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Show "In Cuba They Call Us Technicians" The cessqrs, at least in some measure, for not getting all they ask of Congress. The professor argues: 'Presidents today find it harder to get what they , want than they used to, because they want, and are expected to want, more. "Horeover, strong presidents have a harder row to hoe than weak ones, for quite obviously the , i , become." The professor perhaps could get himself am argument on Capitol Hill on this score: He says that if is supposed to mean like forced sales, "it s anything arm-twisti- D-Or- ng not a strategy available to a president." g The way he sees it, the involved in the patronage process takes two. Adds Kelley: "If a legislator or a committee chairman does not want to play the trading game, there is no way he can' be forced to do so." In other words, there is really no way a president can "command" a legislator's vote. Some lawmakers who do complain of pressure undoubtedly are just trying to make some political hay for their party. Some who favor-tradin- makers. A Princeton professor, Stanley Kelley Jr., has some interesting notions, about the uses of patronage as they are applied in this country today. In "a paper he prepared for a recent .meeting of scholars, Kelley president in this age has great and diversified patronage- resources. He can offer many kinds of favors, to fit the complex needs of his adversaries on Capitol bargaining " : pre-ident- ial 2iSts ; -- - Hill. nedy or any of his recent prede- - Quality Control Your Child : pretty sharp light on the relations Presbetween Congress and the ident. But even if his speech were passed around to all 537 legislators, we'd probably still hear the next cries of time a hot bill is jammed through House and Senate. It's too useful a political battle cry to be abandoned. t g" The Chopping Block A Look at Capital Punishment By FRANK C. ROBERTSON Some gentlemen who had every right to expect that they would get a little extra spending money for shooting to death Mack Merrill Rivenburgh and Jesse M. Garcia. Jr.. have been disappointed. Rivenburgh. preferring all be better off if he was dead? Some will think so. Some people may think that my family would bo better off if I' were dead, but I'm quite sure my family would vote agains it- - Just so a lot of pecple are glad that Garcia is still alive. Several times on television I watched this cocky young criminal being brpught intt court and I had the feeling that I would like to knock the smirkoff his .i alone from drugs which face. However, there are better ways, a- i.i r and there are patient, trained people IrnnwR where he cot. who believe that the only ,way to get ratner than publicly, the defiant smirk off Garcia's face per-- ! did them out of one maiipntly is to convince him that be was job The Board of Par- wrong in his lifelong belief that everydons , by commuting body is his enemy andthat he can have to spnfpnri friends who want tchelp him: He has Mr. Robertson ufe imprisonment did had thevworst scare a human being can them out of the other. possibly have, but , mere fright is not of So far as. I can see the members of itself enough. v the Firing Squad are the only one who a long of The rehabilitation is process -, have really been hurt. Even Rivenone will and slow that require long and burgh's family probably feel better than we effort.' Garcia, may be sure,; patient they would if it had turned out the other in to coddled rot be is prison, that going way. We can't of course read the minds raised the advocates' bugaboo always by of the Pardon Board but it is at least He will be treatof capital punishment. possible that Garcia would now be dead as much and ed with firmness, given had not Rivenburgh committed suicide. to as he himself improve opportunity Who else has really been hurt? The not He can be turned will assimulate. crimipossible future victims of young"Riven-loose in society Unless he can' prove that , to themselves: will nals vho say he can meet his responsibilities; That burgh and Garcia escaped capital puntime may never come, but his will be the ishment so we may as well go out and only guilty conscience. kill somebody?" That's drawing a pretty The time to begin with Garcia was long bow for in the first, place those ago when he was an long potential murderers seldom read the'' child, but society was indifferent. newspapers, and hi the second place still is indifferent to other kids who It a man with mind inflamed enough' to are potential murderers. Which is the murder is not. in the habit of commit .... i better way to stop them: by warning sitting down ana imn&ing auout conthem that they will be killed because sequences. capital punishment is the law of the Furthermore, experts who have studied or by taking them in hand early laud, the problem have long contended that and showing them the benefit of becom' has not been a capital punishment ing useful, law abiding citizens? deterrent to murder. If it is then exA certain number oE innocent people ecutions should be given, as wide publivuig today are destined to be murdered licity as possible and everybody invited by young thugs, regardless of the fact to see them- - For some reason advowe have capital punishment. As a that obcates of, capital punishment always know-tha- t prevention of crime it has been a monject 'to this. Can it be that they would strous failure. There arc better ways ninertenths of the people who would spare us the embarrassment that to watch a man being deliberately shot tiuch of abortive attempts to uphold the wou-.be so shocked that they death we as have just witnessed. law whole the would go away sickened by procedure? Eivenbaugh and Garcia never had too good a chance in life, but it. was not safe to let them run at large. In prison they killed a man who was no better It's just that it fills my heart to see than they were, but who was entitled little In to live. to his chance the beautiful colors of my country's flag. prison and loom perhaps boiling large; things Everybody paints his house in drab colcrazseems half and it ors. I thought this would be different with resentment, men another and perthese ed by drugs and would freshen up the neighborhood. formed the act of murder on Verner in Alfredo Pereira of Newark, N.J., who w oat they nought was an act of justice, painted his house red, white and blue. because tney were mentally unable to differentiate between justice, and reSome of the steam has gone out of the venge . The question in my; mind is e?rly, evangelical, fanatical drive of whether society itself can always make communism. And it is a tarnished thing. It can never . really live down Stalin's Now I tLd a great many other people record of terror. would not! be allowed to sit- on a jury Allen W. Dulles, former CIA head. in such a case because we could not say ..." a ",';;;;""V that we believe in. capital punishment, ex- statements and The j in opinions as we concerned are stopping yet pressed by Herald columnists are j crime as anybody. The lav has outlawed their own and do not . necessarily mercy. j reflect the views of this newspaper, j The question now seems to be: what we Would survivor? the ft about Garcia, 3 , . 4 y': advantages. " s . under-privileg- ed 1 A. !.( . Come On, i' sworn a nf I, who in- sisis una i every piece of direct hear; - . . .... , 4; - m Conn. "I "If these ships for some . s$&f&iy& ; " bus!- - going to read it, not toss it un-- , opened in the wastebasket the way I do most of the "junk mail" that comes my way marked '.'Personal" or "Valuable Gift Inside," or "addressed by hand to look as much as possible like a personal i Cuban trade, but remained chartered to the Soviet Union, the Soviet bloc would .divert its sniping into the Oulban trade nd use these chartered ships for intra bloc shipping, so this immediately involves us with a problem of al most a total economic break with the Soviet0 bloc and Western Eur ope," explaned Rusk. Of all our allies, the West Ger mans were the first to respond to help us cut off the arms flow. "The West German Government has just informed us that they are 'I moving immediately to stop What ever ships they can stop under existing law and are considering enacting additional legislation to stop further flag ships'! in the Cuban trade," Rusk told the Sena- tors, t i mail advertising from her shop carry the follow, ing admission typed in . red: This Is an Advertisement." Perso nally, I've never re- - Ruth Millett ceived a piece of direct mail advertising so honestly and frankly! I'm labeled. But if I ever do By DAVID GARDNER Why is something wrong for one man and right for another? Last May fthe doctors of New the gainst Anderson King ...': C!Ji I , : f ,n,imniinr J ;l bill which is the socialistic pro- giam w give federal subsidy A- , to medical care for the aged. More recent-- : the physi- cians of Saskat-Mr- ,. chewan revolted I L ly. Gardner against a similar- socialistic bill to extend welfare to the medical - "' profession. !);. .v.-- T In both instances the: govern- ments immediately ac- began tions to bring the doctors to heel. In New Jersey, The Assembly rushed through a bill that would letter. :, cross-examinati- D-M- And when I open the letter I hope it will be just as frank- on the inside as it was on the out- , side. I hope is won't begin "Dear Friends." And I hope it won't assure me that I am among "a small and select group" being offered a "rare opportunity." I hope 00105 One way to be sure you're get- ting something for your money is to buy a wallet. M on o., 25-m- ilt against the public to raise fees; or if the doctors were guilty of the usual strike violence in j which they tried to prevent patients from getting medical attention from such sources as they could find. But I can find no instances of 'picket activity where patients were prevented from entering a clinic that remained open, or of imported doctors being beaten up or run put of town. And, as everyone knows, this is ' common practice in those ' "peaceful" union! strikes designed to bring management to its knees. And, in reality0, such labor strikes are usually morej directly against the public than the doctor's strike. Much Was. made of the poor patient who couldn't get care because there, were no doctors at the hospital. But nothing is said if that same hospital were closed because of another union dispute. the plants 1 And the wife of the company president was blocked by a human wall as she attempted to drive into the plant. But did the police rush in to open the drive law and order?; Hardly! the woman a ticket for gave They blocking traffic, and-maintai- I PUbliC i , their flattery and their generous offers, and their desire to be of service?"- Nobody; If they've got something to sell why don't they come right out and vi "'. say. so? big-hearte- d," down-to-ear- th suggestions are in Ruth Millett's booklet, "How to Have a Happy Husband." Send 25 cents to Ruth Millett Reader Service, coThe Daily Herald, P. Q.' Box 489, Dept. A, Radio City Station, New York 19, v- - :'' Y.'v;v. :lv 'N.'.t.":.'V'.-- :,; .' We have no involuntary servitude, so I can see no reason why - " V But a far more drastic action that would deny milk fori babies or the digging of graves for the! dead because of the violent action of a workers' union is condoned as being something of a holy cause. is worn threadbare. And who are they fooling with More , In the New Jersey Assembly action, a resolutiph condemned the doctors' action as reprenhensible and in complete disregard for the and Honest t o .vi, , . Why? I was in Detroit during the early days of the Saskatchewan 'strike and witnessed a strike by the UAW there, where pickets battled the workers who wanted tb enter ' institute criminal action against any doctor who refused to treat a patient covered by the medicare program. In Saskatchewan, the govern- inern, imporxa aociors ana paia them exorbitant salaries to take over the practices of the idle doc tors, I certainly would not endeavor to carry the ioroh for physicians if it were merely a struggte : j : down Secretary again graded the "offensive',' capability of the Soviet arms shipment. However, under some tough by Senator! Stuart Rusk admitted Symington, that Soviets may have jbrought missiles with more than a range into Cuba. I rare-trea- vf . Rusk , a I won't be urged to hurry and order today, as "the supply is limited." I hope I won't be told what a "discriminating person" I am, or be described as one who likes the "finer things in lfie." In short, it would be 'a to open a piece of direct mail, advertising and find an honest sales pitcSh that doesn't pretend to be anything else. The boys who write direct mail advertising have worked so hard to pretend they aren't selling and that those on their mailing lists are not just names on a mailing list that every disguised approach f Sees Contrast Between Union, Doctor Strikes Us Direct Mail Pitch Straight Boys-Gi- ve rea-- son were to be drawn out of the. neces-ow- n Seems to Me If FORUM RULES Letters from readers are invited. They should be brief (preferred limit 200 to 300 words) typewritten if possible (double; spaced); must carry writer's true name and address and be in good taste. Pseudonyms are not permitted. The Herald assumes no responsibility for statements appearing in the Mailbag column. Writers are 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 potentially libelous. Letters which deal with church doctrinal subjects or contain statements derogatory to any religion or creed will be rejected. sider urgently what steps they can take to hal the flow of arms in their- ships," reported Rusk. "The principali difficulty about this is that so far 'we have been told that practically no ships ar chartered for the CuibanJ trade j Instead, these ships are chartered on a . bare bottom, long-terbasis." 'Aren't you splitting hairs?"! jibed Senator Thomas Dodd, D- - sary for its' security," re- we But have strong plied Rusk, to to commitments try proceed on The United i j INACTION? OR lateral action that becomes challenge to the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and agree to a disarmament treatyj Inspection would be made by a U.N. team. Canaveral The United Cape States sent its si x t h Tiros "weather eye" satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral. It is sending back photographs of world cloud formations and supplying advance information on storms. 1' I Nation s -:- . mobilize public, opinion among the NATO countries and among O.A.S. members to try jtcj stop these arms shipments to, Cuba? inquired RusV '. sell j i. "We have asked them to con. 'if There's a forthright Texas ns . " good deal of time. How can United j The ext step is an evaluation with your daughter. Her activities are, obviously, closely related and follow her interests. A well organized plan, similar to an appointment book, will help in mak- ing a decision. Perhaps, dropping one activity or a reorganization of time may correct the total problem. It is well to be cautious about eliminating activities in which your daughter shows success. - - wes UU5 mean Uldl Uie U . A. has given up its right to take uni lateral action te stamp out a Com munist base just 90 miles from our own shores ?'f thundered Russell. No great nation can ever aban don its elementaryj' right of uni-- States,, in a speech by U.S. Ambassador Adlai (E. Stevenson, renewed in the United Nations a f I ' tury. i V ACTION j 114-yearo- ld ' "No," was Rusk's reply. "Then, we hive just abandoned it? persisted Russell. I would say it has not been abandoned. Tjhe method of (carrying it out has been altered," explained Rusk. "I am arranging for an informal meeting of the O.A.S foreign ministers here on Oct. 2 to discuss wha we should do. We plan to make a strenuous effort to carry it Out wtih the associa tion of those who have joined us for the security of the hemi- sohere." Ruth Millott , - d, a multilateral basis where the security of the hemisphere is in- volved if we ooslible oa1. Again, raising the question of a naval blockade! Senator Russell asked: "Do you consider a military or naval blockade an act of .; ;': j. war?7':'. u "If we decided to institute a blockade we woiild have to acjj cept the fact that we were using an act of force against the shipping of other great powers," ahsiwered Rusk. "Are we taking any steps to . - . Meredith, backed by a federal" court order that he be admjfted to i'Ole Miss," was greeted Thursday by shouts of "nigger, nigger,1 nigger" from thousands of students when he drove onto the tree-linecampus. Inside the registration building, Meredith was met by Gov. Ross ' Barnett, an outspoken segregationist whose father was a Confederate soldier, Empowered to Act Barnett, who has vowed to go to jail rather than submit to school integration in Mississippi, had received the power, of the state college board to act in the situation, The governor 'as acting registrar, turned Meredith down and the Negro left the campus under heavy police escort with the epithets of students still reverberat-in- g across the campus. , The Justice Department, on orders from U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, quickly moved into the courts and launched a legal attack on several fronts. It brought contempt charges against three university officials, but U.S. District Judge Sidney C. Mize ruled - Friday in Meridian, Miss., the three were powerless to carry out the federal integration order. 'He found them innocent. The government appealed the decision and the contempt action will be renewed Monday in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in j.j f, New Orleans. .i Two Kennedy Victories In other developments this weeks WASHINGTON The U. S. Sen correct this problem? Answer: Your first step must be further investigation to find out the cause of her difficulties. Although much time is taken up with these activities, . they are not necessarily the basis of her problems.. I would discuss the academic problem with her teachers and guidance counsellor. i the-distinctio- Faulkner. tion. A student's growth ana development demands more than academic learning. His personality and body need activity to help him become a well rounded adult. The expansion of a child's inter-ests through proper direction and supervision is obviously valuable to his development. QuestiomMy daughter is having difficulty with her studies. She has failed two courses. I feel she does not spend enough time with her. homework. She is a member of the school orchestra and dramatic Society. Outside of school violin and dancing lessons take up a So They Say i -- . Mr. Scott Mr. Allen States?" his command to keep Cuban lead- er riaej uastro from spreading bis Sovietibacked regime's ence elsewhere in the hemisphere The Senate said the U. S. would prevent "by fdr?e of arms iE necessary" the spread of communism from Cuba to other parts of Latin Americja. The House was set to adopt the resolution next! week in a show of bipartisan support for Kennedy oh the Cuban situation, Boston Edward M. (Ted) Kenbrother of v the nedy, President,! soundly trounced Ed--' ward J. McCormack Jr., nephew of the House Speaker, for the Massachusetts Democratic senatorial nomination. He will oppose GOP winner George Cabot Lodge, 35, in a renewal of the Kennedy-Lodg-e political rivalry which dales back to the turn of the cen- en Extra currieular programs are an important part of total educa- , 1 NYDiIk " ' ate gave President Kennedy full authorization to use any means at By BERT OKULEY United Press International Thousands NEW YORK (UPI) of students showed up this week at college campuses across the nation to register for the fall One of them was differhe stirred legal combat and ent, the federal government between and the state of Mississippi. The student, James H. Merea Negro Air Force vetdith, to become the first tried eran, member of his race admitted to the University of Mississippi at Oxford, home of the late William Clubs concentrating on dramatics, journalism, chess,1 language,; etc. permit participation in "specific; areas of interest. They complete a balanced school organization. Depending upon f particular needs of the local school and community, these activities can be held within the school day or after school hours ( afternoon or evening). " fln-mla'- By DAVID Mississippi Racial Squabble Stirs Nation-Wid- e Interest UPI Education Specialist Parents and students sometimes face difficult choices regarding sports and club activities. Generally speaking, most ser vices available for children in school appear valuablefor their growth and development Much has recently been said about physical fitness. Can a child be on a school team and still maintain academic success? He should be able to do so. Games and practice7 sessions I are arranged to avoid conflicts with tests and studies.' Engaging in the student must sports means ' time his carefully! plan Parents often deny children the opportunity M to participate in spprts because of .apprehension cjver physical danger. This apprehension is reasonable only if the program is not administered properly j Correct, training, proper equipment, adequate supervision, and equal matching of opponents will minimize any danger. If appropriate precautions are taken, the values of the program outweigh any dangers: The decision is yours, but remember, balance the advantages against any dis- ; "arm-twistin- This Week in Review Sports Need Not Conflict With Studies . . ma ' , e., i may feel genuinely "pushed" may be involved in misunderstandings with the White House. Many r favors are done rather obliquely, and lawmakers who do not realize they are supposed to be in debt may resent attempts to collect. Hence the yowls of pain. Professor Kelley throws some Yet Kelley would excuse Ken- Electronic wizards say they're working on a gizmo which would guide the lawn mower or vacuum cleaner around the yard or a space rock among the stars. How about starting with one which will allow us to sit quietly reading a good book or catching up with our daily newspaper and only warn us when the TV is showing something rarely jjovern-menWn-exile.i. .. lies from the preferences of a natural majority of legislators, the greater a president's difficulties - ': Senate Armed Services and. For- eign Relations Committees, Rusk reluctantly admitted that he is against a naval blockade or the recognition of a Cuban r f .:, . He flatly defied tiiat the Monroe Doctrine i being abandoned by til Kennedy Administration, arguing that only "the method of carrying it out has been altered." Rusk made his position on a blockade known when Senator Wayne Morse, pressed him to speculate on the conse quences of such action. "If we trie to enforce a uni-lateral blocka e, we would meet the political b sition of most of our allies," declared the grim- faced Rusk. "I doubt very much that any one of our allies would resist that by force, but I think they will reserve their rights freely and wo ltd take such political action as they could to get us to reverse the action." Secretary Rusk backed away from supporting a Cuban government in exile for almost the same reason, stating: "I think weT would have great difficulty internationally in getting others to go alohg with it now.1 Shaking his head in disbelief of what Rusk had said, Senatorl Rich, ard Russell. DrGa.. chairman of the Senate Armed Services Com- mittee, raise' the pointed ques- tion about thl Monroe Doctrine. "Has the UJ S. discarded the Monroe Doctrine in favor of the Organization iof A m e r lean farther the presidential program . '.;;! WASHINGTON Secretary of State Dean Rusk is opposing any new moves against Communist Cuba until it jan be determined what support the U. S. can count on from Latin Amefiean countries and members of the North Atlan tic Treaty Organization. Sharply questioned at this week's closed door meeting! of the Congress and the President doing enough to push his program or, on the other, is "twisting arms" to put it across. President Kennedy is of course not the first nor will he be the to hear such conflicting critilat cisms. Such judgments as these arise from the basic fact that the President has no power to command the Congress, an- independent branch. He can only seek to persuade, by means varying all the . way from mere conversation to begins by acknowledging that any the granting or withholding of favors warmly desired by law Report Unilateral Action In Cuba Crisis Opp osed SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1962 In the closing days of this congressional session the steam will be up ,all the way, and there will be the usual charges that the President; on the one hand, isn't Allen-Sco- ff . a doctor should .not "be free to work or not, as he sees fit.' J... By the same token, this free-- : dom of choice also belongs to any worker. But in the case of union activity; coercion, abuse, criminal active' ity and the curtailment of the rights f others is the rule rather . , than the exception'. This is the action to which I object. |