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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Sat., June 11, 1960
POLICY DETERMINATION
By Charles V. Stanton
Criticism levelled by Gov. Nelson. Rockefeller at Vice
President Richard Nixon brings up the point about which
I have been harping in this column for a good many
years.
Rockefeller insisted that Nixon declare precisely what
he believes and proposes in order to meet "great matters'
before the nation." Neither the nation nor the .Republican
Party, asserted Rockefeller can ."march to meet the fu
ture with a banner aloff whose only emblem is a question
mark."
Most of the leaders of the opposition party are loud in
their glee. They give Rockefeller their endorsement
"Dick should say something," they aver.
But let's examine the situation. .
What right does any candidate, whether it be Nixon,
Rockefeller, or Joe Smith, have to set up a policy for the
Republican Party before the party itself has apoken.'
If Nixon, or Rockefeller, or Joe Smith, should be nom
inated, should it be on a platform he himself originated be
fore the party met, or should he give endorsement to the
party platform?
If the candidate is to beat time for the party's music;
why should we have a keynote speaker, a policy commit
tee, a platform committee?
Why should we have political issues, if the issues are
to be established exclusively by the men who are to be
candidates?. .
An American Fuhrer i '' '" V
Rockefeller apparently belongs to, or has joined, the
school of thought that believes the united states snouici
have a Fuhrer. (That's German for "leader.") Some of
our prominent politicians have been decrying a lack of
"leadership in the Eisenhower campaign. 1 hey proclaim
that the country should have, a "leader." Rockefeller's de
mands that Nixon "specifically" spell out a program is sim
ply putting in other words the insistence that Nixon become.
a leader; that he alone do the speaking; that he, not the
party, should make the policies and that he should an
nounce those policies before the party meets.
Such thinking, it is true, has a great deal of public and
popular support today. Our current system of elections,
with opportunity for self starters, has rendered our politic
al parties virtually impotent.
Of what use is a party declaration and a party plat
form when the candidate is leading a parade all by him
self and doing everything in his own way? Of what use is
a political party when a candidate can announce himself
for office and must be accepted as the party standard bear
er regardless of whether his views and opinions are the
views and opinions of the party as a whole?
Aids In Fixing Policy
Any candidate, when nominated for the office of Presi
dent, has a chance to assist in the making of policy and
the preparation of a platform. That always is the case.
That's the time, I believe, for the candidate to speak his
mind.
Any candidate with enough power to win a nomination
has friends and supporters who will join him in building a
platform. But that same platform will represent the think
ing of the party as a whole and not the exclusive thinking
of one man.
Does Nixon, or Rockefeller, or Joe Smith, if seeking
the party's nomination and its support, have any right to
"make clear where this party is heading and where it pro
poses to lead the nation, as Kocketeller demands.'
Certainly Nixon must have some ideas of his own. But
should he make those ideas known ahead of the party's con
vention? Shouldn't he discuss his ideas, his plans, his proj
ects with party leaders, then let those given approval be
written into the party s plattorm;
Should he express his own ideas, only to find that those
ideas are not the ideas of the party as a whole, then go
before the electorate as the party a nominee?
Unquestionably Rockefeller is expressing the thoughts
of a good many people. His words arouse elation in the
opposition camp. At the same time they create agitation
in the Republican camp.
But it is my opinion that the political party should have
a voice in our affairs ; that candidates should "clear" their
own thinking with the party, through its leadership; that a
candidate has an obligation to conform to the party's policy
and that -he should commit neither himself nor the party
until opportunity has been given for policy determination.
Military Department Under Fire
For Airport Remodeling Project
SALEM (AP) The Oregon
Military Department was under
sharp criticism today for remodel
ing a building at Portland Inter
national Airport into tho 41st Di
vision Headquarters without get
ting approval from tho Legisla
ture or the state Department of
Finance.
Members of the legislative com
mittee probing into the affair dis
cussed possible new- legislation
which would prevent such a Uiing
from happening again.
The department had used funds
earmarked for maintenance to re
model the building.
Legislative fiscal officer Ken
neth Bragg, who said tho work
had begun last July, said the fi
nance department would not have
approved the building with its
elaborate decor had the plans
been submitted to them first.
Rep. Stafford Hanscll (R-Ath-cna)
contrasted tho 570 square
foot office provided in the build
ing for the commanding general
with the 36 square feet allolled to
slato representatives on the House
floor as he noted the military's
desire for "adequate status and
dignity."
Senate President Waller Tear
son declared no new laws were
needed to prevent such a thing
from happening again.
He said it was part of the ad
ministrative duties of the gover
nor to see that the spending is
controlled.
"I think he should straighten it
out," Pearson said.
Lt. Col. L. M. Blaisdell, the mili
tary's fiscal officer, said that the
procedure used was in keeping
with that in the past.
Ho said that reconstruction of
the building, on which between
$37,000 and $39,000 was siirnt
would -not prevent the maintea-l'
ance work approved by the Legis
lature from being done. Savings
in having National Guard employ
es at the base do the work would
provide tho difference, ho explained.
Owens Draws Support
Of Primary Opponent
PORTLAND (AP)-Marv Owens
drew an endorsement Thursday
from the man ho whipped for the
Democratic nomination for con
gress in the first district.
AKnrilOV Ktitvn Amlnf.nn of C.
Icm said ho was lTeomim'iidmg
his friends voto for tho 24-ycar-okl
Owens. Neither campaigned in tho
raco, and Owens won by a nar
row margin.
Owens is scheduled to get out of
the Army in August and he has
promised to return and campaign
vigorously against the Incumbent,
Rep. Waller Norblad (R-Ore).
In The Days News
;By FRANK JENKINS ;
In addition to those who died,
thousands upon thousands of Chile
ans were made homeless and other
thousands were injured in one of
the worst disasters in modem his
tory. - This happened immediately:
The United States .rushed four
Army field hospitals to the devasta
ted nation, along with 40 military
transport planes loaded with relief
supplies. U.S. drug firms donated
$40,000 worth of medicines. The
American Red Cross is collecting
money for the sufferers. U.S.
church groups and other organiza
tions are helping.
Mexico is sending its 10,000-ton
steamship Constitucion with a relief
shipment of textiles, wool cloth
ing, cement, sheet metal, sugar,
chick peas and coffee. . . .Cuba
has given a million dollars in sug
ar and cash. . . .Canada has sent
a 30-bed field hospital, medical sup
plies, $10,000 in cash and a mil
lion pounds of canned pork valued
at about $600,000.
Germany flew in doctors, nurses,
medical supplies and equipment
. . . .Britain promptly sent more
than $20,000 in cash and supplies
. . . .Argentina dispatched planes
with emergency supplies, money
and 30 million pesos worth of beef
. . . .Brazil flew in medicine and
food. . . .Ecuador sent medical
supplies, nurses and doctors. . . .
Peru gave medicine, blankets, food
and clothing.
But
TO DATE, RUSSIA AND ITS
COMMUNIST SATELLITES AND
ASSOCIATES, SO FAR AS IS
KNOWN, HAVE SENT NOTHING.
That tells pretty accurately the
story of communism.
From Washington:
Inflation has caught up with the
cost of going bankrupt. Congress
has passed and sent to the White
House legislation doubling the clos
ing fee paid to a trustee in a no
asset case of bankruptcy bandied
4y a federal court.
The House Judiciary Committee
says in explanation that the-old $5
fee . established 62 years ago isn't
high enough to obtain conscientious
and diligent trustees. The new leg
islation increases the fee to $10.
Hmmmmmmmm.
It costs more to be born.
It costs moro to get married.
It costs more to die.
NOW IT COSTS MORE TO GO
BROKE.
Editorial Comment
SOLUTION
Klamath Falls Herald & Nws
I think I have at last solved the
riddle of the war-like birds that
surround our home.
As I have mentioned in t h e s e
columns before, we live in an area
where the birds are all juvenile
delinquents. Either that or war
mongers. ...
It is perhaps the only spot m
the West where doves are classi
fied as birds of prey.
This has been going on for a
long time.
Arrogant robins attack our win
dows. Swallows, reminiscent of the
zoot-suiters of an earlier era hang
around the carport, loafing about
with their hands in their pockets
and jeering at our attempts to
evict them.
Ordinarily timorous . thrushes
look you straight in the eye as
you pass and then spit on the drive
way in contempt.
Eagles perch in the dead snag
back of the house and dare us to
say something nasty.
AnH the doves. Mercy mc! These
rose and gray ghosts, historically
the symbol of peace, started out
by fighting among themselves and
have now ganged up and turned on
the other birds.
It is quite a sight to see a pair
of doves driving a dozen or so
valley quail off the grain that I
scatter for them. No hesitation.
They wade right in, tearing and
siaaliinc In richt and left. And are
soon in solo possession oi ine nciu
WpII. this sort of thine has both
ered me for some time, but I have
nnw arrived at a conclusion that
explains it satisfactorily to me, at
least.
Being, despite a few snide ru
mors tn lie conirarv. a muueui
and progressive family, we have
Inlrnn fhp wplfarp of our dOgS tO
heart and feed then nothing but
th latest thine in vitamin cnncn
ed. calorie concentrated, high pro
tein dog food. The stuff that keeps
them on tho go. go, go au me
timn.
The dogs are sloppy, naie to
admit that, but they arc. They
on ill a Ini nf this fine food all
over the run. And then go off to
sleep off their feed in snaae.
The birds move in on mis lemm
ing fare and clean it up. You see
all kinds nf birds eating in the
dog run. Robins and junkoes and
blue jays and doves ami, umii i
drove them off at gunpoint, mag-
Now naturally any bird that is
living on this rich diet is going to
be full of get up and go. oori oi
an unintentional Buna ueuer oum
program at my expense.
It has linen inem so mil ui vim
and vincear that they are getting
big ideas, ovonnuaieo locas. uau-
rtnrmis ideas.
nnlv the mi.iil are slicking to
their traditional diet of weed seeds
with chick scraicn tor ine mam
course and a dessert of bread
crumbs. Thev don't touch the left
over (log food. As a result they
still timid and fliehtv. They
levy no threats. Shake no wings
in anger.
But you want to watch out for
tho rest oi tnose oirus. uuaru
yourself at all times.
I don't say that they are get
ling lo the really dangerous point
vet, but I did see a robin the
other night trying to take the Saint
Bernard's dinner away from him.
That sort of thing will bear
watching. By Bill Jenkins
Opening Dates Slated
On Some Crater Roads
CHEMULT (AP) Opening
dates of some of the roadways
into Crater Lake National Park
were announced today by superin
tendent Otto Brown.
Brown said that he expects the
north entrance road from state
Hichwnv 230 will be open for pub
lic travel June 15.
The Rim Drive around the lake
will he open for visilor use by
July 1, he said.
The lodge, catcterla, guest cab
ins and other facilities of the
Crater Lake National Park Co.
will open June IS, Brown said.
Arson Charge Holds
Apartment Custodian
PORTLAND (AP)-Tho custod
ian of a downtown Portland area
apartment house hit Wednesday
by a $15,000 firo was booked on a
first degree arson chargo Thurs
day. Police said Edward Arnold Pa
quin, 24, admitted setting off th
fire. They said he blamed worry
over family problems and financ
ial troubles.
OREGON'S CLAIM
Sal.m Oregon Statesman
The Senate, on recommendation
of its Judiciary committee, has
taken the unusual step of refer
ring to the U. S. Court of Claims
the claim of the State of Oregon
for reimbursement of $184,000 for
expenses incurred in suppressing
a 1951 fire on Vincent creek in
the Umpqua basin. This was one
of the worst fires of that bad 1951
fire season, the cost of fighting and
suppressing it, borne by the State
of Oregon, amounting to $469,000.
The state's claim is based on the
pro rata share of protecting acre
age managed by the federal bur
eau or land management.
ine state couected $235,000 from
the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and
received a contribution of $50,000
from Long-Bell Lumber Co. The
claim for the remainder lies
against the government. Under the
BLM contract With the Oregon
Forest Fire Association pro rata
shares are paid during a current
year for cost of fire-fighting in
the preceding year. But BLM
cancelled its contract in early 1952
eiore me computation was made
as to liability for the costly fire
fighting of the preceding year. The
state's claim, which was presented
by the late Sen. Neuberger in S
1153 was based on equity rather
than contractual liability.
The Judiciary committee wrest
led with the question and recom
mended, in view of the complex
ity of the facts and the mixed
legal and equitable considerations
involved, to refer the question to
the Court of Claims for "findings
of fact and conclusions thereon,
sufficient to Inform the Congress
of the nature and character of
the demand as a claim, legal or
equitable, against the United States
and the amount, if any, legally or
equitably due from the United
States to the claimants."
This is being done under a spec
ial statute, though the procedure
is most unusual. The state of
course will present its case to the
Court of Claims and hope for find
ings and recommendations which
will satisfy Congress that the
claim should be paid. The money
was expended. BLM lands were
protected, though not until much
damage was done, and termina
tion of the contract should not let
the state be out of pocket the
$W4,0OU.
Readers
Opinion
To The Editor: -.
Upon reading the June 8 issue
of The News-Review, I discovered
a letter from Mrs. Janet Young
questioning the use of gold tassels
by the members of the- National
Honor Society at the recent Com
mencement ceremonies at Rose
burg High School. Many of the fig
ures quoted by the writer did not
relate to the class of 1860. I would
like to explain the facts to the
readers of The News-Review.
First of all, it was stated that
75 students were eligible for the
Honor bociety but only 35 were
chosen. This is true of the class
of 1961 but not true of the class
of 1960. To the best of my knowl
edge there were only two in the
graduating class of 1960 whose
grades made them eligible for the
National Honor Society and who
were not members. Of these two,
one was asked to join but declined.
Secondly, concerning the number
of students not admitted from the
class of 1961, the national head
quarters of the Honor Society sug
gested that all Honor Societies
throughout the nation limit their
membership to 15 per cent of the
Senior class and 10 per cent of
the Junior class. Because of this
request, the Roseburg branch de
cided to try out the suggestion for
the 1959-60 school year. Because of
disapproval of the plan by the ma
jority of students, including mem
bers of the Honor Society, plans
are underway to reject this per
centage ruling and to accept all
students who qualify for member
ship. The National Honor Society has
four prerequisites for member
ships, all of which are of equal
importance. They are scholarship,
high character, leadership and
service. The wearing of the gold
tassel was thoroughly discussed in
our student council where it was
decided that the wearing of the
gold tassels at graduation was
only fair recognition for the stu
dents who excel in the four areas
previously mentioned.
In the letter to the editor ques
tioning the gold tassels at the 1960
Commencement exercises at RHS
it was stated that "there is too
much emphasis on belonging or
not belonging to the Honor Society
if only a few can join." I have
already explained that the charge
that only a few can join was not
the case concerning the class of
1960, and that plans now are un
derway to see that it is not the
case in 1961.
Personally, I do not see how too
much emphasis can be placed on
such a worthwhile organization as
the National Honor Society. We
emphasize our sports, our rally
squads, our student councils, etc.,
in high school, why shouldn't we
emphasize our brainpower as well?
That is what will decide the fu
ture of our country.
Penny Bevans
.-1959-60 ASB Secretary ...
2835 W. Sharp Ave.
Roseburg, Ore.
SSiff
YUP, THAR'S GOLD
IN THEM HILLS
Grants Pass Courier
To the novice, to the man from
anywhere else but gold-producing
states, the fact that the average
hillside adjacent to a stream in
urcgon is cold-bearing is
surprising as that he can come to
the Northwest and pan gold mm
self.
In our own county, owners of
wnat looks like unproductive hill
sides, with scrub growths or scanty
grass and weeds on them, are mak
ing a neat living off tourists by
establishing "pan-your-own gold
workings or "do it yourself" min
ing. It is extremely interesting to
observe the "fever" mount as the
tourist from the East, Midwest or
South swirls water around in a
pan, permitting the sand and grav
el to gradually wasn itself out un
til he can spot specks of yellow ma
terial he is told is gold. Then.
when the operator of the placer out-
lit lor tourists runs a wheelbarrow
of dirt and rock through the shak
er and finds even just a tiny nug
get to add to the visitor's collec
tion of little grains in the water
filled bottle, the guest from some
place other than Oregon or other
gold-bearing states is complacent
and satisfied in a new way.
And yesterday we watched as the
little yellow grains began to show
up as a little yellow pile in the bot
tom of the tiny bottles of Alabama
guests of our community here, and
we saw the wonder, almost unbe
lievable truth finally dawning on
their expressive faces: "Thar's
gold in them hills" no matter how
rough, how unproductive-looking
they are.
But the sad feature is our gov
ernment isn't paying enough for
gold God has ordained placed in
Oregon in both the ore-bearing dirt
and stone as well as in pockets
and in quarts to justify mining it.
Nature supplied the wealth but an
other of nature's creations hu
mans confuse the issue and the
fullness of the earth is not being
realized.
On Aeronautics Board
SALEM (AP)-John W. Snider.
Medford, was appointed by Gov.
Mark Hatfield today to the state
Board of Aeronautics.
He succeeds Elmo Smith, Al
President Defends
0SC Thailand Role
CORVALLIS1 (AP) The presi
dent of Oregon State College to
day defended his school's role in
the assistance program involving
Oregon State and Kasetsart Uni
versity in Thailand.
The program was criticized by
Rep. Otto E. Passman (D-La).
A. L. Strand, OSC head, said
that if anything was wrong it was
not OSC's fault.
Strand said OSC's contract in
the assistance program cost only
i.u per cent ot ine neip given
Thailand in the program. He said
two investigators of the Interna
tional Cooperation Administration
had praised the OSC performance.
Strand quoted their report as
saying:
"Oregon State College is justi
fied in taking considerable pride
in the progress made by Kaset
sart University, both quantitative
ly and qualitatively since the con
tract has been in effect,
"We are convinced that there
remains a great need for the type
of assistance envisioned by OSC
and Kasetsart officials as well as
the U. S. operations mission in
Thailand."
He said the report also said that
OSC should be "recognized as
having knowledge and experience
in Thailand which should place it
in a preferred .position to aid
Kasetsart."
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Film Producer Claims
Hitler Death Photo
MOSCOW (AP1-A Soviet film
producer claimed today his new
documentary contains a photo
graph of Hitler's intact corpse
taken by a Soviet cameraman in '
the Fuhrcr's Berlin bunker in ;
1945. I
Mystery surrounds the death ol
Hitler but official account, based
on-British Intelligence report'
was released by the four-power.
Allied Control Council in Novem
ber 1945. It said Hitler shot him-1
self to death April 30 in his bunk-!
er and his body was burned out
side along with the corpse of Eva
Braun, his wife of one day. Noth-i
ing was said in this report about
Soviet troops entering the bunker :
while Hitler lay dead. ;
Producer Lev Danilov was sil-1
ent when asked why no one had
shown the picture for 15 years, j
10 western correspondents its
discovery at the height of a cam
oaien to force the Western Allies
out of Berlin and the emotional
impact it is sure to have on So
viet audiences seemed susoicioiu.
ly fortuitous.
Just Dress Rehearsal
LONDON (AP) Moscow radio
today described James C. Hag
erty's exoerience in Tokvo as a
dress rchp&rsal fnr thp fnrlhrnm.
banv newspaper publisher and Re-1 ing welcome awaiting President II
publican candidate for U. S. sen- Eisenhower, who is due in Japan f2
ator, wno resigned. ion June 19.
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