Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1964 — Page 8

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TEL < & ->Wk IHKI*» M < E— — EOCAI MASONIC OFFICERS, as thev appeared at their installation last Saturday, are pictured above. From left to right they are: BiU Hutker chaplain Keith Schnepp. senior steward; Richard Maloney, senior deacon; David Langston, treasurer, Donald No*quest senior wardem worstopful master Niland Ochsenrider; Don Cochran, junior warden; Weldon Bumgerdner, secretary; Gerald bight’ tyler: Dean Boltz, junior Reward; and Robert Raudenbu.h. junior deacon.—< Photo by Anspaugh> :

Takes Close Look At 88th Congress

(EDITOR’S NOTE: In the last °* four dispatches on Congress, UPl’s national re- • porter explores the question: “Is there any cure for congressmen and the way they aet?” By HARRY FERGUSON United Press International WASHINGTON (UP!) — So long as he stays inside the boundaries of the District of •Columbia, a member of Confess can behave like an absolute monarch. He can take the floor and attack anybody he chooses for any reason whatsoever without fear of legal reprisal. He can park his car beside a fire plug with reasonable assurance that nothing will happen _ because Congress rules Washington and Hard facts for Muscles are meant to be used. When they aren't used, or are not used vigorously enough, they deteridrate.Webecomefatorflabby. Consider what's happening to our children. By the time an average child reaches high school age, he or she spends 15 to 30 hours a week in front of a TV set —and less than two hours a week in physical education (Sasses. In fact, 60% of our schools have no daily physicaleducation program. Result: one-third of our nation's youth can't pass even minimum physical achievement tests. What can be done? ’ It's up to you. Insist that your child's school provide at least 15 minutes of planned physical activity for every boy and every girl. Discuss this with your local school officials. To help you evaluate the fitness program in your child’s school, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Washington 25, D.C., will send you a free booklet.'

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its police department. He can create a near panic in the Defense Department and all other agencies and departments of the government merely by making a phone call and asking an embarrassing question. He is flattered by foreign diplomats, fawned upon by lobbyists and invited to go on television coast to coast. It is small wonder that a member of Congress, unless he is well balanced and has developed at least a slight sense of humor, sometimes yields to an inner feeling of infallibility and an outward bearing of arrogance. This is one of the things that makes it difficult to change the rules of Congress and bring it out of the horse and buggy age into the modern world. Some Keep Trying But a bold minority keeps trying to do it. The leader is Sen. Joseph S. Clark, a Pennsylvania Democrat, who walked into the Senate last Nov. 21, and let his colleagues have it with both barrels: “Who is to blame for the failure of the Senate to perform our constitutional duty? It is not the leadership. It is the Senate establishment. It is that small bipartisan group which does not want an-"thing to happen, which a-poars quite content to •Save .congr ■ional government break ’ down. “Gentlemen, it is later than we think. The bricks and mortar of which the houses of Congress are built are cracking and falling out of place under our eyes; The American people are becoming disillusioned with the legislative performance of the Congress. They are demanding both action and reform. We must act to restore the efficacy of congressional government before the legislative branch of our federal republic destroys itself because we are Unwilling to save it. “One might say that the ruling cliques, in the finance committee. the judiciary committee and the appropriations committee constitute the Senate establishment’s nests of opposition to the program of the President. These men are conducting a sitdown strike against the people of the United States. I said in February this would happen. I say in November it has happened” Proposes Reforms Last Jan. 15 Clark introduced a resolution to reform the rules and proposed a joint committee of Congress to undertake the task. There are 600 pages of rules governing the operation of Congress, and tucked away in those pages are all sorts of devices and dodges for wasting time and delaying action on legislation. Clark’s proposals struck

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at the heart of the problem: —Committee chairmen would be elected by the respective committees instead of relying on the rule of seniority. No man could be a chairman after he reached the age of 70. —An objection could be made after a senator had held the floor for three consecutive hours. Debate on a bill could be cut off after two weeks by a simple majority vote of the Senate. '•» —A rule of germaneness would be in effect. That means senators no longer could wander far afiefd in their speeches but would have to stick to the subject of the legislation under debate. Time Passes Winter faded into spring, spring into summer and summer into autumn without any action on Clark’s proposals. The seasons had gone full circle and it was winter again—Dec. 15—when Clark made a last, desperate move. He attempted to get unanimous consent for the Senate to consider his resolution. The objection of only one senator would be enough to prevent it, and the objection came from Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia. He is leader of a Hoc of Southern senators committed to fighting any change in

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Gasoline Theft At Elevator Reported A rece-.t gasoline theft at the Adams County Farm Bureau Coop elevator in Pleasant Mills was reported to the sheriff’s department today. Sometime Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning an undetermined amount of gasoline was taken from a storage tank at the elevator, located on state road 101. Semi-Invalid Saved From Burning Home Miss Frances Murphy, 75-year-old semi-invalid, was rescued from her burning home five and one-half miles northeast of Berne late Tuesday night. Miss Murphy was found aisleep in a chair by a coon hunter, who forced open a door to make the rescue. The fire was discovered about 11 p.m. by a n&ig'rioor. Ttoe Harm dwelling and all its contents were destroyed. Bernfe firemen were due to lack of water. j ' the rules that would deprive them of the weapon of the filibuster against civil rights legislation. Whether Clark’s resolution is dead or merely sleeping, no one can predict. He plans to continue the fight.

Demolay Deadline. Is January 20 Deadline for young men between the ages of 14 and 21 to return their Demolay petitions is January 20. Completed petitions may be returned by mail to Robert S. Workinger, Keith Schnepp. or Niland . Ochsenrider. Petitions, or applications, may be received from any of the above three also, and should be filled out and returned by January 20. Nehru Is Reported Showing Progress BHUBANESWAR, India (UPD — Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru is showing satisfactory progress in his recovery from a high blood pressure ailment, a medical bulletin said today. The 74-year old leader was reported “cheerful” after a restful night. He was reported to have asked his daughter, Mrs. Indira Ghandi, to assure the nation there is nothing to worry about. But in his absence, the convention of the ruling Congress party held its angriest battle since India achieved independence 16 years ago, with the left and right wings arguing bitterly on the pace of socialism for India. Nehru came to this state capital 800 miles north of New Delhi for the annual convention but was able to attend only the inaugural session before being stricken Tuesday. Hie conven-

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tion ended today. Officials denied reports he was seriously ill, but two more doctors were flown here Wednesday night from New Delhi. They are Dr. Sujay Roy, cardiographer of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and Dr. Baldev Singh, a neurologist and authority on his blood pressure. Nehru was expected to be flown to New Delhi, 800 miles to the south, Friday. It was reported in New Delhi that he has cancelled a trip to his home town of Allahabad, 350 miles east of the capital, planned for Jan. 20.

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