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2 Omaha Neb Sunday Mar 17 1968 Sunday World Herald World Publishing Co Owner Publisher Omaha Daily Herald founded 1865 Omaha Daily World founded by Gilbert bl Hitchcock 1886 World Herald 1881 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for reproduction nt all the local news printed In this newspaper as well as all A dispatches WORLD HERALD NEWS BUREAUS Washington 20001 1217 National Presa Bldg Lincoln Neb 6S50S 501 ederal Securities Bldg Des Moines la 50300 522 Insurance Exchange Bldg Council Bluffs la 51502 512 Park Bldg NET PAID CIRCULATION ebruary 1968 Dallv Sunday Metropolitan Area 130365 128296 Suburban 3557 40700 Country 87465 110056 Total Net Circulation 253401 279052 irst there is the matter of Governor Tiemann's psychiatric expertise Call him what you will George Wallace is anything but a nut He knows exactly what he wants and how to get it and he is as coldly rational about going about it as any politician in the business He would be a lot less dis turbing if he were just another zany Of course the Governor is entitled to considerable leeway in his choice of words Both he and Mr Wallace are political figures and it is widely accept ed that the ground rules governing civ ilized exchange between ordinary mor tals do not necessarily apply to politi cians always open season On ft more serious plane there is the matter of Mr assessment of the violence and unrest that occurred during and after Mr Omaha convention The disturbances would not have tions offer a slightly more varied fare than the AM stations but not much So KRCB in Council Bluffs rates a bow for carrying the Saturday after noon Metoolitan Opera broadcasts And EBON and its indefatigable rank Scott rate a thank you for bring ing St Louis Cardinal baseball broad casts to town These are both examples of public service and should help the two sta tions look good when they are obliged as are all broadcasters to show the CC that they do in fact serve the public interest convenience and necessity The Swansons of Omaha In 1896 a young man came to this country from Sweden He worked on a farm learned some English came to Omaha to be a grocery clerk then the bookkeeper later a partner in a small butter and egg concern and still later one of the giants of the American food industry The man was the late Carl A Swan son and such were the beginnings of a remarkable Omaha family Carl A died in 1949 his son Clarke in 1961 Just the other day death came to the other son Gilbert Carl Swanson 62 Except for a sister Mrs Webster Pullen the first and second generation Swansons have passed on They left a remarkable legacy The food business which the family pio neered as the Jerpe Commission Com pany and which was to become the A Swanson and Sons Company played a large part in developing taste for frozen prepared meals the TV dinner which is now as thoroughly American as apple pic The Swansons were more than food innovators processors and merchandis ers They were active in civic affairs jl i (j ax i Vl JOS 4 jn IfiQW THE OMAHA WORLO HERAW 1 You Cant Match This for Danger Lead Role for US in Rhodesia occurred if Mr Wallace had stayed away Mr Tiemann declared at Chad ron The Wallace appearance he said was like "throwing gasoline on a The Governor should be aware even (though he was not there that the vio lence at the City Auditorium and on the streets thereafter almost certainly would not have occurred if the demonstrators at the meeting had conducted them selves in an orderly manner and if they had not tried to silence Mr Wallace Who was throwing gasoline on the fire the people who called a meeting sanctioned by Nebraska law for the for mation of a third party or the band of extremists who tried to break it up? As Governor Tiemann knows the law requires that a third party in Ne braska be founded at a convention called for that purpose As he should know it is natural and fitting that the head of the third party appear at the convention If Mr Tiemann's argument were car ried to its' logical conclusion it would be necessary to exclude from Nebraska all those political figures whose pres ence might be expected to wound the feelings of some minority Perhaps in this view Richard Nixon should stay away from the state because he takes a firm stand on Vietnam and the peaceniks might throw sticks at him and have to be put down Perhaps in this view Eugene Mc Carthy should be stopped at the border because militant hawks might hoot at him and have to be arrested Perhaps in this view a speaker whose views are not unanimously ac cepted should be required to obtain a psychiatric and ideological visa from the Governor before being allowed to speak in Nebraska We cannot defend George views or the tactics he chooses to use for their presentation But we can and do defend his right to speak a right which the Governor of Nebraska should uphold Hol Water Pollution? Scientists attending a natural re sources institute at the University of Maryland have expressed the fear that nuclear power plants which use river water to cool their reactors may heat the water to the point where the balance of animal and plant life in estuaries may be affected Nuclear plants use enormous amounts of water far more than steam plants use in their condensers and discharge it back into the river 10 to 30 degrees warmer than when it enters In World War If when the country was building its first uranium enrich ment plant in Western Washington the water in the Columbia River far down stream was observed to be a degree or two higher in temperature than before This may not seem much but na balance is so delicate that it could be affected Offshore professional fishermen have long observed this 'A few warm years for example may drive certain varieties of fish to breed sev eral hundred miles north of their nor mal habitat a few cold years has the reverse effect Apparently few problems can be solved without the risk of creating new problems Opera Baseball Broadcasts Radio stations in our community and perhaps in others have a sameness of programming that suggests a monot onous game of follow the leader Tune in almost anywhere on the dial and chances are hear popular music and often the same recordings sta and charitable activities By the work ings of corporate merger which is the modern American way of life the Swan son family operated corporation is no more But the business abilities of the Swansons found full place in the new corporate order At his death Gilbert Swanson was a director of the Camp bell Soup Company and of seven other corporations And he like his brother had served as trustee director or ad viser to many of the educational artistic charitable and civic enterprises that grace our city He was one of a very' few men in Omaha whose name was sure to be on the list of doers when an important civic enterprise needed doing Gilbert passing does not mean that the name is fading from Omaha There are sons and daughters and grandchildren who can be part of the rising generation of Omaha leader ship But Carl and Clarke and Gilbert Swanson are gone and the community which they helped to build is in their debt How Long? This is the fifty fifth day the USS Pueblo and her crew have been in North Korean hands Quick Reading: oreboding or playwright George Kaufman every Broadway ope ing disaster One afternoon a few hours before the premiere of one of his plays he was brooding in his apart ment when his co author entered The latter took one look al Kaufman's gloomy counten a nee and cased himself into a chair without a word of greeting or more than an hour the two sat in silence inally the co author looked out the window and re marked in an unnatural voice a nice "It was a nice reflected Kaufman they burned Joan of Arc" Edgar A Smile or Two "I can't get my report card said the boy to his teacher gave me an in something and my parents are still mailing it to Cockle Bur Why not settle the election by having a poll to see which poll people prefer? Milwaukee Journal Senator Soaper Opines: The fellow who got out of college dur ing the depression admits the graduates then had it easier than they have now They weren't pestered by industrial re cruiters offering 10 thousand dollars a year Garden catalogs and books on how to play championship golf are wonderful reading matter as long as you don't take them seriously As the Government escalates its cam paign in favor of culture a man help worry whether he might be drafted to go to the opera So They Said: The one serious convict ion that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too Samuel Butler I will listen to any convictions but pray keep your doubts to yourself I have plenty of my own Goethe spelled impend I Kaufman By Anthony Lejeune London The Africans hanged In Rhodesia were in no sense innocent men To treat them as heroes or martyrs as the Indian Par liament did observing a silence to them is nauseating hy pocrisy They were ruthless murderers and ter rorists The length of time which had elapsed since their conviction however would in Britain though perhaps not in America normally have been considered sufficient reason for a reprieve The Rhodesians are tougher though which is natural enough in view of the bloodcurdling threats ctf violence constant ly being levelled against them I doubt therefore whether Ian Smith would have reprieved those first three murderers in' any case But he might have done so if it been for the British Government's bombastic announce ment that they had been reprieved by the Queen This made the executions inevita ble To make the announcement in this way was flagrant politics If the British Gov ernment had been concerned primarily with the fate of the condemned men there were several less provocative moves they could have tried Worse than nothingwas achieved The authority has been further de preciated Britain has been made to look more foolish than ever and the chances of settlement if they existed at all have been diminished These consequences were entirely pre dictable To expect otherwise was mere fantasy But then fantasy has ruled British policy towards Rhodesia ever since this affair began The British Government believed that economic sanctions would end the rebel lion weeks not The months passed and the British tried oil sanctions Independent Rhodesia went calmly on Now new and equally futile twists of the screw are being planned It was all entirely predictable by any one with the slightest knowledge of South ern Africa But liberals notoriously be lieve what they want to believe and re fuse to acknowledge any evidence to the contrary The Rhodesians gain nothing by point ing to the tranquillity of their own coun try and comparing it with the chaos the bloodshed the Communist and nationalist tyrannies to the north The liberals care for none of these things Their concern is not for freedom in a general sense let alone for order and prosperity nor even for democracy as' such man one 'vote it has been rightly observed is the slogan for most African nationalist regimes) Nor do they seem to mind when one race in Nigeria massacres another and the Northern Sudanese persecute the Southern Sudanese and the black Ken yans oppress the brown Kenyans The lib wrath is reserved for one situation only the rule of white men over black men Since their position Is ideological it cannot be shaken by mere facts or reasoned argument about good and bad govern ment But similarly the Rhodesians are not going to be shaken by arguments based on an ideology which they do not share The' Rhodesians have no intention of giving in and it seems increasingly im probable that they can be made to Likeli est long term forecast is of closer associ ation between the white ruled countries of Southern Africa steadily growing pros perity and (if the outside world leaves them alone) developing and moderating racial policies America could end the quarrel with Rhodesia tomorrow merely by refusing any longer to play the silly game of sanctions or to pretend that Ian Smith is not the real Prime Minister of Rhodesia In doing so she would serve the best interests of Britain (by getting her off a very expensive hook) and of all Rhodesians both white and black By Alice Widener Publisher USA Magazine i New YnrU During the lengthy interchange between Secretary of State Rusk and members of the Senate oreign Relations Committee concerning the Vietnam War there was a voice missing Il was that of the military The views of the executive branch of our Government were expressed so were those of the com mittee of academicians of press reporters But during the 10 hours of televised talk not a single word was spoken by a military' man about the military realities of our times Yet these realities created the necessity for the many treaties entered into by our country since 1945 (agreements referred to by Secretary Rusk) and for a United States military presence in Asia In all the years of the Vietnam War not a single American general or admiral on active duty has been allowed to speak his piece freely' before the public As the re sult of Senator campaign to muzzle the military here at home and of former Defense Secretary' McNamara's si lencing of our Joint Chiefs none of us plain citizens knows what our top military men believe about the Vietnam War and about our military condition ortunately we can find out a great deal of what we need to know in a brilliant book "Neither Liberty nor Safety" by Gen Nathan Twining USA (Ret) chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 1957 1960 Published in September 1966 the Twin ing book is more timely now than ever be fore and ought to be at the top of best sell ing non fiction books The subtitle of the book is Hard Look at Military Policy and General Twining did take a hard look free of sentimentality of political bias of special pleading He tells Americans what they need to know in order to form an en lightened opinion about the state of our na tion and of the world With unanswerable logic he exposes the weakness of the of com policy foisted on our military by intellectuals such as George Kennan Walt Rostow and Jerome Wiesner The essence of this policy which devel oped into the no win limited war strategy is the theory that it is possible to deal with the Soviet Union (or Red China) as co operative The doctrine supposes that a balance of exists and that a condition of is the only answer to survival on both sides of the Iron Curtain The containment of communism policy is predicated on the belief that the enemy7 recognizing these facts will assume a co operative attitude with America in solving world problems General Twining points out all the main errors in the containment of communism policy among which the principal mistake is that denies the fundamental nature of communism and presumes co opera tion on the part of an enemy dedicated to our Secretary Rusk wisely told the Senate oreign Relations Committee ought to know the face of the Our mili tary men have to deal with the' enemy each time our nation gets into a major crisis with him But our military men have been gagged into total silence for seven years To reach wise decisions in the Vietnam War we plain citizens have a right to know the opinion of our Joint Chiefs They must be permitted to break through the stifling folds of the curtain of silence drawn around them If they could speak out they probably would say' what General Twining said in his masterpiece The book answers all questions the pub lic is asking about the origin of our no win policy7 and the perils to us in our pursuing it In this election year voters have a right to be fully informed about the problems facing our nation To understand our military7 situation the public should study what General Twin ing wrote It fills the void left by the miss ing voice in the Rusk ulbright debate Twining Provides the Missing actor The Public Pulse Anonymous letters are not printed under any circum stances The World Herald must know the name and address of all writers In some cases writers are permitted to use noms de plume but writers who permit their names to be published are given preference other things being equal The World Herald reserves the right to condense letters ond Memories of Omaha Glasgow AB Mont Recently I read an article Big Cities My personal answer is yes! I base my conclusion on two residence in Omaha from where we were transferred very reluctantly in June 1967 While residents of your city our son in law was sent by the Air orce from Omaha to the Vietnam area Even though the term of rental in the residence which his fam ily occupied was due to expire their landlord kindly con sented to their continuing on in this home until their hus band and return which was a year later This extension was so courteously granted in spite of the fact that the landlord had to post pone the sale of his property for their sakes A neighbor plowed the deep snow out of their drive way Another neighbor hauled the children to school on stormy days The teachers were dedicated and considerate as was the church Neighbors dropping by with a plate of home baked goodies was common occurrence As grandparents we appreciated the discount admis sions offered to senior citizens by one of your Omaha the aters And we are still partaking even though we are far away of the free checking account service offered to sen ior citizens by one of your local banks Show us another city the size of Omaha where such hospitality prevails! Roy Armitage It Would Limit oreign Students Omaha Any one who has had any experience with the Ameri can ield Service and its excellent student exchange pro gram needs to be told of the grgve problems it and other exchange programs face if the proposed travel restrictions are approved If the bill passes AS would be forced to reduce the number of participants narrow the economic base to those who can meet the extra expense and place an added burden on AS (a non profit making organization) As a former AS student I urge all those who are willing to write to their Congressman urging an amend ment that would exempt student exchange programs David Wobker rditor ln chipf the Burke Hich Beat Rockefeller Boosting Ego? Logan la Rockefeller wants his ego to be fed by being drafted for the Presidency by the voters sure the Negroes will insure the election of former Governor Wallace to the Presidency by their actions this summer The people will be fed up with the riots by next November Dr Koski Should Get Out of Vietnam ing but weeds grow Why the City Council or the Many younger people could be kept busy and bp nut' little exercise while Taxpayer Norfolk Neb so HS Iearnthe recent statistics that 50 per cent of all highway fatalities involve drinking Pressuring the auto industry for safer cars may help rp be concerncd about keeping these drivers off the highways Mrs Robert Settell New Name for Kearney State state College should be renamed Nebraska State University This will give the outstate equal footing with the big city schools in eastern Nebraska Richard Ramost Do They Want to Be on ADC? Omaha Can people like Mrs Buber really believe that ADC re cipients really want to be on ADC? Those who are so quick with their moral judgments those who waggle forked tongues and shout prostitute and ingrate had better try to comprehend the hopelessness and helplessness imposed by an uncaring society Sandra Waller Of the Counterfeit Republicans Deadwood Governor Tiemann is setting an example of what lib eral Republicans (counterfeit Republicans) will do should they get control of the ederal Government The Lord for bid! John A Kubik A conservative by whatever name Omaha I believe we should get out of these Asian affairs as sooji as possible Let Vietnamese take care of themselves However help them get back on their feet after we have dam aged their country bring the boys home Sending more men is not the answer George Jewell Proved 1964 Aspirant Right remont Neb Events In Vietnam have proved that a 1964 aspirant for the Presidency was right' The present situation is intolerable to a lot of people who think we are working toward a stalemate pouring in good men and money without consulting the war wise men in the Pentagon 0 Lash Need 10000 More Like Him I Tr Omaha Hooray for teachers like Stephen Miles of alls City If we only had 10 thousand like him! Mary Hartman Warning on Chloromycetin Grant Neb In regard to the dangers of using Chloro mycetin after I had read several articles recently one in The World Herald I again opened packages we have in the hospital available for use In each package as it has been was a paper headed with a boxed It states very clearly that indiscriminate use is dan gerous that the drug should not be used for minor ail ments that adequate laboratory blood studies must be done while a patient is taking Chloromycetin It seems to me that the articles I read misrepresented facts by implying that no warning was issued Betty Peterson RN Square Dancers Want Beer Omaha The seventeenth annual National Square Dance Con vention in Omaha June 20 22 is one that will not request the sale of beer or liquor at the Civic Auditorium We have 3539 registrations from 39 states and as far as Saudi Arabia Square Dancer Why Not Garden Areas? Omaha Why cant a project of gardening on empty lots be started in Omaha? There are many vacant lots where noth 1 Mayor start a project of this kind? 1 doors getting their fresh air and a growing their own vegetables Get Drinking Drivers Off Road It was startling to learn the Johnson Never Proved Chadron Neb Celebrity Spotlight states that Johnson was promised a pardon if he would box Jess' Willard in Havana and throw the It further states that Johnson cepted the deal and took a This has never been proved and is probably not true The record shows that the younger and stronger Jess Willard won by a knockout Joe Connelly.