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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 . .
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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
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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.