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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 6A HERALD A.VD NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon Wednesday, November 20, 1963 'Open The Door, Richard!" IN WASHINGTON . . . State Dept. Deceit -II Same It appears to be the same old record being played again and again on the battered juke box in the legislative halls at Salem. The House thinks one way, the Senate another, everybody takes pot shots at the governor, and the attorney general con tinues to try to run the state with legal opinions. What started out as a simple special session that could solve the state's fiscal crisis with a couple of bills has turned out to be a full blown carbon copy of the elon gated session which the state was subjected to earlier this year. i The statement of Attorney General Robert Thornton Monday that, in his opin ion, the governor has no power "to make Selective reductions in expenditures," has jthrown the session into even a more troubled turmoil and has, no doubt, prolonged the session needlessly. But, this ruling is typical of prior rul ings of Thornton who appears to rejoice in the role of being an obstructionist. Let it be said to the credit of the legis lature, they have been in session now for about 10 days and have managed to pass one measure. That one authorized the speed up in the collection of state withholding itaxes from employers who withhold $100 a iinonth or more from their employes. f This will pick up an estimated $12 mil lion revenue on a one-shot basis. , A second measure which gives the gov ernor power to cut the basic school allot ments is also on the way through the tor turous twists of the legislature and, unless held up by Thornton's ruling, may become :law. ;: The Senate is to be commended for its THE GLOBAL VIEW. . I- By LEON DKNNEN : IUO DE JANEIRO (NEA ) tn every Lalin-Amcrican Com munist Party there are today growing numbers of "activists" who consider Nikita Khrush chev and his supporters as traitors to the Marxist-Leninist cause. .' In this situation lie opportunl : ties for both the U.S. and Bed China. Thus far, Mao Tse-tung seems to be taking better ad vantage of it Ulan Washington. Peking's propaganda is driv ing hard and making some progress in capturing the minds and hearts of these activists mostly intellectuals, students land young nrmy officers. But a pro-wcslcrn Brazilian 'political leader told this report er: ' "If only the United States knew how to take advantage of the Communist split, democra cy might still have a chance in ;Lalin America." Carlos Laccrda, governor of ;0ie state of Guananbara and ;ind able politician, said: "The ;fight among the Communists Oilers a golden opportunity to Strengthen democracy in Latin America." ; Lacerda Is one of Uic most outspoken opponents of Prosi Joao Goulart, whose regime is supported by tlie pro-Kussinn Brazilian Reds. Tlie pro-Chinese Reds oppose Goulart whom they regard as "Mos cow's man." 1 Regardless of how the direct Khrushchev-Moo conflict comes Out, the split among Latin American Communists will go for a long time. Even East European jour nalists who accompanied Yu goslavia's President Tito on his Latin-American swing conced ed the Moscow-Peking rift is reflected in rising dissension on this continent. One Iron Cur tain newsman who spent years as a propagandist in Latin America said: "Tlie pro-Chinese view of im mediale revolution is particu larly strong among leftist In tellectuals, students and young army officers. Friends who once greeted me as a com-Jade-ln-armi now denounce me Jis a traitor to Marxism-Lenin-.jsm and a Russian imperial ist." The contempt of the pro-Chinese Intellectuals for "revision ists" Khrushchev and Tito was even stronger than their hatred of the United Slates, the Red newsman said. Mao Tse-tung'i radio broad casts and all types of propa ganda literature illustrated magazines, attractive art cal leadars and even textbooks Sad Political stand" that the at this special session, and have stood fast on this score. However, not so commendable is their apparent stand that they will approve no bill which proposes to cut their $250 month ly salary. If the legislature now has to go into a full fledged review of the budget and at tempt to make selective cuts, it could be a special session that might rival the regular session. Already, this legislature has the du bious distinction of having been the longest in the history of the state. The tinge of politics that surrounded the regular session has become a rainbow in the special session. The Boardman issue is a case in point as Democrats maneuver to discredit Hatfield's administration. It also serves as a convenient smoke screen to shroud the time and money-consuming fight that has raged between the House and the Senate throughout this 1963 session. We would suggest that they get on with the job and go home. Despite Thornton's ruling, the governor can still be given the power to make the cuts he has suggested. All the legislature has to do is adopt the schedule of cuts which Hatfield has recommended. But first, apparently, we have to wade through the old, old sales tax and cigarette tax battles, be subjected to political tirades by die-hard obstructionists, and, after a somewhat lengthy interval, we then get the few measures needed to solve the problem and the special session ends. It's a sorry sight, certainly not one be fitting lawmakers. Opportunity aro literally deluging Latin America. The Chinese radio propagan da which goes under such ti tles as "The Panorama of the New China" and "China Builds Socialism" makes a special point of the "anticolonialisl" and anti-American similarity between the problems of China and Latin America. Tlie Russians aro trying desperately to counter Mao's attack with their own barrage of radio propaganda and through placing Soviet agents in all Latin American countries. Moscow's lutcst broadcasts to Latin America are a clever mixture of raw political propa ganda and programs that would have a greater audience ap peal. A program entitled "News of Soviet Science and Technology" contains much Interesting in formation about scientific de velopments in Russia and gives I lie impression that tlie Soviet Union is fur ahead of the Unit ed Slates in all branches of sci ence. Alongside Russia's and Chi na's radio propaganda there are the so-called "native" pro grams w hich originate in Lai in America. Tlie president of the Rio de Janeiro Chamber of Commerce recently complained to the minister of justice about subversive Red propaganda systematically broadcast by a Rio radio staUon in violation of Brazil's communication laws. The station is closely linked to pro . Communist Congressman BERRY'S WORLD mmm I m tVA I I "Maybt bt'U b TrtMtnt tome Jsy... liittn la that 'mtniatt for bangtf " Story voters meant "no new taxes" Knocks Leoncl Brlzola, President Gou lart's brolher-in-law. The reply of the minister was typical of conditions in Brazil. He told the business leader to worry less about Red propa ganda and more about the "conspiratorial activities" of Governor Laccrda. Tho latter is mi t i Communist un pro United States. It is tlie consensus of spec ialists on communism that the pro-Russian Red parties remain in control of the situation in Latin America and seem to command a greater following Ihan the newly risen pro-Chinese groups. Agents of Fidel Castro, who scorns to have one foot in the Russian camp and the other in the Chinese, are now trying to act as go-betweens. They are spreading rumors that a con ference of Latin Communist leaders is to lie held soon in Uruguay to settle the contro versy. But specialists on commu nism see little chance that the lend between the pro-Russian and pro-Cliinesc factions, which has reached violent pro portions in Brazil. Peru and Mexico, can be settled In the foreseeable future. Instead, they believe, such a conference might even widen the dilfer- CIllTS. The question is: Will the Uni ted Stales wilh its hordes of Information Agency officials and CIA agents roaming Latin America, grasp the opportunity and take the ball away from (he Communists? IMS Us g i- h litAl WASHINGTON REPORT . By FULTON LEWIS JR WASHINGTON As a wealthy Chicago banker, John S. Glca son contributed $1,000 to the Citizens for Kennedy - Johnson in 1960. Now, as chief of tlie Veterans Administration, G 1 e a s o n is once again doing his part. He and the Chief Executive have dreamed up an ingenious pro gram to win the electoral sup port of 1.2 million more Ameri cans. Widows of former U.S. serv icemen are now receiving let ters signed by Gleason that read: "President Kennedy holds in such high esteem those who have served our country in the Armed Forces of the United States that he has inaugurated his Presidential Memorial Cer tificate program a certificate bearing his signature is fur nished to the next of kin." They are urged to fill out an enclosed card and mail it to the , President at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They will receive in the mail their individual "Me morial certificate which reads: "The United States of Amcr ' ica honors the memory of . "This certificate is awarded by a grateful nation in recogni tion of devoted and selfless con secration to the service of man kind in the Armed Forces of the United States." It is signed, "John F. Kenne dy, President of the United States." The program is pursued with deadly earnest by Glcason's men. Regional managers of the Veterans Administration recent, ly received letters from Wash ington asking them to "exert every effort" to insure suc cess of the program. Congressman Bob Dole, Kan sas Republican, feels the pro gram is blatantly political. He notes the $60,000 cost to the V.A., which could better spend its money elsewhere. For that sum it could pay one year's compensation payments to 20 totally disabled service-connected veterans. It could provide educational benefits for 45 chil dren of veterans killed in ac tion. The widows of 38 service ment who died in action could Following my recent piece on Einstein and Freud (in which 1 pointed out that Einstein did not believe Unit "everything is relative" any more than Freud believed "everything is sex"!, a college student in Maine asked me to elaborate on Ein stein's position as I did on Freud's. ' Einstein's theory of relativity was restricted to the physical field. Time and space are rela tive to the observer. Except for tlie speed of light used as the ultimate measurement there arc no "absolutes" in the phy sical universe, as was believed until WHO. What happened, however, was that Einstein's physical relativ ism was illicitly transferred to otlier fields. Since lie apparent ly did away with absolutes in physics, some of his semi-educated devotees immediately proclaimed that all absolutes had been banished trom human thought. i He was speaking of tlie be havior of blind matter and en ergy. They spoke of tlie bc , havior of human beings and so cieties. They denied any such concepts as "goodness." "truth." "freedom," as having any objective meaning whatso ever. EUiical values became a mere matter of personal pref erence, Uke preferring vanilla ice cream over chocolate. But Einstein himself did not believe this, lie did not draw Certificate Offer New Voter Gimmick be paid death benefits for one year. In the average Veterans Ad ministration hospital, 73 vet erans could be hospitalized for a period of 30 days. Nursing type care could be provided for six months for at least 18 aged veterans now occupying beds for acutely ill veterans. Note: Representative Dole says this is not the first time the Veteran's Administration has lent' its facilities to the Presi dent for a little politicking. Dur ing the last Congress, a b i 1,1 was passed hiking the rates of compensation for service con nected disabled veterans. Vet erans were informed of their good fortune in the following note that accompanied their . monthly checks: . "President Kennedy has signed a law increasing serv ice . connected compensation rates for disabled veterans." On another occasion, the V.A. paid ahead of schedule the div idends due on government in surance policies. Veterans .learned this when they re ceived the following missive from Washington: "The V.A. is paying ahead of schedule the 1061 dividend on government life insurance as part of the President's program for ad vancing the economy." The President, who insists a tax cut is necessary to spur the economy, has not always felt that way. In the early months of his Congressional ca reer, in 1947, Representative Kennedy voted against a $4 bil lion tax cut three separate times. He cast his vole against a $3 billion cut in that same Congress on two other occa sions. During the Republican 83rd Congress, when Kennedy was a freshman senator, a tax ci't of $7.1 billion was proposed. How did Kennedy vote? He didn't. He paired his vol e. When his name was called, the Junior Senator from Massachu setts said: "If I were at lib erty to vote, 1 would vote nay." The tax cut largest in U.S. history up to that time passed despite Kennedy's opposition. STRICTLY PERSONAL. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS such fallacious human conse quences from his physical the ories. Indeed, he was extreme ly "old-fashioned" in his ethi cal beliefs, just as Freud was personally "moral" in his pri vate standards of conduct. Not only did Einstein reject the shallow attitude that "ev erything is relative," but lie even spent the latter years of his life looking for more coher ence and unity in tlie universe itself. When lie died, he was working on a "unified field the ory" which would reconcile and intesratc the various and con flicting aspects of the cosmos as we know it. In. a letter to his colleague. Prof. Max Born, Einstein once wrote: "Ratfiniert ist der Ilerr Golt, aber boshaft ist Er nicht;" or. in effect, "I can not believe that God would choose to play dice with the world. . ." The universe is incomprehensible to man. he added, but "tlie presence of a superior reasoning power . . . forms my idea of God." Tins is not to say that he was religious in any traditional or conventional sense of t h e word. But it is to say that he did not regard creation as a matter of chance, of statistics, of accident, or of anything but a purposeful plan. He literally believed in a universe, not a multiversc. Whether he was right or wrong, it is foolish and ignorant to cite Einstein as the great apostle of "relaUvity." By RALPH de TOLEDANO Because the facts in a mat ter like the Otepka case get buried in the verbiage of de bate, I am continuing the pub lication of the record. Three State Department officials tes tified that they had no knowl edge of any wiretapping of the office of Otto Otepka. chief se curity evaluations officer of the department who was fired for cooperating with the Senate In ternal Security subcommittee. Here is the July 29, 1963, tes timony of David I. Bclisle, spe cial assistant to the Deputy As sistant Secretary of State for Security, and his subsequent "corrections:" "Q. Do you have any infor mation with respect to the tap ping of the telephone of Mr. Otto Otepka? ... "A. No. sir. . . . "Q. Did you have anything to do with the placing of a listen ing device in Mr. Otepka's of fice? "A. I did not. sir. "Q. D( you know if this was done? "A. I do not." Now Mr. Belisle's letter of Nov. 6, 1963: "I would like to amplify my responses ... by stating that Mr. Reilly (Mr. Belisle's supe rior) mentioned to me the events (concerning the intercep tion of conversations in Mr. Otepka's office). He mentioned those events to me only after the events occurred. ... I had, therefore, no firsthand informa tion concerning these events, and it was for this reason that I answered (the) questions as 1 did." Letters To The Editor No New Taxes Mandate It is interesting to listen to the various interested parties try to analyze the referendum vote, always trying to slant it to favor their pet interest. The school people are particularly guilty of this. No doubt, many of them are genuinely misguid ed as to what the public atti tude is toward the overbal anced school situation. But the school politicians have so suc cessfully brain washed the pub lic that the people feel a guilt, almost a fear, in expressing a desire toward curtailment of the schools greedy ambitions. Underneath, however, the peo ple feel a deep resentment at being caught in a web of ores sure, much of which is being exerted by their own brain washed children. The school politicians have been successfully able, with their shame tactics to keep tNs seething resentment from bursting into flame. Yet, when the people can express them selves w ithout being individually identified, as they did in this referendum, they leave little question as to how they feel. If tlie legislature is so foolish Washington Window Election Depends By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International There would be some formid able chance taking if the Ken nedy administration conducts the President's re - election campaign on the theme oi peace-and-prospcrily. The appearance or t 'i c reality of peace in 1964 will de pend very much on the unpre dictable Nikita S. Khrushchev. The Soviet Unions fornml promises have proved before this to be all loo slender reeds (or leaning. The peace part ol the Democratic campaign theme will be vulnerable on a day-to-day basis. Some wild words or wild ac tions by Khrushchev might de stroy tlie idea tliat peace actually prevails and that President Kennedy should be paid off for it at tlie polls. Ken nedy, of course, is not a help less captive of tlie Russians. Tlie President is a pretty smart operator himself. Discovery of tlie wrong kind of missiles in Cuba during the 190 congressional campaign could liave wrecked Democrat ic chances. B u t Kennedy's strong action did more titan merely to cause the Commu nists lo back down. Kennedy's actions also proved to be of leetivc vote getters for Demo cratic congressional candidates. Some hard-nosed Communist maneuver next year might of fer Kennedy a splendid oppor tunity to make some more po litical hay at tlie expense of tlie Republicans. The liazard lo Kennedy is that the chips are as likely to fall against as to fall with him in such a situa tion. If Khrushchev chose the Now for Deputy Assistant Sec retary John F. Reilly. His tes timony on Aug. 6, 1963: "Q. Did you tell Jerome Schneider to install an electric device to compromise Mr. Otep ka's telephone? "A. No, sir. "Q. Did you know this had been done? ' "A. No, sir. . . . "Q. Have any listening de vices been installed in (Mr. Otepka's) office? "A. No, sir. "Q. Have any devices or con trivances been installed in or connected with his telephone wires ... so as to activate his telephone and make it in a sense a permanent receiving microphone? "A. No, sir." And now Mr. Reilly's letter to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee Nov. 4, 1963: "On March 18 ... I asked Mr. Elmer D. Hill to undertake a survey of the feasibility of intercepting conversations in Mr. Otepka's office. ... I de sired to know w hether this tech- nique could be used without undue risk of detection. ... On March 19, Mr. Hill told me that he and Mr. Clarence J. Schnei der . . . had conducted a feas ibility survey by connecting spare telephone wires from the telephone in Mr. Otepka's of fice to the Division of Technical Services laboratory. Mr. Hill told me that the system at tempted had not proved s u c cessful when . . . tested ... I made it clear to Mr. Hill that I did not wish any con versations intercepted at that time. . . . Shortly after the as to rely on the results of the self selective polls conducted by various newspapers, they will just have to learn the hard way that the people mean what they say when they demand economics in the government. The feeling of the public has been well expressed by Senate President Ben Musa (and par tially concurred in by our gov ernor) when he stated that the mandate was for no new taxes and economies in all depart ments of the government. This doesn't mean that the legislature is to try to find a scapegoat consisting of a mi nority group, that can't defend themselves, to dump the tax load onto. Such would be I h e. case in tlie one shot speed up tax for business. If more mon ey is gained by the state, someone has to supply it. In this case the already be leaguered businesses of t he state would have to fur t h e r drain their operating capital to pay these taxes. When the people ask for econ omies they are asking first and foremost for economics in schools, also in the highway and right sabre and rattled it pro perly at just the right time and the right place, he might pre vent Kennedy's re - election. It was a near thing for the Dem ocrats, in fact, last time. The prosperity plank of Ken nedy's re - election campaign platform would be equally a political hazard, if not more so. The President is well aware of ' that. It would not be fair to him to suggest that Kennedy proposed tax reduction legisla tion merely to bolster 1964 re election prospects. But the President and his associates have been plugging tlie bill as a measure intended to enable th United States to avoid a business slump, further unem ployment, industrial stagnation and the Uke. Kennedy was telling the tax cut story to Ohio newspaper editors last week when they were White House guests for lunch. He said the country would avoid a recession if the tax bill were enacted. If the bill is rejected. Kennedy said, there might be a recession. If it came, this recession would hit in the summer of 1964. It is not necessary to be a prac ticing politician to understand w hat a mid summer recession would do to a President who was campaigning just then lor re-election. It would lick him. So the foundation of Ken nedy's prosperity plank must be laid on a tax bill which is stuck in Congress although Ukely to pass in some form next year. Kennedy's own words reflect the urgency with which he needs to get that tax cut through Congress to pro close' of business on March 20, 1 directed Mr. Hill and Mr. Schneider to disconnect the tel ephone wires which they had connected. Later that evening, Mr. Hill complied with my di rections while Mr. Schneider and I remained in tlie corri dor outside Mr. Otepka's of fice." All three officials, facing dis ciplinary action as a result of Senator Dodd's disclosures, in sist that they did not commit perjury because the listening de vice did not work. What they were asked, however, was whether they had knowledge that such devices had been planted. Their "amplifications" make it abundantly clear that they did and that their answers were designed, at the very least, to lead the Senate Internal Securi ty subcommittee astray by de ceitful means. Lawyers will have to determine whether or n o t they overstepped the very nar row bounds of the perjury stat ute. But legal questions aside, they were morally guilty of the Dodd charges. Except for Senator Dodd's ex posure, the men who deceived the subcommittee would have retained their jobs, whereas Mr. Otepka would have fought in vain for reinstatement. I am certain that tlie Messrs. Reilly, Bclisle, and Hill sincerely be lieve that they were protecting the State Department when they harassed Mr. Otepka .and misled a committee of the Con gress. But their sincerity is not at issue. What is at stake is the behavior of individuals who make Americans increasingly cvnical about their government. other departments which have had virtual immunity from tlie direction of the legislature and the voter, because of their fa vored position of operating on guaranteed dedicated funds. It has been said that he who has tlie power to tax has the power to destroy. Certainly no place could better demonstrate this than with our program, of basic school support, .The only valid reason for espousing basic school support by the state is to remove the financial control of our schools as far from the voters as possible. The next log ical step is to take on federal aid and dictatorial controls that come with it. It is all a vivid picture of the rot and decay that has set in in our democracy and the rap id pace with which we are giving away our liberty and right of the ballot. Dictatorship is only a s t e p away, while we are asleep at the switch. Tlie people have spoken. We want no new taxes. We want economics in every phase of our government. Fred A. l.cwis, 2900 South Sixth Street. On K tect his re-election interests in such states as Ohio. Pennsyl vania, Michigan, Illinois and Massachusetts. The President thinks those states would be hit hardest. Tax bill or no tax bill, there are some cracks in Kennedy's prosperity campaign plank. L'nf employment lias not responded to what the Democratic Presi dent and Democratic Congress have been able to do about it. Some 1960 campaign promises about unemployment remain to be redeemed. The jobless and their friends are likely to doubt tlie validity of 1964 prosperity. And the Re publicans will ask embarras sing questions. Al manac By United Press International Today is Wednesday, Nov. 20, tlie 324th day of 1963 with 41 to follow. The moon is approaching its first quarter. The evening stars are Jupiter Saturn and Venus. On this day in history: In 1866. the Grand Army of the Republic, composed of vet erans of the Union Army, held its first national encampment at l.xlianapolis. Ind. In 1945, the Nurcmburg, Ger many, war crimes tribunal be gan hearing evidence on 24 top German leaders of World War II. In 1961. New York Gov. Nel son Rockefeller went to New Guinea to help search for his son, Michael, who disappeared on a scientific expedition.