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attention to these Scandinavian
developments because I feel that i
1 can BE-l.lE.vr. mem. :
That is to say. it appears to me
that the Swedes and the Danes
are merely telling us wnai nas
happened, without any ulterior mo
tive.
The aren't trying to HANDLE
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anybody. They are just letting the
world know what has been 2omg
on up there in the Baltic.
It hurts me to say it. but I find
I DON'T believe what OUR high
ups tell us. I have the cynical and
sickening feeling that when they
give out news they're feeding it to
us tu inlluence either our votes
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT
or the votes of Congress.
By Charles V. Stanton
: We have said previously in this column that one needs
a sense of humor to enjoy presidential campaigns.
' Too often we become all excited over various phases of
the contest and overlook possibility for good laughs.
: As we near the' time for nominating conventions, inci
dents become funnier and funnier, bordering even on the lu
dicrous as, for instance, Senator Wayne Morse threatening to
"take a walk" from the Republican party to which he has be
longed In name only.
Then we find Senator Taft setting himself up as a mili
tary expert and trying to tell us that General Ike doesn't
know what we need in the way of a defense force.
Too, we hear President Truman and Senator Kefauver
blasting away at Eisenhower because Ike says we can cut the
budget $40 billion in a few years, despite the fact that the
Democrats moved heaven and earth trying to get the general
to take the Democratic nomination.
, Perhaps our funny bone is misplaced, but we find those
things amusing.
No Place Left For "Junior"
Oregon's junior senator, Wayne Morse, declares that if
Taft is elected he will walk out on the GOP candidate. Natu
rally, it is the only thing he can do consistently. But where
can he go?
Although running for office on the Republican ticket, he
has followed the New Deal Fair Deal program throughout
all his years in the Senate. Yet he can't very well align him
self with the Democrats, unless another Socialist is elected.
He certainly is persona non grata with the Taft crowd. He
has no place to go except with the Eisenhower forces. There
is good possibility that "Junior" and other of the unfrocked
political priesthood, will still have a "home" after presiden
tial election. But if for any reason Ike doesn't make the
grade, we're intrigued by the possibility of where Wayne's
walk will take him. '
We get even a bigger laugh out of "General" Taft. He
virtually accused Eisenhower of sabotaging onr Air Force.
He proclaimed at much length, in recent political talks, how
our defense forces should be organized.
He sounds like a blacksmith telling a surgeon how to per
form an appendectomy.
If anyone should know how our military forces should
be balanced, and how they should be made most effective,
that person is General Eisenhower. If he doesn't know the
answers, who does? Surely no one is better qualified by ac
tual experience to plan our defensive strength and strategy.
Nor can we find, in our opinion, a better authority on what
help we must give to Europe.
Taft, like "Junior," it seems to us, is getting himself out
on the proverbial limb. . .
Democrat's In Perdicament
But the biggest guffaw is furm'shed by the spectacle of
the Democrats lowering the boom on Eisenhower.
Only a few months ago the Democrats were doing their
level best to get Eisenhower to take the Democratic nomina
tion. He could have had it by acclamation. All evidence
points to the fact that Truman offered him the presidency on
a silver platter.
Had Ike been the kind of a candidate the Taft crowd is
trying to paint him a candidate who would carry on the
Truman policies and philosophies the general would have
grabbed the offer. Instead, he chose the hard way. He dem
onstrated his honesty by refusing certain nomination and
election, declaring his party affiliation, and entering into a
contest in which cards already were stacked against him.'
Now he is being attacked both by the Democrats, who
wanted him so badly, and by the Taft crowd within his own
party, for saying it is possible, "within a few years," to cut
$40 billion from our budget. ,
He made it plain that he did not mean that such a re
duction could.be immediately forthcoming. His attackers,
however, set up a roar that he would ruin our defense. But
we imagine Ike doesn't propose to impair defense spending,
although he probably would cut out a lot of needless waste,
and extravagance. Rather, we believe, he has in mind the
tremendous all-time record governmental civilian payroll
from which at least several of the $10 billion could be
trimmed without difficulty.
And we find a spark of hope in that phrase, "within a
few years." , .
Certainly Ike can't envision any large budget cuts if we
are to fight a war. On the other hand, we could make very
material reductions if the threat of war were' to be removed.
Can it be he sees daylight ahead?
If so, it's no laughing matter. Rather, it is strictly for
prayer.
Now that the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers has de
cided to do something about the
Indian problem, wa can certainly
look for results. The program wii!
be passed on down through stato
channels In the 23 slates having
Indians on reservations or other
communities, and the locals the
good old locals! will look aiound,
talk things over, and In the usual
PTA way, do whatever comes to
hand as practical, helpful and sen
sible in the way of the welfare
for Indian children.
Since the PTA, as everybody
knows, must hold to the "three
Non'j," non-sectarian, nnn-politi-cal
and non-commercial their ap
proach to any problem must be
always in the light of welfare for
children. The littlo Indians could
stand quite a bit of intelligent and
loving "welfare work!" 1 won
dered when I heard the news If this
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idea for an "Indian program" had
come about through the interest in
Mrs. Red Cloud last year as Mother
of the Year? She certainly was a
mother we could be proud of. (And
so is this year's mother, who is of
Chinese background.)
If handy, do read the story in
the June Readers Digest about a
young Indian, Tom Segundo, a
Papago, who saw his people's need
and went about supplying it by
combining the training his white
teachers had given him with his
own good sense and compassion
ate understanding of the Papago
Indian s way of thinking. The
story is entitled, "Our Most Im
portant Indian Chief," reprinted
from Empire.
Anyone who has driven across
the Navajo lands will have t mem
ory of hogans far out on the des
ert, of sparse pasture for their
sheep, and i wonder how so many
m .?-rzi m wri i warn. i.v I - m j
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Stiles Cfarifies
Views Concerning
Judging Of Bands
E. C. Stiles, school band di
rector, stated today that he would
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derstandings that may have been
gainerea irom an anicie in
Wednesday's News - Review rela-
litfA In lh PAanKiirn Uioh ei-nAnl
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band's participation In the Port.
tana nose i-araae.
He said he does not contend the
actual judging was unfair and Hut
he didn't criticize the judging, but
that because of the manner in
which the judging was handled,
the band could not appear at its
best while being judged.
"T Hn nnt rrillri7A tha nf-ttml
judging," tie said. "However,
many parades where bands are
judged permit or require each
band to halt and start Into the
judging zone, playing any number
desired, This would not be neces
sary it ine oana used only one
number or two of equal difficulty.
Our hand hnwpvpr . memnrlrerl
four numbers to break monotony
for the players. .
"Suddenly olavtnir fntn Ihf. nn.
expected judging area (unexpect
ed Decause an oincial in the sta
dium informed us the judging area
was just outside and nearby the
stadium), our continuity offered
our most difficult ,umber.
Ideals Of Marching
"The Ideal in a marching band,"
Stiles continued, "is to maintain
the best state of perfection pos
sible on the entire line of march.
PAlbllC iudpinff nvet nr alt.......
present on the side-lines. Eager mu
sic listeners constantly expect mu
siceven just after the band has
finished.
"We played often on the line of
march, maintaining a brisk ca
dence of 156 steps a minute. I
feel that more fair to all band."
would be to permit them to enter
the zone of judging with their best
number, as many young people
are "on edge" during the march
and fatigue can cut the efficiency
of a band on part of some numbers.
"We didn't see the Grants Pass
band march, but its director said
it used a cadence of 1U. We saw
the Vancouver, Wash., band, which
received honorable mention, and
. iWJl (1c','rvt'a hiRh sppralsal.
'I have just received the three
judges sheets. Bands are judged
as follows: 40 points on music (six
brackets of judging). 30 points on
marching (three brackets of judg
ing) and 30 points on appcaranco
(four brackets of judging).
"Grants Pass bettered us in all
three departments, receiving eight
points over us in marching and
two points over us In appearance.
I do not criticize the judging,
only bcllove It more fair 'if all
bands have a chance to enter the
judsmg area more definite, and
long as no one number is re
quired by all bands, that each band
may have a chance to play a dp.
sired number.
"I Intend to be a good loser and
our students are just that. Had we
been more consistent, I believe we
could have netted more points.
"In latter April I wrote the Fes
, !
people can live at all under such !
adverse conditions. At the time of !
the crisis, or shall I sav public !
realization of the crisis, the H.mgh- j
ters of American Revolution,
always wholehearted workers for ,
Indian welfare, dispensed with red
tape and simply loaded up trucks
with necessities and sent them ov
er the Sierra. They support several .
schools for Indian children else-1
where and take interest in all such '
work anywhere. The modern In-1
dian school praise be! is a far
cry from the ones described so
vividly in "Stubborn Fool," as Es
telle Brown experienced them!
Little by little, here a little and
there a little, progress is betng
made until we shall to quote the
PTA objective "hasten the day
when Indians and their children
ran share the full privileges and
opportunities of American life." i
vs
tival office in Portland for Informa
tion on what a band is judged in
the parage. I received a bulletin
the same as had been sent us earl
ier. The following is all the infor
mation I received and was circled
on the bulletin under special
awards:
"Bands The best High School
Band in the parade from a city
outside Portland, appearance
marching and execution to count.'
"This is all we had to go on,
knowing that music would enter in,
although not mentioned. This gave
us nothing to work on concerning
the matter of cadonce. We are left
completely at a loss as to whether
we lost points on too fast a ca
dence, as no judge specifically said
we used too fast a step.
"The music judge wrote on his
sheet, 'Cadence 156.' Part of the
mimeographed form of the march
ins judge says, 'Cadence may be
120 and 144, but must be regular
and suited to the type of marching
the band does. The marching judge
deducted two points for each cate
gory, a, b, and c, however, he
said 'very good' in front of each
of the three brackets. Neither the
marching nor the appearance
judge gave any reason as to why
we lost points. The music judge
did, however, offer suggestions
concerning balance, stating also
that our selection of music was
suitable for marching.
"From an educational stand
point, we directors, would enjoy
knowing why w lose points while
being judged, because without the
reason we have nothing to work on
to better our bands, we had fig
ured that a band could select its
own cadence, knowing that it
should be steady 'during the time
being judged. We would have abid
ed to any maximum cadence re
quired if such was the case. Our
band in general enjoys, a fast ca
dence (within bounds of our play
ing ability) and a short snappy
pace. However, our desire of a
fast cadence made our most diffi
cult number sound broken at the
most unfortunate time. Again our
old enemy inconsistency lost
more points in the music bracket
than in either of the other two.
"This loss of knowledge concern
ing deducted points and a more
definite approach into the judgiag
area is all I have to offer to-vard
any ideas of betterment along the
line of high school bands being
judged in any-parade.
"On behalf of the band, I want
to thank all who in any wav en
abled us to get to the Portland
nice if a Roseburg band could be
Rose Festival Parade."
aq Pino jt ju,j papps san)g
aouo apajrd IBAtfsaj aqi ui pjjdiua
every three years so all members
periodically could have the trip.
He said, however, that no policy
on this has been established. A
float may be entered In the parade
without a band, and a band may
accompany a float. A band can
not enter without the float entry.
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Thieves Loot
Wilbur Grocery
By ELSIE BROSZIO
The grocery store operated by
J. Todhuntcr was broken into Sun
day night and some articles were
found missing.
A small pane was broken in one
of the front windows and the ar
ticles stolen were what could be
reached by hand, Mr. Todhunter
has sold bis grocery store busi
ness to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dress
ier of Visalia, Calif, who will take
possession sometime the early part
of July.
Wilbur Notts
Mr. and Mrs.' Floyd Emmett
and Mrs. E. E. Emmett of Rose
burg and M's. Eva Kinsel of Wil
bur motored to Kellogg Sunday to
attend the 50th golden wedding an
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Boya
Radar. They reported a nice pro
gram and a generous potluck din
ner was enjoyed by everyone.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Hamilton mot
ored to Grants Pass Saturday to
visit at the home of Hamiltons
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Hamilton and to get their
daughter Patty who had been
spending a week vistmg in Grants
Pass.
Neb., was visiting at the home o!
Mr. and Mrs. Art Hamilton las'
week. Mrs. Clay, is a sister of
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Lerwill of
Tiller were visiting at the home of
Mrs. Lerwill s mother, Mrs. Car
rie Blakely, in Wilbur Saturday
and spent the night with Mr. and
Mrs, Calvin Henry at Umpqua.
Roger Bennett spent a few days
this wee kvisiting in Sutherlin at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. Menzie Lee have
received word that their son Don
ald and his bride are sailing from
Japan this week for a visit at
home. Donald is with the U. S.
Armcu Forces in Japan.
Iowa Students Here '
For Forest Research
Two Iowa State College students
are in Roseburg this summer on
temporary forest research work.
G. Lloyd Hayes, head of the For
est Service Research Center in
Roseburg, said Merrill D. Rich
ards and Martin E, Dale, would
work here through the summer
before returning to school. Both
have finished their junior year at
Iowa State College.
Dale will spend part of the sum
mer assisting in a survey to check
on a belief that Port Orford cedar
grows better when it's not mixed
with other trees. Later he'll work
on a study to determine tree re
production on cutover areas.
Richards will work on a ground
plan for a 2,000 - acre area to study
the growth of sugar pine in the
South Umpqua drainage area.
. .... .. ..luU
Take the present situation, for ex
ample.
We're told, all of a sudden, that
anti-aircraft batteries are being in
stalled around strategic industrial
cities and critical air installations.
At the same time, we are inform
ed that from here on out a 24-hour
watch is to be maintained around
all our borders because the Rus
sians now have the capability to
attack us and we can't afford any
longer to take the chance of an
other Pearl Harbor.
Those are wise precautions, of
course. We would be foolish if wc
didn't take them. And if we are
taking these precautions the peo
ple should be told about them be
cause the lives and the fortunes
and the FUTURE of the people
are at stake.
An INFORMED people is a
PREPARED people.
But I find rising in my conscious
ness the cynical thought that right
now the administration is locked
in a bitter batUe with Congress
on the issue of money. Congress
wants to spend LKtb of it. The
administration .wants to spend
MORE of it. Congress thinks we
could do just as well with less ex
penditure of the people's substance
that by wise economy we could
make the money we spend go far
ther. The administration is shock
ed by that idea.
SO
It could be that the administra
tion is painting the situation in
dark and forbidding colors- to
make it appear tqat in striving
for economy the congress is play
ing fast and loose with the na
tion's fate.
I can't help recalling that at the
time when it has appeared to be
good POLITICS to lead us to be
lieve that everything is lovely and
the goose is hanging high (because
of the wisdom with which our for
eign affairs have been handled)
we have been told the GOOD news
and the bad news has been soft
pedaled. That leads to the uncomfortable
feeling that at ALL timet we are
being HANDLED.
I find this prayer more or less
constantly in my thoughts:
Dear Lord, give us leadership
we can believe and TRUST. Lead
ers who will tell us always only
the truth. Leaders win will give
s the facts, so that we can act
upon them. Leaders who will re
sist constantly the temptation to
feed us only the information which
they think will be good for us and
which they are sure will be good
for THEM.
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