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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falli. Oregon Friday, August 16, 1963 EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . . Cold Chicken War Threatens Trade Act Just Leave the Loot We're Above It All!" PAGE A Should we continue to make foreign aid commitments which strengthen our enemies ;-that is, the communist bloc and add to Iheir cold war strength? Charles Stevenson, jvho writes on this subject in the August issue of The Reader's Digest, thinks the answer should be No a thought which, needless to "say, is shared by many other observers and commentators. An effort is now underway in Congress to substantially reduce foreign aid appropria tions, though the President, the Secretary of State and other top administration people still say that the $4.5 billion asked for. amounts to the irreducible sum if the program is to achieve its goals. The chances are that this ef fort will be partially, perhaps substantially, Successful. However, as Mr. Stevenson sees it, . . Simply reducing appropriations won't :cure what's wrong with an aid organization Which is in more trouble than ever after going through ten different administrators, five ma jor reorganizations and more than 100 billion tax dollars." He quotes Eugene Black, former president of the World Bank, as saying, "None of our objectives has been achieved. Soviet influence remains at high tide. Our dispensa tions of money have won us neither gratitude nor affection, but more often grumbling dis satisfaction." And Chairman Passman, of the House Appropriations Committee, holds that "The trouble is that too much of our foreign aid has deteriorated into a subsidy of commu nist takeover." Oddly enough, and despite the campaign for vast present and future foreign aid appro priations, the foreign aid program has an enormous unexpended balance on the books money previously appropriated which, ap parently, the administrators couldn't find a way to spend. Senator Byrd figures this reached a total of well over $21 billion in June of this year. As for helping our enemies, Mr. Steven By HOLMES ALEXANDER Although the Nuclear Treaty of ficially would ban nothing except above-ground testing, the feeling tuns on Capitol Hill that the Ad ministration may extend the prin ciple to ban all testing every where. ; There are Senators who would vote for the treaty if they felt that it would positively give us uninhibited experiments under ground. Important work can be carried out in caves on the whole spectrum of tactical weapons on medium-yield strategic weap ons, on abstract applications of anti missile missiles and on the Neutron bomb. Tru?, nothing can take the place of environmental shots. To get an anti-missile weapon we need to See how two bodies in highspeed (notion can be brought into ren dezvous in space. The Neutron bomb, although admirably suited to underground testing, will re main theoretical until exploded above ground. Nevertheless, a number of on-thc-fence Senators would accept these limitations if that were all. But this worri some thought has been cautious ly expressed: "T!ic soft-headed Administra tion advisers on weapons had already persuaded the President to curtail underground testing. These disarmcrs argued that even lliough underground explosions did not poison the air we breathe they , did poison the almospliere in the '. degolinting councils. Since Ihcse Councils will continue to sit and to seek absolute nuclear disarm ; anient will we. in (act. proceed with all-out testing under the ground?" Thit is one largely unspoken and unresolved doubt about treaty ratification. Another Is psycho logical. All three of the Atomic Age presidents have vowed to de fend this country and lite Western World with nuclear arms, if nec essary. As late as last October, Mr. Kennedy made this sufficient ly clear to Khrushchev in (lie Cuban confrontation. But does not our eagerness to meet Khrush chev's terms on a partial ban rep- resent a weakening of our will ' to use the nuclear deterrent? There is even talk that the Sino Soviet quarrel, which seemingly caused Khrushchev to offer his terms to the Anglo-Saxons, is a gi gantic hoax. Few Senators under stand the dialectical deviations which Mao and Khrushchev are fussing about, but tliey rcmemlier Aiding Our Enemies son cites chapter and verse down a lengthy list. He quotes from the report of a committee appointed by President Kennedy, and chair manned by .General Lucius Clay, to advise on reforms. It said: "The United States should not aid a foreign government in establishing government-owned industries which compete with existing private endeavors. We should not extend aid which is inconsistent with our beliefs, democratic tradition and knowledge of economic organization and consequences." This statement of principle has been violated time and time again. Big commit ments have been made to India for what Mr. Stevenson terms "socialistic experimenta tions." Other commitments go to Yugoslavia, which generally is found in the anti-Western, pro-Communist camp on major matters of pol icy. So it is with Poland which has sent aid, made possible by our aid, to Castro's Cuba and North Vietnam. The Polish shipments to the latter reportedly have included arms. So it goes with Brazil, the United Arab Republic. Ceylon, and a long list of other countries. One way or another, by direction or indirection, the communist world is steadily strengthened. What is the solution? Mr. Stevenson praises the suggestion of Chairman Champion of New York's Chase Manhattan Bank, who would have us join with other friendly nations in establishing an independent banking-type organization to administer aid, staffed with professionals from the banking and private enterprise world. He concludes: "The means for getting such an operation under way already exists within the Organization for Ec onomic Cooperation and Development, in which most Western nations and Japan par ticipate. All that's needed is for Congress not to be content with cutting aid appropriations, but to order a phase-out of our current aid op erations and establish a special joint Congres sional committee which can at last start work ing toward a new order." HOLMES ALEXANDER . . Russians Buying that the Russians are very adept at "buying time." They bought it by signing a non-aggression pact with Hitler. They bought it by pretending to go along with the nuclear moratorium which they ended in September 1961. Earl Voss points out in his excellent book "Nuclear Ambush" that the Japanese used time-buying tactics against us by dispatching "nego tiators" to Washington in l'.Ml By SYDNEY J. HARRIS The most devastating critique that can be made against ex tremist movements is a very simple and yet deadly one: with out exception, they lack a sense of humor. Whatever the political, ec onomic, or intellectual flaws in such doctrines as communism and fascism, the really telling charge against them is a kind of ferocious solemnity that is at bottom alien to the human spirit. No humor, no satire, no non sense, can flourish in a coun try, or in a movement, that views life in black-and-white only. A few weeks ago, for instance, the official Communist Party newspaper in Italy attacked (ho American comic strip. "Peanuts." for its depiction of characters ranging Irom tlie "suicidal" to tltc "stupid." One of the cartoon characters was even stigmatized as a "fascist." And, of course, in Nazi Ger many and Fascist Italy, no real humor was ever permitted. For genuine humor is the eternal ene my o.' all pomposity, all official dom, all fanaticism, all the po litical creeds and doctrines and dogmas that strive to become, In one way or another, state re ligions. We all know that artistic ex pression dries up in a totalitarian country; writers and Winters and musicians, who are by nature rebe's, cannot produce in response to official decrees. What is even more significant, however, is that I he sense of humor atrophies in such an environment: people are afraid to be funny. TIlis is a worse enslavement Time ? while synchronizing their strike at Pearl Harbor and throughout the West Pacific. It is not too much to say that a number of soul-searching Sena tors are hoping that the scicntiric military witnesses before the Armed Services Committee will give them technical reasons for opposing the treaty reasons that will allow intuitive suspicions and misgivings to go unspoken. STRICTLY PERSONAL than the economic injustices that Marx inveighed against. The slavery of the intellect, of the spontaneous emotions, is more killing than any of the capitalis tic excesses of tile 19th century. It is one of tlie wry paradoxes of Marxism that it made men "free" for more dullness and drnbness and conformity than they had ever known before. The most effective way to com bat the extremists is with humor and satire and parody: and a democratic nation that begins to limit and censor its satirists has already fallen under tlie corrupt ing blight of totalitarian attitudes. Mock'ng self-criticism in a nation is a sign of health, not of sick ness; tlie hand that salutes the flag must also be free to thumb its nose at those who wave the flag lor venal or hypocritical rea sons. Freedom of speech must include the freedom to speak imperii nonilv, or it means nothing; it must include the freedom to laugh at, tlie freedom to deflate the important, deride the orthodox, and dissect tlie "received wisdom" of the people. Otherwise, we lose the capacity, and the will, lo cor rect our national stance when it slumps or sways. Tlie best method of testing the stien;'.th of a doctrine is hy sub jecting it to humor and Irony and burlesque. The extremist movements invariably fail this test, for they are based on a grimly unyielding view of man's nature. Exposed to shafts of com edy, these doctrines turn nasty, brutish and violent. Which, of course, they always were in tlie beginning. Letters To The One-Sided We have been reading consider ably, pro and con. regarding re ligious teachings in our public schools. Prayer is now unconsti tutional, any mention of religion is offensive, it isn't proper for the baccalaureate services to be held in a church or Jor a minister to offer prayer at the beginning or the end of the service. Intelligent people are object ing to these things because they say they are unconstitutional cr that they have become personal ly offensive to them, and they object to their children being taught anything that might per tain to God. I've often wondered why this controversy has been so one-sided. I, as a Christian parent, will certainly object to my child, when he becomes of school age, being taught by an atheist or a Com munist, which I believe I'm very safe in saying that we have in some of our classrooms today. There are teachers in the schools today who ridicule the Bible and all its teachings, laugh to scorn any child who goes to church, and literally make a public example of any child who will stick up for what he or she believes is right, rcligionwisc. Every day our chil dren are being told that the Bible is notning but a fairy tale or just a silly old Greek fable; every day they are looked down on because they profess a Christian experi ence; every day tliey are told they came Irom a fish or an ape and that Khrushchev is doing, or has done, as much for the world as Christ ever did. Many boys and girls have entered high school or college with a strong faith in God and good decent principles and through atheistic and Communistic teaching have come out of school with no faith at all. They say that Christianity should only be taught in t h e home. I agree, but why can't those other views be taught in tlie home as well? Why do we have to be so one-sided about all this? It seems that every thing decent lias become uncon stitutional and everything rotten is being praised to the sky. I believe that we, as Chris tian parents, have as much to be concerned about as anyone else as to wr.at is being taught in the classrooms. Why are just the views of the non-religious people recognized? Who are they, that they have become tltc voice of the people? Doesn't anyone else count? Don't we have a right to object about tilings that otfend us? Or has it become unconstitu tional lo be a Christum? If the religious views cannot be brought up or talked about in the classroom, why 1 ask. do our children have to sit and take it while in. this other rot is being tau;;ht? So, why not clear the classrooms entirely and just go hack to Rcodin', 'Ritin' and 'liithmctic. A belief in Communism or being an atheist will certainly do more harm to mankind Hum a mere, simple yet sincere belief in God. You can be sure of one fact: No Christian will ever advocate tlie overthrow of tlie I'niled Slates government, or will ever have anything to do with any move ment that is in any way sub versive. No atheist can make this statement and remain truthful. The Bible says Uwt only a fool saith in his heart, there is no God. Rev. Hale Loving. Forest Grove. Grateful On Tuesday, Aug. 6, about 5:30 p.m. I had a flat tire on the Lake of the Woods highway. A man in a red pickup truck stopped to help me and would not take payment for his kind deed. I'm sorry I didn't get his name. Perhaps he'll see this let ter and know again how much I appreciated his courteous assist ance. My visitors from New York State were impressed by his thoughtlulness, and I was too. Carolyn Alotrico Good Show I wish to commend the won derful people who represented the cast of the Water Sports Fes tival. It was truly wonderful! We all enjoyed it immensely, and now shall look forward to next year's show. The beautiful and graceful girls and the handsome young men and the lovely music were much appreciated by the crowd. Many thanks to the grand Red Cross group we ically liked your colorful and exciting show. Mrs. Lonia Groves, 1434 Lakeview Street. No Questions We hope the person or persons who took the horseshoes from Wiard Park will return them to the children's playground as they were given to the children. Some were also taken two years ago and never returned. It look us two years to collect the 14 shoes and now there are none left. Maybe, who took them forgot to return them, or maybe they plan a horseshoe party. Just bring them back, anytime and no questions will be asked. Please. Harry L. Wiard, Wiard Park Caretaker. Not Alone I am deeply disturbed by t h e slate of our nation today. Increased racial tensions, fiscal irrcsponsbility. a Communist Cuba, loss of states' rights these are the accomplishments of the liberal New Frontier. I am sick of this kind of "progress," but we will get more of the same by continuing to vote (or liberal candidates forced on us hy our Democratic party and the liberal minority of the Republi can party. We must have a con servative in the White House in IBM. or face national chaos and confusion. The Democratic party is so thoroughly indoctrinated in liber alism that wo must depend on the conservative majority of the Republican party to provide us with an honest choice of candi datesnot a liberal versus a lib eral, but a conservative versus a liberal. 1 see Barry Goldwater as the one man who can fight the New Frontier and win! Ap parently I am not alone in this belief. I understand that over 60, P0O petitions are being circulated hy "Citizens for Goldwater." Val ley Forge. Pa., urging the Re publican convention to nominate the Senator for President. This group also provides all kinds of material and helps for organiz ing local Goldwater groups. I have already sent in my own re quest, and it occurred to me that many of your readers might wish to do so, too. Myconscience simply will not let me sit by and watch my r IKEJ Editor beloved country being torn to shreds by men who have tried to make a dirty word of patriotism and attempted to reduce t h e meaning of our Constitution to an absolute nothing. I declare myself here and now as a Southern Democrat for Sen. Barry Goldwater, and I intend to see him through to victory! Mrs. M. G. Price Petitions Some deal this rushing through by the legislature, the $48 million income tax increase. Wonder if most people realize what this will mean to them, if the legislature has its way as well as some well known lobbyists of Salem? What are the times coming to when deals like this are rushed through so the people can't per form their rights to vote? Do the legislators feel we aren't intelligent enough lo vole on tax issues? I'd like them and the world to know I can still make my X and vote. Also. Mr. Editor, I'm sending for some of Mr. Howard's pe titions to help get this on the ballot. As time is short, anyone wishing to sign them may do so at 2804 South Sixth Street. Mrs. B. J. Squires, 21104 South Sixth Street. Help The Sanctuary, a refuge f o r homeless dogs on an old hill farm, comes again with asking hand. I, who am the staff, take new courage as summer comes over the land. First, I would thank all who have helped in the years just past. I would like you to know how responsible I feel in the use of the things you have sent and how much comfort they have given. We need food (of any sort I, old blankets (or pieces, old sheets and towels. Just about any thing can find a place here and will be used with care and ap preciation. Cold noses and warm hearts remember! Louise Wood, The Sanctuary, Route 2. Wilbur Road, Martinsville, Ind., 46151. BERRY'S WORLD "Kow may u t show y with the By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent WASHLNGTON (NEA) - Ten months after passage of the Trade Expansion Act that was supposed to make the American export business boom, U.S. nego tiations with the European Com mon Market on tariff reductions are in a bad way. Negotiation of an East - West nonaggression pact with Russia is beginning to look simple by com parison with getting the Euro pean countries to reduce their tariffs on frozen poultry imports from the United States. Three principal causes are giv en for this cold chicken war. First is the Common Market's refusal to admit Britain as a member. The second factor is that the six countries in the European Economic Community EEC have never given Common Mar ket authorities full power to ne gotiate for all of them. This gives every member a veto power over tariff reductions. Finally, the European govern ments want to retain tlie Europe an poultry market for their own small farmers, barring competi tion from American poultrymen. All this was supposed to be worked out by early August. But France and West Germany in particular refused to allow tariff cuts on American poultry im ports. This means that the issue will have to go before General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT negotiations. They are scheduled to open in Geneva in September. Also scheduled for September is President Kennedy's submis sion to the U.S. Tariff Commis sion of the long list of articles on which this country will propose across-the-board tariff reductions of up to 50 per cent, under the new trade law. WASHINGTON Attack Wholly By FULTON LEWIS JR. Natives of Kenya and Tangan yika, Guinea and Ghana, huddled around their radios not so long ago to get the lowdown on pol itics in far-off America. This, in effect, is what they heard: Sen. Thomas Dndd, a mem ber of the Democratic Party from Connecticut, is a leader of the extreme right reactionary wing of the American political spectrum. He is spiritual heir to the late Sen. Joe McCarthy, whose great capacity for untruths destroyed many hundreds of careers and drove many people to suicide. Before his downfall, in 1954, McCarthy charged his own Pres ident, Dwight Eisenhower, with treason. Picking up McCarthy's mantle, Senator Dodd has dis tinguished himself by attacking everything progressive in Ameri can life. Having killed off all progressive Americans, Senator Dodd has turned his fire on pro gressive Africans, namely Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana. The above account was sent into every corner of Africa by the powerful transmitters of Nkru niah's Radio Accra. The self-deified President-for-life. who last year received $130 million in U.S. foreign aid. is angry because Dodd, vice chairman ol the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, released a report in which he called Nkrumah a dedicated Com munist. The frenzied attack of Radio Accra differs in tone from an at tack by The New York Times. A Times editorial read: "The irresponsibility of the ou some sincere sacks It go sincere tie.'- The Tariff Commission is given six months in which to advise tlie President on economic effects of these cuts. During this same period, a U.S. Trade Information Committee of seven government department representatives will hold hearings on the proposed cuts. Here any American business firm may file objections to any proposed changes in tariff rates. Actual negotiation of these changes with the Common Mar ket countries is now set for May 4, 1964. Most of the difficulty is expected in negotiating tariffs on agricultural products. U.S. industrial goods Uade with the six Common Market countries balanced roughly at $3.5 billion each way in 1962. But last year the U.S. exported $1.2 billion in agricultural products to the Com mon Market countries and im ported only $250 million worth from them. This gave the U.S. a favorable trade balance of nearly $1 billion it wants to keep. American poultry exports of $20 million U.S. value and $50 mil lion at European wholesale lev els in 1962 is a relatively small item, but it causes the most trou ble. Over 90 per cent of these ex ports went to Germany, where tariffs have been raised from four lo 16 cents a pound since 1958. The rate is now 10 cents a pound on value of the poultry itself, plus six cents feed grain differential. European refusal to lower such tariffs may be the beginning of a trade war. This is the British re action to U.S. trade czar Chris tian A. Herter's announcement of hearings to open Sept. 4 on retal iatory increases of U.S. tariffs. If retaliatory increases are put into effect on both sides of the Atlantic, tlie whole purpose of the Trade Expansion Act will be defeated. REPORT . . . On Senator Unwarranted statement is obvious from tha fact that even Senator Dodd only claims to have talked to one man who is a respected Ghanian op position leader in exile, Dr. Kofi Busia." First of all, Senator Dodd did not "talk" to Dr. Busia. The Senate Internal Security Subcom mittee heard Dr. Busia's sworn testimony. Its investigators un covered more than 100 documents indicating Nkrumah's Communist ties. Among them: reports of British commissions of inquiry, detailing Nkrumah's early Communist ac tivities: and a top-secret report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of West Afri ca identifying Nkrumah as a Com munist. Also included in Dodd's report were Nkrumah's own writings in which he revealed his philoso phy as one of Marxism-Leninism. Included were detailed accounts of the subversive activities of Com munist agents working out of Ghana. "t share the belief of The New York Times," Senator Dodd wrote the paper, "that grave harm can be done hy reckless or exaggerated charges against for eign governments or their lead ers. I believe that my own rec ord will show that 1 have not made any indiscriminate charges of communism againsl heads of foreign governments." Al manac By Initcd Press International Today is Friday. Aug. 16. the 223th day of 1963 with 137 to follow. Tlie moon is approaching its new phase. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars and Saturn. On this day in history: In 1 ol, the federal government prohibited union states from trad ing with the confederacy. In 1896, gold was discovered in tlie Klondike. In 1923, the Carnegie Sleel Cor poration established the eight hour work day. In 1943. Winston Churchill said that tlie atomic bomb had saved the lives ol 1.25O.OO0 British and American soldiers. A thought for the day play wrignt Hennk Ibsen said: "Tlie spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - they are the pillars of societv."
