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2-B—-THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., June 5, 1969 { DISILLUSIONED WITH M DESERTERS iv’.Jiiflt as draft evaders head north for the safety of Canada, military de serters in Europe seek asylum in Swe den. Many such deserters and draft evaders find themselves in a deeper dilemma as a consequence of their flights. Some discover that they aren’t cut out for life in exile. How to explain to the folks back home? How to erase what can become the lasting stigma of evasion of duty? Equally important, will these con fused youngsters always be welcome in their new homes? We don’t know about the Canadians, but there are growing signs of disillusionment in Sweden. Many Swedish citizens are becoming hostile to deserters who have taken refuge in their country. A recent meeting of anti-war Swedes li'support of the deserters was brok en up by pro-American Swedes. The pro-American group took the anti war group’s hammer-and-sickle post ers and publicly turned them into torches, a welcome contrast to the too- frequent American flag burnings we have seen in other demonstrations. .1: Observers report that often the U.S. deserters are not po -.tically mo tivated. Many are taking refuge to avoid disciplinary action, domestic problems, pregnant girls and other non-military problems. They soon find that the only refuge available in Swe den is offered by the Soviet and North Vietnamese - supported indoctrination farm near Torsaker, Sandviken, north of Stockholm, according to a Copley News Service report. The report states that there is great apprehension in Sweden that the U.S. may get fed up with the official Swedish position on deserters and take counter measures against the government. This could force the Swedes to turn toward the East European nations of the com munist bloc, which it appears they do not wish to do. One alternative would be to close the door to the deserters and return them to the U.S. to face the conse quences. We wonder if any Vietnam War veterans would be allowed to sit on the court martial boards. THE HANDOUT GAME It becomes more and more difficult to keep up with the endless stream of new groups that spring up overnight. Ad hoc committees are formed but seldom disbanded. They remain in existence formally, but their accom plishments slowly dwindle down. Name any problem, no matter how small, and there will be a new group to promote or fight it. This group rises mysteriously, silently and fully formed, complete with membership. It’s almost as though a file were kept or orginzations with rosters and the funds to begin. The group is name less, but at the proper time, with the correct issue, a name is found. The initials of the organization are impor tant. Anyone can dig up a name for a committee if given the proper in itials to work with. One of the latest such groups is the radical faction now demanding reparations from the churches to re pay black militants for the years of slavery. We had never been aware that the church was responsible for the cruel institution of slavery. Maybe some enterprising group of historians should go to Italy and make similar demands of the Italian gov ernment for the slaughter of the early martyrs. Next, the Descendants of Martyrd Evangelists (DOME) could go o v e r to Israel and demand reparations for the crucifixion. For that matter, think of the claims the Jews could make against Germany. The mind boggles. And yet, none of the imaginary missions is less logical than the militants’ peti tion for recovery from the churches. We commend to the benighted group a careful and thoughtful read ing of American history. The church- were among the most active leaders in the fight against slavery. To find them culpable now is to overlook docu mented fact. A SOLDIER AND HIS GOD The poem below first appeared in the Becker County Record, Detroit Lakes, Minn. It was found on the body of a 19-year-old soldier in Vietnam. Look God: I have never spoken to you, but now— I want to say: “How do you do?” You see God, they told me You didn’t ex ist. And like a fool—I believed all of this. Last night from a shell-hole I saw your sky— I figured right then they had told me a lie. Had I taken the time to see the things you made, I’d know’ they weren’t calling a spade a spade. I wonder, God, if you’d shake my hand. Somehow I fell that you will understand. Funny, I had to come to this hellish place, Before I had time to see your face. Well, I guess there isn’t much more to say But I’m sure glad, God, I met you today. I guess the zero-hour will soon be here The signal—well, God—I’ll have to go. I like you lots—this I want you to know. Looks like this will be a horrible fight. Who knows—I may come to your house tonight. Though I wasnt friendly with you be^ fore, I wonder God—if you’d wait at your door— Look—I am crying, me shedding tears, I wish I’d known you these many years. Well, I’ll have to go now, God—goodbye Strange — since I met you — I’m not afraid to die. Play it cool— PONT FILL IT WHILE ^ IT'S HOT/ "Next thing their President will name someone Ambassador to the Moon - like Walter Cronkite" cwanwutv gap Business Messages BY BABSON’S REPORTS INC. WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS.- The sending of information in printed form or handwritten over microwave, satellite, radio, or privately leased telephone lines -- facsimile transmission -- has long been used by newspapers, wire services, magazines, and government bureaus. However, the recent development of simpler units over which data can be sent and received over the ordinary public telephone system (for the cost of a re gular telephone call plus equip ment rental charges) opens up an entirely new and promising area for business information. Babson’s Reports expects an ex plosive growth, in time, com parable to the office copier boom. THE MARKET Because of technological breakthroughs, in the form of the Transceiver (a combination transmitter-receiver) and a Dataphone which can provide au tomatic answering there is an al most unlimited range of appli cations from engineering draw ings, medical records, criminal identifications to simple letters SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE DOUGLAS IS NEXT The resignation of Supreme Court Justice William O. Doug las from the Albert Parvin Foundation is only the first step. A sense of propriety demands that he resign from the bench. DOUGLAS’ CONDUCT In the Fortas case, the Amer ican Bar Association has de clared that eight separate sec tions of the canons of judicial ethics were violated. The Doug las case is even more complicated. Among the facts that have a | bearing on the conduct of Jus tice Douglas are the following: 1. Justice Douglas received a total of nearly $85,000 in fees daring his tenure as President and Director of the Parvin Foandation. For 1967, the most recent year available, his fee was one-quarter of the Founda tion’s “charitable” disburse ments. 2. The principal assets of the Foundation consisted of a mort gage on a gambling casino in Las Yegaa, and stock in a com pany that owned three other gambling casinos. 3. The Foundation falsified its tax returns for the period 1961- 1965, failing to report certain stock manipulations until its tax return for 1966, after the Internal Revenue Service started an investigation. 4. As head of the Foundation, Justice Douglas sanctioned lec ture fees of $5,000 each to snch politically controversial men aa J. Robert Oppenheimer and Teodoro Moscoso. POLITICAL ACTIVITY In addition, we must consider Justice Douglas’ political ac tivity with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institu tions in Santa Barbara. 1. Justice Douglas is Chair man and Director of the Center. 2. Justice Douglas is paid $500 a day for work with the Center, and in recent months has received 14,000 for two sominan. 8. The Parvin Foundation has given |70,000 to the Center be tween 1966-1967. 4. Besides Justice Douglas, there are two others who are directors of both the Parvin Foundation and the Center; namely, Robert Hutchins and Harry S. Ashmore (the most active in both groups.) 5. The Center b overtly po* tttkal in He program, and was hoot to the fonding mooting of the National Conference far New Potttks, the Communist- f—t jwvoersd er Black Power dominated move ment that made nationwide headlines for its revolutionary radicalism. The Canter orga nized the so-called “Pacem In Terris” conferences, designed to seek detente with the Soviet Union. The Center has also been active in encouraging student radicalism, and was credited with devising “a master plan of how best to destroy the Ameri can university as it is today,” according to the Santa Barbara New s-Press. Thus, for all the talk about so-called “democratic institu tions” the work of Justice Doug las in the Parvin Foundation and the Center appears to be a front for gambling enter prises and persons of anti democratic character. The sal ary of a Justice and his life time appointment are supposed to insulate him from social and political movements, as well as from associations of unsavory character. The belated resigna tion of Justice Douglas from the Foundation does not remove the stigma which he has brought upon the bench. LACK OF DECENCY The most distressing aspect of the Douglas case, as in the Fortas case, is the conviction of the principal participants that there was no impropriety in their actions. Their contin ued defiance of common stand ards of decency does not speak well for the judgment of men sitting on the highest court in the land. It is perhaps no coincidence that the Fortas snd Douglas cases are intertwined. Albert Parvin, who created the Parvin Foundation, was named by the government as co-conspirator, although not indicted, in the stock manipulations of Louis Wolf son. Carolyn Agger, the wife of Mr. Fortas, was the tax expert who gave a clean bill of health to the Parvin Foun dation’s tax problems. No Federal judge, pr Justice of the Supreme Court, should be allowed to practice law, serve in a corporation or partnership, or as a trustee or director of a foundation, for any considera tion whatsoever, cash or other wise. Judged by these standards. Justice Douglas is the next one who must go, if the integrity of the Supreme Court is to be pre served. and customer orders. In addi tion, the declining costs of trans mission from six to three minutes and soon to one minute of time plus the drop in rental charges to as low as $65 monthly open up a vast market. At present there are fewer than 20,000 fac simile systems in operation but only 4,000 of them are current ly for business correspondence. Industry estimates look for the sale of at least 100,000 units within the next three years and one fledgling manufacturer sees a total market of 500,000 ma chines during the next 10 years. THE FRANCHISEE NETWORK A service or ancillary network has sprung up where individuals and companies not owning the necessary facsimile equip ment can send their documents at a charge ranging from $2.50 to $8.95 per page. Already sev eral companies have set up op eration. These firms lease or buy the various facsimile equipment now on the market and, in turn license franchised operators who open up different locations and pay royalties to the parent ser vice networks. It was estimated that as of last September some 500 machines were in operation but that more than 5,000 units would be needed in the future. Babson’s Reports believes the creation of these satellite bu reaus could give a dynamic stimulus to the, up to now, nas cent industry. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES There are several major companies producing facsimile transmission systems and a growing number of smaller but distribution - and resource - limited newcomers. It was Mag- navox in 1966 that introduced a single low-cost unit and start ed the movement for business ap plications. Magnavox makes and sells the device but has given Xerox a non-exclusive royalty- bearing license to produce a si milar machine. Another major company, Addressograph-Multl- graph, is planning to introduce its own version by the end of 1969. One service network is already preparing to offer its securi ties publicly, but its success will depend on adroit marketing. TWO RECOMMENDATIONS Babson’s Reports is recom mending Addressograph-Multi- graph and Magnavox for pur chase, primarily for their com petence and success in their re spective industries. Magnavox’s pioneering efforts in facsimile transmission began with its early entry into document storage and retrieval and remote copy equip ment. It is believed that Magna vox (along with Xerox) is probably one of the few companies making money in facsimile transmission equipment Addressograph - Multigraph, with revitalized management, has a solidly-based office equipment mix. A-M enjoys a prestige po- stlon in the field and has de veloped several new highly promising types of copier/dupli cator equipment Its forthcoming Telikoo facsimile device is ex pected to be marketed in late 1969 or early 1970 and could readily contribute to earnings soon thereafter. Both companies offer investors a position in growing segments of our eco nomy. Burger Nomination Is Heartening News BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council President Nixon’s nomina tion of Judge Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice of the United States is heartening news for a nation deeply troubled over the course and character of the na tion’s highest court Judge Bur ger, described as a ‘law and or der* judge, gives promise of pro viding a new direction for Ameri ca’s highest tribunal. Certainly, a housecleaning at the Supreme Court is long over due. The sordid Fortas affair shocked the American public. It underscored the wisdom of those conservative Senators who, when Abe Fortas was first nominat ed for the court, termed him a political fixer and wheeler-deal er unfit for judicial office. The situation involving Jus tice William O. Douglas, ano ther fiery “liberal* is equally shocking. The ramifications of his involvement with a founda tion allegedly linked to hoodlum elements, should be examined in great detail by the Justice De partment. It turns out that Jus tice Douglas was the paid pre sident of the Albert Parvin Foun dation and of the Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions, a “liberal* think tank in Cali fornia that has kept up a drum fire against the foundations of American society, including law and order. The Fortas and Douglas affairs actually should be regarded sim ply as openers in any study of the judicial mess. Much remains to be uncovered by investiga tes. Congressman John Rarick, (D-La), already has revealed that Justices Fortas and Brennan, plus federal Judges Braze Ion and Wright of the federal courts in Washington, have beenengaged in business together in the nation’s capital --a curious relationship indeed for jurists who are sup posed to avoid even the appear ance of impropriety. Chief Justice Earl Warren’s call for a code of ethics for fed eral judges amounts to closing the barn door after the cows have strayed away. Chief Justice Warren cannot escape responsi bility that easily. He has super visory authority over the fed eral courts, but failed to exer cise it. Apparently he was so busy promoting his pet political theor ies that he didn’t have time or the inclination to look for un ethical behavior on the bench. The problem of the judiciary is not simply in the area of ethics, lowever. The Supreme Court has Teen busily undermining au- hority in the nation. For ex- unple, in mid-May a unanimous Jupreme Court threw out the con- /iction of Timothy F. Leary, for mer Harvard University re searcher and drug experimenter. The ruling unquestionably complicates the U.S. govern ment’s ability to deal with the possession and use of marijuana, i profoundly hurtful mind-in- luencing drug. The Associated Press, in re porting the decision, said that the ruling “seriously damaged — jerhaps fatally — the marijuana iaws." This surely would be a tragic development for the coun try. Marijuana, while not addic tive in the manner of heroin and other hard drugs, upsets and deranges a user’s personality and moral values. The Bureau of Nar cotics of the Justice Department has pointed out that marijuana use is the stepping stone to hard drugs and to dangerous chemi cals such as LSD. In other words the Supreme Court had a duty to be mind ful of the social consequences of robbing the federal government of lawful authority over mari juana. But, as in so many other cases in the past 15 years, the court has been unmindful of the right of society to protect itself against known evils. Instead in the Leary marijuana ruling, the court said the government had denied Timothy Leary protection against self-incrimination. Hopefully, Judge Burger will bring a new outlook to the Su preme Court. He is on record, in a 1967 dissent to a reversal of a narcotic conviction, saying: “I refuse to join in what I consider an unfortunate trend of judicial decisions in this field which strain and stretch to give the guilty not the same, but vast ly more protection than the law- abiding citizen.’ The Burger philosophy is des perately needed, for the Supreme Court has not only eisedroe lot of narcotic violators' but has opened the door to the smut- peddlers who are flooding the na tion with hard-core pornography. The right of society need the protection they have not had un der the Warren Court. Well, WM Do Vou know 2 fun, games and knowledge by MARTHA GLAUBER SHARP, Editor, The New Book ol Knowledge Who founded the Girl Scouts of A merica ? Girl Guiding was brought to the United States in 1912 by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low. The name was later changed to Girl Scouts. How does a microphone work? A microphone can turn sound into electrical energy because certain materials, such as carbon granules, will conduct electricity when they are put under pressure. The more pressure put on these materials, the more electricity they will conduct. The basic parts of a microphone are a diaphragm (a very thin, springy sheet of metal, paper, or plastic) and a capsule, usu ally containing tiny granules, or grains of carbon. When sound waves hit the dia phragm, it presses the carbon granules together. If the pressure is great, the current flow is strong; if the pressure is weak, the current flow is weak. The amount of current always depends on the amount of pressure, which in turn de pends on the volume of sound. When the sound stops, the diaphragm snaps back to its original position and the cur rent stops flowing. What makes a tooth ache? A toothache may start if' the hard enamel is broken down by caries. Caries is the disease that causes teeth to decay by forming holes in the hard enamel. Tooth decay is caused by the action of bac teria. Caries usually starts in the grooves of the molars or in places between the teeth and near the gums. Food par ticles are often caught in such places. Bacteria, which are always present in the mouth, feed on these bits of food. As they feed, they produce acids that slowly dissolve the en amel. The holes that form are called cavities. If the decay process is not stopped when the cavity is small, the decay may continue through the dentin, causing a toothache. Why can't you see stars during the day? There are always stars in the sky. Only in the evening, however, can you begin to see them. It is the glare of the sun’s bright light that keeps you from seeing stars during the day. The particles that make up the earth’s atmos phere scatter and reflect the sun’s light, so that the whole sky is too bright for any stars to be seen. (For a free booklet, “The Magic Carpet”, illustrated hi color from The New Book of Knowledge, send name and addrtes to Martini Glauber Shapp, Box 47, Putnam Valley, New York 16579.) If NATO wasvft here, mavbe we wouldn’t be here either. (Czech the Record.) For information writ# The Atlantic Council, 1616 H St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 * * *