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It is well established now that juvenile
crime is not something on which the poor
youngsters have a monopoly, for all the
testimony on the links between crime and
poverty.
Many a middle-to-upper-class suburb has
bad continuing cause for complaint on the
behavior of a certain porportion of its youth
ful residents. Vandalism, shoplifting, house
breaking and other crimes are all too com
mon among them.
When an eastern suburb gained some
news attention for a community project at
tacking this problem, interested queries
quickly poured into the (own from cities and
suburbs in Georgia. Massachusetts, New Jer
sey, Washington, California, Florida, Ken
lucky, North Carolina, Ohio and West Vir
ginia. The eastern experiment is an effort, of
course, to give some kind of guidance and
direction to the young people who, plainly,
arc not getting enough of it.
What strikes the. outsider is that here
again, as so often before, the burden of
criticism for the youngsters' failure falls
upon the parents.
No doubt parents are fed to the teeth
with hearing about it, but up to now they
have not been able to shuck off the blame,
quietly tolerated.
To quote a top official in the experi
menting eastern suburb, his community's
effort, somewhat successful so far, has been
(Florida Times-Union)
An archcological team from the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania museum will begin
searching sometime next year in the Jordon
Valley 30 miles north of Jericho for the site
of the lost Biblical city of Zarathan.
Bible scholars know that Zarathan is
near the place where the bronze doors of
Solomon's great temple were cast. Students
have always been interested in Solomon be
cause of his reputed great wisdom. During
his lifetime Solomon faced many problems,
most of which he solved easily. Israel be
came wealthy, a center of trade and culture.
His alliances with Egypt, Tyre and other em
pires established Solomon as a diplomat.
Despite all of his works, time proved
Solomon's wisdom was not as some would
have you believe. His people lived in poverty
generally and at his death the kingdom was
divided. Though Solomon was a religious
man, he compromised his faith and people
for the sake of political popularity wilh the
families of his wives. He allowed the free
WASHINGTON CALLING .
Im BakerCase Many-Sided
By MARQUIS CHII.DS
WASHINGTON The Robhy
Baker ease is like a many
colored kaleidoscope. As t h e
pieces of the career o( this am
bitious young operator came
into focus they shed a lurid
light on the ways and means
of this capital.
But while each episode in the
hie and times of the former
Senate majority secretary Gen
erates a new headline a basic
pattern is becoming evident. In
the jargon of the sociologist Ba-
ker was the agent for the in
group within the Senate Demo
cratic majority.
He dispensed favors com
mittee chairmanships, cam
paign funds, tips on upcoming
contracts to those who played
the game. Understandably he
earned the enmity of the Sen
ators in the out group who lor
one reason or another were not
team players. In this crossfire
the enmity was directed not so
much at Baker as at his far
more powerful principal.
Lyndon Johnson as majority
leader, elevated the young page
Ikv to the influential oifice "i
secretary lo the majority. II"
helped carry out the system of
rewards and punishments un
der which Johnson so effective
ly ruled the unwieldy collection
of Democrats in the S e n a t c.
When he loft to be Vice Presi
dent he saw to it that Raker
stayed in his post where he con
tinued to exercise his extraor
dmary powers
Liberal lemwr.it deeply re
sented the fact that Jnhn'on's
successor. Sen. Mike Mansfield,
was willing to have Baker as
A .lohnson legate carry on as
he'ore. They had never quite
dared to speak openly again.-t
Permissive' Trouble
The big complaint, not new, is "permis
siveness." Either through neglect or its op
posite, overindulgence, parents in many
cases manage to give youngsters the idea
they can do just about anything they wish
to amuse themselves.
When this leads to transgressions of the
law, disciplinary measures seldom follow.
The idea instead is to hush up the matter to
avoid unsavory publicity all around In this
effort, foolish parents too nflen have the co
operation of the police and even merchants
and other victims of the youngsters' wrong
cloinc. So long as parents, tlm police, the u hole
community look upon juvenile transgres
sions so henicnly, they will have them in
ever increasing volume.
What is tragically niisin in all these
places is a proper sense of outrage at clear
violations of law. at reprehensible conduct
which ought not in any wav be condoned or
"to restore the respectability of moral in
dignalion." When such indienation is more or less
universal in this society of ours at all eco
nomic levels, we will have accomplished a
great stride forward in coping with the ju
venile crime that afflicts us. more heavily
with each passing day.
But if too many people continue not
to care about juvenile crime but worry
more about their status and their privileges,
they will get the trouble they deserve. Every
society does.
Solomon's Wisdom
practice of heathenish religions that sapped
at the moral fiber of bis people. Because of
this he gradually lost favor with God and
man.
Modern Americans find themselves in
much the same position as Solomon. Our
country is rich and strong; it stands high
among the nations of the world, yet on
every hand it is importuned to give up old
ways in order to find favor with other na
tions, races and creeds.
It will require common men to have un
common wisdom if this nation is to survive
the terrible years ahead; more especially
so, since we will be asked to be broadminded
and ignore the beliefs and creeds that
could sap our energies as a nation. Only the
firm retention of the beliefs of our found
ing fathers and a sure faith in God will save
this nation from sliding down to destruction.
Solomon's wisdom alone was not
enough to save him; ours alone will not save
us.
Johnson. Now Sen. Paul Doug
las and others in the out group
are directing at Baker the ani
mus they have felt toward
the nverlorriship excercised fur
so long by Johnson.
This is the deep division
within the Senate majority that
(lie Baker affair has brought
into the open. The in group, of
which the late Sen. Koberl S.
Kerr was probably the mot
conspicuous member, had a
close ailinity with powerful eco
nomic interests. That was true
particularly of oil, uranium and
other interests in the South
west. Take a smail example of how
the system worked. The late
Sen. Estes Kcfauvcr's anti-monopoly
subcommittee was a
source of concern to (he Senate
establishment. Kefauver insist
ed on K)king into the econom
ics of "administered" prices in
steel, bread, automobiles and
cither matters touching the con
sumer's pockctbook.
The issue came to a head
when Kefauver proposed to in
vestigate drug prices in South
America as fixed by United
S'ates firms. This caused a lot
of anguish among powerful fig
ures in Washington who watch
out (or the well - being of these
firms. How to sidetrack or stop
the investigation?
Previously two Democrats
considered "sound" had been
named to the subcommittee.
Sens. Edward V. Isms of Mis
souri and Sam J. Ervin Jr. of
North Carolina. Long, a fresh
man Senator with wide h.vini ss
interests in his home state, had
early shown he was a team
player and had been put on the
committee in August of 19M.
He cast the deciding vote In
refer the drug inquiry to the
Foreign Relations Committee
where it was vetoed.
Kefauver has been replaced
by Sen. Philip Hart of Michi
gan, rated a liberal. The issue
today is whether subpoenas
shall be issued lo compel the
testimony of drug manufactur
ers. Long says he is opposed
to this action. His may be the
deciding vote against it a n d
therefore against further inves
tigation. This is not to say that im
maculate virtue rests in t h e
drug inquiry. A case can be
made against it. although il
should be noted that the New
York Herald-Tribune in a note
worthy piece of journalistic en
terprise has shown how a drug
cartel fixes prices. But it is
nevertheless a significant in
stance of how the establishment
works lo suppress troublesome
matters.
The liberals have long felt
that they were oulmanned and
outgunned. They rally their
forces now and then as in the
van fight they conducted to
prevent turning over all the
Telstar facilities lo a privately
ouncd corporation. And their
frustration and rage came out
in the reckless running battle
they directed against the for
eign aid hill.
Anyone who thinks that in
the forthcoming Baker investi
gation live relationships between
to Senate establishment and
live business establishment will
lie gone into knows little about
this capital. For a simpler ae
when the roards were as ele
mental as rivers and harbors
Mark Twain told the story in
"The Gilded Age." Ours might
be called the platinum or liie
diamond-studded aje.
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WASHINGTON REPORT
By JTI.TON LEWIS .lit.
WASHINGTON - Having ac
cumulated a lot of federal food
stamps, Kentucky bootleggers
are using them to obtain sugar
fur illegal moonshine.
But Orville Freeman has big
ger problems. Figures released
by the Secretary of Agricul
ture's own department reveal
the utter failure of his much
heralded approach to the na
tion's farm problem.
1. Net farm income has
slumped to $12.6 billion, down
$2(10 million i in the last two
years.
2. Prices paid by the farmer
for his goods have reached an
all-time high. The all-important
parity ratio is down to 7! tlie
lowest since 1939.
.1. Farm debt has reached
N8.R billion, another record
high.
4. The country's farm popula
tion has dwindled lo 14. H mil
lion, the lowest figure in his
tory. The number of farms has
dropped to an historic low.
5. Imports of beef are serious
ly threatening the position of do
mestic cattlemen. Imports of
boneless beef and veal, for in
stance, have increased tenfold
since HOT.
ti. Secretary Freeman now
oversees an annual budget of
$8.5 billion, one that is 55 per
cent higher than in HKiO.
7. He employs 116.000 civil
servants, the largest number in
history. He boasts one employe
for every 31 farms.
8. More I ban $7 billion worth
of surplus commodities are now
stored in every corner of the
land, and some foreign ones, as
well. This figure is up by more
than half a billion dollars in the
secretary's tenure. Storage
costs: $377 million a year.
Why the utter failure of Free
man's program? Congressman
Charles B. Uneven, ranking lie
publican on the House Agricul
ture Committee, says the ad
ministration program was "born
in depression, matured in war
and is now limping through old
ace and senility."
He says the secretary has re
fused to develop any new plans
to help solve the nation's farm
Speaking of the woman's need
for clothes, as I did in a re
cent column, it occurs to me
that, beyond Ihe reason I sug
gested, iier desire (or many and
varied articles of clothing may
have a lot to do with her girl
hood in our particular culture.
In buying Christmas gifts r
my sons and daughters, I have
consistently been struck wilh
the disparity between the toys
made for boys and those made
for girls. It is infinitely easier
to find intriguing and different
devices for boys than for girls.
Almost anything for girls is
related to the doll family or
to some form of domesticity.
There is a monotonous same
ness about the kind of toys de
signed or little gills as if
they were merely miniature
women, totally lacking in the
need for novelty, excitement,
and ingenuity displayed in the
toys for little boys.
At an early age. it seems to
me, Ihe girl is made to feel
obliquely, if not openly that
her li!e is relatively closed and
i it ntmscnhni, Iwr childhood a
kind of bland preparation for
wifehood and motherhood. H r
hi others get the toys that make ,
noi-. move swiftly, and provide
a satisfy ing release for the kin
etic tensions of youth.
I baen to believe that boys
and gitls, while obviously dif
fering in many psychological
traits, at the same lime share a
lomrrvn need for action. n"ise,
Figures Show Failure
Of Freeman Program
problem. Freeman's wheat pro
gram, rejected by farmers in
all but five states, was first
dreamed up 41) years ago, ac
cording to Uneven.
Still smarting from his June
referendum defeat. Freeman
has refused to consider any leg
islation that might aid the farm
ers and the taxpayers. There
are more lhan 50 wheat hills
now lying in the hnpier but
Freeman has adamantly refused
to give his approval lo any.
"Technicians" by the boatload
arc again arriving in Cuba, Iron
Curtain gifts to Ihe Castro re
gime. Whether they can pump
new blood into the anemic Cu
ban economy is doubtful.
Experts at Ihe Washington
based Citizens Committee for a
Free Cuba report that Commu
nist bloc technicians are inferior
to their Cuban counterparts.
According lo one recently-arrived
exile. Cesar Hernandez,
plans for virtually all civilian
projects drawn up by the So
viet technicians have lcen re
jected by Cuban ofticials as
"poorly designed and ill-adapted
to our climate."
The vast majority of Commu
nist technicians, moreover, are
military engineers engaged In
construction of Soviet bases and
fortifications. Much of the work
on these projects is carried out
by Soviet soldiers, many of
whom wear Ihe olive green of
Fidel Castro's militiamen.
These soldiers recently com
pleted a military complex in
Yaguajay. Las Villas province,
in which 1(1 miles of now roads
link a series of lop-secret un
derground caves. Not a single
first- or even second-class road
was built in civilian areas.
The nnn-mililary technicians
are usually ignorant of precision
instruments long considered
standard by Cuban engineers.
Refugee Hernandez, an engi
neer, reports that the Soviet
technicians were fascinated by
a pumping device brought to
Cuba from the U.S. more than
30 years ago. They claimed nev
er to have seen such a modern
gadget, and constructed models
of it for shipment to Ihe USSR.
STRICTLY
PERSONAL.
Ily SYDNEY J. HARRIS
and the cflective discharge of
aggressive tendencies. A girl
may not be as overtly "wild"
as a boy, but biologically and
ncurologically she needs lo
work out and work off hor ac
cumulated tensions.
Such working nut is not con
sidered quite proper (or a little
girl, although I cannot imagine
why not. As a result, she is giv
en quiet, gracious, decorative
gilts which act as sedatives
rather than as stimulants. Ami
while these may seem lo please
her. I suspect lliey build up
a large reservoir of resent
ment, and a deep sense of l-j-rivation.
The way the girl "runs wild"
when she grows into woman
hood is through the socially ac
ceptable channel of "b u y I n g
sprees." She purchases cl'ithes
she drcs nit need, ami niay not
ever wear, and is always on the
lookout for (lie kind of novelty,
exirtement and ingenuity she
missed as a little girl. The ex
tensive, and sometimes flam
boyant, wardrobe is a compen
sation for tlie lacks she loll,
plus a retaliation against the
male for having enorfl a
more stimulating "toylnxxf,"
All this may tie nonsense, of
course; I set it forth with Itie
utmost diffidence. But I have
vet to hear a more plausible ex
planation of woman's notorious
irrationality in the buying, and
discarding, of so many gar
ments srifl dfcsn't really like
and hardly ever weats.
Hy RALPH de TOI.KI1ANO
The United States will prob
ably go down in history as the
nation with the shortest nvem
ory in the world. Acting in the
phoney "spirit of Moscow"
Ihe dnvelike atmosphere which
was to have followed tlie lest
ban treaty the State Depart
ment has been quietly negotiat
ing a "convention" with tlie So
viet Union which would have re
nened Russian consulates in
this country.
What the U S. would gain by
any such moves remains a mys
tery but this is standard oper
ating procedure where the State
Department is concerned. Our
diplomats, for some arcane rea
son, seem to go out of their
way to find senseless and often
dangerous ways to deal with the
Communists.
The arrest of Professor Fred
erick C. Barghoorn for "espion
page" seems to have put a
crimp in the Stale Department's
plans for inviting the Soviets to
extend their foothold ill the
United Stales. But it can be
safely predicted that the men
who make up the department's
middle echelon will find a way
lo push through their conven
tion. The government agency most
adversely affected will, of
course, be the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The FBI is en
trusted with the job of keeping
an eye on ambulant officials of
the U S S R, and the captive na
tions. The bureau is already
grievously overworked as it
keeps up with a multitude of
new activities thrust upon it hy
Attorney General Bobby Kenne
dy. The civil rights investiga
tions are enough lo keep a
small army busy.
But the FBI's most critical
activity has always been the de
fense of Ihe nalion's internal se
curity. There are at present
some 5.000 Soviet agents in the
United Stales. The opening of
consulates by Ihe Kremlin will
send that number sharply zoom
ing. And every new consular
employe will be a responsibility
of the FBI. When it is recalled
that il takes eight men lo con
duct the surveillance of a single
individual, the weight of Uie
new responsibility becomes ap
parent. Here is where the nation's
short memory comes in. When
the Soviets had consulates in
this country, the personnel and
Ihe facilities were used by the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
(MVDI and Red army intelli
gence for espionage pur)oses.
Each consulate was a nest of
spies. During World War II,
OTHER
EDITORS'
OPINIONS
Double
Standard
(Eugene Register Guard)
Again we see the example of
a double standard of ethics in
public life one standard ( n r
congressmen and their friends,
another for other officials. Con
gressmen are under fire now
because a group of 10 congress
men, eight congressional wives,
two .senators' wives, seven staff
members and Ihe hcadwaitcr in
the House dining room look a
big jiuiket lo Europe. Most of
Ihe criticism is focused on Ihe
-olo of Ernest Pctinaud, the
waiter. Why did lie go? He
went, says Rep. Wayne Hays of
Ohio, because ho acted as a
messenger (or (he group.
Maybe he did. In any case,
his participation in the trip is a
mere deUiil. Nor is it germane
lo keep pointing out that lie is a
Negro. He told reporters in Par
is (hat the only objection to
his being along was that he is
a Negro. Mr. Hays said one of
the leasons be i-Ihis Ihe waiter
for the trip is that he is a Ne
gro. The main issue is Ihe role of
tlie congressmen themselves.
They say tliey were limited to
only $30 a day spending money,
plus their $22 a-day hotel rooms.
Others, however, charge that
they had unlimited access lo the
seemingly unlimited reservoir of
money in the so-callH "coun
terpart funds" pool that con
gressmen like so well.
In theory, the congressmen
were in Paris lo attend a NATO
pai I lament arians' conference.
However, oIImts on the spot say
low bothered to attend more
lhan one meeting. Nonetheless,
a full crew of U S. soldiers
stood by to man a fleet of cais
for llieir olficial business
mostly .hopping and nightclub
bing. They maintained a 21-hour
bar stocked with tax-free booze.
I n their return to Washing
Ion, they were met by a llcjt
of 20 Air Force station wagons.
Ouestion: Suppose a State De
partment party had lived it up
like that. What would Congress
I saying right now?
these Soviet agents ranged the
country acting as couriers and
paymasters (or a number of
highly successful spy apparatus
es. It is enough In go back to tlie
atomic espionage cases to find
the documentation (or this. In
San Francisco, two Soviet vice
consuls Peter lvanov and Greg
ory Klwifets were recruiters,
go-betweens, couriers, and lead
ers in the assault on the atom
ic energy installations at the
University of California. In New
York, Vice Consul Pavel Mikhai
lov worked closely with spymas
ter Arthur A I e x a n d r o v ich
Adams who was busy plunder
ing the nuclear laboratories at
Columbia and the University of
Chicago.
Almost every discovered case
of espionage has involved Sovi
et nationals using their consul
ales as a cover for their under
cover activities. In (act, every
Soviet agency or group in Ihe
In Congress Process '
n.v PETER EPSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON INEA) Ev
ery new day's news out of
Washington piles up more evi
dence on tlie need for complete
congressional reorganization.
This isn't anything to delay till
next year.
II is perhaps unfair to 117 to
make judgments fill all sides of
every case arc heard. But when
congressmen of the standing of
Hep. Wayne L. Hays, D-Ohin,
and Rep. John W. Byrnes, R
Wis., become involved in cases
of unethical conduct and conflict
of interest, idols are shattered.
The charge that Byrnes in
vested in a mortgage insurance
company after being instrumen
tal in getting it a beneficial tax
ruling from Internal Bevenuc
Service may Impair this blue
ribbon congressman's standing
as his state's favorite son presi
dential candidate.
The fact tlvat the now-dismissed
.Senate majority clerk
Robert G. (Bobby) Baker was
also a stockholder in this com
pany rubs off on the standing
of Byrnes--Hoiise GOP Policy
Committee chairman and rank
ing Ways and (Means Commit
tee member even though I hero
is no direct association. Con
gressmen can't he counsel for
constituents.
Hays explains that he had lo
take a tri-lingual House restau
rant waiter to a North Atlantic
Treaty Parliamentarians' con
ference because no other staff
assistant was available. Ac
cepting this at face value. It is
still a pretty damning indict
ment of the poor quality of
House committee professional
staffing.
Tlie questionable part of this
junket, however, was not so
much the hard-working waiter
translator but the w ives of the
seven o( the nine congressmen
delegates. What were they do
ing on (his government trans
port plane flight?
Speaking of bad staffing, this
was what got tlie House Judi
ciary Committee hi Us jam over
writing the civil rights bill, now
tied up in Rules Committee.
Disregarding Department of
Justice recommendations on
what constituted a workable bill,
the House Judiciary Committee
"I Declare, I Don't Know Wlirre-All
The Lad Picked Up Such Habits"
United States, from the Embas
sy and tlie United Nations dele
gation to visiting groups o( sci
entists, has served an espionage
purpose.
In return for allowing the re
opening of these Typhoid Mary
consulates, our own consulates
in tlie Soviet Union will also be
o)cned presumably giving the
Kremlin a wider field from
which to choose frame-up vic
tim. What consular work has lo
lie done has been adequately
handled without a consular stall.
The only excuso (or tins semi
secret series o( negotiations
must be that tlie Administration
plans stepped up trade with the
Soviet Union and an end to the
necessary obstacles we have
from time to time put in
the way of any business in
strategic or semi - stratogjc
goods. This alone could justify
tlie reopening of our consulates.
If this is true, the American
public should be informed.
EPSON IN WASHINGTON . .
Reorganizing Needed
in executive sessions came np
wilh a completely unenforceable
bill. If there had been better
staff work, this snarl would not
have developed.
The now highly involved Bob- ,
by Baker case gives the Sen
ate an excuse to wander oft on
anotlier lengthy investigation ex
cursion. The net effect is to dis
tract public attention from more
important pending business.
This is a favorite congression
al detour. Billie Sol Esteswe
member? involved in govern
ment surplus storage and acre
age allotment scandals 20
months ago, is finally called to
Washington (or an appearance
before the Senate (Permanent
Investigating subcommittee.
This is long after the courts
have passed sentence on fraud
charges gainst him. He is now
free on bail, pending appeal.
What good can come of tlie Sen
ale probe?
Also, the investigating com
mittee headed by Sen. John L.
McClcllan, D-Ark., is taking yet
another swing at the TFX (Tac
tical Fighter, Experimental)
contract and former Navy Sec
retary Fred Korlh's role in its
award to a Texas plant.
As long as tliese probes go
on, tlie appearance is given that
Congress is working hard. It is
but not on legislation.
Of 13 appropriation bills to fi
nance the government during
the fiscal year which began last
July 1, only six have been
passed. This Is bad manage
ment by any book.
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, D-Conn ,
has withdrawn his stmging criti
cism o( Senate leadership in
both parties and apologized for
his outburst. But there was
much truth in what he said, as
the record of liiis Congress
proves.
The real mystery is how much
longer tlie public will put up
w ith this kind of legislative dilly
dallying. The ony recourse sug
gested so far is complete con
gressional reorganization. If not
that, let tlie voters cast their
ballots in MM against anyone
now holding public office.
The theory is that with a
thorough housecleaning and a
brand new bunch in Washington
after January 15, something
miglit get done that would be
in keeping w ilh Die limes.