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THE SPOKESTIAN-R Rank Discrimination! uto amisonownot 1 1 1 SPOICES110-R, Rank Discrimination. TI PEOPLE IN THE NEWS P1 4 EDITORIAL PAGE. Saturday, May 15, 1971. Future Defense, -4 iIiI 'Ir ill ,.4 'It 1 1 4,4 tj 14.... 7 7--- i Notto, Aft rii 1 1 1 I 2 11 11 I 1 WY 4 41).

41, f- ------1 i 7 (' --d-'-''-- 5 a i fl 4,.....00 1 1- 1 I Oft 74 f77Ae i ii i ALI k4.111 'I' vi 011I, kg 1 t---11 )'' 1 I 'A i tr 11 e'r-----. 1 I 1 i I i JOHN CHAFEE, secretary of the Navy, on a tour of West Coast naval installations, said at Bremerton, he believes the economic outlook for the Bremerton area is good because of the nuclear capabilities of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He said proposed naval reducti ons shouldn't cut civilian work force below the 8,700 workers the yard will have by June 30. JOHN CHAFEE, secretary of the Navy, on a tour of West Coast naval installations, said at Bremerton, he believes the economic out- look for the Bremerton area is good because of the nuclear capabilities of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He said propose naval reducti ons isillwoultd41R7not vfoirctie wbieli TrITTIV 110111(111 I.

cut. civilian WUrit ne- low the 8,700 workers the yard will have by June 30. CHAFEE 24:::,,. 0 It .1, a 4 ,,..11141, ,4,........ Ata 1 CHAFEE 1 ei il I'rt fwv air Al, lark 4 Villg I 0 utj a.

li -N-'A-s -N )-s 1: tee--m-si Lkk i eY es. hi A 4 March 31, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says. Vile news has carried a series of announcements in the last year of companies moving out of New York City to suburban locations, some a state or two away. The tax prohlem, the high crime rate, deteriorating public services, rising transportation costs and the multiplying difficulties of day-to-day living create eventually an overwhelming difficulty. Thl response of those who can do so is to get out, and that includes some corporate citizens of the city.

It is instructive for people in places like Spokane to be aware of the difficulties of places like New York City. For one thing, we can be grateful for the advantages we have in this area; for another, we can see the dangers that we must guard against in our own community. oF FILLH44 -rge srReo-, to1446 wiv 14alsE) BLocK44 TRAFFK VgAc1icAll5-roppg4 BOSII4ES5. AND 4CT AwAV Wrri4 ic scor reaa Lit44 ale sreer, tei OF 'EM, A1446 WITA 1401SE i BLocK it44 TRAFFK iikl' vgAcgcAlis" 5-roePR4 StiSta 6S5 AND -rtiEq 40-AwAte wag scor reac it lc SEN. LLOYD BENTSEN, says auto makers exaggerate the cost of producing bumpers that could prevent serious damage in slow, speed crashes.

Bentsen has introduced legislation requiring front and bumpes withstanding damage at 10 miles per hour. He estimates production cost of safer bumpers at $5 to $10 per bumper, compared to $100 some makers SEN. LLOYD BENTSEN, says auto makers exaggerate the cost of producing bumpers that could prevent serious damage in slow, speed crashes Bentsen has intro- A A uucea legisiauon requiring milt ana bumpes withstanding damage at to 10 miles per hour. He estimates pro- duction cost of safer bumpers at $5 bumper, compared to $100 makers $10 per some Summary: Spokane has its own problems. but they are minor indeed in comparison to they might he.

Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird recently said he feels frustration with the war In Vietnam is one of the ressons behind Congressional reductions in defense budget requests in the last two years. He said these congressmen must look past the war, which is subsiding, to defense needs of the future in considering defense budget proposals. The Soviet Union, Laird said, has been able to conduct its defense planning with a military budget level that was close to the United States for many years. However, he said their military has been able to advance dramatically both in nuclear and conventional weapon systems while the United States has been "tied down to Southeast Asia since 1R6.5." Consequently, Laird indicated there I be a need to develop and moderni7e this nation's nuclear and conventional forces in the years following the Vietnam war a task which can only he achieved if defense budgets are approved.

It is questionable that the Soviet Union has crated a greater threat in the last few years by building its nuclear striking forces. Despite Laird's Impressive statistics of massive Russian missiles, it is uncertain whether the Soviet Union could launch a nuclear attack against the United States without being destroyed by our deterrent missile forces. However, Lairds point regarding the build-up of Soviet conventional forces, particularly their modem navy which today is capable of challenging the U.S. fleet anywhere in the world, is important. These conventional forces are exceeding U.S.

conventional forces in superiority at a rapid pace. As a result, the United States may soon find itself having to back down before superior Soviet eonventional forces in crisis situations in the same manner that the Russians were forced to back down before Superior U.S. conventional forces during the Cuban missile crisis. In either case, Sec. Laird gives good advice to, congressmen to look beyond Vietnam in considering future defense budgets.

DR. T. R. VAN ELLEN How to Keep Well W61; FISCHER WILLIAM RASPBERRY Dangers Exist in Use of Anti-Heroin Drug BENTSEN Chess champions ROBERT FISCHER of the United States and MARK of Soviet Union each won a point in a complicated dispute over the site of their world quarter-final match now set to start Sunday at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Taimanov got his wish for spectators at the match, Fischer got his demand for indirect lighting at Student Union Building.

Match was to have started Thursday. -lif it, I i fli ER of the United States and MARK Pkilliti Iti14 (A' 1 I 14: lIt, IP, 1 titi 11, i e0 1 1 J. -e i ll -1 BENTSEN A--' a I I 0 to Chess champions ROBERT FISCH- ''6ZI4 I. 7 14, P.Npi I 4 I I i ll 1 4. TAIMANOV of Soviet Union each tl it i won a point in a complicated dispute ok 4 v- over the site of their world quarter-fi- spectators cmtaattocrhs now wthsee set match, Ft iSsuenhdear yg ao i 4114c, N4 University of British Columbi, Van- 1 (------c.

ill 17- '7 1-' couve'r. Taimanov got his wish for II I Iffitt his demand for indirect lighting at 4 4 4 thbAt Student Union Building. Match was r- FISCHER to have started Thursday. hetf i kii 1r 4101 WILLIAM RASPBERRY' ,...,7 'N Al 1 ii IdArbk I 1 1 P. 1111 11 Of Dangers Exist in Use A------ I I ot4y of Anti-Heroin Drug ,1 tf, Dr.

Van De lien trill attempt to an-ewer questions pertaining to the preention of disease if letters are addressed to him in care of The Spokesman-Review and are accompanied by return stamped envelope. 1 Gar-- 1 WASHINGTON It was gen- t-) 14:1 uma midjudgment half a century ago when we hailed heroin as the miracle drug that would end the cures of morphine addiction. GEN SikAs 3IARSH ALL The fruits of that blunder consti- tute the heart of the current illilitary Critics Badly Qualified narcotics crisis. tb Now methadone is being hailed as the miracle drug that will cure the curse of heroin addiction. We're not entitled to make the same blunder again.

i'l'H-- Iii WASHINGTON It was gen- vook 0 1.. d'' U411 4 ulna midjudgment half a centu- ry ago when we hailed heroin as Summary: Congress should not let frusta tions with the Vietnam war stop them from seeing future U.S. security needs nben con sidering budget spending. Black Generals Adam Yarmolinsky and Alain C. Enthoven are the latest of a long line of authors to tee off against the military mind, a theme that likely sprouted shortly after the first Armageddon but could die a natural death with the last.

Adam Yarmolinsky and Alain C. Enthoven are the latest of a long line of authors to tee off Clean Hands "Wash your hands, Johnny" all too often goes into one ear and out the other. We might have fewer infections if all of us made cleanliness a habit. Many soaps are germicidal and rubbing and rinsing the hands also washes away the germs on the skin. Cleanliness is a must in hospitals but repeated hand washing is not always practicable for physicians, nurses and other personnel.

It is well- known that nursery infections can be reduced 50 per cent when those handling babies regularly wash their hands with a germ killing liquid cleanser. The mother also should adhere to strict antiseptic habits when bathing an infant. Where do the microbes come from? Bacteria are present on many parts of the body. The hands are easily contaminated when they touch taring objects including the pelvic area. The bowel is loaded with bacteria.

Dirty hands may also contaminate the mouth. nose, hair and vice versa. And the air we breathe is polluted with microbes as well as dirt and chemical fumes. The careless cook often transfers bacterial contaminants to foods via the hands. To do the job- right, the hands should be washed every time the food handler touches his nose, mouth.

hair or goes to the bathroom. Boils, pimples and hand infections usually are loaded with staph organixms which are a common cause of food poisoning. Some people have phobias about, touching doorknobs or shaking hands lest they become contaminated. Along this line, there is no need.to go to extremes. Keeping paper towels near the kitchen sink makes it easy to wash and dry the hands when needed.

However, the prevention of food poisoning is not so ample. For example, an enormous reservoir of salmonella organisms is found in lower animals, especially chickens, turkeys, ducks, turtles and eggs. Hopefully food processors are sticklers for scrupulous cleanliness. blighting effect of the military mind on our fighting- power or prospect of preserving our essential freedoms, I would have to decline. Certainly I have met the occasional officer who despised any civilian and regarded the National Armed Force as his private game preserve, with which he should be able to do as he pleased.

Old Gen. Pinky Prue used to vilify all civilians in my presence, forgetting that I was one. What truly bugged him was that he thought the army had given him less than he blighting effect of the military mind on our fighting- power or prospect of preserving our es- Ing what comes, however hard the trial, just as there are within the civilian society the critics whose boldness is limited to egregious assault upon the mill-try, knowing that it cannot fight back. Hopefully out of that comparison I make my point. The postures that I have described are in no sense uniquely military.

They are characteristic of a bureaucracy rather than of its armed part alone. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine officers have longer continuing service than any of the many bodies of civil servants in the democracy. They expect that they can and should evolve a personnel and doctrinal system through which their governing groups will be purged of the contaminations that constipate efficiency in all other branches of government, and which cause higher politically appointed officials to hop from job to job like fleas seeking a juicier dog, is confounding to common sense, all human experience and the face of nature itself. ing what comes, however hard the trial, just as there are with- in the civilian society the critics break their physical dependen- cy. But for this group of addicts (probably a tiny minority of addicts) almost anything will work.

It is the other, larger group that the experts have in mind when they tell you that most heroin addiction is 5 per cent physical and 95 per cent psychological. If they are right, methadone could be expected to treat only 5 per cent of the problem. On that basis, it's insane to talk about methadone as a cure. There may be some long-term addicts who will never be drug free. For them, methadone may be the lesser evil.

But we ought not kid ourselves that we are doing anything except writing them To this nonexpert, it seems criminal to take a 19: oe 20- year-old addict, whose addiction is largely psychological, and deliberately string him out on methadone. That is at least as bad as "curing" morphine addiction with heroin except that methadone is cheaper. It may be a good deal worse. It is altogether conceivable that methadone maintenance will become a device for rendering our angry young people docile and harmless to society at large. There are those who believe it has happened already.

But even without imputing such sinister motives to those who run our drug programs it is fair to say that extensive use of ha don maintenance is bound to block any real effort to get at the psychological hangups that drive young people to drugs in the first place. For methadone not only blocks the effects of heroin in the addict; it blocks the effects of drug addiction on society, rendering addiction a merely personal problem. And when that happens, trust us to turn our attention elsewhere. (Copyright 1971, The Washington Post). break their physical dependen- cY But for this group of addicts Proposals by the Army to promote three black colonels to the rant of brigadier general shows both discernment and realism.

Records of the three officers are impressive. Oliver W. Dillard. 44, a senior province adviser in the US. Military Assistance Command in South Viettlil M.

has a master of science degree in international affairs from George Washington Vniversity. It is impressive that he is not an armchair adviser only; record includes both the silver and bronze stars for bravery. Another colonel, James F. Hamlet. commander of the First Cavalry's llth aviation group in South Vietnam, is a recognized expert in helicopter warfare.

Credentials of Roscoe C. Cartwright are equally fine. Now in the office of the assistant chief of staff for development at the Pentagon, he has commanded a field artillery division in Europe and been an Artillery Group commander in Vietnam. He earned a master's degree in business administration. These men have earned their high rank through ability and battlefield performance.

It is no favor to them to promote them over the hurdle into general's status; it is rather, a privilege for the nation to have men of their caliber and dedication. Comment by the Pentagon director for equal opportunity that the proposed promotions would erase any charge of tokenism by the army is well-taken. But we're making it although it cannot fairly be called a blunder, this time we know or ought to know what we're doing. We know things about methadone that we 'didn't know about heroin: That it is addictive, euphonic and dangerous. Back in the 1920s, when the government was setting up heroin centers, the doctors really thought they were helping addicts to cure their addiction.

Many who now run methodone clinics particularly those that rely on methadone maintenance don't kid themselves that they are curing addiction. The candid ones will admit that methadone is not so much a means for treating addicts as a way of fighting crime. The logic of methadone as a crime deterrent is clear enough. Since peecious few addicts can earn enough through legitimate work to supply their habits, they can't afford legitimate work. Because methadone, properly administered, can break dependency on heroin, and since methadone can be had cheaply or, in some cases, without cost to the user, the addict no longer has to resort to crime.

Once again he can afford to take a job that provides him only with enough money to eat, buy a few clothes and pay his Tent. But the guy who was sick on heroin is just as sick on methadone. The streets may be a little safer, but the addict is scarcely, better off. Methadone, thus, is not a cure in any meaningful sense of word, but a behavior-modifying drug. And it raises the same kind of moral issues.

Two uses of methadone seem fairly legitimate: As an aid. to detoxification (tapering off with smaller doses) and as a way to render harmless those addicts for whom cure seems unlikely. Methadone detoxification appears to work reasonably well (perhaps a little better than "cold for addicts who have got themselves together mentally and who need only to While they are not exactly unknowns, their qualifications for pronouncing on this topic are less than overwhelming. They were whiz kids next to the mighty seat' of the Pentagon during the McNamara era. It is possible that their presence may have contributed something to the national good, but On the other hand their departure for greener pasture was not marked by a tearing of the hair on the part of anyone wearing the uniform.

In the case of Enthoven's book, there is a co-author, K. Wayne Smith. Enthoven would need such. A lessinformed and more innocent mind as to practical military problems would be hard to find; this I learned when he came to visit me for a day soon after Mr. McNamara summoned him to higher duty in the name of the country.

Still like Yarmolinsky, plays watchman of the night. "Flee to the walls ye citizens or all is lost; you are about to be betrayed by the military mind." Throughout my life I have heard this line of hoopeykack from pure-D civilians. It is always sure-fire stuff with publishers and gullible readers, since the one fixed emotion with simple people as with most of the animal kingdom is fear of the unknown, the complex and the mysterious. Being also a civilian, I still happen to have spent more of the past 55 years in intimate contact with the military than any other American so categorized, and I have seen as much I of the services in varying aspects as any retired professional. My assignments in four wars have been such as to make my opportunities for observation of work, attitudes and philosophies at all military levels practically limitless.

The strictly personal dealings ranged upward from private soldiers to D.D. Eisenhower. George C. Marshall and Chester Nimitz. Yet in all of that time I was unable to discover the military mind if by that term is implied a pattern of thought which is generally reactionary and obscurantist, Were I offered a fat contract to write a book on the LETTERS S-R Forum The crpinions and statements expressed in this department are those of the letters' authors and do not bear.

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Odd-balls such as these are not more repugnant to me than are the civilians who in yet greater number abhor anything that has to do with the fighting services, while they lack the decency to acknowledge that the thing they profess to hate is the only possible safeguard of all that they claim to cherish. Several of our most acclaimed historians, who have never taken one risk in the interests of the nation, belong in this grouping. Likewise I have encounterd within the armed establishment many men subject to those personal vices or weaknesses that come of longtime labor within. an entrenched position. If by nature they were Caspar Milquetoasts, the profession became for them a refuge.

They rocked with the grain, accepted higher authority as the voice of God and turned their horns outward toward any policy that might augment our fighting power or better the national well-being at the expense of their own personal fortune or comfort or those of persons in their bracket. These' types are what the old army used to call flat bottoms that slide over the dew. They seek to get by in the easiest way possible on the general road toward retirement. Tenure and security are placed above every other value. They are usually clever at finding ways to beat the system so that they will neN er be in jeopardy.

Should war come apd they be given combat assignments, most of them will wind up with a coronary, a had case of the screaming meemies or relief and swift banishment for good cause. There is that element in the fighting services that has no intention ever of winning repute through facing danger and tak Better Than Some THRSPOKESIVIAN-REVIEW Second class postage paid at Spokane, Wash. Snob lashed May 19, 1883, and published daily se W. 927 Riveructo Avenue, Spokane, Wash; 99210. MEMBER OF THE A-SSOCIATED PRESS, a organisation conducted without profit.

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1300 6.75 3.50 Etsonhotro I Uniood Sfoots Doily 4 Sunday $31.00 S27 00 11400 Doily Only 37,00 20 00 11.00 Sundoy Only 22.03 11 50 ILCO (Foqvien mon on roquott) The people of Spokane keep a rather anxious eye on the employment figures of the community. For some time we have been in the anomalous position of recording increases simultaneously in employment and in unemployment. The answer, of course, is that people are coming into the labor force at a rate faster than they are being hired. They may be coming in by way of graduation from school, from what the specialists call "in-migration," or from the decision of some persons who have not previously been working to seek a job. The latter category frequently consists chiefly of housewives who decide to seek employment outside of the home.

Theoretically, whenever they change their minds and decide no longer to look for a job, they leave the labor force, and unemployment drops. Against the local background, it is interesting to take note of the employment situation in metropolitan New York City. The number of jobs in the metropolitan area decreased by 88,000 in the year ended The Last Word THE MENACE By KETCHAM IENNIS THE IIIENACE By KETCHAM LMA i I II 0 1 44 a ei 111111k; 11111114 5111 .1111 004 10f, 0,4 1' lee. yk, I der 1 14; 4- 4 I .1 ,75 AC 1 Dollar Danger The American attitude of neglect" of the American dollar in the present crisis in respect to the balance of payments may well prove somewhat disastrous to the internal American economy. Should the European dollars be allowed to establish their own levels of parity, this would not halt the inflationary trends in these.

countries, as they are still affiliated and affected by the American dollar and its inflated position. But should the European bloc establish their own dollar, fix it without regard to the inflated American economy, they could forestall and prevent the inflationary trends associated with the American dollar. This could result in a balance of trade deficit and force a definite downturn in the American GNP. On the other hand it could force American industrial development to stay in the United States and deny foreign development by U.S. industry; Either course would eventually have the same result.

The real danger to interne tional industry, and one which the present situation could develop into in the next few years is the combination of Japanese expertise in production and merchandising with Red China's unlimited manpower. Regardless of the enmity existing between the two now, the dollar has a way of smoothing ruffled feathers and such a development is at first glance rediculous, it certainly is possible. The possibility should be enough to cause the administration to drop it "benign indifference" and begin programs to forestall as well they can these possibilities. JOSEPH WILSON. 13507 Valley Way.

own dollar, fix it without regard to the inflated American econo- my, they could forestall and prevent the inflationary trends associated with the American dollar. of could result in a balance trade deficit and force a deli- nite downturn in the American GNP. On the other hand it dcevel- ould A industrial force merican opment to stay in the United States and deny foreign develop. ment by U.S. industry.

Either course would eventually have me same result. The danger to interna tional indreal ustry, and one which the present situation could de velop into in the next ew years is the combination of Japanese expertise in production and chandising with Red China's limited dollar has a wa manpower. Regardless of the enmity ex- isting between the two now, the of smoothin velopment is at first glance re- ruffled feathers and such a de- diculous, it certainly is possible. The possibility should be enough to cause the administra- tion to drop it "benign indiffer- ence" and begin programs to forestall as well they can these JOSEPH WILSON. possibilities.

13507 Valley Way. still IRV SENATOR SOAPER SAYS. There is increasing sex equality at the office drinking fountain now that the boys have as much trouble as the girls keeping their hair out of the water. ice drinking fountain now that the boys have as much trouble as the girls keeping their hair out of the water. TurolmAc, THINK 1 TANK py1 i -c-, At 1(3tY1 1 ur poAc, rHitx I TANK I.

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