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CHICAGO TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1966 24 Section 1 (Ehitago QSibtine FOUNDED JUNE It. 1MT HOW TO HIP ITCH byT.R-VAN DELLEN.HJJ. A LINE 0' TYPE OR TWO Hew to the Line, let the quips all where they may. tutt.V.. TUL Ottle Louisiana makes us wonder if be did sot enjoy a bit of a geographical advantage.

The whole business illustrates the hospitality of the American language to exotic importations. Probably in no other part of the English-speaking world would the outcome of a spelling bee hinge on a word from Narragansett and another from Spanish. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Writers should confine themselves to 200 or 300 words. Give full names and addresses. No manuscripts can be returned.

Space for letters is obviously limited. Incoming mail far exceeds it. The right to condense letters is reserved. Address letters to Voice of the People, THE TRIBUNE. S.

HOWARD WOOD. Publisher V. m. MAXWELL. Editor NERVOUS INDIGESTION IWi By TIM CNON TrikMtl A PERSON with nervous indigestion is likely to have other manifestations of nervousness.

Chronic HIGHER SEAWAY TOLLS? Washington, June 8 Today's Tribune editorial entitled "The SCHOOL MEMORIES Lombard, June 6 This time of year, with school closing, brings back memories of old school days in Forest Park LAWS PREVENT VACATION JOBS Valparaiso. May 31 We received an "open letter" from Secre- fatigue, headache, anxiety, tension, insom- I TWoaday. Jaw IX 194 THE NEWSPAPER J5 an institution developed by modern civilization to present the news of the day, to foster commerce and industry, to inform and lead public opinion, and to furnish that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide. THE TRIBUNE CREDO YX STOMACH HULLING tary or com- if when I was young. The U.

S. Grant school, an old tan brick structure, still stands, but now it has an addition named for our first grade teacher. Eliza ma, lightheadedness, tremor, numbness of the toes or fingers, palpitation, blushing, cold clammy hands and Seaway's Future" states that during current hearings by the St. Lawrence Seaway corporation the eastern railroads and Atlantic coast ports can be expected to support a raise in tolls merce John T. Connor urging employers to provide jobs for young Americans aged 16 thru 21.

I fully agree that these youths would benefit from feet, or profuse 'sSV! sweating usu 1 ally co-exist. WrisM Conner The majority do not look sick or worried and often tell of their terrible pains with a smile. Altho indigestion has con tinued for years, their general health is not impaired. The distress usually disappears at night. The symptoms are closely related to stress and emotional upsets.

The physician LOVE IS ETERNAL, ETC. The trouble with chasing after a consensus is that by the time it is cornered, there is likely to be nothing lefjf but an oozy platitude or two. The Tribune stands four square behind the President when he says that the world "stands balanced between high danger and rare opportunity' tho astronomical purists might prefer to say that the world We concede also that in the long run "there is a rising tide of good sense in the world. Heaven help us if there isn't. Nor can we quarrel with Mr.

Johnson's astute observation that "politics is not magic." Having planted both feet thus indisputably on thin air, Mr. Johnson proceeded to assure graduates of the state department's seminar on foreign policy that "the work we do will consume not only today and this month and this year, but many years and many lifetimes to come. We must not grow impatient, he said, when we "cannot see light at the end of the tunnel." In other words, life is not a bowl of cherries. Chin up, fellows. All systems are go.

Fasten your seat belts. Where are the headlights? Did anybody happen to bring a map? All of which leads us to tlynk a little nervously about money. The Council of State Chambers of Commerce informs us that the Great Society programs which cost us 3.1 billion dollars last year will cost us 21.5 billions in 1970. Yet each of these programs was sold to Congress with the promise or at least the implication that it would help today's elderly, today's poor, and today's ill, not in some distant reincarnation but right here, in Appalachia and elsewhere, and in this life. Perhaps Mr.

Johnson was thinking specifically of foreign aid when he spoke of the dark tunnel. Foreign aid was launched by Gen. Marshall as "a positive interim suspects a nervous origin when the individual tells of having many abdominal operations that "never helped." The type of discomfort may be bizarre, but when it mimics oreanic dis TREE SITTER Once, in the gay days around 1930, there were valiant fellows who won tree-sitting championships. I personally can never forget Leslie R. Rhubarb Davis of Gibson City, who was firmly convinced that he was the titleholder.

For 107 days he crouched there in that elm tree behind the feed store on North State street. Mr. Davis recalled, somewhat sadly, that people stood over by the grain elevator and threw stones at him. "Were these stone throwers followers of other tree-sitting "No," said Mr. Davis, "I think they wanted me to come down out of the tree." He added that he wouldn't try it again without a weapon.

Mr. Davis went up into this tree on July 31, 1930, and he came down on Nov. 14 of the same year. "Could you have stayed longer in the tree?" "Yes," said Mr. Davis, "if I had wanted to get cold." "How high were you in this He cogitated a trifle and said be thought about as high as a telephone pole.

He didn't think it made much difference what brand of tree a man picked to sit in. He didn't take any special training and wore no special costume just climbed up in the tree and let his legs hang down. At first he had only a platform, but later he built a 6 by 6 house with bed, radio, and a stove. He said he was just a kid and hardly knew what he was doing. Did he think the whole thing was pretty silly? "No," he said, "I didn't have to do any work while I was up in that tree." How much money did he make out of this venture? "I think about half a Mr.

Davis opined, "but I threw it away." He got to thinking about this, Mr. Davis did, and he asked, "How much do you think is half a fortune?" "It would be a good round sum," I told him. "Yes," he said, "that's about what I had." So that's how things were in the gay days of tree-sitting champions, when there was a modicum of flagpole sitting, and students occasionally gnawed away a live goldfish or a talking machine record, without benefit of sauce of any kind. I do not know what happened to Rhubarb Davis, but I hope he is alive and well, as tree sitting might come back. Do you think anyone ever sends a card to the internal revenue collectors on their birthdays, "Many happy returns of the orders such as ulcer, cancer, gallbladder disease, diverticulitis, and pancreatitis.

X-ravs and other diagnostic tests are gainful employment during school vacation periods thru their earnings and from the work experience itself. While learning to accept responsibility, they gain self-confidence and a feeling of satisfaction from accomplishment. This is in contrast to the aimlessness of those who endure long periods of idleness. However, there are two principal factors which make it all but impossible for employers to provide such jobs. These are federal minimum wage laws which require payment of wages in excess of the earning power of young persons who are without skill or experience and often without a mature attitude toward the job to be done and child labor laws, state and federal, which limit the types of jobs open to minors.

There is no question but what these youths need some protection from hazardous conditions and work situations which might be injurious to their health or morals. However, these laws, passed or amended during a depression period, have as their main purpose, and result, prevented a youth from holding a job which might otherwise be filled by an adult. The lack of jobs for youths 16 to 21 is not the fault of business and industry. The fault lies with laws and regulations, which, however well intended, serve to restrict such job opportunities to near zero. Mr.

Connor's efforts to induce employers to hire young people have little chance of success under existing conditions. Robert L. Miller VOTE TOMORROW There are no state-wide or country-wide contests worth mentioning in the primary elections tomorrow. The Republicans, for the first time in years, avoided an expensive family fight by holding a convention at which a good ticket of state candidates was agreed upon. Harmony also prevailed in the selection of the G.

O. P. Cook county candidates, who are an exceptionally attractive group. We have not undertaken to advise Republicans how to vote in the few contests for legislative and committee posts, believing that the voters are capable of making their own choices. As for the Democratic primary, the lack of competition for state and county nominations is no novelty.

There is only one interesting race, in the 2d congressional district, where Abner J. Mikva is trying to unseat Rep. Barratt 0Hara. We do not conceive it to be our duty to make recommendations to the Democrats on how to run their party. If we did, we would be hypocritical, because our indorsements in November most likely will go to the Republican nominees.

Unlike some publications. The Tribune does not follow the practice of indorsing one candidate in the primary and his opponent in the election. In the city of Chicago, the principal interest in tomorrow's election is centered in the bond issues for public improvements. As we have stated in three previous editorials, we favor these proposals, believing that they are essential to the health and growth of Chicago. Opponents of the bond issue, being unable to find sound reason for their position, have resorted to statements which are untrue and unfair.

Some of the complaints against the bonds can be explained only by unreasoning prejudice. We hope Chicago voters will vote yes for all the six bond issues. needed. The bothersome belching, air swallowing, cramping, burning pain, gas, and diarrhea associated with indigestion are not imaginary. The symptoms are real but caused by a nervous mechanism rather than by ulcers and inflammation.

We have two nervous systems. We control the one that allows us to move the hands or feet, open the mouth, talk, and do many other things at will. The other nervous system (sympathetic is not personally regulated. It is responsible for the pulse rate, size of the blood measure, and as something in which wel "or any other plan which would make it more costly to do business on the rival seaway water route." Nothing could be further from the truth in saying that railroads oppose the seaway's success; what we oppose is the continued deficit operation of the waterway contrary to the law under which the seaway was established. Granted that our interest, to a large extent, in the financial self-sufficiency of the seaway is stimulated as a result of the publicly-financed roadway it provides to compete with the privately-financed railroad way.

we feel there is also a basic public interest to consider regarding the equity of the use of tax moneys for facilities to compete with privately-owned and operated facilities. The seaway's 17-million-doI-lar deficit does not include anything for the amortization of the initial investment over the past eight years of operation. On the basis of a 50-year amortization, as required by Congress, amortization accumulations to date amount to an additional 17 million dollars. This 35-million-dollar deficit is greater than all of the tolls collected during seven years; it exceeds by about 25 per cent the actual toll revenues. It is clear beyond argument or shadow of doubt that existing tolls are woefully inadequate.

Your editorial states that the basic concept of imposing tolls on inland waterway traffic is wrong. This is in disagreement with President Johnson and his five predecessors, all of whom have indorsed as sound public policy the principle that commercial users of tax-built facilities should pay reasonable charges for their use. The claims of waterway operators that imposition of user charges would increase the cost of transportation are just not so; they would not affect costs one iota. President Johnson's recommended levy on barge operations would simply provide that a larger share of the costs of building, operating, and maintaining waterways be borne by direct users instead of the taxpayers. Summing up, adequate tolls will increase, not decrease seaway revenue.

If, as claimed, there is really a tremendous boom on the seaway, a small increase in tolls would be insignificant. The failure to face up to reality now will only make it more difficult if not impossible, to reverse the trend of an ever-increasing deficit until no toll structure could be adequate. J. Handlv Wright Vice president, public relations. Association of American Railroads beth P.

White. It was a quiet neighborhood in the old days, except for two things: The playground noise at recess time and the fire house across the street. Boys played on one playground, girls on the other. But when the bell rang, the noise stopped, we lined up and marched in. in silence.

It was usually then that the fire alarm sounded, and soon the black horses were pulling the fire truck, bells clanging. why couldn't we follow? On the last day of school we assembled on the playground, and then with our teachers we marched down brick paved streets to Altenheira on Madison street. We carried little flags as we marched. We were proud and happy children, marching, sometimes singing. Mothers came with lunch baskets, and the tiny tots and families spent the whole day at Altenheim.

There were wooden picnic tables painted green spread with colorful cloths and delicious home cooked food. Games, contests, and the merry-go-round occupied the day. Then there were tired children, some sick and always the music of the German band. At night there was dancing for the older ones under the stars in the cool of the June evening. were gay, happy people, not rushed, taking time out to enjoy simple things.

I shall never forget our school picnics and how we marched, carrying little flags in the old days long ago. Evelyn Doolan HOME-MADE BREAD Chicago, June 4 I must be a lot older than the woman who wrote in yesterday's Voice of the People that "years ago a woman didn't have to bake. There were plenty of bakeries." Evidently she doesn't remember that it took hard work and skill to shovel in the coal and heat the oven to the proper temperature for baking. Mama made good bread and she baked twice a week. There were bakeries, it is true, but in those "good old days" bakers' bread was not good like it is today believe me! Bakers' bread appeared on our table only in case of emergency.

Mama set a "sponge" the night before and on baking day about 4 p. m. the house was fragrant with the smell of fresh bread white bread, whole wheat bread, maybe a coffee cake or currant buns and always there was a pan of mouth-watering biscuits for supper. One memory of the "not so good old days" stands alone for me. It was my special privilege to fill and clean the kerosene lamps.

How I appreciate my electric lights and gas heat! But no group of young people ever had better times than ours did in the long ago. We made our own fun picnics, trolley rides, socials, parties. We didn't have so much as a phonograph; everything was "do it yourself." I'm sure then neither my children nor grandchildren had the good times that we did. Grandma Swarts Today's Health Hint Distant Dan day. -t- When fishing, never cast over another person's head.

vessels, sweating, and the processes involved in digestion. The close tie-in with the emotions is the reason why the gastrointes should expect "a cure, rather than a mere palliative." In President Truman's words, foreign aid was designed to be effective "within a definite period of time, and not to continue relief indefinitely." Since then we have shoveled more than 100 billion dollars overseas in one form of aid or another, and now Mr. Johnson hopes that in somebody else's lifetime it may pay off. Yet he yelped the other day when a Senate committee trimmed a measly 117 million dollars off next year's 3.4 billion dollar foreign aid bill. Of course we're still promised the moon by 1970.

But, one by one, the other specific goals which we thought we were to achieve with our hard-earned tax money have dissolved into vague abstractions which may be helpful to somebody, sometime. We are building a Great Society not for us, or for our children, but for perhaps the 25th century, and we're leaving a good part of the bill for future generations to pay. We are expected to go on approving new programs and paying for existing ones without a guarantee of success or even a means of measuring it Because, after all, politics isn't magic. Some day, if that tide keeps rising, people will be smart enough to regret that we consigned so much of our welfare and theirs to the federal government. Politics isn't magic but faith, as Mr.

Johnson should have added, is wonderful. tinal muscles go into painful spasm when the victim is upset. Emotional stress usually centers about marital, finan DREAM THEME Will thane of us Who fume mnd cum Still be about To cheer and shout When mches and pains Mnd muscle strains-Stuffed up noses liathroom poses Stomachs churning And hearts burning-Sinus troubles And beard stubbles Pans from our sight On wine fine night As TVs screen I wiped quite clean Of scoffing men Who eat hats when Their filtered smoke Wont make them choke; Or if kind sir This should occur. Will we be where We do not care? Tom ililor Household Funny After profusely explaining how his mommy was insisting that he learn to eat his cake with a fork before his party, Mark asked Gramma, "Gramma, don't you have a piece of cake I could practice on?" During his practice he added that he saw Grandpa once eating his cake with a spoon and asked then if Gramma had taught Grandpa how to eat his cake. yes, after Grandpa got tired of his spooning, I've been making him fork it over cial, occupational, sexual, and religious factors.

Many also have conflicts with parents or in-laws. Those with an inherent fear of disease often refuse to believe the nervous source of their perplexity and readily consent to surgery. The root of the problem stems from poor COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Oak Park. June 6 The management of the Southern Pacific railroad has consistently advocated a policy of driving passengers off of their trains. Their method is to continuously downgrade service and equipment so as to discourage the public from riding the trains.

The famous Overland Limited was the first victim of this policy. Service on the San Joaquin and Coast Daylights has been getting the same treatment. At one time, coach seats on the Coast Daylight were spaced so close together your legs were cramped in a short time. Recently, all Pullman and dining car service was pulled off the Sunset Limited. One passenger train running thru Arizona is not even listed on the timetable.

It is given the dregs of the railroad's passenger equipment. Yet. last year, it carried over 8,000 passengers. I have used Southern Pacific trains yearly for nearly 20 years. It is sickening to see how the management is striving to wreck passenger business.

Christian Merle II emotional adjustment in infancy, childhood, or adoles cence. PRAYERS AND SCHOOLS Chicago, June 6 If all the people who want prayers said in public schools went to church themselves, we would need 10 times as many churches as we now have. G. T. L.

Ralph E. Schenck ever since. Guest Editorial WHERE THE CREDIT BELONGS A day seldom passes that we don't receive press releases from politicians and government agencies telling us what the Great Society is doing for the people. A case in point is a news handout and photograph from Sen. Vance Hartke Ind.

relating that Indiana has become the 12th state in which all federal conservation districts have "updated" their programs. Secretary of Agriculture Freeman, we are informed, has recommended that the districts undertake a "more vigorous role in the economic development of rural areas." The photograph shows Hartke and two other Indiana Democrats, Sen. Birch Bayh and Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, along with Gladwin E.

Young, acting administrator of the soil conservation service, watching the secretary sign a new agreement making federal funds and other types of assistance available to the Bartholomew county Ind. soil and water conservation district. The inference, of course, is that these public servants are the benefactors of the people in improving economic conditions in the rural areas. The soil conservation service, in fact, is unique among federal agencies in that it has its own official lobbying organization in the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation districts, which is vigorously active in demanding appropriations from Congress. It is well to remember, particularly in a congressional election year, that credit for whatever benefits flow from the soil conservation service goes not to the politicians or the conservation payroUers, but to the people themselves who are paying for it SPELLING ENGLISH Key words in settling the 39th annual national spelling bee were sachem and ratoon.

Beth Sherrill, 14, of Lucy, went down on sachem, which Robert A. Wake, 13, of Houston spelled correctly. Robert then nailed down the victory by spelling ratoon. We surmise that there is instruction here for all of us and that Beth got a bad break. Her misspelling of satchem suggests the word may have been mispronounced for her.

The first syllable is say, not satch. The word signifies an Indian chief, and is from the Narragansett language. Tammany Hall a New York Dry Democratic party outfit now in partial eclipse has borrowed the word for members of its inner circle, and there Questions on medical topics will be answered by mail if stamped, self-addressed envelope accompanies request. TOMORROW: Graying Hair. DISTRESSING HOT FLASHES A.

G. writes: Nine years ago I had a hysterectomy. At the time nothing was said about the possibility of hot flashes. A month or two later they were very bad. The doctor prescribed estrogens two every evening and said it would alleviate the problem.

These flashes still occur during the day and at night. They become so bad I'm awakened from a sound sleep several times every night Does this condition ever right itself? A friend told me that severe flashes were not normal. Please advise. REPLY Your physician may suggest an adjustment in dosage or a change to another estrogen. The flashes usually disappear in time but occasionally persist for many years.

CAN BE PALNXESS P. W. writes: Is it possible to have arteriosclerosis Was going to buy a coat of arms, but matching pants didn't come with one. Jeramora Quinryan Quip As I was sailing on the Queen Elizabeth on my first trip to the British Isles, I found on a Gloucestershire map the village, "Bourton-on-the-Water." At first I thought it was a message from Queen Elizabeth of Hollywood. Quin Ryan Pet Peeve clear.

Public opinion was PITCH FOR VOTES' Chicago. May 31 Our President recently said that he would rather have inflation than unemployment. This again bears out what I have always contended, namely, that the Great Society program is one of hypocrisy and deceit. It's a sure bet that, as our inflation rises, the unions will make demands in proportion. But what about those of the people who are unorganized or on fixed incomes, such as pensioners or those living on their savings? How will they manage to cope with this? One can only conclude from the President's most recent pitch that his concern is not for the welfare of all of the people, but for that segment of our society that can provide him with most votes.

Stephen E. Irmick The individuals who invariably incorporate in their conversation the phrase, NEWS FROM SYRACUSE A newspaper has many functions: to report and interpret the news, to act as "a watchman on the wall' in championing the public interest, to provide varied entertainment, and to advance the liberal education of its readers. The Tribune consciously undertakes to perform all these functions. We spare neither effort nor expense in the attempt to perform them well The work of our own large and able staff is supplemented by the services of three major news services to which we subscribe. Associated Press, United Press International, and Reuters.

We like to think that our campaigns on national, state, and city issues are notable for their vigor and forthrightness. Yesterday, in our Spotlight on the World section, we began a series by Henry Gag-giottini, our correspondent in Rome, which illustrates our educational dimension. His story dealt with the current presentation, in the ancient theater at Syracuse in Sicily, of "Seven Against Thebes," by Aeschylus, and "Antigone," by Sophocles. His account of this observance of the anniversary of Attic theater represents something of an ultimate in the time range spanned by our news coverage. Next Sunday, Gaggiottini will write of the "ear of Dionysius," an artfully enlarged natural cave which he reports is the tourist attraction at Syracuse which "still arouses the greatest interest" This series from Syracuse founded in 734 B.

by Greeks from Corinth illustrates the large number of extra services The Tribune brings its readers. FILIPINO EXAMPLE (Ariieaa Republic The Republic of the Philippines has decided to send a detachment of 1,000 army engineers, supported by a security guard of 1,000 soldiers, to help the government of South Viet Nam resist external aggression. A house of representatives' appropriation of 8.8 million dollars for this purpose was approved by the Philippine senate last week. The final senate vote was an impressive 15-8. It followed a lengthy debate in which the "doves" and the "hawks" made their positions "They say," but never get around to explaining who "they" are.

Fay H. Williamson SAFETY FIRST (Newt Item: Tint Greets m4 Rmmm Mt4 MriMS tve St Sifttf lS.l TIs said the ancient Romans Used various types of pins So as to pin their togas And not reveal their shins. James A. Rasor If Ronald Reagan gets to be governor of California, will he have some acrobats in the statehouse to open the show? Thomas Morrow of the legs without pain? ThD Neighbors By George Clark -v clearly respected. In sending troops to South Viet Nam, the Philippines will be joining in action already taken by the United States, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

The bulk of the defense forces, of course, are provided by the South Vietnamese themselves, altho political squabbling has made them less effective than they might be. The Philippine action is significant for several reasons. It shows that relationships between the United States and the Philippines have not deteriorated so badly as some reports would lead us to believe. More importantly, it shows that the Filipinos, living on the doorstep to Communist China, realize the peril of communist advances in Asia and are willing to help fight the danger that is so close to home. Finally, President Ferdinand Marcos showed considerable political courage in urging the dispatching of troops to South Viet Nam.

During his election campaign last year, he opposed such action. Since becoming president, the harsh realities of the situation have caused Mr. Marcos to change his mind. Manila realizes that a communist victory in South Viet Nam would lay all of east Asia, including the islands from Japan thru the Philippines to Indonesia, open to Red subversion and attack. Official Washington realizes the same truth, even if a small minority of vocal Americans does not.

The Filipino example should not be wasted on the Americansor on the rest of the world. Historical Scrapbook UK Mt from THE TRIBUNE'S files of 50 AND 100 YEARS AGO i 1 1 Laughing. Matter rf i June 13. 1916. St.

Louis President has sent his final instructions to the REPLY Yes. Pain occurs only when the arterial wall becomes so thickened that the flow of blood is impeded at least 85 per cent. This condition can be likened to rusty pipes: water may flow thru for many years before blockage occurs. MOUTH GLAND INFECTION A. A.

writes: Does eating certain foods cause infected salivary glands? REPLY Inflammation or stone in the duct are more common causes. Food itself is not responsible but often is blamed because eating and even thinking of or smelling a meal stimulates the salivary glands. SPINAL CORD LESION I. N. writes: What is syringo-melia? REPLY A disturbance of the spinal cord which leads to paralysis in one arm and interference with sensation anesthesia in the other.

The victim cannot feel heat, cold, or pain in the involved area. The cause is a lesion of the spinal cord. Democratic national convention which convenes June 15. He wants Vice President Thomas Marshall of Indiana renominated, he desires adoption of the platform which he has revised, and he wants action by the party to attract the support of Progressives disappointed by the nomination name. But these modern applications are not likely to have come to the attention of little girls in Tennessee.

Ratoon, either a noun or a verb, has to do with a stalk or shoot growing from a perennial plant, such as sugar cane or pineapple or banana. The word is from Spanish elements meaning "again in autumn, referring to a second growth. In of Charles Evans Hughes at the Repub lican national convention instead of their hero, Col. Theodore Roosevelt June 13. 1966.

Attacking Horace editor of the New York Tribune, for Jamaica, the expression "eating the' ratoons" means dining on leftovers. All -I. A urging release of the Confederate prea dent. Jefferson Davis, The Tribune says: "Greeley argued the right of secession and Davis acted in accordance with that doctrine. Who should help a scoundrel out miS tore aoout raioon new to us, wo.

Possibly it would be new for Robert Wake, also, but the proximity of his home to sugar cane fields extensive in nearby I don't hope to work my way up to executive. I'm just looking for a summer job." 'It's ridiculous to list that salary of yours under 'assets!" of jail, if not one who helped him in?" i.