The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 January 1971 — Page 9

Mail L<=*/ PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (EsL 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Eat 1907) i Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 ' ■ / ' i ———— ————————— DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager " Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

A First For Indiana

The Indiana state police recently became the nation’s first law enforcement agency to complete training of all its personnel in narcotics and dangerous drugs. We think they deserve a big round of applause for being this one-step-ahead of the rest of the nation. The week long training sessions were begun last July and offered intensive training in the history of drug abuse, medical aspects, drug and narcotic laws and the problems of enforcement. In the graduation ceremony held at Indianapolis the last of 878 state police officers received their diplomas from

Snowmobiles Producing Unexpected Problems

Snowmobiles have invaded Stueben county. The suddeness of the popularity of the small vehicles has produced unexpected problems for county’ officials as well as residents. Snowmobiling the newest of the winter sports, must be regarded as a sport, and therefore a good sportmanship attitude on the part of the owners is an important part of the real enjoyment of owning one. Since the vehicles are not licensed, they may not “use roads as thorough-, fares. This sends the little machines across fields, resident’ properties, and into woods not belonging to them. .Hunters, fishermen and skiers, in accordance with code of common courtesy ’ and consideration for other people's property, ask permission from the owner of the land before entering and using the land.' It is only right that snowmobile owners should observe the same practice. Incidents of carelessness in choosing a path for snowmobile travel are already being Reported. Some of the new gold greens not yet used by golfers, have suffered extensive damage at Tri-State college, running into great cost for repair, and certainly. delay in the greens being completed. Lake James residents are reporting similar occasions where the runners of the snowmobiles.. criss crossing lots, have inflicted severe cuts. It is hoped that Steuben County’ officials, like their neighbors in

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United States Becomes First Nation To Reach GNP Os One Trillion Dollars

WASHINGTON. DC. - An achievement unique in the history of the world occurred in the United States this first year of the 1970’5: our nation became the first whose Gross National Produce reached the one-tnllion-dollar mark Government officials celebrated the occasion just a few weeks ago as an indication of the health and strength of our national economy But as we head into the second year erf the 1970'5. I would suggest that the Gross National Product is woefully inadequate as a measure of the quality of life in our American society. It should be noted that the GNP is a measure of everything we make and produce—both our good and bad outputs. As defined in the Statistical Abstract of the United States. “Gross National Product is the total national output of goods and services valued at market prices ” The total output All kinds of things flow into this measure of enrichment. Have chemical plants poisoned our waters- The cost ofgfleanmg them up will make for a bigger GNP. Do we worry about contamination of our foods? Weil the millions of cans of food called back this week by the Pure Food

EDITORIALS

and Drug Administration are part of the GNP. as will be the cost of digging up river beds and taking the other costly actions indicated to reduce the contamination Strange products add to our GNP Groups of scientists work overtime to produce new weapons, at a timej/hen we have 11.000 nuclear warheads to send against the approximately 156 cities in the USSR and the 132 in Red China that are over 100.000 people Underground testing of still more sophisticated devices of mass destruction adds both to our overkill and to the GNP. Napalm is part of the GNP. Until recently the production for military use of deadly gas and disease germs was part of GNP Now’ the destruction of gas and germs helps to make our GNP grow. Pornographic books and films are part of GNP. The SST. which some believe to be ecological pornography, is served up as a potential addition to GNP. The process of., cleaning up and repairing the mechanical -and physical remains from the 15.500.000 motor vehicle accidents that occur each year also makes for a larger GNP. Surely there are many real gains reflected in our growing

Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb. A lighlight of the graduation ceremonies included presentation of the Erogle-Burrell award to superintendent Robert K. Konkle by John Finlator, deputy director of the US Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Finlator cited Konkle’s efforts and dedication in making this vital drug training available to all Indiana state police officers. The award is in memory of two narcotic officers slain in the line-of-duty. We feel everyone in the state should join in congratulating Konkle for helping to put Indiana first!

Michigan, will cooperate to the best of their ability in establishing trails and runs in official areas controlled by the state or county or where local permission has been granted for snowmobile use. Until these areas are opened, mi owners of snowmobiles should abide by the common courtesy rules accepted by all good sportsmen. Actually, trails opened by competent woodsmen will provide a safety for the snowmobile family that they will not find in cross country travel. Conservationist and nature lovers are disturbed over the invasion of snowmobiles into the heretofore safe refuges which the winter outdoor animals have been accustomed ts£ The natural habitats of these wild life residents of our county are certain to be affected. Accident cases, involving broken limbs and severe lacerations; are already coming into our local hospitals, with the expectation of more to come as the winter continues. These can partially be avoided by sensible use of the small snowmobiles, and by a cooperative attitude on the part of the driver. Safe driving habits, control of speed and careful choosing of trails, observing day and night regulations, will make the snowmobile sport one for which it was intended —a safe, fun sport for the entire family. _ Steuben Republican

GNP But equally, GNP can be a measure of social pathalogy as well as social growth. Another point is disconcerting: the one-trillion-dollar mark was reached, not through real growth, but rather as a result of inflation. The fact is that in terms of what our dollars bought before World War 11, current output would be valued at only $315 billionmore than two-thirds of the trillion is dissipated in „ price increases' If we look at GNP in terms of the purchasing power of the 1958 dollar, it has actually stagnated in the last 15 months, and real GNP—far from being $1- • trillion—is $272 5-million short of that figure As a matter of fact, on the very day that the trillion was being hailed as a landmark of progress, actual production was revealed to have declined to the lowest level since 1967 As a result of presidential policies, we are now losing Sl-billion a week in potential national output 1 might add that when unemployment rates among young Americans reached 40 per cent in some areas; when at least 4.6 million of our fellow citizens seek work but can't find it; when scientists and engineers who represent a human investment in the hundreds of thousands of dollars can’t find jobs; when only to look about is to see undone work, then a tnlhon-dollar Gross National Product—even the inflation-built one we greeted in December — is hardly cause for self-congratulation. Until this country directs its energies to getting our economy working as effectively as it can. and to meeting the dangerously unmet problems that beset us. we are only deceiving ourselves by equating Gross National Product with national well-being.

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LET'S TALK

Opinions Bring Change In Actions

By Rev. LEE TRUMAN Copley News Service Dr Alexander White has these words as the motto of his life A man is not destroyed or hurt by an event or by what happens so much as by his 'opinion of what happens ’ The point is that our opinion of what happens is entirely up to us What do I mean 0 Have I the gall to tell anyone that when they are emotionally on a jagged edge and their nerves are sticking out like raw hamburger that it can be changed by how • you act’ Am I so unaware of what life is really like that I am telling you that you can change your mental attitude by effort’ Yes. that is exactly what I mean This kind of counseling is onlv one small part of my ministry but often it is the beginning place for people who want to live differently than thev now do It will take a

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON — Rogers C. B Morton, who is leaving Congress to become Interior Secretary, has a poor legislative record on ecology. The conservationists are waiting, however, to see what he does about a $500,000 dredging project sought by the powerful Seafarers International Union The union has. been lobbying for the destructive dredging erf Saint George Creek in Maryland This would give freer passage to one of the union’s ships and increase the value of union land holdings in, the area. But it could also ruin oystering and upset the ecology • As one of his last acts in Congress. Morton was able to block an outright authorization and substitute a "study” of the dredging project instead But if the study approves the project, it gets an automatic authorization unless Congress should intervene in 90 days The conservationists, who were ready to launch a nationwide attack on Morton if he hadn't moved on the measure, are now watching to see whether he will throw his prestige as Interior Secretary against the project. • SPY FILES DESTROYED Several readers have asked us whether the Army has really destroyed the exhaustive . data banks it was keeping on civilian activists. More than eight million names were swept into the confidential files, which were kept at Fort Holibird. Md. The files were loaded with derogatory comments — true statements, deliberate lies, idle gossip — that had been whispered into the ears of eager gumshoes. For instance, the name of an Army hero, a be medal led senior officer, turned up in the files as a known war protester and potential civil disturber. His name had been submitted by a prankster. Competent sources assure us that most of the files have now been destroyed But Army Intelligence will continue to gather information on civilians, these sources say, in cases involving theft or damage to Armyproperty and imminent threat of civil disturbances.

little effort on your part It is no secret./ and it is not impossible | William James, who has yet to be topped as a practicing psychologist and as a sharp observer of life, wrote "Action follows feeling, action and feeling are linked together; and by regulating action, which is under the most direct control of the will, feelings can be indirectly regulated, which are not under the control of the will ” ’ Dr James knew that we could not change our emotions by “making up our minds to” and fee! any differently than we do It cannot be done But we can change our actions, if we make up our .minds to change our actions. /What takes place after we change our actions, is that our feelings soon will change m the wake of our different conduct. William James commented on this in his diary as he applied this rule of psychology

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to himself, that if his cheerfulness was lest, he was to act and speak as if cheerfulness was already there He noted that this never failed him. You might say that this is hypocrisy at its worst It may even be a trick, but it works. Try it yourself Put an honest-to-God smile on your face; throw back your shoulders, take a deep breath, sing your favorite song at the top of your lungs and see what happens. If you are like me and you cannot sing, then whistle. If you cannot whistle, hum joyfully but loudly. You will find what Dr James found r i to be’ a fact of life, that it is physically impossible to remain blue or depressed when you are acting out the symptoms of being radiantly happy. Feelings follow actions every time, and if' you want to change how you feel, this is the way to do it I-wear a button that says, “I feel good ” Very seldom '-sdoes a day go by but what I\get positive reaction to this frrnn some stranger It reminds me to count my blessings, and to stay on the positKe side, acting how I wanu'w feel! I feel good and I do not need to carry around ' the weight of gloom and despair

U.S. PRISONERS PAWNS Like the terrorists who kidnap political hostages, communist governments hold prisoners as political pawns. Red China, for example, has been releasing British arid Italian prisoners as part of a diplomatic thaw with Britain and Italy But the five American prisoners in Red China are still stuck in their cells, victims of the continuing Chinese hostility toward the U.S. They will be released, possibly in return for a U.S. concession. Vhen it suits Peking's political purposes \ Likewise. North Viet Nam holding our war prisoners ransom for a political price. Hanoi has shown no disposition torelease the prisoners, or even to threat them according to civilized international standards, until the full price is paid. There are signs, however, that Hanoi is sensitive to world opinion. As Americans withdraw from the fighting, world opinion would rise against North Viet Nam if the prisoners were kept. Observers predict the communist leaders will decide to make the best deal they can get before the prisoners became a political liability. They expect painstaking negotiations to be completed this year for the prisoners’ release OUT OF VIET NAM „ IN MAY* President Nixon has hinted to congressional leaders that he may withdraw all Americans from combat in Viet Nam by the end of May. Service troops would remain in Viet Nam. and American pilots would continue to fly combat missions. With his fighting forces dwindling, General Creighton Abrams, the American commander. has expressed concern in his secret message to the Pentagon about his ability to protect the American withdrawal. The White House has also received a blizzard of mail over the prisoner issue, demanding why the President doesn’t bomb North Viet Nam’s cities, blockade her ports and take other military measures.

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports > From Washington

Food Stamp Aid Approved, President's Veto Questioned

Congress labored and strained toward adjournment last week end with a series of long sessions. In the Senate, where the legislative logjam exists, action was taken to separate some of the major items from the omnibus bill which covered foreign trade restrictions, welfare reform, and Social Security expansion. Not all of the important issues were settled before final adjournment Sunday, and they will become top priority issues for the new 92nd Congress, which is scheduled to convene in the third week of January. Positive action was taken on several fronts, though. The Senate finally cleared an $lB billion appropriation bill for the operations of the Department of Labor and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. This measure, which previously passed the House, now goes to the President for signature. It assures funds for a number of programs which have proved to be so successful, such as Head Start. I am also pleased that a companion appropriations bill includes funds for two programs created by legislation I sponsored — Drug" 1 Abuse Education and Environmental Education. FOOD STAMP AID APPROVED The House this past week also completed action on a new food stamp bill. This measure, which attracted sharp debate and close roll call votes, contains features which broaden the coverage of food stamps to include more individuals—and at no cost to families with less than S3O monthly income. But at the same time, the bill carries a new restriction that no family will be eligible for food stamp aid if one adult family member refused to accept offered work. VETO QUESTIONED There was also great concern on Capitol Hill last week over President Nixon’s latest veto—that of a bill, which passed overwhelmingly in both Houses <rf Congress, to train more family doctors. This measure was designed to help meet the needs created by an estimated shortage of 50,000 doctors in the nation and it passed with only one objecting vote in the Senate and two votes against it in the House. So advocates of the bill w’ere somewhat surprised by the President’s refusal to sign the bill, thus killing it. The President’s move has touched off a Constitutional

’ This White House mail has- made the . President wonder whether the majority of Americans aren't really hawkish, despite the dovish cries in the Senate, on the campuses and in the press He has responded by making hawkish statenients threatening air retaliation if Americahs are harassed on the ground. The President hasn't made the necessarypreparations, however, to back up his threats. Air raids against North Viet Nam cos? money. We have taken the trouble to check whether enough air strikes are budgeted to resume a major air offensive against the north. The ,» money simply hasn't been provided, which means there will be no heavy air attacks — except as an unanticipated emergency action As a result. President Nixon will order U.S. ground troops to end their combat operations in Viet Nam — except to defend themselves from enemy attack. The U.S. will continue, however, to provide the South Vietnamese with air and,artillery support The U.S. will also continue to fly reconnaissance missions over North Viet Nam and yyill retaliate - against selfed targets every time a recconnaissance plane is shot down. But massive bombing of the North will not be resumed. BAN ON TOBACCO, BOOZE ADS* Senator Frank Moss, Utah Democrat, has knocked tobacco advertising off radio and television. Many sociologists believe, however, that liquor is a greater menace to America than < Ji tobacco. Alcohol costs the United States more than 28.000 highway fatalities and over $2 billion in industrial losses, broken homes and rising crime each year. Hard liquor advertising is voluntarily kept off the air waves. But beer, wine and ale commercials are • accepted. Senator Moss is now expected to follow up his campaign against tobacco advertising with a similar campaign against liquor advertising. He will introduce legislation to bar all liquor commercials from radid-television and to curb both tobacco and liquor ads in newspapers.

debate here. Sponsors of the bill contend that because the President’s refusal to sign came while Congress was still in session, the bill actually should become law. The President’s position is that he killed the bill through a “pocket veto” by refusing to sigh it while Congress was recessed during Christmas holidays. I was disappointed by the President’s negative stance on this piece of legislation which was addressed to a serious need in the nation. Many Members of Congress have been distressed by the repeated vetoes of domestic legislation recently-rin the fields of manpower training and employment programs, campaign spending limitations, housing, education, hospital construction and now doctor training programs. PRODUCTIVE SESSION Although many persons have described this Congress as a controversial one, I believe it has been highly constructive. And as we reach its last phases, we can look back on my accomplishments and breakthroughs in the 91st Congress. In the House, we won several major reforms whichLl feel will help subsequent Congresses operate more efficiently. We voted new support for our law enforcement officials to cope with rising crime. We intensified efforts to combat the spread of drug abuse. We enacted tax ’reforms to assure a more equitable tax structure. We adopted severaKmeasures to help to protect our environment. , I I .look back on the past two years witjh personal satisfaction over the passage of a number of legislative proposals I helped guide through the House, including the Environmental Education Act, the Drug Abuse Educat ion Ac t.the National Arts and Humanities Foundation Act, the Library Construction Act, and the Educational Media Center for the Handicapped Act. I look forward to continuing to serve the people of the Third District of Indiana in the upcoming 92nd Congress. I hope it will be a progressive and productive one. At this time, let me wish you a healthy, happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year

By JACK ANDERSON