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Show ie icy ala Behind The Day's News” ‘ “SUNDAY, NOVEMBER6)1960. By PHIL.NEWSOM Estimates: suggest that the turnout on November 8 may reach a new peak of 70 million voters. That compares with the previous high - of 62. million in 1956. Any such gain, naturally, is to be welcomed. Nevertheless, all the signs indicate that the United ‘States will fall far short. of. those European and Asiatic nations which find from 80 to 95 per cent, of their electorate coming out to vote. ~~ In the United. States’ approximately 105 million people are theoretically eligible to vote. Some are: briefly disqualified by state residence requirements. The remainder, except for the ill, have no ex- The quote: euse. They just do not think enough of their responsibilities as citizens to respond. : Some states have acted sensibly to remove ‘most of the. barriers posed by residence requirements, as they affect voting for the presidency. As few as 40 days’ residence one like World War Il. Unfortunately, this -has resulted in a double injury to thousands of men who were disabled in that conflict. to take orders from any foreign quarter.” Since assuming the in February, 1959, _ Romulo Betancourt and his government -have been frequent targets of attack. Predictions life for these men. as low. . Too many, however, still insist that a voter be resident in a state six months to a year before voting on ‘the country’s. highest, office, It last out its -term. ‘e were son in the southwestern provincial ital’ of San Cristobal Del Tachira. Betancourt ing, the government called out army troops. ¥ : al the T and 100 injured. Short-lived rebellion had been fomented public. by the Dominican Re- Bombing Incident were killed One th were arrested. Betancourt, whose relations with the Fidel Castro Cuban gov- - Last June, a bomb intended for Betancourt exploded near the political -hot-bed campus of the Uni- ernment have been deteriorating steadily, placed the blame at the door of Cuba ‘and the Soviet Union. “We weren't born on the island versity of Caracas. Some of Betancourt’s aides were killed and he himself was cut and burned of Cuba, nor in the Ural Mountains nor the Siberian steppes, nor Moscow nor Peiping...” he said (Venezuela’s problem s) by the blast. ‘Last month student agitators hoping to force the government’s downfall poured into the streets “must be tackled according president of American Telephone . and ‘Telegraph Co. has ‘said, “We believe the commercial application of \satellite communications is a job. for .private enterprise. This new project is another indication of: our readiness to take on that job and. pay our own way.” Per-.; haps Big, Government isn’t quite 30-all-embracing afterall. vaunted freedom. registrants! recorded. But, the milare not fulfilling the promise of McClellan, Payson, who voted for the New Deal, Fair Deal, Square Deal, freedoms which confront everycitizen of this land of the free and ’ home of the brave. Inasmuch as through these freedoms which have been taken away, the socialistic, or indeed; communistjc state exists in our fair land of America, While westill, in a/general sense, have the. outward forms of a republic, yet the vitals of our fair country in its early by sueh as LIFE profits!. You know the reason why . . . farm costs have gone up .. ., while farm income!has declined. Add to this the recent government policy of forcing lower price supports .. . and you make the situation even worse.” So what will we do? The most of us will say Mr. Benson did the best he could, vote Republican — and pray for Tain. and how from poverty he rose to realize the American dream. The campaign story I like best is about Mr. Nixon who when he waslikened to Lincoln is alleged to have said, ‘‘You.are mistaken in and. TIME and THE SATURDAY EVENING POST is supporting Mr. Robertson Nixon. Because business’ is said to be in a log cabin, and I was born in a manger.” good they: want the status quo continued , and any suggestion of change intimidates them. But, just as there are many millionaire Democrats who are supporting. Kennedy, so there are influential newspapers such as the New York Times since, I have had time to consider how. I would vote. I have.three reasons for voting for Mr. Kennedy: because I love and: the Denver Post who have come likening me to Mr. Lincoln. He was born I am recuperating from an operation, and while I was in the hospital and my country and have its best interest ,at heart; because I am sick of being never exploited by big business interests; and Most workingmen will vote the Demoeratic ticket because they believe the party is for the workingmen. It was the party. that made organized labor possible Nixon. Like most people I have a variety of reasons and prejudices. Unfortunately, my vote has already thing is unanimous. without having to face the bullets of a _ eapitalisic militia; it went about trying to get full employment, and it got social security, unemployment insurance, and it enabled ‘the workingman to buy new cars instead of old ones, and send their kids, who otherwise would have grown up in ignorance, to college. Yet such labor leaders as big Dave Beck and Jinimy Hoffa are staunchly Republican. of whom I am one, will Grandpappy .was a Republican or a Democrat, Farmers don’t like to make up their minds until the dust has settled, and usually they are swept off their farms in the dust and then it is: too late. It - takés a lot to jar us loose from the past. Me, I’ve been jarred. This year I didn’t have a red cent of income, but my taxes went up the-usual sixty dollars a year. This was dohe by the party which says we must preserve the status quo. An agricultural letter I received this morniig sums up the -farm. problem pretty well, “Well, how darned long will farmers “stay in trouble anyway? Will you ever seeprofits take an upturn? ' “You know what farmers have gone through the past ten years. They have . invested millions. of dollars into acreage and new. equipment. They have cut costs, modernized, gone scientific in the way : ‘handle their farm lands and their a . “Dhey have used new hybrids, — fertilizers, sprays, medicines and feeds. because I dislike and distrust Dick been nullified. An irate lady called this morning to tell me I had cost Mr. Kennedy her vote, and the Herald a sub- WASHINGTON — The art of pun- expression in a land of democracy. never before come this close to the ditry becomes most violent the final days of a Presidential campaign. Practically everybody prac- I learned later that my son was actually a victim of a chain re- teen-ager. Maybe it’s also because today’s youngsters simply come smarter and the pursuit of political science tices it. And they all have their own theory on why their man will win — orlose. , ; But there’s one mystery factor no one has yet dissected. *Its the question: “‘Where do the pfre-vot- dency of the United several. weeks, J found that. in Some trainside and airport assemblages were made up of as many. as 80 per cent youth. Thous- ands of kids. Virtually all the stomping and cheering and screaming and chanting and banner-swinging was initiated by the riotous roosters of school age. And, Strangely enough, there were as many kids whooping i up for Nixon as for Kennedy. What influence do. these kids have? Not on mob psychology, but on their voting parents? I’ve heard. & number of dads talking about hot arguments around the dinner table between college students and parent. And these kids. know more answers than the old man does, in It’s e heartily because I haveurg- usually Junior who swings for the dark-skinned races, it is'the freedom of the whole race fiat is -threatened, and claiming that if I had any patriotism I would be atacking the Negroes instead of defend- ing thgm. . The girculation manager of the Herald may, Iése some sleep. because of this lady; but I won’t.'She merely proves my point that bigotry and prejudice is going to play too large a part in this election. I have never| expressed an opinion that ‘was bought and paid for, nor have I ever been disturbed by ‘criticism abuse. E : or We will all vote without physical coercion, and approximately. half of us‘ won’t like the result, either way it. goes, but on this one day we have freedom to express our choice, and that is what makes a democracy. —— —_—____ | The . opinions and statements pressed by Herald columnists iw their. own and do reflect. the views of | ! | 1 ¢ idential election on November 8. truthfully stated that the PresiStates (Copyright, 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, had Inc.) If you own a compahy as soon... as profits permit you buy all the. © , prices so _as to support millions of stock: and bond holders, The main reason the elder Ford was able to lower prices year after t year, and expand, was he did not have to support millions of -stockhokders. Christmas 1913: A tall slender man enters the home at Dearborn, tosses tis hat with a casual air and says: “Ma, I’d'like to do something for the boys, what'll “What was it you wanted lad, Henry?” “I got it — I'll double their wages.” it be?” ~ when a Money. : To the utmost horror of the world as well as himself he also doubled’ profits. In desperation he even bought a railroad and if you do not thinkthat a headache sup- fiance! “If Daddy doesn’t vote for Nixon, I'll never speak to him again.” I should have paddled his bottom, but I recognized that he” ‘was merely practicing what every- body else in America has been doing for months — vocalizing free of socialistic measures and ventures. This is- where our civilizations commenced to fall apart and . decay. Of the many world civilizations which have gone down the road to chaos and destruction mostof them followed after this. pattern when they arrived at that part of their civilizations when government took these freedoms over — either stead of our own workmen. Velocity seems to be the greatest when paid in wages. Paid ‘there it may do the work of 1,000 otherwise. Each time it is spent it may make a profit and be the same as a new dollar in-the economy. Instead of a loss. paid by an employer it bounces around town making a profit or also paid in other wages and the business started all over again. It returns a hundred fold to- the original payer of wages and buys more ears. Prices increased in the mis- taken |idea that more per unit was more (profit. Ford made less per unit and made more profits. Others still think the more made per unit the more profits. That only restricts sales. J. Sudboro Q’s and A‘s z 4 nomic lives, or-by outright conquest, This is part of the “Great Your Pocketbook Betrayal’? Mr. McClellan has so ably written about, which stemmed from those years of Democratic Points to PonderIf You Are Nearing Retirement By FAYE HENLE If you are on the threshold of * retirement, this is what you should . be doing: Exploring your company to see what retirement counseling services they have to offer. Setting up a retirement budg- Watching for a proposal to the next Congress — and supporting it — that will tie government pension payouts to the cost of living. years old and already he’s. brandishing threats against his old man to vote “his” way. T, overheard ‘him upstairs telling his mother in. tones of stout de- adoption of the income tax-was: the most important piece of islation enacted during our lifetime. With. government having the i authority :to forceably take the income of all its people, it was an easy matter for government and state to embark upon all kinds through domination of their eco- almost every case at least half dislil ce much more fashionable than it was in Grandfather's time, Whatever it is, I still say the thinking of our nation’s prevote youth is the ‘““X” factor that may determine the outcome of the Pres- tion. What has incited the youth to the the kids are ‘the ones who'll decide the outcome of this election. Looking into some 50 j d campaign crowds for. both candidates across the country the last — what with television and all — is eight-year-old blonde next door. Which should prove the overpowering influence of our female popula- banners in such great numbers this year is apparently* the young age of both candidates. It can be said anyone who voted solely because of religion was a bigot. ‘Anyone who ealls anyone else a bigot is a ‘bigot himself,’ the. lady said angrily. She ed j action of influence. The closest link in this chain was the cute ing-age kids stand?” I’ve done enough candidate touring to frighten me into thinking Tf you ‘doubt that youngsters influence decisions around the house, consider what happens when Father gets Junior’s advice on what make car the family should buy. seription as well because she claims I a5 8 The cause for high prices or inflation. stages commenced a towering ‘socialistic: state. The He cited that many a company is putting a 5 to 10 per cent of its payroll money into retirement funds but meglecting the all-important aspect of counseling which might cost them less than onetwentieth of one per cent. The retiremtent budget suggestion came from Charles E. Odell, director of the retired workers department of the United Auto ed with “adjusting dollars” — which means that if the cost of living goes up, your bonds will be paid off in dollars that will compensate for the declining buying power of your fixed’ income dollars. These were answers I got at the 10th annual meeting..of The National Committee on the - Aging when I asked how people should prepare for retirement. Answer No. 1 came from G. Warfield Hobbs, the committee's chairman and vice it on leave from New York’s First Na+ tional City’ Bank. Said Hobbs: “It is important that those fac- ing retirement be made aware that while they might have dreamed of golfing every day, they just won’t be able to as the years creep up and that fishing as a. daily routine can become a bore.” Congresses and administrations. The writer while working on construction of Geneva Steel Plant during those hectic days of the “cost-plus” quite well remembers the mess we were ali in which had heen by those \Democratic Congresses up to that time: And as the reader, so do Lest we forget, it would seem appropriate now for citizens to consider these past evils, with these words which should be rendered “For these sponsors do *Q—Who was the original “Bonnie Prince Charlie’’? A—Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of King James II of England. * * € ; Q—Do both the male and fe male ‘peacock have a train? _ A—Only the male; the female is plain in comparison and has no train. argue with their own understanding and their minds are a wilder- ness unto the wise.” ¢ Ed U.Schofield , Workers, AFL-CIO. He. pointed to H papers, led pell wethers) world has ever seen. / “And for what? More work for lower issues, the other talked about his family That is why a great gime in thrice the time. are gradually being de- to more and more invade our /lives, our liberties and spiritual and worldly possessions — so much so today we are in many respects no longer a republic with substantial constitutional safeguards, but Campaign Windup Evokes Punditry Whatever the outcome we ean say it majority of the mews- gov- appalling ruthless cancer of s0cialism. Government during this debacle for dential candidate tried to talk about the business and private enterprise and profits. through stroyed by the ever-encroaching, simpler days when a “con game” consisted of selling a gold brick or the Brooklyn Bridge. The result? A~- magnificent record of production that dwarfs anything the the congratulated , for writing “this splendid documentary review of along behind a truck in an old Alas about what took place during this deb- “ acle; highlighted with the loss of jalopy, one'of the members would wait until the truck signaled for * change of lane and then jam the heap into the bigger vehicle. There were about 75 claims against in- companies. brought Mr. McClellan should be highly A gang has been unmasked in Cincinnati’ |which had a unique scheme for making money. Riding surance which great betrayal of over 20 years. Two Tens For A Five? was a good, dirty campaign. One presi- that it is the party of land If wise, as soon as possible you buy the stocks and bonds and do not need to cliarge the fantastic Editor Herald: Oct. 31, this writer read £ forum article “Great Betrayal,” by J. S. i because that party has always proudly boasted own The Exasperating Women-Masters of Airy Remark 8 . on their ernment aid—more than has been accomplished by the Castro. re- stocks and bonds. Say you build a large factory, Has Taken Away Some of. Freedoms Z s small farmers*have been located l i é Republican Areaya, a member of the Republican’ Democratic Union, said Claims Government 5 i contest. A few will vote because they have. considered the issues, but the great majority will vote for what they consider self interest. *What is called the financial community of the American hemisphere. . Both parties have done a thorough and energetic job. this year in beating the bushes to get new :(ifLtist fi E ita religious rather than a political Venezuelan ‘oreign minister Ignacio Luis Arcaya refused to sign a U.S.-sponsored resolution condemning Communist infiltration launched and social’ including a vast) program of agricultural - reform. In the last eight months: 3,000 ; Less Money Per Unit and Increased Profits Odell poi union-sponsored day centers that provide educational and recreational facilities. 3 Many people will vote because they like u September's Editor Herald: Writers seem so brainwashed they actually overlobk the real choice they make for president is ‘the biggest and most importantprivilege which goes with their The Day We Can Speak Our Minds Ike, or because. they don’t like Dick or Jack, and some because they consider to last Henry Ford Found Key to Success: He Made transcends |all state boundaries. Beyond this problem, it seems Ed Koterba chance to determine their own destiny. back Meeting of |the Organization of American States in Costa Rica. _ to find it made easy for him to vote onthe one office which The Chopping Block By FRANK C. ROBERTSON Election day: is now only two days way and the American people have a Betancourt’s present date is hard to see the sense in this, for ‘an American citizen surely. ought through and vote on November 8. Hardly less important than plans for a system. of communicaticns satellites is the fact that private capital is moving into this field. Henry T. Killingsworth, a vice shaky one. * Last week Republican Democratic Union said it wanted out. - “It's A Boy!” Americans who did, in. fact, take the.trouble to register will follow Long, Long Distance Kennedy. been good reasons. In April of this year, a small democracy in this country. It is too late to close this gap in 1960. Now what we must hope is that a big percentage of those med the memory of many employers who are turning away legless for have other places have demands nearly or armless veterans. Still, the VA has placed many of them and is constantly working for a normal out. freely. made that his regime could not lions of eligibles still unregistered indicate the measure_by which we vote , presidency of Venezuela for the second time now suffices in certain spots and The Veterans Administration says that 15 years seems to have dim- will Venezuelar tors turned” to looting and burn- + of the garri- Americans ‘to awareness that the No people can be blamed for wanting to forget a war, especially _ “The people are in no frame of mind seized control to be mostly a matter. of stirring t Reminder and The man-of-the-week: President Romulo Beta t of . The place: Caracas. of Caracas. When the demonstra- segment of the Army rebelled UPI Foreign Editor Many Shirking Their Duty It is heartening news. that voting registration is at record levels. in many states this fall. 2 Betancourt Er s Venezuela — —— es as The most frustrating women (to other women) are the ones who airly make such remarks as: “I have all my Christmas shopping done and the packages wrapper”’—six weeks before Christmas. “T never call a repairman. Jim can fix anything.” “J never have clothes altered. A size ten fits me perfectly.” “ . “T’ye been trying so hatd to gain a few pounds.” “My children have never caused me a moment's Ty. al that pensions be tied to the cost of living might sound unworkable to you, but it was pointed out that this already is being done in nine European countries. Discussing this, Mr. Hobbs, said that such a move would not be inflationary. Said te: “If pensions are tiqd to the consumer price in- dex, the inflationary im is less * than one-twentieth as great as any wage adjustment made in behalf of price increases.” A National Council on the Aging, growing out of the committee, will be launched next Janwary. : done before noon so “I get all of my, housewoi that I can have the afternoons for niyself.” “Jim loves to do yard work and gardening—so I Jeave that entirely up to him.” “Do you really like this dress? I made it out of some material I picked up on sale last. year for practically nothing.” “If I didn’t have a job I:don’t know what I would do with my time.’? “] can play another rubber of bridge if the rest of you can. Jim never minds eating out.” “I’ve never had a permanent. In fact, I haven't beauty salon in years.” “I refinished all of these old pieces made the draperies and the slip covers.” Ruth sam > Millett been inside | ‘of furniture myself. I even ‘I can truthfully say that Jim and I have never had a real quarrel in all the years that we have been married.” “Oh, we're completely settled. After all, we've been in our new house a week,”’ It’s women who talk like that who make therest ofus: wight frustrated. ~ |