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Show r'ijpm k3Iv Mortl, i tjfi ji ft i rrj "terr1 - wwnaiirmtm - 'irr Paris and Lonhave obvious- don ly misjudged the new American President. He has been formed by the political conflicts of his own times. He reached the pinnacle of American pc.J-tias a symbol of nationalism and anticommunism, and he decided to go to Europe in his first dramatic gesture for es several reasons. He won the presidency by a very narrow margin. He needs to expand his popular support and establish himself as the chief magistrate of the nation. At home, bis policies may divide the people, but abroad the pople support him. Editors Notebook Western Alliance Nixon Making Excellent Beginning - practical practitioner of the art of the possible in his programs. This was the period when Nixon dewas being nounced by the soul brothers of lege since his own political future is involved. But the decision to replace Bliss has caused the movers and the shakers of the Republican Party to raise their eyebrows in disbelief. ' Patronage-starve- the liberal left as throwback to Wil- Mr. Knight liam McKinley, while the rigid right of the Republican Party began muttering oVer the president-elect- s failure to denounce the socialistic schemes of his predecessor, Lyndon Johnson. eviAlthough there is considerable dence that extremists of both right and left have not modified their views, a recent Gallup poll shows that only about five percent of the American people think Mr. Nixon is doing a poor job. In time, of course, the anvil chorus will take on more stridency as the President makes the grave decisions on which public opinion Is sharply divided. . President Nixon suffers not from the delusion that he can please all of the people all of the time, nor run a government by consensus. He is prepared by personal experience for the slings and arrows that are sure to come his way. Most cans to seek public office and to avoid ideological conflicts within the party. Yet, if President Nixon wants a younger, more articulate and more telegenic personality than Bliss, one must presume that he is entitled to hat privi- Irgent Assignment those who complain that Mr. Nixon Is not the activist in presenting new programs, the reply must be made that the new presidents first and most urgent assignment is to restore some semblance of order to the programs voted by Congress and already in effect. To : The Office of Economic Opportunity, better known as the agency which administers the war on poverty, is a example. No one, from pauper to president, can rightly assert that this program has been a resounding success. In fact, its failures have long been a favorite Republican target. Takes Right Approach good Mr. Nixons approach, which we think is the right one, envisions streamlining present activities, making them more efficient, offering new concepts yet untried and phasing out the failures. This is akin to applying modem managerial techniques to an ailing business. The task is much more difficult in gov- ernment where the pressures from Congress vary with the whims of its individual members. Yet the idea is sound and Improvements can be made. The president has many other problems, with some of them emanating from his own party. Minority Senate leader Everett M. Dirksen is riled over Mr. Nixons decisior to take party politics out of the postal system. He and other fellow Republicans :esent the resignation of Ray Bliss as party chairman, a move they consider was prompted by the President. Dirksen has threatened to block several Nixon appointments unless the president pays more heed to the senators recommendation. Nixon Prerogative Ray Bliss has been an extremely able GOP chairman who endeavored always to persuade the best qualified Republi party regulars are d fuming over the loss of patronage In the postal department Conservative Republicans were shocked by the naming of James Farmer, a founder of CORE, as an assistant secretary of HEW for ad- Q. 1 A A anti-liber- fault-findin- g .) leagues. But he has served his country with courage, integrity r.nd complete dedication to his oath of office. Such men are today in shert supply. John S. Knight J10643 Q. 2 have 70 A A 92 The bidding has proceeded: South North East 1 A 1 A ? What do you bid? Neither vulnerable. As South AKJ4 A The bidding has proceeded: South East North 1 A Pass Pm ? Pass I A What do you bid now? East-We- Alt West Q. 5 you hold: East-Wes- Pass are vulnerable and What do you bid now? As South, vulnerable, q. 6 hold : A Partner opens with two no trump and vou hold : 108 A A75 Q8532 A882 What Ls your response? As South, vulnerable, you Q. 4 A 1749 Q$? mil AAQJ10 ilk rt nffli iTm mnifi- AKQ97 A62 The bidding has proceeded: West North Paso r Pass 1 A What do you bid now? (Look for answers Monday) liolrt: A 10 J 10964 South -f Iifi Editorial Chairman Newspapers Knight as South ? What do you bid? Q. 9 vulnerable, A KS A AK2 AK10643 The bidding has proceeded: North East West South 1 A Dble. Pass Pass ? 2 t ATS part score. As South you hold: V 7592 SIS QJ5 The bidding has proceeded: I'.iLst 'North South 1 A The impression lingers, however that Mr. Nixon is coolly evaluating each of these pressing problems with the assistance of task forces motivated by nonpartisan national concern. Some Impatience has been expressed over the delay in naming an assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs. With Perus military junta expro- Trials and Tribulations By C. H. Gorcn you hold: hand, a weakened NATO and worsening relations with Western Europe, a powder keg in the Middle East and the ebbing of hemispheric solidarity in Latin America. Evaluates Problems priating American property and the rise of sentiment In Brazil, this is Indeed a proper concern. President Nixon should give thought ministration. to upgrading the caliber of our represenNixon Pragmatism tation below the border. The naming of an undersecretary of state for that reFarmer was one of the most militant would be a logical beginning. civil rights workers in the South. He is gion Too early it is to pass judgment on now serving a president he tried to defeat. The Farmer appointment offers a our new president. Yet we engage in no overstatement by saying that Nixon has good illustration of Nixons pragmatism. made an excellent beginning. token Nixon Negroes gave only support And what a relief it is to be spared in his campaign but the President is not from a plethora of promises and a pawriting them off in his future. Texas style. This is not to say that Nixon Intends rade of politics to be all things to all men. Yet he recognizes that we cannot long endure a dividAnarchy, Not Dissent ed society, that practical accommodations must be made to serve the nations Some years ago, my grandson and I best interests. had an hour-lon- g discussion on the right of dissent as it applied to university and The President inherited the war In college campuses. Vietnam, an Imbalance of foreign payments, civil strife, Inflation getting out of My view, I said, is that students can parade, carry banners, hold group demonstrations but refrain from throwing an egg at the school president. How delectably this must sound today when campus nihilists are manhandling their superiors, wrecking educational facilities, filling the air with vile epithets and engaging in unlawful and even obscene conduct. By Florence K. Palmer Freedom of speech is no license to Katie had known before they were Interfere with the rights of others, as Dr. wed that theyd have to live with MoJohn Hannah of Michigan State observed rtimers aging mother. But mama-in-larecently In a statement of university stubbornly refused policy. to yield the houseIn time, the current agitahold reins, and intion will pass. Meanwhile, the strewn stead of taking his and blatant wreckage of property brides side, Morof personal rights testify to Infringement timer ran for cover the revolutionary character of the whenever domestic assault upon our Institutions of higher storm signals were learning. Disillus-ione- d h o isted. For this is neither liberalism nor a by this lor freedom of expression. It is struggle situation, unhappy the naked use of physical stark anarchy, Katie finally sued power to ravage the system and disgust for a legal separaits supports. Miss Palmer tion. It was up to Mortimer to show that old woman what her place A Rare Man she was, and he wouldnt even ry, We read with regret that Sen. John J. complained. "By rights, a wife should run the household, but all I got was argu- Williams plans to retire from ments from a competitor. public office in 1970. No member of the U.S. Senate has "Katie knew from the start wed have done more to expose the vast waste, inefto move in with mama, which meant getting along with her, so my wife should be ficiency and bureaucratic bungling in tolerant of such trivial problems as who Washington than Sen. Williams in his 22 does the marketing, or how to Iron my years of public service. The gentleman from Delaware favors shirts, Mortimer chided. If Id wanted to referee fights, I would have gone into a constitutional amendment which would the ring, not matrimony. prevent a Senator from taking a new erm after age 65, and no House memNow, here's the poi.t of law you must decide does Mortimers treatment bers after 6S. entitle his wife to the separation site Sen. Williams is credited with bringseeks? Study the evidence carefully, tlien ing Bobby Baker to book, exposing scandmark your ballot before reading the als in the Department of Agriculture and court's decision. getting 125 convictions for bribery, extortion and embezzlement in a probe of the NO ( ) YES ( ) Internal Revenue Service. Williams was not a popular member of the Senate, nor does he enjoy the national reputation of less deserving col- Goreno Weekly Bridge Quiz Trials Answer Yes, the parting was legalized. Morpolicy of neutrality, in effect, amounted to desertion on his part, Marylands Court of Appeals held, since by not taking her side in such domestic altercations, he was literally denying Katie her marital rignt to be mistress of He chose not to interthe household. and he fere," the court concluded, chose to consider the duty that he owed to his mother as paramount to the obligation he owed to nis wife." timers you AS East Pass yr.nipnwir'iriiifr 1!)C9 ig- 13 Europe Squabbling Surprises Nixon V.'CCT New York Times Service WASHINGTON President Nixon was prepared for rowdy demonstrations in Europe, but lie didn't quite expect to find the leaders of the French and B r ltish govern-e n 1 1 throwing chairs at each other offstage just as he was taking the European spotlight. In my annual forecast of things to come, I said at years end that President-elect Nixon may be the right man for these times, a i The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, February 23, James Reston Mr. Laird, jou certainly do make a forceful argument ! 7TC An Tmiiii'iny' Beyond that, ha believes in the Western Alliance more than most leading American politicians. He has seen the Cold War almost In religious terms as the civilization of the West versus the new theology of the Communist East, and therefore, he decided to go to Europe to establish himself as a world figure, to dramatize his faith, and hopefully, to demonstrate that there was a common bond in the West before he talked to the Soviets about strategic military weapons and the tangles of the Middle East. No matter what has gone before, new American presidents tend to believe they can somehow succeed where their predecessors have failed, and Nixon ls no differ nt. President Johnson had minimized Europe, so he, Nixon, would emphasize it And by emphasizing Europe and its. historical ties to the New World, he thought he would be ready o talk to the Russians. Careful Planning So Nixon planned his trip to Europe first Brussels, headvery carefully quarters of the Common Market of Europe and the North Atlantic Alliance; then London, and thence back to Europe and the Vatican and finally to France. The new President was in the White House explaining all this to the reporters when the British and French started squabbling in public about Nixons visit and the future of Europe. The effect on the White House has been very interesting. Nixon and his aides have come to believe that Gen. de Gaulle leaves very little to accident. So they have concluded that he chose to pick a fight with the British just before Nixon arrived in Europe, and that has had quite an effect on the White House and the State Department In Washington. For they were hoping that a new administration might produce a new spirit of unity in Western Europe, and now they a:e confronted with an open rl.t-.l- i between the British and French governments. Thero tlnce problems are the control military arms, the Middle East crisis between the Israelis and the Arabs, and the ending of the Vietnam war. Europe Find Reaction should not be deceived by Nixons visit to the old woild. lie would like to believe in Tne first reaction here was irritation with De Gaulle. Nixon admiies him and a Western unity that would enable him to therefore he has to wonder why the negotiate with the Russians from a strong, unified Atlantic base, but the latFrench president suggested to the British ambassador in Paris a transformation of est feud between Pans and London has the European Common Market and the disappointed this hope and turned WashNorth A.lantic Alliance precisely on the ington back to its major problems with the Russians and the American cities, eve of a vix't by the American President. The White House is equally irritated Nixon was fascinated by De Gaulle and by the British tradition, and being wit, the British for dramatizing the connew in the jot), hoped to talk things over flict between Paris and London a..d the effect of this public squabble in when lie got to Europe and make a wholhas been extremely important here ly new beginning. But this vicious public in Washington. row between Paris and London has It has made officials hoie wonder changed the atmosphere. whether they should not give priority to The hope of EuroX'an unity ! as diminished in flie last few weeks in Washreaching an understanding with the Russians rather than trying to untangle the ington, and the Nixon Administration is problems of the European allies. going to Europe conscious of its major Nixon will undoubtedly express his reending the Vietnam problems at home spects for the European of the past and war, controlling the arms race and gethis hopes for an American partnership ting on with the racial anti social probwith Europe in the future, but be had lems in America. And a disunited Europe must roalize that the answer to these three immediate and critical problems which depend more on Moscow than on problems lips, not in Europe, but in Washington and Moscow. Paris, London and the other European (Copyright) capitals. of e Dr. T. R. Van Dellen Hypertension - Still a Mystery Essential hypertension ls the most common type of high blood pressui e. The cause was not known when I alten school m e d ical and continues to be a mystery. This is said despite the discovery that a small percentage with hypertension have obstructions In the ii-- essential renal arteries and e tumors of or adrenal over-activ- glands. Books have been written on the relationship of hypertension to heredity, statute, environment, personality, and tension. An elevated pressure lends to run In some families. Identical Twins Identical twins resemble each other in respect to blood pressure more closely than do nonidentical twins. But we do not know what ls passed along. Certain tendencies such as stature (height) which is hereditary, may play a role. The only objection to this theory ls that persons with elevated readings die sooner than those with normal tension; whereas longevity and stature do not seem related. Environment seems to have a potentially greater influence on blood pressure than genetic make-up- . Living and working conditions indirectly affect tension, fatigue, and associations involving other employes; including the boss. Search Goes On Vntoos!aM)0in teioobpw Ijcacco r ,lfe On the other hand, environmental causes apparently did not affect the blood pressure of married couples who lived together for years. And so tiie search continues. Are there several causes for hypertension or only one culprit? A combination may be responsible. A person, for example, may to have an inherited predisposition hypertension. But It develops only if he lives or works in a certain environment. Natives from a quiet, tropical island never are bothered until they move to the mainland. M. G. writes: If a bedsore turns black, does this mean gangrene? REPLY: Yes, but only of the tissues at the base of the lesion. A reader writes: A salesman has been me to throw away my alumi pestering num utensils and buy his stainless steel pots. lie says it is dangerous to eat foods cooked in aluminum. But I have used these pots for 21 years and my family never lias lmd any stomach trouble. What would you advise? REPLY : Pitch out this pitchman who is using scare tactics to sell his wares. That aluminum myth was exploded years ago. Mrs. T. N. writes: Both my daughter and I like hamburger burned to charcoaL Is this a symptom of some hidden dis- ease? REPLY: No, not even a disease. Tastes vary considerably. Some prefer their meat blepding; ethers, such as you and your daughter, like the charhalf-bake- d coal flavor. A reader writes: If a woman walks a lot during pregnancy, does she have an easier labor? REPLY: No, but exercise improve muscular tone and Circulation, which, In turn, improves the general condition of the mother-to-b- Just Try and Stop Me By Bennett Cerf Think some of the sets for todays super - spectacular movies are dazzling? You should have seen the one they constructed years ago (1922 to be exact) for Robin Hood," Fairbanks Douglas according to Kevin Brownlow in his fascinating book about the good old days In Hollywood, Tne Parades Gone By," It was a castle three city blocks long and ornate beyond description. Charlie Chaplin came to inspect it one afternoon, but suddenly vanished. The director and the cast discovered where he had gone when the drawbridge over the artificial moat was inexplicably lowered, and Chaplin solemnly emerged from the castle gate with a kitten in his arms. He sent the kitten scampering, picked a bottle of milk and the morning and sauntered back inside the paper the ascastle. And talk about injustice sistant whom Chaplin had persuaded to lower the drawbridge was fired by some studio bigwig who felt he had been belittled. (Chaplin promptly hired him at twice his old salary.) up - |