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Show " if'"' 'y' fl jp inc saH Lake Ininiin-- Federal Diar , , jaeptemUi k, t: , .; Dr. T. R. Van Dellen Th Career Bureaucracy Aging, Man? Needs Some Revision Join th Club By Mike Cause The Washington Post Now that the PresiWASHINGTON dent has settled back from successful trips to Peking and Moscow , he ought to the curtain of take a whack at suspicion and ignorance that has grown up between the eastern White House and Washingtons Federal Triangle, on which wedge of land the career bureaucrat) dwells. Convinced that the government lie inherited was a hotbed of Democrat wolves clothed as newborn GOP lambs, leather merchants and fatheads who sat their briefcases, on ion advisers key began m 19b9 to set up Tittle governments" within the White House, to make sure things got done the proper wav . Grabbed More Power While talking decentralization, the White House in fact grabbed more power, revamping the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) into a giant overseer and decision-make- r which took away even petty prerogatives from key fedeml agencies. After the bitter pill of the Walter llickel letter which apparentl) was drafted by a young summer intern rather d than a Interior Department bureaucrat the White House decided wild-eye- to place key political operatives m each department, to keep an eye on cabinet ofticers who might be feeling their oats The result, as we have seen and read Is it circulatory that the arteries harden or does the glandular system give out? Does aging certain begin in tissues of the body or is it a matter of Why do we grow old from the Watergate hearings, was an incredible number of super-smacorporation types who did stupid, sometimes in rt because they illegal, things, "thought they knew who had ordered them. No bureaucrat w ould have moved on such an assumption very g Is it wearing out the food we do or do not eat? Actually. no one knows, fact the despite that certain things and habits prolong hasten life or death Assignment Clarified Watergate team player, with a flair for the dramatic, left the ollice of a key White House aide convinced he had been ordered to liquidate, liteially, an of the administration He was "enemy chased down and given a translation from Madison Avenue-esto English which clarified his assignment, much to the later relief of the White House and the "enemy in question Instead of using gifted amateurs and refugees from pr.vate uidustiy as its W atergate operatic es, the administration would have been wise to assign the chore to some agency of government. Then it wouldn't have happened One e Mike Ro) ko Avoid Rape It wouldnt have happened not because the bureaucracy is all that inefficient, but because various people who have protected their General Schedule rears for years would have demanded written authorization before they jimmied anybodys locks or attempted to put Love Potion Number Nine pills into the milk cocktail ot some starry-eyeMcGovern delegate Chicago Daily News CHICAGO Mayor Billiard J Daley was giving his views on corruption the oilier day, and nobody at the press con- - - d ference argued Anybody who has spent a long Career chumming with our politicians has the credentials to lectin e on that subject at Smg Smg Routine Dirty Politics he bureaucracy, for better or w 01 se. vvouldn t have played the game which whether you think it a high crime or rouhas brought this adtine dirty politics ministration to the brink with Congress and the public Farmers Sad, All this is by way of leading into an important white paper" recently put out Naby the bipartisan, business-financetional Civil Service League. The league, with a board of direc'ors composed of Sheep Sip 'Liquid Gold d past stars of Democratic and Republican regimes, wants the President buto rely more on the on men who and less aie reaucracy n ill Bernard American Bar Assn Farmer Watsons sheep, grazing in their pasture one morning, spied a thick, molasses-lik- e liquid oozing out of the ground. Finding it appetizing, they all took a long drink. Unhappily, the liquid was nothing but crude oil, seeping up from a broken pipeline that ran underneath the faim. In short order the sheep sickened and died. Watson lost no time m seeking damages from the pipeline company. In court, he pointed out that the company had known of the leak for more than a week without bothenng to warn hirn of the danger. Result the court ordered the company to pay for the dead sheep. The judge said easonable it had failed to exercise the care that tlie law demands in such circumstances. totally suspicious ol it NCSLs executive director. Jean believes the President would have known about Watergate sooner it he had relied upon career federal employes for information rather than on dedicated political servants who apparently didnt want to tell the President unpleasant things Cour-tune- r, Not Faring Well But the sad fact is thai the presidency and the career bureaucracy have not been faring well in theu- - relationships with each other these past few years. Courtunersays. 5 This case illustrates the type of claim that can arise from the network of crosscountry pipelines now spreading swiftly under our land. Gas pipelines, too, have their hazards. In another case, a gas pipeline was laid on the surface of some suburban property, ty, dose behind a small house. A resident of the House unwittingly backed his car over the line, cracked it open, and sufiered a toxic dose of escaping gas When the man asked for damages, the company said it had a contractual right to lay pipeline anywhere on me But a court said this did not premises. mean it uuld do so without fair regard lor the safety of people living there. Of course, the resident who is aware ot a pipeline has to take reasonable pre- cautions too. Another farmer was injured when his plow struck a buried pipeline, throwing him to the ground. But it seems he had known where the pipeline was, and had been hoping that the plow would just slide right by it. A court decided he could not collect damages from the pipeline company. to He contributed. said the court, his own hurt. Couturier believes the Nixon administration has hurt itself by politicizing the civil service Certainly every President needs a political support staff. Buttle also needs a career civil service in the agencies to advise him, to protect lnm, and to see that no one around him uses the Justice Dept., the CIA, tlm FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, or any other public agency for partisan purposes. The career civil service offers dedication, skill, loyeven the alty, experience and yes ability to independently blow the w histle on political hanky-pankEvery Presisaid dent needs this kind of support, Couturier The mayor was say mg that v hen corruption occui s. the ordinary citizen is as much to blame fingered public officials Some people probably wish the mayor would make up his mind about the citizens of Chicago In the past, lie has always brayed that Chicagoans are the most wunnerful peo, ple there are But it he says they share the blame s for the corruption in this tow n. then It that they are the most corrupt people there are, because tins is abou,t the most city theie is Bonehcad Plays South 97432 A 10 9 7 0 Void KQJ4 EAST WEST K Q 5 J8853 0 Q SOUTH A86 A 10 The bidding- 9 9852 - Opening lead: n years ago. 92 0 AK 10 J87 63 7 A J t?KQ4 0 1065432 is Waldemar von Zedtwitz. Despite the fact that his eyesight is failing, he recently won the Reising-e- r Knockout Team Championship at age 77, by far the oldest person ever to win a major team event. Whats more, I hear his form these when he days is as good played this hand some 40 world NORTH V1 Perhaps the most remarkable player in the bridge Fve of A In those days, bidding had not yet become the refined art it is today. North elected to respond in hearts lather than spades since that was where his side strength lay-- he expected the final contract to be played in clubs East overcalled one spade when a takeout double might They have been piovmg it foi Dr Andre Barbeau, professor of neu rology, University of Montreal, believes senescence begins in the hypothalamus which harbors the basal ganglion deep in the base of the bram He came to this conclusion because middle aged persons with premature problems involving this part of the brain develop symptoms identical to those associated with aging. years. Even election Maybe we've been looking at crime from the wrong perspective Maybe the robbery victim shares the blame with the robber. If a grocer didnt make himself av ailable flaunting Ins cash regissome ter behind the counter that w ay lad wouldn't be tempted to walk m and shove a 45 in lus face weak-wille- Death is inevitable when the heart or brain stops functioning, even though the rest of the body is in perfect condition d Senator Soaper Couldn't all the other nations just tell France that theyre sure she has a swell and she doesn't have to explode Slowness, Hesitancy Slowness and hesitancy of most movements are common. In addition, fine tremors (shaking) of the hands, chin, and head take place. Repetitive stereotyped grimaces also occur. Aging of that part of the brain is associated with defects in speech, thinking, alertness, sexual activity, and atrophy of the endocrine glands. There also is impairment m mental acuity, confusion, anxiety, depression, irritability, and restlessness, especially when th.' symptoms interfere with the individual's efficiency there are changes in the Finally, waking-sleepattern. Dr. Rarbeau offers considerable biochemical and pathological evidence to substantiate his theory. And name me one bank robbery that one to prove it? would have occurred without a bank AAe Until banks stop plating temptation in hope all works out well for Liz and the way ol bank robbers, they should not Dick Burton He'd hate to see a nasty fight ov er custody of the diamonds complain about being robbed Sleep in the Retrigerator Lately there has been a lot of concern for the casual and callous way that rape ictims are treated by the courts and the police But would a Ionian be assaulted m her bed if she had the good sense to sleep, instead, in her retrigerator So you ordinary citizens, mend your Tilly reports she has ESP. AAhenever she hears a police siren behind her, she gets tins strange feehng that somebody is thinking of her. The AAaslungton Zoo discovers that it costs nearly $2,000 a year to feed a panda. Something to keep tn mind when considering the household budget. p jr hat got the mayor going was the current police scandal, with tavern keepers saying they paid off cops, and cops saying they paid off their superiors The mayor figures it is just as much the fault of the tavernkeepei as it is of AA ( the cop I suppose that could be true. A vice cop might be walking down the street one clay, when a tavernkeeper seizes him by the throat, puls a gun to his lead, and says Take this money or die" But I haven't heard any cops testify that that was the way it happened cant imagine a tavernkeeper to a cop, thrusting a wad of up running bills in Ins hand and saying "Here. I want you to have this I "Alin Take It as a Favor Take it as a favor to me. I much of it that it is a fire hazard. ha'e so But I cannot accept money." Then give it to your captain "Gosh, thanks. Ill do that Ive known one or two tavern owners, and when they look around for a club to have been a better choice After von Zedtwitz rebid his clubs, North leaped to five clubs. With every outside suit controlled, von Zedtwitz contracted for a slam. Wests spade lead was an and it singleton, seemed that declarer had no way to avoid losing two spade tricks. However, after obvious some thought von Zedtwitz realized that there was a chance, and he played for it. Declarer won the ace of spades, crossed to the ace of hearts and ruffed a heart in his hand. He was pleased to see Easts queen, for that hi? hopes for a partial strip and end play. He cashed the ace and king of clubs, drawing the opponents trumps, and ruffed improved hope no one Hunks 1 have been d.v agieemg with Ihe mayor Not al all In some ways. 1 mink he is light Aes, the people ol Chicago probably do have a remaikable loleiance lor I - Or Corrupt? By C. H. Goren vulnerable. c So what are we, the most wunnerful or the most corrupt Or maybe in the eyes of our leader, being the most wunnerful means being the most corrupt And Every recent President has surrounded himself with men he could trust only to discover later that m their zeal to protect him, or for fear ot angering him, some bonehcad plays were called in his name. Mr. Nixon may well be a victim of that sort of protection. Had it been in charge of the Watergate and related matters, the career bureaucracy, by its timid, plodding, nature, would have fallen on its face. That sort of prevention is worth a ton of later cures y Runnerful social-athleti- Heredity Plays Role Heredity plays a role in longevity, so do abuse and luck. Some people age faster than others and, by the same token some organs deteriorate faster than others And what a pity when an essential organ gtves out early in life ways Dont cany a purse and it wont be snatched Dont own a car and it wont be stolen. Dont own a building and the inspector wont shake you down Dont ask for a zoning change and you wont be hustled or bowljoin, it is usually not a club gialt ing, For $50 a month, you can join one of the fancy downtown dubs and got a daily steam bath So why would a tavern keeper vi ant to pay $150 a month just to touch the hot palm of a vice detective oiu e a month ly subjects That probably made a lot of ordinary citizens wonder If they share the guilt, how come they ride the subway and live in bungalows, while the mayors indicted city council floor leader rides around in a limousine and a convicted US Distnct lourt judge and former Illinois governor live on Lake Shore Drive graft-happ- - Sleep in Refrigerators Now that the niayoi has enlightened us on the causes ot con upturn, he ought to hold a series ol lectuies and let the Daley logic bounce oil a lew other time Goren on Todays Bridge Hand Bath deals. Ph D . of the Unibelieves the thymus of Texas, versity found His m a role group plays aging thymic hormone (thymosin) levels in the blood of normal persons fall consider ably between the ages of 25 and 45 Since the thymus gland plays a role in immunity, the reduction in thymosin may explain the decline in immunity known to accompany aging. If this theory is correct, it may be possible to prolong life with thymosin Mien L. Goldstein. high-pai- Family Lawyer W just everything 1 By aI another heart, felling the king. The ace and king of diamonds were cashed and a diamnnd was ruffed in dummy. Now the fourth heart was led, and when East discarded a spade declarers preliminary work had borne fruit. Instead of ruffing, he discarded a spade, presenting West with a trick he did not really want to win. 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