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Show Tho Commuter The Allon-Sco- tt Report ncreasi ng Hope For Medicare Leg islation I THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1962 am mm Orem Organizes 'for Progress patronize Orem business houses to return of the insure a near-faper cent sales tax which Orem is on the move in civic improvement, judging by enthusi- sion. ir is distributed on a point-of-sabasis ; capital improvements- - pro- . ; gram ; expansion of the Senior Citi- zens organization. ' This is indeed an imposing list " . Out of a series of departmental meetings held Monday night came these objectives toward which the coordinating council and its affiliated organizations are to work : Expansion and improvement of library facilities; - beautification program ; safety education ; a program of Americanism ; control of pornography and delinquency; residential street lights ; encouragement of youth' groups such as Girls State, Boys State, Girl Scouts,. etc.; investigation of need for a ':'!. of objectives for consideration and . study. ' j The coordinating council has come into prominence in various cities of Central Utah .during the : past year or two. Apparently it offers an excellent vehicle for coordinating community projects and channeling human effort along lines where it can do the most good. Orem's coordinating council, incidentally," was. first organized a year ago by then Mayor M. D. Wallace and the city council. Already it has achieved much in uniting, various factions to work for the common good of the community. The tone of Monday's meeting was one of enthusiasm, cooperation, and unity. The coordinating council will be placed on a permanent basis with and a meeting adoption of Is planned April 23 for election of officers and a steering committee. Orem people, are to be commended for this 'move for communj Writer Pays Tribute Cheap It is estimated that perhaps; 100,000 property owners all over the nation may try to sue airports, . in the light of the Supreme "Court's .decision that airport authorities , must compensate those whose property suffers from ' the noise end vibration of aircraft. If this forecast is reasonable, massive entanglements rjjay con- front many communities with maairfields. jor : There is much more in this particular Eandora's box. When new houses spring up close to airfields now far from urban centers, wiU their owners be justified in claiming damage? And what hampering, uneconomic limits may "be put on U.S. air traffic to avoid such ! - ng -- Editor; Herald: A few weeks ago, a letter appeared in your column in which Y. M. Off ret expressed his preference for the days of the horse. With all due respect and sincere friendship to Mr. Offret, I am glad that the days of the horse are in the past. They are always tied to a plow, a thresher, a hay bailer, or Joads of grain and beets. By. two or three o'clock they had giyen all they had, but this was not enough, and they were forced to give more by 'whatever 'persuasion was needed, and many times it was pretty extreme. If the load was stuck and the horses couldn't puU it, then you would generally n bear that sentence, "You'll pull it out or I'll .know' the reason why." It was .always the same the horses were beaten man of action,1 who seeks broad- -. ranging aefvice and r: , then moves - ' - l, swiftly.;' But Dr. Hans Morgenthau, a former State Department consultant now at the University of Chicago, claims Kennedy is falling' because he can't find the same certainty in military and foreign policy that he found in climbing the political ladder. J Morgenthau' argues that the President's advice - seeking techniques implgr won't yield sure answers on such matters as Ber..' , into-inactio- . lin, Laos, nuclear disarmament. He publicly advises Kennedy to plunge into some great decisions "in ig-riorance." This sounds like the kind of counsel it is much easier to give when you are outside the White House rather than inside. he Kennedy, though usually, is,, steps back .into the wrong century when he gives any credence to Khurshchev's offer to "share" peaceful . in ..s Space. On a somewhat lower but still signifi-ca-n i'f t level, I have a letter written by Eu- . ( projects gene editor Rabino-witc- h, of the Bulletin of the Atomic Sciences, commits t h e same anachronism who . ss terrible first-han-d experience with Communist brutalities in the 1917-2revo? lutionary period. He turned up as an MIT professor, served on the tan Project for building the first atomic bombs and advanced to his present position as editor and editorialist of the most authoritative publication in the ' field of atomics. Such a man ought to know both Communism and science and know, that anybody under Red discipline is wedded to the first and keeps a perfidious affair with the second. One of the Comrades whose articles are published in the Bulletin is A. V. Topchiev, the" Commissar of Soviet Science. -- Topchiev is so "scientific" that he has purged the Soviet Academy of Sciences of political non- -. conformists for the party crime of ' ,J" "objectiveness." How does Dr. Rabinowitch explain his . the Bulletin is credo? He states:-.".not, and is not intended to. be, an magazine. Its main raison d'etre is the need '. .. . to prevent mankind from sliding into a war which could destroy both the democratic West and the Communist East." .But Dr. Rabinowitch has been in this country long enough to know that war will not come by our initiative. If warv comes, it will be because we have re- sisted, or reacted against, Communist us off the face of the attempts to' rub " 1- : ! I " Mr. Alexander that of believing science .to be neutral. Dr. Rabinowitch is writing to Arthur McDowell, an officer in the Upholsterers' International Union, who asked Rabinowitch's help in aiding a Russian defector. The details are not pertinent, but Dr. Rabinowitch's credo illustrates ll fallacies of our one of the, times. He writes: "I consider science as a potential bridge of understanding between the two ideological camps, and am willing to cooperate with Russian scientists who, I,believe, represent a force in the Soviet Union exercising a certain influence for more restrain in Soviet policy toward the West and to some extent also for increase in intellectual freedom l within the Soviet Union." If Americans readily recognize this credo, it is because it is an one, predating the Communist drive to world power. The belief in pure, science also is recognizable because. It is the idea behind "cultural exchange" with the Reds. It is, in broad form,' the "Pugwash" philosophy of the President's reigning scientific advisors, notably Dr. Jerome Wiesner, The idea of trusting Russians Communists, just because they happen to be scientists, takes the shape of a Trojan Horse which smuggles enemy fight-te- rs inside American defenses. The belief that Communists will check their Communism outside the laboratory .and will forget about World Revolution In favor of Space vehicles for .weather prediction, communication and explora-tic- a la one of th shady lanes down hard-to-ki- old-fashion- ed non-politi- . cal 1 . anti-Commun- earth. . i -r The opinions and pressed by Herald their own and do reflect the views of : j j j : 4j statements columnists are" j not, necessarily this newspaper.,! ex- - o and the original Social Security Act did not include bene- fits for those already 65 years of age. He deems this a highly desound, , sirable precedent. "I am for medical care under social security," the veteran Vir-- 1 ginia lawmaker told his Ways and 5 n, anti-coloni- al avsuc-cessf- ul . The Russian leaders are certainly smart. They can advance Russia's cause without risking the life of a single Russian soldier. And the Russian leaders also saw to it that Russia got three votes in the United Nations back in 1945 when the UN was organized. Not one American in a hundred knows it, but Russia was admitted ' to the UN as three separate nations: the Ukraine, Byelorussia (White Russia) and the remainder of the U. S. S. R. This was a concession Roosevelt gave Stalin at Yalta in February of 1945', two months before Roosevelt died and only three months after he was elected for his fourth term. question how keen Roosevelt's judgement was at the time. Is this nation to be penalized forever as a result? Why should Russia have as many votes in the. UN as the U. S., France, and Great Britain combined? Is this what Senator Strom v Social Security benefits should be required to pay a share of the cost of medical care if he wants it. If he doesn't, then he won't have to pay. . days' hospital and 180 days' nurs- . ' , v. a.ny trait or 4 u a 4 1 i j mai might help - to account for the J f i thing, he always saw it through." Now mind you she didn't say her son had been a child, or a happy child, or a se- -i cure child, or that he had been popular with his peers." None of those phrases used so exglibly by the the mentioned were by perts mother of the young man who stands so tall today that just because he is an American the rest of us stand a little straighter, too. No, when Mrs. Glenn looked back on her son's childhood to try well-adjust- child-guidan- day, she gave f the q u e s tio n careful ; thought and then an- swered: WhenLJ s . he started any- Ruth Millett I - j ce ed . er Q's and A's What is meant by, "ad valQ orem" duties on imported goods? A Duties placed on productm according to their value. Speaker John McCormack," Mass., 'long-tim- e champion of medical care for the aged, is playing a leading role in these significant backstage discussions. McCormack and the President have discussed them several times. McCormack also arranged for HEW Secretary Ribicoff to meet with Representatives Harrison and Watts on their proposals. HOW HARRISON SEES IT Representative Harrison is strong- - Q 'What is the religious allusion to the ax? , A In Christian art, the ax is a symbol of martyrdom. In ancient times, how did Q a workman measure a cubit? A The hand and forearm measured a cubit. ' The Doctor Says Arthritis Used to Coyer Multitude of Other y . dox doctor. v Wc do not live in a perfect world by any means, and per- haps there are legitimate com- -' plaints against doctors. If so, let us bear in mind that every other occupation is similarly with V problems. Henry J. Nlcholes, Ph. D. , Professor of Health Education Barbs . At every election time some ticians are plum crazy. . poli- It's the young at heart who use a fork in the road for a spoon. Thurmond means when he speaks of the U. S.'s "No Win" policy in its struggle against communuism? 'James K. Hall, P. O. Box Jr. 9123 Richmond, Virginia ; By Dr. Ilarold Thomas Ilyman The word "arthritis" is just about the most misused and abused term in the medical dic to see what he had THEN that might have been important in making him what he is NOW she saw the virtue of a seeing job through. That's quite significant, isn't ft, in the light of all we've been told about the importance of seeing that our children are and happy and secure? Maybe we ought to worry a little less about our children's happiness and a little more about the fundamental character traits old-fashion- ed well-adjust- t4 there's gout that is of chemical origin and, in the last analysis, due to, deposits of urate crystals in a joint;. " ' All forms of arthritis, to be sure but how different in their causa- tion and, of course, in their treat- . Now let's take the" many conditions to which the term arithritis is incorrectly applied. Well, first off, there what's called muscular rheumatism or fibromyositis. In England, this is the commonest Extra effort: Read "How to Have a Happy Husband." Send 25 cents to Ruth Millett Reader Service, co The Daily Herald, P.O. Box 489, Dept. A, Radio City Station. New York 19, N. Y. . ed " Alaska's population . density is only .4 persons per square mile, as compared with the national average density of 50.5 per square milev ; : cause for disability. It's an inflammation to be sure. But it does not involve around the joint that is inflamed. Then there's another commonly , -- observed condition in which the joints become all gnarled like the limbs of an apple tree. It's usually , ' , in life than happy mediocrity. -- ment. con-sid- er that will help them achieve more : " '' It tionary. inflammeans mation of a joint.' But it's used with refer- k-x-ence to anything and everything that happens ty a joint or to any nearby s t r u c ' ture. first Let's , the true DrV Ilyman forms of arthritis to which the word is correctly applied. There's infectious arthritis as for example when the inflammation is caused by tubercale bacilli. Then there are the allergic forms of arthritis such as rheumatic fever that follows a streptoccal infection in a child who is hypersensitive to the poison secreted by the bug. And there's rheumatoid arthritis that bears many resemblances to rheumatic fever except that It's more apt to xccur in adoj lescents and adults. And finally for present purposes What Makes John Glenn tide Is Lesson for All the Parents When John Glenn's mother was asked, during a television inter view if her son as a child had I .' A blood also? One-ma- ; am emphatically against free riders. There is absolutely no reason for that. Everyone receiving ing home care. It also requires beneficiaries to pay the first $90 or the first nine days of haspital-izatio- n. . ' Editor Herald: One of the biggest mysteries in this world is U. S. foreign policy. A few years ago, French,Indo-Chin- a was a French colony in southeast Asia. The U. S., having an policy, assisted in the break-u-p of that. Of Course, the Communists were given control of North Vietnam. The Communists are now. out to get South Vietnam and Laos. Apparently the only thing that can prevent Communist take-ove- r is involvement of U. S. troops. What is the UN doing? Why shouldn't the UN be involved in the fighting? We are told that the UN is .valuable because it has prevented the Communists from getting control of the Congo. Why can't the UN be similarly employed in Southeast Asia? Why should American troops do all the fighting We are giving billions of dollars to .the indolent South Americans. Shouldn't they shed a little 1 Self-employ- again'. I myself am alive today because a skilled surgeon was able to dig in the right place into my chest, carefully not to damage delicate nerves nearby. The lame are made to walk, the blind to see, the deaf to hear because of expert surgery. Thousands of people doomed to die or to' go insane because of brain tumor have recovered and lived normal lives because of our surgeons. Is surgery ' a racket? Well, that all depends upon the surgeon and the situation, I guess. If by "racket" we mean overcharging, perhaps some changes should be made to lower fees. But, I once knew one of those "un- -, orthodox" M.D.'s who charged all the market would bear for his surgery. If by "racket" we mean doing surgery when none needs to be done, maybe some of this goes on also. But, if it does, I don't know where it is. Just when Dr. Mayo made his statement about too many internal opera tions, I do not know. Today, my observation is, that an .application to do surgery in our own local hospital, for example, must be studied and passed by a board of review, in order that it be absolutely certain that the surgery is warranted. It is my opin-ion that he who has his surgery done in a fine, accredited hospital like our Utah Valley, Hospital runs much, much less likelihood of unnecessary surgery than he who has his surgery done in the back room of an unortho- -' ; Means Committee colleagues, "because1 it is a businesslike and equitable method of dealing with this inescapable problem. But I one-quart- ; , , Editor Herald: In this, my fifth letter of a promised series, I ask the question: What about surgery? You the readers of this column should have been with me as I viewed many, many" shattered bodies of soldiers and sailors. I have the utmost admiration for the surgeons whose skill has enabled them to put these shattered bodies back together again so that they can rejoin their loved ones and live normal lives , s) . s I to "free rides" on medical care for two reasons: That would be financially unc ly opposed Advice by Ruth Millott - . -- " -- . . Why Doesn't the UN Block Communists In Southeast Asia? . - ist Such a war would be a defiant and valorous act on the part of the West- -it would demonstrate that whoever-trieto "bury" us must die in the same grave. Western scientists, as well as Western shoemakers and taxf " drivers, have exactly the same interest in pre-ferring death before dishonor. ( (Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) r ".. toward--perfectio- in the morning. I am thankful to a kind Providence that the days of the horse are gone forever, never, never to return. The days of the. horse, along with the drudgery of hand labor, coal stoves, no communication, are in the dead past where they belong, and it is well. Our world is not going to the dogs. A few centuries ago the world was so bad that the dogs had it and ruled it. Humans were massacred by the thousands, roasted over slow fires or thrown to wild beasts; hunger and plagues covered the world, and, half the population was in slavery. And out of this chaos of cruelty, ignorance, and superstition we have risen and progressed by the efforts of noble men and women who believed in their dreams and ideals,; the betterment of - man, and their ' great hope and faith in the. future always progressing toward the better,1 slow I grant you, sbut sure, and true. There is no category in all human affairs where the past could be compared favorably or. even acceptably with our. new days. Barely over a hundred years ago in our nation humans were sold like animals and treated as such. The aged and the crippled and the blind begged or starved. We are faced, I agree, with the fear and worry of war. But even war would be better in our days than it was in the past. Far better it would be to leave this good earth instantly on the blast of a bomb than to drag around on a bloody battlefield for hours with a spear or an arrow or a bayonet sticking out of your ' . ribsr I say to all you young people, to any gloomy and hopeless pro- paganda, give no heed, because it is not true. It is as far from . J mid-centu- ry , which the Kennedy Administration has wandered to its No Win policy Dr. Rabinowitch makes a suitable 9 example of ' scientific because of his "Who's Who" back- -' ground. He was born in 1901 in' St. Petersburg (Leningrad) and had some wrong-headedne- is different from the Dright sun shine of a warm spring day at noon Ne ver has the world been: so, far along the, xtoad grandeizr, and achieve- ment than it is now, or. so filled with rich opportunities for those who will. . Cling to the dreams, ambitions, and courage of youth. Believe inyourself, your world j and a good future, and you will be blessed. Alfonzo Kester, ' . Santaquin. until they couldn't stand, unhooked, and the load was pulled out Not Even Science I s Neutral WASHINGTON, D. C. Nothing is not even science; President truth as the dark of midnight well-know- Holmes Alexander neutral ' World Going to Pot? Don't Believe it Never. Before Has So Much Progress Filled the Earth President Kennedy's, partisans often portray him as a practical , costly claims? With population spilling every- -. where, with a 'supersonic plane and "sonic booms" its the 1970, coming by high court has serious a puzzle for all those posed concerned with this country's commercial air transport. "Progress" could be very costly. . Why Not Flip a Coin? . history-minde- d To Skilled Surgeons For Their Vital Role ity betterment. If the people will work in harmony behind the energetic leaders who; are spearheadthe movement, untold good can ing lie accomplished for progress and growth. , Mr. Scott the latter could become eligible . "Jf 'the Administration really for medical care by agreeing to a . wants a medical care program this year, it can be obtained in specified deduction for 18 months Social their from my opinion by accepting some checks. amount of reasonable modifications. But if The Security this monthly deduction is still to the intent is an issue instead of be determined; thei figure most legislation, then all the Adminfavored is $5. . istration has to do is stand pat and get nowhere.' In all instances - those already The Social benefits President already has Security receiving anid others to a series of important eligibility for meagreed revisions. dical care would" be tional. Foremost among them is estab- Under th e Administration's lishing a special Social Security measure, those receiving Social fund from which rriedica. beneSecurity benefits would be blanketed into the medical care profits, would be paid. This fund would be financed by a one-ha- lf of gram. They would not have to one per cent tax on the first $5,200 make additional payments to become eligible. This would also annual Income; paid apply to some 750,000 retired rail- by the employer and the other by would road workers. the worker. tax. Another modification favored by full the pay Another accepted change would Harrison and Watt is Social Securexcosts all medical give Social Security beneficiaries ity paying meseven of the first the option of government-pai- d hospicept days talization. After the first week, dical care or a specified sum for there would be no limit on the private medical insurance. home of or 19G2, by The (Distributed hospital nursing length ' care. This goes further than the Hall Syndicate, Inc.) Administration's bill. (All Rights Reserved The latter has a ceiling of 90 (six-quarter- by-law-s, Airport for Sale, Mr. Allen - D-K- y. -- culinary water purification plant; study of water fluoridation ; encouragement for Orem citizens to . D-V- a., I 4-- H, glass-shatteri- r4; le ed ' j i If1 1 one-ha- lf astic, reports emanating from a meeting Monday night of the city's coordinating council, various community-minde- d organizations, council. and the city V Under the guidance of Mayor G. Milton Jameson and the city council and the coordinating council headed by LeGrand Jarman, it appears the .'City, is well on the way - toward uniting the various factions into a campaign of harmonious growth and expanwell-coordinat- V ) ByROBERT S. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT WASHINGTON There Is sub-stantial reason for those increasingly confident statements by President Kennedy, that Congress will vote medical care for the aged under social security. Significant talks are underway with key7 members "of the House Ways and Means Committee on several proposals that could unlock some major doors on this legislation. If the President agrees to accept these revisions, he will have a good chance of winning at least two more votes in this crucial ' Committee thus giving him a 13 to 12 margin instead of the 14 to 11 line-u- p now against him. Principal sponsors of these backstage changes are Representatives Burr Harrison Who is quitting Congress this year, and John Watts, Following is what they are ad'..'..'.!-- ' vocating: Inclusion of a provision requiring six quarters of Social Se- - . curity payments for eligibility for medical care benefits. This would Ipply to everyone, including, some 13 million already receiving Social Security compensation. Under the Harrison-Watt- s plan, " called degenerative arthritis, or arthritis deformans. And the gnarls you see on the hands are called Heberden'snodes. Well, arthritis deformans, de-generative arthritis "and Heber- den's nodes involve the joints all right. But they iare not inflam- matory. Hence they are more correctly called "arthroses." Arid, since they are characterized by a heaping up of the joint tissues, they are the best labeled "hyper- trophic arthroses." Just so you don't think I'm playing a word game with you, let me tell you the practical im- portanee of this' mususe of lang' uage. '.': Unless your --doctor knows the exact nature of the trouble with or around your joint,' he' can't possibly treat you properly. What prevents or relieves rheu- matic fever won't, help gout or muscular rheumatism. What helps' gout won't be effective in rheumatic fever or a hypertrophic arthrosis. And an Injection that gives prompt relief to a localized attack of muscular rheumatism in the shoulder, say, won't prove very helpful if the shoulder inflammation is due to rheumatic fever or gout. In fact, it could be harmful. , j " , -- .;" ' ' |