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o OtC 31CU)$'lteWieW Published by Nwi-Rvitw Co. Inc., 545 S.E. Main St., Rowburg, Or Charles V. Stanton Editor and Manager Georee Castillo Assistant Editor Member of the Associated Pre. Association, the Audit Bureau ol Circulation Entered as second class matter May 7, 1920 at the post office a Roseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, 187j Subscription Rates on Classified Advertising Page EDITORIAL PAGE 4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Oct. 21, 1959 Political question By Charles V. Stanton Sen. Richard Neubewr in a letter elsewhere on this nape deeply resents the "inference" in this column that he had "deliberately" snonsored the bill for an Oregon Dunes National Seashore Park as a political issue. If I recall correctlv. there was but little "inference. 1 said it was my belief the project was a political frimmick. To set at rest any thought that there might have been an "inference," let me say plainly that I still believe the proj ect to be a political gimmick, despite the senator's pious declaration and his resentment. The senator is a past master at distortion and deception. He has an artists' ability to make words say things that are true within themselves but are distorted from fact. He has an uncanny ability to twist things to suit himself. To read his letter one would believe that the Secretary of the Interior is all hot and bothered in favor of the Ore- pon proposal and that the whole administration is behind the Neuhereer nrocrram. The fact is that the National Parks Advisory Board se lected areas where national shoreline parks could be cre ated. It has emphasized that it has made no decisions. Even if there were no opposition there still is no assurance the suggested Orepon park would be one of those chosen, although it probably Jjas great merit. Access At Question One of the factors upon which park recommendations are based is that the public needs access to seashore play grounds. For that reason it is proposed to establish parks where recreational values of seashore areas mav be made available to the public. The strange part of the Oregon proposal, in the light of that phase of the federal report, is that the area proposed for park purposes already is prin rinally in public ownership and the public now has access. The area already contains state narks, forest parks, public swimming beaches, boating facilities, fishing, etc., while the state holds ownership to the entire ocean front, so the public can pever be denied access. The fact of the matter is that while the Orepon project was included among those recommended to the Department of the Interior, and, as is indicated, has a "prospect" of be ing one of the three to be established, Neuberger paraded forth unon his own to advance and urge the selection of this particular area. He did so without consultation with the state administration. He acted in such a manner that he put the administration in a bad light. No one ever has ac cused him of partisanship, insofar as making the matter a party issue is concerned. It was contended in this column that he has used the proieet for his own advantage : that be cause he is a recognized conservationist he is trying to make it appear that the parks proposal is a conservation project. Intentions Indicated If the senator was as pious as his letter would seem to make him, would he not as one of the chief men in our state government, have sought the ideas, advice and help of state authorities rather than acting independently and alone to dispose of Oregon's resources according to his own ideas? If Neuberger had sought to be impartial and objective, gathering "facts", as he indicated was the purpose of his hearings, would he have argued with witnesses, badgered the opposition, criticized the state's governor for an opposi tion report prepared by a committee of honorable and re spected men? If he were fair and impartial would he have abused a secretary who conducted an investigation ordered by a committee and who brought in a report contended bv some members of his committee as being too "soft?" If Sen. Neuberger is as pious as he would have people believe, why doesn't he challenge the whole committee? That com mittee is made up of the bends of twelve of Oregon's de partments relating to natural resources. They are men of integrity. If Neuberger isn't playing politics, whv is he battling Hatfield and Allen, the committee's secretary, rather than the whole committee? If Neuberger isn't play ing politics, why doesn't he tell the whole truth in his letter instead of only part of it? Hal Bovle Lyricist Finds In Inferiority NEW YORK (AP)-trn Gersh win says he has enioyed an in feriority complex all his life and it's a wonderful thing to have. "If you're conscientious," he remarked, "an inferiority com plex will make you work hard to refute your own opinion of your self. At 62 Gershwin, a lyric genius assured of immortality, is pain fully honest about himself and his work, has no desire to he thrust upon a pedestal of personal rec ognition. "Sly biggest goal is not to get too upset about anything," he said. "I don't want lo be a celeb rity. It means too much respon sibilitytoo much mail to an swer." It was back in 1917 that Ira, a Lower East Side kid first learn ing the magic of words, mailed a half-page fable lo the old Smart Set magazine. Back camo a check for Si. "Sure, 1 cashed the check," he recalled. "I needed the money." In the 42 years since then, Ira has written the words for some 800 musical works, including such : standard songs as "The Slan I l.ove," "Embraceable You,": "Love Walked In," "They Can't; Take that Away from Mf." Many Teams Made Ho learned memorably with! such noted composers as ms ; brother, George Ciersnwin. Je rome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harold, Arlen and Arthur Schwartz. He has captured the favor of those! historic years in the American! musical theater in a new book, j Although a single song has: earned him more than $20,000, hei insists neilher fame nor fortune I is the greatest reward, 1 Addyo Wright Busintst Manager Oreaon Newspaper Publisher! Enjoyment Complex "Many fine plays and novels, unfortunately, fall bv the wavsul,. after three or four years," he said. "But if you are lucky enough lo turn out a good song. 30 years later you can hear it and still feel you're active. "Thai's the real reward. It makes you feel young as if vou just wrote Ihe song yesterday." Tolerant of imperfection in ev eryone except himself. Ira is stout, slow-moving, wryly fnendlv to all. He is a compulsive reader, complains he feels guilty if he puts down even a catalogue with out reading all Ihe print in it. He collects dictionaries, paintings and cigars. "My favorite hobby is slaving home." he said. "And my second favorite hobby is not going out much." Produce Offered At Low Prices SPOKANE (AP)-A group nf farmers, disappointed at current low market prices, offered here to sell 150 tons of cabbage, tur nips, carrots and rutebagas at only 2 cents a pound. A spokesman for Ihe farmers said the sale will be limited to charitable organizations and lh:l the produce will he delivered free u ordered by the Ion. The vegetables were collected at Ihe David Granlow farm in the Orchard Prairie area northeast nf the city. He said Ihe farmers can't sell Ihe vegetables at a pro fit because of low prices and would rather dispose of them for charity before they freeze. i la The Day's News ;By FRANK President Eisenhower, calling it a sad day for the nation, orders government lawyers to ask a fed eral court to send .500.000 striking sleelworkcrs back to the mills lor 80 days. lie adds: "In order to protect the interests of ALL Ihe American people, this leaves me no (legal) alternative except to seek an injunction un der the existing law." Nole his use of the word ALL. It tells the whole story. As the situation stands, four or five million people (some 500,000 steclworkers and some 600.000 own ers of steel stocks, along with their dependents) are DIRECTLY concerned by the steel strike, whereas in the neighborhood of 170 million people are hampered and annoyed by it. As this is written, the general drift of the news indicates that an injunction, if granted by the courts, will settle nothing that both sides will tough it cut and the strike will be resumed at the James Marlow Freedom In Bargaining Believed On Way Out WASHINGTON (AP) The two dirtiest words for big unions and big management are "com pulsory arbitration." But that's what they may he headed for. In time at least. The steel strike shows why. Under a compulsory arhiralion law the government would step in when union and management failed to agree on wages and working conditions and dicate a settlement which both sides would have lo accept. The ideal in labor-management relations in a free society is lor both sides to have complete free dom from government interfer ence in settling disputes. Freedom includes freedom to shut down a plant or strike it. This ideal is shared by the Eisenhower administration and perhaps by most Americans. Nevertheless, it is a limited ideal: It begins to lose its appeal when a labor dispute begins to cause broad damage. There wasn't much of a national Reader Opinions Solon Claims Park Bill Has Non-partisan Flavor To The Editor I deeply resent Ihe inference in your editorial of Oct. 1 that I have deliberately sponsored the bill for an Oregon Dunes National Seashore Park as a political issue. On Slarch 22. the National Park Service released its Pacific Coast Recreation Area Survey which had been two years in preparation. This report recommended Ihe Ore gon Dunes-Sea Lion Caves Sea shore Recreation area because "the many superlative values found here are of such high im portance as to warrant permanent preservation for Ihe nalien as a whole." This suggestion was re affirmed by National Parks Ad visory Board action, which recom mended that Ihe Secretary of In terior report favorably on bills in Congress to eslahiisn national hnrelinc areas, including the Ore gon Dunes. At me request ol tne nepuDiican nalional administration, 1 have in troduced legislation lo authorize three such seashores in the nation. The Republican Undersecretary of the Interior has written to me that Oregon Dunes has "an excel lent prospect" of being one of the three thus established. Does this sound as though I am acting in partisan fashion? Do you really think the National Parks Ad visory Committee, under a Repub lican administration, recommend ed Ihe Oregon Dunes Park so that a Democratic senator could make it an election issue? I have tried my very best to keep partisanship out of the park question. I have cooperated with the national administration in its advocacy. The question of politi cal partisanship has been raised I by others, such as yourself, but not 1 by me. Kicliard L. fteunerger t'nited States Senator Portland, Ore. Mayor Seeks Laws To Curb NY. Crime NEW YORK ( AP) Mayor Robert F. Wagner has asked for a series of new stale laws to quell youth crime in New York City. Revealing his anti-Juvenile de linquency program here, he called for laws that would: Lower the age of prosecution for major crimes from the current 18 to 15. License all dealers in rifles and shotguns and require Ihem lo keep proper records of all their trans actions. Make it a punishable offense for anyone under 2t lo possess in pub lic a knife or sharp-pointed or cul ling instrument. Provide Ihat illegal possession of a weapon by one or more mem bers of an unlawfully assembled group would he considered illegal possession by all members of the group. Slake carrying of an exposed. j loaded pistol or revolver a felony. I Under present law it is a felony 'only If ihe pislol or revolver is concealed. Slake Illegal possession of wea pons by two or more persons in a public group "presumptive evi dence" Ihat Ihe group was unlaw fully assembled. JENKINS. end of the 80 days. It could be. But It MIGHT take both sides off the hook. It might save face all around. What SHOULD be done? Let's go back to the illustration of Ihe ruckus in your neighbor hood in which two or three fam ilies are rowing with each other and disturbing the peace and quiet of all the rest of you. The rest of you, constituting the MAJORITY, will put up with it as long as you can, but sooner or later, if the row isn't settled, you'll CALL THE COPS. Here's about what will happen: The 80 days will expire at about the time the Congress will assem ble. The Congress, representing ALL the people, will be inclined to pass a law that will slop the ruckus. Such a law will be apt lo make j the American system of free en terprise MUCH LESS FREE. That isn't going to be good for us over the long pull. i problem when American society was more primitive and injury from a strike or shutdown was pretty much limited to the union or company or companies in volved. This is no longer the case. Strikes Affect Economy In this present complex society, with its various parts growing more interdependent, a prolonged strike in one vital industry can throw millions out of jobs in other industries and start an economic tailspin. And this nation's complexities and interdependencies of today are only a shadow of what they will be in the years ahead as the population increases and indus tries interlock in Iheir needs. It is possible and '.his writer strongly believes it is likely that the time is coming when the gov ernment, for the sake of the na tion, will not permit sir.kes in vital industries. That, of course, raises a nice question: What is a vital indus try? At this time and offhand it is easy to Ihink of some which fit that category because a strike! in any of them affects the national welfare: Railroads, Steel, Airlines, Com munications. But right there an argument begins. Many industries are engaged in communications in some form, such as telephone, telegraph, newspapers, television, radio. Freedom Question Raised Would all of them be considered vital? If the time comes when Congress considers a ban in strikes in communications or any other vital industry it will have the fight of its life on its hands, and for this reason: Each industry, like each in dividual, and each union would want to retain for itself the maxi mum amount of freedom. But if a ban on strikes comes, then Ihe government will have to provide a settlement and hat, in Ihe end, could only be done by imposing compulsory arhiration. The steel strike is now in its 15th week. At the start of it Presi dent Eisenhower refused to per mit direct government interven tion. He wanted the union and the steel industry to have the utmost freedom to reach a settlement of their own through collective bar gaining. The union and management be tween them made the collective bargaining process a farce. And on Oct. 19. when Eisennower de cided to seek an injunction to stop the strike for 80 days, he said: Settlement Hopes Fade "In order to protect the in terests of all the American peo ple, this leaves me with r.o alter native. American hopes for a vol untary responsible eUiement have not been fulfilled. It is a sad day for the nation." He acted only when the effect of the strike began to spread inlo other industries with the danger, unless something was done to stop it, thai the country might go tumbling back into recession. Before Congress ever goes so far as to ban strikes and impose compulsory arbitration, it almost surely will seek some less drastic measure but one sterner than any now available. That may work for a while. But in the end, in the years ahead, this writer believes a strike in an essential industry affecting the na tional welfare will not be per muted. luveniles' Acts Parents' Concern NEW YORK (AP) The City Council, trying lo bring juvenile violence under control, lias adopt ed a measure to hold parents le gally responsible, for their chil dren's vandalism. Parents could be fined up lo $25. Joseph T. Sharkey nf Brooklyn, sponsor of Ihe bill, declared. "We have wasted 20 years and spent more lhan 100 million dollars in our effort to stop youth crime. It is lime we put this in Ihe hands of practical people. We must lake it away from the sob sisters." The bill must get Board of Es timate approval. Virtually the same measure was defeaied in 1952. Park Integration Asked BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A group of Negroes have filed a fed eral court suit seeking to integrate Birmingham's public parks and recreation facilities. The suit, filed here in the name of 16 Negroes, contends that the majority of Negro recreational fa cilities are poorly equipped and asks specifically Ihat the city be enjoined from segregating the parks. FOLLOWING TRADITION, a la MORSE Grants Pass Courier Sometimes the boroiomcness of coarrhmB ftir editorial niaCer real Iv hits home lo us. as it did yester day, until Jerry Acklin laid down on the desk a query or request from AP that's Associated Press from Portland: "KB, (iP-lf JRE in APC ask him to phone. Tnx, GG.McPD." That sort of stumped us and then we're intrigued a bit. Why in heck does the Portland AP office or whomever it is there requesting this message be given whomever it is he's asking about in cone why doesn't he just say it in English: 'Roseburg, Grams 1'ass n j. R. Elimers in appreciate ask him to phone. Thanks.' We've been reading a let about whether Johnny can read and-or: vision. spell and we'd add write, also, and' But Ihe latest effort is far the this passel of heiroglvphics almost best. constrains us to believe ' GGM" i It's a 14-page, two-color booklet can't, either. 'on the Oregon Trail. Anyway, back when Horse f tele- i And before we praise it in de eranh) was used by the newspa-! tail we'll make our two criticisms: pcrs instead of telephone or tel.;-i tvpe, the operators abbreviated, shortened everything as much as possible, often even skeletonizing when transmitting and receiving news matter. On the telephonic re ports from the district sending bu reau, the typists of the several newspaper! subscribing lo service over a given telephone circuit would skeletonize. Example: "Ptt Pa U S Stl tdy annd re- Russian Customs On Moon Forecast By Rocket Expert WASHINGTON (AP) Wernher von Braun said here that unless America steps up its pace in the space race "I suspect we will have to pass Russian customs when we finally reach the moon." Von Braun, chief scientist at the Army's Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Ala., predicted fur ther: "We may expect to hear a Russian accented voice coming from an artificial inhabited satel lite roaming our American skies." He spoke at a breakfast meet ing of Ihe National Assn. of Food Chains. "1 do not believe the American people will accept second place. Yet it is painfully clear that we are behind. It is just as clear that Ihe other fellow is building up a momentum that will enable him to carry out even more astonish- Rocket Expert To Stay On Job WASHINGTON (AP) Wern her von Braun said here he had no present intention of resigning from the nation's missile and space program if his group of Army-sponsored scientists is shift ed to another government agency. But Von Braun. chief scientist at the Army's Ballistic Slissi'e Agency at Huntsville, Ala., told a news conference he might re sign if "a pleasant environment" and challenging space work are not given to him and his scien tists after any such transfer. President- Eisenhower is consid ering whether Vou Braun's gro'ip should remain under the Army, or be transferred lo the Air Force or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the civilian space agency. Von Braun said he was sure the President's decision would be "in the best interest of the nation " But he said "even a wise de cision made in the best interests of the nation could ultimately backfire" if the agency selected did not provide proper conditions for his scientists. "Situations arise that can cre ate crises," he said. "Suppose for example, someone should decide lo cancel the Saturn program." The Saturn program is one aimed at producing a rocket with 1 1 3 million pounds of thrust capa ble of putting huge payloads into space. Portland State Prexy Installed FORTI.AND (AP)-Dr. Brad ford Millar, who has served as president of Portland State Col lege since last February, was for mally installed into office in a colorful ceremony here. Officials and delegates from more than 100 colleges and uni versities were present. Dr. Clement French, president of Washington State University, gave the installation address. Oth er speakers included Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield: Henry F. Cabell, president of the state Board of Higher Education: and Dr. Slor gan S. O'Drll. president of Lewis and Clark College. Non-Surgical Method Cures Hemorrhoids Painlessly A relatively painless, non surgical method of treating hemorrhoids (piles) is work ing therapeutic miracles for thousands who suffer from rectal and colon disorders. A recently developed elec tronic treatment it proving more effective than surgery, with none of the aft-' effects of surgery. The treatment requires no AaVtftlmnr iditorial schrs had pfcld nu byprdt surngj btr mcthds cooKg tngs in nvn. It meant: "Pittsburgh. Pa. U. s sirrl inHav announced research- e,.s na( perfected a new by-prod net insuring better metnods ol cooking things in the oven " Anyway, having gotten the habit of short methods of conveying a message to save time and money in transmission, the modern day teletype operator sticks to Ihe al most religious rule of the early day Morse men. LATE BUT VALUABLE Salem Capital Journal The Oregon State Highway De partment puts out a lot of puriiica' Hons, including many skillfully done brochures for distribution through its Travel Information Di Why wasn't it put out in time lo be used by summer vacationers I during Centennial year? Early last ; spring it was promised for -the i travel season, yet it has been avail- able only the past week or so, And why doesn t it give map scale? Nevertheless, its value is con siderable any year to both his torians and vacationers. It's a labor of love. Over the ing experiments shortly," he said. Von Braun said he is convinced that "it would definitely speed up our national space program if we could have a little more program stability and confidence in our proved rocket teams, and a little less official re-evaluations and re justifications." "As a nation," he said, "we are also making a fundamental mis take if we consider this space business as nothing but an excit ing if silly race between rival mis sile learns or a weightlifting con test between rocket engineers and scientists. "The Communist challenge goes far beyond that. It extends across the entire spectrum of human ac tivities. It challenges you and ev ery other American." "It has become a contest be tween free men and a society that accepts state control over every thought, word and deed. Having survived that kind of environ ment (as a scientist working un der the Nazis during World War II) 1 don't want my children or yours lo endure it," he said. Relief In Tibet Asked By Irish UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) Ireland declared here that the U.N. must act to end alleged Com munist oppression in Tibet even if it means aggravation of the cold war. Irish Foreign Minister Frank Aiken told the U.N. General As sembly that it was Red China's actions in Tibet and not the de bate here that is producing an adverse effect on the internation al climate. If the Peiping regime wants to help end the cold war. Aiken said, it can make a powerful contribu tion by restoring Ihe traditional liberties of the people of Tibet. Aiken urged the assembly to ap prove an Irish-Malayan resolution calling for respect for the religi ous and civil rights of the Tibe tans. The Soviet Union accused the sponsors of U. N. debate on Tibet of a "clumsy maneuver" to bring the world organization back to the dark days of the cold war. Vasily V. Kuznetsov, Soviet dep uty foreign minister, told the 82 nation General Assembly charges of Chinese Communist oppression in Tihet were "malicious and nonsensical fables invented by certain reactionary emigrants from Tibet." Enough Cigs Produced For Lengthy 'Carpet' WASHINGTON (AP) Enough cigarettes were produced 'ast year to make a carpet seven feet wide and one cigarette thick from the earth to the moon, the Agricul ture Department reported. The world output was 1.971 bil- I lion cigarettes 170 billion of them American. That was an increase of 4' a per cent over 1957 for the world total. To reach Ihe moon at its closest point to Ihe earth, the cigare'te carpet would have to extend 221, 900 miles. hospitalization or confine ment. Patients ahow marked improvement almost im mediately, and uncompli cated cases can be frequent ly corrected in as little as 10 days. Descriptive booklet yours free without obligation by writing the Dean Clinic, Chiropractic Physicians, 2026 N. E. Sandy Blvd., Portland 1 2, Oregon. o Commen past two years state highway men.i usually on their own time, and amateur historians methodically i have retraced Ihe Oregon Tiail alii the way across the state. Much of this has been done on foot after consultation with original records, diaries, letters and other docu ments. Deceptive cattle runs and freight wagon trails which crossed the or iginal trail have been dismissed from contention. In many places markers, faintly visible nils, graves and other indicaicrs were found to establish definitely for the first time where the trail went. The results of this search are put into detailed map form using 10 map panels, each covering some 30 miles of the trail from lis entry into Oregon near Nyssa to Row ena, near The Dalles, where pi oneers either left it lo baigc down the Columbia or turned onto the Barlow Road and climbed over the shoulders of Sit. Hoed. The entire route is marked. Where it's visible to the eye, that is indicated. Where it was located ZENITH HEARING AIDS - Is Loss of Hearing Bothering Your Friends And Relatives? IF SO COME IN AND HAVE A FREE TEST MADE ON ONE OF THE LATEST TYPE AUDIO METERS. 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