Stevenson Says Cuba
'Obsession' Declining
NEW YORK (UPI) - Com
munism ultimately will be de
feated because It is a "contra
diction of all of what man holds
dearest, spiritually, economical
ly and politically," Adlai E.
Stevenson said Sunday.
The U. S. ambassador to the
United Nations made the pre
diction in a television interiew
in commenting on proposals at
tributed to Sen. Barry M. Gold
water, R-Ariz., that the United
Sates withdraw recognition
from all Communist govern
ments. '. . . We can't expect In iso
late the Communists from the
world; we can expect to defeat
them by pointing out and dem
onstrating . . . that their system
is in error . . ." he said.
The two-time presidential can
didate said he thought the "ob
session about Cuba is beginning
to diminish" but he warned
that as a "Communist beach
head in the Western Hemis
phere" it was a "source of
grave concern and of constant
tension by our government."
Stevenson said Communist
Cuba was not so much a mili
tary threat as it was a "train
ing ground for subversives"
seeking to undermine the gov
ernment of other Latin Ameri
can republics. '
However, Stevenson said he
did not regard Cuba as a great
danger to the United States in a
military sense "or as a source
of infection to our country."
"I think we're strong enough,
we're big enough, we're self
confident enough, we know what
we believe in, and we're for
tunate enough to be able to
withstand such hazards," he
said.
Stevenson, who recently was
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group of political extremists in
Dallas, Texas, said the leaders
of "right front organizations"
have painted all sorts of fears,
many of them utterly ridiculous
unlounded and untrue."
Stevenson blamed H on a
"residue of the old isolationist
sentiment in this country" and
"a kind of general frustration
among a lot of people perhaps
who aren't too well informed
about what is going on in the
world."
Negro Files
In Primary
NEW YORK (UPI I - Negro
lawyer Paul B. Zuber, who has
been involved in several civil
lights eases, said Monday he
will enter the New Hampshire
and West Virginia presidential
primaries to educate the Demo
cratic and Republican parties
on civil rights.
He w ill run as an independent.
Zuber said "There is not
much difference between the
two major parties" except on
civil rights and if he can get
only 10 per cent of the vote in
the primaries it will "give a
warning" to Democrats and
Republicans alike.
"It is an educational pro
cess," Zuber said, explaining
why lie decided to enter the
primaries.
He said he would enter the
West Virginia contest because,
being a border state between
South and North, "it would be
a Iwtter barometer" on civil
lights feelings.
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: In I960,
Americans spent more money to
bury their dead than they did
higher education. Following
Is the first of three dispatches
examining the modern funeral
business and explaining why the
cost of dying Is Increasing at a
faster rale than the cost of liv
ing.) Bt CHARLES II. WILSON JR.
United Press International
The majestic pyramids of
Egypt stand as one of history's
notable monuments to extrava
gance in death.
But Americans, today, are dying
and being buried at a cost that
would stagger even King Tut.
One author, Jessica Mitford,
who did an exhaustive study of
American funeral practices, csti-juith the "you-can't-takc-it-with-imated
from U. S. Department of you" philosophy, funerals ranging
Commerce figures that $2 billion from $5,000 to $20,000 and more
was spent in this country in I960
to bury 1.7 million dead.
That figure exceeded total
sonal expenditures the same year NFDA appears to he a reason
for higher education for 3.6 mil-jable starting point for discussing
lion students isi.9 billion), lor
dental care lalso $19 billion), fnr.fourth largest expense faced by
police protection ($18 billion) and
for fire protection ($1 billion).
An interesting contrast can be'tion
made between the cost of living
and the cost of dying. U. S. De
partment of Labor statistics re
veal that the cost of living rose
71.9 per cent from ltHt to 1982.
The cost of the regular adult
funeral jumped almost 100 per
cent during the same period. In
dollars-and-cents terms, the regu
lar adult funeral cost $.180 in 1944.
Thai same funeral cost $755 last
year.
Those figures do not tell theiarea.
story, for the funeral cost includes! With added volume have come
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.only those goods and services pro -
vided by the mortician. Burial,
flower and other costs are sep-
arate items and can at least
double the cost of dying.
The $755 figure for the regular
adult funeral in 1963 was supplied
by the National Funeral Directors
Associatnn (NFDA. Yet it is a
figure that is hotly disputed by
morticians themselves.
Funeral directors argue they
ran supply a "decent" funeral to
fit any budget. An informal Unit'
'ed Press International survey of
IB major cities across the country
confirmed that.
Complete Funeral
The survey revealed that a
complete funeral is available in
most areas for as low as $150.
But, for a person carried away
are also available.
Between those extremes, the
pcr-;$755 average supplied by the
what has become the third or,
a family, exceeded only by the
home, car and children s educa
And it is an expense that most
families will experience more
than onre.
Burying the dead has become
big business in the United States
One Wyoming mortician, w ho is
described as a small-volume op
erator, said he must gross $12,
000 a month just to meet costs.
Increasingly common is the chain
operation in which a single firm
owns several funeral homes in an
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. changing images and business
'practices. No longer is tlie fun -
eral home a dreary building hid-
den discreetly among lh trees.
The funeral home or chapel
today is modern in architecture
painted brightly and surrounded
by rich green lawns and unrip-
pled pools.
Mortician's trade magazines ex
hort their readers to watch their
language. Death is a taboo word;
"expired is preferred. aa dol
not buy a casket, you "make an
investment in a service." The
death certificate becomes a "vital
statistics form" and Uie casket
is placed in a "slumber room."
not a laying-out room.
Funeral directors have mas
tered modern sales techniques.
And they maintain lobbyists to
protect their sizable economic in
terests before state legislatures
One example of the funeral lob
by's effectiveness is cited in Miss
Mitford's new book.. "The Ameri
can Wav of Death."
A highly critical article on fun
eral practices appeared in Col
lier's magazine in May, 1951. The
article stirred the wrath of fun
eral directors and prompted an
investigation by the California leg
islature.
Committee Report
When the investigating commit
tee issued its report in 1953, it
found nothing to criticize in the
funeral Industry. In fact the re
I port praised funeral directors for
their devotion to Ihe public in
terest
That seemed to exonerate the
funeral Industry until Miss Mil-
ford uncovered a letter written
by J. Wilfred Corr, then execu
tive secretary of the California
Funeral Directors Association, to
On Santa
Main and
Wilber Krieger, managing direc-i
!tor of the National Selected Mor-
ticians.
In the letter, Corr recounted
of,how two of his associates had
written the report and how he
had "engineered" the acceptance
of the report by the Investigating
committee.
Critics of the funeral industry
concede htat its share of un
scrupulous operators is roughly
Argentinians To Cancel
All U.S. Oil Contracts
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
UPI i President Arturo U. II
lia, apparently unmoved by a
plea from Averell Harriman,
U.S. undersecretary of state,
moved ahead today with plans
to cancel United States and Eu
ropean oil contracts.
Harriman, special representa
tive of President Kennedy, met
with Argentine officials for
eight hours this weekend before
flying to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sun
day to attend an inter-Amcrican
finance ministers conference on
the Alliance for Progress.
The Argentine government is
sued a communique following
the talks with Harriman which
said it "ratifies its sovereign,
irrevocable decision to annul
the oil contracts" and said they
would be annulled this week.
There has been no indication
what day of the week Illia
might carry out his long
standing campaign promise,
which would allect an estimat
ed $397 million in American in
vestments. American sources said can
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proportionate to that found in
other businesses. Most mortic
ians observe the general ethical
standards set down by their na
tional associations.
But funeral costs are high. And,
since death costs are something
that few individuals plan for, the
fact of high costs is something
the average person Is not aware
of until he Is actually faced with
buying a funeral.
cellation of the oil contracts
could seriously harm the mulU
billion dollar U.S. aid program
in 'Latin America.
The U.S. government also
fears annulment of the con
tracts would tend to choke off
private investment in Latin
America, according to informed
U.S. sources.
Fish And Game
Group To Meet
The recent public hearing
held here by the Interim Com
mittee on Wildlife on the deer
controversy and a proposal to
reorganize the O r e g o n Inter
state Advisory Committee will
be included on (he agenda of
local chapter of jhe Oregon
Fish and Came Council when
that group holds its fall meet
ing, 8 p.m., Thursday, at. the
Midland Grange Hall.
The council is composed of
hunters and sportsmen and has
chapters in six Oregon counties.
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