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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963
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THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN
A very useless proceeding is to
pass a law fixing: the maximum of
appropriations for a year. The
Congress and the President have
been raising, increasing, enlarging
the maximum every year. The
President recommends another in
crease this fiscal year.
This futile proceeding occurs
every year: the President recom
mends appropriation exceeding
the limit and the Congress amiably
and weekly increases the limit.
Some humorist recently showed
a drawing of a husband and wife
arguing about the wife’s heavy
shopping. Said the wife, like the
President, “the only thing to do
is to increase the debt limit.”
There you are; brought home to
us, eh ?
‘The growth of foreign aid in
many respects is one of the most
remarkable developments of the
post-war period. It would have
been hard to imagine a genera
tion ago that within a few short
years the people of the U. S.
would be affording massive help
to nations stretching around the
globe—100 of them. Yet that is
what we have been doing. Last
year alone, the people of this
country through our government
provided about $3 and 1-2 billion
in grants and loans to lesser- de
veloped lands. And over the entire
post-war period our foreign eoc-
nomic aid, including that under
the Marshall plan, has added up
to the astounding total of $60
billion—an amount equal to
twice the yearly national income
of a great modern state like In
dia.
Yet there has been a growing
questioning of this foreign aid
among our own people. Each year
the request for new appropriations
encounters greater difficulty, and
there is much honest soul-search
ing within the Congress. This
questioning, I am convinced, does
not reflect a sudden unwillingness
on the part of Americans to bear
the burden of helping their less
fortunate neighbors. A few years
ago Sir Winston Churchill said of
the United States, ‘There is no
other case of a nation arriving at
the sumit of world power, seek
ing no territor’.al gain, but resolv
ed to use her strength and wealth
in the cause of progress and free
dom’. That resolution is no less
stronj. today than it was a decade
ago, at the time of the Marshall
Plan. Indeed, there is a growing
recognition that we live in a high
ly inter-dependent world—one in
which our own well-being is di
rectly linked to the health, vital-
itl and stability of other peoples.
No—the trouble with fore : gn
aid is much more complex and
deep-rooted. It springs from an
uncomfortable feeling that the aid
program, as now constituted, is
not working out. Those of you
who travel to undeveloped coun
tries see for yourseif examples cf
waste and misalloeated resources
—great dams that are built to pro
duce electricity in quantities not
need for generations; steel mills
in areas where steel cannot be
economically produced; costly sta
diums and aid facilities in coun
tries where people need more food
and farmers need more fertilizer
to grow it. Numerous Congression
al Committees have turned u p
countless illustrations, including
ca.-'es of sheer waste and down--
right fraud.”
“One hundred years ago when
Queen Victoria was on the throne
of England, there were twenty
reigning monarchs in Europe. To
day this number has fallen to sev
en. The Monarchy of Britain, has
survived because of the nature of
the British people who cherish and
and rever the institution .It is
also a personal triumph of the
character and integrity of modern
sovereigns, which under a consti
tutional monarchy, suit the needs
of the Commonwealth.”
The United States has the old
est written Constitution in the
world. On September 17, 1787,
the document was signed in Phila
delphia. It was declared to be in
effect in March 1789 and it has
served as the foundation of our
nation ever since. It was the work
of many minds and many pens,
and it stands e* a model of coop
erative statesmanship and fore
sight. For this is the secret of the
Constitution. The framers were
men of remarkable vision; they
devised a Constitution that would
be workable in a future they could
hardly have dared to imagine.
Provisions for amending the Con
stitution were carefully incorpor
ated into the document; yet, the
basic structure remains unchang
ed.
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Of course we all know what the
Constitution is, but how many of
know exactly what is in it? Since
it isn’t merely a monument, but a
living, workable basis of our gov
ernment, we should, in these cru
cial times, take a closer look into
it.
To begin with, it is a beautifully
written document—a masterpiece.
But it is not verbose or flowery.
It is concise.”
“ Throughout the country drive-
in restaurants are springing up at
the rate of almost a dozen a day.
According to the industry’s lead
ing trade journal, “Drive-In Man
agement” approximately 4000 be
gan operation in 1962, represent
ing a total investment of over 350
million dollars. They ranged from
small hot-dog stands, with little
more equipment than a hot plate
and a soft drink cooler, to lavish
establishments costing close to a
half million doVars and featuring
such elaborate equipment as mi
crowave ovens and electric slic
ing machines.
Although the business date to
the early twenties, its big growth
has come in the past decade. In
deed, some 80 per cent of the
42,000-odd drive-ins now in op
eration have been started since
1952. The impetus has come large
ly from the steady increase in
motoring, the trek to the suburbs
—which has hurt downtown res
taurants—and the burgeoning
teen--age population. Teen-agers
account for over one-third of the
industry’s volume, now estimated
at some $6 billion a year. As one
operator says happily: ‘Teen-agers
are the world’s best repeat cus
tomers. They not only come back
day after day, they even come
back several times the same day‘.
The roadside diners are outpac
ing regular restaurants both in
gross revenues and profits. The
average gross for the former is
close to $75,000 a year, compared
with only $50,000 for conventional
eating places.
The optimism of the operators
stems from several factors. For
one thing, the U. S. is more than
ever a nation on wheels. Today
over 62 million autos and trucks
are on the road and the total is
growing by some 4 million annual
ly. Meanwhile, the population shift
to the suburbs is attracting more
steady residential customers, of
ten at the expense of the down
town restaurants. In fact, such
family trade accounts for 50 per
cent of drive-in volume; interest
ingly transients provide only 15
per cent of drive-in volume.
“Half a century ago there stood
astride the American economy
that indomitable giant King Coal.
It darkened a thousand cities and
towns as it fired the vitals of in
dustry. It gave heat to the kit
chen and warmth to the home.
And who can forget the inferno
behind the open door of the loco
motive laboring through the dark
countryside ?
But now the King is very, very
sick. Two malignant forces are
wasting it away as a factor in
our national life. One is the re
lentless competition of rival fuels.
The other is the rise of technology
in industry.
Exploration and research brought
petroleum, natural gas, hydro-el
ectric power, and nuclear energy
into the market. The use of coal
diminished. From a peak employ
ment figure of 875,000 40 years
ago, the number of those working
in the mines hal fallen off to
about 150,000 today. In bituminous
mining, the average miner pro
duced 2,450 tons in 1960 as com
pared with 1,350 in the mid ’40s
and 750 in the early ’20s.
The major factor causing un
employment has been the modern
izing of equipment, which had been
induced by the high wages and
benefits secured. The report also
discounted the claim of coal peo
ple that the supply of gas and pe
troleum was likely to be exhaust
ed. The report said that well be
fore 1980 the nation would be able
to be self-sufficient in petrol
eum without foreign oil. It point
ed out that shale oil was in sight
in quantities and also that coal
would be yielding gasoline. At
the current rate of consumption
‘conventional fossil fuels pius
shale oil and fisionable materials
contain recoverable energy equiv
alent to 800 year®’.
As to unemployment, a report!
said that “concurrent with loss of
markets, coal-mining wages were
rising and were among the high
est in American industry, and this
element of cost has been a mighty
factor in pushing the industry in
to mechanization during the post
war period, in order to stay com
petitive'.”
March of Dimas Helps Save Boy
Here's Johnny at age one after first operation . . . and today, leading a normal life at age 'our.
“Tomorrow must be earned —
not appropriated. Voting more
money for schools doesn’t make
this an educated nation. It isn’t
bilbons for more veterans’ hospi
tals that will make America heal
thy; it is honest production, not
shorter hours, that protects jobs,
At his fourth birthday
party, Johnny Wilson’s big
blue eyes sparkled as his
mother carried in the most
magnificent cake he had
ever seen.
It was shaped like a huge
boat plowing its way through
mountainous waves of whipped
cream and icing. Johnny’s win
some smile beamed at friends
and he gave out kisses all
around.
It was a happy affair. Yet at
one time. Johnny’s parents had
little hope he would live to
celebrate even his first birth
day. For he was born with the
often fatal birth defect of wa
ter on the brain, or hydro
cephalus.
Surgical treatment saved
Johnny’s life when he was
three months old. At that time,
doctors performed what is
known as a shunt operation.
They inserted in Johnny’s head
a plastic tube which allowed
excess fluid from the brain to
be harmlessly absorbed by the
youngster’s body.
Without the operation, fluid
within the brain is prevented
from taking its normal course,
and causes the head to swelk
enormously. This is what had
happened to Johnny. (If shunt
surgery is not performed in
time, mental retardation and
blindness may ensue, even
death, in certain cases.)
Since 1958, doctors have per
formed two other shunt opera
tions and have treated Johnny
for gastroenteritis and septice
mia.
Today, Johnny leads a rela
tively healthy, happy and care
free life. Like any other little
boy who lives on a farm, he
loves to hug lambs, chase cows
and tease chicks on the family’s
100 acres near Columbus, Ohio.
He is a good example of
thousands of afflicted children
being helped to live nearly
normal lives through a unique
medical care program financed
by The National Foundation-
March of Dimes.
Babies with birth defects are
born every other minute in the
United States, 250,000 of them
each year, almost 700 each day.
Johnny goes regularly to a
special Birth Defects Clinical
Study Center at Children’s
Hospital, Columbus, supported
by March of Dimes funds.
It is one of more than 30
similar centers across the na
tion set up for the study and
treatment of birth defects.
At the center, trained spe
cialists work together *o help
children with many kmds of
birth defects. They include a
neurosurgeon, orthopedic sur
geon, internist, psychiatrist,
physical therapist and medical
social worker. They have put
their skilled hands and minds
to work on Johnny’s behalf.
Every four months, Johnny’s
mother drives him to the center
for his check-up. A doctor al
ways measures his head to
make sure there is no change
in size. Since 1959, his head
size has remained relatively
constant.
Johnny is growing up to be an
impish, energetic and friendly
little boy who likes to do every
thing and go everywhere. Espe
cially, he likes to wheedle rides
on a pony at the next farm.
He’ll settle, though, for a tour
on the tractor with his mother
or father, Julia and John Wil
son.
Like Johnny, other afflicted
children who receive proper
treatment may live to enjoy
shooting cap pistols, watching
television, singing songs or
playing a toy banjo—with the
best of four-year-olds.
SENATOR
STRO
HURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
Behind the Brush Curtain
HOPES BASED on the Soviet
Union’s show of removing its
missiles are being shattered. Be
hind the Brush Curtain around
Cuba is a formidable Soviet
strategic military base.
THE QUESTION of whether
the Soviets did actually remove
missiles from Cuba is, from a
practical standpoint, becoming
moot. The question lingers be
cause in no instance were bare
missiles revealed to our observ
ers of Soviet ships leaving Cuba.
There was no indication that
any of the half-dozen missile
launch rings and other support
ing equipment for the IRBM’s
were aboard departing Soviet
vessels. Nor was there observed
anything to indicate that more
than a very few of the some two
dozen launch stands and erec
tors previously observed were
aboard.
THE QUESTION of what was
removed becomes moot because
of what is obviously in Cuba
now. Reliable sources estimate
the forces in Cuba under the
command of Soviet General C. O.
Slazenko to be between 30,000
and 40,000, with supporting air
and naval units. The value of
the Soviet - supplied military
equipment exceeds $1 billion.
This equipment includes ap
proximately 600 tanks, of such
late model types as the T-54,
T-34 and JS-2, and amphibious
tanks; more than 200 armored
personnel carriers and scout
cars have been observed; more
than 2,000 artillery pieces are in
the Soviet-Cuban arsenal, in
cluding 76 and 122 mm. guns
and howitzers, 67 mm. anti-tank
guns and assorted anti-aircraft
pieces; and more than 1,000 mor
tars have been counted, some of
which are as large as 180 mm.
The rocket launcher inventory, a
part of which was displayed in
the January Havana parade,
numbers in the thousands. Con
ventional artillery is supple
mented by nuclear-tipped FROG
Missiles, with a 300-mile range.
There appear to be four bat
talions of these missiles. Ve
hicles to support the combat
force are well over the 15,000
figure.
THE 24 SITES of surface to
air missiles are stocked with
only slightly less than 1,000 mis
siles, mostly SA-2s, but includ
ing an increasing number of SA-
3s, which are effective against
I both high altitude and low alti-
] tude aircraft.
MORE THAN 100 cruise mis-
j siles, some of which arrived
j within the last three weeks, are
j on four coastal defense sites.
; Estimates of ballistic missiles
with a 1,100-2,200 mile range in
! underground facilities run be-
’ tween 100 and 200. These bal-
i
; listic missiles are supported by
the latest in radar and com-
j munications equipment. Indeed,
j the military communications set
up in Cuba is rated as among
the best in the world. The stra
tegic importance attached by the
Soviets to their missile deploy
ment in Cuba is demonstrated
by the continuing assignment in
Cuba of Soviet Lt. Gen. Pavil B.
Dankevich, prominent Russian
expert in strategic missiles. A
reported shipment to Cuba re
cently of atomic warhead mate
rials was estimated as quite sub
stantial.
THE SOVIET naval comple
ment in Cuba consists of more
than 100 craft, including 12 to
15 Komar class missile boats
armed with four short range
surface to surface missiles each,
motor torpedo boats, subchasers
and patrol boats. Although it is
impossible to determine where
they are “based,” Soviet sub
marines are resupplied in Cuba
and call frequently at Cuban
ports and bays. i
A CHECK OF the weapons
complement observed in Cuba
against Soviet military tables of
equipment indicates the presence
of a complete Soviet Army, and
the inventory of missiles and
aircraft tallies with the equip
ment normally assigned to a
Soviet Air Army. Reliable
sources have reported a Soviet
Motorized Division, ar Armored
Division and an Elite Guards
Division in Cuba, which bears
out the presence of a Soviet
Army. Significantly, disposition
of Soviet forces are at the vicin
ity of three identified missile
bases and one airfield near Hol
guin in eastern Cuba—the exact
sites that were pinpointed in
October as the principal loca
tions of “offensive” weapons.
THE AMERICAN people are
entitled to know the truth about
what’s behind the Brush Cur
tain.
Sincerely,
it takes more than costly play
grounds to cure juvenile delinqu
ency . . . Pouring billions all over
the world doesn’t buy security nor
peace.
Nothing worth having or worth
being is ever reached except by
honest, hard work, but it is be
coming the tragic fashion to think
we can short-cut the work, and
have everything we want if we
only spend enough Federal dollars.
And then we mistakenly feel the
government has taken care of it,
so we can sit back and relax.
Another once-great nation
withered and died when its people
were drugged with that same fatal
poison. (Perhaps ‘The Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire’ should
be required reading in many
places today.
VISITS BROTHER HERE
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sanders of
Sumter visited Mr. Sanders’ bro
ther, Frasier Sanders and family
Saturday.
AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL . . .
Four-year-old Vincent Crisa-
fulli of Maywood, N. J., has dis
covered a secret game of his
own, to do with sticks and
stones.
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