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Show Klein: Handling News Like Madison Avenue said they were so buv they had ro time to do much about other problems than stuff. the A lot of what we are doing is getting stuff out to the rest cf the country,' he says. T look at it as someone who wreue editorials for several years Klein says he has no measure of how effective his office is, but he also noted that despite crises, President Nixon is doing better in popularity than during much of his public career. Bv JAMES DOYLE - One of the WASHINGTON (NANAI best newt stones in the Nixon Administration is how it roiers the press. At the head of this flagship operation is Herb Klein. All around him these days day-toda- v there swirls controversy, but Klein doesnt seem to care. He heeds one of the most elaborate opera tiors ever in the history of the White House He covers the press and it is not only elaborate, it is efficient and effective. It is a first class Madison Avenue Besides his own $!2.500-a-vea-r salary, operation. Kleins operation includes a yearly payWhere most recent presidents were roll of J1 10.000. an 11 member staff and satisfied with a single press office in the unlimited clout to get things dene for West Wing of the White House, President newsmen in the various departments. one in the Nixon has two operations Kleins top assistant is former Boston usual dace and a second in that structuHerald reporter Paul Costello, who ral monster next to the White Pause in learned his politics covering the Massathe executive office building. chusetts State House. Costello and six It Is from this executive office build- ether staff members divide the various ing that Klein operates as America's government departments among them first director of communications. and ac, as liaisons, both to help To his critics, this means that he has net get through to the departseized and centralized the enormous ments and to make sure that news from news the departments gets to powers of the government. He has become a minister of infor- cutlets. mation in an ominous sense. But his critRegularly, Kleins office mails press ics are surprisingly few for a man at the conference transcripts, speech texts or center of the Nixon Administration. public declarations to 1000 radio and teleKlein, in an unusual sort of way, vision stations, 400 editorial page editors shares his power with Press Secretary and 500 Washington correspondents. Eon Ziegler. But he does not get involved He says they amply send the matery In file operation. ial There Is never any request for a famaHe runs the fastest mimeograph the vorable editorial. But chine in Washington a town where word out, Hein believes,by thegetting favorable press releases are a way of life. And editorials will be more frequent. he dispatches teams of from his office There is a national suspicion of any administration officials all over the counthe offices on editorial publicist, and although Hein government brief to try has been insisting for 10 months that he thoughts and the goals of the administratwas committed tojn "open administraion It Is a soft but very effective sell. tion, many here have been watching vigilantly for his first misstep. These teams do not pass by papers critiBut despite Innate suspicions, Klein cal of the administration. Of his present job he says, ''It evolved gets high marks here from most newsfrom the campaign. I talked to all the men for the way he has been operating. attribution criticism, For each not-fo- r Moyers. Hag-ertpast press secretaries Pierre, George Christian. They all there are a dozen rave notices. Colum- day-to-da- y w n g !' 5 v i-- fA r ' ' 't W: . v ' - fu.V" . ' 'j' - - cv v day-to-da- V ' Vv mmrumrr Herb Klein, the President's first "director of communications," has set up a remarkable news operation envied by almost everyone. y, U.S. Gives Oil Away To By JACK ANDERSON tul-ric- h illustrates why even friends of foreign aid wince before they support 2.2 billion for the bumbling Agency for International Develop- ment. And when AID combines with the n Agriculture Department, as in the Tunisian case, the results are often dismaying for both the common Treasury and the common sense. hack-ridde- AID agreed to give Tunisia $10 million to develop its industry. The 40 year-loan, at 24 per cent, is virtually interest-frecompared to what the U.S. house buyer e pays. Tunisia decided to use much of the She's Afraid Of Heart Skips By PETER J. STEINCROHN, M.D. Dear Dr. Steincrohn: I suffer from heart skips and irregularities. When I read your column about these symptoms, I noticed that you said many people with healthy hearts worry unnecessarily. My doctor has told me I have a healthy heart Yet I have these heart palpitations that upset me. My question is how can I not worry when by bending down too quickly or jumping up I get these horrible skips that make you think the end has come? I am afraid to do anything that requires jumping of any kind. No more tennis or other fun I used to have. I dont want to spoil my friends activities when my heart decides to go funny." Is my s something? Miss D. Comment: A number of years ago I wrote a book called "Heart Worry And Its Cure. It is now out of print. Yrou cant buy it; but perhaps you can find a copy in your public library. Its main thesis was that too many people with healthy hearts worry unnecessarily he'cause of symptoms like yours. They give up sports; some give up their business because they think they are going to die shortly. Mind you, I do not Marne them for When the heart begins doing its difficult to believe that it is a normal heart (like a youngster suddenly doing Nevertheless, if you hope to live a normal life, there will come the time when you will have to believe veur doctor implicitly. If h has looked you over and electrocardiocarefully, taken grams, and finds that the skips (premature contractions) don't mean anything that the heart is normal you will have to believe h ., or suffer the , cense. b'Mng concerned. Tunisia Herbert George Klein as a bv lire reporter for the Alhambra when be met Mr. Non m 1916 Both were Navy veterans and impressed with each other's style. It was then that Klein began working with Nixon writing news releases and advising on press matters. proval, the contract was signed with the higher bidder. As it turned out.the higher bidder had promised higher grade oil. But when the U.S. examined the oil, it found it was not the high grade promised, but exactly the same grade oil as offered by the low bidder. Startlingly, it turned out to be not only the same grade oil, but the same oil. The higher bidder, after winning the bid, talked the supplier of the low bidder into turning over his oil The Agriculture Department, when reminded by this column of this drop in quality, promised to the Agriculture Department chose to pay assess the Higher bidder a penalty. But penalty or not, the taxpayer still $2.65 a barrel, well over both the world will have to pump out hundreds of thouprice and the low bid. sands of dollars for overpriced oil going This initial goof cost the taxpayer to a country that cant even use all the $884,000. The Agriculture Department oil it's producing no?. explains that the extra money had to be oi1 haul is This in to U.S. the ships. paid White House Playboy absolutely contradicted by a requirement that the U.S. ships make a fair and reaThe latest sport at White House staff sonable offer compared with foreign meetings is to needle Henry Kissinger, vessels. the President's national security adviser, Despite the enormous differences in over his sudden reputation as a playboy. the bids, the Agriculture Department did The bookish Kissinger, looking like a not even ask for new bids, as it can do professor playing hooky, has been turnunder law. Instead, with AID nodding ap- - ing up at Washington's most swinging low-gra- high-grad- $75,000 For By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor "I have had a grand conversation with President Nixon this morning, Nancy Hanks, chairman of file NatV E n dowment for the Arts, told a press conference in the White and he suggested that I House, f f to mention you that in the terms of his program in the arts and hum anities, he this as an 4 Mis Hanks integral part of a major thrust of the Administration in the 1970s in terms of the total environment. He views this as important in what he calls the quality of life As I say again, this is, in our terms, people have been working in arts and humanities a long time, and the President of the United States has said that the arts and humanities are an integral part of the total environment and quality of life of this nation. I would like to say that the President also in his message you may read it beis very hopeful that by tween the lines his action ir. reviewing the Federal programs in this area, private sources of support that Lave been the mainstay for the development of the arts in this country will also renew their efforts in terms of the support of the arts and humanities. views t 16, 196? OUR MAN JONES Warm Your e Klein bad worked his way up to a relatively high position with the Copley Newspapers by 1952 when he took ms first leave of absence to devote full time to Nixon's vice presidential campaign. By 1956. he had become editor of the Imon. but he too two more leaves of absence, in I960 and 1962, to be with the candidate every day. Thus, by 196S, Klein was one of the mtr experienced press secretaries in the business of politics, although he had never worked in Washington fc.- - an incumbent public official. Klein now finds that his days run to 20 his weeks to seven working days, but he apppars only sligb'ly harried. He has always maintained an unflappable flavor about him. peering out from hooded eyes and seldom reacting to the jibes of questioners or the challenges of political foes. horn and He and his w ife, the former Marjorie Galbraith, make no secret of it among friends that Ihev w ill b happy w hen the day comes that they can go home to San Diego, and spend more time with their two married daughfers and grandchildren. The whole purpose of Kleins operation. of course, is to see that the cay is a long time coming. And judging from Richard Nixon's all time high popularity, according to a recent poll. Hem's years on the stump are paying handsome dividends. Heart With ; This Story r Ev HARRY JONES ... a Christmas story! By Dickens Litte Marge was the hit of the 'bow and tell'' period of the second ' grade. Her bandaged nose was really something to see But what she had to tell was even more startling Marge had not only seen Santa, but she had seen the Lord. Marge had fallen off a ramp after sit- ting on St. Nuk's lap listing her Christ- - ' mas wants. Site had banged her little button nose quite badly. She had been ' taken So a neat by emergency hospital M irge told the class: Two angels dressed in white wheeled me on a wagen into a bnght room. There were two men in white. One of them looked at my nose. He turned to the other man and said, Lord, look at this kid's nose And. the Lord looked. 4 . Leu Smith, Midvales police chief, found a dollar sitting right on top of the city garbage can in front of the office. Unless someone claims it, he plans on spending it for C h nstmas. The owner can have it back by just gtv-- i n g the number. , serial other day The Hack Miller opened his sports column with this ' line: You learn something every day if you keep your , si 1 , , learning lanes open! Further down the column he said . . . , ( , he loaned me his wife's spinning rod." Someone penned a note asking old Hacko to please learn. Claimed it should be . . . he lent me his wifes spinning .L-rod- Hasn't Solved Ills - . --- n '. i -- The Arts In Utah? MUSICAL WHIRL 1 December w Wilmington's loan for crude oil even though in 1968 it produced 23,503,000 barrels and only consumed 8,212,500. AID says it was told Tunisia bad plene oil. but needed ty of fuel oil. Oil industry sources say Tunisia could easly make do with its own oil. Nevertheless. AID let the Agriculture Department find the oil for Tunisia under a barter deal. Agriculture put out bid'. Out of four bids, the lowest was $1.97 a barreL The next was $2.o5 a barrel. Then came Agricultures first nitwit decision. Instead of taking the low bid, 23 Tuesday, parties, often with a tall, statuesque blonde on his arm. His name, which seldom used to appear outside the foreign affairs columns, now pops up regularly in file society gossip columns. Theres a bit of backstab in the needle ' Kissinger has been getting from his White House colleagues, most of them to claim who bei I a'ked three , people It is dismayWILMINGTON. DEL. unreconstructed squares who dont like English majors and got three answers. , ing to discover that the Du Pont Compatli company he has been keeping. One said you can use either. One said ny, one of tite great corporate influences They consider it bad taste enough that loaned" refers only to mo.iey. The last on contemporary file errant professor should kick up his one said lent" isn't in the new diction- - searchis still life, heels after White House hours with the at . . . only Lent, the period before ing for its role in ary swinging set. But they cant find it in Easter. the rehabilitation their hearts to excuse him for dating So go ahead, use either! of its own home such throwbacks to the Kennedy-Johnsotown. era as Barbara Howar and Gloria Stei-neA good Republican friend of mine ' The puzzlement both striking blondes who wear mod Nixon should President that suggests reof and this rich clothes and dig the beautiful people. silent major-- . to send the Christmas cards sourceful corporaMiss Steinem, in particular, wrote ity . . . if he can get their addresses. . It confronts as tion some harshly critical articles about the . the one of decay Nixons during the 1968 campaign. She Note to downtown shoppers who no- small city does not has confessed that she overcame an the blue and white flag flying from ticcd Bartlett bode well for innate prejudice against Kissinger, as urban solutions elsewhere. If the brains the Deseret Building (the building on Nixon's aide, after finding that he Main at First South where the First Se- - and wealth accumulated here cannot understood Bobby Kennedy. Finn- yield a strategy to meet the problems of curity Bank is located: It was the finn-- r The divorced and eligible Kissinger Wilmington, a prolonged ordeal must ish Flag. Nope, the bank Isnt has also been caught socializing with lib- await less blessed cities of was in honor of the 52nd anni- - . ished." It greater size. eral columnists Frank Manciewicx and A new Republican mayor with Du Font versary of Finland's independence. who Tom Braden, beat the drums connections, Geotge S. Etcles, president cf First Henry Haskell, was elected against Judge Dement Haynsworth. To In 1968 with a promise that he would Security, is also honorary consul for Fin' the workers at the White "turn the Idaho and Wyoming. city around. After 11 months land in Utah, Mr. House, this comes dose to consorting of strenuous most One that impressed thing exertions, the phrase has with the enemy. Eccles is the fact that Finland is one of become something of a taunt because many still doubt that it is possible to the few countries to pay its debts. Fin- . . , land also produced Sibelius, the compos-- ; turn around a city in which the middle ' class population, white and black, is being er. and Paavo Nurmi, the athlete. And the Sauna bath! drained off by the suburbs. This is not Haskell's spirit. Lively and A pretty little housewife in baltimorei Innovative, he has accomplished many The cost of the performing arts has named Cynthia Rosenwald writes Vice gains, notably in communications with Democrats , Pres. gone from $60 million five years ago, to the inner Agnews speeches. city and the state government, $207 million today; the cost in the musethink it might be Don Rickies! whose Gov. Russell Peterson is a close ums perhaps from $400 million to $513 friend and ally. He is moving hard whermillion. This compares to the $60 milJo. a musical, is being staged down ever he sees an opening and he has lion five years ago for the total perBYU campus. Anyway, the first the on failed thus far to stir a broad wave of forming arts, to the fact that the orches- optimism only because his task is night out Elaine Herman was injured tras today cost us $85 million. when she fell while making a second t huge. floor exit in total darkness. She This is a fantastic change. It is not Similarly the Du Pont Company is Marmee. Janet Swenson, an only because of rapidly rising labor not defeatist about Wilmington. Its plans assistant director, was pushed onto the costs, which is the main thing that they for a new headquarters building are a are credited with. Basically, find more stage as an instant vnderstudv. Elaine pledge of its intent to resist the flight to was back the next mght, but Janet didnt Important, from our point of view, it is the suburbs. Its supply of funds and taldo too badly. She even sang the solo. because of the increased demand. There ent to a wide range of community initiaAnd they didn't even mention Janet in are many more people. There are at least three times as many people inter- tives are an expression of its officials the Dailv Universe review! ested in attending the performing arts determination to do w hat can be done for the city. and at least double in the museums in Wit's End There is no way to measure exactly the past five years. what Du the Pont Company and the Q: Why is the tradition of private Steve Hale says he comes from a broDu Pont family are doing for Wilmington. funding of file arts so important? ken home . . . The kids have broken evI think one, it is there. Two, the arts Only one member of the family, Henry in the house. v have been developed in this country by B. DuPon . has been prominent in the erything . individuals, not only in terms of creative rehabilitation efforts and he has cow nnmtiinmiiiinRnHmuisHninniminmmiimmmiiuiniiiiiiinin talent, but also the managerial talent, been sidelined by illness. and also by the private donors. I see no The low profile is inspired by the unreason for file Federal Government to derstandable reluctance of the company come to and say that it should assume and the family to become the focus of that role." Wilmington's struggle. The corporation Q: Are you suggesting that if the Feddominates the scene but it generates only eral Government did much more in about of the income of WilI ' terms of funding the arts, that would mington and its suburbs. The family necessarily dry up the private sources? wealth is diffused among 600 relatives I think we dont know the answer. I and a of foundations. The tendenwelter believe the Federal Government should cy of all is to shrink from being saddled never be in the position of drying up the with a disproportionate share of the resources. Certainly at this level it would He would include not only the Individuals, but also the foundations and corporations and, very importantly, the state and local governments." Question: Is the President requesting In the handout, two figures of $20 million? It is $20 million for the arts endowment, and $20 million for the humanities endowment; therefore it is $10 million for the Foundation for the Arts and Humanities. Q: What was the total in 1970? Approximately $20 million." Q: How would this money be broken up? The breakup would be very tentative. but we intend to increase or ask Congress to Increase the appropriations for fiv states to $75,000 each. That would be a total of $4 million. The rest would go into new program monies. Q: What are your tentative thoughts on new programs? "As you probably know there has been a tremendous change In the last five years in this country. Artistic organizations have, in effect, moved from private organizations to public institutions. They are no longer for the few people. They are working more with the youth and the disadvantaged areas and to forth. They are totally Incapable of supporting themselves solely, as they were in the past, with private funding. was-playin- BIG TALK one-thir- not. The Press: Thank you, Miss Hanks. by Brickman the small society hand-springs- ). And what Is it? Living in unnatural fear for the rest of your life. Better be Crateful your doctor has told you your hearth healthy, reporter. CHARLES BARTLETT flip-flop- s, iquence. Smih Mp'nn'r. Rich Friend YOUR HEALTH doctor overlooking h MERRY-GO-ROUN- D While the American WASHINGTON motorist digs deep Into his pockets every time be stops at a gas pump, the foreign aid program is pumping 1,200,000 barrels of oil into Tunisia. This is just one example of why President Nixons $2.2 billion foreign aid request is being chopped by Cong ress. The Tunsian oil con- tract Oil-Ric- David Ercder, Den Oberdcrfer, and F. chard Wi!ron havp all nodded approval, as did the Wall S reel Journal and Lo Angeles Times m articles by the.r White House p.Ms NEWS DESERET Mr tm OF . haisshist n-?- & d sponsibility. We wfint, says David Dawson, a rice president, to do everything we can to solve these problems but we must make sure it remains a community effort and not a Du Pont Company effort." The pressures are making this low profile more difficult to maintain. Employes within the company, concerned young scientists, urge the company to get more invohed. Mounting criticisms in the local population cause top officials to discuss whether it is feasible in these times for the company to hide its social involvements. Only the people who get involved in most protects learn that Dupont resources are also involved. But fti? real probpm Is that the Du Pont management sees no certain solutions for the problems of Wilmington. As businessmen and scientists, they hat e no particular talent or taste for the pur-suit ofocial change. r,J Vwiiffi "What do ycu mean, you bought me a plane ticket for Hawaii for Christmas one way!" 1 -- ... From air Mtas UVni nr tt Rirthtfsy leaS.ro Onortl Firm popular !ieiiiuiiiiniii!nuiiHin!Uiiramnimtimimunn!nit!3! 'x |