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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-06-16
Rep. MeIcher Speaks In
Behalf Of John Q. Public

of
Dr. John Mecher
Mr. Melcher
Public because he said in his opening remarks cit has
privilege the citizen
will to the
presenta-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-06-16

ments by saying that in speaking in
opposition for the public may be
somewhat different than the stand
point of the Milwaukee Railroad in
opposition, and | am aware of my
lack of ability to present complete
and lucid presentation of public re-
action in opposition to the proposal.
The public reaction does not crystalize
Immediately on such a question as
we are involved with here.
CITIZEN HAS A DUTY
TO SPEAK UP
If I should seem critical of railroad
management of these large roads,
remember the public has always had
that perrogative. If l seem to be de-
manding or at times caustic, it is only
because as one of the people identi-
fled as John @. Public, it has always
been the privilege and the duty of
citizen to speak up and take stand |
on an issue that will in the long run
be harmful to the public interest.
All of us, whether here to repre-
sent the various railroads, the regu-
latory commissions of the various
states, various employee groups or
other businesses, will in the course
of events have to do what is best for
the public interest and l present for
your consideration my view points,
our view points as we have studied
this proposal-coming from Forsyth,
a city of 1000, situated 300 miles
east of here on the MP.
Because what we have concluded
in Forsyth is similar to thou
sand or more other communities
located on various roads involved
our plight in Forsyth is no different
from many other communities and
we make up the public
interest because in my state and in
your states we make up the bulk of
the population and we make up the
need and the reason for and in eff
feet the commerce of the larger cities.
There are hundreds of small COM
munities like ours along these IGN {
MP lines and the Milwaukee and !
little has been said or is being said t
about the effect on these commune l
ties. We are dependent on the rail I
road-indeed we are there because
Of the railroads. We resist this forced Y
drying up of our communities. /,
Sometimes public opinion is slow
to form and sometimes seems slug !.
gish and unresponsive but never
theless, the public demands eventu-
ally develop, become vocal and are
heard.
The trend of consultations of
has reached an alarming
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-06-16

we can continue to compete, even
exist, in the face of the combined
forces of the merger Milwaukee
will be squeezed right in the middle
because of the rate and routing pro-
cess, he said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-06-16
By Rep. John Melcher, Forsyth

pace. Consultations of everything
ranches - farms - grocery stores -
manufacturers huge companies
has proceeded in recent years at
rate that causes concern among all
of us.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-06-16

mediately these two commissioners
came back and opposed at least four
more sections of the seven section
statement
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-06-16

EXCUSED or ABSENT: Etchart, Sey
mour, Nichols, Barnard and Spilde.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Small Price for Safety

Wisconsin has taken step toward
automotive safety that other States
would be we'll advised to follow. The
Midwestern State has made safety belts
mandatory for the front seats of all
1862 model automobiles. And if tests
conducted by highway safety authorities
are indicative of what the belts can
accomplish when used regularly, lives
will be saved and injuries averted by
the belt requirement.
Studies by numerous agencies have
shown that many persons die or suffer
brain injuries when thrown against
windshield or dashboard by the impact
of collision. Research has proved the
effectiveness of safety belts in re-
Straining the forward thrust of the body
in some collisions. It has been estimated
that the death toll on the Nations
highways could be reduced 80 per cent
if all front-Seat occupants were securely
strapped to their seats at the time of
impact.
All manufacturers have equipped
their 1862 cars with anchorageS for seat
belts, but the belts themselves are extra
equipment for which a relatively small
additional charge is made. If all juriS
dictions made the belts mandatory, as
Wisconsin has done, the automobile in
dustry probably would make safety
belts standard equipment. We believe
the public would gladly pay the few
extra dollars of cost if convinced of the
lifeSaving potentialities of the belts.
And WisconSinS test ought to provide
convincing proof, judging from pre-
liminary studies elsewhere.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Justified Veto

While he might have gained some
political advantage by bowling to the
wishes of postal unions, President Ken
nedy, with commendable forthrightnesS,
has vetoed postal pay bill that would
have sent the Post Office Departments
deficit beyond the $800-million mark.
The President rightly contended that
legislation to increase the pay of postal
workers should be accompanied by some
provision for meeting the cost. And
Congress, although overwhelmingly in
favor of the bill to raise pay of more
than half million mail workers through
longevity promotions, sat on its hands
when the President and his aides urged
an increase in postal rates.
Mr.. Kennedy, in announcing the
veto, said he agreed that some revision
of the longevity pay system is needed.
He will ask Congress for certain changes
when it meets next year. And, he made
1t plain, he will also ask Congress to
provide means of raising additional
revenue with which to grant any pay
increases and to reduce the postal
deficit. The outlook, therefore, is for
renewal of the administrators request
for postal rate increases. And the next
time Congress is not so likely to shunt
the rate legislation aside while rolling
out the red carpet for postal pay bill
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Kick In, Please

The frantic quest for political cam
paign contributions admittedly takes
some weird and devious paths. But
some searching will be required, all the
same, to find parallel for the unique
and brazen shakedown engineered by
the forces of Mayor Wagner in New
York the other day.
The scene was luncheon, to which
were invited a number of builders and
real estate men, many of whom do
business with the city. While the Mayor
looked on, according to a New York
Times report, the guests were asked to
rise and state how much each would
kick into the Wagner campaign fund.
At the urging of Abraham M. Linden
baum, who at that time was a member
of the City Planning Commission but
who since has resigned, some 43 re-
sponded. They pledged amounts ranging
from 500 to $4,000, no doubt to the
smiling appreciation of Mayor Wagner.
Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz,
the Republican candidate for mayor,
lost no time in charging that Mr. Wagner
was at least an accessory to political
highway robbery" Under the circum-
stances, who can disagree?
For our part, we are delighted to be
free Of such getty Shenanigans in the
conduct of our own municipal affairs.
1t is interesting to speculate what a
howl of indignation and outrage would
arise if any such thing occurred in our
so-called miSgoverned and diSfranchised
city-or for that matter, in any of our
surrounding localities.
Evening star., 1961-10-05

1901 Carle was in THE
Ladies Paradise" first muSi-
cal comedy to be staged at
the Metropolitan Opera
House.
@. Is the stated horse
power rating of an automo-
bile engine the actual power
of the car when in use?--J.C C.
A. No. Horsepower ratings
are calculated for a stripped
engine and are maximum
ratings. The horsepower is
greatly reduced when the en-
gine is installed in a Car and
goes into actual operation.
The effective (usable) horse
power of an engine may be
far less than its maximum
rating.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Medical ChorIotons

The term medical quackery" is apt
to bring to mind first the medicine show
doctors" and con artists of a bygone
era, who foiSted snake oils and all sorts
of weird contraptions on public not
nearly so enlightened as we like to
think of ourselves today. One is brought
up somewhat short at the extent to
which the sick and the gullible still are
being bilked out of hundreds of millions
Of dollars by phony cures, worthless
gadgetS and miSrepreSented products.
To mention just a few instances, the
American Medical Association estimates
that more than $50 million a year is
wasted on fake cancer cures, some $3.50
million on ineffective arthritis and
rheumatism remedies some $500 million
on special foods and diets which are
of little or no benefit to their users
1t is small wonder, therefore, that
the ANA, in conjunction with the Food
and Drug Administration, is sponsoring
in Washington this week a National
Congress on Medical Quackery, at which
will appear not only physicians but
such Federal officials as those in charge
of the mails and those who regulate and
control interstate trade. Out of the
conference, hopefully, will come more
effective means of cracking down on
those ScavengerS who prey on the i'll and
the fearful. But in the final analysis
their practices can be curtailed effec-
lively only by a public that is fully
aware of them. The responsibility for
disseminating this information rests
jointly on the medical profession and
public health officials. 1t is we'll, there
fore, that representatives of medical
societies in the District and most of the
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Proud Race

In his letter to The Star
Robert j. Harlan seems
greatly perturbed because
some neighborhoodS in the
District do not welcome Ne
groes as residents. He goes on
to say that even people of
the white race are excluded
from certain neighborhoods,
because of their religion, and
he mentions Jews.
I am a Jew and I speak
for the majority of my re-
ligion, when I say that we
are well aware of that fact.
However, we feel that if some
people choose to keep Jews out
Of their neighborhood, it is
their privilege, and we hold
no resentment. We are a
proud people, proud of our
religion and our heritage, and
definitely too proud to go
where we are not wanted.
So. Mr.. Harlan, speak for
yourself. If you are discon-
tented, you have the privilege
Of voicing your feelings. How
ever, please leave us out of
your arguments.
Lester Strauss,
Evening star., 1961-10-05

possess. West Germany, in
its trade, travel and other
pre-August 13 relationships,
had long before given de
facto recognition.
If political partisanship
chooses to gamble with the
security of the Western ma
tions by calling this appease-
ment or being soft toward
communism, then these par
tiSans owe it to the country
to admit the alternative. The
alternative is nuclear war.
Danger in Politics
We already have let the
Russians know there is a line
beyond which we will not go.
We will use atomic weapons.
President Kennedy has done
a superb job in making this
clear. We should not, for ex-
ample, weaken his national
leadership in a time of great
peril by trying to gain politi-
cal advantages in the New
York gubernatorial and may
orality contests. Ut was not
reaSsuring for former Presi-
dent Eisenhower to allow
himself to be drawn into New
York City politics by de-
nouncing the Kennedy ad-
ministration for failure in
Laos.
We need to understand
that West Berlin will decline
economically and in popula-
ton. The building of the ugly
wall, a symbol of totSlitarian
fear as well as ruthless
strength, largely destroyed
its political meaning. But the
West is committed to it in
principle and because of it's
political meaning. We would
not abandon it if we could.
We need to comprehend. too,
that East Germany is fully
controlled by Russia. One day
there will be a united Ger
many. This unification will
be brought about by Russian
success or by the stubborn
will of West Germany to re-
main strong and free and to
assist other nations dedicated
to like principles.
What we almost desperate
ly require is some way out of
a situation in which a nu-
clear war may occur. The
possibility of such a conflict
exists. It will not be appeaSe-
ment if we seek to discover
mechanisms to reduce that
possibility. Let all those whose
thinking seems to be restrict
ed to the phrase talk tough
10 Khrushchev" consider well
the alternative to such dis
cuSsions.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Red China and u. N.

This might be the proper
moment to take a closer look
at the question of Red Chi
mas admission to the U. N.
For some time now the
United States has generously
given economic and military
aid to the government of
FormoSa, always keeping in
mind and hoping that one
day Chang Kai-Shek would
invade the mainland, drive
out the Communists, and fol-
low through by setting up a
government that more closely
parallels our own. 1t is quite
evident at this writing that
this possibility seems remote,
to say the least. The For
mosan government can show
little to justify our hopes
and expenditures of the last
10 years. On the other hand,
by our actions during this
same period, we have intensi-
fled the hatred of TOO million
Chinese on the mainland,
each day making it progress
sively more difficult to deal
with them.
Red China, with almost
one-quarter of the worlds
population and her great
leap-forward program, is a
definite threat to any ma
ton, and should be given
serious consideration in any
future planning by the
United States or its allies.
By now we ought to be pretty
we'll convinced that one can
become an able physicist
even under communism.
1t might be worth another
look before we completely
turn thumbs down on the
question Of Red China's ad-
mission to the U. N.
Herbert SommerS.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Two of q Kind

Surely all those who in
their hearts honor the au-
thor of The Rights of Man"
must see in Dag Hammar-
skiold a deeply moving reflec-
tion of Thomas Paine. Cit
iZen Of the world, crusader
for a better deal for man.
kind, coworker with leaders
of nations. and yet the lonely
man without intimate ties,
belonging to the human fam
lily but in the vaster sense
Of service. Each man was
such a monolith.
Inevitably both were
bounded by the enemies of
man himself. And there, with
the untimely death of Dag
Hammarskjold, the parallel
divides. We may soberly
wonder whether the unfold
ing Of these two great life
stories would have stood in
such striking contrast had
Hammarskjold lived on.
Paine made mistakes in his
latter career, human errors
of judgment. His partisans
deserted him and many
Joined the jackal pack. To-
day as we mourn and fear,
it seems to us that our fren-
zied world has lost its en-
battled man of peace when
it most had need of him. Yet
the same world still sorely
needed Thomas Paine after
it had cast him off. Perhaps
the brevity Of a precariously
unsettled life may be the
guarantee of its rightful
place in history.
Paine lived a decade and
a half longer than did Dag
Hammarskjold. When death
came. even the Friends re-
fused him a 6-foot length
of the earth to which he
had given his living labors.
Dag Hammarskjold has gone
to his grave amid clamorous
tribute and the pious pomp
of state. The bones of
Thomas Paine were ravaged
from his pariah resting spot:
the asylum sod was torn
apart by irrational hands
and his remains strewn. Let
us in our day keep a trust.
Let not our laundering hands
rend asunder this fragile
earth in which Dag Ham
marskjold seeks rest and for
whose eternal life he strove.
Let us assure him the sleep
of peace.
nzsA-s-I
Evening star., 1961-10-05

States will attend, for it is they who can
initiate worthwhile programs to combat
quackery at the local level.
The problem, of course, is much
more than one of wasted money. Often
the time which is thrown away in use
less remedies can mean the difference
between life and death for lack of early
diagnosis and proper treatment of
disease. We hope that the emphasis of
the congress will be not merely on
discussion of the evils to be disclosed,
but on action programs to combat them.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Norman r. SeIinpnr
Carriers Sidetrocked

In a recent newspaper ar
ticle Gov. Almond of Virginia
made a public appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Com
mission in support Of reduced
rates sought by the railroads
on volume grain shipments.
He pointed out that Virginia
poultry farmers were unable
TO compete with poultry
farmers in States who had
access to grain shipped by
oarges from the Midwest be-
cause of the lower rates
charged by the water car
riers. The railroads, in order
to compete, sought to reduce
their freight charges.
In order to profitably do
so, the railroads have been
purchasing special freight
cars with greatly increased
capacities. AS a result they
can now handle volume grain
shipments at a lower net-ton
cost. Southern Railway has
been a forerunner in these
efforts and several months
ago advised the ICC of its de-
sire to reduce volume grain
rates. The reduced rates were
to become effective August
10; however the ICC sus-
pended them pending a hear
ing scheduled for October 10.
Despite petitions of Southern
Railway, the Virginia Farm
Bureau Federation, the Vir-
ginia State Poultry Fedora
hon, ct al. the ICC on Sep
tember 26 cancelled the
October hearing and resched-
uled it for January 8, 1862.
A lot Of good this is going
to do the Virginia farmers
with the Thanksgiving and
Christmas poultry demand
right on top of them! It is
also another in a long line
OF Setbacks to the railroads
in their efforts to get back in
the black.
1t should not go unnoticed
either that these same rail-
roads build and maintain
their own right-of-way and
pay much needed taxes to
every city and county they
operate through as we'll as to
the Federal Government. On
the other hand, water carriers
use waterways maintained by
Uncle Sugar at taxpayers ex-
pense and evade most local
taxes at the same time.
Looking at this from the
angle of a taxpayer, it seems
to me that the Government is
subsidizing one form of pri-
vate industry at the expense
of another, to say nothing of
the increased cost to the poor
consumer who can't find a
Thanksgiving turkey that
grew up on a river bank! I
wonder if those Virginia
farmers are taxpayers?
MahIOn ID, Edwards.
Evening star., 1961-10-05

The incredibly bad taste
reflected in applying for a
hard liquor license at Thirty
sixth street and Prospect ave-
nue. or premises contiguous
to and opposite residential
property, opposite the
Georgetown Foreign Service
School where among other
activities young foreign stu
dents are taught to speak the
English language pursuant
to a contract between the
university and the United
States Government, within a
few feet of Holy Trinity
Church, Holy Trinity High
School, Holy Trinity Grade
School, and the Convent of
Mercy, is exceeded only by
the brazen but Jealous efforts
being made to secure, through
a change in the regulations,
Grass class legislation, not in
the public interest but to ac-
commodate in a highly cava-
lier fashion purposes of self
aggrandizement and profit.
No "studen t rathskeller"
this, as it has SuperciliouSly
been described, for such an
activity would be permitted
without change in existing
ABC regulations. But an
unwanted and unneeded pub
lie drinking establishment
which would be a vulgar So
cial affront to the neighbor-
hood in which its establish
ment is proposed.
In these desperate times,
when this country urgently
cries out for crash efforts
from its educators and a re-
turn to sound moral princi-
Piles, the unrelenting and
boorish attempts to under
mine these efforts by at
tempting to sell whiSkey to
students in the very shadow
of an educational institution
which operates under a char
ter granted not only by the
Congress of the United States
but by a Higher Power, and
the callous disregard for the
total values of the remainder
of the neighborhood, and the
community as a whole, pro-
vide a curious spectacle which
Evening star., 1961-10-05

@. Who was Richard Carle,
a musical comedy actor of
the early 1900s?-C. Y.
A. earle (1871-194D was
an actor, playwright. COM
poser, and singer-and one of
the most versatile and color
full characters in the theater
Of his era. He was born
Charles Nicholas Carleton, at
Somerville, Mass, on July 7,
1871. He began his stage
career in 1891 at the Bijou
Theater in New York City.
He wrote books and lyrics,
and sang the leads. in the
musical comedies THE May
or of Tokyo" (19O5), 1.-The
Spring Chicken" (19O6) and
"Msry's Lamb" q908). In
Evening star., 1961-10-05

in large pieces of apparatus.
But temperatures of only a
few million degrees have been
achieved in tn e laboratory
and gas has remained con-
fined in a magnetic field for
only a small fraction of the
requisite time. But knowledge
in the field grows at an in
creasing rate and the decade
of the 1960s may we'll bring
experiments which will prove
the feasibility on a power
producing fusion reactor."
An international anti-sub-
marine research center h a S
been established by the
United States and eight 9TH
er North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization nations.
The University of Pennsyl-
vania has been designated by
the Navy to carry out and
direct the programs of scien-
tific research in which this
country has special interests.
Other countries participating
in the station established at
La Spezia, Italy, near Naples,
are Ca m a d a. Denmark k,
France, West Germany, Italy.
the Netherlands, Norway and
the United Kingdom.
Purely Defensive
Each government, accord
ing to a Navy announcement,
will supply its own scientists
and some of the equipment.
The research, as contemplat-
ed, will be purely defensive
rather than aimed at devel-
oping new techniques for
submarine warfare. This.
with development of the nu-
clear powered sub, threatens
to be one of the great men
aces of any future major war.
Direction of the stations
general policies will be under
the direction of the supreme
allied naval commander of
the Atlantic area. - The Ital-
ian government has contrib
uted the laboratory buildings
and other facilities.
The station has just &C
quired, according to the Navy
announcement, a 290-foot
merchant ship which now is
being equipped as a sea-going
research laboratory and a
large scale digital computer.
The center's present person.
mel consists of 2 scientists,
81 military representatives
and an operating staff of SO.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Russio's S u. N. Dues

In 1941, while serving on
Guam, I received a letter
from B.P.O.E. No. 76 asking
if I wanted to pay up or be
dropped for non-payment of
dues. I paid up and took out
a life membership so that 1
would not forget again. This
is the customary procedure in
any we'll run lodge or club.
Now, since members of the
United Nations are required
to support this organization
by annual dues or assess
ments, why not tell Russia
to pay up or shut up? If she
refuses to pipe-down or pay
up then throw her out.
F. t. Evans.
Evening star., 1961-10-05
Among the Missinq

The case of Maj. Gen. Ed
win A. Walker and his alleged
"ultra-rightist" political ac-
tivities has stirred up Amer
leans. That he has been
silenced because of his pro-
A merican, anti-Socialist
views has been bitterly pro-
tested by patriots. But our
liberals remain conspicuously
quiet.
The Army recently issued
a rather lengthy report on
the Walker case. In it, he was
charged with certain crimes
involving violations of the
Hatch Act. But the report
itself admitted that those
charges could not be proved
in a court Of law. Further
more, Gen. Walker was for
hidden to talk publicly about
his case, thus denying him
the opportunity to defend
himself before the American
people. Aren't these viola
tions of his civil rights and
libertieS?"
But where are the Amer
leans for Democratic Action?
The AFL-CIO? The National
Committee for the Abolition
Of the House Un-American
Activities Committee? The
A American Civil Liberties
Union? To hear these people
talk, you would think they
have a monopoly on the de-
fenSe Of freedom of speech.
But where are they now?
The truth is all too clear.
Liberals are only interested
in freedom" for people who
think exactly like they do;
they have little concern over
the rights of others.