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Jfi, THE TROY RECOUP, TROY, N. THURSDAY MORNING, JUtY VIS, THE TROY RECORD ALTON T. SLITER, Editor and 'WALTER J. BENEDETT, General Manager An Independent Newspaper Founded Jn 1836 Published Mornings Daily Except Sunday by The Troy Record Co. 501 Broadway, Troy.

N.Y. 12181. Telephone 272-2000 THEY HAD A DREAM by Reasons and Patrick ALTON, T. SLITEE- President WALTER J. BENEDETT Vice President nd Treasurer JAMES T.

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the voluntary retirement from politics of Mayor Nathan N. Werlin will be received with regret by Trojans more concerned for the of their city'than with partisanship. It is'gfenerally acknowledged that Mayor Werlin has been a dedicated public official throughout his only venture into political life. Lest men and women of Troy, who might be inspired by Mayor Werlin's example, become discouraged by his withdrawal, it should be remem- befe'd that he has given four.arduous years to his city. of his caliber need not dwell on his retirement from the political arena to the exclusion of his sacrifice: The important thing to be recognized and imitated is Mayor Werlin's example of giving-four difficult years to his city.

He is a pro- No Help At All is the year of the big strikes and labor crisis in bargaining in major industries. It is not recovery from our economic woes. On the west coast 15,000 members of the In' ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union have been on strike for some time. On June 1 the 17,000 Western Union workers walked, out, the 500,000 members of the Communication Workers of America are out. As of Friday three major, railroads may be shut down by strikes and; a month from now there may be a devastating steel '-When telephone workers went on strike there- was only a 1 per cent difference between demand and offer but the union president insisted that the only way the strike could was by complete acceptance of the union demands.

Telephone installation work and repair serv- ice has halted. A long strike could mean a complete breakdown of the system. 1971 the nation's economy has made a slow recovery. The strikes will not help the situation. The average telephone worker makes $133 a week.

Thus about $66 million will not go into the pay envelopes and from there into the economy every week. It will take a long time to make that up. The.year shapes up as a period of crisis in bargaining in big industries in spite of President Nixon's attempts to curb inflation by convincing American workers that they should moderate their demands. The Wall Street Journal said this week that, "Without attracting much attention until recently American labor unions have developed an increasingly successful technique of using the nation's growing public aid programs to reduce the economic pinch on striking members. Only now are big employers fully realizing that as a result they face a stronger foe at the bargaining tables." This dependence on welfare to ease the woes of the walkouts is bad news for states already trying to keep up with growing welfare and other costs.

Demand For Proof The auto industry, this time including imports well as the four major American makers, is the first target for the truth in advertising campaign initiated by the Federal Trade Commission. Seven manufacturers have been challenged to present proof of the exorbitant claims they have made in advertisements. While a start must be made somewhere, it would, have been better if all advertisers could be charged with establishing proof of claims at one time. However, the FTC says it must proceed on an industry basis rather than by a blanket order. Hence, in about three months, other industries will be challenged to prove what they claim for their products.

Eventually all industry and manufacturing will be included. There is excellent chance that other industries, witnessing the posi- tion'of the automakers, may lake the hint and start'policing their own houses. there is need for the action is obvious. The' 'consumer is bombarded by claims of. excel- lence of specific products, sometimes to the point of absurdity.

The ad claims, of course, are-the result of overly zealous ad writers. The industry assumes culpability in permitting the excesses. There is no desire to prevent adequate advertising either by the auto industry or any other- industry. The goal is to keep the excessive claims under control so that the buying public has assurance that Hie article in question delivers the service that is claimed. Why the auto industry was selected as the first target -has not been indicated.

The explanation is that a start must be made sotiiewhere and since this segment of business occupies the most important position in the public eye, it is the area that will draw the greatest attention. The commission's campaign is part of its desire to increase consumer protection. Some advertising has gotten put of hand. This is an effort to bring it back into balance, not with'lhe intent of penalizing, but in the desire to give all a fail- break, The Right Way The Army annonnces.it has embarked on a project whereby the stockpiles germ and toxic materials developed and stored for possible use against an enemy are being destroyed. This is procedure in dealing with noxious ijiatter.

the time when a major squabble the disposition of poison materials and. germ preparations there were many who questioned the advisability of sinking such materials deep in There was a normal question that lyent unanswered. Why could not these materials oe'Destroyed? laboratory experts vcould create these sub- working in the midst of continuing and 'against tremendous odds, it' should' be equally possible to 'devise ways to neutralize them. bury them either on land or al sea would permit the spcctor of possible -If they are rendered harmless the objective is ac- pomplished and no one faces threat to Well being, This apparently what Army technicians let about doing, They have engaged In 18 months of research and they have evolved a solution. They now know how to proceed to make harmless the germs and other substances that could have lethel effect on mankind.

Few individuals know the extent to which germ and gas warfare have progressed. The Army possessed the means of spreading rabbit anthrax, fever, botulism, other disabling, illnesses. It has toxic gases that could have dev-. aslating effect. will-take nearly one year to destroy the on hand, materials that required nearly twenty years to manufacture and store.

Even though-the time element is lengthy it is the'best solution, is the right way to proceed. elements Will become harmless. They will not be buried or stuck somewhere with the ever present possibility that one day the dan- gerous conterits might be released. They are eliminated once and for all, The materials ihat once were made to spread illness and destruction, are headed for a process which turns them Into fertilizer, fessional man engaged in a retail business and he has substantial personal strain and business stress while in office without surrendering his principles. Mayor Werlin has earned the respect of his neighbors and has every right to retire with the satisfaction that he has done his duty despite heavy pressures.

Mayor Werlin can be relied upon to serve out' his term in the same loyal and conscientious manner that has marked his years in- office. Trojans generally are in his debt because their city js far advanced along the recovery path compared with the city's status when Mayor Werlin first took his City Council seat. Let us hope professional and business men and women of Troy will give of themselves in public office as did Mayor Werlin. ELIJAH ABEL Elijah Abel was a member of the priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was the only black man to attain this rank.

As a rule, blacks were barred from the Mormon priesthood, to which a high proportion of the church's members belonged. However, in.the case of Abel, who was a stanch supporter and friend of the founder, Prophet Joseph Smith, an exception was made to the rule. Abel came from Washington County, where he was born, apparently of free parents, on July 25, 1810. He probably received some schooling, though little-is known: of his early years. He was a young man of 22 when he was converted to Mormonism.

Church records 'show I an early missionary named Ezekiel-Roberts baptized Abel in September, 1832. The church at that time was in its infancy. Scarcely two years earlier, Smith had, established the first congregation in Fayetle, N.Y. Abel was ordained an elder on March 3, 1836, and a few years later joined (lie Morman colony established by Joseph Smith at yauvoo, 111. In Nauvoo, Abel lived in the home of.Smith and became an intimate friend of his.

Abel worked in Nauvoo as the town undertaker. On April 4, 1841, Abel became a member of the "Seventy," one of the church's high councils. He a brave and loyal member of the flock and once joined with six other Mormons to rescue Smith from jail in Quincy, 111. As it turned out, the loyal seven arrived in Quincy only to discover Smith already had been returned to Nauvoo. those.early days, Mormons were the object'of Bitter, intense public hatred, much of which stemmed from their practice of polygamy.

These strong feelings culminated in 1844 in the murder of Smith at the hands of a' mob. In 1847, Brigham Young, who' became president of the church, led his flock west to' Ufeir "promised land" of Deseret, now the state of Utah. Abel was among the initial settlers who came to Salt Lake City in 1847 in the first wave of migration. He settled in what, was called the Tenth Ward, married and fathered four children. Abel and his wile managed the Farnham Hotel, later known as the Denver House.

One authority described him as a "fine-looking person whose ability as' a speaker indicated he was a man of great knowledge." Abel was a tireless worker for the church. In 1883, he was a member of the Third Quorum of Seventy and went to Canada to do missionary work. Leaving Canada, he journeyed to Ohio for further missionary labors. At the lime, Abel was 74 ypars of-age and the rigors of travel and harsh climate proved to.be a fatal combination. Two weeks after returning to Salt Lake City, Abel died.

His obituary, which Was published, on Dec. 26, 1884, in the Deseret his death to "old age and debility consequent upon exposure while laboring in the ministry in Ohio He died in full faith of the Gospel." (If you fancy yourself a book collector, don't miss out on the intriguing biographies and portraits of Negro men and women gathered in Volume II of THEY HAD A DREAM. For a copy, send $1 in cash, check or money order to They Had a Dream, The Record'Newspapers, P.O. Box 1111, Los Angeles, Calif. 90053.) Pulse Of The People U.S.

Patent Office Only letters bearing name and address of the writer will be published in The Pulso-of The People. The name will be withheld from publication on request, The right is reserved to reject and to shorten letters. Editor The Record: Men and women who own stock in business corporations can vote each year to elect members of, the board of directors. In most cases these stockholders receive with their notice of the time of the election a statement by the corporation recommending the reelection of the directors. The members of the board of directors seldom, if ever, have any contacts with the stockholders.

As directors they look upon their activities as necessary to cooperate with the management to make the business successful. If a director at some time believes he has a better idea than the management he recognizes his obligation to discuss the matter- privately with the president or general manager the chief executive officer. He does not jeopardize tlic success of the business of which he is a director, by letting the world know he believes the business all wrong-and "going to the dogs." In simple language, the director recognizes his job as one concerned with board action on mailers of policy not on management. All of this leads to the observation Hint (lie City of Troy Is similar to a business corporation in many ways. A staled, times the stockholders (citizens eligible to vote) have Hie right (and.obligation) to vole for election of board of directors (known In Troy's government as the City voter- stockholders have Hie opportunity to net, In lliclr own Interest, which happens lo bo lo get bds.l possible government for their cily.

have right to know whether candidates for the City Council are definitely, determinedly In full sym- palhy with the form of government where the City Manager runs the. city's. business in the same manner and with the same kind of responsibility as the general manager of a business corporation. this year's election on November 2, 1971, the voters have an unusual opportunity and responsibility. They are to vote for Council members who will not be representing a 'specific, section Those elected this year will be elected at- (C'onlinued on Page 22) PULSE By Carl T.

Rowan WASHINGTON "When and how will we ever get out of this war?" The questioner istood at the airport newsstand, shaking his head over a headline indicating that the United States had rejected the Communist offer to release GI prisoners in exchange for U.S. withdrawal from Indochina by the end of 1971. There was no one to answer the question But in story out of Paris about the U.S. rejection there were lessons aplen- ly for Americans about false hopes for prisoner and for achieving a political settlement of the war. The allied response is surely an agonizing blow to the wives and relatives-of American prisoners.

Bub they miist now understand-better the cruel fact: that. neither side is about to surrender major political and military interests out of compassion for the POWs. was foolishly insensitive and unfair for the Nixon administration to ballyhoo the prisoner issue to the point that a lot of people began to think concern for the prisoners Was more important than this gover- ment's ongoing to Saigon or President Nixon's resolve not to preside 'over the' first defeat in this country's. long, proud history. 'Had Grim Choice Mr.

Nixon faced, a grim choice: either leave the GIs In prison for an indefinitely longer period or accept a coldly cynical Vietcong proposal that virtually demanded political and military capitulation on Hie part of Uncle Sam. The Communists surely never expected the to accept an offer that was just a gleeful Vietcong attempt to drown Mr. Nixon in his own. solicitous words about the prisoners. Ambassador David Bruce wrapped the U.S.- rejection of the Vietcong proposal in a.

call for secret negotiations, a move de- sighed to suggest.that a deal may yet be made. There are- some secret maneuverings, and sooner or later they will pro-. duce something but the best bet is that there will not soon be any agreement on releasing prisoners independent. of the other issues. That session last Thursday in Paris produced some new in-, dications of how far off peace may be.

More Direct The South Vietnamese negotiator, Pham Dang much more direct in rejecting Vietcong offer. He. noted it called lor total with-" drawal of U.S. and allied forces within months but did not 'call for withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces from South Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia. Mutual withdrawal may seem eminently fair to Americans, but the reality is that if we wait for that we could be war for anolher generalion.

Hanoi does -not even admit that it has scores of thousands of troops Know Your Lawmakers In Washington U.S. SENATORS Mail address: Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20013 Jacob K. Javits James L. Buckley REPRESENTATIVES Mail address: House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20013 Carleton J. King Samuel S. Stratton In Albany STATE SENATORS Mail address: The Capitol, Albany, N.Y. 12224 Douglas Hudson Walter B. Langley Ronald B.

Stafford ASSEMBLYMEN Mail address: The Capitol, A3 bany, N.Y. 12224 Neil W. Kelleher Thomas W. Brown Fred G. Field Fred Droms jt.

Clarence D. Lane Lawrence E. Corbett Jr. in the rest of Indochina, to it is not ajwut to agree to "matching withdrawal" scheme with the'United States. Then the "South Vietnamese negotiator, asked a revealing question-of Mrs.

Nguyen Thl Binh, the Vietcong represent-' alive: "Will not the fighting not continue in conditions advantageous to you since the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, with only their own means, will to face the aggression carried out by the North Vietnamese their auxiliary forces?" It hardly sounded like a man who, emboldened by the great success of Nixon's Viet-, program, is confi- dent of South Vietnam's ability to survive once all American troops, leave. The South Vietnamese say a U.S. pullout within six months is too soon and, left to make, the decision alone, would prob- ably decide that six years is too soon. No Safe Date Mr. Nixon and his advisers' clearly don't know what a safe date "total might be, and that explains the; opposition to selling a fixed pullout date.

There has been a lot of lation as to what effect setting a withdrawal date might have on' Hanoi and the Vietcong. It might or'might not speed release of the prisoners and open the door to meaningful negotiations. Not much is said about what setting a dale would do lo or for the Saigon government. It just might make it come to grips with, issues and problems (includ-. ing political negotiations with the.

Vietcong) which'-will not be met until' everyone knows that the'Americans-are leaving. There isn't'any real-motivation to make concessions essential to peace the Communists are concerned; they figure they, have us over a barrel. There is no-real motivation toward-peace on the part of South; Vietnamese leaders, for the sta-. lus quo looks safer to them than anything 'they can imagine following U.S. withdrawal.

U.S. diplomats and military-. 1 leaders strategic losses'in every move the US. might take' to end the war, so it is easy for; "them to see stalling as being in the So the only real of the U.S. is coming; from Ihe public and the'Con- gress.

And who knows how and when that pressure will product peace? Box Q--What does "Johnny Horizon" symbolize? A--This is the symbol for a public service anti- litter program to maintain the heauty and utility of the nation's public lands. He' corresponds to Smokey 'the Bear, the symbol of forest fire protection. Q--What is the meaning of the name Bethlehem? A--The name comes from Hebrew words which may'mean either "house of bread" or "house of the God Lahmu." Q--Which is the only airship to fly around the world? A--The famous -Graf Zeppelin became the only airship to fly around the world when it circled the earth in 1929, in 21 days, 8 The Doctor Talks About: Rapid Heart DR. LAWRENCE LAMB, M.D. Dear Lamb--Could you Help.my He has had a complete checkup even at the Mayor Clinic and so far there isn't-a doctor who can help him.

He gets this fasl pulse, so fast you cnn'l count it. He gets pale and has lo He down. It lasts a 'short time -then sometimes it lasts Iwo hours. For a while he has 11 every day then there will be weeks- before he has It.again.. Doctors told him, he Is as healthy a horse, and niniiy wish they had his health.

Then why'this pulse? 62 11 and tvelghs 205 pounds. He Is a brick-, layer bill has trouble pulling in a week 'his, fasl pulse. If have a good boss he have lost'his job long Dear Rcadciy-bnc'of the 'Hit- llciiillos doctors have in dealing with this type pf thai" Ihe patient, always'has Join when he is not In'the doc- tor's Any medical examination, even at. Mayo. Clinic, is just a brief glimpse of what occurs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The best approach is lo Iry lo document the nature of. the rapid heart rate. There arc recorders that people can-wear and record the-heart' beat for 10, hours al a time'arid by changing the tape, records for dayS can be obtained. Un- these are hot available-In, all doctor's offices and Ihe procedure Is expensive. are several irregii- la'rlles of the heart-that could 'cause the difficulties you de-' in your husband.

Many of these examples of "rapid heart action" occur in people who are "healthy as a horse." In others, an ovcractlve thy- cause tho heart to be more Irritable than normaLahd cause there Is no apparent cause for them that is but they ctnutlU bt disabling, Just as.you in your husband's case. Whenever the heart beats too fast for any reason it becomes inefficient and can actually decrease the hearl's abilily lo pump- enough blood. If il beats'fast and in an irregular, manner, this is even more likely to occur. If the heart can't pump enough blood, the brain Is affected and a person feels faint and may need to individuals with this problem can get some help from stopping smoking in all forms, and eliminating coffe.e and other stimulants. Your husband is also too heavy for his height and needs to lose weight.

If he has as many episodes of rapid heart action'as you describe he should be given medicine to con- trcl his, heart rate or prevent such attacks, even if he doesn't have any other ievidence' of 111- ness. Medicines do exlit for thli.