June 4, 1964 (28 pages)

t ' agree: Bhat He gis EE SUS : SMALL TOWN SMALL WORLD. June 4, 1964.Nevada County Nugget. SS LS a RS TES RT GO a a The Senate Commerce Committee has at last begun hearings on the proposal. But the prevailing view, including apparently that of the White House, is that this willtake care of itself so long as the country enjoys high prosperity. President Johnson last December named a Committee on the Economic Impact of Defense and Disarmament. But this has remained largely a paper committee that has not yet completed its own task of organization. Senator McGovern in testifying for his reconversion bill pointed to his own experience. In the latest long list of military installations ordered closed was the Black Hills Army Depot in South Dakota. This means the loss of 450 jobs in a community of less than 1,000 who are totally dependent on the military depot. McGovern asked the chairman of the President's committee, Gardiner,Ackley of the Council of Economic Advisers, to study the situation and then send someone to South Dakota to see what could be done to help those thrown out of jobs. The answer was that the committee has no staff and ne transportation funds, even if a staff member were available to go. That is one small example of the kind of adjustment hundreds of communities are facing as outgrown bases and installations are closed down. The Department of Defense has its own three-man Office of Economic Adjustment which has had some success in helping to bridge the gap between military and peacetime employment. But the department properly says that it should not have to take on this responsibility. Without a high-level commission with a staff and adequate funds the task-of cutting back the billion dollara-week defense establishment is made doubly difficult. When even the smallest base is closed a Congressional delegation rushes over to the Pentagon to try to get Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to reverse the decision. An added burden is put on the overburdened Secretary. ait summer a survey of the 25 biggest prime defense contractors showed that they are almost totally unprepared for any cutbacks. They refuse to believe that this ccanhappen in the foreseeable future. Pressure from these giants with their political.allies makes it .far. harder to get disarmament or even to talk about it in any meaningful way. It will take a lot more than prosperity and good luck to scale back the huge ov erblown defense establishment. (Copyright 1964) ---Marquis Childs WE BECOME A NATION OF FAUCET WATCHERS Americans have long been accustomed to turning on the faucet for a glass of fresh water without worry. The supply was taken for granted, But times have changed, Water pollution has become a growing national problem. The job of pollution control is a gigantic one. It calls forthe support of every citizen. President Kennedy sum-~ med it up this way on July 20, 1961: "Only through an intensified attack by our communities, our states, and by the national government can we make real progress on this most vital national problem. " President Johnson has served notice that this nation cannot affordto spoil its water resources. The American people today use 355 billion gallons every day. By the 9000 the nation will need a trillion gallons daily. Congress has authorized and President Johnson has directed implementation of legislation that: 1) Broadens and strengthens the Federal government 's anti-pollution enforcement powers, LOOK KNIGHT! COULD A REGULAR LIZARD BREATHE SMOKE AUD FIRE ? _— L KNEW A LIZARD ONCE 2) Lays the basis for a greatly stepped-up program of waste treatment works construction. 3) Authorizes increased Federal support of state and interstate pollution control programs, -4) Provides more funds for research to come up with more effective pollution control methods. What has happened? Why has water pollution become a problem? . The answer is simply that a new kind of environment has been created in the last 20 years, At least a half million new chemical compounds have come into existence. We manufacture them, use them, discharge them into our rivers and streams, dump them on the ground and let them seep into our underground water supply. And then, days or months or years later we drink them. Some of these chemical substances come out of our kitchens and washing machines at home. Housewives each year pour billions of pounds of detergents, bleaches, and powders down the drain. Eventually these chemicals find their way into the nearest waterway. Others of the new chemical substances come from the farmlands. Every rainfall washes fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides off the crops and fields and into the streams and river. Then there are the factories that are continually dumping new substances into our waters while processing billions of pounds of chemical products each year. ‘The most disturbing thing about these new substances is that nature can't handle them as efficiently as she handles human waste and other impurities of natural origin. Fish, plants, bacteria, and other living organisms in watercan, in time, break down any impurity and use it as food, But for many of the man-made compounds, there seems tobe no organism that can give us a helping hand. This isnot a problem that can be solved overnight. We havea vast amount of practical knowledge about pollution control, but well over 5,000 towns and over 6,000 industries today still lack adequate sewage treatment and waste -treatment facilities. Many have none at all. The Surgeon General of the United States has declared he sees no reason, scientific or economic, why we cannot protect our water supplies as we now protect our food. “Our civilization which has worked so many miracles, " he observed, “can surely protect itself against its own poisons. " Rep. Carl Albert (Okla. ) Majority Leader, House of Representatives. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CHAMBER THANKS LIONS FOR GOLD RAFFLE AID ; To The Editor: ? The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce would like to express its appreciation to the Nevada City Lions Club and let the residents of Western Nevada County know the courtesy extended to us by the Lions. By withdrawing from the proposed gold raffle the Lions allowed the Chamber to proceed with their own Gold Raffle plans for the Fourth of July festivities. It is gratifying to know that there is such good will and cooperation for our coming celebration. Thank you. Yours very truly, John S, Reed President THAT COULD PLAY OW FIDDLE-FADDLE ! DOESNT BEING ABLE 10 BREATHE FIRE AND SHOKE PROVE ; SOHE THING: parugy alike iin THE COST OF RETIREMENT To The Editor: y In March 1963, Supervisors Bishop, Hennessy, Loehr and Ricker voted fora pension plan for County Employees in addition to Social Security. This plan became effective July 1, 1963. A statement sent the Nevada County Farm Bureau in February 1963, and reported to have been prepared by County Auditor, gave the total estimated cost for this pension plan for the year 1963-64 as $79,628.08. Actually the 1963-64 budget shows an increase of retirement costs to close to $121,000. About $41,000 higher than. the annual cost for the new court house building. Make a guess on this: Was this a mistake of $41,000 or were the taxpayers and voters of Nevada County not supposed to know the true cost of this program. Lester M. Quincy ; President The Nevada County Taxpayers Ass'n. THANKS. To The Editor: I want to thank you for the fine coverage given the County Government Building Dedication in Truckee, The picture by Mr. Russell that accompanied the article was also outstanding. The cooperation by all persons concemed was most gratifying. I am-particularly indebted to your staff for the success ot the dedication. I know that this building will prove of great service to the people of the entire County and will allow this area to provide more adequate service in the administration of county government. Thank you in behalf of myself and other fellow Board members, Sincerely, H. G. Loehr Truckee . THANKS. To The Editor: I appreciate the assistance through your paper, the Board of Supervisors of Nevada County, the Nevada County Historical Society, William B, Meek-William M. Stewart Chapter No, 10 of E Clampus Vitus and numerous citizens of Nevada County which resulted on Saturday, May 23, 1964 in the formal dedication of a State Historical Landmark bronze plaque at the covered bridge across the South Yuba River at Bridgeport. Sincerely Verna Wood Dunshee Ross, Calif. . .-AND THANKS We wish to thank you and we do appreciate the space your paper allotted us, Also the accuracy in which you reported the articles about the Captain John Oldham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the past year. Sincerely (Mrs.) Lucile T. Barnes Corresponding Secretary Grass Valley WELL, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A TALENTED LIZARD. YOU , COULD JOIN A CIRCUS -+-

t ' agree: Bhat He gis EE SUS : SMALL TOWN SMALL WORLD. June 4, 1964..Nevada County Nugget.. SS LS a RS TES RT GO a a The Senate Commerce Committee has at last begun hearings on the proposal. But the prevailing view, including apparently that of the White House, is that this willtake care of itself so long as the country enjoys high prosperity. President Johnson last December named a Committee on the Economic Impact of Defense and Disarmament. But this has remained largely a paper committee that has not yet completed its own task of organization. Senator McGovern in testifying for his reconversion bill pointed to his own experience. In the latest long list of military installations ordered closed was the Black Hills Army Depot in South Dakota. This means the loss of 450 jobs in a community of less than 1,000 who are totally dependent on the military depot. McGovern asked the chairman of the President's committee, Gardiner,Ackley of the Council of Economic Advisers, to study the situation and then send someone to South Dakota to see what could be done to help those thrown out of jobs. The answer was that the committee has no staff and ne transportation funds, even if a staff member were available to go. That is one small example of the kind of adjustment hundreds of communities are facing as outgrown bases and installations are closed down. The Department of Defense has its own three-man Office of Economic Adjustment which has had some success in helping to bridge the gap between military and peacetime employment. But the department properly says that it should not have to take on this responsibility. Without a high-level commission with a staff and adequate funds the task-of cutting back the billion dollara-week defense establishment is made doubly difficult. When even the smallest base is closed a Congressional delegation rushes over to the Pentagon to try to get Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to reverse the decision. An added burden is put on the overburdened Secretary. ait summer a survey of the 25 biggest prime defense contractors showed that they are almost totally unprepared for any cutbacks. They refuse to believe that this ccanhappen in the foreseeable future. Pressure from these giants with their political.allies makes it .far. harder to get disarmament or even to talk about it in any meaningful way. It will take a lot more than prosperity and good luck to scale back the huge ov erblown defense establishment. (Copyright 1964) ---Marquis Childs WE BECOME A NATION OF FAUCET WATCHERS Americans have long been accustomed to turning on the faucet for a glass of fresh water without worry. The supply was taken for granted, But times have changed, Water pollution has become a growing national problem. The job of pollution control is a gigantic one. It calls forthe support of every citizen. President Kennedy sum-~ med it up this way on July 20, 1961: "Only through an intensified attack by our communities, our states, and by the national government can we make real progress on this most vital national problem. " President Johnson has served notice that this nation cannot affordto spoil its water resources. The American people today use 355 billion gallons every day. By the 9000 the nation will need a trillion gallons daily. Congress has authorized and President Johnson has directed implementation of legislation that: 1) Broadens and strengthens the Federal government 's anti-pollution enforcement powers, LOOK KNIGHT! COULD A REGULAR LIZARD BREATHE SMOKE AUD FIRE ? _— L KNEW A LIZARD ONCE 2) Lays the basis for a greatly stepped-up program of waste treatment works construction. 3) Authorizes increased Federal support of state and interstate pollution control programs, -4) Provides more funds for research to come up with more effective pollution control methods. What has happened? Why has water pollution become a problem? . The answer is simply that a new kind of environment has been created in the last 20 years, At least a half million new chemical compounds have come into existence. We manufacture them, use them, discharge them into our rivers and streams, dump them on the ground and let them seep into our underground water supply. And then, days or months or years later we drink them. Some of these chemical substances come out of our kitchens and washing machines at home. Housewives each year pour billions of pounds of detergents, bleaches, and powders down the drain. Eventually these chemicals find their way into the nearest waterway. Others of the new chemical substances come from the farmlands. Every rainfall washes fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides off the crops and fields and into the streams and river. Then there are the factories that are continually dumping new substances into our waters while processing billions of pounds of chemical products each year. ‘The most disturbing thing about these new substances is that nature can't handle them as efficiently as she handles human waste and other impurities of natural origin. Fish, plants, bacteria, and other living organisms in watercan, in time, break down any impurity and use it as food, But for many of the man-made compounds,

there seems tobe no organism that can give us a helping hand. This isnot a problem that can be solved overnight. We havea vast amount of practical knowledge about pollution control, but well over 5,000 towns and over 6,000 industries today still lack adequate sewage treatment and waste -treatment facilities. Many have none at all. The Surgeon General of the United States has declared he sees no reason, scientific or economic, why we cannot protect our water supplies as we now protect our food. “Our civilization which has worked so many miracles, " he observed, “can surely protect itself against its own poisons. " Rep. Carl Albert (Okla. ) Majority Leader, House of Representatives. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CHAMBER THANKS LIONS FOR GOLD RAFFLE AID ; To The Editor: ? The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce would like to express its appreciation to the Nevada City Lions Club and let the residents of Western Nevada County know the courtesy extended to us by the Lions. By withdrawing from the proposed gold raffle the Lions allowed the Chamber to proceed with their own Gold Raffle plans for the Fourth of July festivities. It is gratifying to know that there is such good will and cooperation for our coming celebration. Thank you. Yours very truly, John S, Reed President THAT COULD PLAY OW FIDDLE-FADDLE ! DOESNT BEING ABLE 10 BREATHE FIRE AND SHOKE PROVE ; SOHE THING: parugy alike iin THE COST OF RETIREMENT To The Editor: y In March 1963, Supervisors Bishop, Hennessy, Loehr and Ricker voted fora pension plan for County Employees in addition to Social Security. This plan became effective July 1, 1963. A statement sent the Nevada County Farm Bureau in February 1963, and reported to have been prepared by County Auditor, gave the total estimated cost for this pension plan for the year 1963-64 as $79,628.08. Actually the 1963-64 budget shows an increase of retirement costs to close to $121,000. About $41,000 higher than. the annual cost for the new court house building. Make a guess on this: Was this a mistake of $41,000 or were the taxpayers and voters of Nevada County not supposed to know the true cost of this program. Lester M. Quincy ; President The Nevada County Taxpayers Ass'n. THANKS.. To The Editor: I want to thank you for the fine coverage given the County Government Building Dedication in Truckee, The picture by Mr. Russell that accompanied the article was also outstanding. The cooperation by all persons concemed was most gratifying. I am-particularly indebted to your staff for the success ot the dedication. I know that this building will prove of great service to the people of the entire County and will allow this area to provide more adequate service in the administration of county government. Thank you in behalf of myself and other fellow Board members, Sincerely, H. G. Loehr Truckee .. THANKS.. To The Editor: I appreciate the assistance through your paper, the Board of Supervisors of Nevada County, the Nevada County Historical Society, William B, Meek-William M. Stewart Chapter No, 10 of E Clampus Vitus and numerous citizens of Nevada County which resulted on Saturday, May 23, 1964 in the formal dedication of a State Historical Landmark bronze plaque at the covered bridge across the South Yuba River at Bridgeport. Sincerely Verna Wood Dunshee Ross, Calif. . .-AND THANKS We wish to thank you and we do appreciate the space your paper allotted us, Also the accuracy in which you reported the articles about the Captain John Oldham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the past year. Sincerely (Mrs.) Lucile T. Barnes Corresponding Secretary Grass Valley WELL, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A TALENTED LIZARD.. YOU , COULD JOIN A CIRCUS -+-