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Show 4 Joseph Kraft Economic Indicators Beginning to Look Better for President You can now aJd to the list nf eoonomi . iieators pointing toward good times for Nixon. 'resident WASHINGTON fact a blessing in disguise. In the past, the Pay Board has been lamentably weak because the labor and business members acted in covert alliance to jack up wages and prices. grid Bergman 7 he has been in Living Wash-l.gto- lit The Salt LaJe Tribune, Saturday, April 1, With the withdrawal of n and was fivited by George Jaultz, the direc-jj- r of the Office of and Management fudget, to visit .e White House, f When the plan Mr. Jell through, Mr- Kraft registered Jhultz And when Mr. disappointment. jmld Jhultz frets about Ingrid Bergman, that Leans he feels free to look up a little jiom the black pit of worry about inflation and unemployment. I On the inflationary side, the latest the withdrawal of the labor members from the Pay Board is in AFL-CI- Pres- ident George Meany and three other labor members. President Nixon also has been able to sack their hidden partners among the business members. Small Core of Public Members That leaves the Pay Board to a small core of public members who are dedicated headliners when it comes to holding the line against inflation. Far from being a mechanism, the Pay Board has become an instrument with staving power. One other recent difficulty seems also to have been exaggerated. Consumer prices did rise by an annual average of G the highest inpercent last month crease since the jump last June which - James Restou was a central factor in forcing the adlo adopt its new economic policy. But the cause of the tise was a 24 percent hike in food prices. The nonfood price index actually declined somewhat. And, as it happens, food is one of the items most subject to control. Tough talk about higher prices, for one thing, can put the grocery - chains and processors on tile defensive. The President has opened the war, with ihe attack he made on the middlemen in the food business at his last news conference. Now Secietary of the Treasury John Connally has jumped into the battle with all his formidable energies and powers of persuasion. Moreover, the administration disposes of indirect means for forcing down food prices. The import quotas which hold up prices of meat, sugar and dairy products could be relaxed. Lastly, there is the possibility of ministration direct controls. As Secretary Connallv has indicated, a flexible svstem linking higher retail prices ditoctly with thp far more modest increases being paid to the farmer could be instituted. If necessnrv, a total freeze on food pi ices could be applied. Most Indicators Positive recovery, most of the usual indicators are positive. Gross naAs to economic tional product and business investment are both up as predicted in the administrations forecasts. Housing starts, at an annual average of 2.6 million, are running w ay ahead of the projected figure of 2.2 million starts. It is true that there was a record trade deficit for the fiist quarter. But the dock strike figured importantly in that showing, and some offset by returns on invisible since payment of of the deficit will be investment and other earnings. Moreover, gold against dollars IVj'on on Education was suspended when the Policy now New Economic this country is insulated against the was poweifullv 1ST! Lower Grades claims of creditors. Poor l'.idei standing of the latest regulations h.s caused laxpnyeis to ovenvuh-hoiat a terrific rate billion $8 annunllv, according lo the Treasury. Ad ministration officials now aie considering a variety of means for inducing the to withhold at a more modest rate. So, if necessarv, the administration has available an easy way for giving tiie economy a big shot in the arm. What all this means is that the President is in good position to meet the economic targets for this year. These targets are modest and include acceptance of at least 5 percent unemployment. Still, the economy probably will not be in dire straits at election time, and this time the Democrats certainly will almost be denied what is usually their bet weapon against a Republican president. Can Rise d With Review Bv Leslie J. Nason, Ed.D. University of Southern California Dear Dr. Nason: Our daughter is a college sophomore. In each of her first three semesters, the pattern lias been the same. She made A's , and Bs on her s only to end up with mostly Cs as final se-e s t e r grades. She must be going about her studies incorrectly but we cannot help her. I if Even she w ere willing to Dr. Nason discuss the matter with us In detail, we would not be in a position to diagnose her difficulty and suggest remedies. Where are the usual causes for drop in grades? C. V., Reno. Nev. Answer: mid-term- fir m . British Wary of Russ, Watch New Diplomacy With Care New Yoik Times Sendee teslimoiiv of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird on the need for greater defense efforts in Europe and closer cooperatior within the NATO defense structure. It refers to the continuing threat from the Soviet Union, and makes these points: The Soviets are now devoting 8 percent of their gross national product to defense, as compared to 4 percent for most of the European allies, 5 percent for Britain and 6.8 percent for the United States. LONDON British officials have a Lay of questioning whatever world polit- ical trends happen to be fashionable at Nhe moment, hey are watching Jthe Soviet Union's reasonable, I new Id i plomacy with detached " Li )They s welcome arms talks in Helsinki, Chancellor Willy Mr, Boston B r a n d t's rap- with Moscow, and Presiprochement dent Nixons visits to Peking and Moscow, but they have been around long enough to distinguish between hopes and realities, so they are waiting for specific results. Meanwhile, they are impressed with the energetic buildup of Soviet naval and missile power, and wonder, almost casually, why the Soviets have had a sizable naval task force standing in international waters off the north coast of Scotland for over nine months. It seems a little odd, they say, since the North Sea above Scotland in winter is ho sunny health resort. Why a Super Navy Desire? e, i f it r Potential Division of t.S.? I Was not tne potential division of the I United States over vast defense expendi- tures at the expense of social expenditures a greater danger to the security of j the Western Nations, the prime minister was asked? He thought It was not, that the United States would tnanage its allocation of financial resources, without undue turmoil at home or disruption of the strength of the alliance. The latest British Defense White Paper, in fact, sounds very much like the ' open-ende- d Look Hard at Middle East Oil Officials here are very conscious of the dependence of European industry and development on the oil of the Middle East, and with the Soviet Union now entrenched in Middle Eastern air bases and increasing its naval power in the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, believe it is imperative that the free nations maintain sufficient naval power to prevent the interruption of the flow of oil from the Middle East to Europe and to Japan, and even, as one high official here remarked, to prevent the possibility of a Soviet blockade of South Africa in any future racial wars in Africa. This is one of the reassuring factors in Britain's move toward joining the European Common Market. For despite their serious problems at home, officials d here still take a cool and view of the world. They will be pleased if the Soviets have in mind a really dramatic change in World cooperation, but meanwhile they think the West should be clear in its own mind about the power realities, and concentrate on building a stronger and outward-lookinEurope in partnership with the United States. long-minde- g (Copyright) Dr. T. R. Van Dellen f ! Malaria, Addiction to Heroin Said Common From War mor-jphin- charge and the onset of chills and fever at least seven people shared his needle and syringe, tiirpe nf whom developed malaria. Members of the Kern County (California) Health Department set up a special clinic to interview and test other addicts. More Ilian 400 heroin-usincontacts were idemified and of these, 42 had positive blood tests for malaria. g Recent Symptoms of Disease Vietnam war this Strange combination. Heroin addiction and malaria are common bedfellows among troops in Southeastern Asia. Army medics usually give servicemen returning from Vietnam eight choroquine-primaquin- e tablets to rid them of the malaria parasite. Sometimes the veteran neglects to take them and some come down with the disease. Heroin Addict as Example Viecase in point is a tnam veteran who was also addicted to heroin. In the Interval between his dis-- v A They Got You Together Again, I See William F. Buckley Jr. All had recent symptoms of the disease. Since the large number of cases occurred in the first three months of the year, an epidemic of induced malaria was declared. According to Morbidity and Mortality, this represented the third reported outbreak of vivax malaria in heroin addicts in the past six months. Vietnam veterans are the suspected sources of infection. The battle casualties of this unpopular war are only a small part of the problems of our servicemen. Our increasing incidence nf heroin addiction cannot be taken lightly. It is difficult to cure and frequently associated with higher crime rates. i permanent learning from the start of the semester and eliminate the need for cramming. They have helped other students w ith similar problems. Dear Dr. Nason: My grandson is having trouble in the 5th grade. He not only makes low but receives unsatisfactory admirer of John Ashbook, he will not, for grades, in marks behavior and effort in nearly the obvious reasons, make any public every class. His parents have tried punishment. They are thinking of sending quite the conappearances with him trary, he will almost certainly campaign him to a private residence school. Can you suggest a different way of for Mr. Nixon. But in doing so he will handling this problem? find, for the first time in his public life, division in conservative ranks. J. J., Newark, N.J. Answer: Sometime before June other conservaPunishment alone will not eliminate tive leaders and backers, from out of state, will have to declare themselves on your grandsons bad behavior habits. The the Ashbiook - California problem. It substitution of satisfactory habits of beisn't as though they are in a position to havior is tiie answer. This will involve manipulate Californians by the hundreds the cooperation of your grandson. In a similar situation, a boy received of thousands. But their support, or lack of it, of the Ashbrook candidacy would just such a report from his 4th grade make the difference between igniting teacher. The family obtained help from an that campaign, and containing it within y At first, the school wot k the ideological ghettos. It isnt to exagwas discussed in detail, making sure that gerate It in thr least to say that their atthe boy gained complete understanding. titude toward Ashbrook, barring landThen the woik for upcoming days was slides (and at this moment one-- can conn ceive of both an and a previewed with pointers on how he could pay attention and understand what his landslide), can mean the of Mr. Nixon or his defeat. teacher was saying. last-minu- Conservatives Dissatisfied With Administration Further on the subject of conservative dissatisfaction with the administration of President Nixon: 1. Congressman John Ashbrook, who is the symbol of that dissatisfaction, did not do very well in New Florida, nor did he II a mpshire and do ignominiously. He entered the races late, spent a very small handful of dollars, suffered from being relatively unknown, and got more votes than John Lindsay. His strengths have been his sincerity, intelliHe gence, decency, and doggedness. to not in the go game pledged very early on and run as an independent after Mr. Nixon is renominated. John Ashbrook will not himself be able to keep Mr. Nixon from getting the support of all the men and women who now and in the weeks ahead vote for Ashbrook. Most of them will almost certainly go on to vote for Nixon, however grudgingly. But there are those who are quite definitely toying with the idea of sitting this election out. fomia, and the Nixon people will be watching ever so carefully to see what kind of progress he makes watching to see whether he succeeds in Igniting the separatist frenzies which cannot be doused between the primary in Jtlhe and the election in November. This of course is the principal reason why Mr. Nixon has in recent months maintained so close and cooperative a relationship with Ronald Reagan. Great Welfare State Mr. Reagan, though deeply disturbed by international events such as the expulsion of Taiwan, is preoccupied with the sovereignty of his state, and the careful and galvanizing experiments he wants to make in the field of welfare. He knows what would happen if the Democratic party took power: California would become a wear welfare reservation, property of Health, Education and Welfare. He is therefore standing fast with Nixon, and although he is a friend and day-to-da- anti-Nixo- n HISTORIC EVENT! PRICES SO LOW THEY MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED) LJ3 Many Disappointed , A considerable following of the Con- servative Party of New York, for instance, are at this point medium well disappointed, and it would not take much of the same klikl' of thing Mr. Nixon has been doing to bring their resentment to a boil, at which point significant numbers of them will either sit it out, vote for George Wallace In protest, or return, embittered, the Democratic from which tl.Sy lopk exploratory refuge in the election of 1970. Probably Mr. Nixon will not fight very bard for New York. But if he wants NeW York, he Will aiuost certainly have to have the backing of the Conservative Party. At this particular moment, that wduld not be forthcoming. hacking Whether by next September the Democratic candidates have succeeded in scaring the conservatives half to death or whether by next September Mr. Nixon lias succeeded in wooing them back one cannot say, at this point. There are too many variables. For instance, the behavior of the Soviet Union and Mr. Nixons response to it. For instance, the situation in Southeast Everything must go! Complete inventory of Furniture, Accessories, wall decor to be sold near cost, at cost, below cost! Hurry time is short, buying must be fast! Sale begins daily 10 a.m. Mon. & Fri. until 9 Open p.m. I SOFA BEDS Queen size. Block naugahyde. Reg. $649. HI-BA- $345 CK CHAIR Choose cover TUXEDO SOFAS Sofa-Lov- e Choice of many 145 cover. Reg. $575 combination. of Herculon, Nylon, Velvet, Seat Vinyl, Matelasse. $310 Value $194 t M139 K fa New Deluxe Asia. Shipment Needs California Mr. Nixon has got to tyve period. And nothing frightens Mr. Nixon's campaign managers more than the prospect of a deep division in California among conservative - minded volers. The reason for this lapidary: Mr. Nixon will not forget, ever, his terrible miscalculation of 1962. It vas then that the followers of Joe Shell, or at least a great many of them, decided lo sit it out, and the result was the stunning defeat which all but vaporized Richard Nixon. What seems to be distinctive about California, a highly ideologized state, is that the people, when they get mad, tend to stay mad. Now John Ashbrook is entered in 2. California Reg. $49 Trees! umit per customer 150 only ... & f , . first come basts. DECORATOR TREES AIS The Bankcards welcome er we car, strange financing. O, J -- w. , The remedy in this case is to think: back over what she has read at the end of each short section of material. This will place the ideas in more permanent memory. She should make frequent re--' views and scan ahead in the textbook in each course. After each lecturp, she should think about what was said at her earliest possible free time. She should keep each course well organized in her mind. These procedures will help her build . . party J For many years we have known that !tlrug addicts spread malaria. At Cook County Hospital (Chicago) all Victims of malaria were Im mediately suspecte ed of being or heroin addicts. And in the majority, the physicians were usually right. And the of the semester. Un: . The British dont make much of this. suppose, says Sir Alec Douglas-Homthe foreign secretary, that a superpower can be expected to Want a supemavy, but one can't help wondering what they Want it tor. Mucih the same theme haa been emphasized here in recent days by Dr. Joseph Luns, the new secretary general of NATO. He agreed that the continuing aim of the Atlantic Alliance should be to seek peace through initiatives designed to reduce tensions id Europe, but he emphasized that this must be accompanied by effective security guarantees and an enduring partnership with the United States. Prime Minister Heath is preoccupied for the moment with the Irish question, 1 hut like his foreign minister, lie sees the J maintenance of the balance bf power with Moscow, not as a barrier to East- 1 West detente, but as an essential founda-- ; I tion for any new world order 1 The white paper adds that the Soviet :n now has 1,400 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and an army of 160 divisions, plus 63 divisions from the eastern European nations in the Warsaw Pact. As foe the Russian navy, it observes, deployments in the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean are posing a potential threat to vital Western trade routes. There is some talk in official quarters here, as usual, of the danger of American isolationism, and some muted criticism of Washingtons handling of the latest Indian - Pakistani crisis, on the ground that India is more important to the defense and trade of the West than Pakistan, but all this is discussed with out any sense of crisis or urgency. The British are merely saying that, as Washington makes a more realistic appraisal of its world responsibilities, commitments in avoiding such places as Vietnam and replacing them with more dependable selective commitments, Europe must increase its share of defense and decision - making vvithirt the alliance. daugiiter understands r her part. She understands but the ideas never get beyond the temporary memory staged Her superficial knowledge earns her higir grades on the first test in each course but the memory fades out before the end rr rT rfr Cites Soviet ICBM Buildup U.S.-Sovi- t r ategic Perhaps-you- too easily. If so, she can understand the textbook and lectures without effort on U W 2112 South 11th East W Lm ti Sager House k ass - t mi |