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Show 'e 9 The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, June 8. 1973 A 1 9 Mike Royko Everyone Needs Someone to Blame overcooked hamburger, or because she forgot to buy some chocolate chip cookies, when a canceled golf match is what its alt about. Chicago Daily News Service The worst thing about a weekend is not the bad weather itself. rain-soake- d Nor is it the ruined plans for golf, tennis, weekend trips, cookouts, picnics and Politicians Handy That is why we need politicians and officeholders. In the long run, there is nothing that can't be blamed on a politician. Blame is what political campaigns are made of, A candidate gathers up all of the things people gripe about and blames the man he wants to defeat. And if he wins, later somebody will blame him for the same things. So what this country probably needs a national diis a new federal official rector of weather conditions. baseball games. the No, stomach-knottin- real, g frustration of a wet dull, long, weekend is that we have anybody to blame for it. .... .. v , MrRoyko You get up on a Sunday morning, look out the window at the wet street and angry clouds, and the day is shot. So you stomp around and swear. But at whom? Thats the irksome part of it. Whom do you blame for the damned rain? If shout New York Times Service When Britain and WASHINGTON France launched their attack on Suez in the autumn of 1956, the United States was critical. Eisenh- ower and Secreof State Dulles tary heaviest put the on the pressure British to call the invasion off. But the prime minister, Sir Anthony Eden, his governsaid ment would not take orders from its great ally. That cautionary tale from recent history has relevance in Washington today. Not that the facts of our present crisis, or the power relationships, are at all the same. But in a more general sense the smell of Suez is in the air In Richard Nixons government, as in Anthony Edens, an inner cabal of men ran important operations outside the normal processes of state. In secrecy they became increasingly arrogant and unrealistic. In open crisis they continued stubbornly to resist reality. And in the end it may be the real world, the world of economics, that forces a change. Then the pound began feeling the effects of American and world disapproval. The British considered seeking a standby credit from the International Monetary Fund, but found they could not get one. On the morning of the eighth day, the cabinet met in the House of Commons. of the exchequer, Harold Macmillan, who had been an enthusiast for Suez, told his colleagues that the pound would fall unless they stopped. That night the operation was called off. Eden soon resigned because of ill health and was succeeded by Macmillan. The chancellor T. R. Van Dellen Dr. the slipshod methods to Ralph Nader. If the road is crowded, you can curse the other drivers for being so poky. If its crowded because of a smashup, you can curse people who drive too fast. 1956 Suez Attack Has Relevance President about or promise yourself to buy a different model next time, or write a letter nthony Lewis sharply your car broke down, you could The dollar is now effectively undergoing its third devaluation in 18 months. With currencies floating, that does not have the devastating psychological impact of the old days. But the nervousness is there, and there is no sign of an end. gallstones. One medico says the gallbladder should come out; another thinks the hernia should be repaired at the same time. Our family physician told me to stay on a diet to avoid the bloating and not have any operation. He also wants me to chew my food well. Do you think I have cancer? Seven years ago, I had a complete hysterectomy because of tumors and abscesses. Please advise. Spoil Broth Too many cooks spoil the broth and too many medical opinions lead to confusion. The best advice is to stick with the doctor in whom you have confidence. The family physician probably knows Mrs. M. A. better than the others and is playing it cool by being conservative. It is true that bloating can be caused by gallbladder trouble or hiatus hernia. In fact, this is a frequent combination and g hard-earne- d Televised Hearings If a long holiday weekend were ruined, some congressmen would announce that they were going to appoint a special committee to hold televised hearings on why the weather director was getting He and his agency, which would have to be big and costly, would assume millions of Americans wet. direct responsibility for providing good weather on weekends. In fact, he would have to promise, with great confidence, that he would unveil bold new programs for waging an energetic war on precipitation. Impossible Promise I know that is an impossible Yes, promise. But so what? Most of the things federal agencies are responsible for doing are impossible, which is why they dont do them. And the things they can do, they probably shouldnt be doing anyway. But at least they provide us with somebody to blame when things arent done, or when they are. Tf we had a man In Washington responsible for getting us good weather TV associates are often haza political leader, who can easily be done in by his Achilles zeal. Overzealous ardous to There are gains for all our losses. It is legal to shoot a rough fish with a crossbow in floodwaters. The truth, it has been said, will make you free. Unless, of course, you are guilty. Oftdadj . And the director would have to go on interview shows. When the public outcry became loud enough, which it would because on any weekend it is raining somewhere, some senators would demand that the weather director resign. But some senator from an arid state would demand that he remain. And we would have a polarization between farmers who want rain and golfers who hate it, and that would be good, too, because one end of the pole should always blame the other for a problem. Would Resign side organized the best campaign would win, which is the way the system should work, so he would probably resign. Then the Senate would hold hearings into the qualifications and background of the new weather director, and when they found that he had once stepped on an ant which causes rain in some neighborhoods, he would be rejected by the Senate, which would make him so popular he would run for the Senate himself. Whichever letter-writin- g It cant hurt to try. Just think what that a national weather director owns secret stock in an umbrella company. fun it would be when it comes out QttfdArefa . QifelftreM curity program. Best Efforts Not Radicals But even Lairds best efforts are not The German bankers and French to make the fundamental problem going businessmen and the others who are in a hurry. go away unloading dollars are not radicals out to dramIndeed, Laird inadvertently get President Nixon; even Sen. Hugh Scott would have trouble finding such a atized the painful nature of the situation when he was asked whether be had conspiracy among them. They simply see the reality of Washington with the clarity checked on the Presidents role in Waterof distance: They see that Watergate has gate before taking the job. In the old days such a question would surely have been loftily dismissed. But Laird said, I have been assured of his nonHe involvement, and I accept that. added that the Senate, the press and the prosecutors ought to carry on their search for the truth. Hiatus Hernia Can Play Role In Gaseous, Bloated Feeling Mrs. M. A writes: I am a middle-age- d woman who is so bloated I look as though I am a month overdue or. a pregnancy. My doctor says he wouldnt have believed it if he hadnt seen it. showed an hiatus hernia and virtually paralyzed the American governBlame Somebody ment, and they understand how hard it For almost every minor inconvenience will be for Richard Nixon to get it going in life, somebody can be blamed. The again. major disasters require no scapegoats Wednesday saw what could be the be- because we are satisfied just to survive ginning of a genuine attempt by Nixon to them. adjust to the realities of his situation. But we need somebody to veil at for Bringing Melvin Laird into the White all the small gripes Why else would we House as counsellor was a potent symnol have marriages' The list of things that of change. can be blamed on a wife is endless. Or Laird opposed the Christmas bombing almost endless t ends with bad weathof North Vietnam and was thought to b er. in bad grace with Nixon thereafter. Mor Sure, some people might spend a important, he is a congressional man, a Sunday shouting at a wife. It cant rainy he emphasized in his first appearance before the press. It is most unlikely that do any harm, I guess But it cant really he would stand still for continuation of be satisfying to bellow a' her aoout an the lawless notion that the President can exercise power in the absence of legislawhethtive or constitutional authority er the action is bombing a foreign country or setting up an illicit domestic se- spend a rainy Sunday writing to congressmen and newsletters angry papers, saying things like: "I was one of the many members of Good Time Charlie Lodge 728 who were ruthlessly drenched at our annual picnic Sunday. Is this what I pay taxes for? The weather my director should be impeached immediately. Wake up, America, and come in out of the rain. we could removing the gallbladder often leads to a spontaneous improvement in the 'distress induced by a hiatus hernia. There is, however, a good possibility that surgery will not eliminate the bloating, especially if our reader is and is an air swallower. Everyone has some gas in the gastrointestinal tract, because it is difficult to eat or drink anything without swallowing a little high-strun- g air. In addition, gas forms during the digestive process due to the fermintation of different food elements. Full Feeling We can see no end now to these multiple inquiries. For months Senate committees and newspapers will be uncovering more gruesome details of domestic espionage, obstruction of justice and probably horrors as yet unimagined. Fails in Attempt And the investigation by the special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, will be proceeding quietly on its own. Cox failed in his attempt to have the Senate hearings suspended becuase of the harm they may do to the search for truth. But has had made clear to some doubters that he has iron in him. He is not going to stand still for an y obstruction from the White House, and in terms of concrete evidence his work could still be the most potent of all. The fact that all these investigations are going on at once, and with so much publicity, outrages the Times of London, which protested in an editorial. The Gassiness usually is associated with belching, that full feeling after a normal meal, and abdominal distention. A man may be forced to loosen the belt and a Times forgets that they are a balancing woman, her girdle. Indigestion may of the American system. In Britain coexist. Good hygiene and eating habits part minister who had done what a prime are important. Avoid dietary indiscreNixon has already admitted Richard tions, eating too rapidly, eating too doing in the name of national security much, and eating while under emotional would long since have been out of office, stress. To minimize air swallowing, it is not advisable to drink large quantities of liquids with meals. The use of laxatives and chewing gum also is prohibited. or Irritating foods should be restricted. 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In view of his partners jump over-cait seemed highly improbable to East that a second round of the suit would West opened East Pass 5 Pass Pass Opening lead: King of 4 Easts strategy in defending against. Souths five diamond 3 The jump overcall of three clubs by West Is preemptive and designates a good suit of at least length and a maximum of approximately 10 high card points. North and South were not to be denied, however, and they arrived at their five diamond contract without undue pres- sure. 6 The bidding: South West 0 0 was soundly conand impeccably executed. The latter was tuned in on the same wavelength however, and Easts efforts went for naught. ceived A 8 7 3 K Q contract North 0 Pass 4 d, not go thru, and he wanted to of the only opportunity he could count on to make a play for his partner. East accordingly shifted to a spade at trick two. South put in the ten of spades from his hand and West won the trick with the jack. There was no apparent reason to return the suit, so West shifted back to the queen of clubs which declarer ruffed. South had paid dose attention to the det, nsive strategy, and he promptly drew some If conclusions. enlightened East had the king of spades, for example, it did not appear likely that he would be so anxious to overtake his partner's king of clubs in avail himself order to play a spade. East's shift appeared to be based on a desire to promote his part-- ners holding in spades by leading thru the declarer, up to dummys weakness. Declarer decided to proceed on the assumption that the spade finesse would fail. He proceeded to run the entire trump suit, followed by three rounds of hearts ending up in the North hand. As the last heart was led, dummy was left with the ten of clubs and a spade. Den clarer retained the of spades. West held the jack of of clubs and the king-fiv- e to with one discard spades make. He gave up the five of spades in order to guard the club suit. 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