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Show Page Two FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Business and Social Circles Have At Least One Problem Drinker Almost every business or social circle has at least one actual or potential alcoholic someone who doesn't often get the help he needs because his family, friends and co-work- ers don't know the facts about alcoholism. An estimated 70 million of our Americans drink; one out of 14 is destined to become an alco-holic. The figures don't tell the story. In that 70 million there are vari-ous kinds of drinkers the "sometime drinker" who may take only a few nips a year; the "moderate drinker," who drinks at parties and other occasions but never takes more than one or two; the "social drinker," who rarely gets drunk but may fre-quently get "tight" or "high," informtaion about alcoholism, let him take the initiative. The best time to talk to him is when he is "hung over," not when he is drunk. Use your knowledge to make him feel that some one under-stands him. Remain objective. If possible, try to introduce him to a recovered alcoholic. If you are an employer, don't wait until the only thing left to do is warn the alcoholic that he will lose his job "if it ever hap-pens again." Your attitude should not differ from your attitude to other employee illnesses. In big companies the problem drinker should be sent to the medical department, after you have had a frank talk with the doctors there so that the alcoholic cannot the "heavy drinker"; and finally the alcoholic. One thing separates the alco-holic from the other types: once he starts he can't stop. What are the early signs that a person is headed to alcoholism? According to Mrs. Marty Mann executive director of National Council on Alcoholism, the in-cipient alcoholic may behave in any of these ways: He may break promises to himself about his drinking; alibi or lie to himself about drinking; gulp drinks as others drink slowly; drink to get up "dutch courage" before his appointment or party; feel the necessity to have drinks at cer-tain times; insist on an allotted time for drinking regardless of the convenience of others; drink for "that tired feeling"; drink for "shattered nerves"; drink to forget troubles and to alleviate depression; and to celebrate even quite simple and everyday oc-currences. These warning signs may be implemented danger signals not necessarily connected with his drinking periods, or recurrent periods of tension which show themselves as extreme irritabil-ity, flashes of temper, and a gen-eral attitude of resentment from the world. But she adds these emotional symptoms may also be found in heavy drinkers and non-drinke- rs as well. The true test of alcoholism lies in a study of minimize or explain away 111a condition. In smaller businesses with no medical department the employee's doctor should also be informed. There are today a number of good medical treatments for the sobering of an alcoholic, and building up his physical condi-tion in a very short period of time usually five days. These are by no means "cures," but they have great value in pre-paring the alcoholic mentally and physically to undertake any further treatment or to under-stand and adopt some program of recovery. Psychiatric treatment often can decide in early cases if the person suffers from true mental disorder or alcoholism. In most cases, you are going to suspect alcoholism long be-fore you can be sure that it does exist. If you think that a friend, member of the family or a co-worker is suffering from this disease, you can be helpful by first biding your time patiently. Watch his or her drinking be-havior and listen sympathetically you can learn much whcih can alert a knowledgeable person as to whether or not alcoholism, or potential alcoholism really exists. Then if you believe that your suspicions have been confirmed, contact a person or organization that can give professional help and advice. drinking behavior, she affirms. If you suspect that a friend or associate is on the road to alco-holism, the best time to help him is during these early stages, for alcolholism is a, one way street the victim gets progressively worse unless he is treated. Why can't he help himself? As medical authorities now realize, alcoholism is a disease, not a moral weakness, and the sole remedy for this progressive ill-ness is an end to the patient's drinking. Alcoholics can return to health provided they never take another drop. If you suspect that a person is headed toward alcoholism, what can you do to help? Learn all you can about alco-holism. Unbiased information is available at Alcoholism Informa-tion Centers of the affiliates of the National Council in 67 cities in the country. Consultation is free and private. No stigma is attached. Another major local source of help is the Alcoholics Anonymous, with over 4.500 groups in the U.S. and Canada. Avoid the "home treatment." Never harp on the drinker's con-dition; it is better not to bring it up unless he does. Never, never preach or lecture. Talk to someone about the situation, a doctor, minister or social worker. Face the problem openly; prepare for constructive action. Don't threaten a problem drinker. If he shows interest in deltind flte JJeacfined leverage on American domestic politics, especially with a crucial congressional election ahead, than they should be allowed. The President would be well advised, it seems, to work here at home to develop a truly bi-partisan non-politic- al Congolese policy, as he has on Berlin, so that neither party becomes a mere extension of the Congo's factional feuding. President Kennedy is almost in constant contact on aspects of our Berlin policy with such key Republicans as former President Eisenhower. He has helped still criticism of our policies in Laos and South Vietnam by similar consultations and through his reliance on Generals Maxwell nnr? Tomnc? Von TTIoof fr n l --J Vm One of ;the pitfalls of playing politics with U.S. foreign policy could be seen in the jumbled and bizarre Congo-Katang- a crisis. Just when Republicans, the Rightist Extremists the Admin-istration is attacking and others began to denounce U. S. foreign policy in the Congo, secessionist Katanga's wily President Moise Tshombe suddenly retreated and compromised his dispute with UN and Congolese central regime and left his surprised supporters all over the world out on a limb. Then, as these were explaining away their embarrassment argu-ing that Tshombe's agreement to return Katanga to the Congo proves his "reasonableness," Mr. Tshombe repudiated his agree-ment, declaring that it had been signed "under duress." Western ability to wage guerilla fighting there before launching negotiations on Vietnam. Any administration failure to approach every problem area on a bipartisan basis, or any failure by the opposition to be helpful, merely invites domestic political and global chaos. The John Birch Extremists the President is currently attacking as well as Republicans, have already been handed ready made issues by Indian Premier Nehru's seizure of Goa and Portugese conclaves on the Indian sub-contine- nt. The U.S. did not support the Indian use of military action, but it also did little even to arouse UN action against it and strong Rightist moves are now underway to cut off economic aid for India when Congress reconvenes. The same reaction will be in-evitable if the U.S., ascting as a mediator, permits Indonesian Sukarno to launch threatened military action against Holland for control of West New Guinea, called Irian by Indonesia, or if U.S. objections to aggression are ineffective. The Neutralist nations, which so often preach to the West about the great need for compromising Cold War differences and which pay lip service to Pacifism, have now shown that they have no compunctions against launching aggressions to suit their national As events developed, Tshombe showed that he was under some powerful Rightist pressure in his own province, which resisted a compromise with the UN that would return the mineral rich Katanga to the Congo. The UN, with U .S. Air Force support, prepared to step up its war to forcibly unite pro-We- st Katanga with the Pro-Sovi- et Congolese central regime, which is where everything began. What many of the critics of the Kennedy administration's Congo Katanga policies had discovered in the meantime, is that it can be politcally risky to link U.S. domestic politics with those of the crazy quilt Congo. Whether Tshombe, the Congo central regime, the UN, or the U.S is right in the tangle is not the point being made at this writing. This columnist happens to believe that US policy blundered badly in supporting the UN effort to militarily crush anti-Commun- ist Katanga's separatist regime to force it to rejoin the pro-Re- d Congo. The point to be made here is only that critics must accept the real risks of entangling their own views with the muddled politics of the Congo, whose jungle politicians are continually trying to out maneuver each nthpr fnr lpndprshin. pride. So long as the Neutrals play a pro-Sovi- et game, their new aggresiveness is bound to play into the hands of the Americans who have been anxious to bring them to heel anyway, which also plunges these issues deep into American partisan politics. These are not only issues to challenge the most able and best leaders we have, and which will require spectacular integrity of our partisan politicians. The fate of much of the world and of nearly half of Mankind is at stake. India's 360.000 000 people and Indonesia's 90,000,000 can not become partisan political pawns. When George Washington gave his warning against "permanent entangling alliances" in has Fare-well Address he might also have warned Americans against the greater danger of entangling the domestic politics with internal politics of other nations. This is especially dangerous when our parties tie themselves to political factions in an un-stable, underdeveloped area of the world which Communism is trying to seize. It is especially dangerous when our political parties take sides in the Congo dispute. The Republi-can party has become linked to the fate of the Katanga regime, just as the prestige of the U.S., President Kennedy and of the Democratic party has become tied to the central Congo's sta-bility and its ruling factions. Many Republicans who criti-cized the Kennedy Administra-tion's support of UN military action against the pro-Weste- rn Katanga, are genuinely concern lest the GOP be too closely tied to the future of Katanga and Tshombe, whose politics already have observers confused. Many Democrats, supporting the President, are equally uneasy as their party, which suffered from "softness on Communism" charges before, becomes tied up with the pro-Sovi- et Congolese regime. All of this gives the Congo's tribal politicians much more t7m MORE'. ON (-M-ORE Where Ifa IF A D F 1 AlltheTime THE NEW KAAUft 1230 On Every Rsdfo I WILFORD F. KAY owner and operator of COLONIAL MORTUARY 2128 South State IN 26 Truck Firm Names Two Top Officials Two officers were recently transferred from California to assume newly created positions here in the bulk commodiyt divi-sion of Ringsby Truck Lines Co. They are Jack W. Bingham, formerly of Arcadia, California, who. is new general sales man-ager of the bulk commodity di-vision; and Del H. Seymoure of Long Beach, general manager of the division. The Denver headquartered Ringsby System which includes the bulk commodity division, is operating in every state in the union. Bingham and Seymoure were with the Arizona Pacific Tank Lines, a Ringsby subsidi-ary, before their transfers. Bingham was vice president in charge of sales for Arizona Pacific, and Seymoure was the operations manager for the firm. David Newton, vice president and general manager of the bulk commodity division, made the appointments. Worker Granted BLM Idea Award A $25 award for a suggestion to improve procedures in the Buerau of Land Management Friday had been presented to Mrs. Forest W. Hibbard, 1472 Browning Ave. Mrs. Hibbard, land law clerk in the BLM Utah Land office, made a suggestion concerning the refunding of deposits of un-successful bidders for certain mineral land leases. The award was made as part of the government's incentive awards program, to encourage employees to make suggestions that will improve efficiency and save money. |