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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday, July I, 1963
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Summer Is Water Safety Time
From toddler to four score and ten, peo
ple have more fun with water than almost
anything else. Summer is upon us and as hot
weather settles on the land millions of Amer
icans will be rediscovering the pleasures of
water. It is the time for swimming, boating,
water skiing, and all the rest. But tragedy can
strike with appalling swiftness when basic
safety rules which should be observed on or
around the water are forgotten in the excite
ment and confusion that often accompanies
having a good time.
If you are a swimmer for example, don't
swim at unfamiliar or untended beaches where
tides and currents may cause dangerous un
dertow, don't swim alone, don't try spur-of-the
moment swimming stunts and endurance
: trials that are beyond your skills. If you're a
water skier don't forget to wear some ap
proved flotation equipment. Every member
of a group of people around the water will
not be a swimmer, but every swimmer should
; - i (The Christian Science Monitor)
Current concern over the extent of un
employment among young people in the Unit
ted States is well warranted. Exploration of
; remedies for the situation may lead in other
rprqfJtable directions as well as those most ob
yiou" ;j : Clearly, of course, . the nation must
jachieve a better economic growth rate to
provide jobs for the 1,000,000 new workers
.'coming of age in the labor force annually.
;Also there is dire need for more adequate
; vocational training in American elementary
and secondary schools.
Beyond that, however, are two situations
t which offer both hope and challenge.
i'l One is that with urbanization and air
(Oregon Statesman, Salem)
With reenactment of the law giving the
State Department of Agriculture power to
f fix price to producers on Grade A milk, the
; machinery for price-fixing will be in motion.
; jn the interval since Dec. 31 when the old
,'3pv expired the price situation was more
j stable than had been expected probably
''tjo one wanted to upset the milk can lest
grievous damage result. Now the milk price
5 will be debated before the milk administrator,
with producers and distributors each pre
senting their views on the price which should
prevail.
One trouble with milk control, in our
.opinion, has been the comparative inflex
: ibility of the milk price. Stabilization is good
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Holmtc AUlandMr
By HOLMES ALEXANDER
"They better watch what
they're doing," said Congressman
Oliver Oldstyle, the Old Guard
conservative. "Those Republicans
better nominate a Heal Republi
can in 1964, or else. . . .'
Or else, what, Mr. Oldstyle was
asked. He wasn't suggesting, was
lie. that lie and his kind were
likely lo support President John
F. Kennedy (or reelection?
"They belter watch out," de
clared Oldstyle menacingly. "You
let the Republican Convention go
to San Francisco and nominate one
of those maybo-so fellows and I
won't be responsible for the con
sequences south of the Potomac
and west of the Allcghenics."
Did Mr. Oldstyle mean Uiat the
rampant conservative movement,
plainly visible in American Youth,
American Labor, American Busi
ness, American Intelligentsia
and American Nationalism was
going to landslide for the New
Frontier?
"Not for the New Frontier,"
said Oldstyle. "That would never
be. None of my spiritual kinfolk
could ever be kissin' cousins with
Bob Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson,
Soapy Williams, Walt Rostow, Je
rome Wiesncr, Ted Sorensen,
Dean Rusk end the rest. Con
gress will wreck the Kennedy pro
grams, but. . . ."
You're against the Kennedy
brain trust, end yet. . . .
"Not brain trust," broke in Oli
ver Oldstyle, who likes things as
they used to be. "I call 'em brain
trash I No, we're off tlie equal
Finding Work For
Milk Price Control
HOLMES ALEXANDER . . .
Oldstyle Thinks
izers, the socializers, the share
America addicts and the Lunatic
Leftists. But Mr. President is a
different matter."
Was he saying Uiat the Repub
licans liad better nominate Sen
ator Goldwatcr or else?
"Not necessarily Goldwatcr,"
averred Oldstyle. "I don't say tlie
conservative movement is a one
man team, Far from that. Gold
water himself would like to got
out of the presidential rat . race
and stay in the Senate. He would
like nothing better Uian to have
former Sen. Bill Knowland at the
head of the GOP ticket. Or Sen.
Thruston Morton. Or Congressman
Gerald Ford. Or somebody like
Gen. Lucius Clay. But a lot o.'
my kinfolk would positively vote
lor an experienced, hard-working,
attractive, in - office President
than to go to tlie polls for a rag,
a bone, and a hank of hair."
Was Mr. Oldstyle talking alwut
some of the tailor's dummies that
tlie slop-Goldwaler Republicans
were putting in tf j show win
dow? For instance, did he menu
Gov. Bill Scranton of Pennsylva
nia? "Scranlon?" echoed Oliver Old
style, who believes in Uk proven
product. "Bill Scranton is u fine
fellow. But lie's a one-term Con
gressman and freshnvin governor.
Can't the Republicans do better
than that?"
Well, the wise money was going
to Gov. George Romney of Mich
igan as the man umk-r tlie mis
tleloe for 'fit.
"Romney?" re. ei berated Old-
know the basic techniques of rescue and ar
tificial respiration.
With millions of pleasure boats now on
the nation's waterways, and more coming
every year, there are essential requirements
which their "captains" must meet. Unless
every operator of a pleasure boat assumes the
responsibility that is his for the safety of his
passengers and proper handling of his boat,
it is inevitable that there will be severe re
strictions and regulations which will take
much of the fun and relaxation out of a most
rewarding sport. Proper equipment, including
fire extinguishers, life preserver for each pas
senger, lights, horn or whistle, anchor and
line, bilge pump and so forth, are the begin
ning of safety afloat.
Just a reminder water safety boils down
to common sense. Let's use it and be around
for another summer of fun in and on the water.
Youth
conditioning there is no need to interrupt
schooling for three months every summer,
dumping a seasonal crop of job applicants
into the market. Why not more 12-month high
v school or trade school programs with part
time work schedules to vary the tedium and
give point to the studies?
This question runs into the second prob
lem: Extension of child labor laws up to ages
of 16 or 18 has prevented or discouraged em
ployers from offering work experience to boys
at an age when their fathers were laying a
foundation of usefulness. These laws were
designed to assure youths an opportunity for
education. In some cases today, of the lad un
interested in studying, the effect is to assure
hiin neither an education nor a job.
Again
up to a point; but the economics of produc
tion and of distribution call for adjustments
from time to time. Also the price ought not
to be set so high as to invite overproduction.
Demand for milk is not subject to wide fluctu
ations, save for certain seasonal variations;
and when too much is produced the excess
over consumption in the bottle and can trade
goes into production of dairy products and
the blended price for the two uses is de
pressed. Producers have asked for this price pro
tection, though some preferred to rely on the
tree market. Other interests must be respect
ed, too, those of distributors and of consum
ers. State price fixing is not a one-way street.
Aloud
style. "What are tlie Republicans
supposed to do about Romney?
Get out their old win-with-Willkie
buttons? If anybody knows what
Romney stands for, you come
around and let me know, lie can
grin. He can equivocate. He can
concoct compact automobiles with
a love seat and a fringe on top.
But there's a mood in tlie coun
try today in which not even a
siiporsalcsman can sell a Ram
bler in the guise of a Republi
can." Milton Eisenhower? The mag
ic name? Of course, he's got the
wrong first name, but. . . .
"Cuba!" said Oldstyle. With
that single bisyllahle, ho d i s
missed Milton Eisenhower.
So, it all came back to Barry
Goldwatcr or a reasonable facsim
ile of Mr. Conservative, it seemed.
Otherwise, Uic numerous and in
creasing conservative cousins of
Mr. Oldstylo were going to con
found the prognosticators. That's
what liunuei;cd in 1!H8 when the
country decided to rehire Mr.
Truman, a tough little fighter In
a job so tough that nobody could
please everybody.
"That's about tlie size of it."
said Oldstyle. wlio frankly be
lieves tliat things were better or
dered in tlie okkvi days of Amer
ica. "You don't have to like Mr.
Kennedy's politics, hut you've got
to say he's a tiger."
And it takes a tiger to beat a
tiger.
"You can say that again," de
clared Oliver Oldstyle, w ho speaks
for a wliole lot of Americans.
IN WASHINGTON . . .
By RALPH de TOLEDANO
When Congress appropriates
money to an executive depart
ment or agency, the popular as
sumption is that the year's
needs are taken care of. After
all, the federal budget is always
padded to allow for a little shav
ing by House and Senate Appro
priations committees and also
because the bureaucratic ap
proach is always one of "gim
me." But the bureaucrats believe
that if the Congress loves them
in December, it should be ready
to pay in Jlay, June, July, and
throughout the year. From time
to time, the President imple
ments this philosophy of asking
by sending a deficiency appro
priations bill to the Congress,
In effect, a measure of that
kind says. "Oops, we didn't fig
ure it right. So ante up with some
more dough or w e'll have to give
a lot of federal employes with
even more voting relatives pink
slips." Congress gulps and pays.
Th? cost of government keeps
g' J up. And the whole process
oi appropriations becomes a fat
uous myth. Congress says, "You
will spend so much this year"
and the agency says, "Yup,"
then runs up the bills.
To prevent this kind of free
wheeling by the servants of the
people. Congress passed 3n Anti
Deficiency Act which requires ev
ery department or agency to re
port to our harried legislators the
moment it discovers that money
By SYDNEY J. HARRIS
Antics with Semantics:
I am amenable to reason; you
are easily persuaded; he is brib
able. 1 make my subordinates toe
the mark; you like to crack the
whip; lie is a petty tyrant.
I answered the awkward ques
tion with a "polite evasion";
you answered in double-talk; he
answered with a whopping lie.
(Speaking of questions, most of
them arc semantical and nothing
more: for instance, the next time
someone asks you, "Can you
keep a secret'.'", answer "no,"
and you will be told the secret any
way.) What a difference a little prep
osition makes a promiscuous
and unattached male is amiably
referred to as a "man about
town." but a woman of the same
habits and inclinations is dispar
agingly referred to as "on the
town."
My son is "the leader among
his peers." but your son is "the
chief instigator ol his gang."
I bought the long, large and ex
pensive car because "it's heavi
er, more comfortable, and holds
k road better"; but you bought
it as a "status symbol."
If you arc proposing a change
I disagree with, I call it an
"innovation"; but when I m
proposing a change, I call it a
"necessary alteration."
My illicit affair is motivated by
"passion"; yours is prompted by
" desire"; his is driven by "lust."
Someone who was versatile 41H1
years ago, we designate as " a
man of tlie Renaissance"; some
B uuiK !l: .jf ..:. Hi
Government's Long Reach
is running short. That is lo say,
as soon as tlie glad-handing bu
reaucrats start exceeding their
budget, they miut let Congress
know.
In practice, of course, the act
is honored far more in the breach
than in the observance. One
Congressman, Representative Mel
vin Laird (R.-Wis.l, has been
rather disturbed by the cavalier
attitude of those whose bread is
buttered with tax dollars. This
may be a little naive of Mr.
Laird, for the Executive branch
has tacitly held that it is above
such mundane matters as the w ill
of Congress. Congress' job, say
the bureaucrats, is to hand out
money to deserving federal em
ployes - and Mr. Laird should
have realized this.
But perhaps because he is naive
enough to take his duties serious
ly. Representative Laird was ir
ritated by a flagrant abuse of the
law perpetrated by the Labor De
partment. The department's Bu
reau of Employment Security has
run out of money in 20 stales.
It was aware of this condition for
some months. But suddenly it
ran hysterically to Congress, seek
ing a deficiency appropriation and
wailing that there was not enough
money to pay the hired help.
"Several of these states," Mr.
Laird nolcs, "have had to lay
off all their employes." Not un
til it had reached this terrible
state of affairs did the Bureau
of Employment Security ask for
STRICTLY
PERSONAL
one in our midsl who is versatile,
we designate as "a jack of all
trades."
A risque book I happen to en
joy is "Rabelaisian"; one that I
happen to dislike is "obscene."
The principal difference be
tween a "dislurbed" adolescent
and a "delinquent" one is about
$25,000 in tlie annual income of
the father.
"If m play ball uitb you, Avtrtll, can jo gtt me
into bitneyland"
mm.
a deficiency appropriation which
should indicate that its interest
in its own employment security
is pretty slight.
To add insult to injury, tlie La
bor Department is attempting to
lay the blame for its poverty on
the Congress. Yet as Mr. Laird
has pointed out, it takes time,
even with tlie best will in the
world, to get through an appro
priation. The affected committees
in House and Senate would have
to put aside other business to
report out a resolution and
then they would have to wait for
a rule to bring this matter to
the floor for a vote.
Calling these facts to the at
tention of the House, Representa
tive Laird said: "I feel quite cer
tain that the Bureau of Employ
ment Security or tlie Bureau of
the Budget, or both, have violat
ed the Anti-Deficiency Act and
I think an investigation should
be made to determine the full
facts leading to this fiscal fiasco."
But tins gentleman from Wis
consin had better not count too
much on an inquiry. It will be
a very long day before this Con
gress votes an investigation of the
sloppy fiscal habits of the present
administration. The Bureau of
Employment Security knew a
long time back that it was over
spending its budget. It waited un
til after tlie 12th hour before go
ing back to the well because it
knows that if it cries crisis it
will get the money without too
many questions being asked. Had
it informed the Congress in time
as it should have under the stat
ute, efforts might have been
made to discover the whys and
wherefores of the overdraft.
This, of course, would have es
tablished a terrible precedent.
The House and Senate might have
then said, "Live within your in
comeor don't live at all." The
bureaucrats might have been
forced to reduce expenditures,
which is enough to get you read
out of the club. Executive instru
mentalities other than tlie Bureau
of Labor Statistics might have
been compelled to scrimp and
save enough not to exceed their
incomes and as any official in
the Executive branch will tell
you. that way lies madness.
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA)-A Ne
gro march on Washington sched
uled for Aug. 28, to influence
passage of civil rights legislation
would be the third such capital
demonstration in American his
tory. The march of "Coxey's Army"
of 500 unemployed during the 1893
depression was first. The march
ers were led by Jacob S. Coxey,
later mayor of Massillon, Ohio.
Coxey had what was then con
sidered the silly idea that the
government should authorize a
$500 million bond issue to finance
public works which would give
the unemployed jobs.
He failed to influence Congress,
which rejected his notion as a
proposal to print $500 million in
paper money to give to the unem
ployed. Coxey himself was ar
rested. His army dwindled lo
300, and finally faded away in
despair.
Just how "silly" Coxey's idea
was may be indicated by the
fact that last year Congress ap
propriated $400 million for Presi
dent Kennedy's accelerated pub
lie works program to relieve un
employment. . This device was
also used by the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt to create
jobs during the depression of the
1830s. Coxey was simply 40 years
ahead of his time.
Shortly before Roosevelt's elec
tion in 1932 came the second
march of the unemployed on
Washington.
This was the Bonus March of
4,000 unemployed veterans. They
demanded that their adjusted
compensation insurance cer
tificates of 1924 be paid in cash
on demand, instead of 20 years
after issuance or on the death
of the insured, if that came first.
There were several bitter riots
in Washington until federal troops
drove the Bonus Marchers across
By FULTON LEWIS JR.
Sens. Tom Dodd and Ken
neth Keating, "notorious cold
warriors" to those who turn out
scripts for Radio Moscow, head
a bipartisan purge list drawn jip
by Communist Party boss Cus
Hall.
Hall, an avowed revolutionary
who has boasted under oath that
he is ready to tnkc up arms
against this government, d i s
closed the existence of the list
in late May at a super-secret
meeting of the party's 18-man
National Executive Committee.
His remarks were then distribut
ed to comrades around the coun
try in a special supplement of
tlie Worker, the party's organ.
Hall's plan calls for a major
, effort next year to retire from
Congress those representatives of
the "aggressive and irresponsi
ble war-now forces." The two ma
jor targets of this campaign are
Democrat Dodd and Republican
Keating.
Hall is frankly worried by a re
surgence of Republican strength.
"This party," he says, "is now
dominated more than ever by a
deadly combination of the fa
natical ultra-Right alliance with
the most aggressive circles of
U.S. imperialism."
Republicans Barry Goldwatcr
and Nelson Rockefeller are sig
nalled out for special attacks by
Hall. The Arizona Senator is de
scribed as leader of a cabal that
is riding roughshod over t h c
more moderate elements in his
party. Rockefeller is called a
"phony liberal" who is "possibly
the most active and tlie oldest
cold warrior around." Hall be
comes violent on the subject of
Rocky:
"Without a doubt he is one of
the most sinister and dangerous
political figures on the scene. He
has never given up his war
whooping. He was father of the
mass air raid shelters when they
served the purpose of fomenting
war hysteria. He has opposed
tlie nuclear test ban agreement
at every turn. He is for war
over Cuba. He made a special
trip to Washington in an effort
to get tlie restrictions against the
exiled Cuban raiders lifted. He is
tlie most calculating demagogue
around. He is Mr. V S. Imperial
ism." Kejectivi; tlie idea of a Com
munist ticket nct fail. Hal' urges
.u olloers to work for the de
feat of all Republican candidates.
He praises President Kcnnedv,
who has " kept the lines of com
munication open with Russia."
He says the President's quaran
tine of Cuban exiles and his pol
icy of "no raids, no bombings,
no invasion ' makes up for his
"mistake" when be blockaded
the island last year.
EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . .
Rights March Looms
Biggest In History
the Potomac to a camp on what
is now Pentagon grounds.
Congress then passed a bill
giving the marchers 75 cents a
day and railroad fare home.
They were finally cleared out at
a cost to the Veterans Adminis
tration of $77,000.
It was not until 1936 that Con
grcss settled tlie veterans' griev
ance by making the adjusted
compensation certificates trans
ferable into government bonds,
which could then be cashed on
demand.
History never repeats itself ex
actly. But both Coxey's Army antl
the Bonus Marchers left lessons
applicable today.
Neither demonstration stam
peded Congress into granting the
petitioners immediate relief. The
reforms they sought came later,
but ultimately they got what they
were after.
What is being planned now,
however, is not a Washington
demonstration by a mere 500 or
5,000 bedraggled marchers ar
riving on foot. Negro leaders are
talking about a pilgrimage of
from 100,000 to 150,000, or prob
ably 300,000.
It is no idle dream. Over 120,000
Negro protestors marched peace
fully in a Detroit freedom walk
on June 24, then quietly d i s
persed without incident.
The march is planned as a
peaceful demonstration. Negro
leaders have declared that if
there is to be violence the march
should be called off. Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy is using his
influence to have the march
called off, fearing that it will
gel out of hand and believing
that it will do no good in influ
encing Congress for the Negro
cause.
Some Negro leaders seem to
thiiS;, however, that if a filibuster
against civil rights legislation de
velops in the Senate, this mass
protest would help break the
deadlock.
WASHINGTON REPORT . . .
Commie Organizer
Seeks GOP Defeat
Hall says tlie President's use
of troops in Mississippi and Ala
bama, his cooperation with Rev.
Martin Luther King, and "other
action" merit Party support.
"The time has come," he says,
"to abolish the theory of states
rights in this nation."
The chunky Party Czar speaks
of a "broad movement" which
the Communists will back, made
up of labor, peace and integra
tion groups engaged in ever more
militant mass actions.
He says the party will not field
iLs own candidates next year but
will work "to shape decisions on
Negro candidates, peace candi
dates and labor candidates in the
primaries."
In conclusion. Hall notes that
almost all "people's political
movements are operating within
the orbit of the Democratic Par
ly." He urges joint action against
the sinister forces of the Cold
War:
"If we give leadership, if we
can convince our Left friends to
avoid abstract hair-splitting, and
if we all get into the churning
waters of our political life, then
Hie campaign and the election
can be an historic one.
"We can give the ultra-Right
war forces a trouncing. We can
raise American political life to a
now level. Wc can Have a C jjy
lallized anli - monopoly move
ment." Al
manac
By L'nltrd Press Intrrnnlinnnl
Today is Tuesday, July 2. the
llL'tid day of with 1112 to
follow.
Tlie moon is npproaching its
full phase.
The morning stars arc Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Mais.
On this day in history:
In 177B, the Continental Con
gress formally passed the Declara
tion of Independence, which was
signed two days later.
In 1081, President James Gar
field was shot in the back by a
disappointed office-seeker.
In 1890, Congress passed the
Sherman Antitrust Act, later to
he used to break up the business
trusts.
In 1912, on the 4bth ballot.
Democrats meeting in Baltimore
nominated Woodrow Wilson for
President.
A thought for the day English
satirist. Jonathan Swift, said:
" Every man desires to live long,
hut no man would be old."
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