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Show 'Say 'Ah,' Please!' v at SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1964 Wz&J 1 Bruce Biossat Lodge Backers Look To Oregon Primary wit i - WASHINGTON (NEA) -Like actors who ignore bad re- Today's Editorials Cab- views, Ambassador Henry ot Lodge's top political workmen are shrugging off professional judgments that their man can't win the 1964 Republican presidential nomination! Their next hard aim is on the May 15 Oregon primary, where Robert Mullen, chief of Lodge Washington headquarters, says "we are going for broke." They are already setting up shop He Built Men As Well As Teams boys" for good, being mindful of his job of building men as well as winning athletic contests. In his response, after receiving glowing tributes for a long and fruitful career, Eddie said one of his greatest rewards was seeing athletes exhibit strength of char-acte- d as they "came back from a defeat to resume classes on Monday morning or took victory in stride and with proper grace." His heart swelled with pride, he said, to see his athletes go on to great accomplishments in the game of life and he cited the achievements of some of them. Many of "his boys" were present for the testimonial, some hav- An athletic coach wields a great Influence on the lives of the young men he directs in sports compe- tition. This thought came to the fore repeatedly the other night as Provo paid tribute to Dr. Edwin R. Kimball, a man who has spent most of 45 years in athletics or athcoach that time as either letic director at Brigham Young University. The occasion was a testimonial dinner sponsored by the BYU athletic department, alumni association, Provo Chamber of Com merce, Downtown Coaches Club, and Cougar Club. Dr. Kimball, who yielded the reins of BYU athletic director to Floyd Millet after more than 26 years at the helm, is now coordinator of planning for recently the athletic facilities under receive the accolades. Eddie Kimball's career as a coach frequently was crowned with victory and success. He produced many great teams. But there were dark moments, too, as can be expected in the difficult, frushazardous, and field of coaching. Always trating he had the courage to come back when things went bad. And he had the sense of duty as an American citizen to leave his beloved athletics during World War II to serve his country as a naval officer, assigned much of the time in the Pacific theater of action. Whether he was on the firing line with his team in a tough game, planning improved athletic facilities or serving in the upper echelons of athletic administration, Eddie displayed the same forthrightness and tenacity he exhibited as a college end for BYU football teams in the 1920s when he was the "iron man" of the squad, playing every minute of every game for 2V con- oft-tim- es The $$ Go Marching On the things that gives government fiscal planners gray hairs is the snowball effect of long-terprograms. The spending congressmen do lives after them; their budget slashes oft lie interred with their m re-electi- hopes. on Congress could adjourn indefinitely and billions would still flow from the Treasury for such continuing programs as agricultural subsidies, highways, aid to dependent children, urban renewal 150-pou- and so on and on. This kind of snowball is in the Defense Department, despite President Johnson's program. Insider's News- letter points that retired servicemen currently number 400,-00- 0 and draw $1.2 billion a year in pensions more than the combined budgets of the Departments of Labor, Justice and State. By 1970, due mostly to the superannuation of men who joined up during World War II, the totals will be 700,000 men and $8 billion a year. Eddie Kimball made a name for himself at BYU and won his way into the hearts of the people of Provo and Central Utah. Four hundred turned out for the testimonial at the Smith Building. We are sure that hundreds of others would like to join in hearty congratulations to him, and to wish him and his wife Althea a continued happy association with the university of which they have become an accepted and integral part. When old soldiers die their widows may continue to draw pensions for years more. Amazingly, pensions are still being paid to a handful of survivors of Civil War veterans. The price of freedom is indeed eternal. Dr. nd years. Construction of the magnificent BYU Fieldhouse was a realization of one of Eddie's dreams, and the new stadium now under construction will be a fulfillment of another plan he has held dear. cost-cutti- ng out George W. Crane Comments On "Screwballs7 In Medicine and Psychology Ll By GEORGE W. CRANE, Ph.D., M.D. CASE Daniel and David came 5: home recently for the weekend. Daniel is a dental surgeon while David is a physician. Since I had asked them their impression of the younger doctors versus the older practitioners, David replied: "Well, Dad, I think that young dentists as a group are better adjusted and socially more poised than are medics. "And I believe it is partly the fault of our medical colleges. For they still overly magnify scholastic grades. "For instance, they give undue weight to 'A' grades and the fact that an applicant may have had his own chem lab in the basement during high school. "And if the boy was a nut over space ships or rockets and similar scientific projects, they gleefully admit him to med school. "Meanwhile, they often overlook the fact that he is a screwball who may be socially a misfit who never dated in his life and who had little participation in college athletics. "That's why we have such inarticulate physicians who make fools of themselves if they talk before Rotary or Kiwanis or even a high school (Career Day) audience. "By contrast, the dental schools stress well rounded personalities, so I find fewer screwballs among dental surgeons than among medics." Well, David has a good point. In fact, it has often been said that all too many professors of psychology were also screwballs as students, with phobias, obsessions and persecution prob- ogy. He obtained this probably because he had to earn his way through school by waiting on tables for his meals or by selling books or magazines during the summer, etc. Many of our professional students also drive taxicabs at night to help pay their expenses at college. And taxicab drivers certainly operate superb psychology laboratories, for they meet all sorts of people. Because these working students haven't the time to memorize all the minor points about a course, they may get a "C" grade instead of an "A". But that "C" usually covers all the fundamentals! Besides, they often obtain wider perspective and superior judgment about basic medicine or dentistry, partly due to their broader social perspective. Therefore, within 5 to 10 years, many of the "C" doctors have such flourishing practices that they must hire their former "A" classmates to work for them. This is a common situation in both medicine and dentistry, as well as law, engineering and other professions, too. For the "A" student is often a hornrimmed glasses introvert, out of contact with reality, socially immature and financially gullible! So They Say lems. .So they entered psychology partly to learn how to solve their own complexes, and then simply went on for a Ph.D. 8draedforI'b' j long to both of those professions. Indeed, the very thing that often makes a "C" student a superior doctor of either medicine or dentistry, is his greater knowledge of practical psychol- S-41- Obviously, not ALL physicians or psychologists are screwballs but I certainly think we have an overdose of that variety in both medicine and psychology. And I caa speak But that goal, with its prize of 18 convention delegates, is a long way off. In the spacious interval, Lodge leaders hope to build little bonfires of interest in many of the 33 states where they now claim some sort of organization. The labor will not be easy, d e s p i te rekindled excitement over Lodge after his whopping vicNew Hampshire write-i- n tory. Says a Colorado Republican leader: "Out here most people may be inclined to think that Henry Cabot Lodge is a ski resort." The Lodge people do not blink at such comments. They report that even professionals are writing Lodge leaders now, opening communications lines. Illinois, long marked down as "Goldwater country," is one state that has been heard from. With the expected signal from ett Saltonstall, Sen. Lever Lodge's own Massachusetts now will give him its 34 delegates and may add a bonus of a plump write-i- n in the state's pri- ing traveled from other states to be present to see their old coach struction on the campus. It was obvious at the testimonial, as it has been over the years, that "Eddie" influenced "his One of there. No sharp words will be too much for characterizing the proceedings of the disarmament talks if one bears in mind the practical results of the negotiations. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Grom-yk- o scores lack of progress in Geneva , . disarmament-talks- . c The Chopping Block How To Talk Freedom to Death mary April 28. Richard Treadway, Mr. Robertson By FRANK C. ROBERTSON For the next few weeks we are likely to be treated to the dreary spectacle of a Senate filibuster. While the world is filled with unsolvable problems "the greatest deliberative body on earth" will engage in a physical contest of endurance. The efforts of the Southern senators, clouded as they are hy foggy language, has just one fundamental purpose; to deny equal rights to Negroes, but it can be extended to upholding what Esther Peterson, Assistant Secretary of Labor, has termed, "The devine rights of the successful." Senator Bennett claims his mail is running ten to one against the Civil Rights bill which would seem to mean that the people of Utah, Goldwater-ite- s as they are, are in sympathy with the Democratic Yet Senator Keating of New York, blams misinformation and hysteria fanned by "racist propaganda" for the heavy flow of Congressional mail against the Civil Rights bill. What I wonder is whether Senator Bennett is fooling the rest of us, or himself. Meantime, Negroes are slaughtered, beaten, and bitten by police dogs. Not one of these eloquent States' Rights senators would admit that he shared any guilt for the murder by dynamite of the four little girls who were brutally slaughtered in the church where they were worshiping, but they are appealing to the type of mind which would do such a thing, and they would welcome the rat's vote when he comes out of his hole, and shoulders aside an intelligent Negro who would like to cast a ballot. Four little girls who harmed no one, who had every right to expect a happy and useful life, who loved their families and were loved by them, were brutally blown to pieces by some unknown white supremist whose hatred was fanned by the rabble rousers who to a great extent run the South.' The State's Rights doctrine means that any state could be free to oppress any segment of its people, or any minority group it wishes to. These highminded, pompous senators who are so courageously straining their vocal cords, fili-bustere- rs. and who boast of their great love for their colored fellow citizens are trying to maintain a system which can only breed prejudice and violence. The filibuster is made possible by a set of rules, made and maintained mostly by Southerners which enables them to talk to death any measure they don't happen to like. It is rule by the minority, and is what these rabble rousing lawyer politicans call "constitutional government." During the current crisis in the South libel suits amounting to great sums were brought against those who went into the South to report the news. South-,er- n juries brought in verdicts awarding the plaintiffs any amount of damages they asked for. They were, of course, upheld by the state's courts. If allowed to stand no reporter or broadcaster could tell the truth about what is going on down there without facing financial ruin. The Supreme Court has just ruled that these suits are unconstitutional, and that the right to criticize must be sacred, even in me South. So, the Supreme Court is under fire from every pressure group which does not believe in equal rights for all, but will fight fiercely for hat Mrs. Peterson accurately calls," the devine right of the successful." While the senators talk about nothing in well organized relays,) school teachers in the north are being attacked and beaten by juvenile delinquents who come from families without hope. Of what use is it to educate1 children who know that even if they get an education, which is virtually impossible, they will be unable to get jobs, and will suffer discrimination wherever they go. Unless everyone's right to equal opportunity and dignity is protected by law these conditions will continue to exist and increase. While these loudmouthed and longwinded senators filibuster conditions continue to grow worse. Intolerable conditions in the South is causing ,an exodus of Negroes to the overcrowded cities of the North, where economic conditions are no better. Let it be remembered that the r 1 1 Massacommitnational GOP chusetts teeman, is reported to have written Oregon's Gov. Mark Hatfield, saying "Lodge is our Negroes did not ask to come here; they were brought here as slaves. They are part of the, country, and when given equal opportunity have proved that they can do anything the rest of us can "maybe better," as d the lady cook on television says. In helping the Negro obtain justice we can become better and more understanding people. Or we can admit that we do not mean what we say when we claim we are opposed to poverty and ignorance. Like Nero, we are fiddling while the racists burn our house down. favorite son; please treat him well in Oregon." Encamped in Oregon presumably for the duration are Paul Grindle and David Goldberg, the Boston boys who masterminded the Lodge sweep in New Hampshire. This time their candidate is on the ballot. But the Boston boys have to woo two and a half times as many GOP voters as in New Hampshire. The cost could run to three times the sweet-voice- 9HM1I HHHH $25,000 they spent in the Gran- ite State. On the ballot with Lodge are Sen. Barry Goldwater, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania, and Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. Lodge spokesmen argue that if they can whip this crowd, then Goldwater and Rockefeller will be dancing a meaningless minuet in the "key" California primary 17 days after Oregon. Sources in Oregon, freshly tapped by telephone interview, say Goldwater still holds a popular edge, though Rockefeller's early jump in organization has not been wiped out. Some word is heard that Nixon, allegedly concerned over his fourth place write-i- n showing in New Hampshire, may allow a bigger try in Oregon. A respected eastern professional says "Nixon can't be fourth in Oregon and keep alive." Scranton's latest move in that state is puzzling politicians and observers anew. "Is he, or isn't he?" they ask. He permitted his name to stay on the primary ballot. But when Pennsylvania's Chairman Craig Truax put up the required $300 and supplied state officials with Scranton d material for a voters' pamphlet covering all candidates, Scranton disavowed Truax and pulled the material out. The Lodge people missed the deadline for pamphlet material. But the Scranton pullout is the kind of thing that gives them heart that in Oregon they can bring off another New State state-maile- Three Months Of Looking Ana Stiil No Receipt Editor Herald: Is there anyone who hasnt lost a receipt at one time or and it another. I lost one turned out to be costly. In effect, we had to pay our taxes twice, which really hurt. It happened just before tax tame. I went to the bank and put money in so we could pay taxes by mail and check. I made out the slip, gaVe it and the money to the girl. But the bank can't find it. Putting the receipt in my purse I felt really happy. We Let's Not Return to Cruel, Archaic Justice of the Past Editor Herald: Y. M. Offret's Criminologists tell us almost letter in the no one commits a crime if he Mail Bag in which he recommends tougher laws and stiffer penalties to curb crimes, is not a new approach to our never ending battle to prevent crime. This approach is in fact many centuries old, and history records what a miserable failure "stiffer penalties" have been in preventing crimes. One example of hundreds from history clearly demonstrates the futility of "m ore severe punishment" as a deterrent to crime. In England, during the reign of King Henry III, the problem of the (pickpocket) became so acute the King made crime a capital offense. H e further decreed that executions should be public and that all the populace should attend these in the city square. These public executions were designed to "scare" (Mr. Offret's word) the people in order to insure that all were aware of the "stiff penalty" for this crime. Unfortunately, the King's plan was horribly ineffective and these public executions finally had to be stopped due to the fact that there were so many pickpockets having a thinks he'll be caught. Consequently a. severe penalty is little or no more a deterrent to crime than a mild penalty. Mr. Offert's negative feelings about the expense involved in prolonged hearings, trials, etc. are shared by many. However, in this day of supposedly enlightened thinking, there are very few who do not agree that this expense is more than justified if it will prevent only one innocent man from being wrongly executed. If Mr.1 Offret's thesis is that "we will never decrease crimes, without more severe punishment," is correct, then we should throw out a thousand years of progress and return to crucifixion and the most desireable and effect mode of administering capital punishment. It must be admitted that our cut-pur- se this hey-da- y stealing from the could make out our check for the taxes. Well, somewhere I lost the receipt. I didn't realize that for two months. Our bank statement of December didn't show the amount. I thought it was too late in November to show on the statement. But the January statement came and still no record of our tax money. I called the bank. "Bring your slip and we will see," I was told. Well I'd made a deposit on Nov. 13 and another Dec. 2. But the one just before tax time wasn't shown. I turned everything in the house over but the rugs, but couldnt find the receipt. My husband and I have been to the bank a dozen times but nothing can be done until the slip is found. Now I want to know really whose mistake this is. Is it possible the bank put our money some place other than our account? We have been with this bank for over 30 years and this is the first time I have lost one of these slips. This money means a lot to us. My husband retired in January. We have so little money coming in. Of course we need to lose weight. Maybe one of the readers can lell us a way out. Maybe someone happened to pick up the receipt where I lost it. Well, nobody can say I haven't tried to find this slip-th- ree months of looking. Mrs. Thomas Lassen 119 E. 9th S. administration of criminal , jus- tice is not perfect, however, it has come a long way in the past thousand years. Let's not repeat the errors of the past by returning to cruel, archaic, and ineffective, punitive justice of the distant past. Tom Ericksen P.O. Box 270 Provo peo- ple in the crowds gathered to witness these executions. Salary Increase Justified Editor Herald: I was very proud of the support given the proposed salary increase for Provo's elected officials at Monday night's meeting. It was evident of mature, cxwistructive citizenship. While a few opposed the size of the increase, none were able to suggest any formula as to what would be just or proper. Provo's citizens should be made'aware of the following: 1 There has been no increase In these salaries for 11 years. 2. The pay of j most people in our community has increased at least as much over this period, in percentage terms, as those 'proposed; similar responsibilities in our community and state. 5. The proposed pay of the , , j commissioners will exceed that of the highest paid employee by only $110. 6. The low pay entails con- -, siderable sacrifice. In the elections last year there was a shortage of candidates willing to make such a sacrifice.! 7r The state legislature in 1963 authorized city commissions of our class city to pass ordinances ; establishing pay. It is the only way such a schedule can be ) 3. Over 120 city employees set under present law.! I feel that a reasonable formula for the pay of our elected city officials is that it should at-very minimum equal that city commissioners. 4. Even Lthe proposed pay is than for positions with far Preferably it should exceed it. This is only just. At practical matter I dont receive more pay; than do the SEARCH FOR TANK WASHINGTON (UPI) j a of the highest paid employee. j i i The Army is still searching for a anti-tan- k weapon to replace its heavy tanks. Until such a weapon is found, Gen. Paul D. Adams said Thursday U.S. forces would have to depend on heavy tanks of the World War II variety as a defense against "massive Communist tank formations." light-portab- , le believe we can afford 'to pay them less. We have a $6 million dollar corporation which they head. We want competent men ,or women to head it. We can-nexpect or demand any better: government than we are willing to pay for. I want good govern--. ment and I want to pay for It. To do otherwise is to be penny' wise but dollar foolish. ot ix. TV t xvciuicui u. isavua ' 1 77 'K. 7th T. . v |