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Show Behind The Day's News mm II' n p 1 C7 f AAich'oIsoiri C3 ' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1961 The i istie II the 15-ye- ar accelerated-industrial-scientif- ic revolution, the emergence of countless newly independent' nations. Overlaying all thesej fundamental changes has been the unrelieved tension enforced by the struggle between freedom and Communist tyranny The accumulation of unsolved problems is immense!- - The complexities of the age almost defy, v ; n unraveling. whethNo one dares contemplate er there is somewhere) a breaking point beyond which the world and this country cannot mbve success-full- y under this crushing load. But this much may. well be said, right now: ;", "y ' From here on, any American government worth its salt must operate at two major levels. Certainly this goes for the J Kennedy i administration.' r V : - . ' " cans all but eliminated the Demo- platforms, campaign promises or principles of his party.r"But Charley . was a party man. He was for the Democratic party and against all other parties. His aim in life, was to win elections. He often said he was short on ethics, himself, as. for instance in this paragraph from Ms memoirs cratic party in Congress. Raskob had the money and the courage to attempt to rebuild the parry. His first move was to offer Charley Michelson. $25,000 a year, to became publicity ." director of the Democratic National Committee. Michelson had been Washington political correspondent for the gre-e-e-e-a- , New York .Morning World. His . - published in 1944: "Nobody has ever been able , to formulate a political code of ethics. Despite, the fine altruistic ' . Democratic national chairmanship to run and help pay for Al Smith's 1928 presidential campaign. Herbert Hoover overwhelmed Smith fox president. Th eRepubli- - -t , idea, and Raskob 's, was that the way to make the Democratic party look good was to make the Republican party look bad. When Charley took over, the Democrats had not elected a president since' 1916.' With hds help, the Democrats began to do better, Charley didn't give a hoot about . Nikita Sdid If You; Need Anything ElseJust YeH it By . . On the one, it must attack the . i r' pre-Christm- as' , . -- the Alamo, however; abjout start now. January, 1961, Then while moving the furniture back you figure you mSght just as wTeU vacuum a few ..of those idlfficult .places to reach when everything is back where it should j " Don't, eat restful,, relaxing alway? plan conferences '. formeal hours. 7. Fishing and hunting , are; k waste of time land money you, never bring back enougtr fish or game to justify the expense. Golf, wwiuius, puw, mmiajxis,! caras, garj dening,; are also unrewarding. ' 8. It's a1 poor : policy to take "af ; 6. meals; " 'j.. ) j W.N.J. . New Cabinet- Comes Under Scrutiny -- ; , Mr. . j Secretary-designat- "And CH ' some . e, . : now, questions. . This, approximately, is how nine Senate; chairmen will begin the questioning g of the nine Appointees of the Kennedy ' Cabinet, leaving out " the Post Office. Republican policy, I am told, will not be to seek out old scandals or to persecute anybody for opinion's ake. There will be two ingredients 'in the opposition party's questioning of Mr. Kennedy's choices. , One, a statement of political philosophy will be asked. Two, an inquiry will be made into the nom- inee's habits and attitude toward the Wash- Mri Alexander ington neurosis called "empire building'( or "bureauitis.'' The following is more or less the material which Republican Senators 'will be work iing with: (l)Rusk of State: He has many Re- publican friends in New York who think highly of him. His capacity was demonstrated on' the ; Rockefeller Foundation. The dead past is dead; but jMr. Rusk's statements on Red China and the Korean War may be used as points of departure for inquiry. A question relatingt to' State Department lower echelon peWmalities, Who lost Cuba?'' is to be expected, v ' (2) McNamara of Defense:' His wait- and-see position on Senator Symington's plan for Pentagon streamlining is going to; raise some questions. As a new, inexperienced Secretary, will the McNamara be taken , over by ; the Armed Services vested interests which oppose all change? Or as a j new .man, will McNamara give an ear to RosweEL who servGilpatric, his ed on the Symington and Rockefeller study panels and knows military organization thoroughly? McNamara will also be asked about Mr. Kennedy's implied campaign promise in New York State (which he. eventually carried) to take some Air Force contracts away from California (which he lost) and sprinkle them around the country. (3) Dillon of Treasury: His conflicting . passions for the sound dollar and, for- eign aii will be gently probed. He is known as a "clean desk" man not afflicted with bureauitis. ' (4) Kennedy of Justice: The Senator's ' brother and campaign manager will be the prime Republican target J As chief counsel on the Senate rackets committee, Robert Kennedy was rude to 'one of his bosses,' Senator Curtis of. Nebraska, and came out the better man in a showdown with Jack McGovern, the minority counsel. These things aren't forgotten in politics. Besides, Bob . Kennedy is known to have tried on the diadem of bureau- cratic imperialism. He built up a staff ' i policy-makin- c- j 1957-58-5- 1 . . ; J -- 44-year-- ; deputy-designat- e, 9. i All' L which totalled 269 clerks and anvestiga- tors. They were not employed simultaneously. Some were on the McClellan committee payroll. Others were borrowed from Federal agencies. But that's a lot of people and they cost a lot of money. The young counsel Was both semi-sucessful and partisan. He failed to "get Hoffa." In his book,, "The Enemy Within," he exults that'the Republicans failed to ' getf Reuther." The committee spent As an indi$1.25 million' in cation of GOP feelings toward Bob Kennedy, a Republican spokesman tells your reporter: "That money ought to be listed as a campaign contribution to John Kennedy.'' There is a proposal under consideration that the GOP hire a special counsel to question Kennedy on these .and many other touchy matters. (5) Freeman of Aculture: He belongs in the school of big spending Democratic governors who campaigned for welfare and ended up witha Staite treasury which cannot 'pay things like teach-; ers salaries. Freeman's philosophy of government is liberal expediency. He used the National Guard in a strike at Alberta ;Lea to side against Management. The action .later ruled improper, in the courts. The) Governor didn't quite say, "I'm the Law," but he said ' held do it regardless of law. ' again, (6) Goldberg of Labor: He is almost . universally, admired as a brilliant man who knows every job because he does the . 7 work himself. ' of Commerce: He will (7) Hodges probably. get a free ride. (8) Udall of Interior: As a Representative from Arizona he is well and favor-- ., ably known on Captitol Hill. He runs a Meany staff (three men and . a gal). He searches his soul over every problem, at- tends meetings when other Congressmen are apt to send, assistants. ' Except for his position for Home Rule for Washington, Udall should get a free ride. (9) Ribicoff of Health, Education and Welfare: Like other Democratic Governors in the Kennedy organization, (Freeman, G. Mennen Williams, Adlai Stevenson, Chester Bowles), Ribicoff gpes in for centralized authority and big budgets. But this is the- - one department which was purposely created for charitable projects and ' with loose purse strings. The opposition will be negligible. ' , : . - I V. So They Say They (the Cubans) are wonderful tomers. .You can't do business with cus- ter businessmen anywhere. Canadian trade minister George Hees. The opinions and pressed by Herald their own and do reflect the views of - statements ex columnists axe not necessarily this newspaper. WASHINGTON (NEA) -S- pecial interest group lobbying on the new Kennedy administration is already assuming the proportions of a tremendous pressure drive on every front. Backers of projects ballyhooed as sure cures for what ails .the national economy and the.' international situation are descending on the capital in droves. They have been thwarted by eight years of cold - shouldering from Eisenhower administration, motivated by j its number one objective of balancing the budget, aided and abetted by Democratic economizers M Congress. The hope is nor that with a new man in the White House dedicated to "progress,! the federal purse !. will - pwwswww f This poses fox the Kennedy its first great" " lenge: 3 'ft k ) I Will it be able' to say "NO!" to advocates of programs w h i cj hj however well 4 motivated and Peter Edson SntenMoned, simply cannot be . afforded if taxes are to be held at present levels? Favorite device of the pressure groups in putting; over propaganda for their causes is to call a Washington conference and adopt a string, of stirring resolutions. . Just before Christmas, there was a. whole series of these con- -' ferences. Each wrote its own letter to Uncle Santa Claus. Leaders of AFL-CIorganizations huddled for ; two days to shape their legislative demands on ' the. new administration. On the other side of the fence, National Assn. of Manufacturers in its annual New York conference had made its bid for industrial tax incentives , meaning cuts rrm and further curbs on union activities, of course. : AFL-CIalso wants .tax incenfor workers tives meaning forgiveness of a couple months' withholding taxes. The thought is that this will make more consumer spending power to head off a predicted 1961 recession. The" question to be resolved is: How can the Kennedy administration have it both ways, cutting taxes at the same time it calls on the country for, greater sacrifices? What this means is maybe tax increases to finance its own platform promises to reduce unemployment and bring relief to depressed . O ! ' O , areas. A Congressional economic committee under Sen. Paul Doug.) las has already started bearings' on these programs. (D-Dl- Other congressional committees with special interests will swing into action as soon as the Congress is organized. This will give other lobbyists a chance to testify and Ixybbyists from half . sound off. Public power and rural, electrification lobbyists had their session with Kennedy first, week in Decem"I 1 ber and didn't come away mad. National Education 'Assn. held its conference of school administrators about the same time and came ' up, with a goal of getting a federal aid bill signed by Kennedy before June. A national conference on water pollution came up with a KKpoint program that could cost billions but may be necessary to insure adequate water for a growing popu, lation. A White House. conference on aging scheduled for January Is sure ' to revive many social security and medical care programs that suffered a relapse during the ' last . 1 j I Congress. organizations, united only on a broad principle of "what's good for the farmer is good for the country,'' are preparing to push no two their panacea programs of which agree. Election returns show Kennedy didn't do too well in the farm belt last November. If he wins over the farmers now, his administration must solVe some of their prob''! 'Lilems. But that goes, for every other special interest group in the country. They're all clamoring for more ,A .federal aid. That as the pattern in most oO under developed countries'', of world,' too: What they couldn't get from the Eisenhower administration, they now hope to get from day." - ' So They; Say A pro says a good golfer alwiay keeps his mind on the ball. The golf "widow" ' probably thinks gram: v 1. Your job comes just fits. first; per Readers Speak Out j On Gat Fever Scratch expenditures, it's getting a bit difficult to see how there will be enough to go around. By Harold Thomas Hyman, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise .... Assn. My wife warned' me that I'd get in trouble if I did a column on cat. scratch fever.' "You know how; some people are about cats, she said. "You'd better watch your step or you'll get scratched by your readers." She was right. I - Why do you want Eddie's mother to protect you against his aggressive- ness? The answers to these questions might prove helpful. Eddie's aggressiveness may not be the irob-leso much as your inexperience in resisting it generally. If .this is true, we want to know it. ' We want to know if you've always felt selfish and mean when you've asked for some advantage for yourself. We may need to see that ths situation involvini you m . with Eddie is not special but one of many experiences with other, people's Impositions. . We need to start wondering if you've always felt uneasy when you had to r refuse someone a favor, if you're frightened of displeasing or hurting people, if you find it difficult to forget a critical remark.", solve We don't problems like - this one with Eddie by getting someone to tell us what to do about it. All such "do" advice does is to put intd our mouths words which don't ' belong to us while they leave, untouched the fear of displeasing which DOES belong to us. The "do" adviser gives us a temporary answer--but the Very next time we are pushed by impostion, tiie untouched fear will render us as helpless as before. , So, let's not content ourselves with parroting the words I've suggested be said to Eddie. Let's try to appreciate their honesty, too. Let's see that they dispense with pride in kindness and tolerance to openly declare what we want, regardless of whether it pleases or not. Speak them with respect for their honesty and" you may be able to use them again for the next imposter. instead of asking me what to do about him. . j The Doctor Says any disease or we would hav been dead Jong ago and many other cat lovers I. know would have passed on . . . The automobile is a killer. Maybe you . By MIIS. MURIEL LAWRENCE Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Dear Mrs. Lawrence: We have; a neighbor whose boy makes trouble jwhen-eve- r' he comes over. Our boy, Stanley, is 7 and fairly obedient until Eddie is around. Then he goes wild and so rough 1 can't make him mind. This week Eddie broke the wheel off my shopping cart though I've told him time and again not to play with it.. He's such a bad example for Stanley. ShouldI ask his mother to tell him- he has to be more obedient when he's at our house? ANSWER: It should have been simple to say to Eddie: rGo home now. And don't come over again until you can believe I mean what '' it simple? SAGEBRUSH SAGE SAYS Every man starts life as a baby and the smart ones out grow it. Want to join a club? No dues. Maybe you're, eligible for. membership right now, It's known as the Coronary Club, mere are tne runes, passea on to us by Clem Schramm, state dij rector of the savings bond proi Kennedy. With the U. S: already desperately trying tq cut down its foreign Be Hoilesf and Forthright In Dealing With Imposition Why wasn't ; - j f 7 JOIN NOW! The Mature Parent I say." ': . - . j i j s - a dozen farm j ; chal-- l -- " : IT'S BEEN A LONG 'WEEK ' Teacher: f'This is the fifth time I've had you stay after school this week. What have you to say?" Sfudent: "I'm glad it's Fri-- Everybody Wants Something From J FK strings loosen. , , - WASHINGTON, D. 3 , j Holmes Alexander vided for you.' r "h;j9. Never delegate responsibility to others jcarrv tfae'vntirm ltA '',J. all times. .. ;.j ;- -J 10. If your work calls for traveling, work all day and drive aljjl night .to make your appointment for the next morning, b ffVji You've readj the rules.'Now tor the commercial, which our bond salesman Mr. Schramm slips in: "If you are eligible for the Coronary. Club ci are working hard to meet the remiTirpimxn " Til says, "isn't lt:time to take a personal inventory to see if you actually WANT to join? If you don t, we, can; suggest a soaunon to Requirement ; No. 4: Start now to invest in U: S. savings bonds. j There you have it, fellow potential members of the Coronary Club. Better, heed Mir. Schramm m advice. NX.C. i , Peter Edson fr' -- .- .. " t . J , Then back mto the boxes wil3 eventually go all the bright' balls; the pretty bird without a tail, much battered and much loved; the angel who has seen decidedly better days, but not our memories of a . week of good cheer and -- to j ,; be. J i ; j ' farg. ct , ; I'.. : i V i" ng p. .. - , sonal considerations are secon ft .' darv. ' 2. Go to the office eveiuings, $t-- r urdays, Sundays, ' holidays, 3. Take the briefcase home' on the evenings when you; don't gb' to the office This? provides an op- portunity to review completely ; the troubles of the day. '4. Worry about the future fana- rial security of yourself and youjr but. don't do. anything family 'about it. v''l V't;.M 6. to Never say NO i any request. Accept all invitations, to meetingi, - ' ' . ' j the Herald Staff The Christmas tree is still at our house, despite falling tinsel, unlit lights, and ': slightly cockeyed angel. We usuaHly take it down the day after New, 'Year's but somehow it looked gay and colorful and soothed a spot between our shoul- der blades caused by the general . hubub of the world. . We'll probably be good and.sor-r- y we didn't take it down when there was awhole day at home to manage it. How it will have to wait until Saturday. It's not just talking 9 down the tree that takes the time. First you have to dispose of odd and diverse Chiristmas gifts that fit' Just nicely under the Ibree, but for which you have neither immediate use nor stor age space. This involves cleaninj out some drawers or ome shelves and this in turn leads to a cleaning bout of some of the pots you didn't quite make, it to in the houseclean long-rang- Well indeed. ' immediate problems clelining. em-- v ; ployment, in a sagging economy, troubles; cultural enterprises that of gold and our the outward flow .wallow in a sea of deficits. " ecointernational e The crisis is more deteriorating nomic position; the lag in the buildthan "material," it also touches the ing of schools, houses; roads, the spirit. We have slipped into a mood threat to Berlin, nuclear testing of comfort and convenience and and disarmament, the menace of disorder We seem to demand Communism in Asia, Africa, Latin above all that living be fun and America. . . i . f that it be easy, On the broader level it must beThus it is that our young boys, gin td firid means of coping, with raised on the world s fullest diet, "the vast shifts in the world's and find themselves outdone by British this nation's make-ugirls in tests of physical prowess. No wonder juvenile gangs! must attack in ratio of 8 to 1. Remembered In his campaign, President-elew::;-Kennedy said he would ask sacrifice of the American people. Perv The Alamo has just 'been "remembered" by the federal governhaps no promise he made is more ment. Along with'six other famous ' important to keep. Texas sites, it has been designated If this nation is to' move on its as a national historic landmark. ; high road of destiny, it must be called to a new mood It's part of a new program by ..of hard the Interior Department to en;our-ag- e , work, service, fulfillment of oblithe states and other owners of ' gation, discipline, order, deep carhistorically important buildings or ing for what lies beyond one's own to sites door. . preserve them. Not that Texans needed any encouragement It is. already late. The time is . j stand-bi- g ' ..... j CHRISTMAS AFTERMATH problems. So the richest nation on earth has generally inadequate police forces, insufficient hospital and other welfare services, transportation systems bogged in financial 'tj , i OH the Beat j - I s. of party platforms, the language ' habit always has been to smite the opposition regardless of Marquis of Queensberry rules, when- -, ever and however the opportunity . offers." j His blasts of criticism dad not merely singe. Thcy:Sirned. Charley stayed on with Ne Democrats through the Roosevelt administrations and with Ilarny' S. Truman until he died full of years in 1943. But Charley was not a New Dealer. For social workers and political amateurs in general he had a genial contempt. Of Ms Roosevelt years, old ' Charley wrote: . ( "I never 'had a part in formulating Roosevelt policies. I was merely a propagandist and therefore ' campaigned toxthe best of my ability for. anything the presi- -. dent proposed." Charley's best was very, good socked the-gre-e-e-e- ype . That - is the way old Charley 'em. He was an ugly, r humped-oveman with the little, cold eye of an executioner. Michelson and a research staff were: a deadly combination. It was his job to inform the public of the distempers afflicting the nation and to prove their Republican origM. ' " Over the years, Michelson accused and mighty near convicted the Republican party of every-- ; thing, including drought, floods! and the common cold. He ghosted speeches which statesmen - were happy to deliver, unchanged, and he made, for these clients reputations for wit, ridicule and political mayhem which they did not de serve. r " and great cities wondering where those needed extra dollars will come from. Our people multiply in record numbers, their .needs mount, yet we cannot bring ourselves to think that we must add to already mountainous tax burdens to meet these ' ; Michelson. That would be a rare combination. Raskob was an Horatio, Alger figure of great wealth, a close friend of the Bemocrat's great Alfred E. Smith. "As a friend of Smith, Raskob accepted the . v : WASHINGTON. (UPD What the Republican ; party seems to need right now is a national committee chairman like the late John J. Kaskob and a. political gun sling-e-r in the image of old Charley' The population boom is worldwide." It is also an American phenomenon. Every aspect of our life is affected by it. How do we propose to meet the problem? We have .built a massive econstructure omy whose wage-pric- e rises so high that some of Jts products now seem beyond the range ' of markets both here and abroad. As this structure goes on soaring, it adds untold billions to the cost of our absolute necessities not only schools and houses and roads but public facilities of many kinds and the general upkeep of our swelling metropolitan centers. We see before, us the paradox of unparalleled economic potential near-cris- is ' United Press International o Start Is Nov have been tle-ul- e and States for' the United the world almost ; continuously iince World War II. In that-- ' span the earth has in many ways beep made over by the great boom in! population, Crisis and By LYLE C. WILSON i 8 "I am a mem- - ber of the . Amer-Ica- n 1 Feline and forwarding fyour article to (the president of the so c y," writes a highly indignant Society I'm iet "Or'-f - s, Ken-tuckia- n.. i "Wny do you attack i v. cats? There's bird fever and Dr. nyman . dogs that bite children and adults. From the daily papers than cat they do more harm scratch. I doubt if you have as many friends as cats have," the letter continues, "And I wonder if your picture would rate a thousand dollars (as did the picture' of a prize kitten, stapled to the letter). . "It seems to me from your article that because cats are popular and being cared for a little more you want to write something adverse about them. 'When you attack cats, you are attacking many people: There is a lot' of cat food sold 1 have played with cats since I was. a baby . ; . and had some scratches ... but never an Infec- tion. My husband often lets his special pet cat scratch his leg and knee but the scratches never become infected. We do not believe that a eat' flaw oarries ... should get RID OF IT? j Fortunately for my peace ;cf imind, here's an excerpt from anin ttm other letter that came ' same mail: ; ' ; "How can we ever tfoamk you for calling cat scratch fever, .to . ; otuv attention?! j writes an Iowa ' housewife. ; .(.: ' . '"Our daughter deswollen a veloped gland in her groin. When our doctor said she'd have to go to the hospital to have it drained, I told him we had Irittens that our children played with' constantly. , v j "He promised to have some sort of examination made at the time of operation because some-- 3' one at the university had become very much interested in the ' disease. ; ; j , ld that th "Yesterday, tests were positive and our littl girl did have cat scratch feven "So we asked him to examine ' who our- has an ugly on his looking scratch thigh and he found that - the gland in the groin on the side of the scratch was larger and sorer to the touch than the. gland on the oter side. "He said he couldn't be sure lit would come to the same thing as sister's but he said he wanted to keep an eye on it. "My husband and I decided we didn't want to wait for an answer so he just went out to get rid of the kittens. And he told me to be sure and write you before he came back and thank you for .' warning us." . So there you have both sides. Cats have their devoted friends. "' And chiidrea tuv , I j j gsai I |