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Show our standards of excellence, Detroit is recalling jour car to correct a minor . . fume leak the exhaust sjst in engine '' NEW YORK Something important is hapixvung to the American nund. It is being drugged by facts and div cited r e a litv . of hour Every it lieais eveij from da. and reads the most things but is not It is astonished. given the facts of human condition doesn't but FEEL them, or doesnt think it can do anv thing about them. This is a big change in Amencan life and a rebuke and challenge to popular democracy. It would be haid to demon-stiat- e that the American people are less sensitive today to human suiienng, stupidity, cot ruction, inequality, or death than they weie in the past, or that they know less about these things than they did in another age. The big change is that they now are drowning in facts and feel helpless to control them. v it Editors Notebook The news of the last few days illustrates the point. There has been more death on the battlefields of Vietnam in the last week than in any other week this year, but it has created scarcely a ripple here at home. The pathetic figure of Commander Bucher weeping convulsively at the Pueblo inquiry in California, and even the cries cf Sirhan B. Sirhan for his own execution in the Robert Kennedy trial, touch the public conscience and dramatize the human tragedy, but somehow the continuing agony of Vietnam gets lost in the clatter. Meany Fails to Keep Up With Times George Meany, president AFL-CIis a capitalist with some not but economic amusing funny theories. Every winter, and Mr. Meany members of his orof the execu- ganizations tive council foregather at Bal Harhardbour, Fla. a distressed area labors to study ly problems and pro pound for the nations economic ills. Quite aside from the councils deliberations, the unions chiefs can laze in the sun, enjoy a round of golf, try their luck at Hialeah and dine at Miamis famous restaurants. All of which makes for a most pleasant mix. remedies every year, the council receives a message from the President of the United States who then dutifully dispatches his secretary of labor to the conference to dispel any real or fancied fears that And isnt everything honky dory. Pay Only Lip Serv ice It was Lyndon Johnson's habit to beseech the unioneers to exercise rein wage contracts. Otherwise, straint the former President observed, inflation might get out of hand. Trials and Tribulations By Florence K. Palmer husband couldnt find his glasses when the party worker came around with a netition to put name on Marthas Black-stone- 's the ballot for delegate to the National Convention. So he asked her to sign his name, and she did. But the election hoaid refused to accept the because petition its circulator had sworn all signatures were genuine. w hen at least one, and perhaps more besides, werent. This worker knew he was swearing to a lie," the board's spokesman said Jternly, and a false affidavit invalidates the whole petition. After all, we must keep such things honest. Let's not get so technical," the party I thought a wife had worker pleaded. the right to sign her husbands name when he told her to, just as she can on (.barge accounts and contracts. Now, heres the point of law you must decide must the entire nomination petition be thrown out as fraudulent? Study the evidence carefully, then mark vour ballot before reading the court's decision. NO ( ) YES ( ) name-grabbin- g These well intentioned appeals were politely received and duly filed. But nothing ever came of them. The unions paid lip service to the fight against inflation, then returned to die industrial North where hapless bludgeoned employers into paying all the traffic would bear. This year, and with only two months on the job, President Nixon played it cool and saved the exhortations for another day. Mr. Meany was so well pleased with the man he tried to defeat last November d manner that he remarked in an he just might find himself supporting Mr. Nixon next time around. What George Meany found so welcome was the Presidents statement that we must find ways to curb inflation, which robs working men and women and their families of gains. And we must do this without asking the wage earners to pay for the cost of stability with their jobs. they the way admittance. tax credits intended to spur private industry into the rebuilding of blighted areas. He finds and this device costly and wasteful, opposes the idea of helping Negroes to raise their status in the community. As we see it, George Meany and the Reaction Aland the Same older leaders of the labor movement aie The reaction to the torrent of facts on out of step with the times. Walter once a threat to labors old guard, the condition of the poor in our cities is has made this point repeatedly in his about the same. The urban coalition and efforts to bring about a the Census Bureau have been deluging us unsuccessful s outmoded with facts all week. The white and black change in the AFL-CImodern-daraces in America, they tell us, are more to problems. approach But Meany is durable, if not always separate now than they were a year ago wise. He and other oldsters of the labor when the National Advisory Commission movement have no intention of stepping on Civil Disorders made its original ssenters who en- report. down and woe to the d notions. tertain any such More than that, despite a rise in The of Negroes seeking AFL-CI- opposes Reu-the- y As Meany himself observed, that pretty well states our position. The ptiblem, however, is that the ever higher wage-pric- e cycle is the progenitor of inflation. It takes two to produce this unwanted and highly undesirable condition, and not simply higher profits, as Mr. Meany would have us believe. If President Nixon can restore stabilinow at the ty and hold unemployment to the present lowest level in history 3.3 percent or less, he will have turned the neatest trick in the bag of economic legerdemain. Black capitalism, which Mr. Nixon has described as giving Negroes a part of the action, finds Mr. Meany dour and unenthusiastic. He calls such efforts at best an illusion and at worst a dangerous, divisive delusion promoted by extrem-Lcs, businessmen d profit-minde- and liberals. misguided Build Separate Enclaves Mr. Meany says proposed communiplans to uplift the slum ty development economy are apartheid, nonsense that would build separate economic enclaves for black people. But are they? Last Wednesday the Nixon Administration announced that Lockheed Aircraft Corp. will buid a $2 million parts factory in the Watts riot area of Los Angeles. Development of the industrial park was planned during the Johnson regime, explained Richard Allen, Negro president of Economic Resources Corp., but the thing about the new administration is, they really dug it. This local group is black and composed of businessmen, white. No homes will be displaced and Lockheed president A. Karl Kotchian says, We are in the community to stay. stay Vulnei ue to Criticism It is with poor grace that Mr. Meany derides such constructive efforts to provide permanent employment in the ghetto areas. Meany is vulnerable to criticism since many of his construction trades unions have erected barriers in K J75 AAQ1094 The bidding has proceeded: South North West 1 A 1 NT Pass What do you bid now Q. S East Pass A A43 As South, vulnerable, VAK A A AQ4 V K J75 The bidding has proceeded: South East you K92 A The bidding has proceeded : South North West 1 A 1 A 2 3 V Pass Pass 10 642 you hold AKQJ1094 VA6 AA as South AAQ93 East 2 A 7 Pass ... John Freeman, the new British ambassador to the United States, once called President Nixon a man of no principle. Now comes David Dimbleby, announcfor the British Broadcasting Corp., to describe the President as a man with a face for all seasons. Mr. Freeman has since recanted, the BBC has apologized and Mr. Dimblby explains that ne was only doing a job of work. Since the President took no offense, perhaps he had read Oliver Wendell er Facts More Available All this is vaguely known or at least suspected by the mass of the people, and it would be hard to prove that private tax evasion and public indifference are greater than they were in the past. The difference is that the facts about the war, the poverty, the racial tension, and the petty evasions and chiseling are more available and add up to problems of such vast dimensions that even the most concerned individuals scarcely know what to do about them. Holmes: the Western giant smiles, His home! And twirls the spotty globe to find it; This little speck, the British Isles? never mind it ! Tis but a freckle, Consult on That Offer take- make enticing Huge conglomerates of- fers above the market price to shareholders of successful companies in good financial condition. Or the suggested exchange may come in packages of convertible preferred stock, and debentures which may be no more than an unsecured promissory note of the issuing corporation. The shareholder should beware of preferreds and subordinated debentures, better known in the investment trade as wallpaper. If you own shares of a financially strong, well managed company, seek advice from a bank or responsible investment counsel before you make what could prove to be a ccstly mistake. In such a time, the people have to look to the hadeis of their communities and their governments, and particularly to the President of all the people to de vision, lie wore a flea preventive collar. The rash disnppe ired following the application of a coiticoVmid ointment and after they got rid of the fit a eollai. Other Cases their experiences with four individuals who develoied a r,"ld poison ivy type rash after being in close contact with animals wearing these col- These Atlanta physicians wcie consultother individuals who told a somewhat similar stoiv. Additional studies definitely linked the rash to the insecticide mem pointed into the soft plastic eollai. Under oidnnuy ciuuni-staneethe poison is liberated very slowly. But it is soluble in water and spreads over the dog when the animal perspires or is given a bath. One of the dogs developed the rash, but as a rule, the animal's hair helps to prevent a dermatitis on the neck. ed by two s, lars. first two a were husband and wife with identical eruptions on the right arms. Their small dog sat on their lap while they watched tele- The victims Falling Objects Construction life $"3ii n2plblifv ijgo fro sfr'eV ''I Street k-n- owj coe bcktoUiT j()4VA--(- X skyscrappis in congested areas creates many problems for office workers, doormen, and pedestrians down Mow. I am surprised that more tools, bricks, nails, bolts, and pieces of wood are not dropped or blown from these buildings. We know that a certain number find their way to the sidewalk because the doorman of a hotel across from the new Hancock center in Chicago found it necessary to wear a hard hat. dsel Nail Gun A cartridge-operatefixing tool also is hazardous weapon on construction s sites. Some of these designed to penetrate masonry and wood, have a muzzle velocity of 1,400 fet per second. Occasionally the stud passes through a wall or ricochets off a hard suiface. The outcome is obvious when someone Is in the line of fire. In a few instances, office woikers in nearby buildings have been user should be a reinjured. The nail-gusponsible mature person. In addition, splinter guards o prevent and withstand the stud chat may ricochet are recommended. B. N. Writes: Do boils on the neck mean sugar in the urine? REPLY: No; bacteria on the neck. Diabetics are susceptible to boils but not everyone who develops these lesions has diabetes. Boils represent infected hair follicle and are half way between pimples and carbuncles. N. T. writes: I heard that if a person with high blood pressure has a severe nosebleed, the loss of blood lowers the pressure and saves him from a stroke? Is this true? REPLY: There is some truth to the statement. It is better to have a vessel break in the nose than in the brain. d a nail-gun- n Just Try and Stop Me By Bennett Cerf When Judy Garland encountered composer Harold Arlen and began warbling his wonderful blues numbers, it marked the greatest blend of talent since a sporting farmer crossed a rooster with a racing form apd got a hen that laid odds. Judy, in rare form at a song test of hits by Arlen, Noel Coward and Vincent Youmans, recalled her old days in vaudeville (she was under 12 at the dme but already a star). Once she appeared in a tent where the other big attraction was a fiie eater. Coalu that fellow eat fire! laughed Judy. Unfortunately, one night he blew the flame so far that it set fire to the tent, and it burned to the ground. That w'as one hot audience! It takes a lot to shock residents in the neighborhood of the U. of California campus in Berkeley thes edays. A prof emerged from the campus swimming pool recently to discover that some miscreant had hooked his shoes and socks from his locker. The weather was balmy, so he decided he could walk barefoot to the nearest shoe store, attired in his regular suit, shiit, and tie. Nobody, including the shoe store clerk, gave him a glance. The clerk, in fact, after fitting him with shoes and socks, inquired casually, Care to weai them, sir, or shall I wrap them up? Portrait By John C. Metcalfe LONG VACATIONS I could use a long vacation As the spring is drawing near For I'm losing all ambition . . . With the better weather here . . . But I know a long I would like in summervacation time . . . When the weather at the seashore Is a great deal more sublime In . . . And I need a long vacation the early weeks of fall . . . Just before On the reddish the cooling weather leaves will call . . . After that a long In the winter is just right vacation So that I can leave behind me . . . Oh, I need Icy weather in the night a long vacation . . . Almost every month or two . . . When I think of all the labor I am called upon to do. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... What do you bid now? (Look for answers Monday) s 4 uiswer No, only the nearsighted husbands name was stricken. Merely because a single signature wasnt hand signed, Ohios Supreme Court opined, is not rea- son enough to deprive hundreds of other signers of the right to express their wishes. Therefore, since the party worker had made an honest mistake, the Election Board was oruered to accept nomination petition minus just the one name that was signed by wifely elecproxy. It is the privilege of ee-rtor to present himself to his fellow citizens as a candidate for publm office upon compliance reasonably and fari'y the court witn the manner prescribed. declared. Such right should not be denied for supposed technical variances." Black-stone- 's y : The bidding has proceeded : South West North 2 A 3 A Pass 4 NT Pass 5 A 98S4 A83 ? What do you bid? Both vulnerable, Q. 8 ? hold : As South, vulnerable, you 1 A An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association on flea collars caught my eye. Doctors Paul C. Cronce S. and Herbert of wrote Akien Knight Newspapers hold: A Skin Irritant Found in Dog Collar n (in America) to being two societies, black and white, increasingly separate and scarcely less unequal. Even the facts and testimony on how the very rich live seem to make very little impression. Mortimer M. Caplin, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, told the House Ways and Means Committee the other day that he had analyzed the returns of 155 taxpayers who earned over $200,000 a year and paid no income tax without breaking the law, and 21 of these earned over a million in a single year. (Copj right) John S. Knight Pass VA64 The reports are quite specific about the consequences of all this. The nation in its neglect, said the American-Urbacoalition statement, may be sowing the seeds of unprecedented future disorders we are a year clocer and division deal with the causes of war, poverty and disunity. The popular cry now is for a p mse in the stiuggle, and President Nixon las responded to it by low Cling lus voice, but me p oblems not inly remain but aie m nianv ways getting worse, and wont be lemuwd by public lndiffeienee. Editorial Chairman West Q. 5 Reports Quite Specific Nixon Takes No Offense This is the age of the corporate over. A 19 2, 1969 Dr. T. R. Van DHlen e has Wright Patman, called Chairman William McChesney Martin of the Federal Reserve Board the most costly official in the history of the world. Martins crime, it seems, is that he permitted the interest rates on government bonds to rise from the 2 percent rate paid until 1952. Patman says that if the old interest rates had been maintained, interest on the national debt would today be only $8 billion instead of twice that amount. Question for Rep. Patman: Who would have bought the bonds at 2 percent? Rep. i rial A A employment, w'elfaie costs rose from $6.9 billion in 1967 to $8 8 billion in 1968. Thirty-fivpeicent of the Negro families a in he central cities are fatherless substantial increase over the last three years. Before 1966, the w'hites were leaving the city slums at a rate of 140,000 a year; since 1966 the rate climbed to nearly half a million a year, leaving behind an increasingly black and frustrated population. Who Would Buy Bonds? m Neither vulnerable, as South Yet the mood of the moment in Washington and elsewhere is not in keeping w ith the rising urgencies of the day. We have the rhetoric of unity and without the means, the .im-ficethe policies or the apprnpuations to new-fa.e- Gorens Weekly Bridge Quiz Q. 2 you hold: r, hard-earne- d States Our Position of the problem and create fine the the atmosphere in which adequate remedies ran be found and finureed. jile New York Times Sen ice An Marh Grim Facts Drug' American Mind Y.4J It The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, James Heston ne l East Pass Pass Just to test the modern vocabulary, some morning we are going to call the boss and say. I don't think I'd bette come to work today. I just dont feel relevant. c |