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"The Time to Fight Is Now, Au Revoir!"
4sThi Newi-Rtvitw, Roseburg, Ort.
Fire
The explosive situation facing Douglas
County and the rest of Oregon in its for
ests this summer was emphasized strong
ly last week by State Forester Dwight
Phipps.
He told the state forestry board the
extreme fire hazards resulting from the
Oct, 12 typhoon blowdown would probab
ly lead to expanded use of the forestry
shutdown during the summer.
' The potential hazard to the state's for
ests is described by many as the great
est in history. The latest Forest Log, a
slate Board of Forestry publication,
points out some of the most disastrous
forest fires in North American history
have resulted from buildup of slash fuels
which fed them. This debris, which may
include flashy dried needles and branch
es, pitchy limbs and chunks of logs and
bark is forest, fuel in its most hazardous
condition.
This time, nature has created the big
gest slash pile ever seen and it is
worse than the traditional man-made log
ging slash. Access to blowdown areas is
relatively poor, making fire fighting a
tremendous problem, .
Heavy blowdown areas contain vast
quantities of fuels, sometimes 15 to 20
feet deep. . Compared to logging slash,
this has better burning potential because
much of it is held above the ground by
limbs and tree trunks. Thus, it will burn
hotter and faster. - ;
Of course, despite the immensity of the
Educators Reveal Varied
Reactions To Legislature
By ZAN STARK and
ANN H. PEARSON
SALEM (UPI) The Educa
tor! responsible for Oregon's stu
dents came to the 1963 legislature
with pleas, cajolery,; and warn
ings that the level of eduation
mutt be kept up. ;
Thoir experiences with the leg
islature ranged from cordial to
rugged. 5
When It was all over, their
feelings ranged from satisfied, to
mixed, to outspokenly adverse.
The biggest problem was
money. Education will take more
than half the MM million for the
next two years.
The most bruising fight was over
the college and university system.
which got the most detailed re
view of any subject before the
legislature.
Walsh Urged Mere
When the legislature convened
in January, William Walsh of the
state Board of Higher Education
jabbed his glasses at a commit
tee and dcclarod the system
would fight for more than the gov
ernor had proposed. ,
It ended up with a little (ess,
but In view of the money prob
lem, It fared well,
Higher education came out with
a $77.3 million general hind oper
ating budget plus $2 million for
a hospital transferred to its medi
cal school from the board of con
trol. It was given a $44 million build
ing program, using both bonds
and general funds, although a por
tion of it is contingent upon voter
approval of a bond Issue. And It
got $1.7 for salary Improvements
over and above built-in raises.
The main cuts in the operating
budget came from a reduction in
new teachers. Under legislative
pressure, the system also in
creased student fees, particularly
for out-of-state students.
Deterioration Claimed
When it ended, Walsh called it
"the hardest blow hiRhcr educa
tion has suffered In 20 years. . .
it means a real deterioration."
Chancellor R. E. Ltetiallcn
spoke more softly. He said the
system "fared well In some areas
u)fl suffered setbacks in others."
Tokan from the
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tears ago, will again be the scene ologist making a general survev
f a big 4th of July celebration, says he Is sure that oil will be
Both July 3 and 4 have been soli found in Douglas Countv. and the
aside for the celebration. They will structure in Sutherhn valley is the
. , men wnn Slums, contests i
ana leaiures. sucn as wild West
movie thrillers in the shade
Incorporation papers for the Suth
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being prepared, and it was an
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Danger Calls For
He was critical of faculty cuts,
and said inadequate salary money
will cause the, system to "slip
back an additional step or two.
His praise took in graduate pro
grams and scholarships.
The new chancellor also spoke
well of the committee thut gave
him his baptism of fire at a leg
islature. Its members, after work
ing with him through the session,
returned the praise and called
relations a "decided improve
ment" over 1961.
But a few other legislators were
rankled at education pressures,
and termed Licuallen the legisla
ture's "highest paid lobbyist."
Clov. Mark lliitficld called the
legislature's actions "detriment
al to the quality of higher edu
cation." Frtedam Left Intact
In an area perhaps more im-
fiortant than money, however,
ligher education came out of the
session with ils freedom intact.
The lawmakers talked, as thev
always do. of spelling out just
wnere me aonars are to be spent,
as is done In other budgets, but i
they didn't do it. I
for lower education, from erarie
one through community colleges, 1
the legislative experience was'
quieter and happier.
Hatfield and Superintendent of
Public Instruction Leon Minear
noted that schools got what the
governor requested, and the com
munity colleges got a littlo more.
The legislature approved $141
million for aid to schools, an in-
creaso of about $10 per child. It
still left the state's share of school
costs at only about 39 per cent.
special rrograma Helped
Special urograms sot J.va mil
lion, community colleges, $4.3, the
department of education and vo
cational rehabilitation $4.1.
Tlio legislature said It's possible
for new community colleges to be
created, but they won't get any
slato help for a while.
Of equal importance, the legis
lature overhauled basic school
funding, separating special pro
grams and changing to a more
realistic count or school children.
Its appropriations come out to
$143 per child the first Year of
the biennium and $152 the second.
of The Nawi-Rayiaw
best he has found in the state
JS YEARS AGO
June 10, Wl
A public hearing started in Ilose
burg today before the U. S. Army
Corps of Kngincers in which pro
ponents of canalitation of the I'mp
qtia River tor navigation, irrigation
and power are urging a study. To-! feet nf killing federal aid to edu
day. as if timed for the hearing. cation, which will be in the long
it was announced that Sen. Charles i run jtit another bureau for the lib-
McNary had introduced an amend-
ment to the flood control hill for a
thrce way survey of the river.
10 YEARS AGO
June 10, ItSl
A 14 5 ear old Roseburg golfer,
Carole Jo Kabler, walked away
with top honors at the Southern Or
egon Junior Tournament held at
Med ford
A Ilosebuig man, Capt. Vernon
Gravning has been awarded a gold
i.r in ii f . ,hZ!t .i .
tl m.r Z,. .n ,. ' MJV
for meritorious acts while partlci-
paling In aerial flight against the
Communists in North Korea.
MONDAY, JUNI 10, 1963
Caution
job of meeting the fire hazard, much is
being done to minimize it.
Foresters are exerting tremendous ef
forts to salvage the blowdown, with the
cooperative increase in sales by the U. S.
Forest Service and Bureau of Land Man
agement. They have their work cut out
for them because the salvage in Oregon
is estimated at 6.2 million feet. This is
almost as much as the total amount of
timber harvested in 1961.
More access roads are being opened
as rapidly as possible as another step in
coping with fire danger.
Fire fighters are also doing some big
advance planning. They are mapping the
areas of blowdown to make possible quick
dispatch of fighters in case of fire. In
addition, they are posting areas with dan
ger signs to warn the public. Travel in the
forests, of course, will be subject to per
mit. The unpredictability of lightning will
throw many a scare into the. fire fight
ers, but man will be an even bigger con
sideration., Care in the forests this summer can't
be stressed enough. Forestry and fire
fighting agencies have already started
pleading for this. More than ever before
there must be a close cooperation between
the fire control agencies and forest land
owners. And more than ever before, ev
ery visitor to the forest must gear his
activities to averting a conflagration
which could burn thousands of acres of
trees from our future.
The Almanac
By United Press International
Today is Monday, June 10th, the
161st day of 1963 with 204 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
last quarter.
The morning stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Mars.
On this day in history:
In 1776, the Continental Con
gress appointed a committee to
draft a Declaration of Independ
ence. In 1864, (he USS Kcarsarge sank
the Confederate cruiser Alabama
off Cherbourg, France, during the
uvu war.
In 181)8, U.S. Marines began the
invasion of Cuba in the Spanish
American War.
In 1942, the German Gestapo
burned the tiny village of Lidice,
in Czochoslovaika, after shooting
the 173 male inhabitants of the.
town, and deporting the women
and children to concentration
camps,
A thought for the day Henry
David Thorcau said: "It takes two
to sneak the truth one to speak
and another to hear."
Reader
Opinions
Biggtr Families Hurt
By Income Tax Squeexe
To The Editor:
It has long been accepted that
large families were food for our
country. Every year on Mother's
Day tribute is paid to them for
their great contribution to society
by their act of motherhood and the
work of raising children. Don't mis
understand me, I pay high tribute
to them anil they well deserve
the recogntlion.
Now (lie morc-children-you-have-the
more-yoU'Pay philosophy has
caught up to the situation of in
creasing school budgets. These are
often almost unbearable, especial
ly for the lower income families
which generally have the most chil
dren. Large families have thus be
come economically unfeasible and
the new state income tax law puis
the squceie on those parents who
are least able to afford it.
It is going to be Interesting to
watch the development of this so
ciological problem. It may give
emphasis to what a famous educa
tor said in California some years
back. I can't remember who it was
or where lie apoke ind at this
date it will he wry hard to affi
davit this. Hut 1 can give the gist of
his words: Ho said that as long as
we have compulsory education that
the quality of it will go down and
the cost go up.
Now we have it. Some other sys
tem will have to be worked out,
and 1 hope It is on the state level
where the people still have the
prerogative of a little control.
This is an area which the Liber
ty Amendment will help by keep
ing the solution of the problem on
local level. It will have the ef-
erals to waste money in, and the
taxpayer will foot the bill of waste
ful spending. So the Liberty
Amrmlment is much needed to i
keep our problem at home. i
Stacy Adams :
I. O. rlo 427 I
Ynncalla. Oregon
GREETING FOR JFK
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100.0UO Hawaiian! cheering Presi-
Kennedy Sunday was one
ttho took ,, , h BoJton ,c.
cent bv waving this sign-"Aloh-
tr, Jack."
By ROBERT C. RUARK
It Is indeed small wonder that a
sudden rash of threats of Negro vi
olence in the North, as well as in
the South, should begin to make
top headlines in the papers; tiiat
the hatc-the-white splinter groups
are suddenly being dignified; or
that such as Adam Clayton Pow
ell is predicting that Washington,
predominantly Negro-heavy, is go
ing "to be the scene of one of the
worst race riots in history unless
certain things are done."
Our militant Negro leaders read
the papers, read the roster of tho
new members of the United Na
tions, and see nothing but a recita
Governor Calls Legislature
One Of Modest Achievement
Editors note: The fallowing cri
tique ef tha 1943 Oragon Lagitla
ture has betn written expressly
for UPI by Gov. Mark Hatfiald.
By GOV MARK HATFIELD
i Writttn far
, United Press International
I SALEM (UPI ) Six months ago,
ion December 1, the budget pro
gram of this administration was
presented. On January 14 further
recommendations were made in
my message to the legislature. It
was obvious in both instances that
it would take courage and fore
sight to support the broad reforms
recommended.
A governor, in choosing his rec
ommendations has two alterna
tives. Ho can set major signifi
cant goals that are in the people's
interest, in the broadest sense,
or he can timidly ask for what
he thinks he can get without con
troversy. In neither case can he
expect to bat 1,000 per cent.
Of my 64 major recommenda
tions, 39 have been adopted. For
the additions of welfare staff
(providing a new emphasis on re
habiliation). for the efforts to
ward identification and treatment
of sex deviates, for the extension
of concern for the senior citizens
in medicare and homestead re
tention, for the legal armament
in the war on traffic fatalities,
for the creation of a department
of commerce, the legislature may
well take pride in meaningful
achievement.
But any measurement of the
longest, costliest, and the first
fairly-compensated legislature in
the state's history must note in
adequacies described in terms
ranging trom tragedy to regret.
In some specific categories t h e
performance was, at best, inade
quate. That constitution revision
was not referred to the people is
a discouragement to those of both
parties who worked so construc
tively on the document and a fur
ther delay in providing Oregon
with a constitution equal to our
needs.
The dismantling of civil de
fense, an action that may be
emulated elsewhere in a wave of
Irrationality, must give aid and
comfort to the Kremlin and Cuba
and China. We spend billions to
conquer space but we deny thou
sands for preparedness at home
a sad commentary on our value
judgments. And, we watch pro
posals for Improvement of work
men's compensation slammed
back and forth in legalistic and
parliamentary maneuvers of de
lay and diversion that lengthen
the session, and inflame the tem
pers of temperate men a sorry
performance indeed.
As with previous sessions,
patches were added to the cray
quilt of inequitable exemptions,
allowances, and rates to our tax
structure. The legislature failed
to fart up to what its successors
will one day ha to provide a
Negro May Lose
Favorable Opinion
tion of successful violence. Old
Jomo Kcnyatta of Kenya is today
the first Prime Minister of Kenya,
a land which kept him jailed and
detained for a period of nine years
as leader of the infamous Mau
Mau terrorists.
Gichuru Graduate
Joino's minister of Finance.
James Gichuru, is a graduate of
the prison pens. Peter Koinange,
in charge of Pan-African affairs,
fled Kenya after implication in the
murder of one of the older, stead
ier paramount chiefs, and ived in'
exile under threat of arrest if he
returned to Kenya. Joseph Morum
bi, minister of state to the prime
basic reform that will provide a
more equitable and adequate tax
program. Orcgonians, through
their demands over the years,
have developed a "high service"
state but our population cannot
support such a standard of govern
mental excellence without further
influx of new industry and an ex
pansion of existing payrolls.
In a special message I pled for
labor - management legislation
which would deal with the devas
tating strikes and lockouts which
have crippled our economy in the
past. The proposals endorsed
by a legislative Interim committee
were killed.
Other interim committee rec
ommendations, the product of two
years of study, were for the most
part ignored. This, plus the refus
al to submit to the people pro
posals for revenue reform and for
reconstituting our government is
in itself an indictment of legis
lative inaction.
And what of the future, of suc
cessive legislative sessions? Un
less there are problems I do not
now foresee, little would be
gained by calling a special session
for the return of those who la
bored in this regular session.
There Will be those who say a
legislature is known as much by
the bills it does not approve as
for the legislation it enacts. In
some measure, the peddlers of
the status quo have won a vic
tory. But if the people prefer a
more constructive approach to the
needs of our slate, they will have
an opportunity to so express
themselves at the polls in 1964.
With more adequate legislative
pay. candidates who previously
could not afford a biennial winter
and spring in Salem mav be in
duced to seek membership in the
legislature. Whether a "better" I
legislature or "worse" will be '
seated depends on how informed
the individual citizen becomes be- i
twecn now and then and howl
clearly he iccognizes the imtiaet
this legislature lias made on his
I daily life and that of his family, j
j The democratic process pro-;
j vides for periodic review of the;
I actions of the people's represent-;
t atives. The decisions of 1964 will ;
declare the people's appraisal of i
i the value of 141 days of modest i
acnievement, massive inaction,!
and notable mistakes.
Beonchlnci out too fast is co
oy to find yourself out on a
minister, is another remaining out-
of-bounds for the duration of the
emergency. Oginga ' Odinga, a
grcot friend of the Communists and
agitator without parallel, is Min
ister for Home Affairs, and it
wasn l long ago that his passport
was ucing wunneiu and his per
son searched.
So it goes. Ahmed Ben Bella
made his place as Algerian chief of
state by Deing jailed while his long
distance terrorists wrecked h
Frencli hold on Algeria. Most of
me current chieftains in tiie Mid
dle East bought their present emi
nence in blood. Makarios, now the
boss Cypriot. was once exiled as
a pumic enemy. Khrushchev was
portion to the blood baths in Rus
sia, and was supposed to be in on
uie liquidation of Lavrenti Bcria.
Terrorists Offend -
Ben Bella, in the recent Pan
Africa meeting in Addis Ababa,
coolly offered 10.000 trained ter-
rorist mercenaries to invade a land
far from his own, Mozambique and
Angola. The fearful massacres of
March lo, 1963, in Angola, were
touched off by trained mercenaries
mounted in the Congo.
Violence has been Hie touchstone,
to emancipation, in the East and
in Africa, with small exception
and that emancipation is not se
cure within the ranks of the win
ners. They knocked off Lumumba
and Sylvanus Olympio. and have
had a half-dozen attempts ' at
Ghana's Nkrumah.
But the pattern of violence has
been such that the inference is that
the bad guys win, when logic and
legislation fail.
Up to now, until recently, we
have avoided the kind of bloody
mass action which leaves its im
mortal stain on both sides.
Indignity Suffered
The American Negro has iuffer-
ed great indignity since the day
uie tirst Yankee slave trader im
ported the first Yoruba or what
ever to this continent. Most white
Americans recognize this, and are
hopeful of remedy.
As a remarkably fine editorial
in the Wall Street Journal was
saying the other day: "The inevi
table problems of change have
turned chiefly on the speed and
manner of desegregation. The Ne
groes have had more than a gener
al feeling working for them; they
have had the specific advocacy of
the most influential commentators,
religious leaders and government
officials.
"Especially since the 1954 Su
preme Court decision, they have
had the nation's legal system in
deed, the whole instrumentality of
government geared to " the
achievement of their objectives.
This is why we believe that they
should now be wary of losing the
pnre of the world s good opinion, j
The Journal points out rightly i
iii:it t lie mobilization of a couple of
thousand organized people be
they women ban-the-bomb march
ers or Negroes with a cause
which winds up in stoning the
police without some civic attempt
at control, might be only an argu
ment for anarchy. And that while
jailing little children is a sorry
spectacle, it might first be asked
who threw the children in against
the police?
It's easy lo understand that Ne
gro leaders feel they are gaining
so much that now is the time to
strike for everything they've hun
gered for, but if they use planned
violence in city after city they
stand to slow down their cause
rather than speed it up.
The Journal concludes, and it
cannot be said better:. "If mob vi
olence is a last resort, it is no
less true that a decent respect to
the opinions of mankind is one of
the most powerful arms in the Ne
groes' arsenal. We hope that, un
der the spell of a dangerous and
uncertain weapon, they mil not
let go of that prized possession."
Amen, brother.
C0Ofrfnt, 1H1 by Un.lod f aahira Synd , Inc.)
By Charles V. Stanton
Quality Of The Legislature
Called Lacking In Efficiency
The acrimonious end to the recent session of the Oregon
Legislature leaves little room for pride on the part of the
average Oregonian. The adjournment was marked by bitter
ness, quarreling, wrangling and name-calling.
There was some good legislation, some bad legislation,
a great amount of political brawling, irresponsibility, dis
sension. Yet there also was a lot of serious work done by
committees and some very close application to certain
problems by the assembly.
Oregon voters at the last elec
tion gave the state's Legislators
permission to fix their own salar
ies. Writing in the Oregon Statesman,
Salem, former Gov. Charles
Sprague says: "Can't help but won
der what the vote would be if the
public were to get another chance
to vote on the salaries of legisla
tors." .
I seriously question that the Leg
islature gave the people of Ore
gon a satisfactory return for the
faith the voters placed in legisla
tive responsibility.
It seems to me that the quality
of the Oregon Legislature has de
teriorated in a frightening fashion.
Perhaps my memory is at fault,
but it seems to me that the intro
duction of politics into the Legisla
ture as a major issue only a few
years ago has greatly impaired
the efficiency of the legislative
body.
Merit Emphasized
For a good many years party
affiliation didn't make much dif
ference in Oregon politics. We had
governors from both parties. Our
legislature was made up of both
Demociats and Republicans. They
considered legislation on merit
rather than on party support.
I'll admit that a good piece of
legislation seldom gets through en
tirely on its merits. The better
the legislation, the better it. is as
a piece of trading stock. Few leg
islators ever will admit that they
trade votes. In fact, they'll make
vigorous denial as a rule. But any
qualified observer has a far dif
ferent opinion.
However, it has been only in late
years thai political rfiliation en
tered into legislative considerations
as a guiding factor.
Now the legislature divides along
party lines. Legislation is consid
ered more from the standpoint of
party influence than actual merit.
Republicans blame Democrats;
WASHINGTON WINDOW
COP Senators' Principle
On Civil Rights Is Weak
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
The weasel-worded Republican
statement of civil rights prin
ciples achieved last week by
G.O.P. senators says little and
means less. The Senate Republi
cans committed themselves to a
series of generalized statements
and some applause for their
party and for Abraham Lincoln.
The moment of truth for Senate
Republicans will not come until
they must stand up and be count
ed for or against the Kennedy
Administration's civil rights pro
posals. The Republican Party po
sition on the issue of civil rights
will not be fixed, however, until
the Republicans have nominated
presidential candidate and tne
nominee says where he stands.
But the nominee's stand won't
mean anything, either, unless he
is a man of courage.
There will be a Republican
platform, of course, and a Demo
cratic platform, too. But plat
forms are shady documents writ
ten more to appease pressure
groups and to gull the voters than
to commit the party to any course
of action whatever.
Platforms A Sham
Party platforms have come to
be both a shame and a sham.
conceived in conspiracy to delude
and defraud the voters. If this
were not true the civil rights
showdown now approaching in
Congress would have taken place
during the first weeks of the Ken
nedy Administration. Both parties
wrote into their I960 platforms
noisy claims of undying love and
understanding for the Negro and
his problems.
The Democrats out-promised
the Republicans on civil rights,
words being cheap and the North
ern Negro vote being necessary to
the reborn Democratic Party if it
hopes to elect a president of the
United States. It did not occur to
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Democrats blame Republicans.
Each party seeks to maneuver the
other into unpopular positions.
In this connection the Daily As-
torian says:
One of the more ridiculous
aspects of the wrangling over
taxes was the spectacle of Re
publicans and Democrats jock
eying to pin on each other the
responsibility for higher taxes.
It was rather infantile politics
at a time when responsible
leadership was needed on both
sides.
Other observers contend that
neither house of the Legislature
had adequate leadership. There
was much confusion, conflict, lack
of discipline.
Politics wasn't confined only to
the membership of the Legislature.
Gov. Hatfield apparently is most
ambitious politically. He submitted
a very elaborate program. He how
"points with pride" to the fact
that a large part of his legislative
suggestions was adopted into legis
lation. But it also is a fact that
ITatfiM ic an amhltinllc RAnnhli
j can and that he faced a Legisla-
ture with Democratic majority.
Ideas Founder
Thus, despite his claim of better
than 60 per cent on his program,
the fact remains that his proposals
for a Department of Natural Re
sources, tax reforms, civilian de
fense, more money for education,
net receipts tax, etc.,- were wreck
ed on the political reefs. The pro
posals adopted were chiefly of mi
nor importance while the major
ideas foundered.
Our policy of introducing party
politics into state legislation hasn't
given us any improvement in gov
ernmental conduct, in my opinion.
I feel it's time to get back to the
old practice of considering men
and measures on their merit rather
than on party allegiance and poli
cy. the Senate Republicans last week
to refer to their own 1960 Repub
lican platform for a statement of
civil rights pledges principles.
There are three or four pages
of civil rights pledges and prin
ciples in the Republican platform,
the lot having proved to be worth
somewhat less than the paper it
is printed on. So long as the vot
ers are willing to accept cam
paign promises but do not com
pel performance after the elec
tion, politicians of both parties
will continue I" defraud the citi
zens by making promises they
have no intention of keeping.
Campaign Pledges Ignered
A lot of presidential campaign
oratory is the same kind of politi
cal guff. But a presidential can
didate is available to be chal
lenged after a political campaign.
lie can be cornered and his cam
paign baloney can ha repeated In
him. This happened once to the
late Wendell L. Willkie after he
was defeated in 1940 for the
presidency. In a senate commit
tee hearing. Willkie ''was con
fronted with some choice pas
sages of his campaign speeches
and asked for comment.
"That was just campaign ora
tory," Willkie replied, and no one
in the room or in the nation was
either surprised or outraged.
So it is with civil rights. Senate
Republicans came up with a lot
of double tail: in the form of a
statement of civil rights princi
I pies. But they ignored wholly
their own party's civil rights
; pledges in the 1960 platform.
The Democrats under Presi
dent Kennedy suddenly have dis
! covered a civil rights crisis in
the United States. So. they decide
that the emergency required them
to make good on some of the
1960 platform promises they so
happily made to win Negro votes
in New York, Pennsylvania, Il
linois and elsewhere.
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