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Worse Than Obsolescent
J. A. Livingston, a nationally syndicated writer
on business and financial affairs, recently devoted
a column to the dilemma of the railroads. He didn’t
absolve the industry of all the blame for the deep
financial troubles it now faces — internal rivalry
and jealousy, he said, have been factors in some
cases. But he made it plain that the basic problem
is of a very different nature. To quote him: “The
railroads are overburdened with taxes, unprofitable
rights of way, regulation, and government-financed
turnpikes and airlines ... It is becoming clear to
everybody that (1) the railroads no longer have a
monopoly on transportation, and (2) monopoly atti-
tudes toward them are worse than obsolescent.
They’re atavistic and punitive.”
That sums the matter up with both accuracy
and succinctness. Most of the regulatory laws were
written, and regulatory policy laid down, in an age
which is forever gone. So far as commercial trans-
portation is concerned it was, figuratively speak-
ing, a prehistoric age. There were no airplanes at
all. Commercial service by road-vehicle was next
to nonexistent. There were few private automo-
biles. So, if you wanted to travel somewhere or
ship something, you turned to the rails.
Now railroads must compete in one of the
toughest of all markets, against the airplanes, the
trucks, the busses, the private automobile, the non-
regulated private carrier, the barges. And they must
try to do that, to repeat what Mr. Livingston so
well said, under attitudes that are “atavistic and
punitive”. Is it any wonder that our essential, ir-
: replaceable railroads are deep in doldrums — and
that one of our most urgent domestic needs is a
thorough revision of regulatory legislation that will
give them the chance to compete on even terms with
*I: the other and new carriers?
Jigsaw Puzzle
> For years the people have heard Congress talk
about revising the federal tax system, but the only
result is more and more complicated laws and ad-
; ministrative rulings by the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice.
Even a small business and many individuals
require a lawyer or public accountant to make out
federal income tax returns. This amounts to an
addition to the tax load.
,/• Commenting on our jigsaw puzzle, federal tax
system, columnist David Lawrence said, “that .na-
tional growth is being impeded , . . and even dis-
couraged” by it, and that “the greatest obstacle to
national growth is the federal government itself,
aided and abetted by demagogic politicians and nar-
row-visioned economic advisers in the government.”
...BARBS...
Most young boys find a m&rk to shoot at when-
ever there’s snow that packs nicely.
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It’s getting so it’s a nice surprise when they
throw in a movie with the tv commercials.
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Some people get a lot of enjoyment out of their
home — others in it.
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The quicker you are satisfied the sooner pro-
gress ends.
Another gridiron season is
Pancakes!
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on in full swing.
Some parents blame children for everything ex-
cept having such parents.
Names of Note
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14 Charles Lamb
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17 Shakespeare
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57 Rod
58 Mr. Girdler
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statesman
33 Eggs
34 Dirt
36 Antitoxins
37 Ship's office!
64 Coin
receptacle
p5 Legal matters
66 Sheep (pi.)
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10 “Emerald Isle” 40 British princess
11 Parents
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/Wonder How Long I'll Be Weightless On This Trip?'
Merry-Go-Round....
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Pub-
lic Health Service is worried
about another serious epidemic
of Asian flu. It has warned state
and municipal health authorities
to be on the lookout for another
influenza year.
The winter of 1957-58 saw
86,000 deaths attributable to Asian
flu and public health doctors don’t
want to see a repetition this year.
With proper preventive measure
and care, an epidemic can be
prevented.
While the heavy' flu outbreaks
don’t: usually come until January
and February, already there are
some signs of local outbreaks.
There has been increasing school
absenteeism by children suffer-
ing from stomach ailments—pro-
bably linked to flu—in California
and Oregon. The Public Health
Service is also keeping an eye on
Washington state, though school
absenteeism is not as great there
as in California and Oregon.
Asian flu usually strikes the
west coast first
Public health officials see no
cause for alarm if the American
people are alerted and fake care
of themselves. Chief reason for
the havoc caused by Asian flu in
1957-58 was that the public was
not prepared. People suffering
from chronic lung or heart ail-
ments should' be especially care-
ful.
“Give ’em Hell” Harry
Harry Truman, who has been
deluged with requests to speak
this fall and winter, has picked
one man he wants to support
and one place he wants to speak
in.
He wants to make sure Sen.
Wayne Morse of Oregon, who has
the same fighting qualities as
HST, comes back to the Senate.
So he will be the feature speaker
at a $100-a-plate dinner for
Morse on Thursday.
Significantly, he will invade the
capital of the John Birchites and
the 6th column frustralioriists —
Los Angeles.
It was in Los Angeles that
President Kennedy took on the
right-wing extremists and was
picketed : by several thousand of
those whom he had denounced
for lacking faith in the United
States.
Former President Truman is
reported preparing a “Give ’em
Hell Harry’ ’ fusillade for Dec. 7
to raise money for his re-election.
Some people have forgotten
that Truman is the president who
had the guts to fire the most
famed military man in recent
American history—Gen. Douglas
MacArthur.
He could have called MacArthur
home for consultation, then quiet-
ly eased him out. He didn’t. He
met the issue head on witn an
★ WASHINGTON COLUMN *
Kennedy's Big Aide Shuffle
Puts 'State' Back in Business
BY PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn,
WASHINGTONMNEA)—President Kennedy really did “The
Twist” m his big shuffle of White House and “State” aides.
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BOWLES was to be special adviser
i^rei^en , on un6erdeveloped countries was not made
with the other changes for the simple reason that Bowles had
not made up his mind whether to take the new job. He finally
did. In politics, you learn to rock with the punch.
*uAnl£^adoT~again~BowIes wm ha»g his hat in both
the White House and State Department. He reports
directly to the President. But he is also, because of his
office, a member of State’s policy planning staff.
This should suit him after he gets used to it. For as ambas-
sador to India under President Truman, Bowles showed his
ability to get along with people of the new nations.
THE IRONY DF THE SITUATION is that the top State
Department staff which Bowles helped recruit when he was
named undersecretary before Dean Rusk was named secretary
is now being shifted around considerably.
„ In the 10 months since inauguration, the other under-
secretary of state, George W. Ball, gained in stature while
Bowles did not.
Former Rep Brooks Hays of Arkansas, originally picked for
assistant secretary of state for congressional relations, also
^Ss‘Sta?y!is replaced by
• ,IT,lS I!1? ftlOVINGOF THREE OTHER White House aides
into the State Department that is of most interest
One reason given for this is that the President was get-
ting a little weary of having his own aides responsible for
what were State Department operations.
tirT,?eTi?r£si(lent fetsJwhat he originally wanted in naming Prof.
Walt W. Rostow head of State’s policy planning staff. Supreme
Court Justice Felix Frankfurter’s former law clerk, Richard N
Goodwin, who has been somewhat controversial, becomes
deputy assistant secretary for Latin-American affairs.
Roving Ambassador Averell Harriman steps down to become
assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs. He is not
being replaced by Bowles. ,
THE NET EFFECT OF ALL THESE SHIFTS is to give Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk a much better control over his depart-
ment-and make him the real head of foreign policy operations.
The secretary makes clear that under the constitution, the
President is solely responsible for the conduct of foreign affairs.
RuJToJr\slstSTTthere has been no conflict between White House
and State. He worked closely with the President on changes.
But it is noteworthy that George C. McGhee, Rusk’s original
for political ^^sp anning staff> is now made undersecretary
By this shift, the department goes back to the organi-
zational setup during the Eisenhower administration,
ihe jobs of undersecretary for economic affairs and admin-
istration have been combined with two assistant secretaryships.
The job of undersecretary for political affairs has been sep-
arated from other responsibilities, with one assistant secretary,
U. Alexis Johnson, to do the work.
abrupt dismissal because he con-
sidered it all-important to em-
phasize the constitutional role of
civilian authority over the mili-
tary in the United States.
The John Birchites have been
claiming that the issue between
MacArthur and Truman was Mac-
Arthur’s desire to bomb beyond
the 38th parallel. Their memories
are faulty. The real issue was
that MacArthur in Tokyo had
and congressmen how to run the
political strategy of the Far East,
thereby undermining the strategy
Washington.
The Kennedy Administration,
faced with a similar situation
in the case of Gen. Edwin Walk-
er, merely transferred Walker to
a : pleasant . post in Hawaii—the
Army’s softest assignment. The
Army made no move to court-
martial Walker and Attorney
General Kennedy has made no
move to prosecute Walker for vio-
lation of the Hatch Act. t
President Truman would have
done it differently.
Sen. Morse Ribs Military
Sen. Wayne Morse was cross-
examining Gen. Tom White when
the latter was Air Force chief of
staff and was testifying before the
Senate Disarmament Committee of
which Morse is a member.
“I would like to be cynical,
senator,” said: Gen. White, refer-
ring to the detection of nuclear
explosions, “I question whether
the Russians would even discuss
this thing if they weren’t sure
they could cheat.”
“The general has suggested that
we be cynics,” said' Morse. “Gen
eral, I am so cynical that ]
make you look like an optimist.’
“I am glad to hear that, sir,”
said Gen. White.
“I think the only people who
are * ahead of the American mili-
tary leaders are the archeologists
of a thousand years ago,” said
the senator.
Red Hat for Washington
One result which may come
from the visit o fthe Papal Sec-
retary of State Cardinal Cicogna-
ni is the elevation of the Diocese
of Washington to the' level of a
See headed by a cardinal.
Every other major capital of
the world—London, Paris, Madrid.
Buenos Aires—'rates a cardinal.
The capital of the United States,
partly because of its southern,
Protestant population, hitherto has
not so rated.
However, Archbishop Patrick
O’Boyle of Washington is an old
friend of the papal secretary of
state and has followed Pope
John’s new leadership in encour-
aging cooperation between Catho-
lics and Protestants. O’Boyle
many times has said that Chris-
tians are misguided to allow their
differences to separate them and
he has joined such interfaith
groups as the Foundation for Re-
ligious Action in the Social and'
Civil Order, headed by an Episco-
pal clergyman, Dr. Charles Wes-
ley Lowry.
Archbishop O’Boyle has also
sent his young, articulate auxili-
ary’ bishop. Philip M. Hannan to
grace many interfaith meetings.
O’Broyle’s position on Christian
unity is far closer to the Vati-
can’s than that of Cardinal Spell-
man’s and it would not surprise
church leaders if Pope John did
not increase the College of Car-
dinals to an even 100 by present-
ing a red hat to Archbishop O’-
Boyle.
It Occurs to Me...
By Lin Milk#
BOYS AND GIRLS FROM
this end of the county did very
well in the county show in
Georgetown.
Beverly Clement and' Suzanne
Huser, both of Granger, showed
champion lambs.
Charles Schroeder of Thrall
showed the grand champion fat
calf.
Garry Wallin of Hutto exhibit-
ed the first place lightweight
steer.
David Heselmeyer of Taylor
showed the grand champion
hog.
And Morris Zieschang of
Thrall exhibited the reserve
champion hog.
Those are just the top
awards they won.
This certainly speaks well for
these youngsters’ abilities to
raise fine livestock.
You just don’t produce a
champion animal in a hap-haz-
and manner. It takes planning
and scientific knowhow.
Congratulations to all these
youngsters.
TOM TEER, working up a
talk on safety to be given be-
fore his speech class at The
University of Texas, asked'
Highway Patrolman Norman Au-
trey how many of the accidents
he and his partner investigated
involved people either drinking
or drunk.
Autrey’s answer rather shoek-
rae. His answer: about 90 per
cent!
WE’RE REMINDED by a
news Release from the “Depart-
ment of Commerce and Public
Events, City of New York” that
a Taylorite, John Matysek,
plays for Baylor University ,one
of the two teams which will be
playing in New York’s first
annual Gotham Bowl at the Po-
lo Grounds Saturday afternoon.
The Gotham Bowl is a big
deal to the New Yorkers, who
are obviously “starved” for a
college bowl game.
The note at the bottom of the
release stated: “On the Baylor
team from Taylor, John Maty-
sek.”
Incidentally, the mayor of
New York, Robert F. Wagner,
has proclaimed Dec. 9 as “Go-
tham Bowl Day.”
SPEAKING OF Taylor boys
in the Southwest Conference
Gene Raesz, outstanding Rice
end, will be playing in an im-
portant bowl game—the Blue-
bonnet Bowl—Saturday, Dec. 16
at 1 p.m. in Rice Stadium.
In the weekly poop sheet dis-
tributed by Rice Institute, this
comment is made: “Junior end
Gene Raesz played extremely
well all season, but this was a
year of strong play by a flock
of SWC seniors with 4 or 5
strong all-SWC candidates, in-
cluding teammate BUrirell.”
Raesz, nevertheless, made
honorable mention on the all-
SWC team.
“AS SOON AS public service
ceases to be the chief business
of the citizens, and they would
rather serve with their money
than with their persons, the
State is not far from, its fall,”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is quo-
ted as saying in the latest edi-
tion of the Lions magazine.
Here’s another good' one from
the same source: “The happi-
ness of life is made up of mi-
nute fractions—the little soon-
forgotten charities of a kiss' 6r
smile, a kind look, a heartfelt
compliment, and the countless
infinitesimals of pleasurable and
genial feeling” — Samuel Tay-
lor Coleridge.
WE WOUND. UP with 145
adults taking the civil defense
course in six classes, including
the one at Rice’s Crossing
taught by Henry Hooper. [, - ; i
That seems like a pretty good
turnout to me, everything con-
sidered. Maybe some of you
don’t think so.
The influence of 145 people
who know civil defense can be
very great. A lot of what they,
know will be passed on to ofhenf
from time to time.
And perhaps other classes will
be taught in the future. It
would seem like a waste to
train civil defense teachers to
teach only one 12-hour course
and then forget the whole busi-
ness.
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How are
God.
you at listening? It may bee a forgotten art, but it is a gift from
Wily GrOW Old... By Josephine Lowman
I recently received such a de-
lightful letter from a reader that
I am going to let you enjoy part-
of it with me. She had just finish-
ed reading my column about lis-
tening. The following are some of
her comments:
Happy Birthday
Greetings of “Happy Birthday’
are being extended to the follow
ing birthday celebrants:
James Edward Wolb'ruek and
Mrs. Frank Kovar.
“I feel T must write and tell
you how deeply your column on
Tislening’ moved me. If everyone
old enough to read' could pin this
up in a prominent place, what a
difference it would make all over
the world.
“You see, I am a natural born
listener, or perhaps I should, say,
I inherited it from my mother.
When I was very young I used
to think, ‘How can she listen end-
lessly to all those dreary people
and really seem interested.’ My
sisters and I used to tease her
and call her “The Keeper of the
Lame Ducks.’ She’d laugh us off,
but never divulge the confidences
and never belittle those who
gave them.
“Imagine my initial consterna-
tion as I grew older to find; the
same thing happening to me.
Now I feel very humble, because
while in other fields I am com-
pletely untalented, I have come
to believe that listening is a gift
from God, the same as music or
painting or anything else creative.
“It’s a blasted, irksome bur-
densome gift sometimes: some-
times I feel I’m almost drowning
in torrents of words, streams of
which I am totally inadequate to
solve, and certainly wouldn’t dare
try.
“But here’s the fantastic part
—people come back and say,
‘Everything seems so much clear-
er after talking it over with you,’
or something of the sort.,
“I am very fortunate that I
have my family completely fool-
ed. They think. I am the most
fabulous woman in the whole
world. I have a face—ordinary,
hair—poor, two arms and legs
like everyone else, haven’t got
fat, wear glasses to read am an
indifferent housekeeper and a rea-
sonably good cook, but I listen to
those in my family by the hour.
“I also listen to friends—mine,
my children’s, and my husband’s.
I listen to teen-agers, I listen to
neighbors. I listen to milkmen,
shop clerks and cashiers. Believe
me, anyone who sees me even
from afar feels the urge to tell
me his life story.
“If we go to a party, my hus-
band' always kids me and tells
me to take a towel along—the
wretch. He is invariably right.
There is always some disconso-
late soul who pours out his trou-
bles, or an ecstatic character who
knows I’ll be fascinated with his
latest idea, project or conquest.
My house is like Grand Central
Station, but I’ve become very
skillful at stepping over and
around bodies. I cook or iron
when the listening sessions are in
progress.
“Do forgive :
your ear so long, but you must
remember that nobody listens to
a listener. This is heady stuff for
me. I am sure you’d make a
most wonderful friend arid, who
knows, we might even take
turns listening—or would be both
sit expectantly waiting for the
other to begin? Seriously, I d'a
feel that listening is a forgotten
art.”
(Released by The Register and
for bending Tribune Syndicate. 1961) ,/
Hal Boyle
Well, A Chap Can
Dream, Can t He?
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NEW vORI< (J1) — More frag
ments from letters we’d like to
get—but rarely do:
“That song your teen-age son
sent us, M Gave Santa a Bongo
Drum. ’ looks like the big novelty
hit of the year. As you are his
legal guardian, we are sending
you a royalty check for $55,00',.
and assure you this is only the
first of a—”
“The doctor says the sprain
isn’t too bad, but that I should
rest it for a few weeks. This
means I won’t he able to,pay you
and Madge my annual holiday
visit as I have done every year
since you married my daughter
21 years ago. I hate to break
this fine old family tradition
but—”
“This is just a memo to let
you know, Jim, that after the
first of the year you’ll have the
title of vice president and $5,000
more per annum. The case of
bourbon that comes with this note
is to help you celebrate your—”
“As it has been three years
since your wife used her charge
account at our store, we are dis-
continuing it because of our pol-
icy that it doesn’t pay us to' Keep
accounts which remain inactive
for longer than—”
“Just a,s you suspected, a physi
cal examination has disclosed that
patrolman Kelly is both nearsight-,
ed and color-blind. Therefore the
department is tearing up the 13
parking tickets and the ticket he
gave you for running through a
red' light, and we apologize for
any inconvenience we may
have—”
“And while it has been nice
living with you all the last six
months, I thought while I was
out
here in Arizona I’d look boy,
around for something steady, and
have landed a swell job jn real
estate and met a swell doll, and
guess I’ll settle down out here.
Hope you and sis won’t mind
too mufh. Your brother-in-law,
Jce.”
“We in the internal Rever,
Service pride ourselves on our aJ
curacy, Mr. Wilson, but in your
case we simply got the wrong
Wilson. We are returning your
check for $362 and enclosing your
own check for $187, represent-
ing a refund on the amount you
actually overpaid' last year. If we
had more honest taxpayers like
you—” . te
“Of course, I could sell you a
new furnace if you -really want to
go to all that expense. But the
old one is working, fine, as far
as I can see. However, you did
have a little trouble with your
thermostat, which I adjusted. The
hill is $7.75.”.....
. “My little elves, while .fcoiing
around in their workshop this
summer, stumbled on a way to
make money. . Not play money.
Real money. So instead of just
bringing yom another necktie this
year, I decided I’d surprise you
by giving ycu something you could
really use. Enclosed are ten genu-
ine $100 bills. Have a merry
Christmas! Sincerely yours/Santa
Claus.”
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Couple Get Dear
On Deer Hunting Trip
KANE, Pa. yp) — Mr. and Mrs
Lewis Signorelia of Tarent
went hunting for deer Mondai
but they came up with a dear.
Mrs. Signorelia, 31, was rushed
to Kane Community Hospital
where she gave birth to a baby
Irs.
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