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j ' . f ll The latest on Laos: The United States and Russia agree on the necessity for an "ef fective" cease-fire there. The agreement is reached at a Wash ington meeting between u.o. sec retary of State Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin. After con ferring with Secretary Rusk for 35 minutes. Dobrynin tells reporters: "It is necessary to put into effect an agreement reached at Vienna last year by President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev for a neutral and independent Laos." The agreement leaves unanswer ed the question whether pro-com munist Pathet Lao forces win re turn to the cease-fire line they broks through recently. Who are these Pathet Lao They were supplied originally by the Soviet Union. They were train ed by North Vict Nam COMMU NIST officers. They probably in clude a lot of Red Chinese "vol unteers." You will probably remember the Red Chinese "volunteers" in Korea and what they were there for. They were there to GRAB KOREA for Red China. It can bo assumed that those Red Chinese "vol untccrs" are in Laos to grab Laos for Red China, u possible. But- At least The agreement reached in Wash ington indicates that Old Kroosh isn't ready YET to go to war over Laos which Is of much more importance to Red China than to Red Russia. That's SOMETHING. One more question: How much is a communist's word worth on an agreement, or any where else? .. , In an effort to find an answer to that question, let's go back to Vlad imir llyich Lenin the founder of modern communism. World revo lution was his meat. By means of world revolution, he sought to con quer the world. As a part of his program, he put together what he called the Ten Commandments of Revolution. Of these ten commandments for -communists, the third reads: "There are no morals in politics: There is only EXPEDIENCY." The sixth commandment reads: "Truth does not count unless it serves an end." The ninth com mandment reads: "Promises are like piecrusts: Made to be brok en." Here Is his tenth commandment: "Scheme. . .zigzag. , .retreat. . . ANYTHING to. hasten the coming to power of communism. " So After all What good in an agreement with i communist? We can all agree, I think, that ANYTHING that avoids. . .or even postpones. , .shooting war away over there in Southeast Asia is worth a try. Other than friendly trade and commerce, wo have lit tle business in that corner of the world. It is outside our orbit. We arc properly concerned there only with lending our good offices to the cause of peace. But lot's keep our fingers cross ed on communist promises. Let's not jump to the conclusion that an agreement with a communist guar antees an honorable settlement of ANY issue. . First Church Of God Schedules Speaker The Hev. J. R. Tackolt will he speaking mghlly at 7:30 at the Mrst Church of God, 546 NE Chest nut St., from May 20 to 26. Ho will also lead a spiritual quest for the grnw'ng' Christian Monday through Friday, from 10 to 11 a.m. the same week, according to the Rev. Howard Lcverctt, pastor of the emiren, . The Rev. Mr. Tackctt has spent 21 years tn evangelistic work in the United States and Canada. He has served on various national agencies of the Church of God and in recent years has been a mem ber of the executive council of the church. His home is in Alexandria, l. , where his wife and son and daughter reside. Dr. W. Dulo Oldham of the Chris tian Brotherhood Hour, heard in Roseburg at 8:30 a.m. Sundays over a local radio station also has high praiso for the Rev. Tackctt. The host pastor invites the com munily to visit any or all of the) services. I The News Review Publiihe by Newi-Revlew Publiihlng Ce. S4S S. I. Moiti St., CHARLES V. STANTON Editor GE0IGE CASTILLO Monaaina Editor Member of thJ Associated Pruss, Association the Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered as second class matter May T, 1920, it the post office at Roseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, 1873 Subscription Rates on Classified Advertising Page EDITORIAL PAGE 4 Tht Ntwi-Rtlew, Roseburej, VOTINC RESPONSIBILITY By Charles V. Stinton - n -1 . VA afola liavu Kaon miita frpp. I ,. , , , ly predicting a very ngm turnout, ui vuujh ww"i oWtinn. The Secretary of State has said he an ticipates balloting by around voters. But a good many Observers say ne a iuu uuuuiw- Perhans I'm a little "hepped" on the subject, but I can't find much excuse for a voter who doesn't go to the polls. Nor can I excuse a voter who casts a ballot with sheeplike obedience to command. p,.t -nrhJio holievino- that everv auahfied voter should go to the polls, I feel a voter unless he is prepared to cast an intelligent aim iyun- sible ballot. . . . ., . . v. t,.io d o-i-onf ilpnl nf nnde in the fact that our form of government is a representative republic a form of con trol in which we select the people who are to act as our representatives. . ., ., In a pure democracy everything is decided by all the people. That could only be done at cumbersome, costly, impractical mass meetings. So we maintain a form of democracy in which every person has a right to partici pate in selection of someone to serve as representative of the maioritv. It is the duty of such elected person, in my opinion, to represent to the best of his ability the desires of the people by whom he is elected. Care Demanded - There certainly Is room in an elected official's obliga tion for him to act with a certain degree of independence based upon such knowledge as he may have. But I cannot go along with the theory that election ordains an official to be strictly independent a lone wolf proposing pet theories and acting with little regard for the welfare or wishes of those by whom he was named. Such form of independence a complete separation of self from people and party is, in my opinion, completely alien to the form of government established by our Con stitution. The official, according to my beliefs, is chosen to rep resent the people by whom he is elected. He is not named to separate himself from the people and to do as he pleases. Instead, I feel, he should attempt to convey the politi cal theories and wishes of the electors of the municipal division by which he is chosen, even if such ideas might clash with his own. This, of course, is not to say that he should violate what he believes to be good government, when he is in possession of facts not available to the gen eral public, or when he is convinced that the course of action upon which he is embarked is the proper course for the government as a whole. But it should be the first ficial to ascertain the wishes represent the people and their of his knowledge and ability. Should Have Confidence I have been perturbed by some of the letters appear ing in The News-Re.vieiv complaining that officials do as they please after they are elected. Some of this com plaint nnses, I know, because me individual wants, although he may be acting reputably for the whole society. It's something like being an editor. An editor is "bi ased" only if he doesn't believe as vou do. But I know that some of nea. mere nave Been occasions when elected officials have identified themselves with activities of which their constituents could not approve. But this is the fault of the voter. If the vnter finpsn r vote for responsible candidates, he can't, evnppf. rnsnnn. sibie government. As I have said previously can't be trusted, they shouldn't Jiut 1 leel that our direct our two-party system by taking away from the parties their power to designate and discipline. I don't mean that a party should endorse a ticket. But it should, in mv onin- lon, have the right to say whether a candidate is accept able to the party. hpeaking of two parties, reminds me of the story Dun Dimick, Roseburg attorney and former state senator, was telling about one of his friends, a strong party man and an active political figure. (. ertainly I believe m the orously replied in answer to a nm'ai A...1.1.. '4- U ,,c luunui i nuve Koti government without two strong parties. But that's no reason to elect a damned Republican." Winning Jingle Contest Started Billie Dove On A HOLLYWOOD (AP) - " had seen some of the other girls try to hang onto their careers after they had started to slide. I vowed that would never happen to me. So when I got married, it was very easy to quit." This was llillie Dove explaining why she ended her movio career at the height of her stardom al most 30 years ago. One of tlio screen's greatest beauties, she married socialite Robert Kena-ton and never returned to films until now. Any American male who admits to middle age u-.l recall the stunning looks of llillie Dove. She was Douglas Fairbanks' loading lady in "The Black Pirate," and starred in such films as "Toe Yellow Lily," "American Beauty' "Tho Heart nf a Follies Girl" and "Tho Stolen Bride There Is good news for us aging males: Billie Dove is still a stun ner. The hair is white now. but uie i.iie is sun suiooin ano iaun- less, the figure trim, the ankles slim. kosebvre, Oreeon ADDYE WRIGHT Business Manager DON HAGEDORN Display Adv. Mgr. Oregon Newspaper rubllshert Of Thur., Moy 17, 1962 . .. Art.B 60 per cent of the eligible has no business at the polls and foremost duty of the of of his constituents and to wishes to the fullest extent the official isn't doing what these complaints are justi- about candidates, if tliov be elected. primary system is destrnvintr two-nartv svt..m " ho vig question from a fellow Dcm- , . ... Second Career me siury oi nor return to films is a curious tale, but she is willing io swear on a Bible that it is true. She entered a contest and won a movie role. "1 swear that is the way it happened." she said. "It's almost il V II lOO linhlMIOVllhln tn h tr,,n 1...,' it is." ' i Last year Columbia Studios con ducted n jingle contest to plug i.idgcl uoes Hawaiian. The prize was to be a trip to Hawaii to appear in the new film "Dia mond Head." .Miss Dove, whose verse has ap peared in national magazines, entered the contest and thought no more about it. One day she was talking to a friend at (he Kenaslons' Palm Springs house. The friend asked if she ever thought about returning to films. "Oh, I suppose I might if there were something that interested me. Miss l)oe remarked. "1 never announced that 1 was re- tiring because 1 think that aciors who do so and then return later iook ratner silly. "But honestly, going back is onej You try to buckle down to the decision 1 hope I never have to job. but along comes Bill, the make." j treasurer's assistant, for a friend- A few minutes later, her mother ; '' f1n'- At,t',r '""king around fur jnlered with a letter from Colum- !1V"'-V' n Pul1 oul bo'c ntin bia. Miss Dove looked at it and '",'" un'ft diamonds. ....i. .-hi, j, .. I I happened to overhear you ,f I'll hii. in -.',),'. ih.i .) !,:, ' ' Columbia wanted her to play a role, but she data lined for a token I appearance in a luau scene at the1 studio this meek "just enough to jkeep It honest." j DEAR Abigail Van Buren The Perfect Squelch! DEAR .BY: Why is it that so many peopie who wjuld not think of eating peas with their knives think it is all right to ask my el derly mother how old she is? This seems to be their lirst question ai- ter making her acquaintance, no i matter how casual the relationship. It is an annoyance to her. Will you please print a suitable answer to this bold and presumptuous ques tion. HER DAUGHTER DEAR DAUGHTER: A fit rtply to a bold and presumptuous ques tion would be: "If you will for give my not answering, I will for give you for asking." DEAR ABBY: Would you please tell me the true, up-to-date mean ing when a boy gives a girl his fraternity pin? I have been going with this boy for quite some time now and he wants to give me his fraternity pin. My parents say it means you are engaged to be mar ried, and, since we can't even think about getting married yet, they won't let me accept it. The boy says it means we are going steady not engaged. Please print your answer. ALMOST PINNED DEAR ALMOST: I don'f know what it means on other campuses, but at California. Colorado, llli huli, Oklshsmn and Iowa it means you are "engaged" to be engaged. A fraternity pin these days rarely sticks one for life. DEAR ABBY: To the "Other Woman" who has never lied or cheated on "her man" for S years James Marlow President To Start Push For Aged Medicare Plan WASHINGTON (AP) - When President Kennedy talks on tele vision and radio Sunday about medical care for the aged it will he the start of the big push for his program and a vivid insight into a way he handles Congress. For almost a decade ever since President truman left there have been no brawls be tween the White House and sena tors and representatives. President Eisenhower, ' while sometimes critical of the Demo crats as a party, followed an op posite technique for eight years in dealing with individual mem bers of Congress in both parties. He didn t attack or criticize in dividually. Kennedy pursues the same system. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, because that's the way he operated in the Senate, probably would have done likewise if he were president. Whether Eisenhower was, or Johnson is, an influence on Ken nedy in his velvet-glove approach is not clear. Probably not. After 14 years in Congress himself, Ken nedy could be expected to oper ate this way. It's his way. But just because memcal care for the aged is one of his major programs and one of those tor which he will fight hardest, his tactics in pressing it illuminate a number of things anout nis presi dency. By avoiding head-on clasiics with individual members of Con gress who oppose him on one issue, he puts no personal reason in the way of their support on other programs where they have no particular slake or lceling. For example: Some of the Southern Democrats who wrecked his few civil rights measures will be with him in other fields but Hal Boyle Offices Have Now Become Semi-Department Stores NEW YORK (API There was a allergic to diamonds, but that does time when a business offtce was ' not stop Bill. He reaches in his merely a place where people went to earn a living. Today, however, the average of fice has become an unofficial de partment store. You no longer have to do your shopping during lunch hours or on Saturdays. One of the fringe bene fits of modern office life now is I .L . I . . - y .?," ."LIT i V. , "f" ... ....... .....if... iia.uif, your desk. Sealed comfortably in vour swivel chair you can purchase anything from a grand piano to a stuffed polar bear. This is because every office cm pkiye today seems to be a part time salesman. The hired hands spend half their working time buy ing something from or selling something to each other. The bait is always the same: "1 can get it for you wholesale." You arrive in the morning and what happens the very first thing? Why, old Hank, the lovable jani tor, sweeps up and says 'I see you got egg on your necktie again. How much did youi At quitting lime yo i have a guil pay for that tie three bucks? 1 ty feeling you haven't got much rMtl Ot.l 'm uh(.llG-.lA f,.-n ?., ...rtrl. .,nA Ui IIiaM i A Ina.t dollar, and they come in 29 colors,! not counting plaid. Shall I bring 'you in a dozen tomorrow?" '"' '" ,,,d -vo,lr wde are cele - br);ing your 10th wedding anni- versary next month." he says, "How about suramin,! h,.r uith spa;. ? These are a third of what they'd charge vou at - eler's." You tell him that your wde Is ABBY and expects to have him for her3ucn Ms une,m,n 1 ,rov husband some day: I am the wife of such a man. He will cheat every chance he gets. Madame, you have a few fact to learn. A man who cheats on hisi1- Jolin H- Glenn Jr. and Major; wife never stops. His wife is not ignorant of his behavior, but is too much a lady to bring disgrace on her family. She would rather have people think her stupid than to let ner children know what an immoral, spineless heel their father is. Unless his wife succumbs of a j uruiten iicari, you wm never get him. And if vou do. vou have mv sympathy. THE WIFE DEAR ABBY: Our son Is about to become engaged. Is it our place to invite the parents of the girl to our home first? Or should the parents of the girl invite us to their home first? MUST KNOW SOON DEAR MUST: The parents of the girl should Invite the parents of the boy to their home first. But in case the girl's parents are not aware of this, you would be wise to extend the first invitation to them. Don't stand on ceremonies where the happiness of your chil dren is concerned. For Abby's booklet, "How To Have A Lovely Wedding," send 50c to Abby,- Box 3365, Beverly Hills, CaiU. Everybody has a problem. What's yours? For a personal re ply, write to Abby, Box 3365, Bev erly Hills, Calif. Enclose a stamp ed, self-addressed envelope. probably wouldn't be if he had gone out of his way to jab at them on civil rights. He didn't. Or, to take a specific example: Kennedy has been very careful and gentle with Rep. Wilbur Mills, Arkansas Democrat and chair man of the very powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Mills has been a major stum bling block to Kennedy in the House on his medical care bill. But you hear no White House at tacks on Mills. The Kennedy administration feels Mills has been a great help on other issues and will be again on still more when the medical care issue is out of the way. So the administration is trying to get around him, not through him. Whether all this adds up to the ideal way of handling Congress is a matter of Kennedy's political judgment. It could be argued that if Kennedy is really anxious to get through all the programs he tells Congress he wants he should be willing to fight hard for all of them. If he gets his special major items, or some of them, through this year, they'll be out of the way. Next year he can be expect ed to put his weight behind some other special projects while mere ly giving his blessing to others. This would indicate Kennedy is hoping to be judged at the end of his four years on his total per formance instead of on a year-by-ycar reckoning of hits and misses. That's the long view but it seems to be the one . he has. He and his aides have been lay ing the groundwork for a real ef fort on medical care. The big drive starts next Sunday when he talks in New York's Madison Square Garden. other pocket and pulls out two ladies wrist 'watches. "How about one. of these then?" he demands, "guaranteed for a full half year." You start in to see the boss, but Genevieve, his secretary, stops you. "I'm helping my little niece sell Girl Scout cookies." she says brightly. "My. are they yummy! How many boxes shall I put you down for?" You back into the boss' den, and he looks up and says: "Well, what's on your mind? Oh. by the way, do you have an American flag in your home? My wife is selling flags to help her church's missionary program, and I thought I'd take a few or ders here at the office for her." You explain apologetically you have all the flags you need at the moment. "Oh, that's all right," replies the boss airily. "How about some Christmas cards? My wife is sell- inc them for her church, too." one satisfaction as you leave for heme. The day hasn't been a com plete wasle. Two employes have tentatively agreed to buy backyard swim ming pools from you. That's your sideline. UTAH PRODUCES OIL : B LANDING. Utah (AP) llah has climbed into 10th place among the oil-producing stales in the past is ven- nilv numm mrmw between 80.OOO and 100.000 barrels, .,ost of ihe iwxluction is in San ' Juan Countv. the extreme south. eastern tip of the state. Opinions From Cod Forbid We Have One ; r i a r Tri To The Editor: After several days of thought i and meditation on the two men, I Sherman S. Titov, I must express myself. A statement was made, and printed in the newspapers, several d.ys ago by Maj. Titov, "I saw neuner ooa nor angeis. ne was speaking of his 17 orbits of the n n- . i BTUCe HlOSSQl Clouds In California One of today's commonplaces is that hard core unemployment is locused most heavily in the older eastern industrial communities and in the back country of the Appala chian highlands. Inevitably, however, some aston ishment is aroused when com plaints are heard that California. one of the great new industrial bases of the nation, is not growing fast enough economically to pre vent a discouraging accumulation of jobless people. Along with Florida and the other 'sunshine states" - in the South west, California has been pictured for a decade and a half as the bright offset to economic distress in the older sectors. A Johns Hopkins University study in 1960 found these new areas so sharply expanded in pop ulation as to encourage substantial enlargements of local consumer in dustries. On tnn nl fh-,1 ((.aa I symbolized the great flowering o the service trades in the postwar era. . The present Chief Justice, Earl Warren, confessed years after World War II, while he was still governor of California, that he had expected massive unemployment in nis slate at war s end. "It never came." he said. "Most of those released from war jobs were aDsoroed in the growing serv ice occupations." Yet California today may be ringing a sort of alarm bell for the country. Almost any responsible forecast of future job opportunities na tional, regional or state stresses the service trades as tomorrow's great hope. But California may be offering us fresh evidence that even in the most promising areas the expan sion in the service field may not occur speedily enough to keep up with the combined effects of auto mation in industry, rising num bers of young people and women entering the labor market, continu ing decline in farm jobs. A striking feature of the Amer ican economy is its reliance upon fewer and fewer people to do more and more of the basic production work. Everybody else has to find other means of earning a living. Most families already depend heavily on paid services to g e t things done around the house. In genuity is strained to come up with new useful services which can absorb millions of employables. Still, this kind of "social inven tion," vastly accelerated, seems our only chance. For we cannot easily arrest or reverse the trends that are producing our costly lab or surpluses. COMPARE the Candidates... A '- , f 4 Compare the Candidates jyj Cowgrtufwn Porter is an ctivf 4 3 -y tar old ttornty. JvJ Congressman Portar Has had tht axptritnea of fwo full ttrms in Congrtis as your tltcttd Representative. jj Congressman Porter SUPPORTS medical core for the aged through Social Security. fpj Congressman Porter SUPPORTS Federal aid to education. Congressman Porter SUPPORTS development of Oregon's great recreational resources. Your Congressman for 4 Yean Ready To Serve You Again Vote for DEMOCRAT U. Pi. Adv. "rth- A "statement by Col. Glenn, may not be accurately quoted but in effect, he said. "A person who -believes in God will be found at- . lending church." I have been verv surorised that there have not been letters to the j newspaper concerning the two as- tronauts and their TV appearances. -Surely it cannot be so touchy a : subject. God is a spirit and has been seen . by no man, though countless num her. have had spiritual communion with Him. There is no pleasure of the flesh that remotely compares with the power, exaltation and peace that comes from being in God's divine presence. As a combat veteran of the U.S. 12th Air Force, with sixty bom bardment missions over Europe in World War II, the majority of which were flown as a bombardier. I have witnessed the reactions of men to the terrible and bloody as pects of violent war in the air. Some of our crew members were as Titov. They had no belief in God because they couldn't see Him. They would seek their strength and peace of mind in the bottle and in other pleasures that could be found in nearly any town "Over There." Others, similar to Col. Glenn, would attend the simple church service conducted by the chaplain, and gain their strength and peace from the Word of God. Then, over the target, with the ?kies exploding from the fury of the action, the ditterence uctwuoa the believer in God and the un believer would be noticeable. The first would pray in God's name for' help. The other would curse God, if he used the name at all. . I recalled these experiences of eighteen years ago as I watched ' Glen" olld T'lv on. TX J"! V read their statements of belief and compared them to the fellows I had known personally. We should all be proud and hap py that Col. Glenn is our astro naut, setting a tine example for our children as a believer in God. God forbid we have one such as Gherman Titov.' Richard H. Perl 1047 S.E. Rice St. Roseburg, Ore. Columbia Compact Group Sets Meeting SEATTLE (AP) The Columbia . projects without getting anything Interstate Compact Commission will meet in Reno, Nev., June 181 to consider what to do about the storage and power allocation pro visions of the compact they have been working on for 12 years. 1. Leave it as it is, providing for upstream states to build stor age projects and the downstream states to share with them the re sulting power benefits. 2. Eliminate the part about sharing the power, as proposed by Elwood D. Caples, chairman of the Washington delegation. 3. Eliminate both the power al location and storage provisions, as suggested by R. P. Parry of Twin Falls, Idaho, chairman of that state's delegation. Parry came up with his propos al after Glenn H. Larson, Thomp son Falls, Mont., chairman of the Montana delegation, objected to the Caples plan. Larson said it would mean upstream states would have to build the storage During his two terms in the U. S. House of Representa tives from Oregon's Fourth District, Congressman Charles 0. Porter, Democrat, has made it his policy to let his constituents know exactly where he stands. ..COMPARE THE CANDIDATES. ..know how both stand before casting your vote! EXPERIENCE mi ID x CHARLES 0. PORTER $. REPRESENTATIVE 4th DISTRICT R-tum Porter to Congreu Committee, Barton Readers Delivery Of Cancer Dressings Said Routine To The Editor: I should like to clarify a few facts relaiiv to the "emereencv" i .j f -ancr dressincs bv Robert Duncan on Sunday, May 13, 1962. The Eugene office of the Amer ican Cancer Society was tele- j Pned on Thursday requesting dressings for a patient in this area. We have routinely supplied dressings to other cancer patients in this area through this service. The nearest present depot for these supplies is in Eugene. Mrs. Alvin Parker, who is in charge of distributing supplies from the Eu gene office, happened to be at an American Legion Auxiliary meet ing in Albany where Mr. Duncan was the speaker. She asked Mr. Duncan if he could deliver the dressings in Roseburg on his way back to Medford, which he did. It was kind of Mr. Duncan to deliver the dressings but the undue publicity appears to have been de liberately carried out as an en hancement of Mr. Duncan's poli tical campaign. Inasmuch as the American Cancer Society is en tirely non political, this course of action by Mr. Duncan's campaign managers, appears to be a matter of poor taste. The patient was not in dire need of the dressings. They can be ob tained at any hospital or phar macy. If a cancer patient is go ing to need dressings over a pe riod of time, it is a considerable expense, and the American Cancer Society will furnish them to needy patients. The American Cancer Socieiy docs not feel that its charitable services should be publicized to the advantage of anyone seeking public office. N Mrs. J. A. Colbrun Co-Chairman Douglas Co. Chapter, American Cancer Society 19 Royal Oaks Drive Roseburg, Ore. in reiurn. Members of the commission held a caucus and decided they wanted to discuss the alternatives with governors and other officials of their states before making a been ratified by the upstream states Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming but not by Washington and Oregon. AY2E Slane, OoWand. Ore. O
