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Jhousands Strike By Air, Sea In The Day's News . frciik Jenkins iMinr I AHbiHf ;Sf 4 telllV . jJCJIAIllj In those travel sketches, men IShi,ur.tt7TEitf i W0 the people toward touring Americans, Practically without exception, they are friendly and courteous and thoughtful. There could be a rea son for this. The amount of money Americans are spending overseas is literally fabulous. It is an im portant item in Europe's economy, which is obviously prosperous. But the coin could nave another side. Imagine your town simply overflowing with foreiga travelers. The hotels jammed with them. The stores crowded with (Jiem. The streets a Babel of foreign tongues. The normal life of your oommun ily disrupted by a flood of aliens. You would probably get fed to the chin with it all. But the Europeans take it with good grace. They seem even to ENJOY it. Anyway, their interest, their friendliness and their cour tesy go a long way toward making European travel a pleasant ex perience. What of the Americans? How are they acting? What are they doing to contri hute to international friendship and good will Well, taking them by and large, they are doing a good job. To be gin with, they are enjoying them selves. They are seeing things they have always wanted to see. They are doing things they have always wanted to do. They are happy. They are contented. They have the feeling that they are getting their money s worth. So they are on their best be havior. Taking them as whole, these touring Americans are spreading good will for their coun try. ... There are exceptions, of course. There is the American on a city bus tour in Rome. He was quite a little over on the VIP side. That is to say, HE regarded himself as quite a big shot. He lost no opportunity to let it be known that HE was quite guy. That in his own pond he was a big duck. The bus, of course, was filled with Americans, who took his measure quickly enough. But he couldn't be in a bus all the time. And as he acted there, he probably acted elsewhere. He was smoking a long, fat cigar H was a little too much for two girls in the seat in front of him. They asked him if he would mind smoking a cigarette instead. His answer was that he had been told that he could smoke inside, and that he had paid for his ticket and so he was going to smoke. 1 m pretty sure this fellow is mak ing no friends for the U.S.A. Then ... There was the American on the European airliner the other day He was big and a little on the beefy side. When the stewardess came around with candy and chew ing gum as we were taking off, he TOOK A HANDFUL. When, a little later, she came around with highballs before lunch. he took THREE. When she brought him veal for lunch, he wanted ham. And so on. Nothing pleased bim. As the flight wore on, the stew ardess came around with attrac tive little trinkets as souvenirs. In one case, there was a choice. His wife chose one. He iaid:"Give her BOTH." The stewardess explained courteously that there weren't enough to go around that way, to a choice had to be offered. When the stewardess started on, he called her back. 'When you gel all around." he said, "see if there isn't one of these others left over. It there is, bring it to my wife. I paid a lot of money for this trip, and I want to get all there is out of it." You can imagine (he red faces among the American passengers on that plane. And ihe disgusted fares among the European passen gers. Fortunately, few Americans of that type aic on the loose in Europe. STILL ALIVI HAMPTON, Va. (AP) J. F. SI all, superintendent of sanitation, thought a bomb uncovered in dig ging a drainage ditch would look good outside his oltice. He changed his mind after an ordnance dis posal team from Langlcy Air Force Base found the World War 1 relic was loaded with 52 pounds of high explosive, The News -Review Published by N.wt-R.vl.w Publithing Co. S4S S. E. Main St., Rottburg, Or.aon CHARLES V. STANTON Editor GEORGE CASTILLO Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered as second class matter May 7, 1920, at Ihe post office at Koseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, 1873 Subscription Rite) on Classified Advertising Page ........ i EDITORIAL PAGE 4 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, COASTAL FOOT TRAIL By Charles V. Stjnton . A project in which Douglas County should take exlreme interest was launched recently. The goal is a footpath ex tending along Oregon's beautiful coast. A good many people in past years, have put packs on their backs and have hiked Oregon's beaches, camping along the way. A lew nave crossed bays era have been forced inland, waterways. But everyone who has praised it highly. 1-T0f'a in Tlniirrlua fnnnlir should command the interest of our County Park Depart ment. The project is quite thoroughly explained by the Eugene Register-Guard. The following explanation of the plan is taken from the editorial columns of the Eugene newspaper: Twe and a half years ago Sam Dickon, head of the Urtivtrtity of Oregon's geography department, suggested that a trail, a foot trail, be established the Itngth of the Oregon Coast, His idea was slow te catch on. The projact sounded bigger than It is. Just recently, the proposal got new support. The state parks depart ment, cool at first, has taken some Interest in It. Clayton An dersen, formerly director of Springfield's Willsmalane program and now state parks recreation director, has been attignad to look into the proposal. The assignment of Clayton Anderson to the job iuit about guarantees that something now will be done with Sam Dickon's fine idea. Mr. Anderson says he intends te hold e brain picking session this summer. Persons who knew the coast well will be esked for their ideas. The Oregon Coast Is approximately 400 miles long. But that doesn't mean that we need 400 miles of trail. Far from it. A pedestrian right now can walk at least half the length of the coast on the sand. He need not fear getting lost as long as he has brains enough to keep the ocean on his right (or left). A great deal more of the coast can be followed along good, straight highway. Remaining are only twe kinds of country where trails will have to be built. Trails will be needed where the highway swings inland for example at Cascade Head. However, there are already trails ever some of these headlands. Tillamook Head and Cape Look out are examples. Trails will be needad where highway and traffic conditions make road walking hazardous. At Arch Cape and Heceta Head, tunnels make for uncomfortable, not to sey dangerous, walking. At some ether headlands Naahkahnie Mountain, Cape Sebastian, Cape Perpetua road and traffic conditions make road walking at least spooky. Beyond that, what is there to build? Furthermore, the trell need not be built all in one summer or in a continuous project, north to south.- Planners would de well te study the history of the magnificent Pacific Crest Trail Sys tem, of which the Oregon Skyline Trail is a part.' The system Is lust that, a system. It runs from Canada te Mexico because existing trails were connected by little trails. This took many years te accomplish and represents the work of many agencies and several firms owning private land along the Cascade and Sierra crests. The coast project, as we see It, will consist largely of marking routes, of Identifying the trail, and probably of putting together a little guide pamphlet. Visitors will need to know what they can de In an afternoon, what In a day, what In longer periods. The state parks people, through Mr. Anderson, can be of great help. But they can't de the job. They can work only on state land, and by no means alt of the coast area, back of tldeland, belongs te the state. The federal government, counties and private owners are also Involved. The federal government currently is pushing Its recreation program. Private owners, through such organisations as the Oregon Coast Assn., should be willing te cooperate. The counties could play a large role. Of Lane and Douglas, have excellent park departments. Tillamook and Coos have made excellent starts toward park erganiiations. This will have te be a cooperative, affair. But there is no reason te let it overwhelm us. It can be done skyline fashion, piece at a time , At all stages of development it will be a great asset to business along the coast and, especially, to tourists who want te get a closa-up leek at 400 miles of beach. Hal Boyle Hal Holbrook Will Hang Up Wig After Long Run As Mark Twain NEW YORK (AP)-After play ing Mark Twain more than 1.850 times in 13 years, Hal Holbrook has derided to hang up his white wig and mustache for a while. It isn't that the 36-year-old actor ia weary of impersonating the famous American humorist at 70 a job he's done in 900 cities in 14 countries on three continents. He just feels it is time for a little change. "I'm not giving up Mark Twain for good," he said. "Twain is something like a church to me a place you go into that is very private, and you get a kind of sustenance from it. "But if you stayed there all the time, it wouldn't be Ihe same. You can even get used lo a beautiful sunset if you see too many of them." In a year or two he wants to make a worldwide tour in his de picting Twain as a lecturer. Meanwhile, he plans to appear in a play, help write a musical adaptation of Huckleberry Finn, and develop a new solo art built around another famous American Abraham Lincoln. Starting next Aug. Id Holbrook will star in a contemporary drama by Karl Wittlinger, which racked up 7,000 performances in Europe. "It is laid in a menial hospital" he said, "and concerns a German ex-soldier's search for identity and faith in the postwar world. ADDYE WRIGHT Business Manager DON HAGEDORN Display Adv. Mgr. Ore. Tuei., June 13, 1961 and rivers by swimming. Ulh- some for manv miles, to cram has tried this sort of a trip Vara anma avnonti'nn'il of. hiker. The cost of a trail the seven coastal counties, two, "It has only two actors the patient, whom I play, plus an actor who plays the doctor and 11 other parts." Holbrook is quite content to let someone else do the changing re quired to portray 12 persons. He has spent a great deal of his life merely making up for his Mark Twain impersonation. "When I started the role origin ally as a 15-minule skit," he said, "I could get ready in five min utes. I slapped on a mustache and wig didn't even bother to glue on the wig put a couple of deep lines under my eyes and along my nose and that was about it. "But Ihe longer I played him Ihe longer it took me to get ready. Now it takes me 34 hours, and 1 have spent as much as 5' hours in makeup for a TV appearance. Murrow Cautions On New Countries BALTIMORE. Md. (A?) - Ed ward R. Murrow, director of the U.S. Information Agency, today cautioned against trying to impose American institutions on the emerging countries. , "We must not fall Into what I call the 'fallacy of forms,' " Mur row warned in a speech prepared for delivery at the Johns Hopkins University commencement cere monies. Imitation, Murrow said, may be flattery, but in politics it may also be foolish. "We must neither Impose our forms and methods nor expect others to imitate us in every re spect. We cannot afford Ihe folly of believing that our way is the only way for the multiple world of nations," Murrow said. Murrow, former radio and tele vision commentator, objected to the phrase that the world is divid ed. This, he warned, may be mis leading. DEAR ABBY Abigail Van Buren Subtle, And Almost Effective! DEAR ABBY: About a year ago my hus'jand started bringing a woman home from his office to do extra work. Then he asked me to make the den into a bedroom for her as he thought it was dangerous for her to drive home alone at night. 1 did this, thinking it would last only a little while. Now the woman is making her home with us. She bosses th- children around, and has practically taken over the house. My husband said she is smart and I should listen to her ideas. Last night whn he suggested I take the children and spend the summer with my parents (600 miles away), I realized I had been a big fool. Abby, I want that wo man out of my house. I love my husband and don't want to lose him. What excuse can I use? TOO TRUSTING DEAR TRUSTING: You don't need an "excuse" you have two good reasons. Without pointing an accusing finger, tell your hus band you want that woman OUT of your home immediately. Don't threatin him, and don't make a scene. Explein that it is your love for him and your family that makes it Impossible to tolerate a "live-in guest at your home. DEAR ABBY: Won't you please say something about people who buy birds as pets and mistreat them? I have actually had people say to me, "Our canary fell into the dishwater and was drowned." Or, "Our parakeet flew into the open fireplace and got burned up" Or, "The cat got it." Or, "The dog got it." I once knew a man who used to give his parakeet vodka just lo see how it would act. This same man is big and strong and, just be Reader Chamber Secretary Says Mayor Plays Politics To The Editor: I have never delesled anything so much in my life as having to write a "Letter to the Editor," but you have been goading me for a week to do so and the recent ac tions of the Mayor of Roseburg and of Local No. 2949 Lumber and Sawmill Workers, United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America rather compel me to do so, unless I desire to sit with folded hands while being the victim of their propaganda tricks. Mayor Serafin wrote a high handed, demanding letter, full of fighting words and of misleading statements. He is using his public office as Mayor to promote his personal desires, for there is suf ficient evidence at hand to show lhat he was opposed to Daylight Saving Time from the beginning. Political and business reasons might be an added factor. Mayor Serafin took great pains to see that The News-Review got a copy of his letter to the Chamber of Commerce. It has long been an ethical tradition in public matters that one does not write a letter to another and release copies to the press before it has been received by the recipient. " Serafin knows personally every officer and director of the Rose burg Chamber of Commerce. He knows he could have had an audi ence at any time, but for reasons of his own he chose making a grandstand play to the public. Serafin's action was not a heart breaking appeal to save commend able civic projects it was part of the labor campaign to scare the wits out of anyone desiring Daylight Saving Time, and to make the business element of the com munity, including the news media who meet (heir payrolls and make their profits by selling advertising lo the business element, conscious of the power that labor has through the use of boycotts. There has been much said the past ten days about democracy, the value of one's ballot, of the will of the majority. Let it also be said that in a republic, which is the form of government enjoyed in these United States of America I ana ine oiaie ui uregon, inai i lie law goes to great length to also protect the rights of the minority. Every organiialion which runs its meetings by parliamentary pro cedure knows the safeguards pro vided for Ihe minority viewpoint. The writers of the Constitution of the United States of America wrote Ihe original document lo pro vide for representative government by (he majority of the people, but these founders of our nation never permitted the pen to get out of their hand without adding the Bill of Rights to protect the rights of the minority. Let's take a look at the No vember 8, 1960 election. The form of government in Oregon is that of a republic, a representative dem ocracy and not an absolute dem ocracy Isee Webster). There were fifteen "Proposi tions" on the ballot. Thirteen of them were referred to the people by the Legislative Assembly: one a referendum ordered by petition of the people; one proposed hy initia tive petition. Furthermore, twelve of them were amendments to Ihe Slate Constitution and three were proposal lo obtain an expression of the voters lo the Legislature. The exact wording of Proposi tion No. 2 on the ballot was: "Day light Saving Time Purpose: To establish daylight saving time in all parts of Oregon within the Par lific time tone from last Sunday in wMMMMM.a. cause the bird pecked him on the ear, he knocked the bird down and broke its wing. Can you teli me why birds are the most abused of all pets? , BIRD LOVER DEAR LOVER? Not all pat birds are ebused - only those who are unfortunate enough to belong to people who belong in cages. DEAR ABBY: I hope this settles your argument about the Southern ers who say"you all." They never use it to address ONE person. For example? In Act Two of Shakes peare's "Julius Caesar," Anthony said, "Friends, I am with you all and love you all. Also in his fa mous funeral speech, Anthony said over Caesar's body, "You all did love him." And in the Holy Bible, Paul, writing to the Philippians, said, "I thank my God upon every re membrance of yon all. . . .always in every prayer of mine for you all." Crystal clear, isn't it? Now, if anyone from Brooklyn, who thinks it is proper to say "youse guys will write to me, I will straighten him out. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFIDENTIAL TO "NEVER ON TIME": "Better late than nev er. But better never late." Everybody has a problem. What is vours? tor a personal reply write to Abby, Box 3365, Beverly Hills, Calif. Be sure to enclose a stamped, self-add-essed envelope A lovely wedding need not be expensive. For Abby's pamplet on "How To Have Lovely Wedding," send 50 cents to Abby, Box 3365, Beverly Hills, Calif. Opinions April until last Sunday in Septem ber." The Legislature did not pass a bill establishing DST in all parts of Oregon, but just giving local option to five counties. A short five months after the election, on Feb. 11, 1961 the Oregon Slate Building and Construction Trades Council, with headquarters in Eu gene, Oregon, and a part of the organized labor movement in Ore gon, caused House Bill No. 1502 to be introduced in the Legislature and HB 1502 did propose Daylight Saving Time in every political sub division, or in all parts of the state.' The November 8 vole on Proposition No. 2 was 357,499 in favor and 393,652 opposed, a ma jority of 36,153 opposed. Proposition No. 14 was a petition of the people in opposition to a bill passed by the 1959 Legislature which would increase! stale rev enues and abolish federal tax de ductions. The November 8 vote was 115.610 voles in favor of the 1959 Bill and 70.025 opposed to the 1959 Bill, a majority of 454.415 against raising more money from the personal income tax and abol ishing federal deductions quite a majority compared with that on Proposition No. 2. Yet, the 1961 Legislature, in House Bill No. 1001 did propose the changes which were voted down. Proposition No. 15 pertained to the Stale regulating signboards on (he highways. The November 8 vole was 475.290 opposed to Stale regulation and 261.735 in favor of regulation a majority of 213, 555 opposed to regulation, a con siderable larger majority than on DST. Yet the 1961 Legislature in Senate Bills No. 233 and No. 235 did make regulations. Now why has all of Ihe furor been about the "mandate" of the people on Daylight Savings Time and "nary" a word about the other two matters on which the people also expressed themselves on No vember 8? Some of the solid citizens of this area might well begin looking around for the motives behind the current controversy. Much of the goings on indicate that efforts are being made lo bring about signifi cant changes in our political and public life. The letter of H. D. Mack on your page four, June 10, 1961 was certainly "patently in complete er ror." Every informed person knows that the parking meters are the properly of the City of Roseburg, under the control of the Mayor and ihe City Council, and if there is a racket being worked with them it is not an act of the Chamber of Commerce. Harold P. Reaume, 929 W. Luellen, Roseburg, Ore. Summer Reading Time Slated At Glendale Mrs. Bob Harris, Glendale librar ian, has announced a summer reading program for children, un der the sponsorship of the Countv Library of which the Glendale li brary is a unit. I Youngsters will receive a card on which will appear a flag sticker for each book read. Mrs. Harris states that the li brary now has a number of new hooks for children, including many which are especially easy for ' younger children lo read. A new shipment of books for all ages is 1 expected. I At the present time, between 1200 and 1300 books are checked out 1 per monlh, reports Mrs. Gerald B. , Fox, correspondent. Editorial Comment A BAD MIXTURE , Pendleton East Oregonian 1.1 summarizing the work of the Oregon Legislature we expressed the opinion that it was good and it was bad. On the bad side, we have repeatedly deplored the in volvement of the legislative branch of government in those areas that clearly belong to the executive branch. This was more pronounced during the Legislature's 1961 ses sion than ever before. It has been suggested by ex Gov. Charles Sprague, among oth ers, that Gov. Hatfield must de mand a show-down by asking the courts to rule on those specific cases which involve legislative infringement upon executive au thority. We cannot urge Gov. Hat field too strongly to do exactly that. It must be done before reck less men go further down a dan gerous road. The case that pointed up this whole matter (although there are others that could better be taken to the courts) was the Legislature taking unto itself authority that has heretofore been vested in Ihe stale Highway Commission. We won't argue with the Legis lature's decision 16 finance con struction of a bridge across Ihe Columbia River at Astoria. We cannot foresee the day when the Highway Commission would have sufficient funds to build that bridge and at the same time carry on the rest of its program. So, the bridge could be built only by bonding. We do, however, object strongly to the Legislature's decision to pro vide funds for reconstruction of Highway 42 between Roseburg and Loquille, and improvement of highway in Wasco County. These are worthy projects, but it should have been the sole responsibility of the Highway Commission to de term ine when they would be un dertaken. The Highway Commis sion always has been responsible for the planning highway construc tion for the entire state. Only Ihe Highway Commission has the facts and the judgment to determine where and when highways should be built. Wherever a slate's highway pro gram has become involved in poli tics the result has been tragic. Oregon has been spared the scan dal that inevitably comes out uf the bad mixture of highways and politics. But it will not be if we have any more such wheeling and dealing as the 1961 Legislature en gaged in. The ramifications, and they're all bad, that will come out of mix ing highways and politics in this state are many. The editor of the Sherman County Journal, Giles French, took a look at the situa tion this week and pointed to one result lhat all citizens of sparse ly settled eastern Oregon must thoroughly consider. This is Mr. French's editorial. If the action of (he 1961 leg islature about highways be comes a policy the sparsely settled portions of the state may never have any new high ways except such as are ac cidentally built to serve the purpose of the thickly popula ted parts of the state. We think it entirely possible unless a constitutional amendment is passed to correct it. We are referring to the two bond issues, one for $24,000, 000 and one for $4,000,000. The first was for the construction of an entirely uneconomic bridge across the Columbia at its mouth and the second was for improvement of a very dif ficult piece of road in Wasco county. Both are evidence of FOR RODEO QUEEN - Mariiee ',v?;'f''A v t a 3t,A--' !. (p"- T ' ' v Profits Of This Drsve-N poor government; both are poor legislation. Neither of the two counties can muster more than one six tieth of the population of the state: neither is making growth faster than the state; neither is politically powerful from tradition nor from per sonnel. That such counties should have done the best they could to break down the well established division of state highway funds on a political basis is to make possible that future highway building will be done in centers of popula tion or between them. This would mean that rural Oregon will get roads when urban Ore gon wants to give them, not on an equitable distribution ba sis as at present. It was a very important step in state government and a step backward from fair de velopment of the state. Perpe trators of the politics who are responsible should be remem bered. They were unworthy of the public trust. Eastern Oregon is fully protect ed by a formula which the High way Commission has long employ ed in determining the amount of funds to be apportioned annually to each highway district. Any east ern Oregon Legislator who wanls to discard that formula because he thinks he can do better for nis area of the state by getting into a crap game with the big boys should have his head examined. GOOD SUGGESTION Corvallis Gazette-Timas Guess Walter Norblad isn't think ing about running against Wayne Morse for his Senate seat because he has just made an intelligent suggestion which is sure to rub the people of Portland Demo crat and Republican the wrong way. In a letter to the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Norblad suggests transferring the operational base of the United States Army Engi neers from Portland lo the Tongue I ,-r, MB . . . and now is the time to replace that old fashioned heating system with modern electric heat . , . for no down payment and as little as $10.00 per month! J f ' i f t- ' .4 Years Rodeo Will -save iuaarsce Point Naval Station in Astoria. The Engineers are currently pay ing an annual rental of $190,000 for Ihe Pillock building in Port land. In addition they occupy more space at the Government Moorings, which is the administrative base for the Army Engineers'- nine dredges that operate along the Wesl Coast. Moving the operation to Astoria would save all lliis money because the government already owns the property at Tongue Point. There is excellent housing at Tongue Point which would, accord ing to Mr. Norblad, "be more than adequate to accommodate the Army, Engineers administrative and other personnel." There are also machine shops, berthings, and excellent piers and docks lo serve every need for the dredges. The fact that in ten years time the taxpayer would be saved some $2 million dollars probably won't mean much to the Portlanders. The Rose City people are a little sensitive about folks leaving town every since the regional post of fice department was shipped olf to Seattle while Edith Green and Wayne Morse weren't looking. And this recommendation by Mr. Nor blad would take at least 650 more families out of town. Wonder where this Norblad gets off trying to save the taxpayers money? Doesn't he know this isn't popular? GENE M0RW00D At the PIANO & ORGAN Tonight & Every Night (Except Sunday) ROSE ROOM Open Every Day 10 AM - 2:30 AM ROSE HOTEL Harry Bryant' Mgr. lectric heat nshirte Jean. ... f e I ore cherner Cast Your Vote For Marilee! You con do this by buying a Booster Button at the Drive-N-Save. Only $1.00 And Your Purchase Entitles You To Attend The . . , BIG BOOSTER BUTTON SHOW - At The Fairgrounds FRIDAY June 16- 7 PM Go To YMCA nn .1