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It's Another World Up There It Time Is Important, Go by Jet Pawn Good for a Few More Moves HOW DOES IT FEEL, to fly coast to coast in less than five hours? What's it like seven miles up? Is it noisier in a jet? Is the fast ascent too sharp? Were you scared? Having returned a week ago today from a well-publicized tour of atomic energy plants in California, we have been answering such questions for several days. Thousands of Post-Standard subscribers have done enough sky-touring in jet aircraft to regard this as a fairly routine mode of travel, but the majority of our readers and friends seem to have greater curiosity about the sensation of fast flight at high levels than about how to convert atomic energy into olectrical power. Without getting into any technical discussions, we can say that flying by jet on long distance trips can't be beat if time is important. There is still something almost incredible in taking off from Idlewild in New York at 4:30 on a Sunday afternoon and landing at San Francisco at 6:30 Pat-itie Coast time, having crossed the i in five hours and 20 minutes. And it's quite a thrill, too, to leave Los Angeles Airport at 1:30 p.m.

PST and to touch down at Idle wild at 8:59 p.m. EST, after loss than 4 1 hours of flying time. Going west, we flew at 28,000 feet at a speed of some 45ft miles an hour, but the easlbound flight was shoved along by tail winds at 38,000 feet at 525 miles an hour or better. The temperature outside our plane nt that height was 70 degrees below zero, the pilot reported. OUR DC-3 U-SOTED MAINLINER was a sleek, comfortable ship, with four powerful jet engines which purred like big kittens when their kerosene fuel was ignited.

As we taxied down the long runway, the earth merely appeared to drop away rapidly but without a steep upward motion of the mammoth passenger carrier. Westbound, we were out of the metropolitan area almost before we leveled off, and leaving Los Angeles we swung out over the ocean for a few minutes but were quickly over rugged brown mountains and then long stretches of desert, which Presidential Promise At his news conference President Kennedy said procedures set up to protect the interest and security of the United States in the Cuban crisis would be changed if they "are-being used in a way inimical to the free How of Washington correspondents see nothing reassuring in the requirement that U. S. agency officials report the time, place and nature of conversations with the press. The Defense and State Departments have adopted this policy.

So has the White House, according to a recent statement by Pierre Salinger, the President's press secretary. Other agencies may follow suit. The flow of news obviously is h-ising curtailed by these edicts, and the newsmen indicated as much in questions directed at the President during the conference. As we have said before, an informed public is essential if this country is to continue strong. No security violations to warrant present procedures have been disclosed.

The seed of tight censorship has been sown and it is up to President Kennedy to make certain it does not get out of hand. Mint Problem If a shortage of nickels and pennies hampers Christmas trade, blame Congress. It failed to pass a supplemental appropriation bill providing $500.000 for the Bureau of the Mint, and that sum would have financed production of an extra 420 million coins. However, the bureau isn't exactly out of money. AJ1 it needs is to cut through some red tape.

With of the Budget Bureau and key members of Congress, it could spend funds available but not specifically earmarked for production costs. This may take some time. So the best thing to do is crack Junior's bank and get the nickels and pennies back in circulation. He probably will accept currency which then can be borrowed until after I A THE POST-STANDARD 4 Friday, November 23, 1962 The Standard 1829 The Post .1894 The Post-Standard 189ft Published Every Dav the Yea THE POST-STANOARD COMPANV 300 East Favette Street Syracuse 1 H. KrUtr, J.

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3 Mos. SJ7.00 I Sunday U.OUJ 7.25 3,75 I Sanda? MEMBER or nifi ASSORT A TKO prw is or vhf rw Crew rfte not the slightest sign of human habitation could be detected from above. If our jet engines screamed as they sometimes seem to do from the ground, we left the sound behind us and all that could be heard inside the cabin was the reassuring roar of the engines not loud enough to a conversation in ordinary tones. A solid cloud deck piled up in lovely soft peaks below us and obscured landmarks all the way west and from the Grand Canyon area casiwai" We were in a dctafelted world 'way up there in the bright sunshine, flying toward the night in eacli direction. IXSIDE THE SHIP, some of us marveled that an aircraft weighing so many tons could stay aloft and progress so fast, but one does not dwell long on such speculation.

The three pretty stewardesses serving our section of the plane doffed their uniforms for colorful smocks as soon as we wore airborne, and they had demonstrated how to use oxygen masks in case the cabin pressure system should malfunction. They became little more than attractive and busy waitresses for the rest of the trip. Drinks and a delicious dinner were served on each flight and the liquids remained as steady as on your dining table at home. Some of us joked about the "roadbed" being so much smoother than that of most railroads, which slop coffee around in dining cars. THAT IS A TYPICAL coast to coast nonstop jet flight.

It's a thrilling experience and makes you wonder how you would ever have enough patience to drive or to go over the ground by any other method. But if you want really to see the beauties of America, its great cities, its green valleys, its lakes, its broad plains, the tall corn of Iowa, its fine cattle, its majestic mountains and its river canyons, you'd better go by train, bus or private car. When you are flying seven miles high, the sunshine is bright, the fluffy clouds below you are pretty, and there is no turbulence, but it is a vast, lonely world up there. Lame Duck Junkets Taxpayers never will understand why they should be required to finance foreign junkets for congressmen who failed to re-election or have retired. Yet they will do so as usual for about a dozen who are traveling to Europe or Latin America.

Their trips officially are for the purpose of attending conferences or gaining information on various facets oi government, but whatever they, pick up will be of no value to the next Congress because they won't be around. Just why returning members of Congress shouldn't make these trips is not explained. The junkets are in effect consolation prizes for defeat at the polls or retirement. One last fling, so to speak. The travelers are furnished money to spend overseas simply by walking into any American embassy and asking for the cash.

These are so-called counterpart funds, which are foreign currencies owed the United States under aid programs. If the touring congressman doesn't enjoy the best, it's his own fault. Take Senator John M. Butler of Maryland, who chose not to run for re-election. He is in Europe for a shipbuilding survey.

Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana is in Paris for a conference of NATO parliamentarians. An assortment of House "lame ducks" is living it up at various points and many of the locations are not specifically identified. In fact any information about such trips is hard to get. Congress should put a to these junkets but probably won't. After all, a man needs to relax after his final legislative chores and next time he will be required to pay his own way.

Jobs for 'Oldsters 1 By 1970 there will be 1.7.500,000 more- Americans in the labor force than there are today. They will be working or looking for work, and more than half will be over 45 years of age. An example of what can be done to find jobs for older people is an agency in northern Virginia designed specifically for that purpose. In this case the goal is to take care of those more than 60 years old, and the agency has placed some 400 applicr.ntr. between the ages of 58 and 84.

That is an enviable record and shows what can be done to solve a problem. The Over-60 Employment and Counseling Agency has placed applicants in government jobs, hotels, schools, hospitals, banks, industry and in many other types of work. Tf. provirips frop $orvire and is supported by grants and donations from organizations and individuals. In these days of automation older workers frequently find themselves out of jobs for reasons that have nothing to do with their abilities, Tf they could turn to an agency such as this, they might quickly regain a place in the labor force.

There is no reason for prejudice against hiring men and women over 45 or even over 60. Fortunately, is declining. In the long run technology will produce more jobs than it eliminates, and the ate task is to care of those whose skills and experience can be valuable if they arc brought into with the fight The Mornin Christmas Plugs Dim Thanksgiving? To (he Editor of TItc What is happening to our country? Where our traditions going to? Christmas parades and Sanf.a Glaus before we have the traditional turkey and Thanksgiving Day, I agree with Inez Robb, we arc losing the warm and friendly family spirit of Thanksgiving in the highly commercialized aspect of Christmas, It used to be a day looked forward to by the whole family. Mom rising early to stuff the turkey and put it in the oven to bake, getting other things ready so the whole family could attend church and thank God for their blessings. Then after church Mom and the girl members of the family readied the house for those who would be coming home.

The days before were usually spent in shopping, cleaning and baking pies, cakes and puddings so there would be plenty for all. I know as a child I loved this day. because we went to Grandma's for dinner and all our cousins were there. We played and had so much Then when it was time to eat we children all ate together at our table and the big folks ate together. could talk and have lots of but- when we were older and sat at the big table we had to be quiet! Now it seems the day is not even noted except by the signs, "Get your turkey early! 11 "Turkey, 35 cents per lb." But not a word about tradition or family; being thankful for the harvest and showing it by sharing with someone.

The greatest joy of having is sharing. Let's try to recapture the spirit of Thanksgiving and keep Christmas also the day for praising God for our Savior ar.d not just a commercialized season of high or higher records of E.J.C. Syracuse RD 2, Lefkowitz Grateful To the Editor of The Post-Standard: I am writing to thark you for the fairness your paper has shown me in the news coverage in the recent campaign. Your paper reported my statements in a fair-minded way and gave true meaning to the people's right to know. During the past six years I have tried to dedicate the work of rny office to the service of all the people.

I pledge to continue this work and to pioneer in still more areas ol service FO that I can air tain the confidence you and the people of the State have placed in me. I am grateful to you and every member of your staff for your impartial presentation of the news in the' campaign. LOUIS J. LEFKOWITZ. New York City.

Law Not Justified To (Tic FiJilAr Thf. In f.he Morning's Mail of last Sunday, I see that Lover of North Syracuse advocates a leash law to prevent dogs being killed by automobiles. This is a typical plea of natural born dog haters who hope to achieve their malicious purpose by seeming to be concerned with fhe welfare of animals. There are, of course, the occasional exceptions of well- moaning bleeding as well as those precious people who leash their fanry pets to prevent fhem from with fhe less elite of fTnef dentally, what rfo fhey for A on a leash would indeed make quite a picture.) In any event there is little or no justification for such a leash law to "save" dogs from being hit by cars. It is a tragic fact that young children are often the victims of automobiles, and if we were to use the logic of Dog Lover from North Syracuse, parents ought to be required by law to keep their children confined to the house and never permitted outside unless accompanied by a responsible adult.

Let's keep children and dogs away from this kind of misguided thinking. REAL DOG LOVER. Syracuse. Praises Motorist To the Editor of The Post-Standard To a "very special," alert driver. You will be remembered in the prayers of many thankful mothers.

I am grateful that I was not the man behind the wheel Thursday (Nov. 15) at approximately 3:20 p.m., at the corner of Bcllevue Ave. and Winkworth Parkway. Thanks to your alertness and quick reflexes, a sweet, tow-headed kin- dergartener is still alive. At the time of the near acci- oent, I was too shocked to be anything but grateful that the child was still alive.

As a mother, I send you my heartfelt thanks for your reassuring control of your car. I wish there were more drivers like you on the road. God Wess you. MRS. D.

H. COON. 224 Broadview Drive, Syracuse. Financial Feat To the Editor of The In today's (Nov. 16) Post- Standard, your lead story and headline was another Ken- nedyism.

A Kenncdyism is a news story released by the a i propagandists with a view of influencing the ignorant people. Today's Ken- nedyism is to reduce taxes without reducing spending. Many of us ignorant people wonder how the Washington wizards can reduce taxes when we face a $10 billion plus deficit in the current fiscal year. In other words, if you are now spending $6,000 and only have a $5.000 income, solve your problem by spending $7,000 without any increase in income. What a wonderful solution for a i i problem.

ROGER W. PLAIL. Phoenix. Party Deplores Water Dispute To the Editor of The Potl-Standard: The Progressive Party which dominates the Village Board, the Water Board, and the Commissioner of Public Works, who is also chairman of the Progressive Party, have demonstrated their complete lack of a humanistic approach to solving the present water dls- pute between the village and Robert Trenga. While a legal battle rages between the village and Robert Trenga over trailer and rights, the families of Kyle and Rosemary Linhart and Donald and Lola Campbell have been without water for three weeks.

The Linhart and Campbell families lease then- trailers from Mr. Trenga and are actually innocent parties in this matter. The People's Parly deplores the methods used by the Water Board and the Commissioner of Public Works which apparently have been approved by the Village Board in this case. The Linhart family has three children ages, 5, 4 and 2 and another child expected within a month. However, the village officials apparently feel that a family can subsist without water.

Certainly the People's Party has no idea of who is legally right or wrong in this case, but we do know that it is morally wrong to deny families the necessity of running water. We condemn the methods employed and would urge the village officials to reconsider their stand on this matter. We would recommend that these families be allowed to use and pay for village water until Ihe legal action has been settled one way or another R. K. NEWMILLER.

Chairman, People's Party of East Syracuse. Christmas Intrudes To ihc Editor of The Post-Standard: What has happened to the merchants of Syracuse? Have they forgotten there is a Thanksgiving? Christmas decorations and parades before Thanksgiving is in very poor taste. This year of all years we should celebrate Wo have many things to be thankful for. MRS. S.

F. BITTNER, Chittcnango. BROTHER JUNIPER MUSIC ROOM Henry J. Taylor Cuban Patriots Learn About CIA Hard Way RED LIGHTNING OF CASTRO'S counterespionage, now largely under Soviet direction, runs on the Cuban ground like water. And it has deeply penetrated our Central Intelligence Agency- Cuban anti-Communists and dom Fighters here and in Key West lay their lives on the line in every move against Castro.

A "leak 11 means death or torture as cruel as the Chinese Boot. Listen to the Dutch captain of KLM refugee plane tell you, quite privately, a an escaping woman doctoi- was clubbed to death in her scat and taken off minutes before he could rev up his engines, less than an hour ago. Or stand with me, agonized by the grief of a destroyed man. He had the hair and beard and great eyebrows of Leonardo da Vinci. But cadi finger of both hands had been slowly broken by Castro's police into gnarled nothingness.

What patriots risk in Cuba becomes mighty, mighty vivid when ho looks at you with unforgettable eyes where cold anger and hot tears Taylor struggle. In past reliance on the CIA they have found the CIA contingent certainly; but too often Inexperienced, incapable, i I know many unsung CIA he- rocs who perform excellent covert CIA operations. They perform their dangerous tasks in a muted and fatalistic way. Neither they nor the agency can ever receive the credit due, Jn Cuba this comparison is too glaring to permit the conclusion that the CIA has its first team on hand. Either this, or something dire has happened at the Washington headquarters a think shop housed in a $46 million building, the next largest building to the Pentagon.

At least the Cuba section has too many frail i who are got by a i policies and money. In truth, what are the policies? CUBAN AIR tORCE MA- jor Pedro L. Diaz, Castro's personal pilot, who defected to America and heroically testified before a Congressional subcommittee, has not allowed his anti-Red battle to rest. This man is no armchair conquistador. With 21 fellow patriots he recently left our shores legally, no arms or contraband of any kind aboard their small craft.

They sailed under the velvet of Caribbean night for a rendezvous at sea. They had written more than 2,000 Cuban exiles, scraping together meager funds to equip a boat from another Caribbean country. It was loaded with plastic explosives, sabotage tools, espionage cameras and weapons for their underground comrades, including a clandestine radio transmitter for operators they bad secured near the Yunvuri Canyon caves, where Soviet missiles are still suspect DIAZ'S GROUP HAS TO transfer to this vessel. But 50 miles off our shores a U.S. and searched craft.

They found i for there was i aboard. Vet on what the culler's commander slated wore 4 1 these young a i i wore turned back to Florida, "We still ri not know what happened to our cargo Diaz told me hero, "and can only pray." The U.S. intervention was very lucky for Castro. Too often, as in this case. CIA agents notify underground leaders that their activity "is to be a CIA operation, and don't you forget it" announcing this in a manner that is a combination of Harvard and a faro bank lookout.

Well nou', these tyranny- held men and women are Cuban patriots. They absolutely depend on outside support. But the French. Italian. Norwegian, resistance i ers in our great war against the Nazis were never made to feel like A i a stooges, blessings be.

Nothing is so weakening to any resistance movement, MOREOVER, A some operational snafus are inevitable, these grow Increasingly disheartening. Freedom Fighters too often find they're dumping wrapped explosives and other gear into wrongly selected inlets, only to a the desperately needed load disappear into the dark vaults of the sea. "We delivered everything-for a young Freedom Fighter told me. full of forebodings. This red-faced rock of a man was returning to Cuba again, but he was avoiding any more contact with the CIA.

The one really trim ship here is the FBI. But the FBI doesn't have jurisdiction in such affairs. The Freedom Fighters and Cuban underground must obtain American support, if at all from the CIA. And the American interest is not well served by the tragic lessons these lovers Coast Guard cutter intercepted of liberty have -learned. Drew Pearson Bureau Lacks Director To Enforce Drug Bill WASHINGTON--THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRA- tion, after focusing much attention on deformed-baby drugs, has been dragging its feet regarding the appointment of a doctor who would prevent similar drugs from reaching the market.

The doctor needed is to direct the Bureau of Medicine in the Food and Drug Administration with the job of preventing eager-beaver drug companies from pushing drugs out to doctors until they are sufficiently tested. It was in this agency that Dr. Frances Kelsey fought against the use of thalidomide, a sleeping pill which has caused thousands of deformed babies. On Aug. 6, Dr.

William Kessenich, director of the Bureau of Medicine, resigned. Pearson the Ever since last year, when he gave notice of his intended resignation, the Food and Drug Administration has been on notice t.o get a new man, and in March, Director George Lar- riek recommended Dr. Charles May, professor of pediatrics at. New York University Medical Center and a member of the AMA's Council on Drugs. Dr.

May was editor of medical journal 'Todirai until lie testified before the Kcfauver committee and wrote an illuminating article on "selling drugs by 'educating' physicians" which referred to the practice of some drug companies of giving drugs to doctors and asking them to experiment on their patients. Since then Dr. May has not exactly been the darling of the drug industry. But in no sense has this impaired his qtialtfi- ft polirrman for the public. However, seven months have a by and there has been no action mental or Sherri Finkbine to Sweden for a "Ifigal" abortion.

After this, the Kennedy Administration reversed i 1 gave an award to Dr. Kclscy, and got. behind the Kcfauver drug bill. Jt did not, however, back one of the bill's most important provisions--b i 11 1 fought by the drug industry-the release of patents to other drug firms at a royalty after a certain period of exclusive use. All-in-all, however, the Kc- fauvrr drug bill is the strongest ever passed by Congress.

The chief thing now in a director of (he Bureau of Medicine to help administer it. on Commissioner recommejpdation. Larrick 'All I is; the clarinet! THE KENNEDY ADMfMS- Irafion has blown hot and cold on fhe question of safe drugs. When Sen. Estes Kefauver, was trying to pass a draw bill with (eofh in it, the White House sent a message to which cut The hoarf.

out of bill. In faof, fhe hill would have died had il not. hwn far the pub. iicify fwDttd on Tw Dt. the drama? ic rigM of TV Com- THE OTHER DAY I up lo Media, near which in my youlh I used to trap skunks, and listened to t.he rifriifAlioji rrromnny nf new post office by Tyler Abcll, special assistant to the Postmaster General, Hero ar6 some things I never knew before about the post, office: Up until 1, 1847, were no postage stamps, was sent, c.o.d.--rxrrpt for-franked mail Benjannin Franklin who served as postmaster general for the colonies under King George III usr-d to sign franked mail "free--B.

Latrr as the revolt against Ororge TU warmrrf up, the postmaster- general changed his signature (o a King cfMirtfti stomach am? him. to i I I.