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Monday, November 19,1962 Cbttortal itoge of Caltforman ALFRED HARRELL EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Chief Justice Cites Ethics "Loves Me, Loves Me Not" Woshington Merry-Go-Round Speaking recently at the Louis Marshall Award Dinner of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Chief Justice Earl Warren made an eloquent and scholarly argument in favor of a renewed and devout ethical attitude in America, a plea that should be recognized and heeded by the people of this nation as a prime requisite for their acceptance of the world responsibility and material progress they have attained. Chief Justice Warren, speaking from a remarkable background of experience in law and government and with a sound and sympathetic knowledge of people and their national necessities, called for a more profound recognition of the ethical foundation of an enduring and enlightened society. "Society," he reminds us, "would come to grief without which is unenforceable in the courts and cannot be made part of law. If there were no sense of love in families, if there were no sense of loyalty, if friendship meant nothing, if we all or any large proportion of us were motivated by avarice and greed, society would collapse almost as completely as though it lacked law." Citing many instances in which law alone has failed to correct difficulties and fallen short of meeting the requirements of our times, Chief Justice Warren observed that "not only does law in civilized society presuppose ethical commitment; it presupposes the existence of a broad area of human conduct controlled only by ethical norms and not subject to the law at all This law beyond the law, as distinct from law, is the creation of civilization and is indispensable to it. Unknown to primitive societies, except to the extent to which it is identified with law itself, it has been transmitted from generation to generation in the family, in the school, in the great religious traditions and philosophies of the world." We should note that he is careful to point out the need for a broader and more conscientious observance of ethical principles in the professions, in business, in our public and private careers, contending with deep historical proof that our civilization cannot long endure nor will it merit longevity without obedience to ethical principles.

It is not the letter, but- the spirit of the law and the rule of justice that must prevail, if our nation itself is to prevail. Recognizing also the confusion and misconceptions that arise from the complexities of our times and the crosscurrents of our interests, passions and incentives, Chief Justice Warren recommends that ministers of religion and lay specialists, qualified to help troubled persons in their ethical problems, be trained to act in this capacity and aid western democracy, as well as its people to "preserve the tradition of freedom in competition with rival systems Here is a task that challenges the most intelligent and devout and able among us, and a task with incalculable rewards. Public Affairs Council Deserves Support Greatly needed in this community in order to awaken intellectual and critical interest in current affairs and provide an opportunity to hear authorities on state, national and international affairs, to engage in group study for the development of informed and constructive attitudes toward public questions and to offer discussions covering the broadest spectrum of opinion, the Public Affairs Council of Kern County has been launched with an ambitious and encouraging spirit by a group seeking the aforementioned objectives as a guide to more enlightened citizenship. The venture deserves the warmest praise and most generous support. Modeled on the lines of the noted and meritorious 'Commonwealth Club of San Francisbo, the Public Affairs Council of Kern County has set forth in its prospectus its intention to provide "sources of credible and reliable background information on 'current' local, state, national and international issues, and a forum on which diverse views on such issues may have thorough representation and be permitted free and open discussion." Here is the very essence of enlightened democracy and the most promising arcade for the development of sound and effective views on public questions.

The Council, in its prospectus, also declares it will "strive to encourage impartial evaluation of source materials on various public issues in order to determine the degree of reliability and whether they are subject to bias, study and discussion which will seek to differentiate fact based on evidence from mere opinion, and a healthy and courteous respect for differences of opinion." Here again we find the essential requirements for the proper testing of ideas and conclusions and their subjection to the forge of impartial and informed discussion, a procedure that will contribute immeasurably to the value of the deliberations, and findings of the council. The program will include the presentation of speakers who are recognized authorities in their respective fields and the conducting of study groups panels, institutes and other educational activities. The activities of the council will be made known to the entire community through the use of all communications media, so that the benefits may be given to all. The Public Affairs Council meets a definite and recognized need in this community and its objectives are of indubitable value to the citizens here in offering an opportunity for them to widen their intellectual horizon, extend their knowledge through the acquisition of reliable information and engage in the transaction of ideas and opinion that is essential for the establishment of sound and enlightened viewpoint. The council deserves the utmost support and its contributions cannot fail to benefit the people of the community.

Random Notes on the Day's News President Kennedy has, in the past few months, drawn a tighter curtain of censorship around the government, far tighter than the exigencies of the times require. The extent of this censorship at the White House level has been revealed by Merriman Smith, veteran UPI Washington correspondent whose assignment has been the activities of the Presidents of the United States for many years. Mr. Smith is of the opinion that Mr. Kennedy's attitude is based on the counsel of a few of his close advisers.

Castro's Carpet Act DREW PEARSON SAYS: Castro puts on carpet-biting act for Deputy Premier Mikoyan; he threatens to get aid from China; JFK remains cool and unruffled in Cuban; crisis. By DREW PEARSON Answers to Questions ployees to submit memoranda of their talks with This silly order has the effect of stopping practically all useful conversation between the correspondents and State Department officials, and the correspondents assigned to the department have strongly protested it, and also something known as the "Bureau of Public Affairs," which seems to be the head censoring circle in the department. These advisers believe the press is to know only as much as they believe it should and the people of the country should be told only this much. They are grievously mistaken, and Mr. Kennedy, if he retains these advisers long, will reap the evil harvest of their opinion.

If they are as dense in other matters as they are in this one, the nation will be immeasurably safer if Mr. Kennedy gets rid of them entirely. Some evidence of their influence, however, appeared last' week in a ukase issued by some official in the State Department requiring State' em- The correspondents, all experienced men and women and possessed of sagacity and loyalty in a profound degree, argue that "officers of the department will be discouraged by the surveillance from providing legitimate sources of information, and they may well decide that the personal risk they take is wholly disproportionate to the impersonal benefits for public understanding which can be gained through discussion with newsmen." The originator of this is the subject of widespread and entirely justi- riable criticism, should be reminded that Washington has not become and 1 if the American people can prevail, will not become, counterpart of the Kremlin or Havana. Q. Please tell about the Congressional spelling bee in Washington in President Wilson's administration.

A. On June 5, 1913, in the main ballroom of the New Willard Hotel, 14 Senators and Representatives faced ar: equal number of newspapermen, members of the National Press Club. President Wilson and Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan were guests; Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston was official pronouncer. Sen.

Poindexter (Wash.) and Rep. Willis (Ohio) tied for first place. Among the deciding words (chosen from an old Holmes Speller) were exsiccate, quintessence, desuetude dessication, bdellium, and hydrocephalus. Sen. Poindexter spelled "hydrocephalus" with an "ous" aiid was ruled out; Willis spelled it with "ui," and was declared champ ion.

Next day it was learned that the word has both adjective and noun forms and that both spellers had been correct; a tie for first place then declared. Q. What is the Underwriters' Laboratories, whose label is found on electric S.G. A. Underwriters' laboratories, is a non-profit organization, sponsored by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

Its function is to test and inspect materials and equipment to prevent loss of life and property from fire, crime and casualty hazards. Equipment approved in these respects may carry the U.L. label. Testing laboratories are maintained in several cities. Q.

What is the symbolism of a six-pointed A. The whole star (called Solomon's Seal or Solomon's Sign) represents the human entity or complete individuality. The star is made up of two triangles, one of which is often dark and the other light, symbolizing union of soul and body. The apex represents the human head or intelligence; the two upper outstretched points represent sympathy with everything that lives; the two lowe points, human responsibility; the bottom angle, pointing earthward, represents procreative power. Q.

When states first put speed limits on automobiles, what was the average limit? L.B. A. A summary of the motorcar laws of 35 states published in 1906 showed that most states required "reasonable speed" under all circumstances and stipulated 15 to 20 miles as top speed. From 4 to 8 mph was 'usually fixed as legal speed at such dangerous spots as dams, curves, steep descents, intersections, city corners, and crosswalks. In built- up sections of communities, 8 to 10 miles was the usual top speed.

Alabama had an 8 mph speed limit throughout the state, and Oregon required a driver to slow down to 8 mph in the country if within 100 yards of a horse-drawn vehicle. Q. What are the characteristics of A. This eye disease is characterized by increasing pressure of the fluids within the eye. Sideways vision is lessened, and the optical nerves tend to degenerate as the disease progresses.

The causes of glaucoma are unknown, and the disease leads to blindness if untreated. Q. What is Lloyd's of London? A. Lloyd's of London is a corporation of insurance underwriters which is unique in that each underwriter is personally responsible for the risks he assumes, rather than the corporation. Underwriters for Lloyd's are men who have been duly elected members and who have placed a specific amount of securities with the corporation.

All forms of insurance except long term life insurance are handled. Lloyd's got its name from a coffee house kept by a Mr. Edward Lloyd in the seventeenth century. This coffee house was the center of shipping and insurance businesses at the time; merchants and underwriters would meet there informally to do business. The company was incorporated by Parliament in 1871.

Lloyd's has also been a collector and distributor of marine information for two centuries. Q. Who wrote "It's a Long, Long Way to A. The story is that this famous British marching song of World War I was written by Jack Judge, a fish salesman who had become a British vaudeville headliner, on a wager that he could write a song and present it on the same day. The wager was made on New Year's Day, 1912, and that night Judge is said to have sung ''Tiperary" for the first time in the Stalybridge Theater.

Judge died in July 1938 at the age of 60, after a long illness. His obituary stated that his publishers had retired him on a life pension, saying he had written "a soldier's anthem which actually helped win the war." The sheet music edition of "Tipperary," copyrighted and published in 1912, was "written and composed by Jack Judge and Harry Williams." Q. How much rainfall is needed for a "rain A. The minimum rainfall needed to support these forests in tropical lowlands is about 80 inches a year; the usual fall is more than 100 inches. Distribution of rainfall throughout the year is as important as the amount of it in supporting a rain forest.

In regions where there is a pronounced dry season of several months, there is a considerable change in type of vegetation, and these forests are not usually called rain forests. Q. How did the Los Angeles Dodgers get their The Brooklyn Dodgers took their name with them when they moved to Los Angeles in 1958. At the turn of the century, Brooklyn trolley lines were so numerous and complex that Brooklynites were referred to as "trolley dodgers." The press nicknamed the Brooklyn National League Baseball -Club after the Brooklyn inhabitants. Q.

Which has more moisture, book paper or A. Normal moisture ranges from 5.2 per cent in super- calendered book paper up to 8.2 per cent in newsprint paper. On leaving the press roles, machine- made paper contains about 65 per cent of its weight in water and must be dried uniformly to tin proper degree of moisture. A reader can get the answer to. any question of fact by writing The Bafarsfield Caltfomian Information Bureau.

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TEN YEARS AGO The Californian, this date, 1952 Headlines: Taft Submits His Cabinet Selections; Reds Sent Reeling; House Probes Rockefeller, Ford Foundations. Lorene Wilson has been elected president of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority. Melba Gillespie is in the new Bakersfield Community Theater Play. Harold Yingst is president of Beta Gamma Rho. TWENTY YEARS AGO Tbe Californian, this date, 1942 Headlines Hitler Masses 1000 Planes, Air Army For Africa Battle; Japs Admit Big Navy Losses; Lt.

Col. Lee B. Goff is executive officer at Minter Field. Mrs. Robert Strauss is general chairman of the "Minute Women at War" bond drive volunteers.

Wholsale meat sales ceased this week, as a shortage developed here. The Kern county civil defense officials' are meeting in Kernville. THIRTY YEARS AGO The Californian, this date, 1932 Headlines: Battle Over Sales Tax Expected; Roosevelt Gives War Debts Study; Exposed Alleged Election Frauds. J. L.

Dickerson of Riverview will hold a turkey shoot Sunday; The Civic Commercial Association is planning a membership drive soon. Sheriff Cas Walser will be a special guest at the installation meeting of the V.F.W. FORTY YEARS AGO. The Californian, this date, 1922 Headlines: Congress to Probe Oil Industry; Candidates' Strength Revealed by Tabulations. George S.

Galyen, Kern Coutny purchasing agent, has been elected secretary of the state organization. Miss Christine Noriega was hostess at a party this week honoring Miss Mary Hougham. Mr. and Mrs. H.

J. Burt are directing the music at the First Congregational Church. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Californian, this date, 1912 Headlines: Lakeveiw Gusher Flows Agais, May Be Gasser; Turks Repulse Bulgarians; Laborers Arm Torn Off by Train. A man robbed by card sharps killed one of hem last night in a shooting here. A Randsburg miner killed himself in a hotel here yesterday.

Valeska Surratt is appearing here in "The Kiss Waltz" at the Opera House. Mr. and Mrs. George Crome are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

R. J. White. Today's Thought Arid Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has made you well. And immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

Mark 10:52. Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the Charles Colton. WASHINGTON Intelligence reports from Havana regarding the talks between Fidel Castro and-Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan are fragmentary and difficult to put together. However, one source, considered reliable, reports that Castro flew into a carpet-biting fury during his first session with Mikoyan. The bearded bombast-hurler got hysterical and accused the Russians of humiliating him by agreeing to dismantle missile bases without consulting him or even giving him advance notice.

Castro even complained that he had been barred from inspecting missile bases on his own soil. He shouted and threatened. The patient Mikoyan tried to calm him, reminded him that Cuba was 80 per cent dependent on the Communist bloc for its industrial needs, even buttered up the eccentric premier by promising to ship Russian factories in place of dismantled missiles. He also paid lip service to Castro's demand for the withdrawal of U. S.

naval forces from Guantanamo. However, he was not able to budge Castro either on U.N. inspection of the missile sites or the removal of Soviet bombers. Mikoyan could, of course, do what the United States did to Prince Phoumain Laos when he refused to go along with the American policy of a neutral Laotian government. We cut off his aid.

Russia could also cut off Castro's aid. But Castro is reported to have warned Mikoyan that in this case he would get aid from Red China, and Red Chinese leaders, akeady critical of Khrushchev as a Munich appeaser in Cuba, have stated that they would supply the aid. If Castro were a disciplined Communist, the Russians would have no trouble. But he isn't. It was a surprise to the Kremlin when he announced last year that he was a confirmed Leninist.

He is anything but that. A confirmed Leninist would have bowed to Mikoyan five minutes after he arrived in Havana. i intelligence report from Moscow claims that Premier Khrushchev is more upset with Castro than Kennedy is. Anti-Harvard Democrat Tom Mclntyre, the new Democratic senator from Republican New Hampshire, paid a courtesy call on President Kennedy the other day. Mclntyre tried to think of a tactful way to tell the President 40,000 votes.

The President scratched his head unbelievingly. Barnyard Talk President Kennedy didn 't confine his conversations with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer last week to the momentous crises confronting the world. The President also brought up the barnyard subject of chickens and eggs, which could become a crisis of its own to poultry producers. Earlier this year, West Germany slapped a tariff on American poultry products. If other European countries should follow suit, the American market would become gutted with so much surplus poultry that it would almost have to be given away.

This would bankrupt most poultry producers and start a depression down on the farm. Kennedy was so alarmed that he wrote a personal letter to Chancellor Adenauer last June about the poultry problem. Secretary Dean Rusk raised the question again during a visit with Adenauer. The weather-worn old German leader agreed to take up the matter with his cabinet, which decided to consult the European Common Market's top policy commission. Result: The poultry tariff was reduced, but only until the end of 1962.

Now it looks as if not only West Germany but other Common Market nations are preparing to raise the tariff again. The President spoke gravely to Adenauer about the problem, reminded him that the United States could play the same game and raise tariffs on European imports. Political Potpourri One member of Senator-elect Birch Bayh's family is sorry the Indiana Democrat was elected to the Senate. His son, Birch Bayh III, age 6, doesn't want to leave the first grade in Indiana Bayh has let it be known he will serve happily on any Senate committee to which he is assigned. But secretly has his eye on the Agriculture Committee Sen.

Tom Mclntyre of New Hampshire, an admirer of Tennessee Sen. Estes Kefauver, would like to serve with Kefauver on the Senate Judiciary Committee Secret Service agents are wondering idly whether a former job applicant, who tried to join the Secret Service in the 1940's, may now renew his application. His name is Dick Nixon. During Nixon's angry outburst at the press, he growled that he had never canceled a subscription to a critical newspaper as Presi- that he would have to put New d6nt Kennedy did. The truth Hampshire's interests ahead of party loyalty.

"Sometimes I have to tell the folks I don't like Harvard," he warned gently, referring to the President's favorite university. "And I also read the New York Herald Tribune." Kennedy chuckled appreciatively. the same White House visit, New Hampshire's Democratic governor-elect John that Nixon canceled his subscription to the Washington Post twice, because of political cartoonist Herb Block's unflattering cartoons: Ted Kennedy may get a chilly reception in the Senate. Some senators are grumbling privately that he is throwing his weight around to get a seat on the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee They also don't like the idea of having the President's brother listening to their private conversations in King reported that he had de feated his Republican rival by the Senate cloakroom. (Copyright, 1962, Bell Syndicate, Inc.) The Readers 1 Viewpoint EDITOR'S should he limited to 150 words; may attack ideas bat not persons; roust not he abusive and should be written legibly and on one side of the paper.

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THANKS Editor The Californian: Ij would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation and thanks to the many, many people in Kern County who worked so hard and devoted so much time and effort for the cause that I represented in my efforts to seek the office of Assemblyman from the 29th District. I wish to thank the voters, whether they be registered as SO THEY SAY Teaching a machine is much more difficult than teaching college students because machines are stupid; they hive very small Robert F. Peck, University of Texas psychologist, on working with electronic computers. A tax system as voracious as a tankful of barracuda. Ladd Plumley, U.S.

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