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EDITORIAL PAGE
4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tues., Oct. 18, 1960
DEFENDER OF FREEDOM
By Charles V. Stanton
A Blogan, Freedom's Guardian, is the theme for this
year's observance of National Newspaper Week, which
started with Newspaperboys Day Saturday.
We celebrate so many special weeks and days through'
out the year, many of them purely for commercial pur
poses, that it is Questionable whether another "week" car
ries much influence or is interesting; to the general public.
One principle, however, should be of extreme interest
to the public. That principle concerns the preservation oi
our freedom.
Our freedom is indeed precious. We must guard it
jruard it with our lives, if necessary. But we can have
freedom only so long as we have a free press. Conse
quently it is to the public's interest its very preservation
as a free public to safeguard the freedom of the press.
Freedom of the press is being attacked from many
angles. Every day you hear and read efforts to destroy
public confidence in the press. Newspapers themselves
print letters in which writers seek to cast doubt upon the
press. If the public can be made to lose confidence in
the press, then it will not be too difficult to put it under
control. A controlled press spells the ena or rreeaom.
Actions Assailed
Readers of The News-Revieiv, for example, doubtless
read a lengthy letter by Att. John J. Pickett of Coquille,
defending Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton's han
dling of the Portland vice trials and roundly criticizing
Portland newspapers for their feud concerning the Port
land issue.
It was my privilege to be present at the meeting of
Oregon editors and publishers where Mr. Pickett spoke, as
he related in his letter. He does not tell that he was chai
lenged from the floor, and that the audience reaction was
very unfavorable towards Mr. Pickett's position and that
some attorneys have indicated a complete disagreement
with him concerning the muzzling of the press, as he seem
ingly recommends, although he denies a desire to inter
fere with freedom in handling the news.
It should be recalled that the Portland vice issue was
brought into the open through newspaper enterprise.
Whether the matter was overplayed in the feud which fol
lowed is beside the point.
Our procedure in court is to select jurors who have
formed no opinion. The very fact that newspapers held
differing opinions, would make it appear that the juror
would not accept newspaper thinking but would, as is re
quired by law, consider the actual evidence as introduced
into court, rather than the evidence that might be printed
in a "trial by newspaper" as Mr. Pickett would make it
appear actually happened.
Rights Protected
Mr. Pickett makes it clear that he is not proposing to
limit the freedom of the press and is interested in working
out a procedure assuring both freedom of the press and
freedom of trial. His letter is cited to show just one of
the many things that would destroy public confidence in
the press.
Far more subtle in that direction are the frequent ut
terances of some of our political lenders who would like
to get the press "out of their hair." No political philosophy
inimical to the rights, freedoms and welfare oCthe whole
public can long exist while the press remains free to keep
people informed.
The American people have shown a tendency toward
political experimentation. We swing first left, then right.
. We seldom follow a middle-of-the-road course, except on
our way to the left or the right We flirt with new ideas.
Hovering over us at all times is the threat of a form
of dictatorship. Centralized power, regimentation, b tat ism
have been a port of our political flirtation. We have been
experimenting with socialism. How far our experiments
will go, and how successful they will be, are for future
determination. -
But, good or bad, our experiments will be accepted
or re.iected only so long as we are kept adequately and
truthfully informed, we can have no dictatorship, no con
trolled government, so long as we have a free press.
There may be ample room for criticism of the press
and some of its activities. Unquestionably improvements
are possible. Doubtless there will be isolated cases h
which the press will violate ethics and good taste, but this
is not ,and will not be true of the press as a whole. And,
in speaking of the press, newspapers, radio and television
may be linked into our facilities for communication.
Every citizen Bhould realize that the press, as a whole,
is seeking to keep America and Americans informed, and,
just so long as that information is free and uncontrolled,
America and Americans will continue to have freedom,
Astro-Mice Get Follow-Up Tests
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
Sally, Amy and Moc, the Ameri
can astro-mice, fly to Toxas today
for prolonged observation to see
if they develop any follow-up
effects from their 700-mile-high
space trip.
Scientists report the three ap
parently came through last Thurs
day's flight unharmed. But they
want to keep them under long
term observation to make sure
the radiation or weightlessness of
space travel didn't cause trouble
that may show up later.
The study could provide valua
ble information for this nation's
man-in-space program.
The mice were Introduced to
newsmen at press conference
Monday. They seemed annoyed at
the whole thing, glowering at any
one who came near. Sally and
Woe each bit the finger of their
handler.
INTERNATIONAL RUMBLI
NOOALES, Arli. (AP) - Po
lice from both sides of the Aria-ona-McxIco
border were called in
to halt an international gun battle.
Some six juveniles from Nogalcs,
Mexico, and about the same num
ber from Nogales, Arizona, were
standing along the border blasting
away at each other with B-B guns.
Dr. II. C. Clamman of the
School of Aviation Medicine.
Brooks Air Force Base, Tex., told
reporters the mice will be taken
to the school for observation that
might last as long as a year.
Within a week or two. the mice
will be mated, among themselves
and with other mice, to determine
possible adverse effects to future
generations, Sally and Amy are
ii'iiiMie, niue a maio.
Kennedy Boosts Lead
In New Popcorn Poll
NASHV1M.E, Tenn (AP)-Dem
ocratic candidate John K. Kenne
dy has boosted his lead over He
publican nominee Klchard M. Nix
on in the presidential popcorn
pun.
Results of the second coll. rum.
piled here Sunday, gave Kennedy
54.1 per cent of the returns, com
pared with M.7 per cent in tile
iiuuai pou iwo wccks ago.
The poll, accurate in its picks
since tabbing Harry S. Truman
in 1948, is based on popcorn sales
In movie houses and iiirxrmr-
Keis. Hiiyers choose between
boxes labeled "Nixon" or "Kenne
dy" and the sales are tabulated
here by popcorn promoter Jim
Blevlns.
James Jfarlou?
Presidential Candidates
Waging Cautious Campaign
WASHINGTON (AP)-The pres
idential candidates are making
this the most cautious campaign
in recent history.
They might have started a fire
long ago if there weren't some
sensitive things they had to worry
about.
Take Sen.' John F. Kennedy,
who criticizes America's defenses,
says it has lost prestige, and is
lagging economically.
All these are criticisms of Pres
ident Eisenhower's two adminis
trations. But Kennedy is careful
not to tear into tisennower per
sonally.
Asked why, Kennedy said be
has great respect for the Presi
dent and that his criticisms are
after ail aimed at his adminiatra
tion.
But there's a sound reason why
the senator is laying off the Presi
dent himself. It might cost him
votes because Eisenhower is (till
so highly popular so much so
that he could probably beat either
Kennedy or Vice President Rich
ard M. fixon u he were running
against them right now.
Nixon has some problems of his
own to worry about more than
Kennedy, perhaps but certainly
enough to keep him from pulling
oui au me siops.
In the first place, there are
more registered Democrats than
Kepumicans.
He has to hold the Reoublicans
but can't win with them alone. He
has to appeal to independents and
some Democrats too.
He has obliquely criticized the
administration on some things,
but very obliquely. He has praised
its record highly but at the same
time says a record is something
not to stand on but to build on.
He has two things to worry
about inside his own party, which
may explain why he sounds less
liberal than Kennedy but not so
conservative as Sen. Barry Gold
water of Arizona, the darling of
the party's extreme right wing.
Nixon can't afford to sound too
conservative without antagonizing
liberal Republicans. And he can t
sound too liberal without inducing
the uoldwater platoons, who
wouldn't vote for a Democrat, to
stay home election day.
so Nixon ana Kennedy nave to
tip-toe a bit while giving the ap
pearance of running to a fire. If
anything, Nixon has to be more
cautious than Kennedy.
His dilemma showed up sharply
when bis vice presidential running
mate, Henry Cabot Lodge, got
loose in Harlem and sounded off
on the subject of Negroes.
He said it would be a "wonder.
ful thing to have a qualified Negro
in the Cabinet."
This might have appeal for
Mortnern Negroes out nardiy lor
white Southerners at a time when
Nixon is honing the Democratic
platform, with its very liberal
civil rights pianK, might drive
southern states into his camp.
Although Nixon himself has
been pretty forthright both in the
South and in the North in saying
improvement in civil rights is
necessary, he tried to soft-pedal
Lodge s exuoerance.
He thought it important enough
to issue a statement saying his
Cabinet selections would depend
on a man's ability and not on his
race or creed.
Both Nixon and Kennedy are
anxious for that Southern vote.
Nixon has sent Lodge into Dixie,
besides going there himself. Ken
nedy has gone there, too, and has
sent ms running mate sen. Lyn
don Johnson of Texas barnstorm'
ing (he Southern acres.
If there's one slogan the can
didates in this campaign carry
around in their beads at all time
and in all places it probably would
ne wis one: caution.
Editorial Comment
AMERICAN PRESTIGE
Band Bulletin
For several years the cry of the
so-called liberal has been to the
effect that American prestige is
slipping Dadly in tne world, is at an
all-time low, that there is no hope
for improvement unless there is a
change of national administration.
This juntry's lost all its former
friends, they say.
The leaders of this crowd, sud
denly more vociferous because of
an approacning national election,
are travelling the streets and by
ways now.
"Look at The Congo, for Laos)."
they say. If American prestige and
influence were what it should be,
these trouble spots would not be
trouble spots, they add.
This line of reasoning appears to
be particularly strained.
This blames the national adminis
tration in office for every world
political mishap, no matter where
li nuppens, nor wnui lis cause.
This Is a new tack. We cannot
remember the "outs" blaming
President Hoover for Japan's
march into Manchuria, which start
ed during his administration. We
don't recall that President Roose
velt was criticised for the Japanese-Chinese
war, or the attack on
Ethiopia by Italy, both of which
occurred during his first term.
President Truman was not called
to task for the bloody rioting in
Indonesia, wnicn took place during
his regime.
Then by what strange reasoning
Srocess is President Eisenhower
lamed for The Congo crisis, for ex
ample?
It is true tills country is short of
friends among various segments
of the world's population. This,
however, is not new.
This started during the term of
Theodore not Franklin D.
Roosevelt, when this country first
took a dominant position among
the world's powers, when we first
begnn flexing our national muscle.
Tho truth is, of course, that no
one ever really loves the rich and
powerful. The feeling may be one
of admiration, or envy, but never
is one of affection.
But, among the governments of
the world, our influence never was
stronger than it is at the Drescnt.
For proof, one only need look at our
diplomatic successes of recent
months.
The Organization of American
States recently tolled the death
knell for Cuba t Castro, the dicta
torial bad boy who has made a
shambles of human liberty in his
country, and for the Dominican
Republic s Trujillo, who is no bet
ter. The lead was taken by this
country.
No world leader in recent years
has been so personally humiliated
by the rest of the world's govern
ments as has Nikita Khrushchev
during his present tempest-stirring
at the United Nations.
Everything Khrushchev has tried,
every speech he has made, every
wild charge he has uttered, has
blown up in his face. Countries
big and little have followed our
lead in putting Khrushchev in his
place.
Senator Kennedy, the leader of
the alarmists, can't even got all
his own crowd to go along with
mm. Aiuai Stevenson, for example,
a far more knowledgeable man in
foreign affairs than the young Sen
ator from Massachusetts, seemed
considerably more pleased with the
conduct of foreign affairs, in his
talks last week in Los Angeles,
than Was Kennedy.
For Stevenson realizes, as do
many students of American diplo
macy, that we have been rising to
ward a peak, not slipping into the
depths in world influence.
- e
STRONG STOMACH
The Ortgonian
In a reply to an editorial on this
nago. Rep. Charles O. Porter of the
Fourth District denied recently
that he had swallowed Castro "in
toto."
Within a month after the beard
ed revolutionist had taken over in
Cuba, .Mr. Porter pointed out, he
reported to the House of Represen
tatives on a visit to Fidel, the
ma lor cost of which the Cuban ov.
erifvent had met. In this report
AlfrTorttr expressed the fear that
Castro might end up just another
L.aun American strong man and
said he had urged that Castro with
draw from the government and
leave it to the "good men he had
piacea in control at mat time."
Mr. Porter made his report to
the House on Jan. 26, 1959, at the
time when scores of Cubans were
being sent to the execution squads
after drumhead trials conducted
by Castro s crouD. A few davs be
fore the report was made, the Ore
gon congressman had told The Ore
gonian from Havana that the trials
were being conducted decently and
fairly. We criticized that appraisal
ana received wumn a lew days a
letter from Rep. Porter which said
that, though he opposed trial of
aiiegea war criminals in a sports
arena, trials up to the time of the
"circus" had observed elementary
due process. "I have yet to hear an
allegation that one man has been
killed unjustly." he concluded.
In October, 19S9, 10 months after
Castro had taken over, Mr. Porter
said in Eugene that he was confi
dent Castro was not a Communist
ana mat ne had not brought any
Communists into the government.
Recent events, of course, have dis
proved mis assessment.
If Mr. Porter did not swallow
Castro in toto, he did gulp a large
portion. And it took him a longer
time to regurgitate than it did oth
er men of good judgment.
IT SHOULDN'T BE
JUST A HOLIDAY
Albany Democrat Horalif
Henceforth we are going to have
mi, juai a iiauun-wiue election aay
every four years or biennial state
elections, but a "National Voters
Day" every year.
This is decreed In faint mm.
lution passed by bom houses of
congress at me last regular ses
sion. The resolution directs the
President to nroelaim "Nniinnal
Voters Day" each year as the first
luesaay auer me lirst Monday in
November.
Avowed purpose of this move is
to focus attention of the public on
the responsibilities of the Ameri
can citizenry for government,
whose policies are determined by
the men they choose as public of
ficials and by the measures they
approve or reject. Civic organiza
tions will be encouraged to edu
cate citizens on issues and candi
dates and to help them in the
techniques of voting.
It is often complained that re
quirements imposed on voters are
disconcerting. Too many electors
feel utterly confused when they
try to choose among the candi
dates on an election hallnt. Thern.
fore they vote either blindly or not
m an lor some oiuces.
An outstanding example of the
complicity which discourages vo
ters arose in the last Orecon pri
mary election. Ballots of both par
lies were so cluttered up with
names of candidates for election
as delegates to national conven
tions, national committeeman posts
and, in some cases minor offices
that should be appointive, that it
is doubtful if more than a few
voters really knew whom they
were voiing ior.
If I candidate had a nam ilml
lar to or identical with the name of
someone wno had been in the pub
lie eye he was likely to he eterted
as a delegate, even if he could not
read or write.
Ballot title of measures too fre
quently do not and often cannot
give the voter a clear understand
ing of the full import of the bill.
To equip himself to vote intelligent
ly the voter must read and atudy
the full text of the bill. This few
take the trouble to do, partly be
cause of indifference and partly
because the complete measure is
usually available to them only in
ineir voiers rampniet, wnicn is
easily mislaid, lost or pigeon-holed
until the voter may find time to
read it, which too many never do.
If National Voters Day can in
duce voters to take the franchise
privileges seriously and inform
themselves more thoroughly about
what and who they are voting for
it will serve a good purpose. But
merely to establish this observ
ance is not enough. Cere should
lst be an attending movement
toward simplifying ballots. wee.
Reader Opinion
Reader Says GOP'ers
Can Make Errors, Too
To The Editor:
In Mr. Stanton's editorial,
"Room For Fear," he wrote that
Mr, Kennedy, Democratic nom
inee for President of the United
Statea, said we were losing pres
tige. One look at tne percentage on
the vote of the United Nations As
sembly members on the U. S. res
olution to defer seating of Red
China shows a steadily decreasing
majority in support 35 in 1952, 15
in 1959 and 8 in 1980.
Does Mr. Stanton think because
Mr. Nixon does not mention such
things that is reason enough to
vote lor mm?
Mr.- Stanton is an authority on
"hunting out the other fellow's mis-
His one great mistake is al
ways nicking on the Democrats,
Reason tells us Republicans are
equally apt to make mistakes, is
Mr. Stanton so chained to - the
past that he fails to see our chang
ing world?
It is true Mr. Kennedy's confi
dence in the future of the United
States can be assured only with
the help of the American people.
But our present President needed
the help of all America to become
tne great man ne now is.
Does Mr. Stanton think the Unit
ed States has reached the peak
of orogress?
Russia and China, two of the
most backward countries a few
years past, are coming to life, and
if we are to continue to be the
country the peoples of the world
look to for guidance in the ways of
freedom and democracy we are go
ing to need the leadership of a
man with certain qualities, and
Mr. Stanton to the contrary, I am
sure that Mr. Kennedy is that
man.
Mr. Stanton, through editorials
has attacked, for any reason and
without reason, almost every Dem
ocrat elected to office. Does he
wish to do away with the two
party system to raise and educate
our presidents?
From his editorials one gets the
impression all Democrats have
one desire to destroy the United
Mates.
Mr. Stanton even todk a back
handed slap at our Eleanor Roose
velt with his mock sympathy for
her: a very kind lady who has giv
en so much of her time to those
less fortunate than herself. The
brilliant mind of her friend, Mr.
Stevenson, will not be lost to the
American people if Mr. Kennedy
is eiectea.
Joseph B. Hulse
Star Route, Box 14
Winston, Ore.
Porter's Interest Held
Peace, Not Communism
To The Editor:
There has been a concerted cam
paign of late to reflect on Con
gressman Porter's loyalty through
use of tne intamous techniques
guilt by association, half-truth, in-J
nuenoo, etc.
Cyrus Eaton, a conservative Re
publican on domestic issues, has
what many consider an excess of
faith in the merit of negotiating
with communist leaders in order
to maintain peace. His interest in
common with Mr. Porter is peace,
not Communism.
Mr. Porter has been outspoken in
his criticism of the Castro regime
from the. time Castro veered from
the democratic principles on which
he made his appeal to the Cuban
people.
Recognition of Red China would
no more make us Communists than
recognition of Russia has made us
Communists, or than recognition of
spam nas made us f ascists.
The conferences Mr. Porter has
attended abroad were not sponsor
Kong-Le Placed
In House Arrest
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP)-Prem-ier
Prince Souvanna Phouma to
day ordered Capt. Kong Le, the
Earatrooper whose military coup
rought the premier to power, put
under house arrest for 15 days.
Prince Souvanna told newsmen
he was punishing Kong Le for the
effusive and unauthorized wel
come the captain staged at the
airport last week for the arrival
of A. N. Abramov, the Soviet
Union's first ambassador to Laos.
Souvanna Phouma at the time
was in Luang Prabang, the royal
capital, and Kong Le welcomed
Abramov with massed ranks of
his paratroopers, cheering Budd
hist monks and a demonstration
of parachute jumping that startled
the diplomatic community and
even bewildered Abramov.
Typical of the Alice in Wonder
land atmosphere of Laos, Souvan
na said the order confining Kong
Le to his quarters would not
necessarily be enforced. But the
arrest would go into the captain's
dossier as a black mark against
his record, the premier said.
Pro Communist elements In
Vientiane are expected to try to
rally Kong Le's paratroopers and
the public to demonstrate against
the action. The Communist ele
ments, seeking to use Kong I.e as
a figurehead, have been building
up his reputation as a popular
hero since he toppled the pro
American government two months
ago.
State Department officials an
nounced in Washington Monday
night that U.S. military aid to the
Laotian government was being
restored, but the news apparently
had not reached Vientiane when
the above dispatch was written.
Art Historian Flees
BERLIN (API One of East
Germany's leading art historians.
Dr. Sigfried Asche, has fled to
West Germany, a private intelli
gence agency reported.
The Information Bureau West
quoted Asche as saying he had
left with his family because it
was no longer possible to work
with scientific objectivity under
Communist rule.
ed by Communists, were composed I inate either one of them.
for the most part of delegates
from NATO countries, and were
on disarmament and world law.
These people who imply that Mr. I
Porter is soft on Communism are
either shamefully misinformed and '
lack respect for the FBI and our
other security agencies which have
given congressman rorter top se
curity clearance, or are conduct
ing a calculated smear campaign
in the best McCarthy tradition.
Carol Richman
2527 Agate St.
Eugene, Ore.
Young Reader Would
Vote For Kennedy
To The Editor:
Some of my friends and I think
that a younger man would fit the
job for president better than an el
derly man. As for myself, I'm for
Kennedy, if I could vote. (I'm 13
next montn.i
I'm not very good In politics,
but if I were assigned to pick a
president I could pick a pretty good
one. However, I'll leave that to my
parents and the other voters of the
United States to choose the one
best suited for the job of president.
Maybe someday I, too, will be
able to vote for the man I want.
Nixon and Kennedy are both good
men for the job; so I don't want
to sound like I'm trying to incrim-
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"Faith Grace or Works Only?"
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1960 1:00 P.M.
"Ths Sabbath Is It Binding on Christians Today?"
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1960 8:00 P.M.
"Instrumental Music in Christian Worship Scriptural?"
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1960 8:00 P.M.
"Sunday School Is It Scriptural?"
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1960 10:30 A.M.
"The Communion"
' SUNDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1960 7:30 P.M.
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Born near Hyde Parle, New Yorlc, January 30, 1 882. He graduated from Harvard in
1904, attended Columbia University Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1907.
He entered politics in 1910, serving two elective terms as a state senator. In 191 3 he
was appointed assistant secretary of the Navy. As the Democratic candidate for Vice
President he was defeated in the election of 1920. He then practiced law until his
election as Governor of New York in 1928. -
Nominated for President and elected in 1932 he was inaugurated the thirty
second President of the United States on March 4, 1933. He was re-elected in 1936,
re-elected for a third terra in 1940 the first so honored and in 1944, re-elected for
a fourth term.
He entered the White House during the nation's worst economic crisis. Con
gress promptly acted on measures to counteract the depression and remedy the basic
defect. The program was known as the New Deal. His twelve years of administra
tion was concerned with world wide problems. Realizing the danger of war, he built
up solidarity amon? the countries of the Western Hemisphere. Against bitter opposi
tion he put through the first peace-time selective service law. .
Faced with world-wide conflict after war had been declared against Japan, Ger
many and Italy, he traveled abroad and brought together all the enemies of the Axis
Powers into the United Nations Alliance. Less than four months after his fourth in
auguration he died at Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945, aged 63.
JOHN NANCE GARNER
Born in Red River County, Texas, 1868. He attended the country school and
then by study in a law office was admitted to the bar in 1890. In 1895 he was elected
judge of Uvalde County. Four years later he was a member of the Texas state legisla
ture. Elected a member of the United States House of Representatives in 1902 be
served continuously for thirty vears. He was Speaker of the House, 1931-33. Nomi
nated and elected Vice-President of the United States, 1932, and a?ain in 1936.
Garner (pictured above) served eight years. He lives in retirement in Uvalde, Texas.
Henry Agard Wallace, Vice-President of the United States 1941-45. Born in
Adair Countv, Iowa, 1888. He served as Secretary of Agriculture 1933-40 and as
Secretary of Commerce 1945-46. He was the nominee for President of the United
Slates on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948.
Harry S. Truman, Vice-President of the United States, 1945. I le became Presi
dent on the death of Franklin Roosevelt.
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Born in New York City in 1 884 and educated at private schools, Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt, a niece of President Theodore Roowclr, was married at twenty-one to
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin. I Icr first interests of public significance
iwe with the Consumer's League, the League of Women Voters and the Women's
Trade Union League. As a member of Democratic Party committees she assisted her
Lusband in his campaigns and helped organize women Democrats for voting.
In the White House she quickly became a popular hostess with her warm and,,
gracious personality. In addition to her task as First Ladv she traveled widely about5
the country in the capacity of '"reporter" for her husband. During World War II,
when social activitifin the White 1 louse were curtailed, she was on missioniyip Eng
land, South America, Austrato and other Pacific areas. Soon after her husband's
i b wa? apPinlcJ an active delegate to the UnifeJ Nations General Assembly.
Mrs. Roosevelt continues active in humanitarian work.
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