anaheim-bulletin 1959-05-02

The Bulletin Editorial Page B-2—Anaheim (Col.) Bulletin Saturday, May 2. 1959 Depends On Whose Ox... In Dowagiac, Michigan, the other day Farmer Stanley Yankus stood by as his 100-acre farm, his home, his chickens, equipment and furnishings were sold at auction for $30,000. Yankus is the sturdy individualist who has paid more than $6,000 in fines and has regretfully decided to migrate to Australia, rather than let the federal government force him to grow less wheat than he needed to feed his chickens. In Stockton, Grocer Charles Hawkins, a San Joaquin County Supervisor, heard himself sentenced to 20 days in jail and his firm fined $1,400 because, in a long fight against what he feels are improper fair trade regulations, he defied a court order which told him he couldn't sell an article below its regulated price, even if it was good for business. So far as the news reports went, no professional defenders of our civil liberties were in the Michigan auction crowd, nor registered in any Stockton hotel. It may be, of course, that they have been so busy looking for cases in which the government has seemingly impinged upon the technical rights of people accused of being communists, racketeers and narcotics pushers, that they haven't even had time to read about the government's interference with the age-old rights of men such as Yankus and Hawkins and You and You to carve a living from the soil they own, or from competition with other men in the market place. We cannot, of course, ignore the motes of law enforcement; but we also should consider the beams. The It may be, of course, that they have been so busy looking for cases in which the government has seemingly impinged upon the technical rights of people accused of being communists, racketeers and narcotics pushers, that they haven't even had time to read about the government's interference with the age-old rights of men such as Yankus and Hawkins and You and You to carve a living from the soil they own, or from competition with other men in the market place. We cannot, of course, ignore the motes of law enforcement; but we also should consider the beams. The threats to individual freedom couched in the fates of Farmer Yankus and Grocer Hawkins are not idle. They are symptoms of a growing authoritarianism in government that is a far greater danger to our society than the occasional technical misuse of law in the fight against crime. The Lighter Side by Frank Eleazer WASHINGTON (UPI)—Miss Malinda Diggs Berry, the current Maid of Cotton, is blue-eyed, brown-hatred, 21 and very possibly the prettiest girl in the world. She insists she measures 68 inches in almost every vital dimension. There was general agreement at her press conference here that Miss Berry is a lot of girl. She is practically all cotton, too—but not, in the practiced estimation of the reporters present, anything like two yards wide. These were the statistics she gave out, though, and a photographer's offer to help her re-check them for possible error was not received in quite the same kindly way in which we were sure it was made. "How about the measurements, Malinda?" the photog had asked with the unfailing delicacy for which the local lensmen are noted. "I'm five six," Malinda replied, lighting up the hotel suite with her smile in a cooperative gesture that could have saved the price of the flash bulb. "Hips?" asked the photog. "Five six." Malinda came back, her candlepower declining at a perceptible rate. "Waist?" prompted the reticent picture taker, all the while gathering photographic evidence on which to make his own judgments later. "Five six," Malinda informed him, crisply, heading off further Okla., and is a junior at Oklahoma State University. She is at milepost 12,141 and approaching the end of a nationwide tour devoted to the proposition that anything girls wear can be made out of cotton. Starting June 9 she will carry this message abroad. It remains to be seen how it will be received in Japan, where the boll weevil is possibly less renowned than the silk worm. "Everything I have on is cotton," Malinda announced, a statement which the women reporters appeared ready to accept at face value. The men had some trouble taking it down, being unable to locate either pencil or paper without unglueing their eyes from Miss Berry, and anyway they weren't buying the line. "Everything?" managed one goggles-eyed skeptic. "Everything," said Malinda, turning her smile up to maximum wattage. "How about stockings?" goggle-eyed asked. "Some nylon," Malinda conceded, "but strengthened with furerol, made from cotton seed hulls." "I'm the Maid of Cotton," she said. It was pointed out right away this was a hedge, and somebody suggested naming a subcommittee to report back on this later. But Miss Berry turned the switch Strange As It Seems By Elsie Hix ANNIE OAKLEY WAS SUCH AN EXPERT SHOT THAT SHE EARNED ENOUGH MONEY KILLING GAME TO PAY OFF THE MORTGAGE ON HER MOTHER'S FARM BEFORE SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD... THE PEROCOUS-LOOKING CANVAL OF ASIA, WILL NOT HARM HUMAN BEINGS-- IT PREFERS FISH... THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS MUST GIVE HIS CONSENT BEFORE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS CAN BE ARRESTED... NO KING SINCE CHARLES I HAS BEEN ALLOWED INSIDE AND EVEN HIS MESSENGER MUST KNOCK 3 TIMES AND BE GIVEN PERMISSION TO ENTER/ You Couldn't Shoot Me, Could You? LABOR REFORMS "ABUSE" LEGISLATION TSK! TSK! 1960 LABOR VOTE ALEXANDER GEMINI (May 22-June 21)—Take a calculated risk and achieve one of your major goals in life. Have fun doing it, too. CANCER (June 22-July 23)—Press Your Birthday by Stella SATURDAY, MAY 2—Born today, you are inventive and original in your approach to everything. If there is a conventional way to do something, you will spend a lot of time figuring out a new way to do it! You do not work well under others and will be most productive when you are working for yourself. Select one of the arts or the professions where you are responsible to no one but yourself for the results! Tactful and diplomatic, you can get people to do things for you that they would never dream of doing for anyone else. This is a talent which you should use to its fullest extent! You are not as shrewd in business matters as you like to think you are, and it should be wise to let someone else handle the money in your family. Other than that, you will make a fine husband or wife, for you are loving and affectionate, exceptionally fond of children, and will want a large family. Denied that, you probably would want to adopt a family. You would do well in a career of teaching or youth counseling. Among those born on this date are: Pearl White, silent film star; Jerome K. Jerome, author and dramatist; Catherine II of Russia; Clyde Pitch, author and playwright; Bing Crosby, actor and singer. Sunday, May 3 TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) — A good sermon this morning might give you the inspiration you need. Relax tensions, too. GEMINI (May 22-June 21)—If you are taking a trip, especially by car, avoid all risks by taking the less-traveled roads. CANCER (June 22-July 23)—This could be a good day to catch up on some studying you have been neglecting. LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—A calm, friendly attitude, no matter how contrary others may be, willers in turn are eager to help you. You make friends easily, but will want to test thoroughly those you are about to accept into your inner circle of associates. You of the fair sex are especially attractive and will have numerous romances before you settle down and accept responsibilities of wedded life. You must be careful not to hurt another by your tendency toward fickleness in romance. However, once you have made up your mind, it is for keeps since your loyalties are strong. You are able to keep a secret — and this goes for the fair sex, too — and could be placed in a position of trust. Since you are not one to talk about your own affairs, you rarely let anyone know what you are planning to do. Among those born on this data are: Wilbur O. Atwater, agricultural chemist; Niccolo Machiaveli, Florentine statesman and author; Lot Myrick Morrill, early Maine Governor and legislator; Julia Arthur, actress; Jacob Riis, reformer and author. Monday, May 4 TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) — No holds are barred in today's competitive game. Go out after what you want and get it now. Assignment: Washington by Ed Koterba WASHINGTON — There is poor George right in the middle of a mess. He works in the basement, dead center of the Capitol under $55 bosses, jawmakers all, trying to please 'em. But it's apparent he's not succeeding. GEMINI (May 23-June 21)—Take a calculated risk and achieve one of your major goals in life. Have fun doing it, too. CANCER (June 22-July 23)—Press personal affairs to a successful conclusion today. This is your best day of the week. LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—Tensions can run high today, but if you remain calm, you can control the situation and win out. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sep. 23) — Be confident, and while others hesitate you can act decisively and gain the advantage now. LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)—Things are now moving favorably in your direction. Take advantage of this and act. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)—Attend to business during the day. Then have a romantic evening in the company of the one you love. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)—Things are moving fast now to some definite conclusion. Take the initiative and control events. CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) — Handle partnership business and financial matters with careful consideration. Then all goes well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) — Cultural and intellectual matters are in the spotlight now. Be diplomatic and win. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)—If you will take matters into your own hands, you will find you can control the job situation. ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 21) — Promote a new idea today with the certainty that it will be favorably accepted. (Copyright, 1958, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) WASHINGTON — There is poor George right in the middle of a mess. He works in the basement, dead center of the Capitol under $55 bosses, lawmakers all, trying to please 'em. But it's apparent he's not succeeding. Of late, J. George Stewart, architect of the Capitol, has become scapegoat for that monstrous mistake, otherwise designated the new S.O.B., Senate Office Building. There was Sen. Paul Douglas (D., ill.) paging up and down the mauve rug of the Senate floor, blaming it all on George. Mr. Stewart, he said, is spending $100 million on The Hill, putting up new buildings, tearing down old porches and burrowing tunnels for Senatorial trolleys. And now, he said, George wants to cover the fine rubber-tile floors in that nightmare of errors with $150,000 worth of carpets. A noble gesture this is for one Senator to attempt to save the day for us taxpayers. But why blame George? I looked up the record on that new $25 million building and there it was in black and white — it was the Senators who voted for it, 70 to 26. George didn't cast a vote. Well, who planned the building? George didn't. Six private architects did. They were hired by a committee of nine Senators, including such economy-wise men as Sen. Dennis Chavez (D., N.M.) and Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D., Texas). Mr. Stewart is simply a member of this troupe — their front man, so to speak. And it was those Senators, appointed by the Senate as a whole, who okayed wall-to-wall carpeting for their own private offices and rubber-tile floors for the offices of their staffs. When the Senators moved into the new building, the phone began a ringing in Mr. Stewart's office. The Senators were moaning that their staffs didn't like their hard floors. Thus, it was our Senators, not George, who wanted that expensive tile covered over with expensive carpeting. Two years ago, I sat in the press gallery and watched the Senators steamroller a resolution through for one million dollars in new furniture. So, now here was Sen. Douglas blaming George again because he found 400 old chairs in the halls and attic of the old building. Mr. Stewart, who is a civil engineer by trade, has only one count against him. He once was a Congressman. He served as a Republican from Delaware. Because he was appointed in 1954 by President Eisenhower, the Senator from Illinois said it was the fault of the Republican administration for all this high spending. There, again, those plans for the new building were drawn up 10 years ago, under a Democratic administration, long before ole George got into the picture. Our lawmakers have been unbalancing our pocketbooks for quite some time, dreaming up dreamy conveniences for themselves on Capitol Hill. They are the ones who voted the appropriations, not George. But nobody rose to defend him. Since it's the unwritten law in the Senate that members cannot criticize one another, they had found themselves a scapegoat. It won't bring the dollars back into our pockets to take George off the hook, but at least those Senators ought to own up themselves to wasting our money with their crazy capers. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Capitol Dispatch by David Lawrence PARIS—What a familiar paradox — fifty reporters unsuccessfully pressing an American government spokesman to tell them what the Western Allies plan to agree to at the forthcoming Geneva Conference, while a French afternoon newspaper prints the details of the so-called "package plan" which is to be offered to the Soviets. Forty years ago it was much the same. This correspondent then watched the American delegation keep faith on the secrecy rule while the British and French "briefed" their own newsmen at that time on important news developments at the Paris peace conference. It did not matter then, because the enemy was not to be present anyhow at the "Summit" conference in Paris, and everything agreed upon by the allies was to be submitted to the defeated adversary to be signed later on the dotted line. But today the "enemy" is very much in evidence. The communists, of course, have plenty of stooges in Paris nowadays, but they only have to read the French press to get vital information before the negotiations start. Notwithstanding these handicaps, it is apparent that Secretary of State Herter is standing firmly on a broad plan that offers the Soviets a palatable program — if they are in a conciliatory mood — but one that does not alter the substance of things. Thus, the idea now is to present a three-step plan described in some detail by the French press — with the ultimate purpose of establishing a unified Germany through free elections. When former Secretary Dulles recently abandoned temporarily what was discussed by the foreign ministers. The information that was officially divulged by the American delegation here was confined to the statement that very few differences appeared between the Western foreign ministers and that they were agreed upon a general approach to be made at the Geneva meeting on May 11. There is indeed a very pleasant feeling between the Western governments. Even the stupid remarks on an American television program by Viscount Montgomery, who managed to insult the United States and its present leaders in a dozen ways, are not likely to spoil the friendly relations which exist between the governments of the United States and Great Britain. Maybe the eccentric Britisher, who now is trying to make headlines by his talks with Khrushchev in Moscow, will realize the big blunder he has made when he reads the scathing denunciation of his television interview by all sections of the British Press. But it is precisely the belief, engendered by such things as the Montgomery episode, that the Western allies are not united or have no confidence in each other which encourages the Kremlin to think it can disregard the allied proposals in the coming negotiations. Moscow would, of course, like to have in advance the details of the Western proposals, and it is too bad that the allies do not really observe a secrecy rule before a big conference is held. What the Western diplomats and attaches ought to do perhaps is to consult John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther and David McDonald about the techniques of hard-boiled negotiation. May 22-June 21)—Take stated risk and achieve your major goals in life. Do it, too. June 22-July 23)—Press affairs to a successful day today. This is your of the week. July 24-Aug. 23)—Tensions high today, but if you calm, you can control and win out. Aug. 24-Sept. 23)—Be careful, and while others hesitate can act decisively and advantage now. Sept. 24-Oct. 23)—Things moving favorably in direction. Take advantage and act. Oct. 24-Nov. 22)—At business during the day. Have a romantic evening company of the one you like. Nov. 23-Dec. 22)—Are moving fast now to finite conclusion. Take active and control events. Dec. 23-Jan. 20)—Partnership business and matters with careful attention. Then all goes. Jan. 21-Feb. 19)—And intellectual matter in the spotlight now. Be careful and win. Feb. 20-Mar. 20)—If you matters into your own you will find you can the job situation. Mar. 21-Apr. 21)—Pro-new idea today with the that it will be favorable. Apr. 1959, by United Feaicate, Inc.) Washington Koterba building, the phone began in Mr. Stewart's office. Motors were moaning that they didn't like their hard work was our Senators, not who wanted that expensive need over with expensive Notwithstanding these handicaps, it is apparent that Secretary of State Herter is standing firmly on a broad plan that offers the Soviets a palatable program — if they are in a conciliatory mood — but one that does not alter the substance of things. Thus, the idea now is to present a three-step plan — described in some detail by the French press — with the ultimate purpose of establishing a unified Germany through free elections. When former Secretary Dulles recently abandoned temporarily the concept of free elections as a requisite to discussions with the Soviets, it did not mean that the United States was giving up the proposal altogether. It took a little while to reassure the West German government on this point. But now all is fully understood in Bonn. The program now, in the first stage, is to issue a number of declarations of a "non-aggression" character, along with the establishment of two committees. One would be a permanent four-power committee to discuss European security, and the other would be an East-West German committee or "council" to discuss continuing contacts between the two rival German governments and to draft an electoral law. This "council" would not be created unless the Soviets accepted from the outset the proposal that within a stated period — probably five or six years — free elections would be held to unify Germany. The second stage would provide a system of control of forces and armament in a "zone" as large as possible in Europe, preferably from the Atlantic to the Ural mountains. The third stage would be a reunification of Germany by free elections, which would be followed by a "free choice" by Germany as between an alliance with the North Atlantic treaty organization and a position of "neutrality." The German choice would determine the kind of permanent security structure that would be established in Europe. Only in this stage would there be a limitation or a ceiling on armed forces and on armaments in general. Berlin would meanwhile be kept in its existing status until the third stage had been accomplished, when it would become the capital of a reunified Germany. The American spokesman naturally was inhibited today from saying how much of the French newspaper article was accurate, but it is assumed generally here that it covers the substance of Moscow would, of course, like to have in advance the details of the Western proposals, and it is too bad that the allies do not really observe a secrecy rule before a big conference is held. What the Western diplomats and attaches ought to do perhaps is to consult John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther and David McDonald about the techniques of hard-boiled negotiating. None of them ever tells in advance what his price happens to be and how long he will maintain a strike or threat of a strike. The Western governments need to get more hard-boiled about keeping their own counsels prior to a negotiation. The communists naturally want the Western press to tell them each day what has happened, so that it will be easier to demolish the allied arguments at the Geneva Conference. (Copyright, 1959, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) THE Family Scrapbook Need for Privacy Family "togetherness" is well and good. But it must be realized that both young and old need to be alone now and then. In our present crowded living conditions, especially in the city, this is not easy to arrange. But it can be done. If Dad has work to do — jobs from the office that must be done at home — even young children can learn that when the room in which he works is closed, they are to leave him in peace unless there is a real emergency. At times, too, Mother needs to get away from it all and should have her privacy respected. Nor is it only the grownups who need to have "spaces in their togetherness." The desire of the junior member of the family to be alone should be honored as is that of parents. If 10-year-old Johnny closes his door, not only brothers or sisters but father and mother, too, should knock and ask permission to enter if they have "business" with him. And this should go for any letters youngsters may receive, for diaries they keep or for anything important or not, that they wish to keep to themselves. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate; Inc.) 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