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PAGE SA HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon Wednesday, October S3, 19GJ 'Shake The Hand That Shook The Hand . EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . Africa Drifting To National Socialism BS' ft Dilemma For Gov. Romney It is unusual that, months before presi . deptial nominating time, any state should become so much a party battleground as J: Michigan already has become for the Repub licans. With 48 convention votes at stake, Michigan is naturally one of the big prizes for 1964. And right now Sen. Barry Gold water's partisans are hard after a large share of that total. Hence the early struggle. For the nor- mal political realities make Michigan the preserve of its new but well known GOP Governor, George Romney. And the Gold- water push has given Romney an unlooked- for predicament. ; The governor himself is often men tioned as a presidential prospect. He figures '; fairly well up in many polls. Yet he has re peatedly disavowed any Interest in the 1964 nomination. Various party and other :. interests, who want to see him stay on and :-try for reelection as governor next year, urge him to make that disavowal rigidly : final. . j :' But in so doing they are complicating ': the governor's problems of normal political ;' leadership in his powerful state. :: For example, some tell him that he can- ;not declare himself a Michigan "favorite : son" without going all the way in a major : bid for the nomination. Most political realists consider this view to be utter nonsense. Any big state governor worth his political salt is expected Frankly, we can't see anything wrong : with the efforts of the Department of Agri culture to assist in the retirement of mid west farm land from production and its con version into recreational areas even if some of those recreational areas happen to be golf courses. With shorter hours and shorter work weeks for thej vast majority : (of our citizens there is going to be incrcas ; ing demand for recreational activity. And we ; have plenty of land in crops, now, to produce ': the food we need. What does strike us as ridiculous is other activities on the part of the govern Sir ': : By MARQUIS Clin.DS ; : WASHINGTON A Senate ub ; committee hearing testimony about the proposed supersonic ; transport plane was told that lwith a speed of Mach S over ; : 1.000 miles an hour as against tMach 2 tlie flying time from New York to Los Angeles could ' . be cut by 30 minutes. ; "But who the hell wants to go ' ; that fast?" Sen. Thruston Mor - ton of Kentucky demanded of i tlie witness, Chairman Alan S. .' Boyd of the Civil Aeronautics . Board. This is one of many unan- ; swered questions about a pas- - scnger plane designed to travel - from two to threo times as fast as the speed of sound which In scientific shorthand is desig nated as much. The cost of de veloping a first flynblc model is put at $1 billion. It will prob- . ubly como close to $1.5 billion. 'I Vet, with tlio sponsorship of the Kennedy Administration and I the strong support of the air J craft Industry and the airlines, Jtho initial stage of calling for J designs is under way. This has ; Income a race comparable in some respects to tlie race for i the moon. Tho United States Is determined to build a faster . piano and to bring It out In ad vance of Ihe Concordo with a speed of Much 2, which ia be ing jointly developed by France and Britain. The Concorde will cost $10,000,000. Last spring fil'nn American Airways put in i an order for six Concordes, Con w linontal Air Lines for three. J That gave a new Impetus to ; the race and the Federal Avla ; tion Agency stepped up design ; plans. Since then, according to Najeeb Halaby, KAA adminis- - trator, 27 of tlie American su ' personic planes tlie SST have " been ordered by American companies, lie remarked on how unprecedented this was, ' since the orders are for a plane - "as yet unborn and undesigned." . At one member of the mibeorn : mlttee remarked, if the French it had not taken the name Mirage ' for one of their bombers tills Save A Million Two WASHINGTON CALLING Expensive Development would be appropriate. The American SST will cost $22, 600.000. One of the biggest cucstim marks concerns not just the wifely and well-being of the comparatively few passengers only eight per cent of Americans use the airlines who will fly in SSTs. All eartlibound mortals and particularly those living near airports are concerned with a still unresolved problem the sonic boom. This is a question of man's environment as the machines ho creates in tlie name, of progress Increasingly shatter tho quiet that o n c c meant pence of mind. Anyone living near a military airport or In the flight patch of supersonic bombers needs no ex planation of sonic boraii. It is a noise like thunder, which at its peak has been known to sli.it tor windows and crack plaster. The Air Force had so many com plaints that it Instituted a pro gram called Tlie Sounds of 'Freedom to justify the nuisance. While the boom is loudest as the plane crashes the sound bar nor, it is unit unions in a zone 50 miles wide, reverberating over towns and cities us a p.r of explosions. FAA experts say that the SST ran lie designed so Ihe noise level will be "toler able." Tlie plane w ill fly subsonic un til it reaches an altitude of 4), 000 feet, llien It will break the sound barrier above 40.000 on the way to fiO.000 or 70.000 in the . ory over tlio ocean on transat lantic flights or over relatively sparsely settled areas on cross country runs. Another sound problem to lie solved Is noise on the runway. Tlie present subsonic jets have a noise thrust of about lT.ono pounds. Tlie new engine will have 40.000 pounds. This means a compressor whine well over twice that of tlie screech of jets now in operation, liespite hope ful pronouncements about ways to combat It in new design, the far higher scream on takeoff and approach for landing is sure to command his party's forces in a nomi nation struggle, to use them effectively as bargaining elements for the benefit of his state. If he has to make himself favorite son in order to keep right rein, that is looked upon as perfectly sensible politics. Profes sionals do not see in such a course a com mitment to "go all the, way," even when the man involved is a popular governor fre quently placed in the presidential lists. Romney, on his own, evidently has not wished to stand as favorite son. Perhaps he is impressed, too, with the argument it would thrust him into the 1964 race up to his ears. His current situation, however, is not one a state political leader likes to swal low. Goldwater elements are claiming up wards of 20 of Michigan's 48 votes will be theirs in 1964. Romney in some circum stances might find himself going to San Francisco virtually as chairman of a Gold water delegation. This could hardly promote the gover . nor's image as a powerful leader in his own state and a potential national figure for 1968 and beyond. In blunt fact, it might do him serious damage, even to affecting his prospects of re-election as governor next year. These are the detached professional as sessments of Romney's present somewhat unenviable position. He is believed not to have too long to work himself out of this dilemma. Ways ment, in this case the Department of In terior, which are aimed in precisely the op posite direction. At the same time Agricul ture is paying out millions to take Iowa farm land out of production to turn it into parks, Interior is spending its millions to build dams in the western states which will bring more acres into production and at the same time destroy some of our already ex isting national parks. An Iowa Congressman made a sugges tion of much merit; leave the parks in Colo rado, leave the farms in Iowa, and save mil lions of dollars on both ends. to stir angry protests. Follow ing a Supreme Court ruling in a Pittsburgh airport case uphold ing the right of private citizens to sue for relief if low-flying planes lowered the value of their property, thousands of suits arc pending across the country. As first contemplated the SST was to lie windowloss because of the tremendous pressures at 1 great altitudes. From 125 to ItiO passengers would be hurtled through space in a sealed metal tube. One hazard at 70.000 feet is radiation from solar storms and a warning system must be worked out so the SST can drop tn a safe level. It is a strange world ahead and w hether man, wlio has already done so much to destroy and distort his envi ronment, ran take it is the big gest question of all. Keillor's Note: Marquis Chillis is on a brirf tour of the South where he is making in spection visits at NASA In slullatlnns In Louisiana and .Mississippi. In furthcoming columns he also will write about next year's election out look, civil rights and other topics pertinent to Ihe South. Al manac By I nltrd Press Internalinnal Today Is Wednesday, Oct. 2.1, tlie 2th day of lMwith B9 to follow. Tlie moon is approaching Its first quarter. The morning star is Junior. The evening stars ate Jupiter and Saturn. On this day in history: III litis, about 25,000 women marched In New York City de manding the women's right to vote In all 48 states. In I955, voters In the Saar re jected a proposed statute to "Kuropeauize" tlie tiny country and draw It mora closely to France. IN WASHINGTON By RALPH de TOLEDANO For some days, trial balloons for Richard Nixon have been launched by a series of "in side" stories. Whether Mr. Nix on was present at Uie ceremo nies is unimportant. He is clear ly a man who thinks that the Republican Parly may yet give him the nod in tlie 1964 Presi dential contest. None of this is particularly startling. Neither is the fact that those who have suddenly discovered that lie is up and running are being led down a journalistic garden path by Ihe balloon launchers. For instance, one great metropolitan newspa per, in attempting to show sup port for Nixon as the GOP Pres idential nominee, states that several fprmcr associates of Mr. Nixon in the last campaign "have avoided commitments" to one or another of Uie candi dates. Among those named is Leon ard W. Hall, campaign manager for General Eisenhower and co nianager for Mr. Nixon in 1960. Mr. Hall, it is said, has been sought out by Nelson Rockefel lers forces but has refused to plight his troth with the New York governor. This, to anyone who has a good view of Republican maneu ver, is one of those myths which arc so easily inspired by the politicians. The simple fact is that Mr. Hall offered his serv ices to the as-yct unorganized supporters of Sen. Barry Gold water and received a non-committal answer. He then let it be known Uiat he would be avail able to the Rockefeller team and received little comfort from those quarters. This is, not written in criti cism of Mr. Hall, nor docs it im ply that he was rejected. In a sense, it is too early to become involved in the kind of politick ing Mr. Hall can do and nei ther side was ready to sign him on. 1 am certain that full use will be made of Mr. Hail's tal ents no matter who the Republi can nominee may be. But the idea that Mr. Hall or any top-drawer GOP politico is holding off Uie rival Presidential candidates in order to see if Mr. Nixon has decided to loss Ins hat in tlio ring Is slightly ridiculous. Among New Y o r k BERRY'S WORLD 7 likt tbl lit o tunntl, but io ye bavt to keep rtftrrlHg to it at the ENGLISH Cbauutli Nixon And The Republicans, of course, it may be a camouflage act to give this impression. Richard Nixon is still nominally the head of the Republican Party and to pay lip service to his title spares a careful politician from declar ing his opposition to Governor Rockefeller. All indications are that Mr. Rockefeller's fortunes a r e so low in New York that lie could not carry the state against any Democrat. Neither could he make any kind of showing in California or Pennsylvania. Since he is unpopular in tlie South and Midwest, this leaves him little on which to base a claim of future victory. As a result. Republicans in New. York particularly those who represent suburban and( rural districts are increasingly open in their espousal of the Goldwater candidacy. In fact, it is reported by reliable sources that Rep. William Miller, chair man of the Republican National Committee, has told intimates that he is ready to declare for Barry Goldwater at any time. This would require him to re sign as chairman of tlie It.N'C w here at least a show of neutral ity is considered proper. Mr. Miller, like other of his colleagues, knows that a Rock efeller candidacy can cost him his seat. A Nixon candidacy would put it in some jeopardy. Every decade or so, we are treated to some new translation of the Bible, which is supposed ly clearer, more accurate and "more modern" in language than the archaic versions our forefathers were nourished upon. Nevertheless, these ancient editions maintain their hold upon us, because what one learns as a child becomes a comfortable incantation in later lite, and we need never think it afresh or feci it anew. Besides, Presidency For something new has been added to New York politics the Conservative Party. This grouping is determined to see an avowed conservative as the GOP Republican candidate, and if Mr. Goldwater is not nomi nated, the Conservatives will run a ticket of their ow n right down to tlie Congressional level. This would be enough, in some districts, to topple several Re publican Congressmen. It would clearly mean the difference be tween victory and defeat for a touch-and-go incumbent like Sen. Kenneth Keating. When there is talk from New York politicians that Mr. Nixon is a candidate and has a good chance to get the nominaUon, it is Ito this correspondent) lit tle more than the gas that es capes from any trial balloon. There are too many official and unofficial groupings of conscrva. tives around the country within the GOP and on its periphery, to make this possible. In a way, this is sad. If elect ed in 1960, Mr. Nixon would have made a good President. But he has been too buffeted by the political winds since that time. The 1962 defeat in the Cal ifornia gubernatorial race cut a deep emotional wound from which he has not recovered. tf Mr. Goldwater is to be stopped, the liberal wing of the GOP w ill nave to find a stronger counterforce than Mr. Nixon. STRICTLY PERSONAL. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS the powerful and old - fashioned phraseology of the King James version maintains an hypnoti cally awesome effect upon us. C o n s i d c r, for example, St. Paul's famous words about the "flesh" and the "spirit." Every one who knows the Bible a lit tle bit knows that the "flesh" is bad and the "spirit" is good. Rut hardly anyone, except a few ignored theologians, knows what the Bible meant bv "Mesh." We suppose, in our haphazard and semi-educated way, that St. Paul was talking against "physical" things that by "Ihe sins of the flesh" he meant gluttony and drunkenness and fornication and the immoderate satisfaction of all the appetites. He meant nothing of the sort. The "flesh" refers to the "natural man." as opposed to tlio "supernatural man." It is tlie total human personality of the man who has not been "re born." Thus, tlie sins of the flesh, according to Paul and the fa thers of the Church, are primar ily those attitudes and activi ties which contrast most sharply with Ihe supernatural virtues: creed, vanity, pride, cruelty, injustice, and the hard ness of heart that is at the core of all of (hem. In fact, the one lesson to be learned from a careful reading of the gospels is that Jesus counted these sins infinitely worse than the indulgence or perversion of Ihe physical appe tiles. Everything in the gospels inctoate that He preferred the company of the disreputable to the company of the respectable hypocrites. Because so many have not understood what the Bible By PETER EPSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEA)-A six foot, 280-pound ex-prize fighter and school dropout who became prime minister of his native Federation of Rhodesia and Ny asaland was received by Presi dent Kennedy the oilier day. He had a little-known story about what he says is going on in Africa. And he said there's a moral in it for the United States on what is now going on in Latin America. The caller was Sir Roy Welcn sky, a white man whose family has been African for seven gen erations. His father was a Jew, his mother a Christian. He is about to hang up his gloves now at age 57, having taken the worst beating of his life, not in the ring, but in African politics. Before he retires to go fish ing and write a book which he thinks future historians may be interested in, he wanted to come to America to meet Jack Demp scy, now 58 and 215. "I am leaving politics," he said at the National Press Club on the day before he went to tlie White House. "I was kicked out. But I want to say three or four things." He thinks they need saying. And whether you agree with him or not, you respect his right to say them. "Do you realize what is hap pening in Africa today?" he . asks. "It is becoming a conti nent of national socialist states," he answers. He describes this as the pro cess: First the Africans are given the vote. One man, one vote which is supposed to be democ racy. Tlien the n a t i o n a 1 leaders elected to office start to destroy their opposition. It becomes a one-party state. A dictatorship is developed. And the rest of the world accepts it because it is told this is the best thing for the Africans. "Tlie West has no right to con demn Africa to one form of gov ernment," says Sir Roy. "You will lose Latin America the same way. "It is a threat to the peace of v'the world more power in the hands of fewer people. If de WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK . . . Harriman Quips A Compliment For K By WASHINGTON STAFF Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEAi-Under Secretary of State Averell Har riman, commenting on his re cent conversations with Russia's Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, said, "He acts now like a poli tician. He acts like Lyndon Johnson." This flippancy drew criticisms from the vice president's admir ers. But Harriman got out of it neatly by saying: "Lyndon Johnson is the most effective political campaigner I know." Ex-President Harry S. Tru man was in the audience when Austrian Foreign Minister Bru no Krelsky made a speech be fore a luncheon club in Kansas City, discussing the problems of a neutral country in the cold war. Afler it was over. H.S.T. came up to the microphone and said, for everyone to hear, "That's the best cd speech I've heard since 1945." Senate minority leader Ever ett Dirksen, R-Ill., has a stock double-talk answer when asked about his views concerning the moon race. "There once was a question on a mail carrier exam: 'How far is tlio moon from the earth?" One fellow didn't know, so he thought for a while and finally answered. 'Just far enough so means by "flesh," it has been assumed that the "worst sins" are physical, when, of course, every competent theologian knows that they are "spiritual." Many so-called religious people een believe that the prime sin of Adam and Eve was sexual in nature, which is an insane distortion. Theirs was the spiri tual sin of pride and disobedi ence. New versions of the Bible try valiantly to correct these er r o r s and misconceptions of words, but tlie emotional ties to the past are too strong. We live by words rather than by ideas, and when the wrong word is clamped to an idea at an early ace, it is much easier for us to .follow the word than to examine tlie idea behind it. mocracy is right for the United States and the United Kingdom, it should be right for Africa, too." But the only way the African type of dictatorship can be changed, says Sir Roy, is by coup d'etat or assassination of the leaders. Already one African prime minister has been assassinated and another has been attacked twice. The opposition party in Ghana is in jail. In his own Nyasaland 15 people have been locked up for opposing new govern ment. Slow down this develop ment, he advises, or the Afri can people will soon be disillu sioned about democracy. The new prime minister of the now independent s t a t e of Ny-a asaland also has come to Wash- ington. He is Dr. Hastings Kam uza Banda, a black African who receives official honors as the head of a state. It is a state of three million people with no industry and a per capita income of $70 to $80 a year. It has been supported by a $20 million subsidy from the British. Now that Nyasaland is inde pendent, presumably the United States will be asked to take over this privilege with development loans. Ten years ago the British Par liament was persuaded to cre ate a federation of the three col onics of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. But the constitution forced on the federation by the British made the Africans think it was a creature representing only its 200.000 whites. The eight million Africans were, opposed to it from the start. "The lesson I've learned," says Sir Roy, "is that I do not believe the African nationalist leaders will accept white part nership today. Ten years ago they might have, if it had been offered to them in the right form. "The people of Africa cry out for education, for skill and for work. Yet their condition today is as poor as it has ever been. "Tlie gilt of freedom has been to the politician in power, not the people. Nor can the people now easily change the govern ments they have got by constitu tional means or opposition to the ruling party." it won't interfere with me and the duty of carrying mail.' He got the job." A major furor in tlie P(ehta gon for the past year is over news management as practiced by Arthur Sylvester, assistant secretary of defense for public aliairs. Sometimes this censorship and news management have been achieved by "classifying" em barrassing documents marking tliem "secret" or "confiden tial." Now a Pentagon wag high on Sylvester's own staff has put two signs on the wall back of his desk: WHEN YOU MANAGE NEWS DO IT ACCORDING TO THE RULES and IF IT'S AWKWARD CLASSIFY IT Slate Department fan mail has its ups and downs, but this is a high period. Excerpts from typical letters: "We need a mental health pro gram in the White House and State Department." "It's clear Soviet appcascrs are having a field day." One of the persistent rumors: There are thousands of Chinese Communist troops in Mexico, poised to attack tlie United States. Where this one started nobody knows, but it has spread by word of mouth to many parts of the country. Every such letter gets a firm denial in reply. One woman correspondent, worried about the Viet Nam sit uation, closed her letter with the admission, "I realize that if I were living in a Communist country, I would never have dared write to my government." Comments one official: "w don't lose Uicm all." When a power failure caused temporary blackout in t h e State Department the other day. Sen. Karl Mundt, R-5 D., observed: "It probably didn't cause much trouble. Some observers claim that our foreign policy seems to operate in the dark all of the time."
