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Show Behind The Day's News u.s i: ovoy By PHIL NEWSOM- - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1960 . A Political Precedent The' .first of the. four television meetings must clearly be measured as a success on many major counts. : Ground rules set up by the networks stirred fears that the two presidential?, nominees would be, held to tame recitals of well established positions and would really develop no elements of combat. But the hour-lon-g encounter proved the rules sufficiently flexible to allow much real give" and take between the two men. They were in frequent disagreement. Their differences for the most part were clearly expressed. They offered them in poised fashion befitting the digof the nity high office they seek. ' In v this day of stress in the drama of .conflict in so many areas of life, some, might (feel let down because there were no sharp, bitter exchanges to rouse the listener's blood. Yet if Ihould be - remembered, that one of the prime characteristics of the great debates held among many of America's illustrious early statesmen was the ability of the men to argue forcefully Nixon-Kenne- -- . flag fluttering from its fender, and began a tour of Communist East Berlin. . with the 15th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This week, in their efforts to seal all of Berlin firmly behind the Iron Curtain, the Communists brought a new issue into the cold Berlin . -- - . Can We Take It? Conf using and threatening news and the jarring rumbling out of the U.N. are prices we must pay for freedom. Are ' we up to it ? That's the question which history is asking. Can we individually meet our responsibilities and keep calm amidst it? Some nations are convinced that their citizens cannot. They withhold upsetting news and tone down adverse criticism. As a free nation we must not do this. The cold water comes right from the hose. And it must be admitted, sometimes it is hard on the nerves. Off NOW " r, rx-Ai x vx ti x j All . .n-i- x - rMo. uig oxv shows, parading pickets bomb scares and chicken feathers scattered around the U.N. main tent in New York have niade some people think the whole performance a waste of time. . The thought seems to be that it is use-- -less for President Eis enhower to present serious disarmament plans to the U. N., which has not accepted his "open skies" arms inspection, atomic energy sharing, world health and tech- nical assistance posals before. Similarly, goes this thinking, there Is no use listening to Khrushchev's Com Peter Edson munist ideas. Extreme 'criticisms range from having the United States withdraw from the U.N. to kicking the Communists out and moving the whole works to some other ; country. THESE SENTIMENTS ARE INSPIB- ,ED by beliefs that the United States has taken a beating, on . nearly every issue brought before the U. N. and that all this country gets out of it is a third of the , - -- x - A years, refutes these beliefs as not based on fact. It is his contention that in the 15 years of U.N. history, the United States has never been defeated and no resolutions have been passed against the U.S. It is admitted that this country has not won everything it wanted from the U.N. But Lodge maintains that America is not losing the initiative in the U.N. and thai its prestige remains as high as itever was. IN THE SHOWDOWN up to the present, ine neuirais vote witn tne united States most of the time. Th reason given is that the American Declaration of Constitution and Bill of Rights are the ideals and aspirations of the free world. This is not just the view of the Republican candidate for vice president, defending the GOP administration record. . Adlai Stevenson, his party's most articulate spokesman on foreign policy, Inde-penden- " . - Ed UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. t- - It started with one of Khrushchev's balcony scenes. We were down below shouting questions up to him. I'd been delirious firom the chills and fever that had come as a result of awaiting the Khrushchev boat in the cold rain the week before. Heavy haze hung over the crowd. I yelled a n innocuous question: "Mr. Khrushchev, .tell, us about your ship, the Balti-ka- ." He studied me for a moment, then said; "I'll The Arctic now is just another ocean and nuclear ' submarines can go whenever and wherever they want to. Dr. Waldo K, Lyon, civilian scientist j aboard athe U.S.5. Seadragon, which "Northwest Passage.' opened : . The political tensions between our countries exist at a very high level . . . so we did not expect it down among the physicists. Russian physicist S. Y. Nikitin, visiting Stanford U., on the absence of cold war in the ' scientific world. . . fr you to it." ' -- ( . ; Before the Civa War, a camel herd was imported for the Southwest. The camel did well for desert travel and mine work but he bit people, smelled bad and even stampeded horses. So he -- i landed where he is the zoo. just-publish- ed y better that, I sirens .; '."'" 6 Ed Koterba He bounded off the balcony, down the Soviet mission stairs and into the wild crowd. "This way," z'he said, grabing my left shoulder and he' shoved me into the back seat of his black Cadillac. exploded Instantly, around us. Khrushchev ignored them as we sped toward Pier 13. We spoke in Russian. Somehow, , the haze cleared momentarily and the Russian language I had learned in Army Intelligence School nearly 20 years before came back with surprising fluency. The Premier was pleasant. I tried to hide my .hate for him. My eyes were bleary. I knew I shoul have stayed in bed with that. 104 temperature. But somthihg was bothering this robust little man with the brown, broken teeth. We pulled right up to the great white ship, and Khrushchev led the way to his cabin. To the lackey at the door he muttered: "Two bottles "of my imported soda water,' and we sat upon the hard , couch. Now, hejeaned his left elbow on one knee and placed the,' palm of his right, hand' on the other. It was a chummy stance. "The reason I brought you here," he said, "is that you seem to have an average face an honest, open face. .1 think you represent the average person of America." I told him I was flattered. 'Tell me," he said, "why is it that they do not have any love for me in this country?" I broke into a big horse laugh, but stopped suddenly when 1 saw he was serious. He went on to explain that although he puts up a big bold front he is indeed a sensitive man, that he truly wanted to be respected by the whole world. Suddenly before me was not a -- wild dog or an ugly moon-face- d J devil, but a human being yearn-in- f for compassion. see - Eisenhower has "reviewed the results this talk in special reon to "U.S. Participation Congress port in the United Nations, during the past ; year; He calls attention to these principal achievements: A start on U.N. study of the peaceful uses of outer, space. Repeated censure of Russian actions in Hungary, and U.N. -- do than shall take - velop. Koterba Anyway, Don't Blam e Him for Dreaming So They Say C - today-i- n Encyclopedia Erltanntca r- : The opinions and j pressed t by Herald J- - their own and do reflect the views of ? - statements . : ex- - columnists are not necessarily this newspaper. "Sir, I just can't remember where I mislaid my, gun." T.H.L. ,; QUOTE OF THE DAY' A hamburger by any other name costs more. 'Raymond Duncan. PARLEZ-VOUS- . . . . ..; ? , Newsmen, in these days of the small world, must not be able to to use English effectively but must be able to handle other languages as well. Consider the following story from the UPI Reporter" for this week! The General Assembly session now in t progress at the United Nations has brought together the greatest assemblage of heads of government since the Versailles conference, and Its linguistic effects on the New Xrk newsroom, ' are startling. .... On one telephone Henry Shapiro or Aline losby of our Mos, . ' . , cow Staff f " an its lnDii..l..' CnPi)Vln -- '""ft wutuoiau to set up' an appointment with a Soviet cotact. At anotherFrancis' L. iVtcCarthy, ; former Havana -, manager and now can news editor, is off in Spanish ? with a South American delegate. Then there Is .the staffer who is approach- iuA next tu uy a.vxsiung rrencn journalist who speaks no English. They find a lingua rfranca based Latin-Ameri- : both in membership says the President. "Each year it has been confronted with new issues and, in meeting them, has demonstrated anew what great value it has for man in his quest for peace with justice "Given our sustained and vigorous it will continue to advance the interests of the American people and free nations everywhere." ; Henry Heisch, genial Sears manager, might even be selling them. "Just put it on the end of your present account," we can hear him saying., Or, an embarrassed sergeant anignx even at Jtnat moment be saying to his commanding officer: , i : ( HOUSEWIFE'S DILEMNA, Do you women, have the same with? I problem I'm grappling have a few empty ' bo ttles left and it's driving me crazy, deciding- what .to put into them. j , I keep thinking the tomatoes in the garden will turn enough to bottle and yet I have a bushel of pears waiting to get ripe. I need '. the tomatoes most, but the pears are ripening the fastest. If I give the pears away we're ' bound to get a good frost so there won't be more available, ' and if I bottle pears it's certain the tomatoes will ripen also.; Oh, well I, expect. I'll end up buying more bottles. R.W.H. ' ng matter of to feed the was-goin- parking meter after 9 a.m. and would the usual overparking ticket suffice in this case. Then it occurred to us that . and maturity," ce, U.N. "the one and only hope for order and sanity in the empire of the world." It is the one place where the small, and new nations can look for protection. If there had, been no United Nations, there- might today be war in the Congo. And-th- e United .States and Russia might be in it on opposite sides. The U.N. is the one open forum where the Communist and Free World leaders can talk to each other. So long as they keep on talking, i there is a chance of eventual agreement. It is when nations stop talking to each other that wars de" BYU Athletic Director Eddie leading candidate admitted he just might not make it to election day, traveling, speaking,; etc. on a state-wid- e Schedule.. "It's not the travel, or the strange food or the sleep. It's the damn' sweet punch," he confessed. W.N.J. "The united nations is a growORGANIZATION-rgrowi- about who . WOES OF AN ELECTIONEER One weary local politician involved in the campaign of a v. who was. head of Henry Cabot Lodge, , 3 t XI- T ! r. J ure TIC u.o. ueiegauon 10 me ru.in. tor seven ?X.l ' WORRY! ... .... ... sup-ipo- rt, ... 'Dins. DNT - refusal to accept credentials of the present Hungarian Communist regime. Continued support for the Arab refugees and the U.N. Emergency Force in foe Middle East. U.N. support for Laos. Cbndemna-tio- n of Red China's aggression in Tibet. Rejection of Red China's admission into the U.N. as long as it remains in viola- -' tion of ve very principle for which U.N. stands. Multilateral action for economic advancement of underdeveloped countries through the World B ank, International Development Assn. and U.N. Special Fund. ing pro- ng Beat He 1 catch-as-Icatch-c- ..JlKHTiK v tactics delaying the for Austria. peace treaty foot-draggi- , . Previous assignments have in eluded the ticklish job of ambassador to South Korea and deputy U.S. high commissioner for Austria. In the latter, in scores of meetings, he witnessed Soviet I U. N. Most Unique World Institution T -- somewhat with .tongue in cheek, told this one: , The Cougar football team was returning in its chartered plane from the San Jose game. As the plane cleared the airport and headed for home a voice came over the intercom: "We wish to welcome you aboard, and tell you that we are at 10,000 feet with perfect weather ahead. We also wish to inform you that something new in civilian aviationis being tried on this flight. It has been done with mili--, tary aircraft, but never before ' with a civilian transport, so you are a part of aviation history. "You have neither a pilot, copilot or navigator aboard. Your ship is being flown entirely . by automatic controls and radio from the ground. We wish to assure you, however, that- there is, no cause for alarm because with c modern aviation science as we have perfected it today, absolute- ly nothing can go wrong, go go wrong . . . . . go wrong go wrong wrong . . . T.H.L. . . Peter Edson WACTTT'NT-'Trvx- N the Herald Staff By - . , i First Soviet Man In Space the-fla- g" tour through East , Berlin forced the Communists once more Into retreat, is a man used to one used tough assignments and " to quick decisions. Graham Provocative That issue ;was American evag-eii- st Billy Graham. East Berlin-er- s defied a Communist ban and sneaked across the border to attend Graham's "Crusade for tion forces. - "show whose Dowling, war, - " coincided . .. His conversation with the East German policeman at the Brandenburg Gate had been short and to the point. Communist Harassment The United States was serving forceful notice on the Soviet Union's satellite that it refused Christ., This, the Reds said, wag another Western provocation. were-abou- even-temper- ed y - recognize any Communist claim to control Allied travel between East and West. It was another of the r moves and counter-move- s which have accompanied the Communists' latest harassing campaign against' the divided city. t The Communists already had ruled that West Germans seeking entry to East Berlin 'must present Visas okayed by- the East German government. Now they were testing Allied determination to retain their rights as occupa- . , It was not by accident that the East German pressure on West to With that, Georgia-bor- n "Red'' in his settled back Dowling heavy limousine with the United States . , and effectively without descent into personalities. Both Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy not only exhibited control of themselves and command of the domestic issues that separate them. They gave incontrovertible proof of .their maturity. .. These were not young men moving: beyond their depth in their quest for the nation's greatest priSe. They were men who knew t. what they It is hard to imagine two men of 60, of broad experience and background, laying down political battle lines more distinctly than did Kennedy and .Nixon. If much of what they said had a familiar ring, this had to be expected. Both have been going up and down the land for months stating their views. But never before have they commanded an audience measured in the tens of millions. It must be left to the voters to decide now and after later meetings which man has come off best. Of special interest will be the final debate on foreign policy. In this first showing, both came off well. Neither was embarrassed: by major error nor crushed by some irresistible logic on his opponent's part. The American people can be deeply grateful to the candidates for their willingness to submit to what could be a perilous 7test. They can be thankful also for the initiative of the networks which made this confrontation possible. This initiative, and the candidates' boldness, have combined to give the voters an unprecedented chance to make up their minds with remarkable ample materials for judgment. The opportunity constitutes a rare privilege, not to be overlooked by any American who values his vote and his country's freedoms. dy open and we have , the right of free access." . UPI Foreign Editor The Man of. the Week: Walter C.; Bowling, U.S. ambassador to ' West Germany. The Place: The Brandenburg Gate, border between E ast and West Berlin. , The Quote: "As American ambassador, I am responsible for the. American sector of Berlin and" I have the right of free travel in the whole city; In any case, I do not recognize your right to con- trol movements across the border. We regard the border as 'Man of the W ee In Berlin . This was the chance of a lifetime. "Let us talk man to man," I said.- "You could become the . borders;, to our inspectors. We'll do the same for you. "Next, announce this from the hero of the world today, the true rostrum of the U.N". and mean sumbol of peace, by following v 'it and the world will be at your . three simple steps.' feet." It was that simple. Khrushchev He straightened. 'Tell me," he " He called in his secrebeamed. at once." said, to want a our Presiyou to take a letter tary.. "I 'First, jot letter to the President of the United dent, apologizing for your antics ,!' at the Paris summit conference. States . . ." He's a reasonable man, and he'll That's the way it ended. That's when the nurse shook me awake accept it on faith. to administer another sleeping "Then, stop the wheels on your war machines and open your pill. - . : The Doctor Says: By Harold Thomas Hyman, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. The spasm of the bronchial muscles that results in the asthmatic attack is usually triggered by accidental exposure to some excitant (allergen. . peculiar to the particular individual. In some instances, the excitant allergen is in-haled, as in the v as of the nnl- - 1 lens mat axso cause hay fever. In other instances, the inhalant allergen is animal dander (horse, cat, if '. cat- rabbit, dog, or tle) r Dr. Hyman goose feathers that make up the stuffing And sometimes the inhalant allergen is a chemical of a pillow -- used Isi industry. .Or in a cosmetic. Or in an insecticide. Or in a medical spray. f Again, the excitant allergen may be a food substance that has to" be swallowed and absorbed by the intestinal tract before it makes its way to the bronchial muscles by ' way of ' the blood stream. Among the commoner digestant allergens, are- milk and related dairy products, eggs; wheat and wheat products, fish, strawberries and pork. On occasions, the excitant allergen is injected' in the course of medical treatment. Included in the long list of injectable allergens are serums obtained from the bloods of cows or horses, transfused human blood containing the digestant , allergen to which tb reciplent.it sensitive , . . and antibiotics such as penicillin. .And finally, for present, purposes, the attack may be triggered by some deeply felt emotional experience, Perhaps I've already told you sufficient for you to realize that the principal objectives in the : 1. To identify the excitant allergen, identify the excitant allergen. 2. To avoid or prevent exposure to that allergen. And, in the accomplishment of these objectives, neither drugs nor climate is of the slightest importance. But don't let that discourage you. For if you and your doctor in a program of medi- cal sleuthing, you may track down the criminal and successfully put him away for the duration of your life. ' The culprit may be brother's pup or sister's cat. It may be the down in' a pillow or a comforter. It may be the insecticide you use in the kitchen or in the vicinity of the outdoor grill. It may be something to which you're exposed on the job. ' Or it may be the pork that .'goes into the spiced meat you picked up at the delicatessen. With persistence and luck, to solve your you're very apt ' co-oper- ate , problem. Then you can throw all the "asthma remedies" . in the sea where, as Oliver Wendell Holmes remarked, . it'll be "all the better for mankind and all the worse for .fishes." For a' copy of Dr. Hyman's leaflet ."YOUR HEART; angina pectoris," send 10 cents to Dr. Hyman, care of this paper, Box 489, Dept. B, Radio City Station, New York 19, N.Y. . . ; to 1603. From there we went to the tops of the mountains " to visit Los Alamos,, the new-est and most modern city we v boast. Well, I guess history will record whether or not.' we have made progress' W.N.J. ; . ' .'"-'. ' ing we spied a somewhat unusual occupant of a parking stall next to Sears a; great big mean-looki155 Howitzer. Several thoughts crossed our mind, including the obvious one ng Ruth Millett . . 4 students have thickened up our community soup? W.N.J. ' ;'. MKIxAID : "We visited San Juan, tht first white settlement on this THE SOUP THICKENS ' Have you noticed how the JOIN THE CLUB! They call it "Screw BaM,' but-- r that isn't rightly what it is. If SEWCBRL, and it stands for "Society for Encouraging the Wearing of Convention Badges on the Right Lapel." All over the country the Mea has taken fire. Screw ball or not, SEWCBRL has its advantages, and its . , ; ; - dt-vote- es. v , Accentuate . treatment of asthma are New Mexico: . . ; - , A GUN? Coining to worie the other morn- Often Find Asthma's Cause i ,1 TI3IE WILL TELL .vi Letter from a traveler to . $ Tforl.gn ' , ANYBODY Sleuth Team Doctor-Patie- nt rr Golden-Agger- s: The Positive in Living V Do you dread growing old? Maybe that's just because you are young and. have a wrojig idea rtf what it's like to be a member of the "older generation." A psychologist told delegates to a recent American Psychological convntion that he has found, through testing, that older people aren't nearly as unhappy as younger persons suppose they are It looks to me as though there is a real opportunity for older. people to sell those who are dreading old age on the idea that it's not so bad after all. Old age lias its advantages, and compensations. The older person may well be a lot happier than the person who. is so fearful of old age that he is fighting tp hold on to the youth that is slipping away. i The best selling method, of course, would be for our older citizens to concentrate a little more on with "happy talk" to stress the things that are right . are of that instead the wrong. things them, Why don't, they brag a little more about their Millett Ruth leaisure, instead of acting as though it were some thing to be ashamed of? Why dorj't they talk more about what they are doing today and' planning to do tomorrow, and less about the K K ' past? . ' " ' a greater, effort to enjoy each other's com- -, pany, instead of being overly critical of. each other? Why aren't they as willing to do for each other and help each other out as they are to lend a helping band to the younger genWhy don't they-mak- . ' , ' e , , eration? '. of those things would help to dispel the idea, that old age is a time to be dreaded. And it would help to give the elderly more AH . ' ' ' . status. citizens such older There are many interesting, happy leading lives that they are an inspiration to the rest of us. . j ; But there are still too many who give the impression of not being as happy - as they actually are, who seem to want sympathy j more than admiration and respect, and who' are reluctant to admit that they are actually leading comfortable, pleasant lives and that t they are actually no more unhappy in eld age than. they were in youth pt tht- middle ytars. ; - |