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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Thursday, March 16,1972
** ***— 1 1 ~ir ' J ' .............~~ Jack AnderSOP SayS - -
^ Editorials • Viewpoint • Features^ Speaker McCormack Left
Power Vacuum In House
The
ifwiiii—wir i war
How About Some
ROW Amnesty?
f~T~
The question of amnesty for America’s draft dodgers
and Army deserters was given an airing in Washington
the other day as numerous concerned persons pre-„
sented pro and con opinions before a subcommittee
headed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
It would be encouragingif somebody, somewhere,
■ openeda forum on the question of amnesty-for-Ameri-
ca’§,prisoners of war held by North Vietnam, some of
Whom have been in captivity for as long as six years.
Not one of this country's noble allies has brought the
slightest pressure to bear on Hanoi. Not one statesman
has spoken a word of criticism about Hanoi’s treat-
ment' of these men. The voice of so-called world opinion
remains mute — except^when it comes to condemna-
tion of the U.S.
. If this country held hundreds of North Vietnamese
prisoners virtually incommunicado for years, permit-
ting only sporadic delivery of letters to or from them
and their families, denying visits by Geneva Conven-
tion representatives and refusing to discuss the possi-
bility of an exchange of prisoners, why, America’s out-
raged students would be impaling themselves on the
White House fence, their counterparts would be rioting
in London and Paris and Berlin and bombs would be
exploding at U.S. embassies and consulates in every
capita^ of the world
namese prisoners. Or rather, South Vietnam does, and
has made repeated attempts _to repatriate . some of,
them to a North Vietnam that does not even acknowl- Spying No
edge their existence.) * • ■
But-then, why should foreigners dare about Ameri-
can prisoners of war when some Americans them-
selves. don't seem to care? ■ < / '
Just as it is obvious that Hanoi intends.to hold these
men until the last measure of blackmail value is
squeezed out of them, the conclusion becomes inescap-
Televis
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON-It ha» now
been 14 months since 81-year-
mack
old John McCormack retired
as Speaker of the House. He
was a relic of another era, too
old to lead, too feeble to grasp
the issues of the times.
Yet McCormack’s retreat to
Boston, under the shame of the
scandal surrounding his top as-
sistant, Dr. Martin Sweig, did
little to revitalize the House.
McCormack at least under-
stood the use of power. And he
was personally an honorable
man.
Unhappily, the House isnot a
better place without him. The
men who have filled the power
vacuum sh8waven less leader-
ship ability, and they lack Mc-
Cormack’s strong ethics.
He had to be locked in a room
when he went to Florida to
speak at a fund raiser for an-
other congressman. The guests
were on their way out when
Boggs broke free, mounted the
rostrum and boggled the minds
of his listeners with a free
wheeling discourse.
Another night, he defended
his heavyweight title in a Baton
Rouge, La., restaurant. He
topped it off with an incredible
exhibition at a party for the
House leadership at the home
of Clark MacGregor, the White
House lobbyist.
‘ Albert is so wary of Boggs’
behavior that he is afraid to
step down from the chair and
turn control of the House over
to the man who is supposed to
be his prime assistant. Albert
has even canceled tdpa to
avoid leaving Boggs as boss.
sharp diplomatic eye on China
and Russia, for example,
learned about President Nix*
on’s preparations to visit Pe-
king and Moscow indirectly
from American Cdmmunist
leader Gus Hall.
5:30 p.m.
( 2) NBC News
4 8) Misterogers’ Neigl
Carl Albert, the pint-sized
Oklahoma politician who
: moved op to the jpBtkw’a
chair, has demonstrated on al- : medical help. He knows he has
most every possible occasion a problem. So do the other 431
that the gavel is too heavy for members of the House,
Is Key To
Success
Lottors To The Editor *
be provided by the League of -
Women Voters if those who be-
lieve in the importance of an
informed electorate will help to
him
He does most of his swinging
away from the chamber. He
has startled more than one
hostess by showing up at a par-
ty, not with his wife, but with
his lovely Eurasian assistant
ofrfris arm; And: lie uaed to
spend too much time around
the punch bowl. ’
Now the Speaker, second in
The crisis of leadership may
not seem too important to cit-
izens who just pay their taxes
and expect the men they elect
to do a job. But the sad fact is
that, without leadership the job
doesn’t get done.
Footnote: Perhaps the most
competent leaders in the House
is Wilbur Mills, the crafty
Ways and Means chairman. He
A routine FBI report, pass-
ing on information that an in-
formant had picked up from
Gus Hall, gave the State De-
partment’s experts more infor-
mation than they had been able
to get out of the White House.
ThejCIjina specialists, still in
the dark about many details of
the President’s Peking visit,
have warned that they must be
given more information if they
are to produce sound analyses.
Their access to information
has also been limited by the se-
curity crackdown that followed
'out1 publication of the secret In-
papers. The
Xerox machines are tightly re-
stricted by day and locked by
night. To make a copy of a se-
cret document now just about
requires apresidential waiver.
Footnote: There has been a
frantic flurry, of secret tele-
grams between Washington
and Bangkok over our report
that some of Thailand’s top of-
ficials are operating a fleet of
hood
(11) CBS. News
(13) ABC News
(26) Hogan’s Heroes
(39) Dick Van Dyke
6 p.m.
( 2) (11) (13) New!
( 8) Electric Company
(26) Star Trek ’
* (39) Rifleman — Lucas
Mark are stranded in
desert ., .
7 p.m.
( 2) Flip Wilson — Guest:
Bing Crosby, Tim Con
Melba Moore
( 8) 30 Minutes With
(11) Donald’s Dublin
tuneful tribute to St. Patr
Day
(13) Billy Graham - Gri
Chicago Crusade
......iff) Movie - “(fry Dan|
(1951) Dick Powell
so. /ff| - . . ■ " “■ ■■
In no other war this country has ever been engaged
in has the question of prisoners’of war hinged upon
capitulation to enemy deniands amounting to virtual
surrender. In no other war would public opinion have
stood for it. ..../t"' '-
But today tfe'are so guilt-ridden, so full of self-doubt,
so war-wearv. so disillusioned that we seem ready to
write these men off as scapegoats for-our national sin
of intervening in North Vietnam’s conquest of South
Vietnam: Each day they remain in captivity is, in ef-
fect, one more payment on our bill of atonemefft.
, ■•■'•:-lfl4he:,me8ntii,n€-.,wiveB' are-arowins old withot
bands.' children are growing up without fathers.
The moralist (who applies morality only to the
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK (AP) - One
never begins to grow up until
he learns how to say no-and
stick to it. . : ■
• Until then he merely is a
chance-buffeted chip riding the
waves of mindless change in
.life. He matures only when he
achieves a sense of self-direc-
tion.
You achieve that only by re-
jecting other directions that
lead you the wrong way.
Here are a few invitations
which, if accepted, lead usually
to nothing but trouble:
"Let’s play hooky today. I’ll
» .,
Editor, The Sun
Dear Sr: -
The League of Women Voters
wishes to express its deep ap-
preciation for the generous
help that you and so many
others in the media have given
us over the years.'
In a growing and h$ily mo-
bile society, our work would
hardly be effective without it.
Today through their work in
, the League, more than 4,500
women volunteers in Texas
alone are informed and active
participants in government in
their communities. Many have
gone on to serve their com-
munities by running for public
office, serving on . appointed
boards and commissions, and
using their League-gained
line for the presidency, tells probably could have beaten Al-
finance it. This month many
businesses and individuals
have geen giving their support.
During this election year the
friends he is staying away from
the bottle. But the Eurasian
girl is still on the payroll.
Majority Leader Hale Boggs
is second in command of the
House. Friends suspect John
Barleycorn was the ghostwrit-
er for Boggs’ poorly rb-
opportuhity and the "demand searched affock on J. Edgar
for this work is especially Hoover, *
heavy and we hope that a great
many more will respond.
■ ' • Sincerely,
Mrs. Frank C. Ernhart,
President
League of Women
Voters
bert in a showdown in January
1971. He chose not to contest
the Speakership then. Within
three months, however, he be-
gan to mount his strange little
campaign for the Democratic
presidential nominatiqn. Peo-
ple who know him think he . ..
really wants to beSpeaker.- - Bible VefS©
11 trawlers, which move doz-
ens of tons of opiupi a year to
Hong Kong for shipment to
American addicts. The 11 shi|>s
ply their trade year round, with
no hindrance from Thai au-
thorities. The State Depart-
ment is anxiously trying to get
its ducks in a row in case of a
congressional inquiry.
(39) Wild, Wild West -
an’d Gordon search for a
erful germ culture
7:30 p.m.
( 8) NET Playhouse 1
raphy —Keith Barron sta
George Gordon “Lord’’ B
8 p.m.
( 2) Ironside - Frffl Be
exposes the police dej
V ment’s hand during a ci
down on gamblers
(11) Movie “Returi
Peyton Place” (1961) (
______Lynley
(13) Longstreet moves in
exclusive housing project
(39) Movie - “The Amh
THE DEMOCRATIC leader
also has a reputation as a bar
fighter. He slugged it out with a
former congressman at the
prestigious Gridiron Club din-
THE PROFESSIONALS who’ HOWBEIT FOR this cause I
'are supposed to chart U.S. for- obtained mercy, that in me
eign policy, increasingly, are first Jesus Christ might shew
being shut off from the infer- forth all long-suffering, for a
mation they need to do their pattern to them which should
job, hereafter believe on him to life
The experts who keep a everlasting. I Timothy 1:16
Dow look Please
ATTENTION
BAYTOWN TALENT:
KABL Channel' 3 is looking
talent or just plain folks w
something to say for a local p
gram to be aired on Channel 3
you have something of interest
tell Baytown residents or if J
have some special talent c
427-5607 or come by our offi
at 7 North Commerce,
United States) may counter that the prisoners, most of
them fliers, are responsible for the creation of un-
excuse you, and you write one
for me.” * ’ ,.
“Why make a big debate out*
or with other groups.______________
The League has proved to be
an adult education group
or fathers again.
. Very weft. If American servicemen are to be held ac-
countable for carrying out the military pglictes of their
government, then let the soldiers of eve%C(mntt’}i,JU;
- eluding North Vietnam, be held similarly .accountable.
■■ But until that happens, let American prisoners of
war be treated in accordance with international
standards which even the Nazis abided by.
This would mean, at the very, least, regular inspec-
tions of prison camps by neutral-nation observers. It
•would forbid the exploitation of prisoners of war for
-ahead .and get married-and
see for ourselves whether we
can get along?”
“If you think there’s a robber
hiding under the bed, why don’t
you just look there and see.”
‘‘Vae' ilslc ic nnr nIH famil
•Yes,'this is our old family
to tell
album. Do you want me to
you what each of my relatives
was like?” . *
source of reliable, nonpartisan
information about elections,
candidates and issues, and in-
stigator of reform, a backer of
worthwhile issues, and a
.watchdog in the publicMerest.
This kind of service can only
‘So this is what a cocktail
lounge looks like! You look like
a man a girl can trust. Do you
want to buy me just a teentsy-
weentsy drink?”
Measurements of the gaseous
element argon in rocks provide
scientists with the >raw figures
needed to date things as old as
4,500’million11 years, the esti-
mated age of Earth.
political purposes. .....
There is nothing we can do to force North Vietnam to
release or exchange or ameliorate the living conditions
of her American prisoners qf war.
But we can speak out. __ - •
"It looks as thouqh we might have some trouble with this
one. It wants a longerjunch period and.shorte/ hours!"'
DR. LAWRENCEC. LAMB
Nose Spray Can
Cause Stuffy Nose
.’* ' the spray has worn off the
since. I thought if I just ^sal spray and he -.keeps
stopped using the spray may- and r®bound.
be I could get over- it by mv-. te'Bef and _ r e b o u n d. and
self, but I,was just so miser-
able I had' to go back to the
cal sinusitis in which there
'I wanted to show the students
what awful things could happen
through ignorance . . . I think
the kids understand. But I didn't
press the subject. It.was just one
day's lesson. Just one day.' •
seventh-grade biology. And counted the events of his
■ was on bis wav to tenure:ov^rtorment—He recalled
’Then, acouple pi months t
changed*6 drSuc^fS “wanted
the teacher As he back ,0 show the students what
ground it (Veil mv wife awful thinfs could happen
giounas n. wen. m> wue thl.0l|gh jgnorance; j t(jl(j
and I were very concerned : L- Tu • <u,u
with overpopulation We de- thenl *hat lf voudon’ stlld>
tided a long time ago that. everything you. do to your
sswraHtts “‘Is sr,S 1i-i5aSi;
then adopt ant" additional
children we might want. So.
after we had our.first child,
my wife was fitted for an
1UD (intrautprjne device)
to prevent a n o t h e r preg-
nancy. We didn't go about it
very wisely. I'm afraid. We
didn't study it. very much.
All we did was read the
manufacturer's instructions.
I guess we fouled up. Any-
way. the IL'D slipped out of
place and . Cynthia became
pregnant again.”
.yv a,, i\,uuo u. emo-
tional and financial hard-
ships. I think the kids under-
Initially. Kraai says.' the
stood. But I didn't press the
subject. It was just one,
day's lesson. Just one day."
As if ..happened, the one
day was enough. Next morn-
ing. the school principal re-
ceived- calls, from several
outraged parents. The mat-
ter quickly got out oi hand.
Kraai was called for an ac-
counting. A n d he was
placed on an indefinite pro-
>
FOR CASH CHCD’
AND PRIZES L¥Ln
-
“•The-Douglas Kraais"
-davof sinus or nose troublf; This is why doctors aren't
my family except for one nasal sprays. 1 think that if
sister. What could cause my you have had this trouble for
• nose to act up like this and over a year now you prob-
■'isn't there a cure ormelp for ably' alreadv have enough
'me? Please don't tell me to chemical irritation^ that it
ctnn lioina. n a fi a I cnrsiv T : urnulrl Ha utico far van tn coo
'*> ... - -V' • -V
With the ’best oi intentions.
on
couple shrugged off their
ignorance. They rationalized
the whole thing. Nothing
could be done about it. etc
-v;.,
l»w«wajw:v
stop using nasal spray, 1 would be wise for you to see
know too much.isn't good for an ear, nose and throat spe-
me but I jusf can't do with- cialist and see if he can do
out ft. ’ *■*“ * **--
A Sex Education lesson -"
- — - - - * .
Teacher’s One Class
Is Pee Too Many
John Wadley
Paul Putman
I
... Editor and Publisher
.......General Manager
...Assistant to Publisher
Anh B. Pritdvet^. r^ “1.^^^ ^..Office Manager
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
PrMton Pendergrass .................... .Executive Editor
Jim Finley ..., .ManagingEittr
............. something about the llriing
:.....1.....0wr1torttelf*rl am-afraid' ..in your-?nose" that is-mow ,
-you will have Jo do without causing you this persistent
it if vou are going to get over trouble. It is not going to get
vour problem. You are de- better the way you are doing -
scribing a common compTi- things now.
cation of the use of^ some The small hairs in the
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The
'arguments for and
against sex education in
schools have raged for
' more than,a decade. Casu-
alties have been high on i
both sides. This is a re-
Word spread rapidly. Peo-
ple in the commiinity -chose
one side or the other. Those
- Further examination, how- ,eacbcrs said that he was
? ever, -created some fiew' and: m o r a I reproach,
’ 'terribly serious" probfems. 'hat h‘s probatien was "me-
X-ray phoiographs indicated dleva , bigotry, that at
the IUD had slipped so far "orst he was guilty of mo-
into the'uterus that it was ™nJar> poor^ judgment
dangerouslv close to the ^ ouibt on by _ emotional
-uterine wall. Thus, normal Stress. Those against said he
birth would be chancy. The 'was ,a W1??- * deviant.
Kraais' physician said that if. aPd WM Comma* -.
pregnancy was continued the ms,:; Pr°bably
hair, his wide ties. There
were thole who believed his
grip in class was loose. Some
felt he had too much of, the
city, too much of the IS
about him. •
And )et. he had redeeming
■. s&2 r “ la"M- ss^nstisnis
picgiicuiv.v was luiimiucu me ■ *
baby might be born with the '• A short while later, the
IUD embedded in its skull:. Carthage school board held
or.’ if the device (firoke a final meeting* on the situ-
through the uterus, the wife atton- And it was in no mood
[light rupture arid die. during for a debate: "I-think they
' final stages of labor. were thinking of thp voters."
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The lining initially swells
'with blood and fluid which ...
we call engorgement. This stuffiness or colds who do
■naivpc vrtti Fhp stuffy feeling-.....nJ€fl.sotp?..xelief dg -feettej:
_The^^ysnQTjMy contain -year-oldifouglas Kraai was Most °of "his peers spoke
medicine that causes he ?0^ra geengrif ®5 a junior high schoolteacher highly of him. And the kids
bloody vessels _to constnet, have a general eff^t , and jn thjs north<entral New _fhe kids thought he was
cepfionsnlbut you'would ^ ^^Tpre'JIy good one. - % ^ Kraai had no
feels smlv You feel more wise not to lake drops except Oh, he was a bit modish problem’s in the town. He
tomfortabfe but the hooker under a doctor's advice. for the rural yea.jtesidents was accepted as the resident
is that once'the medicine in inewspahr intirprisi assm i . wondered about his long nonconformist. He Uught
i__i__— ___. '
s Last year The abortibnJook place on
he coached the swimming a Thursday. The couple
team. He was forever chap- -grieved over it (fieriest of
eronirrg student functions, the- weekend- The-M«»ing
turned dpwn here 10 yearStin
a row. They ^didn’t want to
Monday, depressed
angry with himself. K
decided — "somewhat fool-
ishly,” he says now — to
use his experience as a class-
room lecture.
Kraai showed his biology
students the IUD. He re-
a row. Theyvdidn’t want to
make it ll“The board meet-
ing lasted, three minutes. No
testimony was heard; A show
of hands was-ealied for eft
the opening gavel.- Members
voted seven to two against
And he was fired
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