anaheim-bulletin 1959-04-14

The Bulletin Editorial Page Tuesday, April 14, 1959 Anaheim (Cal.) Bulletin—B-5 Slingshot For David Cancer is a Goliath among the killer diseases. It is estimated that one out of every four Americans now living will have cancer. That includes about 3,750,-000 Americans. About 22,000 of those Californians will die of it this year. During 1957, the last year for which accurate statistics have been compiled, at least one Californian in every county but one died of cancer. Only Mono County escaped the sword of Goliath that year. Deaths in other counties ranged from one in Sierra to 8,423 in Los Angeles. Cancer is, indeed, a grim foe. It seems frighteningly impregnable. But as the popular song says, "it ain't necessarily so." One cancer patient in three now is being saved. Only a short time ago that ratio was one in four. This year 13,200 Californians will be given a reprieve from Goliath, because of advanced medical knowledge and availability of treatment. Approximately 75,000 cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented this year if only the victims would give doctors an early chance to detect the disease. No, Goliath is not unstoppable. David and his sling-shot stopped the Biblical behemoth. The Davids of the laboratories and the medical offices are steadily coming ever closer to the answer to cancer. We private citizens can provide them with the scientific slingshots they need. April is Cancer Control Month. Our contributions to because of advanced medical knowledge and availability of treatment. Approximately 75,000 cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented this year if only the victims would give doctors an early chance to detect the disease. No, Goliath is not unstoppable. David and his sling-shot stopped the Biblical behemoth. The Davids of the laboratories and the medical offices are steadily coming ever closer to the answer to cancer. We private citizens can provide them with the scientific slingshots they need. April is Cancer Control Month. Our contributions to the American Cancer Society, whose volunteers are now making the rounds, will help buy those slingshots. Our individual donations may seem small in the face of such a gigantic problem, but it's like the song says: "Little David was small, but oh, my!" FROM The Mail Box Ask any citizen how his State Senator or Assemblyman voted on a legislative measure in which the majority is interested and you will find he does not know. But the minorities know. Minority-representing Artie Samish, in an interview with Mr. Lester Velle of Collier's Weekly, declared with good reason: "You'd be amazed at the detail I have on the people in office. Legislators? We have the damnedest file on them in the world. We really make a business of this thing." Commented Mr. Velle: "If they (Legislators) fail to go along, they face a fight for their political lives." (See Collier's for August 20, 1949, page 18.) With the public ignorant of their voting records, Legislators who "go along" are re-elected. During the moral and political awakening of fifty years ago, voting records of Legislators on key measures were made available for the public. As a result, Legislators who had been re-elected session after session were ousted. Declared the late Chester Rowell in the Fresno Republican (September 18, 1910), "Every editor and every candidate for the Legislature read the exposure. Legislators whose records could not stand the test of publicity had to face those records when they went home... The whole Los Angeles gang attributed their defeats to the exposure." Such was the estimate of the free press throughout the State. The Los Angeles Tribune (issue of December 1, 1911) declared the exposure "almost demoralized the Machine that ran the State. The light it shot into their dark places sent them scurrying like rodents for cover." Pending before the current Legislature are measures to which the great majority of Californians are defeated in every county of the state by a state majority of 1,006,949; (2) A measure to give dograce gambling legal status, which was defeated by a majority of 1,337,138, although its promoters spent $284,517.79 in urging its passage. It is known that the votes of our Legislators on such measures are being systematically collected. If published, as fifty years ago, career Legislators, who "went along" with Artie Samish, and who are now "going along" with well-financed, free-spending, generously entertaining minorities, may find their Legislative occupations gone. Sincerely, Franklin Hichborn Dear Str: Governor Brown says he needs $256 million in increased taxes to balance a "tight" state budget and that his recommendations will be "equitable" to all. Yet, it seems to me that the same people, the common people like myself, will still be paying the bill. The $23 million severance tax on petroleum products means higher gas at the pump; the new $58.6 million bank and corporation franchise tax changes mean more on the service charge of my checking account and greater interest on my next car loan; and I know I'm going to be paying every day for the $68 million take on cigarettes and tobacco, as well as $10 million additional on beer. Who's kidding who? The Governor knows business has to pass on these taxes to us consumers. As for me, I'd much rather take less from big government and cut the cost to the taxpayer. Disgruntled, TUESDAY, APRIL 14 day you have initiated dance of new ideas and mation to carry tha a successful conclue there is a dogged pe your nature, tempor only act as a further you to work all tha have the makings of cutive, provided you self a little more. You to be-much too retirte You have an idea is worth defending, you have little right upon others. If the pr it will eventually be deed—and you are quail wait! This is fine, way to look at thin are times when you can be a little more push. Although the stars you a great deal of f inner force, you some take full advantage tles when offered. Put and that inner force you. Among those born are: Sir John Gielgwyn nold Joseph Toynbeen James Branch Cabell Munsell, antiquarii Bushnell, theologian. To find what store for you tompe your birthday star or corresponding paragr birthday star be you. Wednesday, A ARIES (Mar. 21-April time for going ally you want. Let infu say a good word f TAURUS (Apr. 21-M adventures some today thing new and expe pup up your spirit GEMINI (May 22-Junl splendid day for all so go out after w pecially want and CANCER (June 22-Jul The whole Los Angeles gang attributed their defeats to the exposure." Such was the estimate of the free press throughout the State. The Los Angeles Tribune (issue of December 1, 1911) declared the exposure "almost demoralized the Machine that ran the State. The light it shot into their dark places sent them scurrying like rodents for cover." Pending before the current Legislature are measures to which the great majority of Californians are definitely opposed. To mention two: (I) The F.E.P.C. innovation, franchise tax changes mean more on the service charge of my checking account and greater interest on my next car loan; and I know I'm going to be paying every day for the $68 million take on cigarettes and tobacco, as well as $10 million additional on beer. Who's kidding who? The Governor knows business has to pass on these taxes to us consumers. As for me, I'd much rather take less from big government and cut the cost to the taxpayer. Disgruntled, (signed) C. M. Full name upon written request. Strange As It Seems By Elsie Hix THE BULLY-HORN THORN, so-called tree of Central America, SECRETES A SWEET FLUID THAT ATTRACTS STINGING ANTS, WHICH IN TURN ACT AS A BODYGUARD AGAINST LEAF-CUTTING ANTS! FLOUR IN ORDINARY SACKS OR BARRELS CAN BE SALVAGED IN GOOD CONDITION AFTER YEARS IN A SUNKEN VESSEL... WATER PENETRATES THE OUTER SURFACE AND FORMS A SHELL OF PASTRY WATERPROOFING! IN PROPORTION TO ITS WEIGHT A GOAT GIVES MORE MILK THAN A COW! Aspirant To U.N. Membership RED CHINESE IMPERIALISM THE Family Scrapbook Assi WASHINGTON was a lake Rather, it was in 1888 it was as one. No, by lake because Court said But on were a lake ment. would as a lake be domain. The easier just to call it go at that. But the problem Strecker of holds title land. Or at thought. It's so go lawyer Roe City, Kan., the case sit school. That It's become headache in the laps Committee Affairs. What he to do is say enment di the land you, this is enment sa first place. Once this Bill 3454 wheels gold ship, which has. Your Birthday by Stella TUESDAY, APRIL 14—Born today you have initiative, an abundance of new ideas and the determination to carry them through to a successful conclusion. Since there is a dogged perseverance in your nature, temporary setbacks only act as a further incentive for you to work all the harder. You have the makings of a good executive, provided you assert yourself a little more. You are inclined to be much too retiring. You have an idea that an ideal is worth defending, personally, but you have little right to enforce it upon others. If the project is sound, it will eventually become accepted—and you are quite willing to wait! This is fine, philosophical way to look at things, but there are times when you could afford to be a little more pushing. Although the stars have given you a great deal of talent and an inner force, you sometimes do not fake full advantage of opportunities when offered. Put your talents and that inner force to work for you. Among those born on this date are: Sir John Gielgud, actor; Arnold Joseph Toynbee, historian; James Branch Cabell, author; Joel Munsell, antiquarian; Horace Bushnell, theologian. To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. Wednesday, April 15 ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) — A fine time for going after that job you want. Let influential friends say a good word for you. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) — Be adventuresome today. Do something new and exciting. It can pep up your spirits. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) — A splendid day for all your efforts, so go out after what you especially want and get it. CANCER (June 22-July 23) — A matters involving business and family interests. Delay decisions. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Legal matters can prove perplexing, but common sense and a calm attitude will win out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) — If you made the right decision yesterday, then all should be clear sailing today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) — You may take a business risk today and run a good chance of coming out on the winning side. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) — A pleasure trip could turn into a business asset as well. Important persons further your aims. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) — Introduce a new idea and anticipate that you will get a good response from the public. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) THE Family Scrapbook Gifts from Scrap In the delightful little publication, Pack-o-Fun, there are frequent suggestions for gift-making that even young children can carry out. Here are a few, appearing in a recent number. Brick Book-Ends. For each book-end, wrap a brick with newspaper, taping all ends down smoothly. Cover with brown paper so that the raw ends will be at the bottom of the brick. Glue a leatherette or cardboard handle to the top of this "suitcase" and decorate with homemade hotel labels. Bill Holder. Paint two pieces of 3½-inch by 4-inch pieces of plywood or masonite a solid color. When dry, glue each to the side of a clip clothespin. Decorate with stamps, stickers or decals. Bookmark. Use cleaned film or strips of clear acetate (2 inches by 10 inches) cut from a display box. Punch corresponding holes for lacing around all the edges. Place leaves, small cutouts, glued-on glitter or small calendar pages between the two strips and lace them together with yarn. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Sacramento Report by John A. Murdy Jr. A ticklish task which will probably always confront your legislators is the job of balancing the equities between various elements in our economy who clash over a particular bill. Whatever the outcome may be, some of us are certain to have difficulty in explaining our votes to some people. Situations of this type have become increasingly common in recent sessions because particular economic interests are calling on us more frequently to pass laws favoring them in some way. At times this can be done without affecting any other group, but at others we have to be exceedingly careful to make sure that nothing adverse to anyone results. other just as vociferously argues that it should be killed for the same reason. It is occasions like those which try legislators' minds and fortitude. As an example of what is meant, there are two bills before an Assembly committee which would regulate the price to be paid the farmer for milk used in the manufacture of such products as cottage cheese and buttermilk. The arguments being advanced by supporters and opponents of the bills put the lawmakers who must hear them in committee almost squarely in the middle, but nevertheless, a decision one way or the other must be reached. Proponents of the bills maintain their passage is needed in the Committee Affairs. What he to do is sapphire gold ship, which has. WASHINGTON question not a sold walski (D Namely w a houseb maid to Kowalsk y thousand the Army Marines n national He said be stopper So here committe Maj. Gen the Defe rright off was sure right. It's in th An enlisted a servant. The Arm Marines ru les of their seemed to The comm in Except f (D-Pa.), w that easy black wax crucial tin all the ti beetle's a now what Maj. Ge ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) — A fine time for going after that job you want. Let influential friends say a good word for you. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) — Be adventuresome today. Do something new and exciting. It can pep up your spirits. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) — A splendid day for all your efforts, so go out after what you especially want and get it. CANCER (June 22-July 23) — A business trip could implement a change for the better, especially in your job. LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) — This is not the time for you to be extravagant. Be thrifty and you will be glad later on. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23) — If your business is that of selling some product, write a good sales letter and step up customer response. LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) — Discuss the pros and cons of all Generally, the several economic groups which might be affected by legislation relating to prices, business practices, sanitation, or other factors of importance to them have legislative advocates who let us know the facts about any particular bill as they would affect their clients. Sometimes, however, a particular interest has no such representation. Yet its problems cannot be completely ignored. That is why we, as individual lawmakers, must carefully evaluate every measure which comes before us for action. It is one of our primary functions to assure that all viewpoints on the various measures are given adequate consideration in the enactment of new laws. Sometimes our task is complicated by the necessity of sifting the conflicting contentions about the purpose, or lack of purpose, of a particular measure. But to help us do this fairly we have the orderly process based upon our state Constitution, under which each measure is heard in committee in each house, before final action by the full house, and under which it takes favorable action by both houses before a measure can become law. Frequently, in an argument over proposed business legislation, we find that opposing sides are both advancing the same reason for their respective attitudes on a proposed law. Not uncommonly, we hear one side claim that a particular bill should be passed "to protect the consumer," while the particular bill. Whatever the outcome may be, some of us are certain to have difficulty in explaining our votes to some people. Situations of this type have become increasingly common in recent sessions because particular economic interests are calling on us more frequently to pass laws favoring them in some way. At times this can be done without affecting any other group, but at others we have to be exceedingly careful to make sure that nothing adverse to anyone results. As an example of what is meant, there are two bills before an Assembly committee which would regulate the price to be paid the farmer for milk used in the manufacture of such products as cottage cheese and buttermilk. The arguments being advanced by supporters and opponents of the bills put the lawmakers who must hear them in committee almost squarely in the middle, but nevertheless, a decision one way or the other must be reached. Proponents of the bills maintain their passage is needed in the interest of public health. Those in opposition claim that on the contrary the measures have no connection with keeping high standards of public health, and that in reality, they would increase the cost of the milk products to consumers by several million dollars annually. The issues involved in these measures seem fairly complicated. It is up to those of us who hear them in committee to determine the basis in fact of the conflicting contentions. We must find out if there is a public health angle really involved, or whether a price increase to the consumer would be the only result of passing the bills. One side or the other is sure to be displeased by the outcome. But that is why legislatures exist, to make laws in the greatest general interest. Farmer McCabe I notice where ole "Give 'em Heck" Harry Truman is feeling lot's better these days. Just before he vacated the taxpayer's rental in D.C., it took him till nearly noon to get his foot in his mouth, but here of late he gets his foot in his mouth just about every time he gets it open. That's what he did over at U.C.L.A. the other day when he said the Loyalty Oath oughta be repealed and Witch Hunting (Red Hunting) oughta be stopped . . . Well, Nero wasn't the only man in history who fiddled around while the people burned. (all rights reserved) Assignment: Washington by Ed Koterba WASHINGTON — Once there was a lake in eastern Colorado. Rather, it wasn't a lake, but back in 1885 it was mistakenly surveyed as one. No, by golly, it's got to be a lake because the Colorado Supreme Court said so. But on the other hand, if it were a lake, the Interior Department would have disposed of it as a lake back in the era of public domain. The easiest way out would be just to call it a mirage, and let it go at that. But the issue is a life's major problem for farmer Ignatius Strecker of Spearville, Kan. He holds title to the lake — er, ah, land. Or at least, that's what he thought. It's so great a problem that lawyer Ronnie Mitchell, of Dodge City, Kan., has been working on the case since he got out of law school. That was back in 1948. It's become such an unsolvable headache that Mitchell tossed it in the laps of our lawmakers, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. What he wants the Congressmen to do is say that the Federal government disclaims all interest in the land — er, ah, lake. Mind you, this is property that the government says it doesn't own in the first place. Once this is done, under House Bill 3454, Strecker can set the wheels going to claim full ownership, which he already thinks he has. Here's what happened: In the late 1940's, farmer Strecker was all set to sell his 480-acre farmland in Kiowa County, Colorado, to a Mr. P. H. Goertzen. But Goertzen's attorneys said they couldn't get a clear title because, according to records, Uncle Sam owned Albert Lake. Albert Lake is actually a 247-acre dip in the Colorado bottomlands, 140 acres of which meander into Strecker's property. It seems that back in 1888 a government surveyor outlined the lake by mistake, on the word of old-timers who said the dip fills up when it rains hard. So Strecker's attorneys took it to a District Court. The court held that Albert Lake isn't, or never really was. But, still, they said, farmer Strecker would have to get a patent for the section from the government. The Interior Department sent a letter saying how could they give him a patent if they don't own it. Which should have meant clear billing for the farmer, but when the letter was laid before the Colorado Supreme Court, the judges ruled that Interior's word was no good because it was an administrative agency. There was this last resort — the Congress of the U.S.A. Most likely, they'll pass the bill. But now Strecker has grown so attached to that property, his man said, that he's decided to keep it in the family. He plans to turn it over to one of his 10 children. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) The Lighter Side by Frank Eleazer WASHINGTON (UPI) — The question was when is a soldier not a soldier, and Rep. Frank Kowalski (D-Conn.) had an answer. Namely when he gets assigned as a houseboy, cook, or upstairs maid to a general. Kowalski told the house recently thousands of enlisted men in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are doing their bit for the national defense in these ways. He said such practices ought to be stopped. So here was the appropriations committee looking into the charge. Maj. Gen Robert S. Moore, for the Defense Department, said right off the top of his head he was sure Kowalski couldn't be right. It's in the law, the general said. An enlisted man can't be used as a servant. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines rushed forward with copies of their own regulations which seemed to read the same way. The committee plainly was ready to bring in a "not guilty" finding. Except for Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa.), who doesn't give up quite that easy. Flood, whose gleaming black waxed moistache at such crucial times (and in fact most all the time) stands out like a beetle's antenna, said fine, and now, what were the facts? Maj. Gen. H. R. Maddux, Air Force manpower director, indicated respectfully he thought he had just presented the facts. Flood said what Maddux had done was read regulations. "We have an order. In English. One page. Voila! Is that the end of it?" At writing fiction with a switch at the end, Flood observed, O. Henry was an amateur when compared to the paper shufflers at the Pentagon. Wants The Facts So please, he said, give him some facts. If there weren't any servants in uniform, then who were those fellows cooking the generals' meals, driving their cars, and tending their flower beds? Those, it developed, were aides. Stewards. Chauffeurs. Not a servant amongst 'em. They were covered not by the rules but by the exceptions, which you find of course at the end. Of these helpers, under some circumstances, generals can have up to five. Rep. George H. Mahon (D-Tex.) said let's have some over-all figures. The Pentagon people got some together, for Washington only. As follows: Aides (enlisted)—987. Chauffeurs (personal)—559. Stewards (in officers' quarters)—746. Flood said maybe Kowalski had something there. 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