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INTEREST IN DEBATE
Charles V. Stanton
The scheduled debate between Representative Sam
. Coon and Senator Richard Neuberger, concerning the John
)ay Dam partnership proposal, is arousing comk'enible
nterest in the national capital, according to A. Robert
Smith, The News-Review's Washington correspondent.
' The debate, when and if it comes about, probaoly will
. resolve nothing. It will have little effect, other than enter
tainment. It may, however, have one favorable result.
The demagogues may not be quite so free with their chal
lenges if they find takers.
Oregon's socialistically inclined politicians have been
. hurling challenges to anyone and everyone for debates.
They intimate that opposition candidates are afraid of them
because challenges are not accepted. They are well aware
that debating is a lost art in politics and have been confi
dent that, no one would accept a challenge. It must have
been a considerable shock to Senator Neuberger w h e n
Representative Coon agreed to take him on.
Already, according to Correspondent Smith'R report,
. Neuberger is framing his alibi. Coon. Neubenrer intimates,
only parrots the ideas set up for him by the power inter
ests. Thus; the verbose senator is portraying himself as
the brave knight riding his white charger against the pow
er dragon.
Argument Futile
A formal type of debate on an issue of this sort will
at least be interesting to anyone with a knowledge of the
1 rules of forensics.
Just how Coon expects to pin Neuberger down to con-
crete argumentation permits intriguing conjecture.
Oregon's socialistic campaigners are past masters at
specious argument and the "have-you-quit-beating-your-wife?".
style of questioning. They utilize half-tnith.i or
deliberate misinformation with great facility. Debating
that kind of an opponent is like shouting at a whirlwind.
' It is auite Drobable that while Coon presents specific
argument favoring partnership, Neuberger will be whaling
away at power .monopoly and deprivation of the masses of
the benefactions of government by a "giveaway" adminis
tration. And listeners, as is usual in any debate, will applaud
the speaker representing their particular viewpoints, while
giving little heed to the opponent.
' The debate undoubtedly will be followed by the public
with much interest, but that interest will be for its side
show entertainment rather than for the real ment of the
' controversy. . -
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Political Debate Lost Art
" r' .'... Debate once played a great part in politics. In those
i days there were few facilities for dissemination of informa
' .tion. Newspapers had no wire services. They were limit
, ,ed to local news copy, articles clipped from other newspa
'pers, or services recieved by mail.
There were no motion pioture shows, radio or televis
ion, to provide entertainment. A political mass meeting
was an outstanding event. It drew large audiences. The
mass meeting provided an ideal atmosphere for debate be
tween rival candidates.
But candidates today do their debating in the newspa
pers. Newspapers report each and every appearnnfe of a
candidate, telling, in substance the nature of his claims,
charges and ideas, as expressed to local audiences. At
tempts to get people out to mass meetings have failed con
sistently. The public gets its politics by means of the
newspaper, radio and television. Thus debate has no favor
able setting and has become a lost art in politics.
Our Sooialist friends have been clamoring for r return
to the "great tradition of Lincoln and Douglas." They wove
' ouite confident no one would pick up the chMtaige. Now
thpt Representative Coon has called Neuberger's bhrf f, we
may find the Socialists to be a little more cnutioua in toss-
ing out challenges.
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall . . .
It MEETING mW- hi &
There are enough differences in
the current Russian plan for gen
eral disarmament and German
unity to make it worth a careful
look. But there is also consider
able evidence that this new ver
sion is loaded with the usual Com
munist booby traps.
This time the Russians abandon
their standard call for a one-third
cut in conventional arms, which
would leave their huge forces still
r
NEW YORK The oddity almanac!
Feel sorry for yourself?
Here's some advice from Helen Keller, who will be 75
years old this month:
"I often feel deeply grieved for
those who suffer from self-sym-
&athy. They allow themselves to
5 tied in a knot instead of look
ing around for nr ihinrs to keep
them busy, I lind life an exciting
business and most exciting
when it is lived for others "
Miss Keller, who lost the powers
of light, speech and li.'aring in
infancy, became one of he most
inspiring examples of victory over
personal handicaps in human his
tory. A famous author teacher,
and speaker, she mastered seven
languages, found her own road to
happiness.
At 74 she made a WOOD mile
. lour In behalf of the world's 14
million blind people. Sail busy
; with new project to aid 'he handl
'. capped, she says:
"When people say I ouiht to re
1 tire, it makes me mad.
Still feel sorry for yourscllT
Passing the time can et to be
quite a problem with u modern
company executive. Mho may
spend up to six month;, or more
a year on the road.
To foil boredom, Harrv Rolnick
a hat firm president Irjm Gar
land, Tex., kept a din; of his
activities in five years of train
. travel. The diary shows he says)
that in Uiose five yean oe opened
a train window unaided 88 times;
read 113 bookie counted 3..M6 tele
phone pole.i; completed 43 cross
word puzzles and left ISt unfin
ished; wrote 11 poems, 7 of which
he tore up because he didn't like
the rhymes; played 318 games nf
solitaire (he lost 290 times, cheat
ed 8 times; and ale 804 sandwich
es. -
(An even more interesting di
version is to look out the train
window and yell "beavr" every
time you see a rcd-hacrcd girl.
The type of fellow who does this,
however, rarely trusts himself lo
keep a diary.)
Almanac editorial: A Senate
subcommittee recently . nnounrcd
it would launch an inquiry to find
out why so many poor people r
main poor.
A member of this ilmanac
staff, seeking a quick answer to
this answer lo this proolem, inter
viewed a number of po'ii people
hanging out in a nearby poolroom,
and came up wit'i this icporl;
"Four out of five sai 1 they re
mained poor because, unlike Con
gress, they lacked the power to
vote themselves a 50 pei cent In
crease in salary whenever fumls
sank low in their piggy banks.''
Perhaps Congress In the course
of its inquiry ran also investigate
another matter: Why some poor
legislators remain roor instead
of getting better.
(Editor's note: Opinions ex
pressed in Boyle's Almanie editor
ials do not necessarily reflect the
views of this paper, Hoyie him
self or Marilyn Monrje, so far
as we can determine.)
Decline of the human race note:
A leading New York notel say.
that Martinis now ou'sll Man
hattan cocktails 6 to 1 in its men's
bar (only a few years ago it was
the other way around I. Vodka
mixtures are in riling favor with
(puffers who hold to a liuid theory
that the Russian National Bev-
In The Day's News
(Continued from Page One) .
stands Russian. Later, Riddleber
gcr told the correspondents: "1
don't know what he said. But he
certainly was saying something."
If we Americans are going to
try to run Me worm, we a oeucr
learn at least to UNDERSTAND
the languages of the people we're
trying to deal with.
The teletype tells us today:
A situation reminiscent of the
'49 gold rush has developed in
California. It was to be highlight
ed in a few hours by the opening
by the federal government of near
ly 3000 acres of public land for
persons who wanted to stake out
claims in search for uranium.
The area lies in Kern county,
where California's richest uranium
strike was made recently. As this
is written, several hundred men
and quite a few women many
of them toting shootin' irons
awaited the signal for the rush. A
sheriff's posse was on hand, and
the sheriff said the situation was
explosive.
I think the reporters got a little
tangled up in their history. The
situation dawn Bakcrsficld way is
much more reminiscent nf the
opening of the Cherokee Strip in
Oklahoma back in the Gay Nine
ties. On Sept. IB. 1893, a motley mass
nf people estimated all the way
from 50.000 to 100,000 was lined
up along the border of the Strip
waiting for the opening, which
was signaled by a pistol shot from
a detachment of U.S. cavalry.
On horseback, in wagons, on
foot, in "little old surreys with
the fringe on top" any way to
get there the homesteaders
streamed in and when they found
a spot that looked cood they stak
ed out a claim. There were bat
tles galore over choice quarler
sections. There were cheaters.
These slickers had sneaked into
the Strip ahead of the opening and
hidden in the brush along the
streams. On the morning of 'he
opening, they emerged from their
hiding places and staked out j
claims in the richest spots.
When the more honest ones ar-i
rived, they found these sharpies,
in possession which led to many ;
shoolincs. These early birds were
called "sooners," and from them 1
Oklahoma took its sobriquet of i
The Sooner Stale. On that one day,
.SO. 000 claims were staked out in
the Strip. i
An this is written, more of the )
Pacific Northwest's surplus grain!
is getting water borne. Loading of;
reserve (mothballi fleet carco vps-;
sels is starting at I.ongvicw, in I
Washington . Half a doen ships
will be loaded there by the end of
June and cisht more will he fill
ed in July Four ships previously
loaded at Astoria have been berth
ed at permanent anchorages in
Cathlamel Ray.
The dispatches explain that the
idle reserve fleet is being used be
cause of LACK OF LAM) STOR
AGF. SPACE fur the big carry-j
over grain crop held by the gov-,
eminent. ,
heavily dominant. They accept the
Western idea of a flat numerical
ceiling which would equate their
forces with those of the United
Slates. However, they would in
clude Red China in the same
equation.
The Soviets also accept step-by-step
disarmament, instead of de
manding immediate destruction of
all nuclear weapons, as they for
merly did. They would not ask
that a ban on atomic arms take
effect until 75 per cent of the cut
in regular armaments had been
completed.
Nevertheless, as Western diplo
mats were quick to point out, the
Russian plan is still crucially
weak in the vital matter of en
forcing disarmament. The heart
of enforcement must be a rigid
inspection system.
Review of the Soviet proposals
shows that they devote some sev
en paragraphs to the rights and
powers of a suggested enforce
ment agency without ever saving
plainly that inspectors should he
allowed to roam everywhere to as
sure that forbidden weapons arc
not being made or stored.
Until the Russians are ready to
face up to real inspection any
other concessions, however inter
esting, must be classed as second
ary. the Kremlin's suggestions on
Germany arc still more dubious.
They propose immediate wilh
drawl nf all occuoation forces ex
cept skeleton units which would
stay until unification. They also
ask that all foreign military bases
now held in Kurope be evacuated.
This would mean American with
drawl from all forward air and
other bases in France and other
Western countries, and Russian
denarture from oositions held in
the satellite nations.
This sounds like a concession.
But it cannot be forgotten that
such withdrawls would take Amer
ican forces out of Eurone and
hack across 11000 miles of ocean
while Russia's armies still -would
be poised close to F.urnoe' heart
and the satellites would remain
under firm Kremlin political con
trol. The Russians, of course, again
propose that a unified Germany
be neutral, and this lime they sug
gest that the unification mntier be
handled by the U.N. figuring
obviously that sentiment for neu
trality will be greater there than
among the Big Four foreign ministers.
But they want Big Four control '
of German police forces through!
the whole country. This is one of
their cleverest booby traps. I'p to J
now Russia has been denied any,
shred of control in West Germany.
Big Four rontiol would get thein I
in the door, and open the way Mj
subversive and obstructive tactics j
aimed at pulling 'neutral" Ger-!
many into the Russian orbit. i
The disarmament pbn very
shrewdly stales, too, that anna-j
nients should be frozen as of Dec. I
31, 1954. w hich would prevent the !
scheduled rearmament of West :
Germany in the Allied cause.
There are still other boody traps, I
but we have looked at enough to!
guage the plan. These seem like I
the proposals of men who have
shifted tactics to nut in Dowerfui
new lures, but .still cling to their
fixed goal of world conquest.
Parents Express Thanks
In Search For Lost Child
ROSEBURG We would like
to take this means of expressing
our appreciation to all who have
given so freely of their time, mon
ey and efforts in the search for
our Utile daughter. We would par
ticularly like to thank Sheriff Ira
Byrd and his deputies for their
help, and know that they are do
ing everything humanly possible
to locate Irene.
It has been said that nothing
ever happens which is completely
bad; there is always some good
in every situation. We believe this
is true, for this experience, terri
ble as the cost was, certainly
brought home to us the inherent
good and unselfishness of people,
friends and strangers alike. Our
heartfelt thanks to you all.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Clapp,
Roseburg, Ore.
Rep. Coon Denies He Played
No Part In Drafting Bill
For John Day Dam Project
By A. ROBERT SMITH
News-Rtviiw Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Special) - Rep.
Sam Coon (R-Ore.) had "expert
technical consultation during the
preparation of the bill" he is spon
soring for "partnership" construc
tion of John Day dam but any
suggestion that he played no part
in drafting the bill is "false," de
clared Coon.
This was the eastern Oregon
congressman's reaction to a news
paper story reporting that the in
spiration for a scheduled series of
debates between Coon and Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger ;D-Ore.)
stemmed from a doubt in Neu
berger's mind that Coon was au
thor of his own bill.
"It was said that I had no part
in the preparation of the legisla
tion and further, that information
on the legislation is being prepar
ed by some agency other than this
office," said Coon in a prepared
statement.
"I wish to categorically state
that both of these chai;es are
false," said Coon. "Of course, 1
had expert technical consultation
during the preparation of the bill.
No one person is well enough in
formed on technical matters to
draw up a bill as comp.ex as the
John Day legislation without ex
pert technical advice. This can be
said of every important bill ever
introduced."
Coon did not identify his tech
nical advisers. It is understood the
bill was worked out by tiie three
private power companies that an
nounced simultaneously with
Coon's introduction of the bill their
willingness to put up 88 per cent
of the money to build John Day
on a "partnership" basis the
utilities financing the power fea
tures of the project, the govern
ment paying for the flood control
and navigation features.
"Regardless of who wrote the
John Day bill," added Coon, "or
who did the typing, the important
thing is to understand what the
legislation contains. This is cer
tainly true if a person is going to
debate the bill. The John Day bill
is a good, sound proposal which
will do a lot of good for Oregon
in bringing needed power to the
district and in creating jobs for
our people."
After Neuberger challenged Coon
to debate his bill face-io-face in
Oregon thii fall after Congress has
adjourned, groups in Portland.
Pendleton, Baker, Hood itiver, La
Grande and Ontario put in bibs to
provide the lawmaker:! a forum
for their encounter. Botn have ac
cepted, although no. datej have yet
been set.
In claiming that members of
Congress generally obfiin expert
advice in drafting bills. ' oon said
he was "willing to concede, how
ever, that Senator Neuberger has
no expert advice on some of his
proposals, especially the ones
which deal with squirrels on the
White House lawn and candidates
for political office using Face pow
der on television." .
The GOP congressman said he
was under the impressio.i Neuber
ger had come out against his bill
shortly after he introduced it in
April but that "he had not read
the bill." Coon added: "I hope
that he gets around to reading it
some day."
Klamath Falls Paper
Slates Sunday Edition
KLAMATH FALLS 11 The
Herald and News will begin pub
lishing a full Sunday newspaper
June 12, Publisher Frank Jenkins
announced Saturday. The Saturday
edition will be discontinued.
Jenkins said the change is in
line with a national trend in which
some 200 dailies have replaced
their Saturday editions with larger
Sunday papers. Both readers and
advertisers favor it, he added.
The Herald and News will add
The Associated Press Saturday
night report for complete news
coverage, Jenkins said.
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Scandals Under
Democrat Party
SEATTLE - Atty. Gen. Herb
ert Brownell charged here Friday
nieht that federal tax "fixes and
rnnsnirai-ips iinHpr the Democratic 1
administration "dwarf the Teapot I
Dome scandal to a tempest in a
teapot."
In a speech to a SlOO-a-plate Re
publican fund-raising banquet, the
attorney general lauded Republi
can administration cleanup action
in Hie fields of tax conspiracy and
racketeering.
"Toward the end of the last ad
ministration." he declared, "the;
country woke up to the fact lhat
something was very much wrong
with tax law enforcement.
"Twentv years of virtual tolera
tion by the federal government of
violence and extortion had brought
its inevitable result."
PORTLAND 'Ji Atty. Gen.
Hehert Brownell Jr. said here Sat
urday, "I think President Eisen
hower will run for re-election" and
predicted Eisenhower would win
another term.
Brownell conferred with Oregon
Republicans in a brief stopover
on a flieht from Seattle to South
Bend. Ind.
The attorney general spoke high
W of Gov. Paul avttcrson, men
tioned as a possible Republican,
noponent for Sen. Wavnc Morse
iD-Orc) in 1956.
Brownell said he considered Pat
terson one of the OOP's top lead
ers. Asked if he believed the Ore
gon governor will he a candidate
against Morse, he said. "We would
welcome him with open arms in
Washington."
U.S. Acceptable
To Geneva Site
For Big 4 Meet
WASHINGTON - The United
States has notified Britain and
France it is willing to hold the!
proposed top level Big Four meet-1
ing at Geneva, Switzerland, begin- i
ning July 18, officials said Satur-i
day. i
Previously, President Eisenhow
er and Secretary of State Dulles !
had insisted on holding the meet-'
ing on Lausanne in Switzerland or,
alternatively, they would have ac-l
cepted Stockholm as a neutral i
meeling ground. The Russians did:
not favor Lausanne and had in-1
sisted on Vienna. 1
Diplomats have thouaht for sev
eral weeks that Geneva was a gen-1
orally acceptable place if Eisen-
hower and Dulles were prepared j
to meet there. But Ihnu harf
jected because of its association'
with last years Indochina peace i
settlement which the United States !
disapproved. j
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erage leaves no trace on the
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it with chlorophyll?)
Police Investigating
Young Marine's Death
LOS ANGELES .f - Police Sat
urday were investigating the death
of a young Marine whose crumpled
body, clad only in shorls, was
found on the concrete patio of a
downtown hotel.
Police s.iid Louis Bolinski. 11.
nf Sauk Rapids. Minn., apparently
fell from the fourth-floor room lie
was sharing with three other Ma
rines from the base at Twenty
nine Palms, Calif.
None of the Marines could ex
plain how Bolinski fell. Police said
fingerprints on the wiadow sill and
scrape marks on the wall below
indicated Bolinski had struggled, to
keep from falling.
Pre-School Examinations
Wednesday At Yoncalla
Pre school examination.-, for chil
dren entering the first grade at
Yoncalla in September, will be
held Wednesday at the elementary
school in Yoncalla, according to
Mrs. Geome Edes, News-Review
correspondent.
The examination is required for
all children entering the first
grade and will be free at this
time, Mrs. Kdes said. Itv-se com
ing are asked to bring ue child's
birth certificate or other evidence
verifying the birth da e.
Boys will be examined from 9
to 11:30 a in.; jirls, inin 1 to i
p.m.
Dr. Lydia Emery, assisted by
Mrs. Cloyde Avey and Mrs. Harry
Abbott, both registered nurses, will
conduct the examinations. Mem
bers of the Yoncalla and Scotts
Valley PTA will also halp, Mr
Edes said.
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