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Publish! by News-Review Co. Inc., 545 S.E. Main St., Roseburg, Or, Charles V. Stanton Editor and Manager George Castillo Addye Wright Assistant Editor Business Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher! Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered as second class matter Ma; 7, 1920, at the post office a Roseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, Subscription Rates on Classified Advertising Page EDITORIAL PAGE 4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, TIMBER By Charles Ervin L. Peterson, assistant secretary of agriculture, probably sent cold chills up and down the backs of some of our politicians when he addressed the racinc Loggin.? Lon trress at Seattle recently. Peterson once was a dairy farmer in Coos County. He was appointed to the office of director of agriculture for the State of Oregon and gained fame during . the state's milk wars." He has been some five years with the u.b. Department of Agriculture and has been quite active in the work of the U.S. Forest service in the Pacific North west. Some of Oregon's Republicans were quite disappoint ed recently when Peterson refused to return to Oregon to battle Neuberger for the U.S. senatorial job. At the anniversary convention in Seattle, Peterson said, among other things: So, responsive as a public agency must bo to public ooinions and concern, th Forest Sorvico is now not only a forostry agency It Is a land managtmont agancy with wide ranging areas of responsibility for multiple-uso sustained-yield manage ment of the national forest system, and for th continuous im provement of that system so that values obtainable from it may be fully realised as the need for them develops. Status Changed Peterson earlier had pointed out that the U.S. Forest Service in earlier days was strictly a "custodial agency." Its lands were remote, terrain was rough. There was plenty of privately owned timber in easy access. But pri vate timber is diminishing. Trucks make it possible to get into the more distant, rougher forest lands. In a few years the Forest Service has changed from custodian of resources to an active timber and land management, agency. In outlining policies, Peterson said: I conceiv the purpos of government to be that of u re leasing th creative capacities of its citizens, placing only those restraints upon them necessary to prevent freedom from be coming license. I believe government should not undertake to do for people, either as Individuals or groups, that which they are capable of going for themselves. I believe that today government In th total sense has so proliferated its activities into th lives' of all of us that it per. forms few of th functions It undertakes either well or effi ciently. Ouch! Peterson really stepped on some nolitical toes! For several years our do-gooder politicians have been urging that tho federal government be all things to all people, borne or our politicians appear to hold the view that spending public money is the answer to all questions. They advocate spending from the public treasury for vir tually every purpose. Spread Too Thin But Peterson holds that the federal government shouldn't be doing anything for people they can do for them selves, except that controls would be put upon the destruc tion of resources because of selfishness and greed. The icnerai government would preserve resources for coming generations. More than that, however, he contends that the federal government has spread its efforts so thin, in trying to un- uuiutne Bcuviuus mat couiq oe nanoiea by private enter prise, that government is shot with innffiripnev. We need only to look at the terrible waste of taxpayer money, at the burgeoning bureaucracies, at the subsidies provided more for getting votes than for the public wcl fare, to know that Peterson speaks the truth. We need only read the proposals of some of our do-gooders, their continuing suggestions for dipping into the public trough, iiiuh iiu-i-uij ji-gisiauon, io Know mat reterson s philosophy ul Kuvcmiiieiit in cuiiuary io I'luiuiiiuiii. politicians. QllVAllf Kin !..! wu.cjr inn jiiciiin. ciiaiuint'iii.1 must, nave caused some shudders among those who need political approval for their juua. Hal Boyle Ills That Beset Mankind Having Counterparts In Denizens Of Zoo NEW YORK (AP) - Things a columnist might never know if he didn't open his mail: It isn't man alone who is heart sickened by civilization. A study of autopsies at the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens over a 40-year period showed a 20-fold increase in arteriosclerosis, or hardening of tho arteries, among both birds and mammals. Sole support: In the 12th cen tury some Russian tribesmen wore shoes with iron soles. They were so durable they were handed down from generalion to generation. Odd legislation: In New Hamp shire there onci was a law and still may he for all I know com pelling every churchgoer to carry a gun. The fuzt is familiar: Emperor Charlemagne ordered his soldiers to wear their beards outside their armor, so friends coidd belter rec ognize each oilier from foes. Plagues Claimed Millions The world influenza epidemic of 1918-19 was one of the greatest plagues in history. It took 21 mil lions lives, lint in less than half a century after 1333, the black death killed an estimated 75 mil lion persons in Europe and Asia. Tho lifo expectancy of tho av erage U. S. dollar bill is now about nine months. Our quotable notables: "Show me a thoroughly satisfied man" said Thomas A. Edison, "and I will show you a failure." The prico of nonvegctarianism: Some 130 million food animals arc slaughtered annually in the Unit ed States, but only 20 per cent are killed by methods approved by the American Humane Asso ciation. Americans may be deeply dis Ore. Sot., Nov. 21, 1959 POLICIES V. Stanton mat oi some ot today s I. L 1 turbed about their own education al institutions, but they are ad mired hy many abroad. This year more than 47,000 foreign students from 131 countries are attending u. a. colleges. A California jeweler sends out tins diplomatic note with state ments on overdue bills: "A man who squeezes a dollar never squeezes his wife. In looking over your account, we get the idea your wite is not getting the attention she deserves." Japan is one place where men still prefer to be followed rather than led hy the fair sex. The scenic beauty of golf links in that country is enhanced by more than 37.000 pretty girl caddies. This is the time of year when the common cold is really com mon. From now until next April an average of 30 million Ameri cans every day will suffer from sore Uiroats. Dip In Construction Reported By Bureau WASHINGTON AP) The Cen sus Bureau estimated here that construction activity dropped 5 per cent last month, partly be cause of the steel strike. The bureau said the value of new construction put in place dc chned to $4,791,000,000 from IS. 022,000.000. This was a sharper drop than usual for this time of year. For the first 10 months of the year, construction expenditures totaled $t5.7(KI.OOO.OOO. This was 13 per cent higher than the total for In The Day's News By FRANK Weather note: An eight-inch downpour deluges Miami, breaking a 20-year record. That's maldistribution! Here in the State of Jefferson, we NKF.l) MORK RAIN. The state of Florida doesn't. There oughta be a law. From Philadelphia: Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee denied last night that he referred to President Fi senhower in Denver last week as a second-rate soldier and slates- man. During a press conference pre ceding the annual meeting here of the United World Federalists, Mr. Attlee said he was misquoted. llmmmmmm. If he WAS misquoted, it was in excusable. The job of the press is to be accurate. If he WASN'T misquoted, but found he had said the wrong thing and laid the blame on the press, he's just an average politician. From Kansas City: A lioness pounced on her train er during a circus rehearsal here James Mario w Events Moving Toward Frequent Summit Meets WASHINGTON (AP)-If things go right and they probably won't future heads of government will have a kind of international club where one push on the huzzer will bring them together for a week end summit. Prime Minister Harold Maemil- lan of Britain has just hammered on an old theme of his again: The coming summit conference must be followed by a series of such meetings. Premier Nikita Khrush chev is all for frequent get-togeth ers, loo. rhat isn t the way President Eisenhower saw it, at least until recently. Maybe he's changing his mind. No longer ago than last summer he was talking against summit meetings and yearning for tho good old days of foreign min isters' meetings. Yet. in the short lime since then these things have happened: Later m the summer lie made a fast trip around Western Europe to see the Allied leaders; he had Khrushchev over here and prom ises to return the visit; next month he's going to 11 foreign countries to see the leaders; then he joins a prc-sunimit meeting in Parts; and in the spring will be off to the summit itself. Mac Likes Meetings Macmillan became a sturdy ad vocate of frequent meetings be tween heads of government alter he journeyed to Moscow early this year, talked with Khrushchev and felt this was the way to get things done, although what he got done isn't clear. At Uie same time Khrushchev dismissed and belittled foreign ministers as a bunch of messen ger boys who could do only what the top men permitted them any way. And, since tins was me case, he reasoned, then: Since only the top men Ihe heavyweights could really decide anything, then let them meet anil get going. This was what Eisenhower was savins in mid summer: 1. He doesn't like the modern development of diplomacy the summit conferences. He consider ed it a step backward for the Shirley To Lead Parade NEW YORK (AP) Actress Shirley Temple will lead the an nual Thanksgiving Day parade sponsored ny IMacy s store, -iliss Temple, who in private life is Mrs. Charles mack, will lie ac eompanicd by her three children l.orl, 5; Charles Jr., 7; and Susan 10 on a float. The Cartoonist "Good Try You 1 -tmm It ma. i I'uViA.i zxiz. ' u i : I NEA S"r(t, Inc. 0 ,L' JENKINS . last night, critically injuring him. The trainer was putting the lions through their act in preparation for the Shrine Circus when he was attacked. He received puncture wounds on the neck, chest and face. How come? Prcsumbalv. the lioness just RE BF.U.F.D AGAINST AUTHORITY. That explains a lot of things in this often troubled world. From Salem: Half Hie cars to be purchased by the State of Oregon next month (for the use of traveling state employees) will be in the compact sues. Of the 80 cars to be bid on in December, 41 will be with luli ineh whcelbase. Thought (or Mr. T. Payer: The midget cars wiil cost less to begin with. They will use less gas oline. Their insurance cost wiil be lower. And so on. D'ya reckon the state's car ntaintainance costs may be low eredthus, saving Mr. T. Payer a penny or so? Maybe .so. While there's life, there's hope. heads of state to spend their time on work that belongs to special ists, like foreign ministers. 2. He preferred seeing the min isters enjoy the exercise of the great authority given them in the 19lh century. Friends Became Enemies As an example of what he didn't like about the summit idej he cited the 1807 meeting between Napoleun and Czar Alexander of Russia on a raft in the River Nie men near Tilsit. They talked of dividing up the world but later be came fierce enemies. But there were some very prac tical and excellent reasons for let ting foreign ministers do the meeting in the 19th century. Get ting to and from an internation al meeting in lliose days of sail stagecoach, steam and trains took weeks or months. No president would want to be out of the country and actually out of touch so long. But with modern air travel presidents and prime ministers can go half way around the world in a day, meet several days, and be home within a week. And while away thev can be kept just as fully informed about events and problems at home, through modern communications like radio, as they would if they had never led Washington. Ministers Specialists True, foreien ministers, being specialists in their field, can go inlo vast detail in reaching agree ments that would he beyond the scope o( presidents and pr:mc ministers who. not being special ists, know problems only in a gen eral way. Hut, before the ministers can even get into detail, there must he a general agreement. And, as Khrushchev points out, they can't agree on anything unless the lop man at home says so. That brings the argument back to Khrushchev: Since only the top men can really reach agreements, then let them meet, try to agree in a general way, and, having done that, turn the details over to the foreign ministers. K the spring summit meeting proves fruitful at all, it will in crease the pressure on govern ment heads to meet more ollen. Even a failure wouldn't discour age the idea they should try again. One tiling seems certain: That in the modern world the role of the foreign minister as a settler of problems will move fuilher into Ihe background while more of the spotlight stays on the top man. Says: Can Have Your Foot Back Now Football-Sized Reactor Tested By FRANK CAREY WASHINGTON (AP) A nu clear reactor the size of a Hvp gallon can has been developed as a potential long - lasting power source for radios, TV transmitters and other instruments in space ve hicles. This was announced Wednesday night bv Chairman John A. Mc Cone of' the Atomic Energy Com mission. He said the 220-pound reactor designed to be linked with a football-sized turbo-electric gener ator has been successfully ground - tested in recent weeks. Still in the experimental stage, it is designed to generate 3,000 waits of electrical current for at least a year. The AEC, in a separate state ment, said the device might well be the forerummer of devices much more powerful, but still weighing only several hundred pounds. And these, said the AEC, "would make possible long-lived weather satellites, world wide TV communications, deep-space infor mation transmission and eventual ly interplanetary travel." It was stressed, however J that these small reactors would be used only as auxiliary power sources inside space vehicles and not for propulsion purposes. McCone made the announcement at the annual meeting ot the American Rocket Society. He said much work remains to be done on the device. At a news conference he said there are no immediate plans for using it in a space vehicle but that it should be ready to go with in a year In leading up to his announce ment, McCone told the rocket so ciety : "One of the present great handi caps of all space vehicles, ours and the Soviets' alike, is the limited time during which signals can he en, 1.1.1 in nurth ronnrt i n I con ditions being encountered." Judge Keeps Secret Jury Presentment NEW YORK (AP) A judge ruled here against making pub lic the report of a grand jury that sparked Ihe probe of television quiz shows. "Where private citizens are in volved, the function of the grand jury ends when it determines that no crime has been committed," said General Sessions Judge Mitchell D. Schweitzer. The report, or findings, of the grand jury were in the form of a 12.000 - word presentment. A pre sentment differs from an indict ment in that it summarises an in vestigation but brings no criminal charge. Schweitzer last August turned tho grand jury minutes of evi dence, as distinct from the pre sentment, over to the House Leg islative Oversight subcommittee. The minutes nrovided the basis for Ihe subcommittee's widely publicized Washington hearings in which Charles Van Doren and oth ers admitted complicity :n rigged quiz shows. Battered Blonde Takes Old Friend SEATTLE (AP) A blonde with a black eye, who applied this week for marriage licenses with two Seattle men, seid Thurs day the answer is simple. Laughing nervously, Dorena A Craig. 25. told a reporter she and Donald E. Smith, 29, quarreled and broke up right after they went to the license bureau. Later in the day she and Lloyd E. Johnson. 31. went down to ap ply for a license. "I've known him a long time," said the prospective bride "He's nice. 1 don't know why I ever considered the other guy. As for the shiner, she had noth ing to say. Spain Land Of Contrasts Mediterranean Cities Are Cited Examples Of Differing Standards By GEORGE CASTILLO News-Review Assistant Editor Travelers who know say that one sees the "real Spain" by visit ing some of the southern cities near the Mediterranean. Our visits to Granada, Malaga and Seville gave us an indication of what perhaps is meant. All three cities express startling contrasts; contrasts we haven't seen elsewhere in Europe. In Granada we saw the fabulous Alhambra, luxury home of Arab caliphs and Spanish monarchs. EDITOR'S NOTE Castillo is writing from Spain where 'he is visiting while on an independent tour of Europe. His letters, con. earning interesting aspects of the trip taken by his wife and him self, are for the interest and education of News-Review read-ers-CVS Yet within sight of it is the Sacra- monte, a community oi caves hnurn fl-nm tllP SlHp flf B hill. 1ft these caves live the Gypsies, prod ucts 01 liuuyaiiau aim mau iw.. brceding. In Seville, a gleaming new tjuu- Reader Opinions Veterans Day Program Thought Appropriate To The Editor: In answer to Commander Rich ard llagen's letter of Nov 16, we find it regretable that one of our own members has seen fit to pub licly criticize the type of remem brance which was given to Veter ans Day at the Veterans Admin istration Hospilal Nov. 11. The program was created with the patients as first eouciueration in conjunction witn tne veterans Hospital personnel who are espec ially qualified in their respective fields. As a result the maximum pa tient participation in tho program was obtained, which was highly beneficial to both the participants and the' audience. There was appropriate represen tation from the ministry. T h e sneaker of the day gaV3 an excel lent talk, which was pointed at the future and the living. Dancing in the streets, with bands blaring is hardly approori- ate at such a location. The Colors were posted by every veterans or ganization represented in Rose burg, including the Spanish Amer ican War veterans, and the cere mony was carried out in a digni fied manner. Taps was sounded at approxi mately 11 a.m., which has been the custom since the day was first designated, and, to our knowledge, this never has been changed. Any riotous celebration should rightfully belong to the citizens of Roseburg, not with the veterans of all wars in the Veterans Hospital. Our thanks goes out to everyone who helped on the program and, believe us, it was generous. . Henry P. Sherlock, chairman Commander Umpqua Post No. 16 American Legion John Groat, co-chairman Commander, Patrick W. Kel ley Post Veterans oi Foreign Wars, Koscburg, Ore. EDITOR'S NOTE Because of lack of public interest in cele bration of Veterans Day, the Cor vallis Gazette-Times has stirred up considerable controversy by proposing that the holiday be abolished. The Corvallis newspa per suggests editorially that Vet erans Day be combined with Memorial Day. The editorial writer points to the fact that stores do not close; that the gen eral public is indifferent CVS Quixzes Called Most Interesting TV Shows To The Editor: We read with interest your re-: cent editorial concerning TV quiz shows. We also read comments by other readers. We agree with you and cannot see what all the shouting is about. We know most of the shows are make believe. Even so-calied "true stones" are played by actors who are paid large sums. So, who are they kidding, or trying to kid? At least the quiz shows are more interesting than the so-called var iety programs, or shows hat put out finger-snapping, wisecracks and silly, not funny, hour-lung pro grams you see so often. They make one feel like throwing a rock through the TV screen when one of them takes over a rp.".t where one of your favorite programs is supposed to be. Sometimes we wonder if it is worthwhile to pay two or three hundred dollars for a TV set. only to have it dominated by Steve Al len, George Burns. Dinah Shore, Perry Como. to mention oniy a few. It is downright disgusting to hear the applause. If I am not mis taken, if you will listen carefully, you can tell it is the same applause record over and over. All shows are rated for their ad vertising ability. The more popu lar programs are the better the re sults. Twenty-One was one of the most popular programs ever put on. There were even 71 parties, where people gathered to watch the shows. So here's for bigger and better quiz shows! Possibly, in fairness, we should mention some of our favorites, in asmuch as we criticized some shows. We like Wagon Train, Wells Fargo, the Lassie series, Lawrence w'elk, Arthur Murray Party, Grourho Marx. It Could Be You. The Price is Eight, Queen for a Day. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Parker Sutherlin, Ore. . lac may be seen honking impatient ly to pass a two-wheeled wooden cart drawn by a plodding burro. In Malaga the newest look m sartorial fashion may brush against the rustic garb of a century ago. as people jostle one another in the town square. Old Custom Followed None of these cities has been caught in the harrowing American dilemma of having too much tele vision, movies, etc., at night. Their citizens still follow the centuries old custom of promenading. Ev eryone dresses up each night and goes for a walk. They are still promenading at midnight. Necessity is probably one of the reasons for this diversion of prom enading. Spain is one of the poorest coun tries in Europe. This. o( course, means a low cost of living (which is a delight to the tourist). An example was the meal we had at a restaurant in Seville. Four courses, with steaks as a main dish, cost us 65 cents each. It was served by a white-coated waiter with all the flourishes found in a $l0-a-head New York restaurant. Our hotel room cost $2.25 a night. Costs Trouble Natives But Spain is having troubles. Its NATO Military Leader Sees Peril In Soviet Fish Fleet WASHINGTON (AP) Opera tion of Soviet fishing vessels in the North Atlantic "is a matter of great concern to us." NATO Commander Adm. Jerauld Wright said. The fishing craft, he said, os tensibly are interested only in commercial fishing but "they are probably engaged in other activi ties" such as oceanographic sur veys and other tasks of military importance. Wright also said Soviet ballistic military submarines will pose a i significant threat against nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization with a year. By 1963, he continued, the bal listic submarine fleet being built by Russia will be "a serious threat." "We have conclusive evidence," Wright said, "that they are show ing an increased interc-it in the east coast of North America, a West Germans Join Pageant Of Peace WASHINGTON (AP) The West German Embassy said here it will join other foreign nations in the annual Christmas "Pageant of Peace" near the White House and will decorate its tree with orna ments from Germany. This avenue of trees is separate from the big Christmas tree which President Eisenhower will light and which will be trimmed with American-made ornaments as usual, pageant officials said. The statements followed reports from Coburg, Germany, that a big shipments of ornaments was being prepared there for "the big tree outside the White House." The re port said the order was placed through the West German Embas sy here. Officials at the Embassy said the shipment evidently was in tended for the embassy's own tree in the pageant, not the Presi dent's tree. Harold Smith, engineer for the Potomac Electric Power Co., which pays for decorating and trimming the main tree of the pageant each year, said all decor ations for the President's tree, mostly replacements, have been purchased and all were made in this country. AVAILABLE Latest ADVANCED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE YOUR AUTOMOBILE At No Advance In Prices Tr-t'" COMTWUJ BODY SHOP Fsr free eitimotes coll too large or toe smell. All work is gueran eed o YOUR SATISFACTION. Peterson-Dull ijyu Nt Stephens cost of living slill is loo high for the local population. As an indication of the con trasts, the state has started a movement of establishing super markets in an effort to cut out the middleman in the grocery and produce business. The newspapers in Spain carried a slory of the latest grand open ing of one of these stores in Ma drid. A squad of policemen was necessary to control the eager shoppers. This item is a strange contrast for a people who slill do most of their food buying in open, fly-in-tested market places, or from small merchants selling from dingy, dirty little shops. A final contrast is that of build ing construction. Spain, like much of Europe, is building many new structures. They are just as mod ern looking as those found else where. But it is fantastic to see the methods used. I haven't seen any heavy ma chinery yet on a building job. These jobs are closer to the hand-labor and lever methods of the Romans than to the speed and efficiency of the 20th century. 1 guess it is all a distinctive part of the flavor of Spain. key area and an industrial com plex of the first importance, not only to America, but to our NATO alliance." Wright, in a speech before a eonference of NATO parliamen tarians, also called for increased contributions by all NATO nations to defense of the vital sea lane3 between North America and Eu rope. Participation Wanted "The defense of the Atlantic," he said, "is not a one or a two or a three-nation task. It is wliat you call an 'all hands job,' one to which all NATO nations can contribute." He added, "We appreciate that most nations cannot alford the highly complex and sophisticated naval weapons involved in all as pects of our naval defenses, but there are many tasks in which they all have the technical capa bility and, we hope, tho economic capacity, for increased assist ance. "Such matters are: convoy es cort operations by ships and ASW (anti-submarine warfare) and maritime air, mine clearance, communications support." Wright said nuclear - powered submarines, homing torpedoes and atomic depth charges are available to NATO forces, and de scribed the interlocking effort of Canada and the t'niled States to protect the Atlantic coast from submarine attack. 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