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if ( Still a Few Chestnuts in the Fire , The - Editor's Corner . By Charles V. Stanton or ia I IP a q 4 The News-Review, Roieburg, Jit was no close. ;lt was like the football game where the uqderdog home team scored early, held ila lead until the last few seconds and thru saw victory evaporate. fThe proposed new constitution for Ore pqn went into the 19G3 legislature as a definite underdog. It contained a lot of idVas new to the state and it called for aj thorough revamping of state govern ment operation. sWith enough individual changes to dis please practically everyone, it seemed likely enough legislators who disliked parts of the document would stop it in it tracks. At the same time, the work of interim committees had many times been given short shrift in the past. ..Making success even more unlikely twits the well-timed snubbing of the doc ument by the slate Bar Association just jjbefore the legislative session started. Tliut two things conlnnuted to the near miccess of the effort to again mark Ore gon as an enlightened and progressive jtate. First, no one could deny the Constitu tional Revision. Commission was made iip of sound thinkers of the prestige va riety who had gone to great effort to per-. ;ferm the compilation of the streamlined document. ., Secondly, the legislature gave early no tice it was going to study the document thoroughly and deal with it in a states jfllnnlike way. The legislators seemed to realize this was above politics. :;With just enough votes, the proposed J'dnstitution, with only minor changes, jmade it through the House. Douglas County's Sidney Leiken and W. 0. Kel i'ay gave it their support, as they said 3J)ey probably would, before the session Started. -With this action, the bright glow of 3ibpe welled up in the proponents. Now, 3 only 20 votes could be secured In the WASHINGTON WINDOW Full Power To Protect Civil Rights Being Eyed i By LYLH C. WILSON " United Pnti International ha department of Jiislice 'lists ft areas of civil rights In which there is soma degree of federal jurisdiction. ' Whit Negroes now demand and what President Kennedy probably intends to get for them is legis lation to put the full power of the U. S. government behind a guarantee to all citizens of each of those rights. The full power of the U. S. government Includes die armed forces. And on the rec- Srd so far it must be assumed le President will be prepared to call out the troops or armed civil Una to support integration by judi cial decision. The 24 civil rights range from (be right to vole to the right not to- be held In slavery or involun- Utrt' servitude. n The rights more directly at Is sue In the current situation In clude: protection against discrim ination in employment, protection (gainst denial of use or enjoy ment of any govprnmentally op erated facility, protection against iciicgation by state authority. Demand Complete Integration rore generally. Negroes are dc uianding integration of all places nf public accommodation, restau rants, theuters, vehicles, porks, pools and such. That is the cen tral point of controversy toiloy. It was the hot snot in lti.'7 when the Eisenhower civil rights bill lias before Congress. The Eisen hower proposals were all-inclusive, Is Kennedy's are expected to be. .-Sen. Kichard II. Kussell Da.) blasted the heart out of the Elsen hower bill in a Senate, speech on July 2. 1957. Itussell complained that Iho hill was being glibly de acrihed as a moderate effort to issure the right to vole. Not so sain Itussell. lie continued: VThe heart of this hill Is found In Section 111. It would aulhorirc the attorney general to bring suits (sieek injunctions) whether the ag rieved parly wished him to sue Or not. linder this section injunc tion suits could result in jailing of American citiiens without bene fit of jury trial. "I unhesitatingly assert that Section 111 was deliberately drawn to enable the use of the military forces to destroy the system of separation of the races in the Bmithern states." : Hussell's speech reached Into the White Douse itself. President Ei senhower began an astonishing re treat from Section 111 of his awn rivil rights bill. The section was killed by tlcnate vote and the 1957 civil rights bill became substantial ly project to assure voting rights. J.' ut t r vi si. Kowfcur Oraaan . . Tatec-hona ORchara Mill .. Gntarad at t. tyxl ciati matlar May I. Mia, it tha pot; eftka at Ftatatura. Oft ejaa, undtr act of Mticlt J, UN. r-' PubllihM bally Eirtol Sunday by NEWiePVIEW PUaLISHINO CO a. 'v. trannar Publisher tfrt NtwvRtvltw It a mambaf al It ptttd Prtll International. hEA stfvka. piaTt ftvraau af Cirrvlalton and lha Oragon HMW Pubtlihara AitMlalion. rNt-enat Advtrtlilna Raprtftt.ilatlvt It w-r-opar Advftii,n trvct Co- Sun aWtdina. Ian Prancuco Cal.l a- ' suescaipTioM aiei Kl'rm ana Rotabura F O. Boai I arwth, l(.7ai t menlhi, llfl ttj I year. H1.00 Wl. In Dragon; I mourn, il.ISi ) . OutiM, al Ortatn: I month. 1 n: ; Jjfc u n ""ma, i I ytar i Ore. Constitutional Revision Isn't Dead That was the moderate approach to the problem of race relations. Kcnncdv has directed his ad ministration's nrlnie, efforts to voting rights. But time has run out on his moderate approach be cause the process it too slow for tne impatient negroes, ana Ken nedy bad promised too much. The President is expected now to commit the Democratic party to an all-out, all-inclusivo civil rights position, perhaps even proposing that the Democrats make good on all of their I960 campaign prom ises. A campaign promise that the attorncv general would be em powered to file civil Injunction suits to prevent denial of any civil right was definite. There would be no jury trial in such a legal pro cess. Also promised was a Fair Employment Practices Commis sion (FEPC), a device hated and feared by many .Southerners. In abandoning the moderate vot ing rights approach to the race problem, Kennedy may have made it available and attractive to He publicans for next year's presi dential campaign. Post-Stalin Liberalization Goes Long Way In Poland EDITOR'S NOTE: The chief European diplomatic correspond ent of United Press Internation al It on a tour of the Commu nist satellite countries. In this dispatch ho reports on Polish Internal problems. By K. C. THALER WARSAW (UPD-Post-Stalin lib eralization has gone a long way in Poland, and the regime is now cautiously applying some brakes. Chief reason given for what Is termed a "slight tightening" is the pressure arising from growing economic difficulties which are! causing Ihe government consid erable concern. Banking officials concede the I country's economic situation has' become the chief preoccupation of j the regime. Everything else, in cluding ideological and political problems, is being subordinated to some serious thinking about how to tackle the economic pressures. "A new look" for the country's economic planning Is being sug gested by some of the advisers. Economy Stalls Broadly, the economy has stalled. New Investment is need ed on a considerable scale, but Ihe means are short and the re quirements tall.. The country must export because it needs this in come for its vital Imports, includ ing a lot of hard currency from the West. Much of the trouble is blamed officially on last year'i bad harv est and an extremely grim winter! which cut into reserves and slowed ' over-all operations. But critics and they are many I and outspoken here say this is only part of the story'. They blame faulty or inadequate planning tor the shortcomings, along with lack of foresight and a developing im balance in the over all economic structure. When om ambitious plan's were' MONDAY JUNE 3, 1963 Senate, the new constitution would be brought to the people. The Constitutional Revision Commission and other support ers had great optimism they could sell it to the people. But where Speaker of the House Clar ence Barton was an active g-.pporter of the new document, the Senate had no such champion. Senate President Ben Musa of The Dalles had said from the beginning he didn't like the document at all. It wasn't long before the fight took the pattern the proponents of the constitu tion had feared. The vote was snagged on reapportionment by an Eastern Ore gon delegation. The House, having taken heed of the voters at the last general election had changed the proposed con stitution's apportionment, program back to the present method. The minority in the Senate ignored the voters and tried to establish reapportionment the voters had rejected. A compromise of sorts was worked out to bring the constitution to a vote. But. the blush of statesmanship was gone. The vote was negative. It came to life again when a majority approved a re quest to reconsider. This time the snag was the fear of too strong an executive branch in the constitutional proposal. . The final vote came, and the two-thirds majority necessary was missed by three votes. (Sen. Al Flegel made the Douglas delegation unanimous with his yes vote.) It was a bitter disappointment, but all is not lost. The nearness of success indicates an awareness that a new document is need ed. It may take many more battles and some time, but the failure in the legisla ture is just one setback. The seed has been planted, and enough people are vi tally . enough interested to make certain it doesn't die for lack of nurturing. The Almanac , By United Press International Todav is Monday, June 3. the 154th day of 1963 with 211 to follow. The moon Is approaching its full phase. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star Is Mars. On this day in history: In 1864, at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant failed to outflank and smash Gen. Robert E. I.ee's Army of Northern Virginia. In 1935. the French liner Nor mandie made her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in four days, It hours, and 42 seconds, estab lishing a new record. In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of Great Britain, was married In Mrs. Willis Warfield Simpson of Baltimore. In 1940, the Allied evacuation at Dunkcrque. France, which began on May 28, was completed. A thought for the day Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant said: "La bor disgraces no man; unfortun ately you occasionally find men disgrace labor." cut back in the wake of Ihe lib eralization program, the balance was partly upset. Generally, it seems developing industry came up against a bottleneck caused, among other things, by inadequate power supply. The country's trans port, overburdened already, also is In dire need of enlargement and improvement. Wages Are Low There are other problems. Wag es and salaries have been kept low. under a near-freeze. and pres sure is growing for an upward adjustment in the light of rising prices. The slate doubled charges for electricity and gas earlier this month. More Jobs have to he found, with some 250,000 new job-seekers entering the employment mar ket every year. Nobody in an authoritative po sition disputes the need for a planned economy here, at least In industry and trade, but there is an occasional admission that plans too can go awry. The government now Is ostensi bly putting ils mind to drastic measures for adjustment. Wheth er it has the answers is not clear. What is obvious, in the face of the grumbling and criticism, is that it wants its people to work harder and complain less. Follows Own Line There is no tendency in the toughening line, at least so far, to follow the Soviet example and enforce the party line in the arts and in writing. Abstract paintings are in open display, as a sort of proud demonstration of a go-it-alone policy. Nor are there outward signs of any direct interference with the people's movements or private lues. But there are discreet hints that persistent negative criticism may be curbed a bit Social, economic and financial crimes are to be "punished more ieerely." By ROBERT C. RUARK The lovely land of Kenya, in British East Africa, would appear to be as ripe a cauldron for conflict as ever bubbled, following the elec tions which are a prelude to full independence. The country will be split into seven more or less (fi nally identified districts, each with its own assembly, but will be un doubtedly dominated in Legislative Council and cabinet by the politi cally potent Kikuyu tribe which powered the Man Mau. The Western tribes, the Northern tribes, the Southern tribes, the Coastal tribes, and the powerful Somali population of the Northern Provinces absolutely despise the the Kikuyu and their cousins. The Somalis are asking secession to Somalia. Pitched battles have been going on for years between the Suk and Turkana, the Itcndille- Samburu and their enemies up the hill, the Embus and Merits. The Suk on Ihe Uganda border constant ly attack the Ugundan Kuramojo penplo as well as (he Turkana, who will fight anybody for fun. Air Full of Iron The air has been full of flying iron for ages, but has increased ils deadly activity in the past two years, as guns nave dribbled steadily across (ht Ethiopian and Sudanese borders. New bands of outlaws, working on the old Mau Mail formula, now call themselves the "Land Freedom Army," and they raid and kill with the same consistency of Mau Mau, insofar as oath-taking and general outlaw ry is concerned. There is a keen eye pinned by various tribal groups on other peo ple's cattle and real estate. The Kikuyu eye the rich grazing lands of the Masai and the Western tribes the N'andi. Kipsigis, and Kisii with a greedy gaze. The Akamha also have an eye on the Masai land, and the traffic in bows and poisoned arrows is mighty. There have been several fatal bor der clashes between the Kamba and Ihe Masai, in cattle disputes. The Sultanate of Zanzibar still owns the 10-mile-wide Coastal Strip, which contains the major port of Mombasa, and whichever parly powers Kenya, a prime ob jective is the ceding of Zanzibar's ownership of the strip to the cen tral Kenya government. Another dearly beloved aim of all parties and tribes, however hate-filled, is the ejection of all British troops from Ihe powerful base at Kaha wa,' outside of Nairobi, which con stitutes Britain's last real outpost for the East. Prating Loud Much has been loudly prated of the security of land-tenure for black and white Kenyan alike, in cluding old Jomo Kenyatta't recent piece of lickspittle publicity involv ing a group of white sycophants who also happen to be hopeful farmers. But the full truth is that landless natives, having been told that all African land belongs to them, by this same paragon of an cient duplicity, Kenyatta. now squat at will on farms, and defy removal. A fuller truth is that one lus cious, loam section of Kenya, the South Kinangop, has already been hijacked by the land redistribution machinery, and scores nt white farmers have been kicked off the land for miniscule payments (still unpaid) which do not consid er either improvement or buildings, t know of one family which has been given a deadline of June I to leave the land that they carved out of the wilderness in and turned into a paradise of agricul tural competence. This conies a touch tough for white Africans in their late seventies, to leave a land created from barest bush by harsh labor and loving care. Theie are long and short lists of Country Of Kenya Ripe For Conflict I old scores to be settled, espec : jally by the Mau Mau alumni who I form Ihe backbone of the leading party, KANU. The so-called "loy al" Kikuyu, who believed Britain's false promise of protection and joined with the whites in the bloody seven-year battle against the ban dit Mau Mnu, are prime targets for persecution, blackmail, and even murder. Most of the whites who figure prominently on the short lists have packed up and left Kenya for such disparate places as Canada. England, Australia, America and South Africa. A great many of the short-listers are per sonal friends and acquaintances of mine, and they have left a sod wreckage of killing work and hon - In The Day's News - By FRANK From Washington comes the news that President Kennedy will visit Ireland next month but won't visit Ihe village of Blarney, or Blarney Castle and so it fol lows that he won't kiss the fa mous Blarney Stone. Why not? Two reasons are offered: 1. Kissing the Blarney Stone in volves contortions that would be bad business for the President's bark, which he strained back in 1961 while planting a ceremonial tree in the course of state visit to Ottowa. Canada's capital. 2. He doesn't need to kiss the Blarney Stone, because he is ade quately gifted with blarney, any way. . Three Survive Wilderness Stay GOVERNMENT CAMP (UPD Three persons missing on a fish ing trip walked into this commu nity Friday afternoon and told of eating rhododendron blooms and huckleberry leaves to keep up their strength. Thev were John Eivers, 26; Douglas Clark. 16. and Mark Tay lor. 16, all of Portland. They left their car Thursday and walked in to Pencil Lake, southwest of Mt. Hood. They were unable to start the vehicle when they returned late in the after noon. All they had left of their lunches were some apples and a candy bar. which they supplemented with the local foliage. They slept Thursday night and then hiked out. All three were in good con dition. Governor To Get Added Protection SAI.EM (IP1) The Oregon House decided today to offer some additional protection to the gover nor. It passed a resolution instruct ing the superintendent of state po lice to take on Ihe joh of pro tecting Cov. Mark Hatfield and his family. The governor and his family have been subject from time to tune to mail or telephone threats, messaues painted on their home, and similar incidents The latest and inol serious occurred last month when bullets were fired at the governor's home. One put a hole in his car. He and his wife and two small children had been in the garden a half hour earlier. The Hatfields until now have had part time guards who doubled al other jobs. est construction behind them to mark their total loss of effort. Superstition, witchcraft, oath taking and general savagery still hover heavily over the land. It is not unusual for a candidate for (he Legislative Council (o seek a witch doctor's services in his race for office. When they sprang old Ken ya((a from the clink, his first ques tion was about the welfare of his goats. Goats are as indispensable to Kikuyu sacrifices as clambakes are to Irish politicians. Indeed, Kenya should be an in teresting place to watch as time I wears on. Some say there'll be a i mess that will make the Congo seem steady by comparison. 1 (Copyright, IfU by United Featurt Synd., Inc.) JENKINS What is the Blarney Stone? It is a triangular stone located in the wall of Blarney castle, about 20 feet from the lop. II contains this inscription: "Cormac McCar thy fortis me fieri fecit." a rough translation of which would be "strength makes Cormac McCar thy proud." How did it get Us name and its fame: The legend goes like this: Back in 1602, one Cormac Mc ICarthy, presumably a descendant of the McCarthy who carved (he inscription on the stone some two and a halt centuries earlier, con cluded an armistice with Lord Carew, the British Lord Mayor of Ihe (own of Blarney. Day after day, srd Carew looked for the surren der of the castle according to the terms agreed upon, but received nothing but soft speeches each day. In -time, he became the laugh ing stock of Queen Elizabeth's min isters and the dupe of the blarney ing Lord of Blarney. One more question: Why is the kissing of the Stone of Blarney such a difficult feat as to make it inadvisable for those with weak backs? Well, the Stone is imbedded in the outer wall of the castle, some three or four feet down from a floor, whose edge is perhaps a couole of feet from the castle wall. I There is only one possible way (to reach it with your mouth, if you ; are bent on kissing it. You lie down on your haclr on the lloor. witn your head toward the wall. You grasp a couple of iron bars attach ed rigidly to the outer wall, and pull yourself backward until your head touches the wall. At this point, an attendant grasps your feet. You bend your head back shandy, in order to bring you up side down and face to face with the wall that contains Ihe stone. Wilh the aid of the attendant who is gripping your ankles, you let yourself down until your lips come opposite the stone, which you i KISS. I You are then dragged back up by ;the heels. Considering the state of jour President's bark, we must Ugree that he is wise in refrain ing from kissing the Blarney stone. And- l.ft us add ! He displas the wisdom of the ! serpent in staying away from the i village of Blarney and ils wurld famous castle. i Someone in the party, you know. might DARE him to kiss the stone i and, being a member of the phys ; ically oriented Kennedy clan, he ijust might not find it within the realm of possibility to back aay from the dare. Big Run Of Chinook Eyed As Recovery Of Umpqua In the current migration of spring- chinook salmon promising at this time to set a new record the beginning- of the long hoped for recovery of the North Umpqua River? , . , Game Department observers are very interested in this possibility, according to Jerry Bauer, fishery biologist at the regional office in Roseburg. ' This season's migration of chinook salmon is far ahead of normal for this time of year. Examination also gives most encouraging data concerning success of the hatchery program. The spring chinook salmon mi gration in the North Umpqua has been comparatively static in late years. But recent observation and creel checks give hope that the river may be recovering from a critically reduced fish population. Many theories are given why fish population dropped so drastically in the North Umpqua River, once one of the world's finest fishing streams. One reason is that of over fishing, especially commercial fish ing. For many years a commercial fishery near the mouth of the river extracted a large per cent of the salmon run. The net fishery also prevented escape of the larger fish. Only smaller fish succeeded in by passing the nets. As is true with al most any form of life, the escape ment of only the smaller fish soon was reflected in the size of the fish seen in following migrations. Nets Taken Out Nets were taken out of the river by legislative acts in 1947 and 1949. Since that time there has been a most noticeable gain in the size of the fish. Salmon this year, in par ticular, are far above the average. This, however, isn't true only of the Umpqua. Fishermen are report ing bigger salmon along the entire coast. About the time nets were elim inated from the Umpqua, the vol ume of food in the river took a nose dive. Diamond Lake previously had is, ,ni elections for a new na produced a large surplus of food. uona assembly 30 to 40 days lat Much of this surplus came down cr. Lake Creek and into the Umpqua. Kim told a news conference But Diamond Lake became filled! (hat a cabinet subcommittee' stud with roach, a trash fish. These iishivjnf( (he election timetable will consumed all available food, caus- jts recommendations "ery ing death of most of the game fish ! soon." in the lake-a lake that once was j Gen. Park Chung , Hee, strong the nation's chief producer of rain- man f South Korea's military bow trout eggs. juntil ,.egime. has ordered Ihe Biologists are not unanimous in , subcommittc to recommend dates support of the theory that food sup- to tne fun cabinet as. soon as pos ply was short in the Umpqua. Butlajble' ' ' ' ' a good many observers contend Tb, premier", said: the' cabinet that there has been only enough ! fl50 was studying the question of food for a certain number of fish. ' Park's possible sretlrement, from and that that is one reason why:the army. The general has-prom-population has been fairly static. iscd to giv. up ni! military rank The river, they hold, is like a pas-if he runs for presidenti-as he is ture upon which stock may be fed. I expected to do. ' : ;'.-' ii can support uniy as many lisn i as can find food. Lake Poisoned Then Diamond Lake was poison ed. Trash fish were killed out. There has been a resurgence of food production in the lake. Creel checks during the last cou ple of years show downstream fish ermen catching an increasingly large percentage of naturally spawned fish from a river which for a long time was almost total ly dependent on planted fish. This is believed to indicate a trend to ward recovery. Chinook salmon coming into the river this year were spawned four and five years ago some four, some five. In number they are far ahead of the average. It is possible, of course, that the j migration has been early and will uiuu in .June, uui uidliy ine innnin when the most fish are counted. Everyone interested has his fin gers crossed with regard to that possibility. 3n 2&aij3 Takan tram the filti 40 YEARS AGO June 3, 1923 It was announced today that a specially designed and built car. which designers estimate will trav el 105 miles per hour is being com pleted at Lockwood garage. It is expected to create a sensation at the Meclford races June 15. The car was built by Harry McKibbon, head mechanic at the garage. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick has resigned as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New York because of recent criticisms of his pulpit utterances by the Presbyter ian assembly at Indianaoolis. The church, however, refused to ac cept thi resignation. 25 YEARS AGO Juno 3, 13I Henry Ford said in Detroit to day in his first statement on pub lic affairs since he visited Wash ington. D. C, that "we are going to have the greatest era of pros Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery btops itch H. T. t.V'ili - Fr u iru tint Kit net hn tVaricj ttw )! i f luMUnn Willi the aiton lihiaf afciht? U thrni hemr rfco.dt, ttop tttrhinf, :htM f without tnt-Rtrf. la t tftr rait, whilt ttiM? tthtinc M'. attflftt rfdtmia (hriBcart. toek plirt. But Bauer points with great pride and satisfaction to one fac tor connected with thii year'i mi gration, i. Salmon Chocked Salmon are carefully checked at the counting station at the power dam at Winchester. There it has been found that more than 30 per cent of the fish crossing the count ing board . are hatchery fish. Checks of catches by sports fish ermen reveal that anglers are tak ing between IS and 20. per cent hatchery fish in their catches. This indicates a high measure of suc cess in the hatchery program, Bauer reports. It is a well known fact that the number of salmon in a stream has a pronounced effect on population of other species steelhead, . cut throat trout, and others. Thus, if the North Umpqua is restored, as a salmon producing river, it also may become a far- better stream for general fishing; r; We hope! South Korea Elections Set SEOUL (UPI) Premier Kim Hyun Chul predicted today that South Korea's next presidential election will he held hefnre Oct. Jaycees Approve Program Budget The Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce approved a S2.5TS budget for 1963-64 hich was rec ommended by the Board of Di rectors at this meeting last week. Emphasis will be placed on com munity development, along with youth sports, religion and public relations, by Ihe Jaycee's. A report indicated that mem bership in the organization is climbing. Ihe board of directors and offi cers of the Jaycee's are: Bob Stev ens, president; Don Aicre, external vice president: John Foust, inter nal vice president; Larry Green, secretary; Dick Davis, treasurer; Bill Donnelly. Ron Strickling. Bill Smith and Ken Miller, directors; and Glen Yates, state director. Cjone d3i of Tha Ntwi-Raviaw perity and happiness we have ever known." The annual Roseburg School Dis trict election is slated June 2fl. Terms ending are those of Roy Y'oung and Dr. (. C. Finlay. Y'oung is chairman and Finlay has been a member of the board for the past 13 years. Petitions for nomin ations are being received. 10 YEARS AGO June 3, 153 Douglas County payrolls were third in Ihe state with a jump of more than $7 million during 1952, the state Unemployment Compen sation Commission reported today. A oetcentage gain of 13.5 per cent gain was noted as covered payrolls rose lo SS0.981.2S1. Sponsors of the eight "little League" summer baseball teams have been obtained, reports Al Fle gel. director of the City Park Com mission's summer recreation pro gram. Relieves Pain i thftUh that inffrri wt4 ht? eeaj to ht prob'tm!" The itMrtt i a ntw htaiinc tame Bia-DyBt)-'.scevrr at a flT,d-fam&oi rMt?areh inttitnti. Thia Mb it net it no aTartab'.a ia taa?iirfr tr mtmtrt aaar tha Rant Ptpf it all iritt caatra.
