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:page-m HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Ore. Wednesday, September 25, 1963 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Finding The Responsibility The nation shares Birmingham's own ' shock at the death of six young Negroes in a tragic church bombing and later street shoot I ings. '. Only a few days earlier, in Maryland, Gov. : George C. Wallace of Alabama had asserted ; with curious pride that not one of the pre-' vious 47 bombings in Birmingham and the ; rest of Alabama had resulted in even a scratch ;;to any person. : The good citizens of Alabama neither i;Ueed nor want lectures from elsewhere on the I;ruits of violence. In recent weeks they have tieen strongly vocal on this subject. And they r are viewing with discernment the hard facts of life. Little more than a year ago, standard comment in and outside the South had it that South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi comprised the bastions of stoutest resis tance to desegregation of schools and other public facilities. " : Since that time, all three states have been compelled by court directives to undertake varying degrees of desegregation. In South Carolina this change has come to Clemson College, the University of South Carolina and public schools in Charleston. Though it is abundantly clear the citi zens of South Carolina generally oppose de segregation as staunchly as do people in Ala bama and Mississippi, the transition in South Carolina has been managed without even a shadow of violence or disruption. South Carolina's Gov. Donald Russell made plain from the outset that no disturbance of any sort would be tolerated. He and the co-operating local officials and school authori ties took iron-clad precautions against trou ble. They were eminently successful. The citizens of Birmingham, looking at the way segregationist South Carolina handled its problems may not have too much trouble in placing responsibility for the tragedy of violence that has beset them in the difficult months of 1963. The Golden Spigot :' (The Wall Street Journal1) From all the uproar In Congress in the wake of a talk by Edwin P. Neilan, a Dela ware banker, you might have thought Mr. Neilan had said something downright treason able. What he said was that the wholesale purchase of votes on an unprecedented scale ;was a public scandal; that although the spoils -system is not new in American life, never has ;it been more sinister or more sophisticated; -that too many voters are willing and eager to turn their elected representatives into "bag tmen." ; A voter may be a "pusher," said Mr. Neilan who also happens to be the president : of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; such a . person helps send a man to Congress for the purpose of getting Federal dollars for his own ' district. Or the voter may be a "taker" who votes for the candidate promising the fattest handout. In cither case "the voter sells his ballot to buy a Congressman; the Congressman sells ; his high office to buy votes." He said he found I. fj:rr: 11 a- i. i i i , .il uuiiLuii iu idiin. auLii tuuuun uiguur lit. jthe moral scale than the association of poli ticians, party girls and spies in Great Britain." There was much more in the same vein, "plus a rather candid appraisal of the Area Redevolpment Assistance program, cited as an illustration of the spoils system at work. This program distributes largess to areas care fully selected as "distressed." Well, sir, Senator Mansfield got up in the Senate and said the "wild statements" in the talk were "unfortunate," "regrettable" and "an offront to the integrity of our citizenry." Representative Patman was "shocked." Rep resentative McDowell called the talk "unrea listic," "intemperate and ill-considered" and apologized to the House for his fellow Dela warean. And so on. Now the speech was certainly blunt, but it's hard to see how anyone could call it un realistic. Everyone knows, or should know, that there are some voters who are indeed pushers and takers, and that there are some officials not only in Congress who use their office in effect to buy voles. The only really arguable point might be whether it is worse now than it ever has been. In one sense it is unquestionably worse, for at stake are not millions of dollars but hundreds of billions. We think the worthy lawmakers might have spared the nation their self-righteous in dignation and paid attention to what the man said. Only they, after all, have the power to turn off the golden spigot that corrupts as it pours. mMSJ WASHINGTON CALLING . . r I r i rk i f a w -w ii ix ' 1 I w N- By MARQUIS C1M.DS VASHINGTON-"In the coun '. cils of government we must guard against tho acquisition ot unwar ; ranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by tho military-industrial complex. The potential for tho disastrous rise of mis placed power exists and will per sist. "We must never let tho weight of this combination endanger our ; lihertles or democratic processes. ; We should take, nothing tor grant ; cd. Only an alert and knowl- cdgeable citizenry can compel the .proper meshing of tile huge in Industrial and military machinery of defenso with our peaceful meth 1 ods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together-" Tho words spoken by General Eisenhower in his farewell ad dress might well have been em blazoned tm tlic wall of tlie Sen ate chamber In the test-ban treaty debate. And no more striking instance of what the former Presi dent was talking about could be imagined than the eflort of the ; Air Force Association to sway that debate. The council of tlie association, which is a tight interlocking di I rectorato of the highest officers ; in the Air Force end the air ; craft Industry, worked up an cmo ; tionally worded resolution de ' nouncing the test-ban treaty. It was introduced at tlie start of the association's meeting here list week with no doubt what soever of its adoption. Either directly or by implica tion tlie resolution made a num ber of statements highly dubious as to fact. Underlying a plea for the manned bomber was the .theme that with mors and more weapons communism could be I made to fold up and go away. The strong intimaUon was that the treaty would stand in the way of victory by air power. Understandably, tlie resolution set olf an uproar in the Penta gon where Secretary of Defense Hubert JIcNamara has been a prime target of tho Air Force. One result was that Secretary for Air Kugere M. Zuckeit abupt ly cancelled a previous accep tance to attend an association reception in his honor with a let ter denouncing tho resululion in strong terms. Since tho Secreta ry has customarily been a mem ber in good standing of tlie di rectorate, this was an Instance of man bites dog. Tlie Pentagon uproar, which is hound to have further repercus sions, encroached on that deli cate area of civilian versus mili tary control over policy. A speech to lie made by Gen. Thomas S. Power, commander of the Stra tegic Air Command and one of only two generals openly testi fying against the treaty, to an association luncheon was heavily blue penciled. Hut some w h o heard General Power believed he teslored most of the censored passages. In the hassle over what to do alMiut the association resolution, with the White House actively In tervening, one of the Air Force defenders wanted to know what difference there was between the association and a lobby organiza tion such as the Navy league. From an old hand came the reply: "Yes, there is a difference. Tie fly boys are cimparativcly new at this. What lhy put out is like raw whiskey. What you get from the Navy League is fine old bran dy. Ti aitoijrals have learned to leave it to the industry and industry experts." Denouncing the association as a "permanent lobby," on one oc casion Sen. Paul Douglas (D., 111.1 charged that the Air Force was standing $626,000 to fly delegates to a convention. Between the Air Force and tlie defense contractors money Is plentiful. Top Air Force generals move on retirement into high-salaried positions in the nir cralt industry. Anyone seeking a case study of w hat General Kisen 'lower was talking about would have to go no further. Whether directly or indirectly, the Air Force lobby has had com paratively little influence on the lute of tlto treaty. Three Senators deserve special credit for resist ing these pressures. Two are Democrats. Sens. Stuart Syming ton of Missouri and Henry M. .lackson ol Washington. Both, as members of the Senate Prepared ness Subcommittee, listened con scientiously to the extensive mili tary testimony on the test - ban treaty before that committee, much of it of a highly technical nature ignoring I lie diplomatic and political meaning of the trea ty. Both came out (or ratifica tion. To the third, Senate Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirk sen. that abused expression "statesmanlike" can be applied. Hesounding to t h e arguments of one segment of the military, lie might have opposed tlie trea ty, and if he had done so the outcome would have been dan gerously in doubt. It Is the second time the first was the financing of the United Nations that Dirk sen has supported the Adminis tration on a difficult issue. The test-ban debate Is proving that or. momentous occasions principle can prevail. Remaining Member Spurns Proposed Klamath Study The article, "Klamath Manage ment Trust Seeks Study of Prop erties," by Dan Walters should begin: only 38 members seek study! Just 38! There were more members there, because no one could un derstand the true question, were not able to take a stand, or per haps we understand only too well, to stand up and vote. The rcai purpose and practi cability of this study, was not discussed by those that shall be affected greatly by this injustice, carried through at that meeting Friday. Mr. Gormley fast-talked the issue through to the satisfac tion of the executive committee. A select handful of men for asking question of certain men, kept in volved details of pointed talk go ing, thereby forestalled and omit ted any opposition to the proposed study. The chance for any oth er interested person, a member perhaps to question the real val ue of this study at this late date was impossible. The question in our minds at this date is whether to remain in the management plan for another five years or to with draw from it. Many have already decided what they shall do. Therefore these 38 people can only speak for themselves; cannot be recog nized as speaking for everyone else. This is a blatant attempt to keep us subjected to some type of management plan forever. Mr. Gormley and the executive committee have apparently given much time, thought and have laid plans to "set up another trust." It will undoubtedly be the Wilkin son Law Firm next, if the truth were to be made known. Which, if so, then let them declare that now. Then, we that have no desire or intentions of going along with these carefully disguised traps, can get out while the chance to do so is here, or soon shall be if it is not forestalled by this first de mand for funds for this study, that may or may not tell us any Carry On! Letters To The Editor Try It "Cows Watch Diets. Too!" This not only fascinated me, but re minded me of Mary and other tilings. Mary, not too careful in the housework, did not dust Uie piano. Her mistress' way in calling Mary's attention to it. said, "Look Mary, 1 can write my name in the dust on this piano. What do you say to this?" Mary, paus ing for a moment and being equal to the occasion, said, "My ain't education wonderful!" So it is with today's so called progress. If )cople really want good health why do they not study the laws of nature and follow them. In nature, milk is a starter food only, for the young. And, when the young reach the place where the grasses and grain they eat will maintain Uiem in good health, they are weaned. But, man, most of them, con tinue drinking milk regardless of age. The milk the young stock got was not processed. Man's is. Some authorities claim this pro cessed milk and packaged in pro- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A What Is unique about the Austraillan koala? A This animal never drinks hut gels the water it needs from its food. A llmv did the proposed In ternational language Esperanto get Its name? A The language was devised by L. L. Zamenhof of Poland. He published his first book under the pen name of Dr. Ksperanto, meaning "Dr. Hopeful," from which the language takes lis name. A What Is Irish mos urd for? A A substance called raragee nin is extracted for Use in the making of candy, jellies and saf ari dressings. Q What are the two usrs of the human ear? A It helps a man to hear It also helps him to keep his bal ance. Q Why are the lews some limes called the Children of Is rael, or Israelites? A Abraham's grandson. Ja cob, who was alx? called Israel, had 12 sons. The 12 tribes which later made up the Jewish people were th le-scondants of Israel's ""to iWtaft Hi name Israelites. cessed containers is the cause of some of man's ills. Then you write, "by changing feeds, buttcrfat content is re duced. Bessie is going to have to watch that bay and like us hu man beings eat more of the modern-day prepackaged foods." You could have also written, "And, Bessie, like us human be ings, eating this modern-day pre packaged foods, will not enjoy as good health and will shorten her life." because as human beings in crease their consumption of these increasing, modern-day prepack aged foods, their degenerative dis eases increase. Oh, yes, it is claimed the average life is long er, but the individual life is not. Paradoxical, but true. There is proof. One can prove anything, when he wants to confuse or hide facts, by using averages. Try it sometime. Elmo Russell, Malin, Ore. cars previously and wondered w hy this practice was no longer in ef fect. Is tlie tourist grabbing game of such importance that courtesy is being neglected? A little tiling, yes; but it's the little things that count. Mrs. J. H. Chapman, Ashland Star Route, Klamath Falls. Cowardly Neglected "Write 'Em and Invite F.m." This propaganda is on tlie air. it's televised, it's printed, it's ev erywhere. Our recent guests from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, used a nickel and just over an hour while shop ping in Klamath Falls and re ceived a (larking ticket. As former residents of this area tjiey xvere familiar with the yel low "key" put on nut of state Today there are two kittens ly ing dead across tlie street from cadi other on South Sixth. Ob viously some coward has "dumped" them on the busiest street in the suburbs to be panic stricken and killed by traffic. It would have been so much more humane for the owner to have killed them himself and saved them the terrifying experience of being killed by traffic; an utter ly cowardly thing to do. A few months ago I was trying to find a kitten for my daugh ter and even tlie pounds did not have any at that time. One of the pound masters told me he often placed kittens when owners let him know they were available, as he olten had calls for them. But even w hen they can t be placed it costs very little to leave them at the pound for humane disposal. It is against the law to "dump" them besides being cowardly and inhumane. Krma L. Huebner, 253K Kane SI reel. BERRY'S WORLD ' i new thing, but may be used to hold us to a plan forever. Mr. Kirk's plea was neither elo quent or even good sense. I say the old-timers did okay in the boat. Since I've known what the score is, I'd say the boat has been mighty rocky under the var ious interest of some of these so called elder statesmen. After the Termination Law became effec tive some of the Remaining In dians secured legal counsel in the early days after termination, and sought to organize and incorporate the remaining group, and we were to pay for his services from our own pockets. Mr. Kirk and certain others called the attorney a crook or words to that effect and walked nut and never came back. There fore his cries for legal counsel have never moved me. But what does move, is the fact that they have turned to the same old law firm, that has been rocking the old boat for years, a hundred it seems, and work (o keep us under their heavy thumb rather than let us stand on our own feet as indi viduals, and allow us to get out of a mess with as much money and dignity, the little left us, and let us be free. This executive committee does not represent me, under the law. I am in the remaining group for one reason and that is because I did not elect to withdraw, for personal reasons at that time, not because I was influenced by "el der statesmen. I have learned this thing; I'd rather have my own hands on my money to manage, rather than some law firm or consultant. Whatever I or any otlicr member docs with our own money, is, or should be, an individual matter. Why has not the law firm rep resented by Mr. Gormley, who speaks so ably concerning some things, ever taken the deer hunting cases for us. This would be of great value to us, but he freely advises us to secure attorneys, and fight the case through and sue the whole oufit. By his words we have our individual right. I declare that 38 people cannot speak for the majority, they speak only for themselves. I do not want the study, or that law firm seeking the court for my share in the funds. It will lead me into a blind alley even tually. Annabelle Bates EDSON IN WASHINGTON Businessmen Unite For Export Parley By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEA) Three hundred big business leaders from all over the country are ex pected to attend a White House Conference on Export Expansion Sept. 17-18. If they can solve in two days all the balance of payments de ficit problems assigned to them, it will be the neatest trick of that or any week. But they'll try. The two working sessions of the conference, Tuesday after noon and Wednesday morning, will he broken up into 11 groups of 20 and 30 businessmen each. One government expert will be as signed to each panel to get it any information wanted and to explain existing government policies and legislative proposals. But the big idea is to have the businessmen themselves come up with new ideas which might be the basis of revised foreign trade policies. Existing policies haven't worked. The good side of the situation faced is that U.S. exports have increased 50 per cent in the last 12 years. In 1951 they totaled S14 billion. In 19(2, they were $20.9 billion and for the first half of 13 the annual rate was $21.5 billion. But this growth rate isn't con sidered fast enough. For a large part of this increase was foreign aid. And in the same period the U.S. balance of payments deficit has increased by $30 billion. It averaged $1.5 billion a year, 1950 56, but was $4.2 billion in 1962, with $4.5 indicated for 1963. The 11 areas the conference pan els will explore for possible reme dies, and the group chairmen are: Tax policies William E. Knox, Weslinghouse. New York. Lahor's stake George Meany, AFL CIO, Washington. Trade promo tion Roger P. Sonnabend, Ho tel Corp.- of America, Boston. Foreign investment Percy L. Douglas, Otis Elevator, New York. Financing W. Cordcs Snyder, Blaw - Knox, Pittsburgh. Market research R. A. Steudcl. Sher man Williams, Cleveland. Gov ernment representation abroad James M. Roche, General Mo tors, New York. Small business Thomas C. Ballagh, Ballagh & Thrall, Philadelphia. Education and publicity Charles Rumrill, Kumrill Co., Rochester. Trade ne gotiations Carl J. Gilbert, Gi lette Co., Boston. Antitrust as pects Alonso B. Kight, Borg Warner, Chicago. Tlie high caliber of these panel heads indicates this is to be a working session and not the usual Department of Commerce bally hoo over its trade fairs, centers and missions. Each panel will write its own report on the afternoon of the second day. They will then be summarized for a general report and press conference conducted by Secretary of Commerce Luth er H. Hodges. President Kennedy, followed by his Secretaries of State Rusk, Treasury Dillon, Agriculture Free man and Labor Wirtz, will ad dress the opening session. Trade czar Christian A. Her ter w ill talk about his troubles in negotiating new tariff agreements with Common Market and other countries at the first luncheon session. House Committee Chair man Oren Harris, D-Ark., will speak at the second. Vice chairman and working heads of the conference will be Neil C. Hurley Jr., Thor Power Tool Co., Chicago; Fred C. Foy of Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, and Thomas B. Watson Jr., IBM, New York. STRICTLY PERSONAL ". i . Cignrt . . . tigartttrt . . . phony txpente account xoucbert . . ." By SYDNEY J. HARRIS A friend of mine who happens to be a trustee of his college in vited me to attend the "home coming" football game with him. I replied that 1 don't under stand football and that a high school game looks as good lor bad i to me as a Rose Bowl cham pionship. He snorted derisively. "That's a silly statement," he said. "A lit tle experience and close observa tion would give you the fine points . of the game. Let me tell you. football is quite an art and no body who really knows the game could mistake a great team for a poor one." He is right, of course. But what surprises me about men like him is their unwillingness to apply the same objective standards to other fields, in which they have little or no knowledge. He would defend his liking bad music instead of good as "merely a matter of taste." He would de fend his attendance at ill-made plays as "one man's opinion." and call me a cultural dictator for insisting that only knowledge gives us a right to hold an opin ion When tlie situation is reversed, however, he has no doubt that his evaluation of football teams is better than mine as. indeed, it is. He has studied the game, knows its fine points, and appre ciates things I do not even see on the field. Then why do so many people have a terrible defensiveness about the arts? Painting, music drama, literature these are all crafts, like football and baseball and sailing. They have their rules, their standards, their form, , If it is a matter of (act that Notre Dame's football is better than that of Smash Gulch High School, it is equally a fact that Beethoven's music is better than Grieg's, and Picasso's paintings better than Grandma Moses." To become an expert in music or painting is merely to learn the reason why. In some things, of course, there is no disputing taste. If I like chocolate ice cream and r e d vanilla ice cream and dark-haired women, there is no "better" or "worse." But all the arts and crafts, from football to music, have their own levels of value. We can make objective judgments, in a broad sense. We cannot say Bee thoven is "better" than Mozart, but we can say that cither of them is better than Humperdinck just as Notre Dame and Northwestern may be roughly equal, but either is better than Siuash. Most people, of course, defend "personal taste" in the arts be. cause it permits them to be lazy and ignorant without losing face. But they are the same people who look upon me w ith great contempt because 1 can't see the plain fact that one team is infinitely superior to another.
