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4 THE CUERO RECORD, Thurs., Jan. SI, 199$
Editorial■—
The Days Grow Longer
Already the days are growing longer. Can you tell It
REPORT FROM
WASHINGTON
■lightly every day now.
By the end of the month, around February 1st, the
•ays will be noticeably longer and in February you can
definitely tell that the brightness of the sun has chang-
ed somewhat. This does not mean, though, that the
weather is already warming.
In March the length of day and night will become
equal -again, as it was in September. January is likely
to be the year's coldest month. February sometimes is.
The only consolation right now is the fact that the
days are steadily getting longer. Pretty soon, there'll be
talk about baseball training camps in Florida and Ari-
zona. From then on, it won't seem so long. Baseball, the
summer sport, will be on its way for 1963, and so will
warmer weather.
The Sports Lull
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Ptrrfv
, , .. . j ably the most directly interest-
by noticing the time of darkness every afternoon? Since inK fpature )rf the President s
lust befoie Christmas (the winter solstice) the sun has1963 program, as laid before
| Congress, is his proposal for a
changed its course and the angle is changing ever so massive tax cut, which could
cos! the country (the Treasury)
approximately twelve billion
dollars in revenue.
Of course, the President also
calis for tax reforms which
could earn about four billion dol-
lars of this revenue back again,
so that the net loss would a-
mount to about eight billions.
Still, this is a whopping loss
and some .Senators and Con-
gressmen wonder where this fits
in with government budgets in,
the first two years erf the Ken-
nedy Administration, both of
which resulted in big deficits.
Inside observers on Capitol
Hill estimate Congress will not
go along with a twelve-billion-
dollar tax reduction even Plou-
gh (he Administration would
stagger it in at least three stag-
es, some culs coming into effect
July 1st, others next January
This Is the time of year, after the bowl football 1st and still others July 1st 1964
games, when there is a comparative lull in the sports thonry is th./ thp t.,x ruts
world. This is not to disparage the great sport of bas-, would stimulate the economy
ketball, which is the biggest spectator sport in the I tremendously, and that, as a
1 result of these reductions, reve-
nue from taxes would eventual-
ly increase - - not decrease.
The economic planners believe
cities. Baseball Is over, football is over, tennis and golf | ^rl^^e^em^ mat S
are not played in many parts of the country in January j mean a production spurt, that
and February and outdoor sports like fishing and water! in turn will mean a sharp em-j
. . . ! ployment gain, which, in its turn, j
sports are al. but dead. s*j’will mean more people paying'
These are months, then, when it is good to study, morc taxes to the government j
to read, to work indoors on achieving something worth-! a sharp gain in tax revenue:
. , -i u„iiu„ ,,,iri! Thus, in the long run. the tax
while. These are days for an Indoor hobby, for work and( rptUjcfi(>n uj;1 m(,.m ,,r(Mlor re_
for planning — for the outdoors season ahead. Good venue f() the government, not
books are a treasure in these mid-winter days and we; less, according to the theory, j
suggest every individual select a list of books and either H.ji
buy them or acquire them from the library, and enjoy \;1(j Administration is seek—
great reading and mental stimulation in the cold days mg .to, coerce them to come a-
and nights of January and February. i £*» \
—---- I American people liehind thci
Kennedy tax reduction, program. |
The ma jor tear of the opposi- j
tion is that a huge deficit might j
result, a deficit that would shat-i
ter {■ underlie in tho U S. dol-
lar and run the national debt
up at a disturbing rate, ilt al-
•ountry (which few realize).
But it is not quite up to replacing football in gen-
eral interest in the medium and larger-sized towns and
NOT THE MAN HE USED TO BE, BUT-!
t publish*! by HIM)*. Urn** A Ok DnpvrifM C I*® b» C X Fer*»t*r Iha'.-ihjted by King 1 nature* SjTidirat*.
Norstads Good-Bye
The ■might-have-been” concerning the farewell
of General Lauris Norstad, retiring Supreme Comman-
der of NATO, is that we are now moving toward exactly
CHAPTER 28 |son, supervising
"C'AN’l admirals make cap- served the food
tains?" Mrs. Mason per-
sisted.
"Not In home waters,” Cap-
tain Horn blower replied patient-
him
“Yes, Mrs. Mason.”
“And you’d better give Maria
that other chop — that one’s
meant for you.”
the same policy he favored so strongly. He pushed this j ^ ^edsu'^ hundred bil- hls mother-in-law "Yes. Mrs. Maaon
uk -vnic > J . • The godlike power of promo- Homblower had teamed to
policy .SO insistently it was one Of the reaso S lon ' tion, freely exercised on distant keep a still tongue in his head
longer remains NATO chief. ! j f t,m,x‘reduction I slation8’ wa® dpmed to com' mdet the fadings of tyranny
. c,liM _ nllpiM’r fnrrp under N ^TO ' , , . . , ■ mandcrs-in-chief where speedy when he was a lieutenant in the
That policy Is to build a nucleai force under naxu p;,rk;iKr. t;,x cuts have been ml-, reJerence to thf A(lmtralty oW Renown unde, Captain
command. and Norstad believed in this with a • ked for so long ih-d some ax poaslbje. jsawyer’s command, but he nad
heart. The West Germans also desired such a policy for ^ ^"^h J| “And what abo,Jt Prtze ^eil-ntgb forgotten those lea-
thev st e Great Britain with nuclear weapons and Fiance ,]iat just aj>;.ut CVery other the-1
bunding them, and will not be able, forever, to deny ory has been tried to get the u
the best weapons to German soldiers, who make up the
in Western
e: fittest percentage of NATO ground troops
money ?”
“There's none
sjiur."
"But this
captured ?"
“Y es, but we
sight"
for the Hot
this Clonnde was
weren’t
S. economy "moving again.” |
Hut the economy is not mov-1
ing again, as the President desi-[
Eurt’ie ; rps' and so it seems that the re-j
"* ’ Vf Nato does not acquire its...own nuclear force, duction approach is the logical!
If Nato does n q move. The danger is great if a;
sooner or later West Germany, like Britain a 4 ’ massive tax cut is enacted and
will have her own This Norstad knew and therefore he business doesn't react and tax
Insisted Washington bach a NATO nuclear strike torce -e^e,^ Bui
Washington disagreed and the disagreement ecame n ;,T)V ^01,!r| ^ot shot in the
Norstad's exit visa. >!'m' "T free ente^n/e system
And new. just months afterward. ,ha realization
that NATO must have such a force, that such a force is )ho (,oiml|.v-. potion and stren-
inevltable if we would hope to avoid more Independent gt|, would i>e great(y improved.
nuclear forces is being accepted. Washington has just' n would make the u. s. pos-;
nuclear iorees, ^ K , , v. ture far- iiwiv -imposing in thp
proposed such a force. It Is too late -.o help Nors a . international picture which now j
has headed NATO for six years. ms n- If the budget rnu-
1 i ld .be httl'niecil in a year or two,
•w ith low er, lax rates, better I time about ships that have made !
sons by now, and was having
painfully to relearn them.
He had married of his own
free will—he could have said
I no at the altar, he remembered
tn j —and now he had to make the
I best ot a bad business. Quarrel-
mother-ln-)aw
"But you were f i g h t i n g, mg wdth his
weren’t you?" j would not help.
’Yes, Mason. But only j n waa a pity tiia.t Hotspur
ships in sight share tn prize j bacj come m for docking at the
money. Except for the flag of- moment when Mrs. Mason had
ficers."
“And aren’t you a flag of-
ficer ?’’
"No. King officer means ad-
miral. Mrs. Mason.”
Mrs. Mason sniffed.
“It all seems very strange So!
you do not profit at all by this '
letter In the Chronicle fu
"No, Mrs. Mason.”
"It’s about time you made
arrived to see her daughter
through her confinement, but
he need hardly fear a repetition
ot the coincidence during the
days — the endless days — to
coma
Stewed mutton and pearl bar-
ley and potatoes and cabbage
. It might have been a very
pleasant dinner, except that the
On January 1, Social Security taxes rose once more, i,.1X t-cvennc for the gov-
the rate of emmon* i'v.-t program would
i atmosphere was unfavorable,
some prize money. 1 hear all the j Thp mom ^ 1Ul sf.a^,oal fire,
time about snips that have made WM unbearablv hot
hu«.inc.ss..less unemployment and| thousands.- Eight pounds a
month for Maria, and her with
a child." Mrs. Mason looked
Both employees and employ rs will P« . • have pinhnblv insured reoirc-1 round at her daughter. “Three-
three and five eighths per cent on earnings to .> p,,n |<i-esiiirni John F Kcn-| pence a pound for neck of mut-
The self-employed rate will be 5.4 per cent on earnings ned> „ I'F-i
«o that figure Additional increaues are ncheduled. by kV-..tZ
law, for 1966 and 1968. pro^r.im'/.)<>*'> not ^pp«^rr t-) hr
Y- ^ ^ u ork'm:; t’ rn ii < ivuIH hr a
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THE RUFFLED SHIRT by
Ship n Shore, with long sleeves
and i gentry collar, is "at
home above black velvet
pants The blouse fabric's a
no-iron blend of dacron and
cotton with black ciochet-
ed£ed white ruffles.
ton.' The cost ot things Is more
than I can understand "
"Yes, Mother. Horry givt me
all ne can. I ra sure."
As captain ot a ship below
the sixth rate Horn blower's pay
was twelve pounds a month, and
he still needed those new uni-
forms. Prices were rising with
wartime demand, and the Ad-
miralty, despite many promises,
had not yet succeeded in obtain-
ing an increase in pay for naval
officers,
"Some captains make plenty,"
said Mrs Mason.
It was prize money, and the
possibility ot gaming it, that
kept the navy quiet under the
otherwise intolerable conditions.
The great mutinies at Spithead
and the Nore were less than ten
years old. But Hornbiower felt
he would be drawn into a de-
fense ot the prize money system
snortly tt Mrs Ma on persisted
in talking as she did.
Luckily the entrance of the
landlady to lay the table for
supper changed the subject of
conversation. With another per-
son m the room neither Mrs.
Mason nor Mans would discuss
such a low subject as money,
and they talked about tndif-
terent matters instead They sat
down to dinner when the land
lady Drought in • steaming
tureen.
'The pearl barley's at the
bottom, Horatio, said Mrs. Ma-
4<4«&WASHINGT0N
MARCH OF EVENTS
PRESTIGE OP JFK
IS AT STAKE SOON
TAX CUT Will TEST
ECONOMIC THEORY
that he could call his own. He
war ready to go to sea again.
• • •
\V 7TTH the coming of spring
” a new liveliness developed
Thanks to the rain no wash
ing could be hung out of doors.
Homblower doubted If tr the
vicinity of Driver's Alley wash-
ing could be hung out of doors
unwatched in any case. So that
on a clotheshorse on the other
side ot the room hung little
Horatio's clothing, and some-
how nature arrange) it that
every stitch littlp' Horatio wore
had to be washed as often as
several times a day.
Homblower thought of the
clean air of the Atlantic and
felt his lungs would burst. He
did hrs best with his dinner,
but tt was a poor best.
As dinner was cleared away,
Homblower’s instincts guided
him into an action of which he
was actually unconscious. He
threw up the window and drew
the icy evening air deep Into
his lungs.
“You’ll give him his death!”
said Maria s voice, and Horn-
blower swung round s-urprtsed.
Maria nad snatched up Uttle
Horatio from his cradle and
stood clasping him to ner bos-
om, a lioness defending ner
cub from the manifest and well-
known perils of the night air.
“I oeg your pardon, dear,”
said Homblower. “1 can't ima-
gine what 1 was thinking ot.”
He knew perfectly well that
Uttie Dabies should be kept in
stuffy heated rooms, and he was
full of genuine contrition re-
garding Uttle Horatio. But -a! helpless; everything about the
he turned back and pulled the j situation indicated that she
in the blockade of Brest. In
every French port during the
winter there had been much
building of flat-bottomed boats.
The French army, two
hundred thousand strong, was
still poised on the Channel
coast, waiting for Its chance to
invade, and it needed gunboats
by the thousand to ferry tt over
when that chance should come.
But the Invasion coast from
Boulogne to Ostende could not
supply one-tenth, one-hundredth
of the vessels needed; theae had
to be built wherever there were
facilities, and then had to De
moved along the coast to the
assembling area.
That was how It came about
that Hotspur found herself
momentarily detached from the
Channel Fleet and forming a
part of a small squadron under
the orders of Chambers of the
Nauut operating to the north-
ward of Ushant, which was do-
ing its best to prevent passage
ot half a dozen gunboats along
the wild and rocky shore of
Northern Brittany.
Signal from the commodore,
sir,” reported Foreman.
Chambers spent a great deal
of time signalling.
‘Well?" asked Homblower: !
Foreman was referring to his
signal book.
“Take station within sight !
bearing east nor'east, sir.”
Thank you, Mr. Foreman.
Acknowledge. Mr. Bush, weT j
square away.”
A pleasant day, with gentle !
winds from the southeast, and
occasional white clouds cours-
ing over a blue sky. Overside
the sea was green and clear, and
two miles off on the beam was
the c o As t with tts white
breakers.
“You may bring-to again, Mr.
Bush.”
“Aye aye, sir.”
They were now so far from
.V a to it that It would call for a
sharp eye and a good glass to
read her signals.
“We’re the terrier at the rat-
hole, sir," said Bush, coming 1
back to Horn blower as soon as
Hotspur had tain-to with her 1
main topsail to the mast
“Exactly," agreed Horn-
blower.
“Boats are cleared away !
ready to launch, sir.”
’Thank you."
They might have to dAsh in
to attack the gunboats when
they came creeping along. Just
outside the surf.
“It was the lugger Grass-
hopper. drifting disabled and
By HENRY CATHCART
Central Press Washington Writer
TT7A8HINGTON—You’re going to hear a lot about F.rr-’cicnt
W Kennedy’s big gamble in the months ahead, for it con-
cerns the pocketbooks of all U. S. citizens. The gamble- ‘or the
first time in U. S. history, a President has decided to further
unbalance the federal budget by a whopping tax cut In order
to atlmulate the national economy.
If Kennedy Is successful, he’ll go down in
history as the first President who was wili ng
to lay his reputation and prestige on the line
because of an economic theory. If be fail',
he’ll be denounced roundly for pursuing an
unsound fiscal policy.
Most economists in government and busi-
ness believe that Kennedy is right, but suc-
cess in the venture is far from guaranteed.
Recent developments have amply demon-
strated that economic theories can go on the
rocks in the face of unforeseen developments.
For instance, the entire Kennedy budgetary
President Kennedy concept is based on the premise that there
. will be no business recession in the next two
Gambling f or three years. This runs, contrary to the
American business experience in which, as
far back as anyone can remember, there have been economic ups
and downs.
Then, as has occurred constantly since the end of World War
II, international and domestic conditions are shifting, requiring
more government spending in some areas, less ih others.
A recession, a sudden worsening or improvement in the inter-
national situation, another crisis in business confidence as was
experienced by the stock market last spring—any of these could
seriously affect Kennedy’s calculations and make the big gambl#
tax cut meaningless except to plunge the federal government
deeper in the red.
The men around Kennedy recognize this, but were enthusiastic
in advising him to go ahead anyway. For Kennedy and these
advisers are convinced the action had to be takeji or let a seri-
ous recession move into the economic stream through inaction.
• POST OFFICE LETTERS GAME—The Post Office Depart-
ment is having a wonderful time with letters—not those that
move through the mails, but abbreviations for numerous pro-
grams devised to speed up the mail service. Within the depart-
ment, programs are known by such letter combinations as VMD.
NIMS, ABCD, POMS IP, BOMBOP and ZIP.
An official of the Postal Clerks Union recently discussed some
I of these abbreviations. VMD stands for Vertical Mail Delivery
| program, but, the official pointed out, this does not mean that
letter carriers walk on their hands. It refers to deliveries made
i to office buildings, apartment buildings and other tall, multi-
! occupied structures.
i NIMS means Nationwide Improved Mail Service, a plan to
: have large companies deposit their mail at post offices early in
the day. POMS IP is intended to improve working conditions
; among postal workers and is the successor to BOMBOP, but no
one seems to remember what the latter letters stood for. ZIP
is the Post Office Department's Zoning Improve-
ment Plan, designed to obtain faster service Po*» Office
I with fewer employea p, wifh
The union official had some kind words to say •
about the department’s efSorts in trying to im- letter!
prove things, but behind his remarks was the ■
intimation that too much time is being spent in working up
names that fit into slick-sounding letter combinations. He said
the net reiKUt was that the good inherent in some of the schemes
was being offset by the confusion as they became identified by
bunches of essentially meaningless letter combinations.
But he did propose one more letter combination—BTN, mean
Ing Back To Normal.
DAILY CROSSWORD
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into former
ways
6. Go away?
11. Calm
12. Color of
pure snow
13. European
kite
14. Anxious
15. Tunis
measure
16. Look out!
17. Form of
trap-
shooting
30. To show
disdain
22. Ecuador
coin
27. Turkish
coin
28. Ostrichlike
bird
29. Sports
area
31. Hits with
quick blow:
rar.
32. Leather
thong
I 34. Arizona
Indian
38. Polynesian
herb
41. Hard to
believe, as
tale
! 42. Deputy
44. Bewildered
(2 wds.)
45. Immense
46. Mother;
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colloq.
47. Krupp
works sfte
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2. -
breve:
mus.
3. Delight
4. Unhappy
5. View
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7. Chew:
dial.
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Latvia
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character
10. Only
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coin
19. Half an em
20. Resort
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union:
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flax
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hewn stone
31. Senior:
abbr.
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34. Biblical
name
35. Leaf-
cutting ant
Yesterday's Aaiwsr
36. Enormous
37. Toward
the lee
39. “Gloomy
Dean”:
G.B.
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Y K H Y
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Uroin the hoipujiiis'reo oy 1 .itIte Brown a Co. CopyriKht R 1962 by C. S. Forester.
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