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facts And Fiction
J When a government bureaus decides it wants to build
■ something—such as a hydroelectric project—it has to
-present cost estimates to Congress and ask for authori
sation. In many cases, the difference between those es
timates an dthe actual cost can only be described as stag
gering, even after due allowance is made for inflation and
the feur-bit dollar.
In 1938, for example, the Reclamation Bureau asked
.'Congress for funds to start an irrigation and hydroelectric
project in California. The estimate was $170,000,000. Today
that estimate has been lifted to more than 5661,000,000.
In 1939, the Bureau sought funds for a similar pro
ject in Colorado, and offered an estimate of slightly more
than $31,700,000. Today the estimate is $163,000,000.
In 1943, the Corps of Engineers estimated the cost
an Oklahoma multi-purpose power project at $8,345,000.
INow they’ve upped it to better than $38,700,000.
4 A house Appropriations subcommittee recently stud
ied 182 Corps of Engineers projects which had been auth
orized by Congress and for which funds had been provided,
ttbtal estimated cost at time of authorization was under
t 52,639,000,000. As of July 15 of last year, the revised figure
*Was over $6,000,000,000.
Such enormous discrepancies are commonplace. Two
theories are given to explain it—first, that the government
estimators are woefully incompetent, and second, that the
■gencies follow the principle that Congressional memories
lire short and that it’s quite all right to tell one Congress
•ne thing and following Congresses a very different thing.
|n any case, we taxpayers foot the bill.
I The Candidates
i
And Socialized Medicine
* Judging by the statements of the principal candidates
for the top government offices, the advocates of socialized
jpiedicine or of politically-dominated medicine haven't been
doing so well.
In a general statement in which l?e reiterated his op
position to the centralization of power in. Washington,
peneral Eisenhower said that we must "support medical
education by private means, because if we didn’t it would
be the first step toward the socialization of medicine, and
| am against socialization.”
r Governor Stevenson said, “I am against the socializat
ion of the practice of medicine as much as I would be
iagainst the socialization of my own profession, the law . .”
t Senator Nixon said, "It seems to me that the object
ive toward which we should work in the United States is
ga system where eventually anybody who wants health in-
Jiurance can get it . . . But where no one ... is compelled
jto take out such insurance against his will.’
» Senator Sparkman said. "I would be onoosed to any
*plan which I thought would, in effect, socialize medicine,
to any medical program which would destroy the
relationship of doctor and patient.”
* No doubt these leaders will have more to say on the
subject as the campaign progresses, as will the' various
candidates. But it seems certain that those
who are seeking the presidency and the vice-presidency
solidly opposed to socializing medicine or making the
the tool of the bureaucrats. The nation can be
4Jiankful for their attitudes.
Frederick OTHMAN
WASHINGTON Now we’re in
vestigating the investigators who
did the original investigating in St.
~ / Louis, my home town, and before
this week is over we may have
some headlines black enough to
make the Republicans chortle.
. These are Democrats investigat
ing Democrats. The House Judi
4eiarv Subcommittee looking into
alleged monkeyshines inside the
Department of Justice.
F, What’s bothering Rep. Frank L.
Cbelf <D.. Ky > and company is
Hf'jpie career in government and or
gt big business of smiling Jimmv Fin
i. negan, the one-tirpe Collector of
sS. Internal Revenue at St. Louis.
The red-faced, round-paunched
Iff Jimmy settled tax bills on a mark
fit down, cut-rate basis for those who
•- saw fit to buy life insurance from
him. Any St. Louisan in a bat!
I jam with the Bureau of Interna'
Revenue automatically became a
good prospect for Jimmy’s insurance
p agents.
g ' So 23 angry Missouriars sat for
SI 18 long months as a grand jury,
sci passing out indictments against a
K' wide assortment of thieves, includ
£ ing our Jimmy. Only the jurors
P’ claimed they got no help, no help
it at all. from the Justice Den a rt
f' ment in Washington. U. S. Dis
v trict Judge George Moore finally
1 issued a statement, charging Wash
f togton with a peculiar lack of en
-5 thusiasm for prosecuting Jimmy.
£ On again, off again seemed to b°
1: the word for the Finnegan case.
K Eventually he did go to trial and
6 eventually he was convicted: St.
1 Louis got another, more honest tax
| collector. The details of what ac-
B tuallv did hsopen on the Wash
■ togton-St. Louis telephone never be-
C*me public but apparently they’ll
be. spread on the record now for
r alf to see.
Rep. Cbelf. one of the hardest
| working of all eur Congressional .
iff (tenths, has subpoenaed for sworn
testimony half a dozen members of
that St. Louis jury, including fore
man Henry J. Butler. Their trou
bles all seemed to stem from one
Assistant Attorney General, who.
at this writing, still was unnamed.
He seemed to have the idea that
it was poor politics for one branch
of the Federal Government to be
prosecuting a member of another.
When the Finnesan case did come
into the open, thanks to the oper
ations of still another Congressional
investigating committee, it let! to
a complete overhaul of o>:r tax
collecting system. ,
So I have staked out a front
seat for the Chelf proceedings. It
developed further that Congress
has so many investigations in the
works that it has run out of office
space for its detectives. The Chelf
committeemen I found in a beaten-
UP suite of, offices in the old
George Washington Inn, across the
street from the House office build
ing. There the investigators found
themselves being entertained by an
elderly lady in the lobby practic
ing on an elderly piano. Over and
over she tinkled the notes of ‘‘Mv
Old Kentucky Home.” In tribute
to Rep. Chelf. maybe.
His committee went to work last
spring, looking into alleged skull
duggery among the whisky dis
tillers. who were charged with
bankrupting many of their smaller
rivals. This led to a memorable de
bate on the merits of Kentuckv
straight whiskies versus blends of
a little w-hisky and a lot of alco
hol, but there have been no other
results.
Bhortly before the St. Louis case
came up, Chelf’s chief counsel.
Steve Mitchell, resigned to become
chairman of the Democratic Nation
al Committee. His assistant, Rob
ert Collier, who used to be a G
man. took over. End introduction;
now go on with the story, one i»-
‘stallment daily, beginning here to-
These Days
£ckcUklf
THE INSTITUTE OF
PACIFIC RELATIONS
Gerard Swope. Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Institutie
of Pacific Relations, has addressed
a letter to his members in which he
states:
”1 have read the (MeCanan) Re
port myself, and I consider it to
be extremely biased and unfair. By
innuendo and by omission or dis
tortion of evidence it conveys a
thoroughly misleading and preju
■ diced account of the I. P. R. Some
of you may feel that there have
been instances of inappropriate
conduct or poor judgment on the
part of I. P. R. officers or employe
es in the past and these actions may
well be open to legitimate criticism
after a fair examination of the
attendant circumstances. . . V
I have not only read the report
of the McCatrail Committee’s in
vestigation into the Institute of
Pacific Relations, but every word
of the 14 volumes of testimony and
all the documentary evidence at
tached to them.
I should have imagined that Mr.
Swope would have' read all the evi
dence because the report leans over
backwards in avoiding prejudice,
whereas the evidence, ifi detail,
provides damaging proof of the
complicity of officers and employees
of the Institute in the Communist
conspiracy.
It is the utmost irresponsibility
to speak of instances of “inappro
priate conduct or poor judgment."
Men are responsible for their con
duct: institutions are responsible
for the men employ. This can
not be ducked on the assumption
that it is possible for the best of
us, as for the worst, to make mis
takes. We usually have, to pay for
our mistakes.
The McCarran Committee Report
had this to say on the Institute of
Pacific relations has not maintain
ed the character of an objective,
.scholarly, and research organizat
ion ’
"The IRP has been considered by
the American Communist Party and
by Soviet officials as an instrument
of Communist policy, propaganda
and military intelligence.
“The I. P. R. disseminated and
sought to popularize false informa
tion including information origin
ating from Soviet and Communist
sources.
“A small core of officials and
staff members carried themain bur
den of IPR activities and directed
its administration and policies.
“Members of the small core of
officials and. staff members who
controlled IPR were either Com
munist or pro-Communist.
“There is no evidence that the
large majority of, its members sup
ported the IPR for any reason ex
cept to advance the professed re
search and scholarly purposes of
the organization,
“Most members of the IPR, and
most members of its Board of
Trustees, were inactive and obvious
ly witho-t any influence over the
policies of the oranization and the
conduct of its affairs.
“IPR activities were made pos
sible largely through the financial
support of American industialists,
corporations, and foundations, the
majority of whom were not familiar
with the inner workings of the or
; ganization.
“The effective leadership of the
IPR often sought to deceive IPR
contributors and supporters as to
the true character and activities of
the organization.
“Neither the IPR nor any sub
stantial body of thos» associated
with it as executive officers, trust
ees or major financial contributors,
has ever made any serious and ob
jective investigation of the charges
that the IPR was infiltrated by
Communists and was used for pro-
Communist and pro-Soviet purnoses.
“The names of eminent individ
uals were by design used as a res
pectable and impressive screen for
the activities of the IPR inner ccr».
1 and as a defense when such; acti
vities came under scrutiny.”
Every statement herewith quoted
can be fully substantiated by the
evidence in the 14 volumes of the
McCarran Committee hearings. Mr
Swope does not refer to a single
■ item in those hearings in this let
ter. He does not call attention to
a single error. He does not specify
a single injustice bv the committee.
He does not defend anyone accused
by the committee.
His answer to the enormous work
done by the McCarran Committee is
this:
“. . . I am glad to say that many
I. P. R. members and large corpor
ations (among them the Standard
Vacuum Oil Company, the Inter
. tional General Elecrtic Company,
the National City Bank, the Bank
ers Trust Company, and the Na
tional Cash Register Company)
have in recent weeks shown their
support by renewing their generous
contributions ”
The McCarran Committee might
now inquire why an organization
that has “disseminated and sought
to popularize false information in
cluding information originating
fropi Soviet and Communist sour
ces”. should be tax-exempt or why
contributions to it should be de
ducted as a charity. That might
also be considered by the Cox Com
mittee.
• morrow.
T*E DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C.
MISTER BREGER
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“Will you answer the front door, dear? My hair's a
mess * . . ”
7 qiw weawiiw
iSt meruy-go-rouh>
»t mw MAMOK _ _
(Note to Editors: While Drew
Pearson is on a brief vacation, the
Washington Merry-Go-Round is
being written by several distin
guished columnists, today's being
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of
Massachusetts )u_
REP. EDITH NOURSE ROGERS
WASHINGTON —lt is well said
that what is past is prologue, but it
is also well to observe that for the
present to engage in quarrel over
the past is to jeopardize the future.
During these debatable days of
the nominees for the new leader
ship of our country next January,
you and I and all the American
people want clear, crisp decisions
regarding the real, vital, important
issues confronting us at this time
and not a discussion of affairs past
which are finished and cannot be
changed.
The issues we are concerned with
dominate and control our lives now
and our future depends on their
correct solution. These issues con
cern foreign and domestic policies
which are strongly and interdepen
dently woven together like the steel
wire of a submarine net.
Failure to meet the challenge of
a&v of these problems squarly and
successfully is reflected upon the
personal life and freedom of every
individual in our land. Throughout
the nation the American people
deeply realize the significance of
these issues. They aje looking for
the right answers, the,cost and sac
rifices involved, rather than to
personalities and their past accom
plishments.
The stakes are high and the time
too serious for generalities and
platitudes. The American people are
desperate for decisions, for plans
of action which will revive their
hope, restore their faith, renew their
courage and re-establish their hon
or. The leadership that faces up
to the issues courageously makes
the decisions and precisely produces
the best formula of action, is the
leadership which will be intrusted
with the destiny of our- republic for
the next four years.
For example, there is nothing to
be gained in debating the respon
sibility for Korea, who got us
there, how we got there and why
are we there. The fact is we are
there at this moment. As a nation
we are committed.
The issue is how can we get out
with honor, and when? Certainly
American mothers cannot be call
ed upon unceasingly to yield u o
their sons and daughters in a cruel
endless “police action" of contain
ment. rather than a clear-cut ach
ievement of victory.
There is no such thing as a half
way or a 50 per cent war. It is all
or nothing. For Korea there is no
decision to be found in the middle
of the road or to the left or to the
right.
If democracy is to live in this
CUTIEf
"I’LL'say he’s cautious!.,He’s the kind who looks before'
he DOESN’T leap!” , . -
our land, surely the youth must be
freed of the shackles of constant
military demands and permitted
the liberty to plan their lives and
their times. It is time for a de
cision on Korea. Panmunjom. if it
were tragic, would be a ludicrous
fiasco.
TRAGIC ERROR
Again there is nothing to be gain
ed for the present and future by
looking back into the past and
pointing fingdrs of responsibility
for our tragic error of permitting
Russia to gain dominance over most
of Asia, Eastern Europe and per
mitting Soviet control of Austria.
Poland. Hungary, part of Germany
and other areas in Western Eur
ope. The fact is that due to our va
cillating policy the Red flag of
Communism has been planted over
the ramparts of the world to such
an extent that freedom everywhere
is threatened, even our own liber
ty here at home.
The issue is not the fact or the
responsibility of this existing sit
uation. The issue is what can
America do to alter this balance of
power and achieve a dependable
peace in the world. The issue invol
ved here is a challenge to every
American and to free men every
where.
The new leadership of next Jan
uary must face this jigsue. How and
in what way? These' are questions
we want the answers to now. These
answers require careful planning.
We cannot be hopelessly involved
in a collective undertaking i n
which we find ourselves holding the
major responsibility with auothr
ity reposed in the hands of ethers.
Nor can we become committed to
any undertaking involving an inex
haustible expenditure of our own
material resources, for to weaken
America and reduce it to the level
of mediocrity would be to destroy
freedom, the very thing we are
striving to save.
It is time for a decision. The
American people are waiting for
the new leadership to address
themselves cogently and succinctly
to this issue of peace and how it
can be rienendably obtained. They
want to hear their conclusions bas
ed upon their knowledge and ex
perience. Thev don’t want to hear
such generalities and platitudes as
the middle of the road is the proper
course to follow.
To say that the great dominat
ing controlling issue of this cam
paign is the “organization of the
peace" is to assume the conclusion.
Everyone is in favor of peace. i"st
as everyone is opposed to sin. The
pith of the matter is the method to
be used.
Though we want the result bad
ly, we want to know thp mechanics,
the machinations necessary for this
“organization of peace." We want
to know these details now. so that
we can indorse or reject them while
there still is an opportunity for
Walter
Winchell
York
WMCMI
MAN ABOUT TOWN
The International Loafer Set ex
perts the Windsor Thing to blow
sky-high. The Duchess won't listen
to warnings about the character of
her pet Parisian dives Current
Broadway odds on Ike: “The book
ies are Giving 6 to 5 and Taking 8
.. Stevenson money is showing up
.T. Manville contacted the Dis
trict Attorney’s office (by phone)
to inquire how to proceed against
an Ex "threatening" him. Which
Ex? .Mrs. Cole Porter is in an
oxygen tent Miguel Rooney is
having a Ball with Gloria Pall, a
39-bosom’d How-You-All?. . Virgin
ia Mayo and Gene Nelson are a
Hollywood Bov-Hates-Girl flash
Esther Williams’ 2-inch high "Ike”
pin is worth its weight in diamonds
Ann Miller and Farley Granger
arc killing time between romances
.. They say Pasadena’s Lewis K.
Gough will be the American Le
gion’s new Comdr .Erich Remar
que's wife debunks the untrumors
.. Quip on the invieetigation:
There hasn’t been so much “sport
ing" news on the front pages since
: the World Series.
! Opera star Conrad Thibault and
' rich socialite Mary Howes (her
late pop was a Bath & Tennis
‘ prexy) are Lohcngrinning . .J. A,
Hunter’s “Hunter” is a Nov. choice
of the Book of the Month In
siders hear Joe DiMaggio can in
herit the Yankee b’casts (next sea
■ son) if he wants the Mel Allen job
I Roy Sherwood (the insurance
■ firm barrister) and dauber Sheila
: Connors idol-eves each other at
Gilmore’s Mai Braveman (the
catch among the B’way publicists)
weds Gilda Golderos, a lovely sen
• orita, any day. She's Social in Cuba
and Puerto Rico. Met six weeks
ago. Felicidades and Mahzeltoff!
Loew’s State Theejter mgr. Sam
• Pearlman’s bov Stanley married one
i of pater’s usherettes Prince Ka
■ mel (cousin of Aly Khan) and show
gel Terry Tavlor do their dnetch
ings at Toni’s Caprice Carrie
. Blodgett (heigess to a Christmas
’ tree fortune) and CBS producer
, Pietro Arnell have each other on
• Pines & Needles.
■ choice:
' The middle of the road doesn't
' contain the answer. Neither does
the left nor the right. These are
• academic.
I The issue is global, not national,
i Peace cannot be purchased. The
; method of attainment must be
molded by world leadership, based
I on soynd ideas, rooted in truth
i and nourished in world respect.
■ In a discussion of the present
fabric of our national economy i t
. avails nothing to look back into the
i standards of a past period which
were subject to a different set of
i conditions and forces. The people
i of America are not concerned with
I the fact there was a depression 220
r years ago. They are concerned.
> however, at this time with the high
prices of food, with high rents, the
s high cost of necessities, the high
• cost of living. They are concerned
i about higher and higher and more
' and more taxes. They are concern
; ed about inflation and the whole
' gamut of its tragic repressive prob
• lems.
The fact of this situation are
known and experienced by every
’ one. Every man and woman who
' make a daily trip to the grocer
knows a dollar buys less and less.
The issue is inflation and how it
can be curtailed without the im
-1 position of oppressive and arbi
trary controls which, in themselves.
■ are shackles upon the liberty and
: freedom of every American.
1 It is high time effective decisions
were made. The new leadership
must make these decisions and the
American people want to know their
1 answers before they choose and in
trust one of them with th? stew
■ ardship of the nation.
There is the issue ci our national
defense and how we can adequately
rearm the nation without causing
unbearable burden upon the people.
There is the issue of insuring the
farmer a market for his produce at
prices sufficifent to encourage his
initiative, energy and enterprise in
lean years, as well as in years of
large production. Agricultural econ
omy must be kept in balance with
the economy of the entire nation.
There is the issue of working out
a satisfactory solution of the re
lationship between labor and in
dustry so that both may prosper
and the national interest is com
pletely protected. If this issue is
constructively solved, there need be
no further fear of Communism
rooting itself in American life.
There is the issue of increasing
1 our educational facilities to care
adequately for ever-increasing re
quirements while our entire educa
tional system is purged by subver
, sive and immoral factors and in
fluences.
There is the issue of the ever
increasing power of the federal
government and the resulting in
herent dangers to the future of the
country. 'As this power expands
. and more and more control 1 s
is gained over the individual, the
liberty and freedom burning in the
- heart.of every citizen could be
quenched. This must not take place
but it is gaining like creeping par
alysis.
These issues must be faced. The
American people waftt answers and
decisions now. The solution cannot
Tuesday Afternoon, September 2, 1952
The Worry Clinic ||P|^
By DK. GEORGE W. CRAKT fPlf 1 j£'■ jCg
Clara was a timid teen-ager. She
felt petrified with fear when asked
to speak in public. So she organized
a psychology “Study Club,” using
this column as the textbook. See
what happened.
BY DR. GEORGE W. CRANE
Case E-355: Clara M., aged 20,
works in a South Carolina textile
mill.
“Dr. Craine, how can I gain con
fidence in myself?” she asked, after
my address in Greenwood, S. C.
“I know what I want to say, but
I can’t express my thoughts. That’s
why I’d like to gain a better edu
cation.
"But I cannot quit work and go to
college. So would it be possible for
me to study here at home?
“I read your psychology column
every day and am making a scrap
book of it. But what else can I do?”
KNOWLEDGE GIVES CONFID
ENCE
If you cannot swim and are in a
canoe that is tipping dangerously,
you will lack self-confidence. Why?
Because you know you haven’t
learned how to keep afloat in the
water.
The good swimmer who finds him
self in that same canoe has much
more confidence. So it is with all the
various social situations in life.
If you don't know how to meet
them successfully, then you feel
shy, timid or fearful. You will lack
confidence.
To gain social poise and confi
dence, therefore, simply learn the
specific techniques for getting along
with people, making speeches, carry
ing on an interesting conversation,
etc.
Remember, moreover, you can
never learn to swim simply by
studying books on that subject.
The latter may help you a great
deal, but in the final analysis you
roust get into th? water and try
out . those techniques until you find
yourself afloat and progressing to
ward shore.
GAIN CONFIDENCE
This daily psychology column
shows you readers the methods to
follow in winning friends, overcom
ing stuttering, learning how to car
ry on an interesting conversation,
or attracting a boy friend.
It gives you the specific tech
niques to follow in closing a sale
or even getting your sweeheart to
say “Yes.” '
'IkSIPf America's Foremost
Personal Affairs Counselor
Woman Asks Why Subject of
Sex is Over-Emphasized In Books,
Magazines, Newspapers; Think It
Bad Trend.
DEAR MARY HAWORTH: There
has been so much talk about sex
raco-jtly; practically every book
or newspaper or magazine article
has some theorv on the subject.
The theories differ, but it appears
to be the common belief that sex
in man’s primary instinct; and is
so much a part of him that his
eating and sleeping habits, indeed
his very thoughts, are all motivated
by sex.
The sex drive is an indigenous
part of human life, I grant; but
to associate sex with everything
we do. feel and think is positively
ridiculous. Yet psychiatrists, psy
chologists and other such advisers
invariably implicate sex in most of
their patients' mental and physical
disorders. They analyze the pa
tient's childhood, question him about
his adolescence, etc., and conclude
that he is sexually maladjusted.
Whatever the trouble may be,
whether a headache or an acute
pain in the stomach, nine times in
ten the diagnostic line is that
your sex life is somehow imparied.
Os course some persons are sex
ually maladjusted: I don’t deny it.
But it’s too far fetched to theorize
that sexual disturbance is the basis
of all our ills.
If people are frustrated, neurotic
and maladjusted, why draw the
sole Inference that their sexual
needs are not being met? Sex .is
so publicized, so crammed down
everyone’s throat, that it is no
wonder there is so much teen-agv
immorality today. Why this sudden
over-emphasis on sex? This is not
be found in the middle of the road
or to the left or the right. The
answers are to be found in leader
ship, in faith, in trust, in respect,
in sound ideas molded in the cruci
ble of experience.
There are many issues facing the
people of America today. All of us
hope the nominated leaders of the
two great political parties will pre
cisely present their views. If this is
done, there is no question but that
the American people will make the
right decision. If nourished with
knowledge, cooperation, honesty,
faith and trust in God and courage
to solve every problem,, our demo
cracy will live.
The prologue is over. It is time
for the acts to be presented to the
great American citizenry, who will
consider both the players and the
climax in the exercise of their
judgment next November. The title
of this presentation, certainly, is
not '‘the middle of the road.” It is,
“the time for decision.” •
It shows you how to run your
home on a budget and thus over- ,
come fear of bill collectors.
It demonstrates the proper pro
cedure to follow in solving thous
ands of other social problems and
sexual difficulties.
BUT —you must not stop with
reading these techniques: you must
get into the water and try them
out!
You can memorize this column
and still be a stutterer or friend
less or without a sweetheart, un
less you get into the actual sit
uations which you wish to solve,
and then try to apply your mem
orized techniques.
HOW TO WIN FRIENDS
The best memorized sales talk
will never win you a boy friend un
til you go where men are to be
found and then apply it.
So look on life as a psychology
laboratory. Experiment as you go
along Don’t make the mistake of
thinking that education is restric
ted to the school room or college
campus. . i
Knowledge is where you find it.
This newspaper will be the daily
textbook for the adults in your
area during the last 40 years of
their lives.
Many readers have already or
ganized “Study Clubs.” using this
phychology column as the reading
assignment.
The members then enter upon
the various experiments which we
recommend, such as the “Compli
ment Club.”
They also memorize the “Form- 1
ula for an Interesting Conversa
tionalist” and rehearse on each
other, after which they try it out
on members of the opposite sex.
In many large cities you can al
so enroll in evening college class
es. And there are many valuable
correspondence courses in short
story writing, English composition,
So take advantage of them and
you can thus attain a liberal edu
cation. even in your own home.
Clara was a changed personality
in a few months after she organ
ized a “Study Club’; in practical
psychology.
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only my opinion; my husband and
, friends agree with me.
D. R.
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HER OUTLOOK'S
DISTORTED TOO
DEAR D. R.: Your line of argu
ment is subtly confused. You are
going to extremes, projecting a
, faulty theory of your own, trying
to make a case for snubbing a sub
ject that worries you.
I must dispute your claim that
psychiatrists, psychologists and
similar advisers invariably implicate
sex in most of their patients’ dis
orders if by this, you mean to *
say they usually designate sexual
maladjustment as the root of j.he
trouble, in mental or physical ill
ness.
As a matter of fact, the exact
opposite is more generally held
true, if we are dealing in broad
statements. Enlightened diagnosti
cians tend to concur in the sur
mise that persistent sexual diffi
culties are a by-product of uncon
scious emotional distortions in- /
grained in childhood—which handi
cap the complainant in all his at
tempts at satisfactory re'atedness.
GETTING iCART
BEFORE HORSE
There are exceptions to this
finding, of course—cases in which
physical illness .or glandular
troubles are a manifest drag on
vitality an dsexual efficacy, thus
depressing the mind also. But in
the main, a history of sexual frus
fridgidity or excessive demands de- ~
tration due to impotence or
nied usually is symptomatic of
psychological isolation from peo
. pie. Fundamentally, the patient is
blocked by anti-social conditioning
and self-rejecting reflexes, in the
matter of trying to achieve a good
meaningful interchange with
others.
It is putting the cart before the
horse to suppose that neurqtic
individuals' “get that way” from
lack of sexual acceptance in a sus
taining love relationship. Rather,
they never achieve this stabilizing
experience because they were de
prived of a secure foundation of
self-esteem in formative years;
hence are at endless disadvantage
in dealing with their own and
other persons’ feelings. A sturdily
self-respecting character, able to
love devotedly, without tricky de
fenses in intimacy, will not suffer
sickly “maladjustment” or ‘'frust
ration,” even if obliged by clrcum- i
stances or conscience to live a life
of sevual continence.
1 M. H."
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