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THE BAYTOWN SUN Tutidav. Ju.v a
^Editorials • Viewpoint • Features^
Irony, Yes, But
Humor? Not Yet
There is certainly irony to be found in the situation,
but if there is also humor it is equally certain that no
one in the British political establishment, government
or opposition, appreciates the joke.
For 10 years Britain sought entry into the European
Common Market/For almost 10 years, the effort was
unsuccessful, primarily because erf repea ted blackball-
ing by Gaullist France.
Now the six-member market is ready to include Bri-
tain in, with the Pompidou government in Paris lead-
ing the welcoming committee.
And also now Prime Minister Edward Heath, who in
and out of power has worked toward this moment for 10
years, faces possibly the most difficult task of all —1
selling market membership to the folks at home.
Polls show the British public something like 2 to 1 op-
posed to the market. Parliament is split across party,
lines. Many of Heath’s own Conservatives are i if open
opposition or have grave doubts. The opposition is even
more painfully divided. The trade unions, which supply
the bulk of Labor's money and electoral muscle, are
negative, putting ■party" leader Harold- Wilson, who
pushed membership when prime minister, in a very
difficult spot.
The issue is seen by some as a serious-test of British
democracy. Given the strength of party discipline, it *
probably could carry in a parliamentary vote despite
( public opposition and the private reservations of mem-"
bers ' " ^
An ability'to move swiftly, decisively and if neces-
sary. contrary to popular sentiment at moments of
crisis requiring immediate action is a great strength of
the British system of government. But this is not such a
moment, it is being argued, and the issue is of such far-
reaching import that jt might best be decided by the
people, as the basis of new parliamentary, elections.
Prime Minister Heath thinks not, and has given him-
self four months to persuade Britons in and out pf Par-
liament to his- point of view. He has scheduled the
-ghovwluwii votc for September. -«-■......j~-
If he cannot persuade at least a working majority,
the consequences for Britain and Europe will be very
far-reaching indeed. And also, inevitably, for Heath
and other promarket leaders who may end up political
victims at home of their diplomatic successes abroad.
There are times, it has been noted, when it may be
wise to beware of one’s desires, because they may be
achieved.
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Jack Anderson Says - - '
Nixon Keeps Pledge On
Regulation Of Business
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WASHINGTON - President
Nixon has faithfully kept, a
campaign pledge, given pri-
vately to fat cat contributors,
that he would ease the govern-
ment’s regulation of their busi-
nesses. . .
Quietly, he has filled the va-
cancies on the regulatory
agencies with reluctant regular
tors, who are supposed to pro-
tect the public but who have
tjhown more inclination to pro-
tect- the special interests.
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How's Your Vocabulary?
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5 Ruffled pride
0 Stupid person 47 Si«r
—' affection
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fit out
43 Girl's nan*
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Answer to Previous Puzzle
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contracts
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mouse r
15 Land
,measures
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17 Algonquian
Edible fish
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success
51 Small group
of soldiers
52 Poplars
54 Combats on*
_horseback "
Indian 57
38 Spy,-—Hari 58
19 Out of date
(Fr.)
21 Norse god of
thunder **.’
23 Gone astray
27 Greek god
30 Chaldean city
31 Coddle
33 Poetic genre
35 Printer’s
measure
36 Pig’s home
37 Persian elf
38 Car damage
9 Sicilian
volcano
form)
12 Catchall ’
abbreviation
13 Escape (slant
16 Black
ubstance
32 Girl’s name
-34 Pastry---------
r38 Reman ged of
. underworld
39 Small round
hats
We have already reported,
for instance, on how Federal
Power Chairman John Nassi-
kas. a" Nixon appointee, ig-
nored the warnings of his own
economist and accepted the
findings of the gas industry in
an attempt to stick the con-
sumers with $4 billion in higher
gas bills.
Now the Nixon Administra-
tion has gone to the industry for
a candidate to fill a Democra-
tic vacancy and serve with
Nassikason the Federal Power
Commission.' t
The final selection hasn’t
been niade, but insiders say the
favorite is an able, 40-year-old,
Midland, Tex., corporate attor-
ney named Rush Moody.
Spokesman for certain Texas
oil and utility interests first
sounded out1 Moody’s law part-
ner, Tqm Sealy, about accept-
ing the* appointment. Later,
Sealy received another inquiry
from the Liejtke brothers, Wil-
liam and Hugh, who run Penn-
zoil United.
eral valuable' producer appli-
cations before.the FPC. The
•Liejtkes, therefore, would like j
to get a friend on the commis-
sion. Sealy not only was a per-
sonal friend, but his law firm
had handled legal work for
Pennzoil.
He decided, however, he
didn’t want to go to Washington
and suggested his lavr partner
for the FC vacancy. The
Liejtkes immediately began
pulling wires inside the White
4feuse4o get Moody appointed.
The Liejtke brothers were
big contributors to the Nixon
■ campaign chest. We have
traced $18,000 in GOP dona-
tions from J. Hugh Liejtke, an-
other J14,000 from William C.
LiejtklNin 1968. Insiders say the
actual total was even higher.
We reached William Liejtke,
who said it would be “improp-
er” for him to comment on the
FPC appointment before it is
made. All he would say was
that Moody “is a bright young
man.''1
Moody told us he wouldn’t al-
low his past association with
Pennzoil to affect his judgment
if he should receive the FPC
appointment. Those who know
him say he is highly qualified.
But anyone who wears the
gas industry label shouldn’t be
appointed to regulate gas
rates. The public can under-
stand the petty chiseling of a
Bobby Baker or an Adam Clay-
ton Powell much easier than a
$4 billion windfall to the na-
tural gas industry. President
Nixon's willingness to put’pri-
vate interests ahead^of the
public interest, however, may
. yet become the biggest scandal
of his administration.. ..
Footnote: Anothqr example
of the Nixon Administration’s
approach to government regu-
lation is the unannounced ap-
pointment of Peter Hutt as
general counsel for the Food
and Drug Administration. He
comes out of the famed, in-
fluential Washington law firm,
Covington and Burling, which
represents some of the nation’s
-biggest, drug cortipanies. -The
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By Oswald & James Jacoby
JACOBY MODERN follows
modern expert practice and
plays that all direct raises
are limit bids. The single
raise shows 7-9 supporting
points, the raise to three
(single jump) shows 10-12
with at least seven in high
cards and the jump to four
shows at least 13 points in
support.
Supporting points are in
addition' to high card and
distribution. You count-one
point extra for each trump
over three and one point .
extra, for each singleton or
void: Furthermore, you cheat
a little on the light side.
Thus, the North hand counts
13 points in support of pne
spade, but we would give the
same raise without the jack
of diamonds. \' •
North has no idea about
what his partner ean make.
He does know that, if his
partner has a minimum, the
opponents have half the high
cards and the hand may be-
long to them, so he is mak-
ing it hard for them to com-
pete.
Actually, South has a very
big hand. With two first-
round, plus two -second-
round controls and a strong
two-suiter, South wants to be
in six if his partner has an .
ace. He uses Blackwood and
bids the slam.
There is nothing to the
play. South wins the dia-
mond lead,, draws trumps
and claims his’ contract,
while conceding a club trick,
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
Can He Succeed ? - -
Nixon Dares To
Reduce Welfare
By PAUL HARVEY-
President Richard Nixon is
daring to try to demobilize the
professional welfare army.
In a commendable demon-
stration of political courage, he
has challenged that gigantic
bloc of 9,700,000 welfare votes.
President Nixon, his welfare
.reform package stalled in
Congress, appealed to a “Con-
vention of governors. Actually,
from that forum, he was ap-
pealing to you.
Are you going to support
him? Or will the silent major-_.
Ity of taxpayers remain silent
while that vocal, organized mi-
nority of freeloaders intimi-
date Congress and overwhelm
him?
In his toughest ever talk on
any domestic issue, President
Nixon says our current welfare
system is a monumental fail-
ure.
He says the United States
cannot afford a system "under
which working people can be
made to feel like fools by those
who will not work.”
He says it’s incredible that
He says his objective is to
give back to the American peo-
ple the incentive and the oppor-
tunity to support themselves.
Well.
As we say in the Missouri Oz-
arks, Mister President has
shucked right down to the cob.
Welfare has become a way of
life for millions of Americans.
Many families now have been
four generation on relief.
In Illinois right now every
metropolitan newspaper is
bulging with Jobs begging for
workers but the jobs go beg-
ging while the welfare rolls in
this one state continue to in-
crease 10,000 a month.
A similar massive red ink
hemorrhage is bankrupting
New York, California, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michi-
gan.
When any state tries to prune
the welfare payroll, organized
recipients cite federal law (as •
recently in Nevada) to get their
dole reinstated.
The fire-breathing monster
was created by the politicians, '
of course, as they out-promised
nc oajo iv a uiviwrmiv wimv . -------'— * •
we penaJize the felloW Who does ' one another in buying votes
an honest day’s work and take with public money
his money to reward another
person for doing nothing.
He mentioned that under our
present welfare system, the
loafer can collect more after-
taxes dollars than the worker.
Recently at a White House
conference on this subject, a
woman on welfare jumped up
and shouted, “Don’t talk to us
about those menial jobs!”
President Nixon, noting that
unworthy protest, related that
he has performed a few menial
jobs in his own lifetime and he
considers any honest work hon-
orable work. He says there’s
dignity in any honest job.
And he specified that that
goes for scrubbing floors or
emptying bedpans.
And he is pleading with
Congress to rewrite our wel-
fare laws. Provide for the de-
serving needy, he says. But ex-
pect those able to work to re-
gister for an accept work — or
forfeit all welfare payments.
I don’t know if they can turn
on that monster without being
consumed by It, but let’s you
and I support the ones who
dare to try.
BARBS
ByPJHL 1PASTORET
Nothing makes a fellow
feel his age more than hav-
ing a young woman offer him
her seat on the bus.
* * *
Let a smile be your um-
brella, and someone’s go-
ing to get mighty wet. . ,
Gold-diggers look fora salt
of the earth—and then pro-
ceed to shake him down.
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Even the strongest of
men can find it difficult
to lift a mortgage.
firm’s lawyers are known for
their backroom persuasiveness
___in getting the FDA to go, easy
“on their cUentsTHatt; however,
insists that backroom dealing
was not his speciality and that
he is completely severing his
ties with the law firm.
WITH THE Pentagon brass
riding off in all directions try-
ing to plug security leaks, the
case of James Lewis Jones has
brought them new agony.
The 24-year-old Jones needed
some repairs on his teeth but
laeked the $2,000 to pay for
them. So he got hold of a GI
uniform, put some sergeant
stripes on it and, in an unoffi-
cial way, joined the Army for,
oh, a month or so.
He accomplished this simply
by walking on the Ft. Myer,
Va., base and easing his way
into the daily routine of a sol-
dier. He took the necessary
time off to make a series of vi-
sits to the base dentist. All the,
while, the Army lodged and fed
him in a manner becoming a
noncommissioned officer.
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The bidding^ has been:
West • North East South
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You, South, hold:
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What do you do now?
A—Bid three hearts. This is
slightly weaker than the normal
limit raise. With a strong hind
you would redouble.
TODAY’S QUESTION
West bids three spades. Your
partner passes and East bids
four spades. What do you do
now?
Answer Tomorrow
. Fred Hartman .
JohnWadtey...
Ann B. Pritchett
. Editor and Publisher
. . business Manager
’Frisco Strike
The largest local general
strike in San Francisco in
July, 1934, lasted four days
.and was caused by steve-
dores and shipowners at-
tempting to break a mari-
time strike for union recog-
nition, according to Ency-
clopaedia Britannica.
Bible Verse
The Father loveth the Sop,
sBnd hatfr given aU ftings-into
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DR. LAWRENCE E. LAMB
At 81, He Talks About Problems
Prudery Can Threaten Health
him lima
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
Dear Dr. Lamb—In re-
gards to your column on
prudery can jeopardize,
health I must say, how true.
I am not going to be prudish.
I was hospitalized for excest,
sive urination, one quart
night and getting up five or
'■ ’six times.*! was operatedaui
for hernia in my left
groin and while there they
searched my bladder and
stretched my prostate gland.
After two months there is
no improvement. I have cold
hands and feet and much
cramping at night. After
sexual intercourse blood in
semen after ejaculation.
What could cause this? I am
full of pep most of the time.
I exercise and watch my
diet. I am 81 years young
and my doctor said I could ,
still father babies. How.
about that?
*■
Dear ! Reader —Yes, how
about that. You are just a
spring chicken compared to
some men who have fathered
children. I suspect the most
common cause for the blood
you mention is an inflamma-
tion of either your prostate
*. gland or the sepiinal ves-
icles. The latter are^tittle
,tiny pouches like saddle-
bags next to the prostate, ■
where semen is stored. Un-
less it is treated you may
not have as much pep as you
now have. An infectipn any-
where can eventually de-
crease a person’s energy
level. Some people even have
fever from inflammation of
the prostate. This is not the
same thing as simple en-
largement' but an acute in-
fection analogous to having
an acutely infected throat or
sinuses.
Many readers write me
they have prevented leg
cramps at night !by wearing
warm stockings to bed, win-
ter and summer.
Dear Dr. L a m b — My
daughter, 16 years of age,
was treated by a doctor for
an underactive thyroid con-
dition (determined , by ex-
amination,. no symptoms).
She was given tablets for
about six .month's, then
checked again. This time the
thyroid was overactive and
had caused her to become
very nervous. He did not
give any medication for this
but after about two months,
the thyroid was nofmal. She
still has occasional bouts of
nervousness, possibly asso-
ciated with her period hnd
the gland. Please explain
how her thyroid went from
uifderactive t o overactive
and then to normal with no
medication in about eight
months.
Deaf Reader—The body is
a curious, wonderful ma-
chine. Years ago when thefe
were less satisfactory meth-
ods for treating overaptive
thyroid conditions doctors be-
came aware that their thy-
roid patients would have
overactive thyroid conditions
in the spring and fall. And
don’t aSk me why. The
gland seems to have cycles
of more or less activity. If
your daughter had in fact
had a normal thyroid at the
beginning the small amount
of thyroid given would not
have had any influence. The
thyroid gland would simply
put out less .tbyroid hormone.
So that has nothing to do
with her case. If she had an
overactive thyroid gland
then she may have it again
iWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
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Please send your questions and
comments to Lawrence l. Lamb,
M.D., in core of this paper. While
Dr. Lamb cannot answer individual
letters, he will answer letters el
general interest in future columns.
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"You're always talking about getting back to nature-
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