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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
3
The editorial argues that public opinion abroad should not deter policy. If testing is essential to defense it should resume. Prestige is earned by resolving to act on one’s own best interests. Power and integrity attract, and the U.S. should focus on doing right, boosting national self respect.
Kansas report shows missile experts and airmen reassigned to pool lifeguards for officers. Rep. Kowalski urged Air Force Secretary Zuckert to halt the practice, calling it wasteful and wrong. He praised the secretary for acting swiftly to stop diverting draftees from civilian life to serve as luxury staff for brass.
Firemen in Long Beach vow to boycott civic activities after demanding a larger pay raise. They currently receive four percent increase and compare with Los Angeles pay, arguing city surveys should guide annual pay. The dispute strains the public image built by volunteer community work.
President Kennedy and Labor Secretary Goldsberg weigh stronger federal rules as Taft Hartley proves weak. With 50 day cooling off nearing September and Berlin talks, a national health and security threat hangs over a potentially renewed strike. Taft Hartley fact finders will report to the President, who will offer views to Congress.
The Independent notes Herman Ridder and colleagues urging greater presidential power and possible use of Taft-Hartley fact-finders to influence public opinion. They even suggest seizing and operating struck plants if labor and management fail to respond to national needs.
Washington records tally Ezra Taft Benson’s 1959 Europe and 1960 Far East junkets totaling $194,642.16 in taxpayer expense for official travel. He traveled with family and John Birch Society associate Thomas J. Anderson on MATS planes, while Benson also made 13 personal Salt Lake City trips and 173 domestic ventures.
Editor Drew Pearson draws vigourous pen strokes but often errs with broad generalizations. The column surveys overseas travel lists, snitch systems at West Point, post office real estate savings, and Kennedy era justice department hiring, concluding with debate over Nazi property seized in the United States and the legality of returning assets to German owners.
Washington lawmakers tentatively approved tighter limits on business expense deductions. The House Ways and Means Committee backed rules to disallow yacht trips hunting lodge outings and nightclub visits as deductions unless proven to generate income. Also limited were club dues gifts and travel expense deductions for traveling businessmen.
Sydney J. Harris argues that democracy thrives on collective judgment rather than individual intelligence. He explains that larger groups dilute errors and produce accurate median judgments when provided with adequate information, counters the idea that a vast population cannot govern wisely, and notes that failures stem from information gaps and bureaucratic hurdles, not the people.
The article notes how Nazi leaders’ names supposedly carry etymological tales, such as Eichmann meaning men of oak and Hitler as man from a small hut. It explores translations like Himmier from heaven and Todl from death, inviting readers to ponder language in the newspaper’s language column.
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