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Crash Progracn
★ WASHINGTON COLUMN ★
K: There Are Wars,
And There Are Wars
BY PETER EDSO.V
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
' WASHINGTON'—fNEA>—No liner opportunity to read Nikita
Khrushchev's inner mind has been furnished in recent years
than his Jan. 6 speech to Communist theoreticians. Hie four-
i:our harangue is a report on the conference of Communist
party leaders from 81 countries, held in Moscow last November.
It is rambling, highly repetitive and filled with Marxist-
I.cninist gobbledygook. But for the sake of those who would
like its principal ideas straight from the Russian bear's mouth,
here is a condensation of its most important passages on peace
and war in Khrushchev's own words:
"All peace-loving mankind awaited the answer," said Khrush-
chev, which this Communist conference would give "to the
most burning question of the day—how to prevent a world
thermonuclear war and .. . how to insure peaceful coexistence
of states with different social systems. . . .
"Imperialism," Khrushchev continued, "has created under
peacetime conditions a gigantic apparatus of war and a wide-
spread system of blocs, and has subjected their economy to>
r.e arms race. . . .
in modern conditions the following categories of wars
- fcould be distinguished: world wars, local wars, liberation wars
and popular uprisings.
"LET US BEGIN WITH WORLD WARS. Communists are the
most determined opponents of world wars.
'Wars are chiefly prepared by imperialists against socialist
countries, and in the first place against the Soviet Union as
the most powerful of the socialized states. . . . The task Is to
(Teste Impassible obstacles against the unleashing of wars by
imperialists.
'The picture is now quite different. ... A mighty socialist
i jmp exists, possessing powerful armed forces. The peoples,
I, mobilizing all their forces for active struggle against the
warmongering imperialists, can indisputably prevent war and
thus insure peaceful coexistence . . .
"A WORD OR TWO ABOUT LOCAL WARS. . . . Certain
Imperialist circles, fearing that world war might end in the
complete collapse of capitalism, are putting their money on
unleashing local wars. There have been local wars and they
may occur again in the future. . . .
But a small imperialist war . . . may grow into a world,
thermonuclear rocket war. We must therefore combat both
world wars and local, wars. . . .
Now a word about national liberation wars. The armed
struggle by the Vietnamese people or the war of the Algerian
people serve as the latest examples. These wars began as up-
risings by the colonial peoples against their oppressors and
changed into guerrilla warfare.
"LIBERATION WARS WILL CONTINUE to exist as long as
imperialism exists, as long as colonialism exists. These are
revolutionary wars. Such wars are not only admissable but
inevitable. . . . We recognize such wars, we help and will help
people striving for their independence. . . .
"The Communists fully support such wars and will march
in the front rank with the peoples waging liberation struggles "
The Boiling Caldron
There's No Temporary Tax
Many-Pronged Kennedy Program
For Recovery, Economic Growth
The Houston Chronicle
1'resirtent Kennedy's prouian,
W economic recovery and growth
iv a many sided one which appears
to be ke\ed more to recovery than
to urowth. It emphasis is on giving
the economy a massive
Mon ot tniying power.
The President"* diagnosis of the
economy contrasts sharply with
lornier President Kivnhower's in
mid Januaiy. Eisenhower saw
on reason for further federal ac-
iion to combat what he called a
moderate "decline." Kennedy pro-
I'OM.it heavy 12-point program
Ik- said not nn|v woo'd t>vrrcr**—«
the recession" but stimulate eco-
LITTLE LIX
notnic growth. Tho Kennedy dia-
gnosis was given coiroboration in
his announcement that unemploy-
ment increased another 900.000 in
January to an estimated 5,400.000.
Yet the argument as to whether
transfu- J the economy is ailing sufficiently
to justify something oV a "crash
program " will continue. For in-
stance the February letter of the
First National City Bank of New-
York declares that the business
The Star-Telegram
It is a truism in government that
there is no such thing as a "tem-
porary" tax. So strong is the ten-
dency of taxes to be self-perpetuat-
ing that fi there are exceptions
they are «ilv numerous enough to
prove the rule.
The classic example, of course,
is the federal tax on corporate in-
comes. The "normal" rate for the
tax is 47 per cent of a corporation's
income. But since the Korean War
the rate has been 52 per cent and
each year the tax is re-enacted at
this figure. This makes the govern-
ment. as President Kennedy put
it the other day. a silent partner
in business, and there is no evi-
dence that it ever will be content
with less than its 52 per cent share
in the earnings of all sizable cor-
porations.
Another example is the gasoline
tax. At the start of the interstate
highway building program, the ie-
deral government levied an extra
1-cent tax on each gallon of gaso-
line to finance it. The tax was due
to expire this year, but financing
difficulties of the program make
almost certain that this will
no be the case. In fact, in submitt-
| ing a federal budget shortly before
leaving office, former President
Eisenhower recommended that the
tax be increased by another half
cent a gallon. And just in case the
unexpected should happen Gover-
nor Price Daniel di Texas has a
"
| no
sals as speedup in bousing and
community development projects.
distressed area redevelopment, and
l acceleration o'i highway building
and public works of all sorts, no
j; = . i ,u .. - , ... doubt would be effective if they
dip « relatively mi d. the low pom cou,d ^ , under wav quickly.
le near ami t ho fnrrn< that uill —™ . . ' , ^
The question is whether they
• it/ ^ ■ ■ \ \ i
t Tsf t me for oorents to
|*.,t the rh Icjren fo bed is while
they jtiil fcKive the strength w« ■
is near, and the forces that will
reverse the decline are already
operating.
The Kennedy program ranges all
the way irom advancing the pay-
ment of the 1961 dividend of $258
million on national service and
United States government life in-
surance policies to social tax in-
] centives lor investment in plant
and er^uipment.
Congress no doubt will go along
with the President on many of his
1 proposals hut drawn - out sparring
on some ofi them may be forecast.
The emergency relief measures
i probably will be adopted quickly.
The five proposals for liberaliza-
tion oi social security benefits face
a fight. Thes, affecting an estimat-
i ed 4.600.000 persons would be per-
manent changes.
Such recession - fighting propo-
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could be. and whether the reces-
sion will be over before their ei-
fect could be ielt.
The President declared that rais-
ing the minimum wage would "ac-
tually increase productivity and
hold down unit costs, with no ef-
fects on our competition in world
markets and in our balance o't
payments." He is most vulnerable
with that view.
Conventional economists will ap-
plaud his promise to propose in-
come tax modification to provide
additional incentives for invest-
ment in plant and equipment.
The President has demonstrated
his capacity for quick decision and
strong leadership. How far Con-
gress will go in following bis lead,
and the degre to which it agrees
with his analysis of our economic
needs, remain to be seen.
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recommendation that if the extra
J-cent tax is dropped by the feder-
al government it be immediately
imposed by the state.
So. also, the increased corpora-
tion franchise tax levied in Texas
at the last session of the Legisla-
ture as part of a deficit-retiring
program. The deficit is still with
us, and the recommendation is that
the lax be continued. It, too, shows
signs of becoming permanent.
Up in Oklahoma is occurring a
particularly flagrant example of
the 'tact that old taxes not only
do not fade away but show a hardy-
tendency to grow. Last summer the
voters of Oklahoma approved a
bond issue for colleges and special
schools. It was specified In the pro-
position on which the people voted
that the bond issue would be finan-
ced out of "existing" cigaret taxes.
But it has been discovered that
the current cigaret tax will not be
sufficient unless the 1 cent now
going to the general revenue fund
is devoted to the bond issue fund.
And so a bill has been introduced
which would devote the 5 cents or'
the "existing" tax to education but
would levy an additional 1 cent for
the general fund.
It is certain that whetl Oklaho-
mans voted the bond _ issue last
summer they did not intentionally
■ ote a tax raise upon themselves.
But that is how it goes: A tax vot-
ed with assurance that it is tempor-
ary becomes immuable perma-
nent, and an "existing" tax is
transmuted into a higher tax.
Today In History
Q's and
Q—What coin is called the
"king of United Stfttes. silver
coins"? • -is
A—The 1804 dollar. Only 10
are in private hands, four in
museums.
Q—On the Moslem calendar,
how many dans make a year?
A—Only 354 days, except in
leap years, which occur 11
times in a 30-year period.
*
0—What banking functions
are performed by the. Post
Office Department?
A—Postal savings accounts
, and money orders.
# '
6—When was thin unicamer-
al legislature introduced in
Nebraska?
A—In 1937.
(N#wipo« Inttrpriw AiMriatUa)
Today is Wednesday February
22nd, the 53rd day of 1961. There
are 312 days leYt in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On this dayin 1732, George Wash-
ington was born in Westmoreland
County, Virginia. The first of six
children of Augustine and Mary
Washington, he led colonial forces
to victory in the American Revolu-
tion and became the first president
of the New Nation, serving two
terms.
1 On this date:
In 1631, the iirst recorded public
Thanksgiving appointed by author-
ity in the American colonies was
held.
In 1784, the First U. S. trading
ship sent to China left New York.
In 1879. F. W. Woolworth opened
his first 5-cent store at Utica New-
York — a store that was 'to be
the forerunner o'i his chain of so-
called "dime" stores.
In 1920, the first dog-race track
to use an artificial rabbit was
opened in California.
In 1957 Queen Elizabeth the
second of Britain bestowed the title
of Prince upon her husband the
Duke of Edinburgh.
Ten years ago, the Allie High
Commissioners endorsed West
Germany's demand that it have
a voice in big four talks at'iecting
Germany.
Five years ago, Pakistan became
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
One year ago. President Eisen-
hower left Washington on a two-
week goodwill tour of Latin Ameri-
ca.
Today's birthdays:
Actor Robert Young is 54 years
old. Labor Leader David Dubinsky
is 69.
Thought for todays:
Anger makes dull men witty, but
it keeps them poor — Sir Francis
Bacon.
Nobody likes to be insulted, eith-
er us an individual or as a citUen
of a nation. Nobody likes to hear
his country attacked or vilified
or disparaged by another nation.
The instinctive reaction is to reach
for a club, and dispassionate rea-
soning becomes an unpopular at-
titude.
That is what is happening today.
I In recent years, months and days,
i Americans have been amazed a-
! gain and again at expressions of
; dislike and distrust Yor the United
: States and its allies — in South
; America, in Cuba, in the Congo,
i in the United Nations.
i It seems most unfair, for if Ame-
: rican history is not a sham, this
i country has always stood for'free-
dom and the right of the common
j men of all nations to pursue their
I individual happiness. This country
has fought for those ideals, many
Americans have died for them.
All this seems to count Yor noth-
ing today, as the United States is
held up by some as the chief ene-
my of world peace the source and
symbol of imperialism. ,
Too often, anti-American or anti-
Western riots and revolutions are
written off as "Communist inspir-
ed," implying that Communists
possess some kind of magic, hyp-
notic charm that can transform
quiet, reasonable folk into fanatic-
anarchists.
Undoubtedly these phenomena o'f
our time are Communist inspired
in many, or even most, instances
on the surface. But this easy un-
dercurrents of unrest in many na-
tion&jof the world. Even profession-
al Communist agitators must first
have the powder of human frust-
rations to work with before they
can set off an explosion.
Americans must realize that Cas-
tro is not Cuba, just as Robespier-
re was not France at the time oY
that great revolution. Neither will
the death of Lumumba nor the
wished-for downfall ot Castro sol-
ve the problems of those countries.
There is only one revolution go-
ing on in the world today, though
it takes different forms In differ-
ent countries. The question is not
how this revolution is to be put
down, but how it is to be controlled
and channeled into constructive
and lasting re'torms.
The world is like a nuclear pile
today, but one which cannot be
shut down. It can either be con-
trolled or let run wild. Its energy
Is vast, uitd cau lie iitlll/d either
for good or ill.
In their distaste for petty despots
Americans should not lose sight;
of the underlying causes which
have allowed tyrants to come for-
ward. We had our own revolution,
and its magnificent results can
still hold out hope for nations striv-
ing for national expression.
But we have to prove it to them.
-By DON OAKLEY
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