IIKRALD AND NEWS, Klanulh Falls, Orrgon
Sunday, November 17. 19BJ
Goldwater IV:
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Giving Away $23 Million
Klamath County has shipped over $23
million overseas in foreign aid in the period
from 1945 to 1962.
We talk about raising just over a mil
lion dollars to help finance a hospital, and
struggle to raise a United Fund of about a
hundred thousand, but we hear very few
voices raised against giving away $23 mil
lion to foreign countries from Klamath
County.
That may seem like a figment of the
imagination, but let's put it in focus.
The United States has granted in ex
cess of $97 billion in foreign aid to virtually
all countries of the globe in the period 1945
to 1962.
If you break this amount down Into
the 200 million estimated population of this
country, you come up with a figure of about
$485 per person spent on foreign aid.
In Klamath County, if we take a popu
lation figure of 48,000, we come up with
a total of just over $23 million as our share
of the foreign aid figure.
Just imagine what $23 million could do
for the needed facilities in this county.
It would build seven or eight hospitals of
the size now being contemplated. It would
suffice to easily take care of our school
building needs, and many other things.
Yet, in those 18 years, very few voices
have been raised in protest against the
steady outflow of money to overseas nations.
If we boil it down, we find that over
the ensuing 18 years since 1945, Klamath
County has sent $10,800,000 to Europe; $5,
280,000 to the Far East; $4,320,000 to the
. Middle East and South Asia; $1,680,000 to
(Register-Guard, Eugene)
In a far-reaching move, the Justice De
partment has filed a brief, as a friend of the
court, in a case the U.S. Supreme Court
will hear this fall. The department's con
tention is that all congressional districts
must be of substantially equal population.
If the court agrees, many stales, including
Oregon, may have to alter drastically their
patterns of electing congressmen.
The case at issue comes from Georgia.
A lower federal court has already ruled that
the apportionment in question satisfies
constitutional requirements. Two Georgia
citizens disagree. They note that Georgia's
Fifth Congressional District, which includes
Atlanta and suburbs, had a 1960 population
of 823,660. The smallest is the Ninth, a
group of rural counties with a population
of 272,154.
Nor are these Georgia extremes un
usual. The largest district in the nation is
the Fifth of Texas, represented by Republi
can Bruce Alger. It has a population of 951,
527. The smallest in the nation is tho 12th
of Michigan, up in the Lake Superior coun
try, with a population of 177,431. However,
Arizona, Colorado and South Dakota also
Reporter's Tour Of Capital Vice Turns Up Raw Material
Will Washington Produce Its Own Christine?
By BILL McCORMICK
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA - A
newly arrived visitor reading
about tlie Bobby Baker case
might well gatlier tho impres
sion that much of the na
tion's business is conducted over
cocktails and call girls.
He could picture Washington
as a king-sized Cliveden popu
lated by Yankee John Profunws
frolicking with corn-fed Chris
tine Keclers.
He could imagine tlie state of
(Ik? union being shaped by friv
olous floozies skylarking with
nikchcll dignitaries.
From its outset, tlie abrupt
resignation of Robert Gene Ba
ker as secretary to tlie Senate
majority has stirred reactions,
and they grow odder. Baker was
once praised by Vice President
' Johnson ns "one of my most
trusted, most loyal and most
competent friends."
Implications Uuil tlie congres
sional bigwigs' helping hand had
dipped into (lie collection plate
at first barely nudged the
awareness of Amcrka-ai-large. '
They fell on ears bored by old
stuff like conflict of interest.
Attitudes changed when tlie
tale of l tasty Teuton known as
Elly Romeuch became known.
This 27 year-old wife of a West
Latin America and about $480,000 to Africa.
Who ever said we were doing too little
for our friends in other countries?
Right today, the Senate is making a
valiant effort to chop down the foreign aid
request of President Kennedy. The adminis
tration requested $4 5 billion for foreign aid.
That seems like a nice figure, but let's
boil it down again to Klamath County.
It means that Klamath County's share
of the cost of this foreign aid program for
the coming fiscal year would amount to just
over $1 million!
Our share of the cost of the foreign aid
program for the coming year is almost equal
to the entire amount of money pledged or
collected toward the construction of a new
hospital here.
We find ourselves rarely in agreement
with Senator Wayne Morse but on this issue
of slicing foreign aid we're with him 100
per cent.
As a matter of fact, it's our opinion
that Congress has been much too nice about
it. The House had the courage to slash off
a billion dollars, which would have saved
Klamath County $240,000, but the Senate
has put part of this back in the bill.
If ever it was a time to take pen in
hand and direct a note to your Congressman
on this issue of foreign aid and reckless
spending, now is that time.
It's not somebody else's money we're
talking about, it's ONE MILLION DOLLARS
of Klamath County money we're talking
about.
Write to YOUR Congressmen now about
YOUR money and how they are planning to
spend it.
To Equalize?'
have congressional districts with fewer than
200,000 citizens.
Perhaps something should be done in
the Georgia case. That big district embraces
two counties, Fulton and DeKalb. Perhaps
Fulton, Atlanta's county, could be chopped
off, leaving DeKalb to merge with others.
But in many states any further attempts
to equalize the size of districts make no
sense except statistical sense. Oregon is one
such state. Here wc have three distinct
areas Portland, Eastern Oregon and the
rest of us. Portland and Eastern Oregon
have one district each, the rest of us are
divided into two. Mrs. Green's Portland dis
trict has a population of 522,813, Al Ull
man's Eastern Oregon district only 265,164.
But how senseless it would be to hook
Mr. Ullman's district to part of Portland.
The interests of the two areas are too dis
similar. Others have tried other combina
tions to bring about a numerical parity. But
none of them can follow lines of community
of interest.
It's a worthy aim, and, as in the Geor
gia case, it is sometimes attainable. But
sometimes it isn't. Let's hope the rest of us
don't get stuck with a decision that was
meant for someplace else.
German army sergeant stationed
in Washington had been quietly
returned to her native land
when an KM investigation dis
closed she had been serving be
yond tlie call of duty at soi
rees for capital dignitaries.
Elly violated the code of her
profession against name drop
ping by mentioning in familiar
THE Q CLUB: "As
terms Baker and his secretary,
Carole Tyler, a lush blonde who
shared her buss' limn house
with a female secretary to Flor
ida's Sen. George Smnthcr$.
Smalhcrs is a crony ol Baker,
the 35-year-old political prodigy
from Pickens. S C.
It subsequently developed that
Baker was an organizer of the
Quorum Club, a private hangout
sinful as Cilvln Coolidge Wllle
Barry Must Get Ike's Endorsement
By HARRY FERGUSON
WASHINGTON (UP!) - One
of these days Sen. Barry Gold
watcr is going to have to make
a basic decision. Should he
start moving from the far right
toward the center of American
political opinion or should he
stand fast and risk the fate that
overtook the late Robert A.
Taft?
Neither the far right nor the
far left elects an American '
president. The decision is
made by the millions of inde
pendent voters who dwell in
the middle ground. Taft,' like
Goldwater, was a conservative.
He lost the 1952 Republican,
nomination to Dwight D. Eisen
hower because the party profes
sions thought he was too con
servative to win the election.
This is a big club and Gold- .
water's opponents will hit him
with it repeatedly as the cam
paign hottens up. The other
horn of the dilemma is that if
Goldwater starts moving from
the far right toward the center,
he is bound to alienate the peo
IN WASHINGTON . . .
Red
By RALPH de TOLEDANO
After 27 years of service to
the government. Otto Otepka
has been summarily fired.
In that time, he served as
the State Department's Deputy
Director of the Office of Secur
ity and as officer in charge of
security evaluations.
Mr. Otepka was not fired for
leaking secrets to the Commu
nists. His record is one of ex
cellence. It is distinguished by
awards for meritorious serv
ice. He was fired because he
committed the one crime h i s
bosses in the Slate Department
could not tolerate:
He told the truth to the Scn
a t e Internal Security subcom
mittee. And in telling the truth, he
proved conclusively and with
documentation that some other
State Department witnesses had
been more than a little cavalier
with the facts in their own tes
timony. The viciousness and crudity
ol the Otepka case justifies the
statement of Sen. Thomas J.
Dodd (D.-ronn.) that it is "out
.ragcous." The background of
the case makes it clear that a
bureaucrat, when faced with
the possibility that his job may
be in jeopardy, will stop at
nothing.
On the very best of authority,
I can state that Mr. Otcpka's
testimony was of the greatest
importance to the security of
the United States. Under oath,
he demonstrated to the Senate
Internal Security subcommittee
that State Department security
practices were extremely and
dangerously lax, 'what individu
als were responsible, and how
efforts to tighten up proce
dures had been rudely ignored.
In giving his testimony to a
duly constituted committee of
the Senate, Mr. Otepka was not
only doing his duty but was ful
ly protected by United States
Code. Title 5, paragraph 652 id),
which reads:
"The right of persons em
ployed in tlie civil service of the
United States ... to furnish in
for looking into the mores and
(or government figures and lob
byist and. until earlier this
year, part-owner of The Carou
sel, a plush motel in Ocean
City, Md.. Iieavily patronized by
some of the "best people" from
Washington.
The nation's eyebrows shot up
and Washington mouths
slammed sluit. Ordinarily gush-
House dinner."
ple who now are the hard core
of his support.
Letter to Goldwater from San
Francisco: "The tragic picture
of Tom Dewey and then again
Richard Nixon agreeing to
everything the incumbent ad
ministration had done and
merely saying they could do it
cheaper remains very vividly
before us. There are millions of
people who would like to
be able to vote on the clear cut
issues of personal freedom,
sharply restricted foreign aid
and our whole ridiculous for
cigh policy.
"Your stand in the past has
been very clear, but it is no
ticeable that you have com
promised these stands to some
extent in the more recent past,
I hope you will maintain a firm
position and not compromise
anv further."
In recent years Goldwater
has traveled a million miles
and made 800 speeches. He has
given countless press confer
ences and appeared on many
television programs. Any man
who talks that much inevitably
Flag For Senate
formation to either House of
Congress or to any committee "
or member thereof, shall not be
denied or interfered with."
Mr. Otepka's testimony ran
counter to that of other State
Department officials. In remov
ing him from his job, however,
the State Department did not
charge him with perjury nor
was any effort made to deter
mine the truth or lack of same
in the testimony of other offi
cials. Mr. Otepka was fired, as
I have said, very frankly and
openly for testifying before a
Senate committee.
To compound the outrage, he
was fired after the State De
partment had promised that no
reprisals would be taken against
him. However, prior to the dis-
Almanac
By United Press International
Today is Sunday, Nov. 17. the
321st clay of 1963 with 44 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The evening stars are Jupiter,
Saturn and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1800, Congress convened in
Washington for the first time.
The session was held in the
north wing of the Capitol the
only portion of the building then
completed.
In 1869, the Suez Canal in
Egypt was formally opened.
In 1881. Samuel Gompers or
ganized the Federation of Or
ganized Trades and Labor Un
ions of the United States and
Canada at a meeting held in
Pittsburgh.
In 1951, the pro-Soviet World
Federation of Trade Unions ad
vocated Communist infiltration
into non-Communist labor or
ganizations. A thought for the day Amer
ican writer Mark Twain said:
"Soap and education are not as
sudden as a massacre, but they
are more deadly in the long
run."
ing fountains of information be
came The Unquotables when
Bobby Baker's case was men
tioned. Elly Rontotsch added ' mys
tery when she contradicted her
own statements that she had
known and catered to prominent
Washingtonians. She said she
had just been bragging when
she strewed names around. Her
husband, who filed for divorce
after they returned to Europe,
said she had been frightened
into changing her story by men
who flashed credenUals as U.S.
security agents.
This creates a good climate
for looking into the mores and
Editor's Note: Sex and gov
ernment is a combination
Americans usually think of as
peculiarly European. Modern
Washington scnndal has fo
cused on hard goods like
lirezem. The soltesl goods
have been vicuna coals. But
the Bobby Baker case has sug
gested lhal perhaps standards
hare changed. To find out,
NE.Vi Bill MrCormick re
lumed to the scene of his
early reporting experience.
His three-part report begins
is going to say something he
would like to have forgot
ten. Occasionally Goldwater un
consciously contradicts him
self. Goldwater desperately needs
the approval of Eisenhower to
win the nomination because the
former president still is the hero
of millions of voters in the mid
dle grotind. Some years ago
Goldwater was asked what he
thought about Eisenhower's
brother, Milton, as a presiden
tial possibility. He replied:
"One Eisenhower in a genera
tion is enough." To Goldwater's
credit he does not try to wrig
gle off the hook today by claim
ing he was misquoted. But he
docs maintain that what he
meant was that Dwight Eisen
hower had rendered distin
guished service to the nation
and that the family should not
be called upon to do anything
further, especially since it was
doubtful that Milton could
match his brother's record.
So far Eisenhower, as far as
the public knows, is neutral in
the race for the GOP nomina-
missal, every effort was made
to force him to resign. Though
he was the last old-line security
official in the State Department,
this is how he was treated, ac
cording to Senator Dodd:
"They began, first, to restrict
his functions.
"Then they installed a tap on
his telephone. Although a State
Department official has denied
- under oath that this was done,
tlie Subcommittee on Interna!
Security has proof that the tap
was installed.
"Then they began to monitor
Mr. Otcpka's wastebasket.
"Then they locked him out of
his office and denied him access
to his files, although no charge
had yet been brought against
him.
"No one suspected of espion
age or disloyalty has to my
knowledge been subjected to
such surveillance and humilia
tion. . . . The State Department
has been chasing the policeman
instead of the culprit." '
Senator Dodd has insisted
that a 10-page memorandum on
the Otepka Case which he "per
sonally delivered" to Secretary
of State Dean Rusk and which
was signed by every member of
the Senate Judiciary Commitlee
be delivered to all 100 members
of the upper body. This is an ex
plosive document, for it outlines
fully the issues involved in the
Otepka case and the information
which the State Department
would like to see suppressed.
Last Wednesday, the full Ju
diciary Committee met. Its
members are up in arms.
So, too, are members of other
committees who sec the Admin
istration stifling the flow to Con
gress of any unpleasant or de
rogatory information. News
management may not appear
to be too important an issue
for some Senators. But when the
Executive Branch steps all over
Congress, it ceases to be a
Democrats - versus - Republi
cans issue. The prerogatives of
the Senate are involved. Unless
White House pressure becomes
unbearable, this will be a case
for the history books.
morals of the seat of govern
ment. A peek behind the scenes of
Washington's la dolce vita as
lite Romans call "the sweet life"
begins with the maligned pri
vate clubs. They never were as
titillating as rumored. Because
of criticism, many of these so
called dens of iniquity have been
closed. One, run by a big air
line, which attracted prizes as
big as cabinet members and
their wives, has been disman
tled for many months and the
building that housed it sold.
About all that over happened
there anyway was a good fast
game of bridge and an occa
sional collapse from an overdose
of martinis.
The clubs still in operation
are as sinful as a Calvin Cool
idge White House dinner, includ
ing the Quorum, which is a
small-sized version of any Un
ion League Club and about as
exciting. Located across t h e
street from the New Senate Of
fice Building, the Q. as it is
called, is a handy ducking-in
spot for anyone who cannot get
a drink at the Senate dining
room.
The lady habitue who con
ducted this investigator to the
"notorious" club slyly pointed
tion. He did say at one stage
that he would like for Goldwa
ter to be more explicit in what
he stands for.
Goldwater recently visited the
former president at Gettysburg
and assured Eisenhower he
would state his views fully on
all issues if and when he an
nounces he is a candidate. Be
tween now and the announce-
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Br nf ifttimH fiiliff 'tir ifiifirtfl if i m frlr-t'r r .Ik.,- M&kmamm&mm
IN TCP CIRCLES Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.l and
President Kennedy, who may oppose each other in the
1964 Presidential race, chat in top picture at a recent
Washington meeting. Below, Goldwater, left, applauds
as former President Eisenhower and Mamie arrive arm-in-arm
at 73rd birthday dinner lor Ike.
Letters To The Editor
hree bervice
Reading the lamentations of
these tax spenders about the
state over the defeat of the tax
bill in October, it makes one
wonder if we are electing in-'
telligent people to our state of
fices, and if those elected are
appointing intelligent people to
to high offices in the various
departments.
As a voter that defeat meant
just one thing to me, that was
a demand for less spending.
There is no doubt in the minds
of the voters that all depart
ments of state can get along on
less money and still do a bang
up job, and there are many
services that we can get along
nicely without. One of these
would be that (free) unemploy
ment service. Almost every day
in the week you can hear some
guy yakking on the radio beg
ging people to come put your
application in f o r a job. It
won't cost you anything and it
won't cost the employer any
thing. What a lie. That employe
pays taxes, that employer
pays taxes, so I say throw that
state employment service out
the w indow.
Another (free) service, the
State Park and Recreation
Service, throw that out the win
dow and that will take another
load off the taxpayers shoul
"WASHINGTON party girls
out several paintings of loosely
garbed females and leered as
she pointed to an unmarked
door.
"That leads to a bedroom,"
she whispered; then ruined it
all by adding, "It s used for
senators who pass out."
But if club high jinks are
dead, prostitution is flourishing
at every level, if there arc lev
els in that profession. Wash
ington, whose red light district
once gave the world the euphe
mism "hooker" for shady ladies,
hasn't had a regular house of
pleasure for years.
When the gtrls set up estab
lishments in the area east of
the White House occupied by
Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker and
his troops in the Civil War. the
term "hooker" was born. The
joints were cleaneout during
ment of his candidacy will be
a time of trial for Goldwater
because he knows that if he
comes up with a program un
acceptable to Eisenhower, he
will have two strikes on him
before the Republican conven
tion convenes.
Next: Tlie men and organiza
tions around Goldwater, .
if!
l
ders and give individuals an
opportunity to start a business.
No, we don't want a cigarette
tax, we don't want a sales tax.
No, we don't want more taxes,
we want less taxes.
O. H. Osborn,
Midland.
Thoughts
1 You were running well; who
hindered you from obeying the
truth? Galatians 5:7.
Once to every man and nation
comes tlie moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with
Falsehood, for the good or
evil side.
James Russell Lowell
And again he said, To what
shall I compare the kingdom
of God? Luke 13:20.
Heaven is not reached by a
single bound
But we build tlie ladder by
which we rise.
J. G. Holland.
I become afraid of all my suf
fering, for I know thou wilt not
hold me innocent. Job 9:28.
God is on the side of virtue;
for whoever dreads punishment
suffers it, and whoever deservej
it, dreads it. Charles Colton.
operate mostly on call."
Woodrow Wilson's tenure at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but
tlie name lingers on.
Washington party girls mostly
operate like taxicabs on call.
"Hundred-dollar call girls are a
dime a dozen," says one lobby
ist w-ho employs them. "The
cheaper ones are harder to
find."
Some of the girls have apart
ments in which they receive
callers. The quarters are often
shared by a like-minded friend
or two. .
And something that was miss
ing from the Washington scene
for many years has reappeared.
Of late, walking purveyors of
passion are patrolling the
streets.
Nl-xt: Who are the Washing
Ion call girls?