mr. Khrushchev is preoccupied these
days and his blasts at the West sound almost
perfunctory.
So the NATO family must turn to troubles
of its own making. Since these are not alarm
ing in this not immediately explodable world,
the remedies for them can be unspectacular
nearly to vanishing point.
The Ottawa meeting was mainly a psycho
logical exercise. It had less to do with making
NATO's military forces stronger than with
making all those who bask in its present
strength happier about the position of their
deck chairs. The aim was to give everyone
seriously claiming It a more direct view ot the
inside working of alliance nuclear power.
It had to do with preserving the nuclear
fiction tin order to avoid political fission) of
the British "independent" deterrent, while
keeping the same sauce as far away as possi
ble from the French gander. And it had other
now familiar Alice-in-NATO aspects to it.
IN WASHINGTON .
By RAl.I'll de TOI.KDANO
They say that nobody shoots
Santa Claus but that's what the
scientists who want to cut back
the space effort seem to be (loins.
A compilation of contracts
awards and research grants made
by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, just for
the monlh of April, runs to 15
pages. The sums disbursed go
from $50,000 to 15 millions, with
the cost of the majority of the
156 projects in six figures. Each
one of these awards means that
larger or smaller group of sci
entists will be kept luxur
iously In test tube and rlunsen
burners by the federal govern
ment. Is it worth the billions we are
sending? Arc the gains from
a manto-thc-moon program as
Illusory as tho man-inthemoon?
1 It necessary to put our space
adventure on a crash basis, as
President Kennedy has done?
My first reaction Is to side with
the small group of scientists who
aje urging us to slow down
pjxi who argue that pulling a man
oil I he moon w ill net us no more
scientific information than an
pnrnanned landing of a remote
control capsule. My second re
action is to he suspicious of the
campaign being waged.
Scientists are remarkably un
scientific when tliey get out of
the laboratory and Into the poli
Ileal arena. I was strikingly re
rfihided of this in doing research
Or my new book on atomic cs
jflinage. For the nuclear physi
cists who propagandized against
rf.ulding a hydrogen bomb lost
ail sense of proportion. They
apbke w hat calmer minds realized
was nonsense when they argued
tl.at a fusion device could set
off a chain reaction that would set
the atmosphere on fire and de
stroy humanity.
I'One scientist suggested to a
jiey sman on the way lo Eniwetok
tl-at the first Bikini test might
Jtpjit the earth in two. iThe
tiemendously more powerful 10O
thegaton device exploded by the
t
An Ugly Duckling?
One trouble with these NATO near-summits
is that they misfocus public attention on
classical alliance problems, on the inconsis
tencies, the rivalries, the genuine differences
indeed, which NATO has learned to live with
during nearly three quarters of its original
20-year lease on public tolerance. The mis
focus is such as to make these old chestnuts
look like new and discouraging developments.
This is in a sense true of the central
question at Ottawa: the need to share power
within the alliance has been there from the
first and eventually this need was bound
to touch nuclear power. So far, what seems
practical is mainly an increase of consultation
on the targeting and possible use of nuclear
weapons unity is symbolized rather than
greatly furthered by the United States plan
for a joint nuclear force.
The whole venture is a sort of stopgap
between the problem and a solution. But
from the first improvised meetings of the
drafters of the treaty held in lieu of the for
mal council meetings of more recent times
just in order to make sure NATO did not van
ish before it had appeared most NATO deci
sions have been stopgaps. And protected by
this transparent screen of filmy arabesques,
Western Europe has become powerful, while
Moscow has become discreet.
U.S. Outlay Needs Study
Soviets did not break any win
dows that I know of at the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.! There was panic talk
about the effects of radioactive
fallout, and the scientists made
many calegorial statements about
it. Today, it Is conceded that
we know very little as yet about
the effects of fallout.
I could take Kinslein's equa
tion on faith, hut I cannot ac
cept political statements from sci
entists without giving them very
cureful scrutiny. 1 don't know
what impact it will have on the
vorld situation if the Russians
gel to the moon first. If tliey
are really trying, 11 may ac
count for some of Hie economic
difficulties besetting Nikila Khru
shchev. (Whether or not Ihey
succeed, you may be sure that
they'll say they have. I
H may, ol course, lie that in
solving Uie problems of Project
Gemini science will gain im
measurably and technokigy will
lake another great leap forward.
On June 19. NASA and the Illi
nois Institute of Technology will
open a display of space research
innovations with industrial pos
sihilitos at the I3 Chicago In
ternal ional Trade Fair.
At this exhihit. literally stores
of products and processes de
rived from space research and
development will bo shown Tliey
will range all Ihe way from a
light ray that can carry voice
messages, to a collapsible metal
which will eventually he used to
increase Uie safety ol automo
biles. Some of tlw billions being
spent by NASA go lo its Office
of Technology Utilization, which
analyzes and disseminates tho
results of space research that
may be of value to business and
industry.
The OTl'. in llie words of ils
director. louis Fong. not onlv
discovers new items "but we also
are finding unique adaptations of
existing items." He points out
that "the next step is up to in
dustry alone-lo adapt and utilize
Uie information supplied." To
the federal tax deduction. "A tax on a tax"
was the most common phrase included in dis
cussions on the proposal. Legislators were
probably recalling that a similar provision
brought about the defeat of the 1959 session's
bill which was voted on by the people in 1960.
An interesting aspect of this entire situa
tion is highlighted in the news stories which
comment that Governor Hatfield has not
signed the tax bill as of this writing. A very
reliable source has informed us that he be
lieves the governor will not sign the bill, and
probably cannot veto it. Me will just let it
become law without doing anything.
Well, politics is a strange game, and the
legislature's tax measure was the result of
politics political compromise and political
arm-twisting. Legislative leaders who would
not permit consideration of a sales tax prob
ably made a major leadership error.
We would not be surprised to see the
governor sit this one out and just let the bill
become law without his signature.
Anything
dale. American enterprise has
not been laggard in applying to
our daily use the lessons learned
in the farther reaches of science.
It would take some very fan
cy bookkeeping lo determine
whether the return on the invest
ment in NASA can compensate
for the cost. Ferdinand and Isa
bella probably died wondering
why they had given Columbus
l!ie money for that trip of his.
The race to Ihe moon, however,
can hardly offer as its prize a
brave new world.
Tlic apace cllort is a gigantic
one. and il is spreading out all
over the federal budget. At pres
ent I would warrant that no
one not even President Kennc-dy-really
knows w hat it is worth
to America. Before the country
runs up an even greater tab. a
group of outstanding citizens
should find out
Al
manac
R.v I nltrd Presn International
Today is Tuesday. June 111.
the Itaih day of with 196 lo
follow.
Tile moon is approaching its
new phase.
Tlie morning stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Mais.
On this day in history:
In I8t. Napoleon was defeated
at the Bailie of Waleiloo.
In 1M5. Adolf Hitler signed a
treaty wilh Britain, promising not
lo expand Ihe Germany navy be
yond as per cent of Die strength
of the Royal Navy.
In 1!H(), Prime Minister Church
ill addressed tlie House of Com
mons and warned the battle of
Britain was about to start
In l'lvt. F.gypt was proclaimed
a republic by tlie "Army Council
of the Revolution."
A thought Ur tlie day The
Greek philosoplwr. Plato, said:
"Without cause nothing can be
created."
V..
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WASHINGTON
By WASHINGTON STAFF
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON INEA) When
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson held a
luncheon at her Washington home
for the wife of Mexican President
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, actress Car
ol Channing charmed the guest
of honor into steady smiles w ith a
practiced air of childish, inno
cent fun.
Since Scnora Lopez Malcos
knows little English, this took
some doing. A fast-whispering
translator helped mightily.
But at one point Miss Chan
ning was mimicking a silent
screen star (mythical) who failed
in talking pictures because of a
whistling lisp. Asked an onlooker:
"How do you translate a lisp'.'"
Later, recalling her trademark
song, "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best
Friend," Carol dug into her purse
By SVDNKV J. HARRIS
In tlie recently translated book.
"Meetings with Remarkable
Men." by G. I. Gurdjieff. the
author explains that by "remark
able men" he does not mean what
Ihe modern world calls "celebri
ties" or "personalities."
"From my point of view." lie
writes, "he can he called a re
markable man who stands out
from those around him by the
resourcefulness of his mind, and
who knows how to be restrained
in Ihe manifestation which
proceed from his nature, at the
same time conducting himself
justly and tolerantly toward tlie
weaknesses of others."
I found this three-part dclini
tion of a remarkable person lo
be one of the best I have come
across, an excellent yardstick for
judging the stature ol men. liv
ing and dead, who have influ
enced society.
Of course, such a man must
have resourcefulness of mind.
This is. in a way. tlie easiest, (or
il is freely given to some as a
gift, like musical talent, or co
ordination of body, or the flair
for making money. Some of Ihe
world's worst men have had ex
ceeding resourcefulness of mind.
The second and third, however,
are the real keys to remarkable
ness. Consider tlie author's subtle
and tactful phrase, "who knows
how to he restrained in llie man
ileslalions which proceed from
his nature "
This means, as I understand it.
that tlie man of exceptional
mental abilities and drive must
k-arn lo discipline himself so thai
his egotistic drives do ih over
whelm his capacity for doing
gtxxt All that is self-centered,
hhosxncratie, vain-glonous. must
be subdued lo the $iecial gilts he
has been endowed with. This is
tlie hardest task tor artists and
writers and alt persons with cie
ative latent.
Tlie third consists in 'conduct
ing himself justly and tolerant
ly toward llie weaknesses of
others." Here, again, most men
with resourceful minds tend to
be impatient with and contemp
tuous toward those who are slow
X
NOTEBOOK
omen Are More Prone!
and passed out to Mrs. Johnson
and her guests a handful of slen
der, imitation diamond bracelets.
As Mrs. Johnson received hers,
she laughed, held up' a left hand
flashing with jeweled rings and
said:
"Look at the competition it's
tot!"
She thanked Carol for her "wit
end her (blonde) wig."
Norm Carolina's Gov. Ter
ry Sanford, Democrat, told tlie
Arkansas Young Democrats he
heard a woman say Sen. Barry
Goldwater looks like a movie
star. Said the governor:
"I think we can find the right
studio lo get him connected up
with 18th Century-Fox. Tlie more
1 think about il. he is the 18th
century fox."
STRICTLY
PERSONAL
er, weaker, less able to cope with
inner and outer problems. Just
as lack of restraint is the typical
sin of the creative man. lack of
tolerance is the besetting vice ot
the productive man. tlie maker,
the builder, the leader, the ma
nipulator of institutions and move
ments. A truly remarkable man, Gurd
jieff seems to be saying, re
quires three balanced components
lo his nature: intellectual prow
ess, spiritual diffidence, and emo
tional stability. When any one of
these is lacking, what we have in
only a part of a man, no matter
how impressive his achievements,
or how commanding his person
ality. And such men. of course, can
be counted on the fingers of one
hand in any generation. But this
is the standard we should keep
fixed in our minds, for judging
not only others, but ourselves
as well.
BERRY'S WORLD
"Don't uorry mbout tht bilU, dear u ill juit rtin
tbt debt limit."
Washington's newest high priced
restaurant is being readied for
a grand opening on Capitol Hill
in July. It's right in the back
yard of Congress itself, thumb
ing its nose at the lawmakers
originally responsible for the
crackdown on expense account
living. It's awfully convenient for
lobbyists who want to entertain
congressmen.
To be called "The Rotunda."
the new two-story restaurant is
in 15th-century decor, with a
winding staircase connecting the
tlie main dining room seating 300
on Iwo floors. Ballyhooed theme
of the new spot is. "Who's Afraid
of the Big Bad Expense Account
Laws?"
The tenth annual convention of
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.,
will be held In Washington
beginning Sunday, June 23. Dele
gates will visit the usual shrines
Washington Monument, Mt. Ver
non. Lincoln Memorial. This year
Ihey have added to their sight
seeing tour the Dalecarlia water
filtration plant and the Fort Tot
ten trash incinerator.
In a talk hy Agriculture Secre
tary Orville Freeman to the World
rood Congress in Washington, he
quoted an unnamed speaker who
once told an audience:
"My job is to talk to you and
your job is to listen to me. I
just pray you don't get through
before I do."
Space pioneer Wcrnher von
Braun believes that the Russians
will shortly announce a "spectac
ular" which probably will be a
hook-up of two spacecraft while
orbiting.
The reason lie believes the an
nouncement will come shortly is
thai "the Russians do al! their
preparations for spnee shots in
tlie winter and their launching
in spring and summer."
Reason for this is that launch
ings are always made toward Si
beria and if a launch has to be
aborted it would have to be done
over lhal cold, cold, barren land
and risk loss of a cosmonaut.
By PETER EDSO.V
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHLNGTON (NEAI Presi
dent Kennedy's commencement
"remarks" on world peace at
American University in Washing
ton were directed to other audi
ences than the one which heard
him.
To all college graduates just
starting out on their chosen ca
reers, it w as a message of inspira
tion. War and annihilation are not
inevitable. Peace and world rule
through law are attainable if hu
man beings put their mind to it.
This theme made the President's
foreign policy statement import
ant. To Russia's Chairman Nikila
Khrushchev and the Commu
nist Party Central Committee
which convenes in Moscow June
18, President Kennedy's speech
was a challenge:
Change your ideology from
world conquest and domination,
to an effort Co end the arms
race and devote its massive sums
lo combating ignorance, poverty
and disease.
To extremists who in recent
months have been voicing loud
opposition against suspension of
nuclear testing and a test ban
treaty, the President made a clear
statement of his determination
to work for both, as first steps
toward general and complete dis
armament. To tlie American leaders in
Congress who only recently made
a sorry confession- that they did
not know what American foreign
policy was, the President recited
its major objective.
It is an answer they should
have known, for it is fundamen
tally the same policy that guided
the Eisenhower administration
and the Truman administration,
too.
In re-examining American poli
cies on the Soviet Union and the
cold war, tlie President gave two
main objectives: '
"... persevere in tlie search
for peace in tlie hope that con
sU uctive changes w ithin the Com
munist bloc might bring within
reach solutions which now seem
beyond us.
". . . convince the Soviet Un
ion that she. too, should let each
nation choose its own future, so
Letters To
Starved Deer
The small minority group must
really have scared the pants off
the game commission. We thought
since the commission thought they
were right and were Irving to
maintain the deer population con
sistent with forage, that they
would stick to their guns and do
just that.
This writer and many others,
with whom he has discussed llie
situation, agree that is just what
was being done. Now since
there are to be no doc killed
in the Spraguc unit, which is part
of interstate and 500 only in Klam
ath unit also part of interstate,
will no doubt witness a' heavy
starvation in Lava Beds next win
ter. If these "no doc kill agita
tors" had been with Ihis writer
and party last fall and had got
ten off the roads they would bel
ter realize that there is no short
age of deer in the interstate herd.
The deer were not near the roads
but were grouped at the snow
line and there they stayed until
winter started them on. This writ
er and two others had no trouble
getting their bucks and while do
ing so startled herds of deer
numbering from 35 to 100 of
both sexes from every cover of
any extent they hunted through.
Perhaps the game commission
has an object lesson in mind for
tlie "hard heads" when tlie hea
vy starvation occurs in the fu
ture. Perhaps the sickening sight
of hundreds of starved deer ly
ing in the Lava Beds being de
voured by the buzzards will in
ience the so-calted conservation
ists to again put the game regu
lations back in tlie very able
game commission's hands where
it belongs.
Fred Hubler.
lOM Bismark.
False Security
There have been two items in
Ihe recent news which are en
couraging. In these troubled limes
encouraging news is scarce and
to be valued highly.
One such item has tieen the
action of the City of Portland and
the State of Ore-con in drastically
trimming tlie appropriations lor
Ihe Civil IVfense program. My
only regret is that tlie program
was not eliminated altogether.
The Civil Defense program is a
delusion because it pretends to
provide something it can not pro
vide. It tends to create a false
sense of security Tlie American
people have never been enthusias
long as that choice does not in
terfere with the choices of oth
ers. "
The President's opponents are
sure to rail against both of these
approaches as appeasement or
surrender. But the President did
make clear his insistence on
American security:
"We can seek a relaxation of
tensions without relaxing our
guard ... tlie United States will
make no deal with the Soviet
Union at the expense of other na
tions and other peoples."
The President's announcement
of a unilateral suspension of at
mospheric nuclear testing is not
the first such offer. President Ei
senhower made a similar an
nouncement in 1958 for the gen
eral moratorium on testing, which
the Russians broke. .
American risks in suspending
tests now ore considered much
less than they were five years
ago. Detection techniques have
been greatly improved and there
is little chajice that the Russians
might try to resume secret test
ing in the hope that Ihey could
get away with it.
Undersecretary of Stale W.
Averell Harriman will head the
United States mission to Moscow
for test ban talks with the Brit
ish and Russians in mid-July.
This may throw the United Na
tions disarmament talks at Gene
va into recess. These negotiations
have been going on since last
January, with little evidence of
progress.
But out of these talks has come
agreement between Uie United
States and Russia for establish
ment of the "hot line" between
Washington and Moscow.
This is considered an im
portant development to increase
communications between Uie two
capitals. The aim is to avoid de
lays, misunderstandings and mis
readings of each country's inten
tions in time of crisis.
These are considered first, fal
tering steps toward disarmament
and peace. It is recognized Uiat
progress in resolving differences
wilt be made slowly, stcp-by-step.
Realistically, says the Presi
dent, "if we cannot now end our
differences, at least we can help
make the world safe for diversi
ty." Which is to say for democ
racy, too.
The Editor
tic about it and that is a credit
to their common sense.
If we must spend millions for
shelters we would be well advised
to consider the countless humans
who lack shelter of any kind and
divert the funds in that direction.
If saving our hides becomes our
main objective we will be lost as
a people and as a nation. After
all the only defense against atom
ic war is peace and our efforts
and money should be spent in
promoting peace by every avail
able and reasonable means.
The other encouraging item in
Ihe news was Pope John's encycli
cal. It is an open letter to all
men of good faith and all men of
good will. It is a responsible po
litical document of tlie highest or
der, obviously intended by its
author as a platform for deliber
ate international negotiations
leading toward world peace.
Kenneth E. Lambic
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q What female Insect will
devour her own male If she Is
hungry?
A The praying mantis.
Q Is a billion the same
number in Ihe I'nlted States as
In England?
A No. The American billion
is a thousand millions; the Eng
lish and German billion is a mil
lon millions. Tlie American bil
lion follows Ihe French method
where billion is called milliard.
Q What is Ihe origin of Ihe
expression "to give one the cold
shoulder"?
A In olden tunes, when some
one lost favor with his host he
was given llie cold shoulder of
mutton while the rest of the guests
were served Nit roast beef.
Q Was Pennsylvania ever
called New Wales?'
A William Penn intended
to give this name to his grant
of land. It was never used. The
name was objected to by a
Welshman.
Q How did the casual fell
hal come lo He called a fedora?
A The fedora was named
for the feminine lead of the 19th
century pj,iy, "Fedora" by Sar
rW Though popularized for wom
en by the Princess Fedora of
tiie tilie roie. the sty'e was later
mviditied and adopted by men.
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