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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-09-19

ficmty with the Republicans re-
minds me of a story heard when
/ was a youngster. Little Johnny
came home proudly elutching an
expensive toy automobile.
where did you get that?" his
mother inquired.
Il got il from Tommy for doing
him a favor" Johnny answered.
what was the favor7" the
mother asked.
Il was hitting him on the head
and he asked me TO stop"
That's about the way the Re
publicans have been handling dom
este problems since 1883. They
started off with their tight
money" policy. It put more and
more OF a squeeze on the average
homeowner until he could barely
breathe financially. When the sit
uation got too bad and we had the
1854 recession, the Administra-
ton eased up a bit and proceeded
20 take bows for its benevolence.
Then came the Dixon-Yates con-
tract. When Sen, Kefauver exposed
this 70 light, the Administration
first denied any wrung-doing Then
the Justice Dept came along and
tried TO recover the mis-spent fed
eral funds. Again the Republicans
said this was a sign Of their anti
corruption approach.
The list Of such "favors" the
Administration has done for the
public Is impressive. Conversely
the real favors II has done for the
banks. the electric utility compan-
les. and big business generally
could be called Oppressive.
From my point OF view, the Re
publican dehacle OF 1855 is not toe
dfneult to figure out. II ordinary
people face an economic squeezs
as they have in the recession anc
see government totally Indifferent
20 their needs, while special priv
LEGGED characters line their peck
cts and reward their friends with
vicuna cats, what else Is there 4
DO but throw the rascals out
u Copyright Robert c. Spiv
; ackl
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-09-19

are building today people want They
ever making preparations American product to add to the
illusion created by chronicles foreign imports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

Washington wanted the United
States hands tied.
But there Is also military value
great military value--ln a solid
alliance, Arm In It's resolve TO es-
tablish q ring OF missile bases
around the fringes Of the Soviet
empire. A careful study OF Sobo-
lev's speeches 70 the uN Council.
and OF Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko's blast In Moscow. in
dicates that the Western plan TO
build such bases Is the principal
target Of current Soviet diplom-
acy.
Fright Compoion
MoscowS idea Is 10 brighten the
United States allies with the
spectre OF "retaliatory" strike by
Russian aircraft or missiles. un-
dertaken--among other reasons
because some United States Stra-
tegic Air Command spool" &C
cidentally went too far. II the
allies were 10 become frightened
enough. they might well hesitate
TO install on their territory tar
gets for such a Soviet attack
Present governments OF Britain,
West Germany, and most other
NATO countries are largely i'm
mune from this kind Of scare tech
nique. But the men who may come
to power next-Gaitskell and
Bevan in Britain. Ollenauer In
Germany. the anti-American right
wing In France-are by no means
immune. Nor are the people, whose
votes decide elections.
And the battle is far from over.
Every indication is that Moscow
plans to say much more about
SAC training flights, as part of
a broader pattern OF assault on the
Western alliance. and specifically
on plans for the nuclear arma-
ment Of Western Europe. The
whole propaganda battle over a
summit conference needs to be
read in this context.
Sooner or later. the West must
learn the lesson Of the jiu jitsu
artist. who uses the momentum OF
his adversary's thrust TO help hurl
him to the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
LESS FOR The PRINCES
Feiso| Brings Reform to Soudi-Arobio

constitution is expected to limit
the privileges Of the princes,
especially their spending. He has
already considerably reduced the
allowances Of his 40 brothers.
In foreign affairs, Prince Feisal
is expected to strengthen his
country's ties with the United
Arab Republic and to maintain
good relations with the United
States.
He is an ardent Arab nationalist
who believes that his country's
political interests would be best
served through cooperation with
Col. Nasser. He also believes that
his oil producing country must
remain on the best of terms with
the United States to protect its
financial interests. Therefore, he
is not expected to push, in the
foreseeable future. for a modiflca-
ton of the agreements with the
Arabian American Oil Co. and the
United States lease on the Dharan
air base.
Likely Agreement
1t is not likely that Prince Feisal
will push, at this time, for &C
tually uniting his country with the
United Arab Republic. However,
1t is likely that he will meet soon
with Col. Nasser and conclude
with him an agreement formal
izing Saudi Arabia's relations with
the new republic. Such an agree
ment is expected to include the
following:
l. Col. Nasser will not ask Saudi
Arabia to pursue a policy consid-
cred by Prince Feisal to be in
furious to good relations with the
United States.
2. In the cold war between the
United Arab Republic and the
Arab Federation of naq and Jor-
dan, Prince Feisal will assume a
careful neutrality.
3. Col. Nasser and his powerful
machine will not insist, for the
time being, on Saudi Arabian adj
herence to the new republic.
The chaHces are that Prince
Feisal will succeed in carrying out
his policy along these lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
BY NED MAKDISI
Special Writer for The star

JIDDAH. Saudi Arabia. - Few
er aforementioned Cadillacs are
seen these days on the streets Of
this Red Sea port. The carefree.
spendthrift royal princes. whose
palaces consume more electricity
than the homes Of the whole
populace Of this city Of some 200,-
600. are rarely in evidence.
Visiting Jiddah after an alb
sence of three years this writer's
first impression was that profligacy
Is on its way out. Austerity has
come to Saudi Arabia and the man
who has brought 1t is Crown Prince
Feisal, who has taken over the
reins of government In an effort
to salvage its finances and bring
order to its somewhat confused
policies.
Less than a month ago oil-rich
Saudi Arbia was on the brink of
financial and political ruin. Specu-
lation had devalued its unit of cur
rency tthe riaD to less than half
its value on the international
market. King Saud's efforts to
stem Egyptian dictator Canal
Abdel Nasser's popularity had
brought the wrath Of Egypt's pow
erful propaganda machine against
him and his regime. Faced with
financial and political ruin. Saud
summoned his dynamic and i'm
mensely popular Crown Prince
brother and. in effect, put him in
charge Of the country.
Led Retiring Life
For eight years Prince Feisal had
been Grown Prince and Foreign
Minister In name only. He led q
quiet and secluded life with his
charming wife In an unimposing
palace on the outskirts of Jiddah.
His king brother, to whim he had
never been close, never bothered
to take mis- advice on how to run
the country. Instead, the King re-
lied on palace advisers, most of
whom came from other Arab coun-
tries. who spent much of their
time intriguing and fighting among
themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

It was no secret that Prince
Feisal was dissatisfied with King
Saud's often aimless policy, which
alternated from pro-NaSser to
pro- Hashemite depending on
which adviser happened to have
the Kings ear. When Prince Fei-
sal returned to the Middle East
last fall after several months of
medical treatment in the United
States, dissatisfaction with Saud's
policies was running high in
Saudi Arabia.
The Prince remained a couple
OF weeks in Egypt where he con-
ferred with Col. Nasser and held
lengthy talks with Saudis who
flew to Cairo to acquaint him
with the situation at home. When
he returned to Jiddah 1t imme-
diately became obvious that some
thing was brewing.
The Prince ignored the CUSTOM
airy practice Of proceeding i'm
mediately to Riyadh and paying
his respects to the King. The King
retaliated by canceling a trip to
Jiddah in order to avoid meeting
his brother. Then came the bomb
shell; Just the thing Feisal and
his supporters needed to take over
power. In a dramatic speech in
Damascus, Col. Nasser's Syrian
shadow, Col. Abdul Hamid Ser
raj, charged he had uncovered a
plot by King Saud to murder him.
The charge had an electrifying
reaction in Saudi Arabia where
the majority of the population is
pro-Nasser. Sensing an imminent
danger to the Saudi throne. the
princes hurriedly conferred among
themselves and unanimously de-
cided to ask King Saud to hand
over the reins Of government to
Prince Feisal.
Many Were Fired
Immediately upon assuming
control Of the country. Prince
Feisal began the mass firing of
corrupt officials and army officers.
Many rumors spread in the Arab
world on what the new Saudi OUT
look would be. SWne said that
the desert kingdom would soon
join the United Arab Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
The Courts Crack Down on Parents
BY PHIL YEAGER
Special writer for The star

Undoubtedly the most impor-
tant influence upon the growing
youngster Is that welded by the
adults whom he observes day after
day. Certainly the behavior pat
terms displayed by his parents and
the type OF behavior which his
parents require OF him are a pri-
mary influence In the character
forming years Of the child"
This comment by FBI Chief J.
Edgar Hoover In a recent law jour-
nal points up parental RESPONSE
bility In the current wave OF juve-
nile delinquency and mobsterism
squarely at parents. "Tragically,"
he added, the moral decline which
Is evidenced In our rapidly In
creasing rates Of crime and delin-
Quency can be traced TO the very
portals OF the home"
While other forces besides pa
rental failures contribute TO the
incidence OF young criminals,
there is a growing tendency to
hold parents responsible for the
misdeeds Of minor children. And
from that arises a diffcult ques-
ton: Should this social blame be
translated into legal liability?
There is a dearth OF reliable in
formation on results obtained in
countries which hold parents
strictly accountable-criminally or
civilly-for their children's anti
social conduct. We do know that
Russia claims to get good results
with stiff laws which not only
severely punish "delinquet par
ents" but take their children away
from them In some instances. Ac-
cording TO officials Of the USSR's
Law Institute Of the Academy Of
Sciences, the threat Of parental
punishment is very effective in
bolstering home discipline.
Crockdown Begun
Few are suggesting this APP
proach for the United States,
where legal concepts are not only
generally more liberal but also
subject to 48 varying State judi
cial systems as well as the Fed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
THE HUMAN SIDE RECESSION
-. Yesterday Washed the Windows Just to Kill Time

THAT s1O3.50 Just don't go any
where. Covers food, is all. House
is paid for and we don't owe any
body, thank goodness. But for in
surance and the rest. we're using
savings. If I don't get work soon.
I'll have TO drop the insurance.
II I can just pick me up an ice
cream route somewhere and bring
In another SIS or $50 a week, that
ought TO do It,"
Miss Iva B. Carter. 81. lives in
q high-ceilinged. shadowy apart
ment furnished with old family
pieces in heavy oak. The apart
ment Is one Of four In q faded.
red-brick building surrounded by
other faded red-brick buildings
which once were private mansions
during Louisville's whisky boom"
In the late 18th century.
Miss Carter lives here with her
invalid mother and cousin. The
cousin works in q hospital, makes
$40 q week. which now supports
the three Of them. Last May, at
the Louisville Medical Depot, an
Army hospital equipment center.
Miss Carter was laid OF after II
years. She had been an Offset
printing press operator. earning
$50 a week.
Since then, I must have gone
TO at least 100 different places and
filled out at least so applications
the rest aren't even taking APP
plications. But the only work I've
found was two weeks during the
Christmas rush at Kaufman's Dry
Goods and some baby sitting"
In the last year. Miss Carter
has bought one article of cloth
ing, a house dress for $6.08. She
no longer goes visiting friends and
relatives in town. Why? Il need
to save the bus fare to look for
work."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

child was persisting In conduct
likely TO injure someone-whether
or not he did in fact know Of 1t.
The key to the matter suggested
In these cases seems to be the
element of "habitualneSs" In the
normal acts Of the child. II such
acts are habitual and parents
know, or should know. this to be
the case-liability for damages
may exist.
Lows frightened
So great has become the rate Of
property destruction through ju-
venile delinquency that many
States are now enacting statutes
designed to support this trend Of
court decisions.
Georgia. Oklahoma and South
Dakota have all frightened up
parental liability by statute.
Nebraska has enacted such q law
pertaining to property damage.
Michigan has adopted a broader
law imposing liability UP to $500
for damage suffered by either
public or private parties. Louisi-
ana maintains statutes imposing
parental liability where it can be
shown the damage occurred
through lack of family discipline
in the child involved or that the
parent was present when the
harmful act took place.
Other legislation is directed to
specific problems. New Mexico
now imposes parental liability In
cases Of fence breaking by minors.
Florida does so in connection with
school-owned property. Where
damage Is to school buildings,
eight States bill the parents. Ar
kansas and Missouri do the same
where damage is to any public
property. New Hampshire lowers
the boom on parents in cases
where damage judgments have
been awarded against minors.
Not the Answer
While legal liability on parents
may help reimburse damaged
parties. is it the answer-or q
major part Of the answer-to juve-
nile delinquency itself? Most ex-
pertS say it is not.
Sociologists point out that LA
bility does little to cure two big
g. sources of juvenile trouble-a di-
vision Of authority in the home,
and cultural conflicts.
Criminologists point out that in
some cases such laws actually pro-
mote delinquency on the part Of
resentful juveniles who will hap
PLY do anything to cause their
parents grief and hardship.
Lawyers point out that laws
which are too general or vague in
imposing vicarious liability may
be vulnerable on legal grounds
or work such hardships on par
ents as to defeat their purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

ent and the child is young enough
to be completely dominated there
by.
o Civilly-Parents are normally
liable only II "a the child's dam
aging acts result from the parents
negligence: 90 the child is acting
at the time as the servant or agent
Of the parent, or 80 the child's
delinquent act is done with the
parents consent or approval.
Admittedly those points are
much over-simplifled. But they
serve as base from which to view
the recent development of the law
regarding parental liability.
On the criminal side, for ex-
ample. all States except Vermont
and Delaware now have statutes
under which parents may be pun
ished II it is found that they have
actively contributed to the delin-
quency Of their children. More
over. parents may be so charged
whether or not their children have
been legally adjudged delinquent.
New Iork's System
New York State has advanced
another step. Last year it
adopted a new law which works
this way:
When a minor becomes delin-
quent. the court may issue a writ
ten order to the parents specify
ing the conduct they are to fol-
low with regard to the delinquent
child. Presumably such orders
may include special supervision,
curfews. parental companionship.
punishment Of the minors diso-
bedience. instigation of legitimate
hobbies and interests, etc.-any-
thing which might reasonably be
expected TO curb delinquency. II
these orders are not carried out,
then the parents may be held in
contempt Of court. II so, they are
tried for contempt before q Judge
other than the one who cited them
and are subject to fines up to $3.50
and/or 80 days in Jail.
This law is considered to have
a big advantage over proposals of
the blanket liability" type in that
1t gives warning to parents in adj
vance and only Furnishes for willful
disobedience Of specific court
orders.
On the side Of civil liability, a
number Of important court de-
cisions In the past few years have
swung the pendulum in the direc-
ton Of making parents pay for
damages done by their children.
This seems to be particularly so
in cases where parents have full
knowledge Of their youngsters
Maynard or vicious streaks yet do
nothing to restrain or correct
them. Parental liability may be
found, some courts now say, If a
parent should have known his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
Special Writer for The star

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.-The
Soviet-American clash over Arctic
training flights by the United
States Strategic Air Command is
q case study on the need for
imagination and fiexibility In the
approach Of the free worlds
Spokesman.
The United States and It's
friends In the U. N. Security
Council successfully fought of
Russias verbal assault. The Krem-
Inns complaint was smothered.
But the free world missed an un-
paralleled opportunity TO go on
an immediate offensive and win
a major victory. Saturdays an
nouncement that the United
States had arranged for a discus
sion Of Arctic aerial inspection by
the Security Council on Tuesday
apparently was a move TO recap
ture that opportunity.
When the Russians professed
to be alarmed by the United
States polar fiights-feints or
"spoofS" as the Pentagon calls
them-the logical answer would
have been:
Every we'll. Here is the blue
print Of an inspection network
which would have the men. the
mobility, the instruments. and
the communications to detect.
identify and report all activity in
the polar skies.
1T could separate planes from
formation Of geese. meteorites
from missiles and earth satellites
from ICBMs. It could reduce to an
absolute minimum the already
low, though admittedly existent,
danger Of accidental atomic war.
"Will you accept this plan or
not?"
Plan Is Available
The United States and its
friends have. Of course, repeated
~ offered Russia q plan to bar
surprise attack as part Of a
larger disarmament package. other
elements Of which are-and are
likely to continue to. be-unac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
OPPORTUNITY MISSED
Did We tumble the SAC Issue?

ceptable 10 the Russians. United
States Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge recalled these earlier offers
In his Security Council rebuttal,
But he did not put his Soviet
opposite number, ArKady A. So
bolev. In the position OF having
10 say ''yes" or mo" on the spot.
He simply assumed. no doubt cor
rectly. that the answer would still
be mo" II the inspection plan
we're TO be offered separately,
apart from other elements Of the
disarmament package.
Experienced observers here be-
lieve, however. that rather than
make this assumption Mr.. Lodge
should have put the question
squarely up 10 Mr., Sobolev In a
form ,he could not have lodged
successfully.
To have forced an immediate
answer would have produced one
OF these two results:
o Either Mr.. Sobolev would have
had to accept the scheme, thus
giving the United States. Canada.
and indirectly the rest OF the free
world. an added dimension Of
safety from surprise Soviet attack:
. Or he would have had TO re-
fuse. and thus debate the balloon
Of his elaborate propaganda COM
plant against Arctic "spoofs."
The Reasons Why
There appear to have been two
real reasons why Mr., Lodge was
not authorized TO counter the So
Wet move in this way. One was
that despite months Of tug-of-
war the United States and Its
allies still did not have an agreed.
negotiable disarmament policy.
Thus he was not free to break up
the package.
A possible second reason for
failure to act in more imagina-
tive way was that the Pentagon
sees offensive, as well as de-
fensive. military value in feints
across the North Pole. They serve
to keep the Russians of balance;
by providing repeated false alarms.
they wear down the alertness Of
Soviet defenders. Not everyone in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

ences in Europe and the United
States. Those who know him well
are impressed with his many
qualities of leadership. He is
courageous, able and bent on re-
form. AS his country's foreign
minister. he made his ministry a
model of efficiency. His first task
will be to modernize the other
branches Of his administration
and appoint a new cadre OF eX-
perts to replace the ousted politi-
cal appointeeS. He has already
taken several steps in that direc-
ton.
He is also expected to appoint a
committee of Experts to work out
a constitution. So far, Saudi
Arabia has had none. The new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

eral system. Nevertheless, Amer
lean jurisdictions are beginning
TO crack down in other ways on
parents whose children get In
trouble with the law.
In general terms, the American
view Of parental legal responsible
ity for the wrongful or abnormal
behavior Of their children has
traditionally been about as fol-
lows:
. Criminally-Parents are rarely
held liable for the crimes Of their
children unless such acts are done
under the supervision of the par
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

Others maintained that Prince
Feisal will concentrate on internal
reform. In order to be able to
predict the political future Of that
country one has to understand
the personality of its new leader.
In contrast to King Saud, Feisal
Is a widely Travelled man, having
represented his country on many
occasions at international confer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

far. in six months. all I've found
was a few days of odd jobs for a
neighbor."
He used to work at General
Electric, on the dryer assembly
line. With overtime, he took home
Sis a week. He was laid of in
october. Since then. Don has ex-
hausted his unemployment COM
penSation 1892 for rs weeksJ and
his $500 savings.
His wife Mary found work at a
cigarette plant for $63 q week.
sealing cases. The Cranes and
their three young children now
live on that, Just barely. Some of
their fixed monthly expenses: $40
on the mortgage. $3.50 on a
clothes washer. $l1.80 for storm
windows.
Crane FANNY activities and
plans Cancelled by the recession:
Saturday night bowling, square
dances. fishing trips and plans to
build a garage.
Mary works late, so Don fixes
breakfast, changes the baby. gets
the eldest child of to school. When
Mary gets up, Don looks for work,
always home by 2. when she goes
off. He sees that the kids nap,
fixes dinner, cleans up, gets the
kids to bed. tries to lose himself
in TV but the thought keeps re-
curing. II must find work soon
and Mary must get back home
and take care of the kids"
Ely Fisher, 81, tall, thin, dis
traught. Laid of last fall at Amer
lean Air Filter Co., where he
worked as welder's helper and
took home about $40 a week. I'm
employment compensation ex-
hausted.
Forced to give up house which
he rented for $45 a month. Furni-
ture in storage. Wife and two
small boys living with her family.
Ely living with his family. Unable
to keep up monthly payments,
lost 40 Cadillac and freezer.
Denzil Poole, 80, optimistic.
Laid off at G-E early in February.
Earned $3.50 a week before
takeout" on washer assembly line.
After three weeks found filling sta
ton job. Works so hours a week,
six days, to make same money
earned at G-E in 40.
I'm not worried. We're keep
ing our heads above water. The
car and furniture were all paid
for so we don't have to worry
about that. Anyway, I hope. to be
going back to G-E before long"
"One things for sure" says
Vernon Melcher, AZ, old enough to
remember the great depression,
I'm not putting my name on
nothing any more. If it's a choice
between going without or going
into debt, I'm going without. Like
the driveway and the garage. We
could've waited on them"
Until January, he earned sos
a week before "takeout" In the
maintenance department at Ford.