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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1963)
PAGE- HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Oregon Monday, December 16, i EDSON IN WASHINGTON Necessary For GOP To Try New Attack I t it County Court Commended Our hals off lo the Klamath County Court for its recent school proposal. We're withholding judgment in the controversy at this moment, but do think that the court is to be highly commended for performing the job of trying to bind together the split that has divided the two school forces, and for coming up with a pro posal that appears to be as feasible as pos sible. It would take more than a "Philadel phia lawyer" lo be able to sum up all the problems and provide solutions for them that exist in the confused school picture in the county. However, the court has digested practically all the information available on either side of the fence and put together a plan of action that should now be carefully pxamincd and analyzed by all persons. ' They have weighed the financial factors Involved, completed a comprehensive study of the assets of each district, and, as far as possible, have dealt with some of the more controversial aspects of the situation. Their approach to the matter of assets, for instance, deserves special comment. The two districts had split over the question of manner of appraisal of the values of their two districts in regard lo plants and facilities. The court hired an accounting firm to appraise the insurable value of the KUHS district. Then, as a double check, the court asked the same firm that had made the in surance appraisal for the county lo do so on . the KU district properly. : In both cases, the firms came up with a value that was only a few thousand dollars Boost The lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest lias felt the painful cut of Ca nadian competition at the market place dur ing the past several years when, for one reason or another, our neighbors north of the border have been able to sell their wares oh the Eastern seaboard for much less than We have been able to deliver. For one thing, the Canadians have had the advantage of using foreign freighters to carry lumber East. Cargos from our side of the line had to move on United Stales vessels. Canadian lumbermen, a group which incidentally includes a good many Ameri cans with interests on the north side of the international border, have been able to pro cess lumber at less than we have simply because the men in the woods and null hands make less money than their counter parts in the Northwest Stales. But word has come out of Washington, D.C., stating that a House-Senate confer ence committee has approved a lumber mark ing requirement which is described as a key factor in the drive to reduce Canada's $2!!0 million a year softwood lumber sales to the United States. Under terms of the requirement it would be necessary for all sawed lumber imported to the United States to be marked Russians By run. newso.m UPI Foreign News Analyst Under (tie leadership of Ni kita Khrushchev, the Soviet Un ion has had but otic standard of comparison, United Stales. For the people of the 15 So viet republics, living on broken promises, it has been a tragedy. For Khrushchev, first secretary of. tho Communist party since 1953 and premier since lifts, it hqs been an example of personal indestructibility. For example: On July 30, 1961, the Soviet Communis! parly announced its third program, a milestone in tiie history of communism. The first program had been drawn up in 1!KI3 and called for "Die overthrow of tho Czurist autocracy' and tlio "establish ment of the dictatorship of the proletariat." "Socialist Society" The second program, drawn up by Lenin in 1919, had for its goal the "building of a Socialist society." he thiid, drawn up under Khrushchev, declared: ?'In the current decade 1961 1S70) the Soviet Union Mill sur pass the strongest and rieliest capitalist country, the United different. The accounting firm came up with a value of $2,293,590 for KU exclusive of the administration building facilities. The insurance appraisal group came up with a value of $2,275,790, or a difference of about $18,000 or less than one per cent. Most of the negotiations had been hung up for the moment on this question of fig uring total value of assets. The court's solution appears to be equi table and should prove acceptable to both sides. Now, the proposal will be studied by the three school boards involved to deter mine whether or not they can support it. Hearings have been set for the proposal for the 6, 7 and 8 of January and if no se rious objections are found, it will be sub mitted to the State Board of Education for approval, and then face a vote of the people in each of the two proposed new districts. Both districts would have to approve the plan before it is effective. The school dispute has been with us for a number of years now, and has been accent ed the last year by the necessity of employ ing extended scheduling at KUHS to ac commodate the student overflow. It's obvious that something must be done to correct the situation not for the mo ment, but for the future. Let's all study the plan put forth by the court in a constructive, critical way and see if it will adequately meet the need for order ly, constructive school growth in the county for the future. For this must be the final equation used to decide whether the plan is or is not workable. For Our Lumber with the country of origin. Such a law would go into effect next March 31, according to the plans that have been outlined to dale. Compromises have been worked out by both Senate and House committees and now must be passed by these bodies before the bill is given to President Johnson for his signature. The plan isn't without a lot of opposi tion which centers primarily around the fact that it would violate Canadian-U.S. trade agreements and run counter lo U.S. efforts to achieve freer trade. Previously the program had been oppos ed by the State, Commerce and Treasury departments and a similar measure was vetoed by former President Dwight D. Ei senhower. We have seen what the Canadian thing has done to the lumber economy in . the Northwest and will go along with Sen. War ren G. Magnuson, D-Washington, who has hailed the conference committee action as "a constructive step toward helping our Pa cific Northwest lumber industry." Not only that but il gives weight to a feeling on the part of many citizens that we should "Buy American," which in this case certainly would lend aid to a lumber market that is, and has been, in tough shape. Ignore Failures Slates, in production per head of population: the people's standard of living and their cul tural and technical standards will improve substantially . . . hard physical work will disap H'ar ..." This week bclorc (l.ooo mem bers of the Soviet leadership in the Kremlin Hall of Congresses. Khrushchev gave his accounting of failure. Typically, his accounting con tained no note of personal fail ure nor of the fact that as he personally guided the destiny of Soviet agriculture he has seen first mechanization as the cure all for tlie ills of Soviet produc tion, then the opening of the virgin lands and now, finally, the massive use of fertilizer. To bring this about lie an nounced a crash program lo more than tuple the output of the Soviet chemical indusliy in Hie next seven years. Two hundred new cliemical plants are lo lie built and 500 existing ones rebuilt. Hut, again typu-al of (lie twists and turns of various So viet five, seven and 20-yrar programs, the announcement look no notice of past failure. "Unprecedented" Plan The Khrushchev announce ment called the new plan "un- precedented" and, among other things, called (or the production by 19711 of 3.5 to 4 million tons of plastics and synthetic resins, a jump of six lo seven times over the present level. Ignored was the fact thai the pie-inthc-sky program of 1961 called lor more than 5 million Ions of plastics and synthetic resins by 1970. Khrushchev made Secial note of the claim that since the death of Josef Stalin 10 years ago. Soviet production of meat and milk has more than dou bled and the production of eggs tripled. Rut he omitted to note that most of this gain came from tlie small private plots al lotted to Soviet peasants for their own use. He also laded to note that while production was increas ing, so was die Soviet popula tion at the rate of .15 million per year. Willi Soviet space accomplish ments in mind, there is no dis position Ui discount Soviet tech nical ability. Rather, U.S. ex perts are inclined to attribute Soviet failures to too much haste and loo little planning. Hut it is easy to see why Khrushchev, beset by problem on every side, has need for haste. Eisenhower Makes Move By DOI11S FLEESON WASHINGTON - When for mer President Eisenhower dropped down to the No. 2 candi date on the lflfiO Republican presidential ticket, Henry Cabot Lodge, as his choice lo head the ticket in 1964. his veto of No. 1, Richard Nixon, was necessarily intended. Political circles rather w idely share the view that Nixon is not well placed for the next race. But Ihey do not believe that Ambassador Lodge, for all his personal distinction and ex perience, is electable. It would take a concerted Eisenhower Lodge drive of startling propor tions to alter that verdict. By FULTON LEWIS JR. WASHINGTON - Henry Cab ot Lodge, latest entry in t h e Presidential sweepstakes, is tabbed a long shot in the capi tal's winter book. Lodge was first mentioned as a Presidential possibility sever al weeks ago. Boston newsmen then proposed Lodge, the 1960 Republican vice presidential nominee, for president. A na tionally syndicated columnist echoed their sentiments. Now comes word from Get tysburg that former President Dwight Eisenhower has thrown his weight behind Lodge, cur rently our ambassador to South Vietnam. In an exclusive story for the New York Times, Felix Iiclair said the general had asked Lodge to make the race. Ike was said to feel that Barry Goldwater could not run strongly against Lyndon John son, that Nelson Rockefeller had personal problems, that Richard Nixon was shopworn, and that William Scranton was sincere in his desire to remain as governor of Pennsylvania. Lodge called in the Saigon Press Corps to say that he greatly admired Ike hut thai he planned to stay in South Vietnam Might he accept a draft? Well, Lodge didn't know. Republican pros advise Lodge not to lose much sleep over Hie possibility. They say Lodge has virtually no chance for the nomination despite backing by Ike. The reasons are several: 1. Nomination of Lodge would undercut a Republican attack against the Kennedy - Johnson foreign policies. Lodge will have served as ambassador to South Vietnam for a year by the time the Republican convention rolls around next July. Lodge is known to have been a lierce foe of tlie late Presi dent Diem and his recommen dations led to U S polio's that guaranteed the anti-Diem coup. Republicans think that Viet nam may well be a central is sue by next fall. The nomina tion of Lodge would make it im possible for GOP candidates at any level to assail the ad ministration's Vietnam policies. 2 Tlie Lodge campaign dis gusted many party leaders in I960. While some have actually blamed Lodge for tlie Nixon de feat, this Is probably an exag geration. Toward Ihe end of that campaign, however, Lndcc promised that Nixon would IU 1 The Eisenhower contribution does add to the interest and ex citement of tlie changed politi cal situation. It brings him down on the side of those Re publicans who believe no time sliould be lost in attacking President Johnson and the Dem o c r a t s, raising money and steaming up the troops. It is Ihe more comforting to Republicans that he has eiiosen to do this because no one denies that the romance between Eisenhower and I h e American people is still on and represents a great asset to the Republican party if properly ex ploited. The former President had al- WASHINSTON REPORT . . Ike Throws Influence Behind Henry Lodge name a Negro lo Ihe Cabinet. This promise, made without Nixon's knowledge, backfired badlyv Lodge was forced to re tract the statement in a mas terpiece of doubletalk. Southerners were not satis fied. Nixon - Lodge lost South Carolina by a razor-thin edge and other Dixie states, notably Texas, by small margins. Ne gro leaders, w ho accused Lodge of playing politics with the race issue, stepped up their work for Kennedy, who carried Illinois by a fraction of one per cent and other northern states by margins almost as small. 3. Lodge is a poor campaign er. He is diffident, some say arrogant. He gets along poor ly with party leaders. The fol lowing incident is typical. Lodge cancelled out of a major appearance at the Indiana State Fair during the 1960 campaign on the grounds he .wanted to rest. Party leaders had planned Lodge's appearance as the cam paign's Hoosicr highlight. Ixidge treats members of the working press with supreme condescension. No reporter, lib eral or conservative, likes to be addressed as "my dear man." The high cost of politics is seen in a small item in a Phil adelphia daily. Milton J. Shapp, a local business man. has set out lo garner Ihe Democratic nom ination for the U.S. Senate. He wants to take on GOP Sen ator Hugh Scott, up for re-election next fall. Shapp has indi cated he w ill spend from $5on. noo lo S700.0OO just to get the nomination. The price tag f o r his campaign against Scott will be considerably higher. Congressman Wayne Hays, who led junketing Congressmen to Paris last month, touched olf a storm of protest by bringing along Ernest Petinaud. head waiter in the House Restaurant. On that same trip. Hays took along a home town friend, a secretary, the girl who runs his tilt ice in Flushing. Ohio, and the wife of a minor government of ficial. Tile Ohio Congressman is an old hand at junketing. In 11, Hays took two secretaries from Ins Washington office and a col lege student to Europe. The three guest spent $1,931.66 of the taxpayers' dough. Last year. Hays rolled o u t Ihe red carpel for three more secretaries and Ihe same wife of the same minor government official. Their tab: E.tvr? 31. ready expressed doubts about Ihe Goldwater candidacy, so he has not subtracted much from it with his latest act. He has dashed hopes entertained by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller that in the end all the Eisenhower Re publicans, including their lead er, would come lo him. It does not appear that Gen eral Eisenhower explained him self lo other Republican hope fuls before revealing that his f i r s t campaign manager was liis personal choice. One has expressed annoyance that he did not. Sen. Barry Goldwa ter had nothing to say immedi ately. He has left orders at the Capitol that he is not available to reporters until he lifts Ihe ban. That just about means a mute December, as he is short ly lo do 15 days Reserve duty with the Air Force. The fact is that neither party today has solved the problem of how to appeal to tlie big states. The vacuum left by the assassi nation of President Kennedy stares both parties in tlie face and scares them hugely. They know they must try to fill it; they haven't figured out how . Confused situations prevail in key states. In New York Presi dent Johnson sought lo identify with a liberal Democratic par ty by paying homage to the de parted statesman, Herbert Leh man, who was loved and hon ored above most men. But it could not be lost on so experi enced a politician as the Presi dent that he was standing w ith elder politicians and that a vig orous and captivating younger generation which could go out and do battle for him was sad ly lacking. Similarly, Rep. Robert T a f t Jr., who will run for the Senate next year, has calmly said it will be difficult to carry Ohio for the Republicans if Goldwa ter is Uic Presidential nominee. Party managers had been trying to keep that argument private. Ohio and New York typify sit uations w here President Kenne dy hoped to win by stoeer per sonal magic. Many observers felt he would. Tliere will not be time to work tliis one out on the compu ters. The country will be look ing for an intangible called lead ership. This General Eisenhow er understands even if he is less adept at spotting exactly w here it lies under present conditions. Smoke Gets By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON NEA) - Its a brand new ball game lor the GOP. Tlie Republicans had their campaign all planned around the theme of "Retire the Ken nedys in !4." The trade mark was three empty rocking chairs for Jack. Bobby and Teddy. There was a regional GOP strategy conference going on in St. Louis on the Nov. 22 week end. When news of President Kennedy's assassination be came known during tlie lunch hour, tlie banners and posters were hauled down immediately, the rocking chairs dragged out of the hotel lobby, and the con ference folded. GOP National Committee Chairman William E. Miller's 30-day moratorium on politics during the period of mourning will probably run a little long er. Congress will il hopes adjourn before Dec. 22. No one wants to talk politics during the Christmas holidays. But ft will be politics as us ual only more so alter Congress comes back lo town Jan. 2. Canceled Republican Nation al Committee. Finance Com mittee and State Chairmen's meetings originally scheduled for Minneapolis Dec. 11 - 14 have been reset for Washing ton's Mayflower Hotel Jan. 8-9. This will be largely a session on arrangements for the GOP national convention in San Francisco July 13. It is expect ed that Rep. 'Melvin R. Laird of Wisconsin will be named chairman of the Resolutions Committee which will write the l!Hi4 GOP platform. He was vice chairman in 1960 and chairman of the 1962 Republi can restatement of policy group. The Republican '64 campaign will be formally launched Jan. 29 without an agreed-upon can didate. GOP National Commit tee is holding "Go-Day" rallies that night in 26 principal U.S. cities. They will be SlOOO-a-plate din ners, only anyone who wants lo pay more for his meal will be encouraged lo do so. National Committee hopes to raise $2 million, hi 1960, with 60 din ners and Nixon, they raised $4 million. All the 1964 candidates, fa vorite sons' and remote long shots will be put on tlie air by Looking through the new cat alog of a publishing firm. I was tempted to paraphrase the famous words in Ecclesiastes to "of making many cookbooks there is no end." This was a catalog of books to be published in the coming four months only. The new ti tles included "The Art of Spa ghetti Cookery," "The Art of Danish Cooking." "The Best of Near Eastern Cookery." "The Art of India's Cookery." "Bride in the Kitchen," "The Art of Fruit Cookery." "Never in the Kitchen When Company Ar rives." and you won't be lieve it "The Secret of Cook ing for Dogs." There is a saying among book publishers that it is im possible to make money on a book of poetry and impossible lo lose money on a cookbook. Each year, hundreds of new ones are spewed forth by tlie presses, to fit all conceivabie In Your Eyes closed-circuit television. Gen. Eisenhower will be in Detroit, Nixon in New York, Rockefel ler in Los Angeles, Goldwater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Gov. Scranton in Indianapolis, Michigan's Gov. Romney at the Sheraton-Park in Washington D.C. ' By Jan. 29 all of Democratic President Johnson's important policy messages will have been delivered to Congrees. It will be known what he stands for and where. If the target he presents is exactly the same as the Kennedy program, t h e GOP will have something to shoot at and will start shoot ing. GOP assessments of Republi can presidential possibilities and their chances generally concede that Sen. Barry Gold water has lost some of his strength because he personified anti-Kennedyism, which is now a lost issue. Anti - Goldwater Republicans maintain he no longer has a chance. His main strength was in the South where he had 'Mt'i of the 653 GOP convention del egates needed for the nomina tion. The contention is that southern Democrats who might have voted Republican against Kennedy will support Johnson. There are all kinds of ru mors floating around Washing ton that Goldwater is getting ready to pull out. fllost of this is wishful thinking or guessing. Draft Goldwater headquar ters in Washington is working harder than ever. The senator's own office shows no signs of re treat. And it has become known that shortly after the Kennedy funeral, Goldwater had a session with Leonard Hall in New York, asking him to become Goldwater campaign manager. It didn't go through. New York Gov. Rockefeller's stock has shown no perceptible rise. Tlie consensus is that most women won't vote for him because of his divorce and marriage to a divorcee. Gov. Scranton's weakness is that he isn't known. "W a 1 k him down any main street out side'of Harrisburg, Pa.," says one GOP leader, "and nobody would recognize him." Nixon is the real dark horse. One shrewd comment on him is that. "If he had just known Rockefeller was going to get a divorce and if he just hadn't run for governor of California and taken such a beating, to day he'd have it made." STRICTLY PERSONAL By SYDNEY J. HARRIS (and a few inconceivable i needs and tastes. No other nation, at least to my knowledge, has so volumi nous a literature on cooking and no other nation has so many bad cooks, except per haps the English, of whom Vol taire justly exclaimed: "What sort of country is it that has 72 religions and only one sauce'.'" The poorest peasant in France cats better food, more tastefully prepared, than the average middle - class Ameri can. It is absolutely unbelieva ble that a nation so rich, so in genious, and so demanding of high standards in other areas of living would permit itself to sulfer the indignities of less-than-mediocre cooking in near ly all public places. Millions of cookbooks arc merrily sold, but the level of American cuisine remains de plorably low. Our children grow up munching hamburg ers. French fries drenched in catsup, and washing down this dull mass with sickeningly sweet beverages. To offer the ordinary American c h i 1 d a meal composed with imagina tion, flavor and flair is to un derstand the full import of the Biblical allusion to casting pearls before swine. Our passion for cookbooks must be some elaborate and ritualistic form of expiating our culinary sins: and has about as much impact on our national cuisine as placing a Bible in every room of a broth el would have upon the morals of the inmates and the habits of the patrons. Brillat-Savann. in his immor tal collection of aphorisms on Ihe pleasures of the table, said. "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je le dirai ee que tu es." 'Tell me what you eat. and I will teil you what you are "' It may be unlair to judge an indi vidual this way. who. after all, is a ictim of circumstance and upbringing But is it so un lair to jud,e an entire nation by its gastronomic I.Q.?
