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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Sunday, September I, 19CJ
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Up
.. To those who maintain President Kcnne
''dy is seeking more and more power for the
Executive Branch of the United States Gov
' ernment we ask the question, who permits
this?
And to anyone who regards the U. S.
Supreme Court with a questioning eye, as
this group of men purportedly overreach
their authority by failing to strictly interpret
the laws of the land and abide by the Consti
Vtution, we ask, who is permitting this?
; We would place the blame for permitting
'the overlapping of the three branches of this
government directly on the doorstep of the
Congress.
Nature hates a vacuum and rushes in to
fill It. The same law of physics applies to a
political vacuum. That to a large extent is
what the general body of the United States
Congress has become.
Car
(Oregon-Statesman, Salem)
Crime like disease seems to lend itself
readily to statistics. So we have tables show
ing the number of crimes by kind, larceny,
homicide, forgery, etc., the age groups of
those committing the crimes, costs, etc. The
compilation of the statistics is done by the
Uniform Crime Reporting Section ofthe FBI.
The July issue of the FBI Law Enforce
ment Bulletin gives statistics on a common
crime: theft of automobiles. In 1962 an esti
mated 356,000 cars were stolen with a prop
,' erty value of $308,000,000. While 90 per cent
of the cars stolen are recovered, often these
cars are in damaged condition. The Bulletin
reports that about 80 per cent of cars stolen
were for transportation or unknown purpose,
but eight per cent are taken so parts might
be stripped from them. Only one per cent
was for purpose of resale, which indicates the
effectiveness of the licensing system in dis
couraging such attempts.
As would be supposed, a big majority
:68 per cent of car thefts occur at night. The
figures on location of thefts show that 39 per
HOLMES
The
By HOl.MKS ALEXANDER
Legislatively speaking, when Ihe
gods arrive at Capitol Hill, the
demigods depart. Tlte supernal
matters ot seeking racial re
forms without uprooting the Con
stitution, of monitoring nuclear
fallout without Retting bear
trapped by an avowed enemy,
of revising our taxes without deep
ening our deficits and of aiding
foreigners without impoverishing
ourselves Ulesc big boys tend
In run the urchins off the Hill.
Maybe It's a Rood thing, be
cause many of the urchin affairs
ought to fio back where they li
kingto the States, to communi
ties, to business and civic groups.
1 don't expect tliat Interior Sec
retary Udall will agree that his
mammoth schemes for buying up
playgrounds and seashores under
his ltecrcalion Program are juve
nile projects when compared with
Civil Rights, the Nuclear Treaty
and the rest, hut that's about the
size of It. He's having trouble
pelting Congressional attention.
Stewart Udall, a personable and
strenuous outdoorsman, believe
in his mission to make the Sis
ties what lie calls an "Age of
Action" at tlie Interior Depart
ment. He has created a new agen
cy the Bureau of Outdoor
Itevronlion and he has smashed
the tablets of an old Congressional
Commandment which said, in
Speaker Joe Cannon's words, "Not
a ienny for scenery."
With Die purchase of Cape Cod
for a National Park, I'dall initiat
ed wnSat no other Interior Secre
tary ever accomplished Federal
land purchase for tlie explicit pur
pose of nationalized vacation sites.
The Secretary envisions downs ol
new parks across the nation, hut
w ith emphasis on the densely pop
ulated East Coast, where the gen
eral public is to be accommodat
ed and regulated as a tax
paying guest.
In order to fet his way. L'dall
has made concession. For ex
ample, there are 800 persons still
To Congress
A suciessor of inept and inert Congress
es have permitted their Constitutional powers
to be usurped without protest.
More and tnore the Congress has become
an ineffectual body, consisting largely of law
yers who gavo up their practice of easier
money, shorter hours and the opportunity to
tap the public till by making junkets through
out the world. Fringe benefits, loo, that in
clude salaries for wives and kinfolk.
The Congress, and we include both Mouse
and Senate, have the Constitutional powers
needed to investigate, impeach or condemn
wrongdoing or malfeasance.
Congress also controls the purse strings
and can let any undesirable project wither on
the vine by simply not appropriating the mon
ey for it.
The return to Constitutional government
and Fiscal Sanily must begin with the Congress.
Theft Statistics
cent occur when cars are parked on a public
street in a residential area; 14 per cent from
a private residence or apartment off-street
parking area; 21 per cent from public street
in a commercial area; 15 per cent from a
shopping center or other free parking area;
only 6 per cent from public garage or park
ing lot where fee is charged.
One can't sort out always where to leave
his car with the least risk of theft. But there
is one thing the car owner can do, that is,
never leave the ignition key in his car when
it is unattended. Of the thefts surveyed 42
per cent occurred when the key was in the
car or the ignition was unlocked.
It isn't enough to carry theft insurance.
The car owner must exercise precaution to
avoid having his car stolen. This calls for some
care in selecting a parking place, removal of
ignition key, and in many instances locking
the car. One should carry in his wallet the
license number of his car say on (he hack
of his driver's license, so, In event his car
turns up missing he can report the loss, with
license number, promptly to the police.
ALEXANDER . . .
Udall Domai
living in Cape Cod National Park.
They may own the l;.nd, and may
dispose of it, but not quite (roe'y
only if they agree to keen the
property in its present use. Moa i
while Hie Park Service prac'ues
conservation and hcaiitiliratinn.
and in the end w ill take over en
tirely. In another sot of concessions to
placate Congress, I'dall has ac
cepted the proposition of raising
funds by "invisible" taxation
a portion from the Federal high
way gasoline levy, a portion from
molor boat fuel levies, a jwrtion
from admission foe and surpl"s
properly sales. His legislation he
loro Congress also contcmplal s
"sharing" Federal cxendiluic.i
with the Slates. He has even he.il
nn old department rule by al
lowing some commercial activ -ties
in the new National Park.
Mut these concessions, to any
one who knows how such things
go in Foderalia, have thel n ookf
go in Fedoralin, have the look of
"creeping socialism." From the
Tennessee Valley Authority to the
Area Redevelopment Administra
tion, the takeover tactics alwajs
iK'gin at a crawl and never at
a pounce.
If tlie past is any prologue, the
prairies that I'dall has sought in
Kansas, tlie Great Lakes dunes he
has sought in Indiana and Michi
gan, the sand pits that he is
accumulating on tlie Atlantic ami
Pacific shorelines will, in time,
become part of a domain that is
ruled, no doubt, with benevolence,
but nonetheless ruled for tlie peo
ple, rather limn by tlie people.
All this can lie said without
den) ing tliat population pressures
aie Uion us, ami that natural
beauties are worth preserving for
human enjoyment. I'dall' case
would lie more solid, however,
if (lie States had not already done
a great deal in these regards,
if philanthropists named Rotkclcl
ler and Mellon and ot Iters bad not
plowed business profits back into
Foundations to prcere natural
in
and historical treasures, if Gar
den Clubs and other citizens'
groups had not liecn active in the
same work, if resort hotels and
Chambers of Commerce had not
made laying propositions of
mountain and seaside vistas with
out ruthlessly despoiling the aes
thetic values.
Private and local enterprises,
despite many shortcomings, still
represent a freedom to exploit
and a law-of-tltc-mai kotplaco and
this nation would be poorer be
cause of their loss. I'dall's spirit
of conquest looks out of proportion
amid the overriding problems in
Washington. It also looks mighty
suspicious to anyliody who has
watched Fedcralia grow.
Almanac
By I'nllril Press International
Today is Sunday, Sept. R. the
2.1lsl of 196.1 with' IH to follow.
The moon is approaching its
last quarter.
Tlie morning star Is .Itipitor.
The evening stars are Mars,
Saturn and Jupiter.
Those born today are under the
sign of Virgo.
On this day in history:
In 1565, (lie lirst permanent set
tlement of Kuropeans in what is
now continental t'nitod States was
founded at SI. Augustine, Fla.
In WM. the Crimean War ended
In l!Hl. some 6.000 persons were
killed when a tornado and tidal
wave struck Galveston, Tex.
In 19.14, the U.S. l.iner Mono
Castle burned olt Asbtiry Park,
N. J., taking 137 lives.
A thought for the day: Gen.
Douglas MacArthur once said "It
is fata! to enter any war without
the will In win It "
By RALPH de TOI.KDANO
The Democratic leadership has
been making a tally of its suc
cesses and failures during these
first eight months of the 88th
Congress. Not all the truth serum
in the world could get Speaker
John McCormack publicly to ad
mit that the Republicans may
have a point when they refer to
this as the "do less than nothing"
Congress. But privately, Mr. Mc
Cormack and his aides are re
portedly in agreement.
Perhaps of more interest is the
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Indignant
How much power is invested in
one member of the Klamath
County Court? Or is it the court
as a body? We understand that
Judge Walker knew nothing of
what happened to Betty Cote un
til alter it was done. What is
the function of our Library
Board'.' Do they understand the
problems and policies of our li
brary and act for the best inter
ests of the people of the coun
ty? Or do tlwy simply carry out
the orders of the court or of its
members singly?
We feel that the pub! should
have some facts about our County
Library, particularly concerning
the years Betty Cote has been
"acting" head librarian. The main
desk circulation alone has risen
to 93.au in the 19112-1963 period
as compared to 17,7.18 in the 19:18
19.19 period. The average monthly
circulation now is 7.772 as com
pared to 1.479 in the 19.18-19.19 pe
riod. Our library serves all county
schools and live branch libraries:
Gilchrist, Chiloquin. Malin. Mer
rill and Bonanza. Also it is now
serving nine active stations th.il
were all inactive in 1918: Sprague
River, Foil Klamath. Chemtilt,
Crescent Lake. Crater Lake.
Frank's Country Store, Odessa,
OTI, and Ml. Uiki. Anyone in
terested in checking this infor
mation or obtaining any other in
formation concerning the ad
vancements made in the last lew
vears m.u' do so hv asking at the
library. '
We feel this has hovn a tre
mendous accomplishment by a li
brarian who has now lieen sum
marily dismissed from any con
nection with tlie binary. Why'
Can this lie an example of some
one in public oltice using that
ollice lor personal spile?
Berlha I.. Wrvn.
Itte .1. Box 1144
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
t WHt mle did Princeton's
Nassau Hall play In rarly nirr.
Iran history?
A Rich in history, the stiur
lure once sheltered tlie nation's
new Congress, ami Kith Rntih
and A m e r lean Revolutionary
lroois occupied it.
A Chiller
IN WASHINGTON . . .
Congressional
way they feel about this inactivi
ty. Is it wiser to do nolhing. blam
ing Ihe Republicans whenever
possible, than to enact legislation
which may give the voters heart
burn? This is an interesting ques
tion, for the legislation in mind
was sent to the Hill by President
Kennedy. And as of today, both
he and the Speaker belong to the
same party.
The President, however, contin
ues to sing, "Do nothing till you
hear from me" and the Demo
cratic leadership must perforce
join in the close harmony. Mr.
Kennedy has sent a basketful of
bills up to Congress, 2.1 in the
"major" category. This is what
he wants Congress to consider,
legislative will and initiative,
therefore, do not matter very
much. Congress docs not like the
President's program and it has
none of its own.
Of the 23 hills that have Ihe
Kennedy imprimature, only four
have been passed and signed by
Ihe President. The fourth doesn't
really count since it is the emer
gency measure to arbitrate the
controversy between the rail
roads and the rail unions over fea
therbedding. Another one of the
four measures is hardly an
achievement since it merely ex
lends the draft.
The third bill extended corpor
ate and excise taxes, and there
was not too much bother about it.
Only the feed grains hill can be
considered of significance to Ihe
administration.
Meanwhile, what sits on the
shelf or lies buried in committee?
The tax cut and tax reform bill
has had its full quota of hearings
and is being marked up in com
mitlee. What emerges will hear
some, but not much, resemblance
to Mr. Kennedy's request. For
eign aid authorization has been
scheduled for debate on the House
floor and the Senate has com
pleted its hearings. But the ad
ministration can look (or no vic
tories in this quarter. In commit
tee, well over a billion dollars was
lopped from what Ihe President
sought. And in making an actual
appropriation, Congress will un
BERRY'S WORLD
cr, town
no
"I'm lorry young man, ut J.m't carry aJult books
for cbtUren!"
Doldrums
doubtedly chop even more off.
Medicare under Social Security is
a complete dud. No committee
is considering the legislation and
there seems to be not the slight
est chance that it will get a hear
ing this year. Members of both
houses have sounded out their con
stituents, and the response has
jjocn less than enthusiastic. The
press continues to act as if this
were a burning issue, but Con
gress knows better. A multi-hil-lion
program to build civil de
fense shelters Jnr the nation is
equally moribund. And not a
finger has yet been raised lo in
crease congressional and ex
ecutive salaries.
Two other measures on the
Kennedy list would "reform" the
unemployment compensation sys
tem and set up an Urban Affairs
Department. This last was killed
in the previous session, but Mr.
Kennedy doesn't Rive up easily.
So far, Congress has looked away
apathetically when these two pro
posals arc mentioned.
The civil rights bill, an omni
bus measure, is under considera
tion by the appropriate commit
tees ofthe House and Ihe Senate.
What it w-ill do lo the congres
sional timetable, if one still ex
ists, is hard to tell. Certainly it
will occupy the Senate for a good
long lime unless the administra
tion can muster the votes to shut
off debate. But a cloture rule
seems highly unlikely at this time.
Going down the line of "must"
legislation. Ihe chart shows hills
that have cleared one house but
are stymied in another, bills still
in committee, hills that have not
t he slightest chance of clearing
the hurdle and going lo the Presi
dent. It is still summer, but time's
a-wasting. Congress does not like
the idea of remaining in Washing
ton past Thanksgiving or o! cele
brating a White Christmas away
from home, family and constitu
ents. The only thing that will get the
congressional troops out of the
trenches will be a presidential re
prieve and an admission thai the
While House program can't make
it this year.
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The reason that worry kills
more people than work is because
more people worry than work.
Although we as a nation admire
technological progress, there are
times when the advance of sci
ence must be viewed with consid
erable trepidation. A chilling
prospect indeed is the report that
a frozen breakfast, complete
with disposable tray, is to be
added to the now glutted TV din
ner line.
The benefits of convenience
foods are many (largely in
lime saved by the homemaken,
but it is discomforting to con
template the taste of a frozen
egg or to visualize a clump of
frozen oatmeal with a neat but
solid square of butter on top.
Breakfast is an altogether dif
ferent sort of meal than lunch
or dinner. And it does not Wtail
a great amount of time in prep
aration. The picture of tenderly
beginning the day together over
the toaster is fading, but frozen
breakfasts do have implications
for the family.
While everyone can stand in
awe of the technological achieve
ments of a frozen four-minute
egg, it won't do much to bring
out the sunny sides of early morn
ing dispositions.
"INDISPENSABLE?"
Sometime, when you're feeling
important.
Sometime, when your ego's in
bloom,
Sometime, when you take it for
granted.
You're the best qualified in the
room.
Sometime, when you feel that
your going.
Would leave an unfillable hole,
' Just follow this simple instruc
tion. And see how it humbles your
soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with
water.
Put your hand in it, up to your
wrist ;
Pull it out; and the hole Rial's
remaining,
Is a measure of how you'll be
missed.
You may splash all you please
when you enter.
You can stir up the water
galore,
But stop, and you'll find in a
minute.
That it looks quite the same as
before.
The moral in this quaint ex
ample. Is do just the best you can,
Be proud of yourself, but re
member. There's nn indispensable man
... or woman.
WASHINGTON REPORT . . .
i
) Kennedy Confused
In Figure Quoting
By FULTON LEWIS JR.
When President Kennedy went
on nationwide radio and TV to
advocate ratification of the partial
nuclear test ban, he promised to
continue a comprehensive series
of underground tests. Under this
program. Kennedy said, the U.S.
has carried out 97 tests beneath
the earth's surlace in the past two
years.
The real figure is not 97 but 3il.
The President increased the true
figure by almost 50 per cent.
Several days later the President
again went before the people to
castigate those Congressmen who
voted to slash the administration's
foreign aid authorization by more
than half a billion dollars.
"I recall during eight years in
Ihe Senate from 19.13 to 1960 con
sistently supporting Ihe (foreign
aid' requests which General F.i
senhower made as President of
the United Slates."
However, time after time Ken
nedy had voted to cut the Eisen
hower requests. His philosophy
was first spelled out when he was
a congressman:
"The vision of a bottle of milk
for every Hottentot is a nice one.
hut it is far beyond our reach
There is just not enough money in
tlie world lo relieve tlie poverty of
all the millions of this world w ho
may be threatened by Commu
nism." On anotlier occasion, lawmaker
Kennedy said it was "impossible
lor us to think of raising the stan
dard of living of all the low- stan
dard countries of the world."
The President's voting record.
a uncovered by Sen. Barry Goki
waler. shows:
On July 29. IBM, Senator Ken
nedy voted lo cut foreign aid by
M million.
On Aug. 3. 19.14 be voted to
chop HOO million from the Eisen
hower request for foreign aid.
On July 22. 1955. he approved
a cut of $420 million in military
foreign aid.
On June 14, 1917. the junior
NOTHING
SPECIAL
IW. I. S.I
How do you rate the commu
nity in which you live? Some
time ago, a private power utility
developed a questionnaire de
signed to bring answers that
would reflect whether a commu
nity is a good place or a bad
place to live in. Try them on
what you feel is representative in
your community. See how Klam
ath Falls and other area cities
and towns rate in your estima
tion, i Reply "yes" or "no" to
each question.)
1. Most high school graduates
stay in town?
2. Getting a loan on a sound
business venture is easy?
3. The local paper constantly
pushes civic improvements?
4. The local chamber of com
merce has a live-wire manager?
5. Young couples have little
trouble finding a place to live?
li. The head of city government
is a "get-things-done" man?
7. Teachers' salaries are better
than the state average?
8. There's at least one doctor
per 800 people in the county?
9. There's a good local library?
10. Schools have plenty of
room for students?
11. Fire insurance rates are
low?
12. Service, veterans' and wom
en's clubs team up on projects?
13. There is an active, well-organized
Boy Scout movement?
14. A modern hospital is within
the local trading area?
15. All streets are paved, and
sidewalks in good shape?
16. The city has good hotels,
motels?
17. It's easy to find parking
space in the business section?
18. At least one restaurant
serves outstanding meals?
1!). The sewer extension pro
gram keeps pace with new hous
ing? 20. Prompt, reasonably priced
ambulance service is available?
21. Good zoning keeps factories
away from residential areas?
22. Streets throughout the city
are well-lighted?
23. Shade trees line nearly all
the streets?
24. There's a recreation center
where young people can dance?
2,1. The business section ap
pears modern, prosperous?
26. There's as much interest
in local as in national elections?
27. The tax rate is attractive to
new industry?
28. There's a community coun
cil to guide town progress?
29. There's an active PTA?
.10. Firemen must take regu
lar training courses?
According to Ihe originators of
the questionnaire, if your town
rates a "yes" answer to 20 of
these queries you live in a com
munity to be proud of.
senator from Massachusetts vot
ed for reductions of $90 million in
Eisenhower foreign aid.
On June 6. 19.18, he voted to
whack $200 million from the for
eign aid budget.
On vote after vote from 1938 on.
Kennedy was not present for for
eign aid. On May 2. 1960, for in
stance, the senator missed 13 sep
arate votes.
On May 30. 19.19. Kennedy did
nol show up to vote on a propos
al to cut $100 million from the
Development Loan fund. On Aug.
2 of that year he was absent when
colleagues considered a proposal
to slash $1.3 billion from the De
velopment Loan fund. Five days
later, the senator was nowhere
lo be found when senators voted
on proposals to reduce foreign
aid by $700 million.
In July of 1962, the President
told listeners that loss of produc
tion because of strikes had les
sened. Figures of Kennedy s own
Labor Department showed that
production losses had increased
60 per cent over 1961.
In August of 1962. tlie President
claimed 400.000 unemployed
Americans were being retrained
hy the administration. False, said
Republican Rep. Charles Goodcll,
author of the bill that set up tlie
job retraining program.
"As of now tlie number being
retrained is exactly zero," he
said.
In that same speech, the Pres
ident referred to George De
martz. whom he described as a
Pennsylvania coal miner re
trained under the Kennedy Ad
ministration as a welder. Kenne
dy said that Demarlz found work
w ith a firm brought into Hazletnn
by the Area Redevelopment Agen
cy. Said the then Congressman
James Van Zandt: "The only trou
ble with that story is that most of
it is untrue." Demartz. h re
vealed, has "Never worked with
in a coal mine in his life, and
needed no training to become a
we!der" O