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Show I DFSFRFT NfWA AiT Ak'F t TiTv THFAY ijtaw rtAY 6 1975 We stand for the Constitution of the United States with its three departments of government, each hjiy independent m Vs own field D d bluenr,rt or Vietnam: A lesson from Castro i ? I pt As in Cambodia, the first few days Communist ruie of South Vietnam Stfe follow ini; a laminar pattern, First order of business is to sohdifv b.okl on the country by requiring alt former officers wqd fpitGJ mg ft of ytie conquered torces to register and (aunt in their weapons. The penalty, if " 'they fail to do so, is "severe punish-rjnent- ath, or, more correctly f High on the list, too, is getting the filxipulation back to work The new Viet .Cong rui rs have already ordered workers to rennn to their jobs, but ; bi e taken the preraution os out law ,!ng ail unions and declaring union deudersh.p as "traitors. Ihty aiso , L -- .have warn'd that woikers will 'required to work longer hours. The Vjct Cong appears on a ! -- onemaUry course. This week, for Instance, the Red leaders released former President Duong Van Mmh ami other high ranking officials of the deposed Saigon go eminent, telling them they were free to rejoin their - families The experience of Cuba under Communist control L ir.r.lructi' e. 'Alien Fidel Castro oet threw the corrupt Batista regime and took lu-- m Hat ana on Jan. 1, 1959, he was welcomed with enthusiasm. At last. Cubans felt, social justice and free elections were on their way . (astro had Other ideas His first st-was to stamp out opposition ia jailing and executions e en includ ing some former fighters. In a seiies of jHisidoa! reorganizations, r giu-rrill- Ik- - a hv system Vi wh h?nenged his position. The price of Communism in Cuba has been the absence of civil rights and hbeities. The Castro regime brook no dissent, and deals harshly with those who oppose it As author George Volsky Cubans were subjected to a it: constant barrage ol state propaganda, telling them what to think, whom to It a e or hate. Their life was a highly de-crih- A. Vietnam 'deliverance?' From what, into what? g 19-5- I Fhe doctors get tough a Remember in pa t years iio.v Reassuring and cumiorting the doctor wa when von weie facing major .Vurgerv or some odiei health cr-TLoc day? are vanishing, in Uan here. The reason: Too many "and are construing the doctor's patients words as a verbal contract theyll get better. If they don't, they or their heirs gue lor malpractice. 5 Tvilnrwf vo suits are so spiraling, and are insurance costs ,1 The situation is grave. Just this week, many northern California uuc- tors rebelled against sharply costs of inalpi active insur-- i vv a company cancelled their hen nee a group coverage and offered individual coverage at much higher rates a 3.'0 . percent increase for anesthesiologists. Jor example. The physicians refused - Jo pay the higher rates, and some "doctor.'. tloed their off ices. What can be clone ? Some states, led -- ru.'3 . i l risk-sharin- , Will - WASHINGTON The morning after the U.S presence a- - plucked off the roof ol the Saigon embas-- y , there-!- ) ending L' S. instruction on the theine that aggression ri'te not pay, the Washington Post headlined its editorial ileln prance." Tlie Prayer Book sjumk of heme C(.mpasHl aiiout with song1: of l.lo aron.--e hi it OliP mu si interrupt the current singing to inquire' Deliverance from vihot, into what? Of course we have heen c g , s, effect is being processed now . , Limitng lawyers' fees in such case also may be another palliative. Lawyers mien take liubpi m.uCi uolo on a contingency basis: That is, their fees depend on the amount of the award. Both the number of suits and the size of the awards may fall if those suing had to foot a portion of the lawyers' costs, or if legal fees were limited. Careless doctors should, of course, be penalized. But ind'seriminate suits which take the doctor to task for every imagined grievance cion t help. The result is higher and higher prices for health care. Be careful with aspirin the clumping together of platelats. a of blood that plays a key constituent rthe New York Times ruK in blood clotting. It iii.iv puz?bng that there-- are Again, by contrast, that same old a about relatively aspirin, .puzzles impact of aspirin consumption leads drug so taken for granted that its 7.5th to hemuiorhage. birthday slipped by unobserved and That is not the end of aspirin's tinhonored last year. many puzzles. Why is this commonft is probably the most freqin ntiyq place drag safely and frequently "! consumed by millions, yet harmful Jjtised pharmaceutical that exists: TV.oinc estimates suggest th:t a irony to a and occasionally even deadly tji.s 2u billion tablets will be ingested m small but appreciable fraction of the : his country this year. Most will be population? Jlaken to relieve a headache or other it pays to be more respectful j jpain, but others to reduce fever or toward that bottle or box of aspirin in ; comhat inflammation. the medicine chest, and to remember I Yet the full story of how this that aspirin probably has more surdf cnerable drug works its miracles is prises and puzzies to provide in the it ill unknown, strange and une- future. xpected effects of aspirin keep being Uses. Unless the North Korean Government is more obtuse than we can reasonably hope thal it is, it 1ms t ai ued les.-o-n about the perils of aggression in its part of the world. The lesson is: Twenty-fiv- e years after the start of the Korean War, the U.S. public and the t.S. Congress which reflects the public, will force in Asia, Perhaps it is true that to paraphrase Neville Chamberlain on Czechoslovakia) South Korea is not worth the hones of a single American soldier. But true or not, when push tomes to shove m Korea, there will be, from the tart, an intense, substantial and growing minority m Con- - - 31 reported. Only the other day, for example, a group of researchers reported that li.spinn used by victims of the common ghoid tends to increase the amount of virus in the ill persons nasal Secretions, i o., aspirin makes these people more likely sources of cold than persons who dont take J-ol- Afterthoughts . . . It is the paradox of interpersonal behavior that the very thing within an individual which he tries hardest to conceal from others is that which soonest becomes most ob ious to those around him; as Uncic Remus so admirably put it, You kin hide de dd fin he. La, what you gvln? -- against such negative effect. Serious research is going into the jfioscihdity that regular use of aspirin ftiay reduce the rik of heart attacks. This possibility arises in part because .asnirin ia now know r to interfere with 1 As smoke? Sweethearts who chatter incessanteach other oil toe phone ought to save some of their garrulity for those long silent conjugal nights. ly to T Anther of exiles IS1 uuvu iriut lis true peninsula will he dusted off if there has been and time for dust to gather Used with regard to the Kcean pemnula. - South Korea, like South Vu tnant, i . a long w ay away : its people are culturally mot to mention and rleas do not mention it raeiaiiyi diffcrti.t: few American , tourist.-- or Fulbright holars send back In mg postcards and baik warm iremones outlook of a people than from iht specific manipulations ot But then, the public men Bust goi-- on to say, southing ly, that the U.S. still has great power "measured m conventional military and economic s terms. This leaves unanswered two related questions aoout the nature of power and the cm rent character and outlook of the American people. is it not the case that power about the Will to it is not power at dll' What mason is thciV to belie,,- that the' m.uiipubdone of the public men. especially m Congress tuhei-- there arc never moie than a few members willing to stray from the straight and narrow path of subservience to amnion polls i, do not faith fully reflect the outlook and character of the American v - from Ihere, the Sou'll Korean Tavern cuni is inuierfeet it - uimaiuial' for Korea to be divided; the disappearance of South Korea would not immediately, directly discomfort Louisville Soviet and Chinese support for a North Kom.n inv. !.., n ! opie.' oualj is eortsoent vth the nations have based Many prevailing theory of detente. their security plans on the North assumption that the U.S. has So, if no, when Korea gets up a lonfronlation the will to make its power an along the :isih araliei Con actuality. Now these nations gross will get up an investigamay conclude that it is prution ol press frtvdem ia South de .it o asojuu the worst Korea. The result will lx a about the willingness of the report on the moral inade- U.S to make its power felt quacies of the South Korean So South Korea, Japan, gov eminent Pakistan, and Israel, among True, IS fortes already others, may find it prudent to y ;!r OcMiop, nuclear weapons, it pleases us to call a nuclear agBut ii reements not wit h s i a n di g . 'deterrent posture. push comes to shove there, All these nations have the the congressional push will capacity to build such he for an exircise of our weapons, and recent events imperial capacity for may have given these nations an incentive to do so The Washington Post says, That is the nature of the world into which we have correctly, that "foreign polibeen delivered from the roof cy proceeds a great deal more from tne character and in saigon. e 1 A business constituency James J. An editorial from $ from Cambodia and South Vutnam. But these may he just the first ol a ot:g with many thm s hr xuii And ail ihe arguments successfully umh! agaia.st the l S involvement an the Bv delivered turned K legislative solutions which involve setting up malpractice plans. Tvivada may even go so iui us to state liability insur oiaoiac tx issue ance association to set iaU-sand insurance-policiemalpractice A of to bills that claims. pay package by 'Vircen'-in- fiRT BUCHUJRLO was Kainv luwaiu huiopo f.Wv 11 LlV-n.tapped her on her shoulder. Maam. 1 said, it you liMik the other wav, we have about 55, Mt Vietnamese refugees coniine in trom Guam and the Philippines ! thought you nnpM hold your torch high and light the way ha them." I he statue seemed mif ued. "We ha,e loa.ij ixsifilc in tins country' Row, What am I going to do with TV instructed where to buy food, which volunteer w oik to perform and when, how much and w hat to pi oduee. -- high-rankin- sir: ssss VI W'O Tbpv U Oie For the moment, it appears, there Gwiil be no blood-batThe Communist oi the too conscious regime is The secret olice, helped by the 'f watching world. defense committee, watched over in is not case the Cambodia, That their activities and warned them if w here the Khmer Rouge reportedly officers they fell out of line. Opponents of the Chas executed 80 land their wives, and at least 100 government were treated harshly. and 1970. Cuban newsBetween in- yv call hy or religious figures names of over l.(HH) intod.lhe eluding four monks refugees said wpre papers pi pel soil' who had been executed . shot to death on the steps ol a pagoda fvvhen they relused to leave. I there any dubt the same But that doesn't mean the danger 4 is over in South ietnam far from it. treatment is in store for the South Or that Communism is a prefeued Vietnamese and CVmUx.Uens. and ail government over what nas others who fall umi- - r the Communist boor It is. ri. .eed. a time lor sadness. existed before, , i h. 1 Kilpatrick h annua! rep-or-t Pm.-fAmerican corporations, and one by one the glossy publications turn up in the mail. Many of them are masterpieces of graphic art, crammed with color photos and peacock pie charts. Some of them will m prizes but nearly all of them wd! lose opportunities. It is a puzzling thing. American corpora' ions have some of the best minds in the nation in tlicir executive of fices. They have public relations advisors who are skilled in their arcane art. They have hikidy paid legislative counsel Yet these great companies do paihetioally little to advance their own interests m one area where something constructive might be aceom pihsbed Thev rarely seek to rally investors to their cause. A fiicnd in the pbartnueeui ical industry recently devoted a few hours to reading the annual reports of the 15 This or inly one of the leaders. Squibb devoted significant space in its annual Ireport to 3 discussion of what the pharmaceutical industry has to, cope w itii. A coaple of others had a phra.se here or a sentence there. One of the largest houses, with sales m 1974 of moie than $5nd million, ottered only this lame paragraph' "In the United Slates over the past several yjars, a number of government program Vive lw2 proposed to extend a broad range of health care services to the largest possible group of people. We believe that great care must be exercised m planning the mechanics ol these programs to preserve for society the benefits of the nations flourishing private enterprise in the health care Held. Doesnt that grab you' The author of that tepid mush was ' talking, in his own way, about a dozen legislative proposals of enormous concern to the pharmaceutical industry. It is incredible. Irving Kris-to- i, one of the country 's r.vxt brilliant essavits and critics latge.st pharmaceutical long ago suggested in the W in , fie w a, Wall Strert Journal that cor curious to see if these man- penmens reek to develop ufacturers made any effort to their own constituency aiouaint their shareholders among their sto'kholders with the industry's legislative His point was that the-- other problems. His labors left h,m side has plenty of solid constituencies. Organized depressed fec-bl- la ir can marshal a million voters overnight. Consumer groups, environmentalists, and minorities can apply jMilitical pressure in effective I w a.v The corpoi ations. for their part, have only their own trade associations Many of their lobby ints perform effectively. But corjiui ations don't vote. They cannot even lawfully contribute to a congressmans lampmgn. Where is a constituency to be tound? Thiee possibilities suggest themselves, customers, employ ees, and stocKholders. 'The customers offer trie largest potential, but it is formidably difficult to translate product loyalty into political activ ism. Not nearly enough is done to inform employees of industry problems and to seek their support; muth more could be done m this when v 1 t- - 55.1m Orientals'.-- Ml The same thing you cM with everybody else Welcome them. They're tired and theyre poor and they are v earning to breathe free." alxmt jobs" Who is going to support stie said petulantly. Aou never worried alxmt that before," I said "Whoever came to tliis country eventually lournl jobs, and utmost all of them made vety good citizen. There is no re:1 cn to think the Vietnam") wdl be different Alter ail you are the mother of exiles And what (hem Times has e changed." she growled The Amem- m people areu I ihal thtilicd aVmt having a btaich of refugees dumped on them Who is going to feed them? How many will goon welfare? lfow do we know their kids won't get m trouble in the streets? We have enough problems m tins coiuiliy without asking far mote." But," 1 pleaded "were r sponsible for them being leiusees We fouled up a country like-- its never been fouled up belore. We supported theii coiiupl goveiu-met.'Raided them down with weapon they couldnt use. defoliated their ru e paddies and wrecked their families. We ieif the country m f mess. The least wc can do i take m whatever huddled masses escaped to our teeming - s, Jure "Thats ea for yoy to say," the Statue of Liberty replied. but we hav c-- to think of Americans first They don't want any more foreigners in this country." But most ot o'ir fathers and grandfathers and great grandtathers were foreigners. Youve welcomed them uli. Tell me the u util. Do you have anything against Orientals?" I don't jiersonullv But you know how some people are The Vietnamese have different habits, and they're from another culture. They just don't fit in. Resides Im 'opposed to welcome the homeless from Europe. Thats why I'm lookmu m tnat direction." These people need refuge," I protested "Their lues a tew week. ago when they flew are m ruins m orphans from Vietnam and Cambodia? Nobody seemed to object to that. Its not the same thing," the statue said. You crm adopt orphans But what tan you do w ith refugees?" Help them find homes, jobs, make them citizens our fault they lost the "It's out ot the que tion It wai. Look, no one minds one or two Vietnamese m a (ommumty. But youre talking alxiut thousands. Theyll stick out like a sore thumb The unions would never t tand -- n't for it." Biease don't turn your back on them," 1 Vgged If somebody just said. Welcome. Were glad you came. most Americans would go along with it. The Amcruan ie ipie gripe a lot. but they ll do the right thing if somebody leads them II you could shine your torch toward the Golden Gate Bridge, perhaps the people will be ashamed of the way theyve behaved The Statue of Liberty turned slowly. There was a tear in her eye. I've been here so long I almost forgot why I w..s holding tins lamp. Where did you say I should shine my torch?" Over there. Hold it as high as you cun and pomt it toward the V est so every American Cdii see it Thats ii. Now repeat alter me. Send these, the homeless, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden tempest-tossed door. fer F Held shaieholders are an untapped political Usource. Sonic-- 30 million persons own The stock in the 4,5((0 corporations publicly traded Die gentral custom is to treat them as a meddlesome nuisance. They are not given even the attention that colleges usually give their alumni. , Suppose corporations took esr; t,n rooting their cause Such efforts might not wholly reverse the but tiny might improve the balance. x OS $djs ns Her paamWa SpCntSOi iftips hf caled Nirsn. r 6 tmllllly - - |