The news-review., April 21, 1961, Image 4

TkousanJi Strike By Air, Sea
in jrrr
The
Day's
News
Frank Jenkins
This l written at the Hilton Inn
at the Southern edge of San Fran
risco, first stop on the way to
Washington. It's an overnight atop,
made necessary by the fact that
on the way across the country by
air one hac to transfer from the
hi) and down the coast smaller
planes to the big jets that leap
non-stop across the nation. One
could, of course, catch a night
plane and be on the East Coast
the next morning, but if day trav
el is preferred an overnight slop
on the Bay is a must.
These airport inns are the mod
ern counterpart of the ancient car
avansaries, which were located
where the camel routes crossed.
The purpose is the same to
provide convenient overnight lodg
ing while waiting to resume jour
journey the next day.
It's really quite a convenience.
Otherwise a long bus or taxi ride
would be required in order to get
to the adjacent big city whose air
port is of necessity a long way out
from the center. A lot of room is
needed for big planes to land and
take off.
It can't be done on a downtown
city block.
You arrive at the International
airport. You debark from your
feeder plane. , .
Your first job is to confirm your
plane reservation for the next
morning, without which you may
not have a seat when departure
time comes. With that out of the
way, you pick up your baggage,
which in the meantime has come
in from your plane, and command
eer a porter who trundles it out
to the taxi ramp. You pause at a
sign that instructs you to pick up
the FREE phone and call for an
Inn bus.
, You do so. In the course of a
few minutes a bus pulls up, takes
vou aboard along with your bags
and hustles ynu to the Inn's regis
tration desk. When you get regis
tered in, the bus driver picks you
up again and hauls you to the unit
in which your quarters are lo
cated, carries your bags to jour
room and gets you settled. ,
Then- I
If by chance, when you get set-
tied, you wunt a bite to eat, or a
modest libation, or what have you,
you slep out in front of your door
and flag1 a go-cart. The go-cart
takes you where you want to go
to the dining room, to the bar, or
to some other unit of the estab
lishment where, possibly, you have
it in mind to visit with friends.
If, perchance, you forgot some
thing at the airport and want to
go back to retrieve it, you nag a
bus which whisks you to where
you want to go and back again.
All for free.
If you happen to be allergic to
walking, your allergy will bother
you not at all. You aren't supposed
to walk in these places. You do so
only of your own voliation.
These modern airport inns are
something.
Incidentally, the Hilton Inn, lo
cated almost within hollering dis
tance of the West's most glamor
ous airport, is by no means ex
clusively an airport inn.
It is a MOTEL as well, where
you can drive up in your own car.
park, in front of your own door and
carry in your own baggage, ex
actly as you would in any other
roadside establishment.
It has lawns and swimming
pools. It has dining rooms and
cocktail bars. It has orchestras
and dance floors. And, a few min
utes away, is one of the world's
most intriguing airpurts from
which huge jet planes lako off ev
ery few minutes for the romantic
Far Away Places of the world.
It's little wander that motorists
bv the hundreds atop here just to
he atopping.. It's DIFFERENT
and in these days everybody is
looking lor something new and dif
ferent. U. S. Navy Cancels
Florida Maneuvers
WASHINGTON (AP)-The Navy
has canceled a scheduled week
end exercise off the Florida coast
after the White House announced
President Kennedy would not at
tend. Kennedy had planned to watch
the Navy flight and anti-submarine
exercise from the carrier In
dependence Saturday afternoon
and night. This was to have taken
place in the Atlantic several hun
dred milrs from Cuba where anti
Castro rcbela have launched an
invasion.
The White House news secre
tary. Pierre Salinger, Wednesday
attributed Kennedy's cancelation
only In "the press of business
over the weekend." He turned
mm uui .- .1 ii, liui. iii i
do with
the decision.
The News -Review
PubliihtJ by Jeuthtm Ortaon Publiinini Ce.
S4S i. . Main St., Rtttkurf, Origan
CHARLES V. STANTON
Editor
GEORGE CASTILLO
Manoging Editor
Member of the Associated Pre.ii,
Association, the Audit
Entered i second class matter May 7, 1920, at the post office at
Roseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, 173
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EDITORIAL PAGE
4 The Newi-Revitw, Roseburg,
WOMEN VOTERS ORGANIZE
By George Castillo
Sometime It appears that government runs by itself.
At least it's often apparent (rovernment gets little at
tention from the people it serves.
The major reason is voter lethargy. Some wags say
the quickest way to get a. reaction from a man is to hit
him in the pocket-book. But that isn't true. For years
budget! in Douglas County have been passed or turned
down by 10 to 20 per cent of the voters. Most people just
don't seem to care.
A new organization is now being formed which can do
much to dispel that lethargy by stirring voters to think.
It is the League of Women Voters Roseburg chapter,
which has just organized under a provisional charter. The
establishment of the chapter fills a vacuum in the county.
For years, the burgeoning governmental structures on
the city, county, district and state levels have stirred in
terest only when something controversial arose. -Organizations
were born and died with individual issues.
If all goes well, this new organization will devote its
entire efforts to any and all issues which should involve
the voter.
Responsibility Urged
It's expressed neatly in the league's bylaws: "The
purpose of the League of Women Voters of Roseburg shall
be to promote political responsibility through informed and
active participation of citizens in government."
If this purpose is achieved only to a degree, the com
munity will be much the better for it.
The good the league can do in giving the voter a hand
is limitless. This job has in the past been left primarily
to the protagonists and antagonists of any issues, such as
budgets and candidates.
The league will be dedicated to non-partisan study of
the candidates and issues. But it s not non-partisan to the
point of no action. It can act, and has in other cities, act
ed effectively. But that action isn't taken until the women
know what they are acting on,
One of the first study projects is called "Know Your
Town." The report that such a studv will be started has
drawn praise from Mayor Pete Serafin and City Manager
John Warburton.
Mjyor Happy
Serafin said, "I'm overjoyed to see such a group form
ed. A problem of government is collection and dissemina
tion of information about the town. The story will be bet
ter told now."
Warburton said one of the great needs is "greater citi
zenship participation in government." He continued he
was "personally very pleased.
effective forces for better government."
) The Housewives for 42, which was solely responsible
for bringing about a decision pledging money to recon
struction of Highway 42, is an example of the effectiveness
of a group of women with n single mind. Informed wom
en of the Oregon League of Women Voters have most re
cently been the driving force in bringing about permission
for county home rule. .. ;,;
ii. It sounds as if the men could also use such an organ
ization, but if they can t form their own, . the Roseburg
league win always Be glad
members.
Hat Boyle
You Can Bet
If His Shoes
NEW YORK f AP)-You can bet
a man is probably married if
His wallet bulges with family
photos instead of money.
He breaks into hollow laughter
whenever someone asks. "Any
body here got change for a $5
bill?"
The same woman gives him
lunch money every day. Or, if the
briefcase he carries to work in
the morning contains a sandwich
and a piece of cake.
He has a guilty look if a pretty
blonde stops him on the sidewalk
to ask a direction.
In a supermarket he puts Into
his shopping cart a package of
detergent, six rans of dog food.
12 bo,cs of breakfast cereals and
a packet of bird seed.
Every year or so ho goes
around with a haunted expression
asking, "Do you know anyone who
would like to give a nice home to
anywhere from one to six kittens
that don't even have their eyes
open yet?"
He gels periodical phone calls
at the office in which his only
part of the conversation consists
of "Yes," "Uh huh," "Well, if
you say so," and "Okay, dear."
Buying a new lawnmowcr In
terests him more than spending
a day at a racetrack.
He laughs loudest whenever
anyone tells a mother-in-law joke.
On rainy days he always wears
rubbers or carries an umbrella:
in winter he is always bundled
up as if by someone who didn't
want to lose him.
He never gels a
letter that!
smells of perfume, and if he did
it would scare him half to death.
He can rarely discuss a new
first run movie being shown at a
downtown theater, but he is an
authority on all the old films that
inhabit television.
Ho always asks to have his va
cations when school is out.
Pausing before the window of
a travel agency, he looks yearn
inglv at the posters of the places
tannest trom where lie lives
i rii'idu T lntiga xiiuuniB nip in .
He shines his own shoes and,
ADDYE WRIGHT
Business Manager
DON HAGEDORN
Display Adv. Mgr.
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Bureau of Circulation
Ore. Fri., APRIL 21, 1961
It can be one of the most
to accept them as associate
He's Married
Need A Shine
as oflen as not, they look like
they need a shine.
The personal drawer In his of
fice desk contains aspirin, a bot
tle of soda mint tablets, some un
paid bills. ,
He never opens his check on
payday. He simply puts it in his
mouth and heads for home.
By these signs you can tell him
the happy married man, back
bone of civilization.
Log Bill Termed
Not Constitutional
SAI.EM (AP)-Alty. Gen. Rob
ert . Thornton said todav a bill
in the House that would bar the
export of logs from mlp fnrp.t
lands would be unconstitutional. I
Thornton advised that the bill
would violate the federal Consti
tution because it would have the
effect of imposing a burden upon
foreign trade.
He said as such it would invade
the exclusive power of Congress
to regulate the nation's foreign
commerce.
The opinion was asked bv Rep.
George Van Hoomissen, D-Port-land.
The bill was introduced hv Reps.
W. O. Kelsay, D Rosohur'g, and
Ron. Clarence Barton, D Coquille.
Kelsay said it was aimed at
Japanese buyers who come into
Oregon, force the bidding up on
limber and take the timber thpvr
buy to Japan to be processed.
Two Birch Groups
Active In County
Douglas Counly now has t w 0
John Birch Society chapters.
One has been organized in Drain
and another in Roseburg.
Acmriluit! to III fnnn,!, nl thm
suritM v. 11 npnii.atu.i in lo.iii.,,..
tommunism. A spokesman for Ihe
nosenurg chapter said meetings.)
held each fourth Thursdav, are de-1
voted to study of the threats oti
Communism. It also writes ori
wires Oregon congressmen if pend i
ing legislation is considered dan
gerous At Thursday night's meeting, a I
film "Communism on the Man."i
was shown. It had previously been
shown at Ihe Dram City Hall meet
ing of the Drain chapter.
The chapters avoid publicity,
and membership and olticers
names are guarded carefully. "A
man becomes a target when he is
identified with such a group," Ihe
spokesman said. "His effectiveness
is lost." The spokesman asked
that he not be identified.
Barton Claims
Sides Disagree
On Nurses' Bill
SAI.EM (AP) A spokesman!
for the Oregon Hospital Associa-
urcgon Nurses Association dis
agreed Thursday on the need for
a hill. to peiuj'l nuri-s to bargain
collecliveiy.
Bertha Byrne, executive secre
tary of the. Nurses Association
told the Senate State and Federal
Aff-.i,-. rnmn,ilfna ll,,l l.r.;, -I-
Affairs Committee that hospitals
in four cases had refused requests
of nurses to bargain collectively.
hhe said nurses want a contract
so that they can work with more
security and they also need a
greviance procedures, which hos
pitals have refused to give.
James Swindells, association ex
ecutive secretary, said the bill is
not needed because nurses al
ready can bargain collectively.
He said Oregon already , was
paying salaries to nurses that
were among the highest on the
Pacific Coast, but nursing spokes
men disputed this.
Swindells said a no-strike clause
in the bill is unnecessary because
strikes are barred in the nurses'
code of ethics.
Washington Wants
More Information
On Phone Co. Sale
OI.YMP1A (AP) The Slate
Public Service Commission wants
more information on a big stock
sale proposed by a newly-incorporated
firm Pacific Northwest
Bell Telephone Co.
The Commission has instructed
the company to supply additional
details on sale of 30,45 million
shares of common slock. It wants
to know the price at which the
stock will be sold, whether the
stock will be issued through prior
rights granted to stockholders of
Pacific Telephone and telegraph
Co. of California and on what
exchange the stock will be listed.
PT&T wants to split its service,
turning over to the new firm that
part of its system in Washington,
Oregon and Idaho.
The new company wants the
reorganization plan approved by
the Public Service Commission so
it can begin operation by July 1.
Glen Toomey, chief examiner
for the commission, said his agen
cy's decision on whether to permit
the new company to issue stock
awaits the additional information,
and it is possible a decision may
be made next month.
Under the plan. Pacific North
west Bell would get PT&T's hold
ings in the three Northwest states
in exchange for the common stock.
U. N. Assembly Declares
Two Countries Qualified
UNITED NATIONS N.Y. (AP)
The TJ.N. General Assembly has
declared Mauritania and Com
munist Outer Mongolia qualified
for U.N. membership but neither
is likely to be admitted soon.
Roadblocks remain in the Se
curity Council despite the assem
bly's approval 48-13 of a resolu-
iron saying pom countries snouia
be admitted. The council must ap
prove all members before they
can De admitted
ine soviei union last uec. 4
vetoed Mauritania s application
for a seat in the assembly after
the council retused to consider at
the same Ume Outer Mongolia s
application, which was vetoed in
195. by Nationalist China.
Eleven African countries all
former French colonies like Mau
ritaniaintroduced the new reso
lution in the General Assembly to
endorse Mauritania alone. The So
viet Union tacked no an amend
ment endorsing Outer Mongolia.
American Dock Builders
Firm Established Here
MIAMI, Fla. (AP)-All Ameri
can newsmen in Havana have
been freed and are with Fidel
Castro in Matanzas Province, ac
cording to a Cuban who answered
the telephone in The Associated j
Press Havana office todav
The Cuban, who identified him
self as Alberto Lanier, an AP em
ploye in Havana, said Castro "is
fine."
There has been no word from
any American newsmen on the
AP staff in Ciiha.
Earlier indirect reports in-
dicaled that Castro might have ;
been injured in the invasion.
ridel is with the press in the I
country." said Ihe Cuban who I
answered a telephone call from j
Miami. "There will be good in-1
formation, stones and pictures, in!
Ihe afternoon." I
Washington Isn't Going Overboard
For Proposed California Hookup
By JOE RIGERT I
Ol.YMI'IA tAP) Washington!
state officials are not going over
board for a proposed electric !
power hookup with California, de-i
spite visions of a coal industry'
revival and a fat mellon for the
Bonncwlle Power Administration. I
Two of Ihe state's three acenev
members on the Pacific Coast
Governor's Committee on power!
say they oppose the tnleilie unless I
imnriad safeguards arc provided
for the Pacific .Northwest. !
So far Ihe heads of Ihe two
stale agencies say they hae not
seen, any proposals that would
positively assure the Northwest ot
Its power when it wa, needed.
On the other hand. Conserva
tion Department Director Farl1
Co t-onipares the kilowatt con I
nection with "the coming of the;
railroads "
ll believes certain proposed
r r n l
Opinions rrom Readers
Only One Dollar Out Of Six Comes Back
In Federal Aid, Local Resident Says
To The Editor:
After reading Mr.
: letter in Tuesday's paper regard -
i inn nAnr In AW..nqllnn 1
jing federal aid to education, 1
j feel there are a few more points
on this subject that should be men-
i uonea. Hauler important, too.
f irst of all, Uncle Sam cannot
give us more for our dollar than j is an agency to control that money,
our local government can. It is Look what happened to the farm
a known fact that we get back in'er just as soon as he put out his
lcacrai aid "one dollar out of six.
In other words, we would have to
give $6,000 in order to get $1,000
returned to us for education, plus
the strings which are always at
tached to federal aid of any kind.
Does that make sense? Of course
not. Who would think to go to a
grocery store, give the owner $6
for $1 worth of groceries, plus
having the clerk tell you how you
should use these groceries. Sounds
ridiculous but that is just how
federal aid works.
Just think how much, much fur
ther our lax money would go to
ward education if we kept it right
here in our own county where
we would derive almost a full
dollar's worth, plus the most im
portant part, we would have "full"
control over our children's educa
tion. A few weeks aeo on the tele
vision program, "Our Nation's Fu
lure
the subject of federal aid
to housing was discussed by a
present seanator of New York, and
a southern governor, who had also
been a senator. During the course
of this debate, both of these men
made a very important statement,
nO nnoa hill EOal limac ll,,nl,
the course of the program.
..... ..... ........ i ,,ita (,ws,
All
federal aid must, of necessity, be
.nntrnlloH" h,r Ilia nna-nn...nt
..v..,! .iiu a,., u.k: ;i milieu miu
it is impossible for the government
James Mario w
Castro's The Cement That
Holcls His Team Together
WASHINGTON (AP) "Wheni
you strike at a king." Emerson
said, "you must kill him."
If Fidel Castro is truly badly
damaged, perhaps mentally, as
some Cuban rebel reports say he
was during an invasion bombing,
then the antt-Caslroitcs may have
succeeded just as they were con-
ceding their assault had iiwjed.
Castro is the cement which
holds his regime together, thel.hp ('nmmnnki nH nih,. nnn.
rallying point for both his sup
porters among tne masses and
those close to him. If he's out of
the way, Cuba may fall into dis
order. Rail Freight Rate
Hearing Continues
PORTLAND (AP) An. Inter
slate Commerce Commission
hearing on railroad grain freight
rates continued here today.
A 25 per cent reduction ordered
bv raiiroa(t, last Sept. 30 cont
uea t0 come ,lnder fire Thursdav
Herbert West. Walla Walla, ex
ecutive vice president of the In-
and a ong.time supporter of
ii,,,.. l..,,. ,,...
oaiin in ih -,it u. mail in
a .tien-mi In An with corn-
,:,( .,.,,-t nri harae firm
Wpsi sii,l np.irlv Sl:9 million in
federal funds has been spent on
Columbia - Snake navigation im -
provements, and asked:
"Is the commission going
to
stand by and allow these naviga
tion improvements to become si
lent monuments to the railroad's
victory in its war against the
barge lines, thus depriving the
public of the use and benefit of
barge transportation on the Co
lumbia River?"
He said the ICC should assume
jurisdiction over all grain trans
portation rates.
others lestitying were n. l,.
Powell of the Lewiston Grain:
Growers; R. L. Small of the
Washington Association of Wheat
Growers: Joseph Dwyer, Wash -
ington director of agriculture:
W. A. Richards of North Pacific
Grain Growers Inc.: and E. A.
Senghas. manager of the National
Biscuit Co. flour mill in Cheney,
Wash. -
ORDAINED FAMILY
COLUMBUS, Ohio (API The
ministry is a family affair for
Flovd and Dorothy Faust. Both hus-
band and wife are ordained.
He has been minister of Broad
Street Christian Church in Col -
umbus since 1929. She is non-de-
nominalional chaolain at Grant
Hospital. The couple has two grown
children.
safeguards would be sufficient.
Coe's optimism is not shared
bv Francis Pearson, director of
Ihe Public Service Commission,
and Sum Roddy Jr.. head of Com
merce and Economic Develop
ment. What's more. Pearson said Gov
Rosellini agrees with lheir major
ity position. Rnseilint was not
available for direct, comment.
It was this apprehension con
cerning safeguards. Pearson said,
which prompted the chief eecu
tie to ask Honneulle Power Ad
ministrator Charles Luce for a
meeting Friday with the gover
nors' committee to disclose what
safeguards are under considera
tion. The meeting is in Portland.
BPA was directed by the Inter-,
ior Department to propose legis-l
lation to protect Northwest inter-
csts if power was exported to Cal-'
!to hand out the people's money
lam!ll!""hi"nln"L'.u!C?Z I?,
1 "control and govern" the use ofito pass this bill. And it will be
that mum... ,1... l.
that money.
And if we think about that for
a moment, we will have to admit
that is true. Kverywhere when the
government hands out monev. there
i hand to accept that first "price
I support" check. There was the
agent who began giving him rules
and regulations, what to farm,
how much to farm, a penalty for
farming anything the government
said he should not farm.
In other words the farmer docs
the work while the big boss (gov
ernment) lays down the orders.
This is freedom? This is self gov
ernment; it tne tarmer never ac
cepted that fust check, he stillito the federal government, lline
would be free to do with his land ; is to the local school board, the
as he wished. 'private school, the individual citi-
inis is one example. But all
federal aid works the same way.
How wonderful it would be if
Roseburg would have the courage
to stand up as an example to the
whole country, saying "we do not
want federal aid for our school or
its restrictions. We here in thisity to cope with the great crises
county shall build our own school
and we shall be responsible for
the kind of education our children
receive."
Surely there would be countless
! other cities and communities which
would take courage from our stand
and would do likewise all over the
nation. What an opportunity!
f minUt ilcn nA,l th,l It ;
uiifeiii. buu mm mn, ,b la liui
i what the majority wants, but it!
is small pressure groups who are
( n...U;M II... Ihl.n .I.. I..
. iuniiiii nun iiiiiik, iui.-,-ti.v itim iiii;
that the people are for it and their
Because of that very possibility
it is extraordinary, tram 4 rev
olutionary standpoint, that an at
tempt was not made to kill Cas
tro just before the invasion be
gan. Maybe it was.
But in the meantime President
invader3 Wllll mol.al 8upport
nothing else-suffered damage in
ir,, ji.
Communist part3 of the world.
If the invasion was truly a fail
ureas reports indicate then it
appears to have been badly timed,
poorly organized, and clumsily
conceived.
Since nothing succeeds like suc
cess, if the invasion had over
thrown Castro then foreign criti
cism of American support for the
rebels might have receded, pro
vided Castro's successors didn't
set up a reactionary dictatorship
instead. t
Editorial writers from Sweden
to Italy, including some in Brit-
ain. were critical of Kennedy's
handling of the Cuban crisis. AI-
most all F.nrnnp-in miim-ilc
brushed aside Washineton'a dis-
claimer of U. S. complicity in thet" anyhow).
invasion. I There are still some who regret
It seems reasonable to believe I'ha control of the schools was tak -
tf Castro bas survived and his
eovernment has rp.illv mashp,l
the attempt to unseat him that
! Communist svmDalhv in Latin
America and backward areas of;lar spent, then this kind of abuse
!lhe world will get a lift, fur this!"1"' t"e to form. We have heard,
'reason:
i Castro was armed with Commu-
nist weapons and. according to
reports, had the help of Red sat-imiShty lucrative judging from the
ellite technicians in training hislnllmber of men in the field, and'
forces for just such an event as ' judging from the tactics they use '
the attempt to overthrow him. to prevent competition in the call-1
And the failure of the invasion i ing- In the old days the teaching I
against this Communist citadel i was generally believed to be a
only 90 miles from the United girl's and women's profession, and
States is hardly likely to strength-1 if you asked me I'll say that the I
en the will to resist among Amer- country was better off then than
tcan allies in Southeast Asia so
close to the gigantic Communist
state of Red China and far from
the United Stales.
Kennedy's tough talk to Amer -
'lean newspaper editors here
Thursday is still not clear in it
immediate meaning for Cuba andlwas a time when there was so!
Castro.
He said Ihat if the 20 American
I Republics linked with this conn
' try in a treaty to resist "Com-
i niunist penetration in this hem
isphere tailed to live up to it.
"then I want it clearly underslood
that this government will not hes-
ilale in meeting its primary oh-!
ligations which are to ihe security
of our nation,
1 He did say this invasion w as
not the "final episode in the
eternal struggle of liberty against
tyranny, anywhere on the face of
'the globe, including Cuba itself."
lfornia over a high voltage trans
mission line.
' So far 1 haven't seen any safe
guards that can't be broken,"
Pearson declared.
He said proposals currently un
der discussion would altempt to
assure power for the Pacific
Northwest at all times by:
Limiting the Bonneville mar
keting area to the Northwest
stales through congressional ac
tion. Providing lonj term BPA con
tracts without cutoff clauses
for Northwest industries and priv
ate uthties.
Requiring California to con
struct standby steam generating
plants with a capacity equal to
their power purchases from the
Northwest so the southern stale
would not fare a crisis if lis pow
er from the Northwest were cut
off.
lobby men in Washini-tnn a nut
!ing,piCSf:"'eS1,ou: VonS,e5?.mfn
pussea umess me people let uieir( judging trom past experience.
Congressmen know that hey are t am "thoroughly convinced that as
opposed to it. After all if the prcs-,long as the court renlams, j, -M
sure groups tell our Congressmen
that they represent the will of the
people, how will our Congressmen
know whether or not ihat is so.
In closing, I would like to quote
from an article written by sen.
Barry Goldwater on this subject,
federal aid to education. "The lob
byists for federal aid to schools
?ffJ p,'blem Jua,ntilJve
enougn teachers, not enough equip
ment. It thinks it has more to do
with quality; how good are the
schools we have? Their solution
is to spend money. Mine is to
raise standards. Their recourse is
zen
"I suspect that if we know which
of these- two views of education
will eventually prevail, we would
know also whether western civili-
nation is due to survive or pass
j away. For I believe that our abil-
I that lie ahead will be enhanced
I in direct ratio, as we recanture
the lost art of lcarnin" ami will
! diminish as we give responibilily
: for training our children's minds
to the federal bureaucracv.
"Most important of all; we have
forgotten that the proper function
jof our schools is not to educate,
1 l ... u..i . '
, IH cicvaic, auirieiV, UUl Tamer tO-
educate individuals and to eauin
them with the knowledge that will
I . Ul tl i i-.-
aAttn Iht ...I
enable them to take care of so
ciety s needs encourage schools
to enforce the adacemic disci
plines, to put preponderant em
phasis on English, mathematics,
history, literature, foreign langu
ages and the natural sciences. We
should look upon our schools not
as a place to train the whole char
acter of the child a responsi
bility that properly belongs to his
family and church but to train
his mind."
Mrs. Rita Spakousky
1149 NE Crescent St.
Roseburg, Ore.
Reader Says Teaching
Must Be Lucrative Job
To The Editor:
Mr. Robert L. Casebeer's letter
to the Opinions From Readers
Column made interesting reading.
I don't know what gripe Mr.
Casebeer has against Sen. Pear
son, and I don't know what favor
the NEA was lobbying in the Sen
ate for, but the thing that interest
ed us was the lingo that Mr. Case
beer used.
I quote some lines from his let
ter. "I recognize that Sen. Pearson
doubtless spoke in heat of anger.
. . . He wants to keen priiicntnrs
. from lobbying for laws beneficial
to education. The obvious fact that
j Pearson opposes education ... A
man who kicks education in the
face . . . kicks the common man's
j right to be uncommon in the teeth,
fl don't diff this sentpnep. hut it's
a direct quotation from his let -
ea way trom tne local districts,
i but if thev dare sav so. and sav
1 that the schools should receive a
dollar s worth of service for a dol-
tne same lingo many times in tne
PasI-
The teaching profession must be
:"".
there never was a time when
'here was so much indebtedness
j per capita as now. and there never!
iwa a time when there was so1
I mucn alcoholic liquor consumed
per capita as now. There never
much juvenile delinquency as now.
I 'here never was a time when la -
Dor had to pay such high tribute : son tics.
to he allowed to earn a living as How may of them were ever
now. and (here never was a time property owners. Yet they died so
when there were so many cigar- we could, if we chose, become
ctles smoked per capita as now. ! properly owners.
So it makes us wonder if all the j How many of our teachers are
laws and regulations passed by property owners. With the small
our Legislature for the good of Ihe ' salaries many of them get, they
schools were really as beneficial could do with some low-rent hous
as they were promised to be. ! ing, if il were decent housing.
C. E. Young ) Joseph B. Hulse
Box 21 Star Rt. Box 14
Glendale, Ore. Winston, Ore.
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Tennis Courts Source
Of Much Annoyance
To The Kditor:
With your permission. I will
write another letter to support
those which you have already
printed.
1 suppose there are quite a num
ber of people who wonder why I
am so persistent in my efforts In
have the Commercial Ave
i U,,5( if in,ii
'COlirC lCIOtaieO.
tennis
be a source of annoyance and dis
content. To us, it is a serious situ
ation, and if not stopped will just
keep on year after year.
To us, it means the difference
between peace and quiet and tur
moil and strife.
Parks and playgrounds are fina
and should be encouraged, but I
don't think they should be created
at the expense of the privacy and
contentment of peaceable citizens.
I am quite sure that you would
not be able to find a single neigh
bor who we ever had who could
truthfully tell you we had created
a nuisance of any kind. Yet we
have been subjected to the court
nuisance for 27 years. The place
is like a splinter in the finger
as long as it is there, it will be
a source of misery; remove it and
the past will have a chance to
heal.
I have been told repeatedly that
we have brought the trouble on
ourselves, but when I look back
st year to keen ncace with the
! ye-.? ,.?:.fipPc" "....
! '1. l"'.:
j ceived from the o her side of the
! fence I feel that we ire much
I mori'fhan instr eri ir i anJihino ' i
S. dol to n otect oVielv
I Peonle ei?l H irouhl.make;.
Vet as I have sairi I hefnre the
' J11 dS 1 n"e SalQ DClOre mere
len I a trinn In m:l3nna in ,.,U;AU
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. . . . .
annoyed or molested them in any
way as long as they left us alone.
But what have we received in
return? Years upon years of an
noyance and abuse.
As I have said many times and
still say, put the court where
there is room for players to go
and get balls that go over the
fence without trespassing on pri
vate property and disturbing
people who have just as much
right to peace and privacy as any
other citizen.
Everyone knows what trouble
(he place has caused in the past,
and I can't see what assurance
anyone canIave that it will be
any different in the future.
Why not jerk the thing out of
there and put a stop to all this
argument and jangling? And give
this part of town a chance to set
tle down to normal.
The main objection seems to be
in taking it away from this part
of town. Since East Roseburg has
been annexed there should be sev
eral likely sites for it. I under
stand the city has some lots up
on China Wall. Why let it go on
until the town is built up to
where there is no place left for
such things?
N. J. Hyde
1036 NE Commercial Ave.
Roseburg, Ore.
Looks Like Taxes
Are A Form Of Rent
To The Editor:
1 wish to express my thanks to
the three councilmen of Roseburg
who voted to accept the low-rent
! housing units proposed by the
(Douglas County Housing Authority,
i Also to the lady who wrote of
;the crocodiles and moats in rela-
un to property owners.
Just who is a property owner?
If a renter pays no rent, he is
ousted and someone else lakes
over. If a so-called property own-
or Pays no taxes, the property is
io some oiner person, looks
11Ke axes are 'orm ot rent.
"ith the increase in crime, es-
penally juvenile crime, knowing
that crowded, squalid housing is a
breeding place for crime, it appears
the majority of the City Council
would rather pay the cost of crime
than vote to add a few dollars to
the cause of prevention of crime.
W ith the many fine churches in
Roseburg, with many sincere mem-
Ders in eacn congregation, i am
quite sure they did not express
the feelings of many of the people
of Roseburg.
Christ owned no place here on
eartn. out he did hold out a lielp-
ing hand to those in need.
On Flanders fields, where pon-
I pies grow, where crosses, row on
1 row, mark the spot where some
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