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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
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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?
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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.