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Show By LYLE C. WILSON .United Press. International WASHINGTON U. S. (UPI) citizens indulge in a moony SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, .1961 Make Consvruciive Iv self-decepti- that it can't happen here. It can't happen, here be- cause this is God's country, the home of the brae ad so on. .What can't happen here are such things as political murder by foreign agents, debasement of the poliU.S. currency by inarmed nuclear bombs, ticians, vasion. Such things as that. There- was, indeed, a political kidnaping in the U. 'ted States some years ago, followed, it appears, by murder in the Dominican Republic. The kidnaped man was a Do- - attack. The authors of policy are its defenders. Furthermore, "the men in power who are privy to all the secrets bearing upon the cold war struggle come to believe that they alone are competent to make reasonable judgments. yBut more detached observers "ouickly point' out that this cuts criticism ;of his foreign policy bbth ways. course. He is known to be partiThis, of course, is not meant to cularly distressed . that former suggest that all mistakes when President Eisenhower has joined in the assault. they are established as such are ' of equal' kind pr magnitude. The. Certain responsible Republicans cooler, onlookers simply say that in Congress feel, however, that any standard is unfair which Kennedy is showing far too much would allow one party to criticize, sensitivity on this score. And they but not the other. believe that those who suggest Realistic politicians are arguing dampening the criticism are in anew that partisan criticism is fact applying a "double standard" ever with us, and that foreign afwhich holds the Republicans to fairs, which bulks so large today, stricter account than Democrats. can't be isolated from it. These GOP moderates and othBut all, of whatever party, ers point out that the Democrats should agree that critical appraisdidn't spare the lash at the time als must stop short of either sugof the celebrated. U--2 incident over gesting or promoting national disRussia,' that the late Secretary of unity. State Dulles was often heavily asThey should agree alo that sailed for practicing "brinkmancriticism should be neither so striship"' with Moscow arid Peiping, dent nor so insistent as to make that the Eisenhower regime was our policy- makers its captives, to constantly charged with being too tie their hands at a bargaining rigid in attitude on disarmament, table and destroy their usefulness. Berlin, and a host of issues. Under our presidential system, To most of these Republicans, we only get one set of policy makthere is no difference between ers at a time, and they have to such attacks and their own serve us for four years at the charges that iKennedy has misminimum. handled Cuba and Laos and could Despite long years of talk about the "bipartisan approach" to foreign affairs, both Republicans and Democrats attack the opposition fairly consistently on this front. Right now reports keep circulating that President Kennedy is more, than a little annoyed with the volume and ' extent of GOP on J - N jelly-spine- d, - " minican scholar who had sought refuge in New York City and whose writings enraged the late dictator Rafael Trujillo. There vyas great public outcry and much editorial turbulence about this incident. UN Death no is There matching protest in volume sound or against the circumstances of the death of Povl a Danish United Nations diplomat who also disappeared in New York. body was found there, however, and the New York police wrote him off as a suicide. There is provocative circumstantial evidence that was murdered or, more in the ; Bang-Jense- n, Bang-Jensen- 's Bang-Jensen cloak and dagger tradition, that he was brainwashed into taking his own life. Induced suicide, it is called. The Senate" subcommittee, on In-- ( ternai Security cites this evidence and. asserts that the finding of simple suicide in the case of was based on incomevidence. The subcommittee plete n was put suspects that away by Soviet secret agents cause he knew too much. which there was reason to suspect Soviet agents. Four of these ' suicides were Americans: Lawrence D u g g a n, former senior U. S. Foreign Service officer who died on Dec. 20, 1948. The report says Duggan "jumped or was pushed out of a New York office building window" after be- ing named as a member of the Communist underground in the . , 1 Bang-Jense- n Bang-Jense- U. S. government. "Suicide" the subcommittee someone Six Suicides Moreover, the subcommittee insists not merely that it can hap- Panes-Breakin- air-whi- - - vice-preside- nt the other is a ball player. The- twenty-five-year-o- - Negro ld com- mon denominator Between them is fantasr i tic speed. The World Series has just begun as I write this, and Vada Pinson, center fielder of the Cincinnati Reds, may or may not turn put to be a hero. The Reds seem foredoomed t o isin lose since great wealth M.. is the chief factor in athletic sports these days, and the New York Yankees have the money to keep athletes sitting on the bench who would be playing' regular with any other team. Time was when the fans would be pulling for the underdog Red to win, but now, so great Is the influence of money, that practically everybody wants to root for the winner, no matter how unequal the contest. Vada Pinson began his baseball career with Visalia, the town in the San Joaquin valley where my son and his wife live, and where I spend considerable time. Vada brought Visalia the first and only pennant it ever won in the California League. Later, he played with. Seattle in the Coast League, and 1 saw him play a few games in Salt Lake. Then he went up to Cincinnati while still a mere boy, and Birdie Tebbets, his forst manager, said of him, "He is fast enough to run away from his mistakes." The same thing was said about Richard Nixon, and he made plenty to run away from. The indications, however, are that Dick is slowing down, and his mistakes are beginning to catch up with him. Richard Nixon was the boy who was determined to reach the top in the great American game of, politics, and he came within a hair's breadth of doing it. He was a poor boy, and he had to fight every inch of the way. He was particularly adept at dirty to use another sporting term, and he took every advantage of 'an opponent. When ran for Congress he called his opponent, Jerry Vorhees, a Communist,-and got away with the election. When he ran against Helen Gahagan Douglas for the Senate he adopted the same tactics and won, though neither Mrs. Douglas nor Mr. Vorhees ever had any connection with the Communist party, and are just as loyal Americans as Mr, Nixon ever thought of being. But Dick knew how to work on the prejudice cf the voters. 1 ' i publicist whose Sept. 4, 1951 death appeared to be suicide but is suspected to have been ' an instance of murder by Communist' , .all-Americ- 1 ; . whelming. ""jr- The tmpu Allen-Sco- tt i Report Rap-- mc riiui iivjie 1 JUU5 For Patriots to Do V Editor Herald: -r It is not what you are "against that accomplishes, but what you are "for." Late it is, the active patriots who are "for" something can save freeddm. They can pledge 4 to themselves to "know . J Wirt i inuiv tujuiui i. u w 4tn tiian 4tt. Mixzy uu today," and "each one teach one," the most effective freedom messages. Each active patriot can activate one other person easily in one month's lime. One in 200 of the adult population, comprising persons, each converting to within nrin action orif nfhr-month's time, will mean 125,000 liberty crusaders by the end of; the first month; 250,000 in two; months; 400,000 in three, and one million in four months. Carried on, there would be 64 million in 10 months. . -- Editor Herald: Major Openshaw's letter in the Mailbag, Oct. 1 Was at first reading considered! unworthy of a reply. He produced no facts, evidence or reason to substantiate his charges against the Public Affairs Forum; and the whole tenor of his letter shows that he is entirely uninformed or grossly misinformed about the Forum. Furthermore, his letter was so marked by prejudice, hate and false accusation against the Forum that the question was: Is he guilty of criminal slander and should be so charged rather than answered through, the Mailbag. A later, fuller consideration of Opensaw's tirade induced us to leave the charge of slander, pending further study; and" to submit the following so that t the people may know why the Forum sent tjhe telegram to President Kennedy imploring him to avoid the use of military power in the settlement of the Berlin crisis and that our Gov--' ernment champion the cause of disarmament instead. The Forum maintains that the whole course of the cold war has reached its climax over the German question and Berlin crisis; and that the use of military power by our government in its settlement would plunge the world into war. As both sides of ,this conflict are armed with weapons of mass destruction far greater than ever before known, the result would be the well nigh, if not total destruction of everyone and everything on ' earth. Does Major Openshaw want that? Do our people want such a holocaust? Do the great mass of the people of the world want to be. .blown to bits, burned to a crisp or suffer a lingering sickness unto death from nuclear poison? The answer to those questions must be No! emphatically If Major Openshaw wants to know the facts about the nature, aims and purposes of the Forum, if he is an honest, unbiased seeker for truth and facts about the Forum and will ask for them in good faith, the Forum will gladly supply him - MI . Pil'il "i i- -i -- oj-v- 4 . 62,-5- 00 r , Countless avenues are open through which the patriot can work in the home, neighborhood, school, church, clubs, .press and on the air, ad infinitum. Those not in business are at least customersand the customer is boss to see, hear or read what he enthus chooses. The succannot when be active, iast, or contested smeared. cessfully With 4 million or more of them active, .apathy and Khrushchev would fade from the world scene. nro-freedo- m II. L. Hunt Main Street 1704 Dallas 1, Texas ' late Department Next 'Super Agency Defense Secretary in charge of international affairs. Bundy, who led the fight to have President Kennedy abolish, the Operations Coordinating Board, is the principle pusher within the White House to expand the State Department's influence. In a letter to Senator Henry Jackson, D,' Wash., Bundy frankly reported that he was urging other administration officials "to increase rtheir reliance on the leadership of (the State Department." Howeyer, when Jackson pressed him for details, Bundy wrote in By ROBERT S. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT ing the State Department into a y new by expanding and its influence authority the Kennedy administhroughout super-agenc- tration. This growing power, which is disturbing more than one key member of the President's Cabinet, is already being felt in major policy decisions in the Defense Department, the Treasury Department, National Space Agency, and the Atomic Energy Commis- : he was fast enough to run away from by making President Eisenhower and the whole nation weep over his wife Pat, and the Nixon's little dog. Being ever an opportunist seeking popular causes he never committed himself sion. so far on any issue that he couldn't back-trac- k For instance, General Thomas and take the opposite view if it became popular. He was fast on Power, the chief of the Strategic Air Command, will have a diplohis political feet, and when it became on policy demat as his necessary to eliminate his fellow senacisions for the first time., tor, William Knowland, from the presidential race he connived to throw GovThis assignment is being made ernor Goodwin Knight of California to by Secretary Rusk under a White the political wolves to get Knowland the House (approved program wherenomination. The rest is gubernatorial by fuilltime political advisers will Nixon nombe stationed at every major U. S the got history. presidential ination, though he didn't win the election, military command. Edward and Knowland was defeated. Freers, former minister in the S. Embassy in Moscow is beU. Now, still looking toward the White ing sent to SAC. House, Richard Nixon is running for govUnder this unannounced proernor of California, and his opponent fpr ' the nomination is Utah-bor- n gram, Secretary Rusk is also ex"Goody" the State Department's inNixon who is tending that tried Knight, charging fluence to the Treasury. to buy him out of the running for the office. Whether the charge is true or not is Foreign policy aides are being beside the question, but a great many assigned in the Treasury "to increase understanding between the California voters aree going to believe two agencies" and "to help adthat it is, and Democratic Governor Pat vise officials there in areas Brown is bound to benefit. ' where U. S. financial and forFleet ballplayer that he is I have seen eign policies overlap," Vada Pinson charge a ball that got past The State Department's growa run score could he before him, letting overtake it. Just so, Richard Nixon, has ing influence is also up in the administration's a -' doublewith handling of speechmany political caught up of major governOfficials es sooner one or of but later them by cross, ment is bound to get away from him. The, one agencies, including Defense, Commerce, Agriculture, of Goodwin Knight may, or may not be the one, but Nixon has made top many to Space and the Atomic. Energy. outrun them all. Those less flashy politiIn all instances, these officials ' cal center fielders, Nelson Rockefeller speeches must how be cleared and Barry Goldwatef, are making fewer Nby the State Department before mistakes and. one of them is pretty sure tney canJbe delivered. to grab the ball which' Richard Nixon This "screening" power of tries so hard to catch. Secretary Rusk was' uncovered Nixon lost the last election because by the Senate Armed Service Subcommittee, headed by Senator many people were convinced that personJohn Stennis, D, Miss., that is al ambition and advancement meant more to Nixon than the welfare of the probing censorship of speeches of top military officers. country. It was an impression which reIn their investigation, staff cent events have done nothing to correct. The American people; by and large, are ,probers of the Stennis subcommifound evidence that a number rather statesman sound ttee a looking for to Communism were of references than a too clever politician. cut out of the general's speeches And now I'm going in to watch teleby aides of Secretary Rusk when vision and root for, the Reds, while hopsent to the State Department for ing that Vada Pinson covers himself with final clearance. glory. Note; Vada did not, and the Yank. POLICY MAKERS The arch-- , ees won according to plan. new behind State Dethe itects : reply: "It would not be appropriate for me to describe in 'detail the changes which the Department of State has begun to execute in meeting the large responsibilities which fall to it under this concept of administration." FORUM. RULES Letters from readers are invited. They should be brief (preferred limit 200 to 300 words) typewritten If possible s( double spaced); must carry writer's true name and address and be in good taste. Pseudonyms are, not permit- ted. The Herald assumes no . ... In ah earlier letter to Senator Jackson, Secretary Rusk revealed that, the functions of the Operation Board, which was used under the Eisenhower and Truman Administrations to implement policies of the National Security Council, have been taken over by the State Department. This expansion of power by the State Department is being closely watched by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. While he hasn't directly opposed it, aides report that he has expressed his concern to the President- - with full information. "Peace on earth, good will responsibility ior, statementt appearing in the Mailbag col- umn. Writers arte limited to one letter in 10 days. Letters which exceed space limitation; may be cut by the editor. The Herald reserves the right to reject letters which are. not in good taste or are potcntial- - to- ward all men" has been the ideal of the prophets- and good people throughout the ages. Today the desire to live the law of self preservation has forced mankind to understand that those high ideals must be made into realities and that nations must "beat their guns into plowshears and their swords into pruning hooks and war shall be no moie." The Public Affairs Forum of Utah County - co-pil- ot ": 1 vr---4 "v. WASHINGTON Secretary of State Dean Rusk is quietly mak- He needed money so he got his rich Republican friends to establish an $18,000 Richard Nixon fund. That was a mistake was Duggan Morton E. Kent, former gov-- ernment employe, was found dead June 12, 1949;: apparently a suicide. Ilia name popped, up in the 'Judith Coplon espionage trial. The subcommittee said there was no ironclad proof that these were Communist murders disguised ar suicides. It said the circumstantial .evidence was strong, however, and in some ascs over- Facts About Forum Available for the Asking, Says Officer the Chopping, Block Some People Outrun Their Mistakes By FRANK C. ROBERTSON A couple of prominent citizens of California are now very much in the limelight, and odd as it may seem they have one thing in common. One is a former of the tJnited States, and :, Evolution of a Mushroom Cloud Often these days we read that youngsters, and even some adults, have sought violent redress against those who have criticized their failures and shortcomings. Usually, the comment on these happenings stresses the fact that the persons involved have sought a violent solution. That is indeed a problem of major consequence in present day society. But it perhaps tends to be ignored that the problem has another facet: the evidently increasing inability of people of all ages to take criticism. Growing up, being mature, consists in part;of being able to acknowledge error or; failure, to face what you are. Attacking your critic does nothing toward wiping the slate clean of your mistakes. Years ago progressive-minde- d architects" insistently demanded better designed school buildings ch with lots of light and meant big areas of glass. Now we're getting them, and in some cities and towns- they have become an almost intolerable burden.. The reason: vandalism. With the "modern school" here, authorities are turning to such modern culprit catchers as the electric eye, electronic fences? and similar devices, hoping thus to preserve the fancy- new, buildings for the youngsters who are said to need them so badly. nist Party. " . Arrested Development g y' - pen here but that it has happened here several times. The subcommittee report cites six suicides of recent years in each of - -- "or, did Waited Marvin Smith, a JusDepartment attorney, died Oct. 24, 1943, in a five-storfall down a department stairwell.. Smith possessed key evidence linking Alger Hiss with the Commu- tice getting ready to tell his story?" Louis Adamic, a . be firmer on Berlin. It is natural enough for those most deeply involved in foreign-polic- y making to be resentful of fear asked, that agents. Tho Doctor Says Correspondent Suffering Cruel Misapprehension , ly libelous. Resolutions Committee E. A. Mitchell, Chairman ' . . By Harold Thomas Ilyman, M. D, Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Bouquets and brickbats: From a "mother and a wife who has made an extensive study about health for several years." answer to your article on Salk i : The opinions and statements ex- pressed by Herald columnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper. ; L- - ; ; ) partment build-u- p are Secretary Rusk, McGeorge Bundy, special assistant to the President for international affairs, Dr; Walt Whitman Rostow, deputy to Bundy, and Paul Nize, Assistant Vaccine, I suggest you start reading; '. . Magazine' start . . . and asking colleagues your about how to prevent polio. "In an Dr. Ilyman epidemic broke out. in a southern state and the board of health doctor got permission to broadcast one-ha-lf hour daily . . . to (ask) people to stop giving their children soft drinks, ice cream and candy. This the people did. "In- two weeks there was only three cases whereas thousands were falling to polio (previously.) "But, of course, this cost the companies over $1,000 in daily losses so the doctor was soon squelched. ... . Every corner I turn informs me that there wouldn't be polio, cancer, heart disease and hundreds of other illnessesf people ate right. . . . "I can see why you do not advocate the correct way of health in your column. I'm sure you're being paid handsomely to keep people ill. After all, there is great profit fcl sick peoplt." 1948 - , , 7 I'll turn this information about the prevention of polio over to Dr. Salk, who is neither a wife nor a mother. From the mother of a member of the USAF: "1 can almost hear you snort in disbelief at the idea that association with a chihuahua dog can relieve asthma attacks. I laughed, too, when I first heard of it but my experience has me that somethere is taught thing to it I didn't know. "My son, now 30 years of age,, had asthma really all his life. Upon his return from Korea '(he's with the Air Force), a friend told him about chihuahuas and he Ruth Millet There's No Need for Nassle On 'Right' of Preparedness ' 7 attack. eomisar. " '.'. Khrushchev must be tickled pink at the number of Americans who are being misled into by all the talk about whether or not a man has a moral right to build a family bomb shelter. Those who are trying to make a moral issue out of a simple act of preparedness ask two questions: i o Could you bear to take yourself and your family to the safety of a bomb shelter, knowing that all around you those not so fortunate would be waiting to die? . Would you want to live in a world devastated J J a without bombs bope? world, perhaps, by J. . The first question is absurd. Is there any difference between arnan building a shelter for his family and moving them into it at the first warning of an enemy- - attack, and that that same man's attempt to get his family to a safe spot Ruth. Millett during a tornado alert? commuwhole of a No man can be responsible for the survival to protect his nity, but each man can take every possible precaution own family against any anticipated threat, The second, question is equally absurd. No war is going to wipe the earth clear of all humanity. Some are goin to survive. And the more people' of ..good will who survive, the Haftei fnr tVio future nf mankind. . . . i. i! . i it .;i w u..:u uuuu jiaunyr ine mgmi ngui if Americans Keep on aeoaung bomb shelters while the, Russians keep on making preparations to go there probably will never be an atomic war. There'll underground . one.-be no need for All K will have to do is say, "Our bomb shelters are ready. Every Russian can get to safety. Are you Americans equally prepared? If you aren't then we'll be glad to take over your country without dropping a single bomb." Fantastic? Not at all. That's .why K must smile hiscvil smile when he reads that many Americans arc ashamed to build bomb shelters for fear it is morally wrong for them to even want to survive a nuclear s bought one. "He was having an attack at the time but, before he reached home, the attack was relieved and from that time until he went overseas again he ihad only one "Of necessity the dog was left behind, and while overseas he has again had asthma. If that wasn't enough to convince me, my 'daughter,' who also1 has asthma, got a chihuahua and since we have had it in the home, more than four years, her attacks have been much lighter and less frequent. "The dogs do not take the disease but something 'about them relieves the sufferers. So there you are, believe it or not." Notice to kennel owners: STOCK UP ON CHIHUAthe asthmatics are HUAS, 1 , t . N attack. . ' . . |
