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The chronicle., 1963-12-12

In our opinion, Senator j. VIII
liam Fulbright, DARK, a Rhodes
scholar and former president OF
the University of Arkansas, wins
first prize for the worst comment
on responsibilities for the assassi-
nation Of President John F. Ken
nedy. Conversely, Senator Thurs
ton B. Morton, R-Ky., former bust
nessman, ex-assistant Secretary Of
State and one-time chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee, deserves top honors for the
best and sanest statement on the
subject.
Addressing a luncheon in Wash
ington the other day, Senator Full
bright avanced some suggestions
whereby the nation, in his words,
might find some redemption for
MI. Kennedy's death. He called for
a searching, nationwide self-ex-
animation to uncover and erase the
''baleful and incongruous strand Of
intolerance and violence" that
mars American life.
"We must" he continued, "rec-
Ognize that the secular Puritanism
which we have practiced, with its
principles of absolute good, abso-
lutte evil and intolerance of dis
sent, has been an obstacle to the
practice of democracy at home and
the conduct Of an effective foreign
policy.
"We must recognize that the
romanticized cult of the frontier,
with its Qualification Of violence
and unrestrained individualism, is
a childish and dangerous anachro-
nism in a nation which carries the
responsibility of the leadership of
the free world in the nuclear age"
In the further curse of his
talk, Senator Fullbright summoned
the country to renounce extremism
and violence and to call forth
Americas basic decency and hui
manity -. to look at the element
of barbarism in a civilized society"
to explain the high crime rate
in U. S. cities and the malice and
hatred of extremist political move
ments.
The Senator added that postwar
American politics has shown an in
creasing tendency toward suspi-
cion and hate over patience and
reason. 'The excuses of the ex-
tremists in u country" he said,
shave created an ~intolerable stu
alton in which we must all guard
our words and the expression of
an unorthodox point Of view is an
extraordinary act of courage"
Senator Morton made a calm,
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Worst And Best

reasoned and common sense state
ment on the floor of the Senate.
Said he: 1T was not a flaw in the
American system Or the American
character that struck down John
Kennedy. 1t was not the sin of a
city or of its citizens. 1t was not a
tragedy that struck from some
dark stain of violence on the Amer
lean system or in the American
soul. And we do not serve the best
interests of our nation, or of the
memory of a murdered President,
by letting wrongly placed recrimi-
nations overcome the good sense
of this great nation"
The man who shot John Ken
nedy was a stranger to the Amer
lean heritage" said Morton, and
his mind had been warped by an
alien violence, not by a native con-
dition.
"Let us mourn the terrible
event." continued the Senator, "but
let us not mour for the American
soul - for that soul is stout and
lighted by truth and faith. Let the
blame be on him who actually
committed the crime What
happened was not Americas fault.
Only the sober realization of that
can make our mourning meaning
full and not torture it with a guilt
that is u~ndeserved $50"
Senator Albert Gore, D-Tenn.,
appended equally needed words.
Said he: Il accept no blame for
what this demented man did. | feel
no sense of personal guilt. He is
the one who had become q fanatic.
Why should all America be blamed
for the actions of one fanatic?
True, our society has many prob
lens and imperfections, much
stress and distress, hate, fear and
disappointment; but it is an injus-
tice to our millions of people of
good will, ven the teeming thous-
ands of h~ospitable, cheering people
in Dallas, to charge them with
murderous guilt. I reject it for my
self and for my people. This was
an act of a mailman"
The emotional and h~ysterical
effort to pin the murder of Presi-
dent Kennedy on the millions Of
Americans who don't agree with
the political and social PHILOSOPHERS
of the self-righteous accusers
would be ridiculous if it we're not
so serious. It is even perilous in
that the result if not the motive
must be to establish such a guilt
complex that Americans will react
with a sense of atonement when
yer they enter the voting booth.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
David Lawrence j..
On Presidential Succession

WASHINGTON - Many Of the
plans for presidential succession
that have been offered thus far
seem to ignore the basic prin-
ciple of government in a repub-
lie = that the people should Sc
lect their chief executive.
This wasn't provided for I'M
der the old law and it Is not
provided for completely under
the present law, enacted in 1947,
whereby the secretary of state
and the other members of the
cabinet are designated in a theo-
retical line Of succession follow
ing the Speaker of the House
and the presiding officer of the
Senate.
Cabinet officers in the United
States have never been elected
by the people. The vice presi-
dent, on the other hand, is on
the ballot in a national election,
and the Speaker of the House
and the president pro tenn Of
the Senate are chosen by the
peoples representatives in Con-
gresS.
Criticism Of the current plan
has developed in the last few
days because the present Speak
er happens to be " years old
and the Senate'S president pro
TEN is IS, and because the pres
ent line of succession presum-
ably goes back to the cabinet
if the speaker and the Senate's
presiding officer, who have in
turn succeeded to the presiden-
cy, should die or become dis
abled while holding that office.
But it may also be pointed out
that, once the speaker has be-
come president, the next speak
er - who would be promptly
elected by the House - could
be construed to be in line
ahead of anybody in the cabi-
net. It is this anomaly in exist
ing law which needs clarified
ton.
One criticism being mention
ed is that, while a vice presi-
dent who succeeds to the presi-
dency is, Of course, Of the same
party as the departed presi-
dent, the speaker Of the House
of Representatives or presiding
officer Of the Senate might not
be. Thus, the party which has
been in control of the admin
iStration could overnight be re-
moved from executive power.
The four-year term for which
an administration of one party
had been elected would sudden
ly be ended by the accession
Of an administration Of a differ
ent party.
But this merely accentuates
the fundamental principle in
volved. For, when the people
have elected a Congress Of a
particular party, this is an ex-
preston of the public will and
represents the desires of the
people.
Under the Canadian or Brit
ish system, for instance, if the
people vote one party out Of
power, this means that the
prime minister has to leave Of
flee at the same time, and a new
premier is then selected out of
the majority membership Of the
national Legislature.
Cabinet officers in this coun-
try usually are selected for
their competence in particular
fields Of executive responsible
ty. A secretary of state or a
secretary of the treasury is
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

"Picture the event in 1864:
The doorbell rings : no. . The
e~lectronic impulse arbitron In
the leisure room vibrates a
flashes on the all-purpose screen
the bulky image Of the Third
Degree Robot Officer. Third-De-
gree Robotoffs call In person
for two kinds Of violators only:
scofflaws who hang their hover
craft too close to Tee-Vee ae-
rails difficult to avoid because
they are invisible); or for those
who, ignoring the hourly sub
liminal warnings, have not
pressed their Tee-Vee school
buttons for three days running.
"Secunda, gum : chewing IL
year-old daughter Of the house,
goes to the door to argue :
'and I've done all my homework
for the next year, too
"Metallically but clearly, the
truant officer (for it is none
other than he) says But /
am here for your mother"
With this imaginative intro
duction, Milton R. Stern, an as
sistant dean at New York Uni
versity, submits his solution to
the growing problem Of leisure
time in the United States :
cradle-to-grave classes.
AS certain as automation, says
he, is adult education for every
body and he even suggests ser
iously that cradle-to-grave clas-
ses may soon become cornpul-
sorry"
That automation is creating
an explosive problem Of nom
work in this country is undeni-
able. The U. S. Government es-
Inmates rising output : per : man
hour, due to automation, is now
eliminating a minimum Of 2O0,-
600 factory jobs a year. A lead
ing manufacturer of automa-
ton equipment, John L. Snyder
Jr., of u. S. Industries, Inc,
says fatty this is "a gross
underestimate of the real sit
uation." Snyder declares auto
nation Is eliminating Q million
jobs a year not only through
direct displacement of workers
but also through the silent
firings" Of workers who would
have been employed had their
jobs not been wiped out.
This, Of course, is the great
force behind the accelerated
drive for a shorter workweek .
and union leaders openly adj
init they are fighting for
shorter hours than their MEM
berS really want.
At the same time, as report
ed yesterday, non-work is one
Of the fastest growing "occupa-
TONS in the United States. Our
non-work population Is up to 7.3
million, triple the total in 1919,
and this group receives 500
billion a year, or non-fifth Of our
entire personal income.
In the past only the wealthy
have had the burden of too
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

was coming to its end, Roose-
velt's trust Stain" policies had
already been sealed at Yalta.
In the ensuing deliberations at
Potsdam Harry Truman had
little opportunity to let his ma
tive suSpiciousnesS flower into
new policy, and the war was
liquidated with West Berlin
faithfully isolated in Soviet-con-
quered territory. 1t didn't take
long, however, for Truman to
make a skeptical Missourian's
assessment Of Stalin'S charac-
ter. Thus, in Greece, in Korea
and in the countries of Europe
which accepted the Marshall
Plan, Truman stood up to the
evil genius Of the Kremlin.
Khrushchev is a far more
whimsical fellow than S ain,
and, with his own ukrainian
peasants reliance on sly alter
nations of buster and accom-.
mediation, he may merit more
trust for fundamental sanity
than his implacable predeceS-
sor, John F. Kennedy may,
therefore, have taken a reason
able gamble in hoping to wangle
Khrushchev via the hot wire and
test ban. But it is interesting
TO note that, in Lyndon Johnson,
we now have a President whose
past utteranceS on the sub iect
of dealing with Communism
would seem to put him in Harry
Truman's skeptical company.
have been looking through
some Of the literature put out
by Johnson's supporters for tbe
presidential nomination in me
Spring Of 1860, prior to the Dem
ocratic convention which passed
him by for the top spot and
then made amends by nominal
ing him for Vice President. The
literature Is anything but propi-
tiatory toward Khrushchev. 1t
quotes johnson as saying: San
international Stalemate with
Communism would be the great
est waste Of American resourc-
es and the resources OF free
dom, even though stalemate pro-
duced no war. A vital govern
ment cannot accept stalemate in
any area"
So, if words mean anything,
this makes johnson sound like
the Douglas Macarthur who
said there is no substitute for
victory.
The 1860 johnson for Presi-
dent literature also glories in
Nikita Khrushchev'S reaction
to Johnson's own voting and
Speech-making record in Cong
reSs. When Khrushchev was in
troduced to Johnson during his
visit to the United States in
September of 1859, he said to
the then Majority Leader Of the
Senate: Il do not know you.
But l have read all your speech
es and / do not like any of
them"
Johnson had no trust In the
Spirit Of Geneva or the Spirit
of Camp David. This augurs
well for the peace negotiations
of the future. The "Show mes
rhythm Of Truman may be in
the ascendancy once more. And
it is obvious that any nation
gets a better deal when 1t de-
mands Of the other fellow that
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Protecting The Vittles

A heavy lunch basket brought by an
old couple to the county fair was being
carried by the wife. Suddenly, In the
midst of a thickening crowd, her griz-
zled mate took it over.
1T is ~burdensome, Pa" she said CRATE
fully.
81 know it," replied the old fell
low, 'but there's always a chance Of
you gettin' lost"
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
No Wonder

LET me get this straight" the puz-
zled lawyer questioned the woman who
had telephoned him. "You say you want
to get a divorce on the grounds that
your husband is careless about his ap-
pearance? "YeS," she shifted. HE
hasn't shown up IN nearly two years."
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Toduy's Scripture

Yea, though / walked through the
valley of the shadow Of death, ! will
fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalm 1874.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Fdr,ning

Boxer Ito manager: Do you think I
hurt him at all in that last round?
Manager fed up): ] don't think so,
but keep on swinging your arms and
he might die Of pneumonia from the
breeze!
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Now You Know

Marine biologists using hydrophones
report that fish cackle, yowl, wheeze,
honk, bark, groan and snore, according
to the National Geographic Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-10

(B) C0at Sheath. EaSy-on,
SHINING sheath in dis
tinctive new Paisley pat
tern. Beige or green, A99
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-10
OLORFUI. COTTON SATEEN
or Thanksgiving Christmas Giving

Being cotton they're washable their lovely
sheen after countless aderngs Gay prints and stripes in
holiday colors.
SIZES u to 70 and l4k to 241k IN THE GROUP!
Downstairs Store cOAoa Shop
Tundra times., 1963-03-18

knlllllS. liley are ehpeItS III tuti own personal self-care and cheer fully and skillfully help with daily household tasks about them.
 Provision of sewing machine has recently helped Fairbanks woman into home seamstress and alteration business.
 Aircraft Mechanics
 Three trained rehabilitation cli- ents are now successfully employed as aircraft mechanics with Wien Airlines. Another has been em- ployed as an airlines radio operator and maintenance technican.
 A 25-year-old Seward Peninsula Eskimo is successfully employed as cook-baker at a PHS-Alaska Native Hospital in the State.
 Sanitation Aide
 A far north resident, since being fitted with a suitable hearing aid. has continued to work as Village Sanitation Aide. He recently earned job promotion after completing some advanced sanitation training.
 Multilith Operators
 Two native men, both handi- capped from long bouts with pull monary tuberculosis, have finished training as multilith operators and are now ready for employment.
 Two white males. both severely injured in industrial accidents, have benefited from vocational rehabili- tation services.
 One, after onIthe-job training, became employed as hospital room fireman. The other is under going vocational training at the Tacoma Goodwill Industries
 Instrument Repair
 A 23-year-old white male para plegic. confined to wheel-chair liv- ing, is currently making name for simself in aircraft Instrumentation repair training. Another Eskimo paraplegic, further handicapped by advanced tuberculosis and depend- ent on his wheel chair, is being helped to earn a long overdue 9th grade diploma.
 At the same time he is benefiting from business education training which will fit him into local en- ployment as an office clerk in a Boring Sea Coastal community.
 Secretarial Training
 A 21-year-old Eskimo girl, for mer tuberculosis patient, is in her second year of secretarial training and is expected to return to Alaska for employment sometime this sum- mer
 University Students
 Of the five University of Alaska students being helped by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, two will be graduating as native teach CTS within this year.
 One student is training to be a civil engineer; one is majoring in marketing and management, and one in sociology.
 Three of these young men have made satisfactory recoveries from pulmonary tuberculosis: the other two. because of recently acquired handicaps requiring them to leave the field of heavy construction, are training for employment to fit their handicaps.
 Story Book Ending
 A pretty Eskimo girl, trained in office procedures, is presently em- ployed as secretary at the Arctic Research Laboratory Her story beginning with tuberculosis, has ended not only with physical reha- bilitation and good job but with marriage that promises story book conclusion "and they lived happily ever after"
 Of the Alaskans benefited this past year, nine are now earning a total of $867.45 in weekly wages. Seven are wholely self supporting and two are partially so.
Tundra times., 1963-03-18
By Thomas Snapp Times Staff Writer

Elghteen persons rom all parts of Northern and Interior Alaska are now overcoming serious physical handicaps thanks to their efforts and the. help of state agency.
 These IS persons have battled such dread diseases as tuberculosis and polio, operations such as ampu- tations. and disabilities such as loss of hearing and eyesight. But what is significant, they are winning the battle.
 Thus they are giving stimulus to others to also overcome physical handicaps
 The eighteen have learned to pro- vide for their own selfcare. they are | learning or have learned occupa- lions to fit their specific handicaps. abilities and aptitudes.
 Further, they are obtaining work and becoming useful. happy people
 They are being assisted with guid- ance and training by the Fairbanks branch of the state office of Voca- tional Rehabilitation.
 Miss Dorothy Craig, rehabilitation counselor. travels widely in inter- for and northern Alaska, directing the program She is woman of deep concern and untiring efforts. But to grasp the tremendous re- | suits of the program, one needs to look specifically at the program and the individual cases. Polio Victim A recent Eskimo graduate from Nome High School, crippled from polio. is about to complete his first wear of office training at Tacoma Technical School
 A plan is under way whereby this young man will be returned to Alaska this summer for a three months on-the-iob training period before he continues on into second | year of a course which will earn him an Office Clerk and Bookkeep- | ing certificate.
 Improved Health A 24-vear-old Eskimo from a coastal village. handicapped by im- paired hearing, poor eye sight and 'oadly in need of dental care. has ',een aided by physical restoration n the form of glasses, hearing aid md dentures.
 With his general health improved. as well as his vision and hearing. his young man has been provided vocational evaluation which re- cently led to his being placed in carpentry training.
 Typing Training Two Fairbanks women are taking 'yping training with promises of local employment upon completion. Both have physical handicaps de- handing they be trained for indoor office-type work.
 One has had advanced pulmon- ary tuberculosis with resultant 1 breathing impairment The other has suffered an industrial accident to her legs requiring that she have a sitting rather than standing job. Mechanic Training A young Indian man, handicapped by decided hearing loss. has been fitted with hearing aid. He re- gently has enrolled in Aircraft Me chanic training at Seattle Technical | School.
 | RIGA Trainees
 A recently returned RIGA (New | York City) trained Eskimo is await ing an Alaska DEW-line electronics assignment.
 Seeing this handsome. alert young fellow ready for technical employment, one would never sus- pect that he too had suffered bout with tuberculosis, said Miss Craig.
 A second Eskimo youth has re- gently been entered in the Los Angeles RIGA electronic technican training program. Upon completion
Tundra times., 1963-03-18
Agency Helps Many Overcome Hundicups

of facilities. Guidance and coun- selling are given them in their daily living.
 Special services, such as Talking Book Library service for the Blind, and artificial limbs, hearing aids, glasses have been provided others. Financial assistance may include transportation, board and room, tui- ton, books and fees, tools and equipment, as well as emergency needs while training. Individual costs vary from $100 to $3,000 per year.
 Cooperation
 The tremendous accomplishments of the vocational rehabilitation pro- gram has been made possible through cooperative help that has stemmed from the medical profess sion. the clergy, business and in- dustry, health, welfare, education and employment agencies. Special aid has come from individuals as 
 we'll as civic groups and voluntary health agencies.
 The Fairbanks Tuberculosis Com- mittee of the Fairbanks Woman's Club has been particularly helpful.
 Individual Efforts
 But it is to each of the handi- capped that Miss Dorothy Craig gives credit for the accomplish ments.
 With each individual making good adjustment to life, the Alaska Office of Vocational Rehabilitation could not relate these success stor- ies." she said.
 Each is to be complimented for weathering multiple trials and trib- ulations in order to overcome a handicap and become a useful citizen"
Tundra times., 1963-03-18
Is Government
 Bucking Nature?
By Fred Stickman, ST.

Forty-nine years ago was the first day I went to school I was six years old then. The sisters in the Catholic School at Nulato told me I wore a dress and my hair was braided.
 We'll. after several years start ed learning my Catechism. And the first question in it was "Who made the world?" The answer, God made the world"
 Now what makes me write this is, "Why is the government spend- ing money for nothing?" It's foolish.
 God created this world for us He caused the heavy run of fish, that is, the salmon that come up every year at the same time. He also put in lots of different fish that stay in the river year around The fish lay in the Yukon River and its tributaries for us to live on. It's all by the will of God.
 Every year, as you will notice. there is a flood somewhere along the Yukon River. We'll, there is a reason for that. The lakes get dry. In any one area in almost seven years, a flood comes along to fill them up again. That's why there are muskrats, beaver, otter, mink, in those lakes. We native people know the floods will come and ex- pect them. The floods have a req son. Why is the government trying to prevent them by bombing the ice jams?
 The reason I'm writing this is the U. s. Government is bucking God The U. S. Government is spending lot of money to stop forest fires, floods and game shoot ing.
 Five years ago my adopted bro- ther, Daniel Sipray at Nulato, came to me and said, Fred, what do you think about this bombing?" The q. S. Air Force was bombing at Bishop Mountain, 30 miles above and another place miles below Nulato, and a third place / "A miles below the village. He said, Fred. they're trying to force na- ture!"' = f. s., =. ..'- : E And.he ,wasS right, :, I. know4 it now. :,