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President-Elect Kennedy, At 43,
Is Youngest Leader of World Power
By James Marlow
OP) News Analyst
WASHINGTON OP) — President
elect John F. Kennedy’s adminis
tration will be the first wave of
the future.
By electing Kennedy, 43, Presi
dent, this country—alone among
the big nations—has made the
first clean break with the past.
One by one in the 1960s the
giants who dominate the world
scene now—all either ancient or
aging—will disappear off the
stage of history.
By the end of this decade most,
probably all, will be out of posi
tions of leadership.
Kennedy alone among the big
world leaders is both young and
new in the sense that has no direct
link with the past in making,
shaking or shaping the world.
The others, like retiring Presi
dent Eisenhower, are holdovers
from the past.
Eisenhower, now 70, is typical
of those others, in one way or
another is molding the world of
the pre-1960s.
He was Allied Commander in
Europe during the war, Com
mander of NATO in Europe in
the early 1950s, and President
eight years.
But all of the present world
leaders either came to prominence
and retained it, during and after
the war or even preceding the
war.
Nowhere among the big nations
since the war, until now in the
case of Kennedy, has a new and
young man appeared.
Take some examples: West Ger
many’s Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer, now 84, emerged after the
war and has been the German
leader since.
French President Charles De
Gaulle, now 70, emerged as leader
of the Free French during the
war, served as President, retired,
and now has come back to domi
nate France again.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, 66,
built up stature during the war
by his services under Stalin and
has been the real Soviet leader
since the old dictator died in 1953.
British Prime Minister Harold
MacMillan, 66, has a long record
of public service but didn't reach
the top spot until 1957.
Yugoslavia’s Marshal Tito, 68,
became his country’s leader dur
ing the war and still is in charge.
Nationalist Chinese President
Chiang Kai-Shek, 72, was a tower
ing figure in China as long ago
as the 1920s and, although the
Red Chinese threw him off the
mainland, he’s still boss on For
mosa. Of all the present world
leaders, Chiang has the longest
record of holding the top job.
Indip’s Prime Minister Nehru,
71, was long a prominent figure
in his country, although over
shadowed by Gandhi. He became
a giant after the war.
In Spain there is Generalissi
mo Francisco Franco, 68, who
took charge in the 1930s and is
still boss.
And finally there is Red China’s
Mao Tze-Tung, 67. He was leader
if the Chinese Communists before
the war and now that they domi
nate mainland China he still is
top man.
While it may seem extraordi
nary that this country should
have chosen a man of 43 or its
leader, young leaders may be the
rule by the end of this decade,
not the exception.
With the younger men will come
new ideas and new energies which
in retrospect may make the tur
moil of 1960 look like a collec
tion of stupidities or, by compari
son with what lies ahead, a gold
en age of peace and quiet.
It was Marie Curie who ob
served, “Nothing in life is to be
feared. It is only to be under
stood.”
CALL MAIN 65 for
Arctic Sanitary
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Report Card
By CONRAD H. POTTER
j Superintendent of Schools
WHAT ABOUT FEDERAL AID?
One of the most pressing prob
lems confronting the new Con
gress will be its action involving
the question of federal aid to edu
cation. What about it? Is our na
tion prepared for it? Do they gen
erally favor this sort of thing
The following discussion is di
gested from the Dec. 1959, N. E. A.
Research Bulletin.
The authors , call attention to
the fact that there are those who
are opposed to the granting of
federal funds either to the state
or to themselves. The question is
then asked, “Is this true ” In an
swer to this question the readers
attention is called to the Annual
Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States for
the fiscal year 1958 in which it
is indicated that vast numbers of
American citizens “desire and
willingly accept the benefits of
federal funds.” In witness of this
position an array of suporting
evidences are set forth:
U) Most American farmers are
not opposed to federal grants.
They receive in one year $563
million under the Soil Bank Pro
gram and $215 million under the
Agricultural Program. They bene
fited from the experimentation,
research, and the advice for which
the Federal Government spent $85
million. An additional $149 mil
lion for grant-in-aid programs
provided additional benefits.
(2) The majority of the mem
bers of our state legislatures, most
of our motorists, and truck, bus,
and other motor-vehicle opera
tors were not opposed to their
states’ receiving $1.5 billions in
federal grants-in-aid for highway
construction projects. Many others
benefited from the , $43 million
made available for airport con
struction and civil aeronautics ad
ministration.
(31 Most citizens, including doc
tors, nurses, and patients did not
oppose granting of federal funds
for hospital construction and other
medical facilities.
(4) Few elderly and handicapped
persons in the United States have
refused to accept the benefits in
old-age assistance and other bene
fits that derived from federal
grants made available to the
states.
(5) Higher education and other
research agencies requested and
received $137 million in research
and training grants.
(6) School board members,
school administrators, teachers
and parents were favorable to ac
cepting $218 million for public
elementary and secondary schools
for school construction, school
operation and maintenance and
other operational costs including
teachers salaries as well as $165
million under school lunch and
school milk programs.
In brief when one looks at the
over-all picture, we see that prac
tically all our people apparently
want and benefit from some type
of federal grant-in-aid program.
The thought occurs to me that
the people may not be cognizant
of the full impact and ramifica
tion of such aid and perhaps
would re-evaluate their wants if
they did. Marten Ten Hoor ap
preciated this problem when he
said, “Sooner or later, the indi
vidual faces the world alone, and
that moment may overwhelm him
if he has no resources within him
self."
SOUNDS OF MUSIC
LONDON Iff — Tuners working
on a piano in a Chatham bar found
the following inside: Three sailor
hats, a soldier’s belt, 4 beer glass
es, 10 pennies, an old sandwich
and 8 bars of candy.
U.S. Makes New Demand
To Russia for Release
Of Two RB47 Airmen
WASHINGTON tW—The United
States made a new demand on
Russia for the release of two
American airmen held since early
July when their RB47 plane went
down over the Barents Sea.
The demand was made in a
meeting held by Deputy Under
secretary of State Raymond A.
Hare with Soviet Ambassador
Mikhail Menshikov.
A State Department spokesman
said Hare “emphasized our deep
concern over the Soviet govern
ment’s continuing detention of the
two RB47 crew members.”
Hare also told the Russian en
voy, the spokesman said, “How
important it is to the relations be
tween our two countries that
these men be promptly released.”
The two are Capts. Freeman B.
Olmstead of Elmira, N. Y. and
John R. McKone of Tonganoxie,
Kan.
MORAL: DON'T LOSE YOUR
HEAD OVER A SKULL
SALZBURG, Australia UP! —
Two parish priests are reported
feuding over possession of the
skull of Josef Fohr, who wrote
the lyrics to Franz Gruber’s
“Silent Night.” One priest is at
Oberndorf, where the carol was
first sung in 1818 and where the
skull is now. The other priest is
at Wagrain, where the rest of
Fohr’s body lies.
Eben Bros. Enterprises of Una
lakleel are here and will
render service to those who
need saws sharpened.
Cardinal Spellman
Visits Alaska Posts
ANCHORAGE UP) — Francis
Cardinal Spellman began his an
nual Christmas visit with military
men stationed overseas as he ar
rived in Anchorage at 5 a. m.
Saturday from New York City.
Some 100 military leaders and
chaplains were at International
Airport to greet the Catholic
leader who will spend six days
in Alaska before going on to
Thule, Greenland where he will
spend the actual Christmas holi
days.
Cardinal Spellman was sched
uled to leave Anchorage this
afternoon for Kodiak. He will also
visit Galena, Ft. Greely, Ladd Air
Force Base and Eielson Air Force
Base before continuing to Green
land late Thursday.
ALL WE CAN AFFORD
ROSEBURG, Ore. UP) — The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
here is sending a 2V£-foot Christ
mas tree to John F. Kennedy Jr.,
the new son the President-elect.
“It’s all we can afford, but it’s
his size,” said Bill Sparks, a cham
ber spokesman.
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