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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, 9towsHemew Published Daily Except Sunday by tht News-Review Company, Inc. Cl.r.i cn4 clltl miliar Mir T. I5a. il lb. veil title .1 SMcbarr. Oral... lidar ftet f March f. II1S. CHARLES V. STANTON, Editor and Manajtr Member of tho Associated Pran, Oregvn Newspaper Puollshers Association, tho Audit Buraau of Circulationt B.fr.anlaa by WEAT-HOLLIOAI CO., INC., .Ill.a la Naw lark, Ckleaf.. Bid rr.n.la... Lai Aatalai, aaallla, rartlant, Oaatar IUB8CR1FT10N HATES la Oragan Br Mall Par iaar, Slt.OOi alz maalba, SS-Mi Ihraa aoaatha, 13.39. Oalalda Oraiaa Br Mall Par laar. lU.Of; al naalba, Sl.Mi Ihraa mantha, SS.SS. Br Nawa-Barlaw Carrlar far Tar. III.M (la aiTanal, laaa lhaa ana r..r. par ineath, 11.36. GLAD TIDINGS ;' Charles V. Stanton It Ig most welcome news that the rift between the i county's two principal mounted groups, The Douglas Coun ' ty Sheriff's Posse and the Douglas County Mounted, is be iqg closed. It is unfortunate that a break ever occured. It is certain to leave some scars. But much credit must be given Sheriff Ira Byrd for the prolonged efforts he has made to get the two factions together and to obtain a unity of command and personnel. It has not been an easy job. A mounted organization is a great asset. Particularly 'has this been true in Douglas County. The Sheriff's Posse was organized during the early days of the Second World War as a civilian defense arm. Horsemen volunteered their services for law enforcement, mounted couriers, patrolmen, search and rescue, and other such work as might develop during an emergency. They met regularly for training. They were thorough . y prepared to serve in case of emergency or disaster. Fortunately their services were never required for such ; purpose. They did, however, undertake several difficult ; searches for missing persons, and did valuable patrol work at .a .time when, livestock thefts were numerous. Annual Rodeo Sponsored Members enjoyed their work, After the war they want ed to continue their association. They developed their or ' sanitation both as a law enforcement arm and as a riding ;group. ) As there was much demand for resumption of a coun ty fair, and as, at the same time, rodeos were becoming popular, the organization concieved the plan for an annual county rodeo from which proceeds would go to acquisition and construction of facilities for a county fair. Members dug into their own pockets to erect the first facilities. They built fences, corrals, chutes, etc., without outside help. They also contributed part of the cost of the grand stand. They took over the job of managing the rodeo, par ticipated in it, and received nothing in return. All receipts went into the county fair fund. Because of this unselfish work, Douglas County now has fair and recreational facilities listed among the best in the state. ' . " The break, which split the organization down the mid dle, had Beveral causes. There is nothing to be served by reviewing those causes. We can be happy that Sheriff Byrd has devoted much time and effort toward affecting a reunion. A combined and harmonious organization makes it possible to continue the good work and to go for ward to still more achievement. It is to be hoped that members can forget their per sonal differences, can be tolerant in their approach to the inevitable problems of reuniting efforts and activities, and will maintain a solid front in the future. ; Prestige Is Important j If the organization is to function as an agency of law enforcement, it seems to me, members must conduct themselves at all times in a manner contributing to the prestige of the posse and sheriff's office, i The law enforcement factor should have first place in the minds of the membership. Every member should be ready and willing to respond to any call made upon him for assistance in law enforcement. On the other hand, it is my opinion that the sheriff need not exercise authority or management over functions of the posse outside the field of law enforcement. Sheriff Byrd, I know, shares that view. The social side of the organization, and its work in connection with rodeos, fairs, and other activities, need not be under the direction or supervision of the sheriff, except as to their effect upon prestige or dignity of law enforcement. Sheriff Byrd, I am sure, does not expect to be a riding member of the posse. He is not a horseman. He'll leave the horseback riding to the members. The sheriff is far more familiar with" airplanes. Hav ing had long experience with planes, both in and out of military service, he'll probably let the horsemen manage their own affairs, except when he may need them for spe cial duty, while he takes his place at the head of the Sher iff's Aerial Posse. , 1 The sheriff is a peculiar guy, figuratively shaking. He's up in the air a lot for a fellow who has his feet on the ground. NEW YORK M" The summer city of the world says hello and welcome. Kew York City is officially at hand to the visitor. 1 don't intend to tell you about the official program of entertainment that has been arranged for you. If you want that program, just write a letter asking for it and address it: "To the Mayor, New York Citv." He'll attend to it, or we'll get a new mayor who will. He'll tell you all the 1 001 special attractions that make this particular aummer the greatest in New York City's history. . They've gone to lot of trouble to prove that this is a wonderful place to visit (after all. you don't have to live here,) But if you have a sense of adventure you can throw away the program. You never need a program to enjoy New York. I live here and I know thla and. If you believe me you can take my word tor il. Certainly New York get hoi on some days. It has a heal that can build up restlessness and discom fort, but usually within five days at most that heat will blow away. It's a changeable town in almost every way. . . but no one man ever owned It or bought It. . . and if you bring I feeling to it that matches its siie it will also enlarge you. They say it lsn t America, but it is the most American city in the t'nited States. The Statue of! doesn't ask In be admired or re Liberty Isn't in another port. Itlspected merelv because it's old lifts Its torch here. I .It u a city of endless growth and Or. Thur., Jun 30, 1955 New York City is fun. . . and adventure. . , and opportunity. It is also skyscrapers, culture and cruelty. But it is neither more cultured nor cruel than what you're looking tor. It is you magnified. . many many times. Whatever you seek for and don't find a home is probably here, or may be. , . and many times you aren't even looking for al all. I lie higher Nome. . . the aspira tion that mane Athens a symbol. . . . the sin of Babylon without its babel. , . the stolid durability of London. . . the pride of Paris. . . they are all here. New York City home of the hope held out by the United Nations, queen city of the modern West, capital of the dollar, portal of the world. . . holds out her arms. Never the same, always new, shrugging off her 300-year history, it is the one mighty mrtropol's on earth that still bases its appca on the clamour of vouth and HifM r mv It Policy Of Editorials Criticized By Writer ROSEBUBG (To The Editor) In following your editorials through the years, you have fol lowed one consistent policy oppo sition to anything done by the Democrats and anything that would extend controls to private enterprise so. they would better serve the people as a whole, or provide a choice from whom they would buy their power or other services. During the administrations of Roosevelt and Truman you wrote continuously about our "wishy washy" Stale Department, calling for action when our men were caplured on the high seas or our planes were shot down over inter national watefs. You complained at great length about our citizens in Russian prison camps, military personnel not exchanged. Now the Republicans have had it for a while. The same things are goins on planes shot down closer lhan ever to our land. But you are silent about it. Why? FRED ALBERTUS Roseburg, Ore. Editor's Note The present administration already has se cured release of a jiumher of captive Americans and all indi cations are that slill more will soon be freed. In the latest plane incident it obtained apologies and an offer to pay some of the damage. While there is room for impatience with slow progress, the administration is at least doing something about the situ ation, and has shown results, rather lhan cowering with fear at every threatening gesture, CVS Government Will Make First Shift To Flexible Price WASHINGTON I The govern ment will make its first shift Fri day from high, rigid farm prire supports of the Truman era to flexible prire floors sponsored by the Eisenhower administration. The changeover was authorized bv Congress last year, to taka effect with the start of marketing seasons for th crops affected by the shift wheat, corn, cotton, rice and peanuts. The change will have an Im mediate impact upon wheat grow ers and upon the government it self. The ' price support rate for .wheat will drop from 90 per cent of parity the level fixed by war and postwar farm legislation to 82 'i per cent. The 1954 support rate for wheat averaged S2.24 a bushel nationally. This vear's rate will average not less lhan $2.08. This means farmers will get an average of around 18 cents a bush el less for wheat stored under price support loans, For (he whole crop currently forecast at about R4.S million bushels this would he a reduction of about 152 million dollars. The changeover from the old to the new support system will take place later in the year for the other crops. fresh glamour and never invites strangers lo come here to feci strange and be sad. It only says: "Whatever you are looking for, somewhere it is here if it is any where in a city." Come lo New York City now. . . in the adventurous summertime. . . . and see for yourself. . . and discover its wonder in your own way. ShtopjDer'iMoosic! When Yugoslav officials ruled out any ties with the Soviet-sponsored Warsaw pacts covering de fense and economic relations with Kremlin satellites, they perhaps spoke the decisive word on the Yugoslav-Russian conference. First reactions to the com munique issuing from the parley between-Marshal Tito and top Sov iet leaders were that Tito had scored an important triumph. He had resisted the nev Russian em brace and thereby maintained his independence. Furthermore, he extracted from the Russians an agreement that in ternal matters, whether economic. political or ideological, are strictly the concern of individual countries. This amounted to putting Mos cow's stamp of approval on what the world for seven years has called "Titoism," a brand of com munism apart from the Soviet model. Reservations were ' voiced in some quarters, however, when it was noted thai Tito and the Rus sians managed to express agree ment on certain foreign policy Issues a U. S. seat for Red Ohi- na, recognition of the "legitimate rights" of Peiping to the island of Formosa, a German settlement within .the framework of a broad European security system (minus America). Then a key Communist spokes man disclosed that at Warsaw a new association was formed to co ordinate all action of Communist lands from the East German border to the Pacific shore of the Red Chinese mainland. Under this setup, the Soviet Union would in theory not be truly dominant but only "first among equals." In other words, the sat ellites would be accorded a mea sure of independence they have not so far known. Some observers felt that Rus sia's acceptance of Tito's inde pendence was related to this new approach, that it was in effect a demonstration to the satellites that Moscow means to allow more independence. If Tito could be forgiven for his "sins" of the past, then the Iron Curtain nations might well believe the Kremlin's promises of greater individual status for them. According to this notion, the Sov iet Union might actually enhance rts position among the satelites rather than weaken it, as some Western experts have speculat ed. Some concluded, too. that Mos cow never had any real hope of winning Tito back to its fold. They argued that the Russians merely sought to use his show of indepen dence to their own advantage 1 as here suggested and at the same time to compromise him in Western eyes. This might have been accom plished, il was said, by Moscow's words and deeds which seemed to draw parallels between Yugoslav ia and the satellites. The more Tito could be made to look ac ceptable according to the new Warsaw pattern, the more he might be hurt as a sort of foster cousin of t he West. But, whatever hay Moscow may make with the satellites out of the Soviet visit to Belgrade, Yugoslav la is now busy making clear that it does not intend to be compromis ed in Western eyes if it can help it. Yugoslavia's policy continues to he one of "non-alignment." gov ernment sources say. Tito will join neither Eastern or Western bloc. For all his concurrences with cer tain Soviet Communist foreign pol icy aims, he will stand aloof. Whether the West will be en tirely convinced this is a sincere ESCAPE HATCH 1 PORTl.AND. Ore. Some body fashioned a 15-inch hole in a mesh grating atop the elevator shaft at the citv jail. Police, rea sonably sure nobody had broken into jail, believe some trusty used the escape hatch to come and go as he pli'ased. The mesh screen had been worn shiny by someone crawling through it many times. posture remains to be seen. Cer tainly the free nations would like lo believe it. But Aloscow'a admit ted gains in exploiting some com mon ground wiui lito may have damaged his position as an extra nucleus of defense against Russia. Congress Chat By HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C, 4th Oregon District The Mining Claim Bill which I nave mentioned several times in these weekly letters was passed by the House without even a roll call vote. There appeared to be little or no opposition .to it. The bill which I and several other House Members sponsored will put a stop to the attempts which have been made to obtain valuable tim ber land under the guise of its be ing a mining claim. When it is en acted this new law will not pre vent any genuine miner or pros pector from filing on and perfect ing a mining claim but he will have to use it only as a mining claim. The Forest Service wiU manage Uie surface of the claim and be able to sell the timber on it, except such timber as is need ed by a miner in developing his mine. One question and a good one was raised during the debate on the bill. Congressman Young of Nevada wanted to know if sports men and recreationists would have the same right to go on a mining claim filed in the National Forests as on the rest of the forests. Be cause of my knowledge- of the wording of the bill I took the Floor to assure Mr. Young and the House also to have the record of the debate clear on the point that the bill permits such use of the mining claim surface. The bill asserts the right of the govern ment to "manage and dispose of the vegetative surface resources threof and to manage, other sur face resources thereof." Certainly wildlife and recreation values are "other resources thereof" and are under the jurisdiction of the For est Service the same as the rest of the National Forests. As is usual here about this time each year there is quite a bit of conversation as to the possible date of adjournment of this ses sion. The past few days I have been hearing pretty reliable ru mors which indicate a determina tion on the part of the majority leadership in both Houses to ad journ before the end of July. If that does happen it will surely mean that action on several im portant bills will be put over until the next session which will con vene January 3rd. Next year being a presidential election year, it seems likely that the Democrat majority in Congress would want to have some good hot controver sial legislation to work on. The political thinking naturally would be that they might be able to put us Republicans "on the spot" enough times to damage us in the election. Apparently one thing that is troublesome to our opposition is the popularity of President Eisenhower. They seem to be having some difficulty in op posing him while supporling him. One interesting fact" about the present situation in Congress is that for the first time in many years the Senate is ahead of the House in getting its work done. Congrats is going to send a del egation of seven House Members and seven Senators to a confer- icnce in Paris wilh similar repre- sentation from the parliamentary bodies of the Atlantic Pact coun tries the NATO members. I ' think that is a good thing, and ' said so on the Floor when legisla : tion to create such a delegation was debated. After all. we have conferences of the "heads of state," of the Foreign Ministers ; and of the executive personnel. It seems a most sensible idea for the , tow-makers of the countries to get together and exchange views also. Eisenhower Asked WASHINGTON on Pr.iid.nl Eisenhower was Invit.d W.dn. day to participate In Ortgen's 156 sanatoria! campaign and reportedly promised to give it "serious con sideration." The invitation was presented by Oregon Republican Chairman Wen- In The Day's News (Continued from Page One) the papers and probably got him self on TV, alongside me rresment of the United States. The other stuff came from the people. President Eisenhower be ing what he is that is to say, be ing "Ike," which is an affection ate nickname bestowed upon him spontaneously and NOT built up by press agents I'm sure it can be said that these other gifts came to him from the HEARTS of the people. For that reason, I'll bet he val ues them far above gold and prec ious stones. Speaking of presidents There's the bank president in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, who for years, just on the chance of a holdup, kept a rifle bandy in his office. The chance came the other day when a bandit held up on'e of the tellers, grabbed $8,090 and ran like crazy. The bank president reached for bis trusty rifle and as the holdup artist went through the door pumped four shots after him. He scored four clean misses. If the truth were told, I'll wa ger a fair-sized sum that he's grateful beyond the power of words to express that he missed. Shooting even a fleeing thief would be quite a burden on one's soul. In Ely, Nev., a flash fire destroy ed two gambling clubs and three cafes all of which, probably, in the free and easy Nevada manner, were packed with slot machines. The fire spread so fast that the game operators didn't have time to grab even the folding money off the card tables, not to mention the bard cash in the innards of the slots. Estimated loss (probably exag gerated) $750,000! I know, of course, that some body WORKED to earn that mon ey in the first place. But it seems different from burning up three quarters of a million dollars worth of hay which in the cattle state of Nevada would have represent ed REAL WEALTH. Gambling money isn't -REAL money. If you win it today, the law of averages will see to it that you lose it tomorrow. Speaking of gambling, I'd like to offer my congratulations to the members of the Jackson county court, who have refused to en dorse a proposal to establish a dog racing track in the Ashland area. Dog racing as DOG RACING wouldn't , draw cash customers enough, to pay the ticket takers' wages. It flourishes because of the pari-mutual machine gambling that goes along with it. The members of Jackson coun ty's court, I think, displayed sound business thinking in refusing to go along with the dog track idea. From the purely business stand point, Southern Oregon wants no truck with gambling. Gambling creates no new wealth. It merely REDISTRIB UTES wealth that has been cre ated by the application of human labor and ingenuity to the natural resources of our region which is the classical economists' defini tion of wealth. Witnesses Give Testimony On Proposed Dam . EUGENE Ml A parade of wit nesses for the Eugene Water and Electric Board presented addition al testimony Tuesday at a hearing on its proposed seven million dol lar power project at Beaver Marsh near the headwaters of the Mc Kenzie River. The hearing, being conducted by Francis Hall, a Federal Power Commission (FPC) examiner, opened Monday and is expected to wind up late Thursday. Burke Hayes, a consulting engineer- from Corvallis, was the main witness for the board Tues day. He directed nearly all original planning for the Beaver Marsh project. Hayes presented technical material on engineering and rate factors and said power required by Eugene can be supplied much more cheaply through development of this site. This would be more economical. he continued, than buying power from the Bonneville Administra tion at its lowest rale or from any other source Representatives of several out door clubs and sportsmen's groups testified against the development, sayinvs they feared possible dam age to wildlife and fish resources. The Eugene Water and Electric Board wants to build three low level dams near Beaver Marsh. Proponents contend additional hv droelectric power Is essential to assure continued expansion of th. Eugene area. Suit Filed To Collect Damages From Dam Break PORTLAND t Suit was filed In federal court here Tuesday by Young k Smith Construction Co. of Utah asking $33,377 damages because of destruction of a coffer dam the company was building at Savage Rapids, near Grants Pass. Defendants are Grants Pass Irri gation District, its directors, ar.d the United States. The comDlaint says the Irrigation district raised the water level in the reservoir behind the coffer dam, causing it to go out. It had been built in the course of rehabili tation work on Savage Rapids Dim for the Department of Uie Interior. To Take Part In dell Wyatt and Rep. Norblad (R-l Ore). Wyatt told reporters: I "He (the President) told us he! would give it serious consider ation." Sen. Morse, who was elected io the Senate from Oregon as a Republican, is up for re-election next year and has announced he will run as a Democrat. He has been one of Eisenhower's severest critics in Congress. It is not known who his Republican opponent will VALUES 2 for NOW Roseburg, Oregon Ph. OR 3-5553, mm 3 Days to Save! DRESS SALE Cottons Rayons Sheers Bemberg Everglaze Butcher Weave Tebilixed Pontung Nylons Dacrons Plain and Prints Jr. Misses, Women's, Extra Sizes 9-52 DUSTERS Values to 4.00 Misses sixes 12 thru 20. Miss embossed cottons, prints and plain. Oregon Election be Is the campaign In which Eisen hower was invited lo participate. 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