'Junior!
The
Editor's Corner
By Charles V. Stanton
o r i a t Pa
a e
4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore.
Letters To
Readership studies reveal that I h e
"Letters to the Editor" column is one
of the most popular features in any
newspaper. ' The nveraite reader may
Klance only at headlines in much of the
newspaper, if he is in a hurry, but it is
seldom he will pass up letters written in
by various correspondents.
Newspapers seek to encourage public
expression. They have various methods
of printing letters and use differing
forms. They are called "Readertorials,"
"The Mailbag," "The Public Forum,"
or, as is done by The News - Review,
"Reader Opinions."
These various headings are used to
provide immediate identification of the
column and to promote readership.
The column often is chullenKing, in
spiring, thought - provoking: sometimes
irritating, trite, repetitious. Vet, it is the
desire of every editor and publisher to
use just as many of these expressions
from the public as space will permit.
A writer in the Eugene Register-Guard
recently had a rather exhaustive "crit
ique" of that newspaper's policies.
The editor, this writer asserted should
"check doubtful facts," refuse letters in
which the "facts" might not be correct;
should stop correcting spelling and gram
mar; spare organizations from "unfound
ed criticism," etc.
It long has been the policy of The News
Review to insist upon truth in "facts."
The News - Review, however, has not
attempted to curb "ideas." Ideas may
differ, but facts are facts.
A News-Review contributor to whom
a letter once was returned because of
obvious inaccuracy of facts, replied in a
most hostile vein claiming that a writer
was justified in such inaccuracy as a
means of conveying an idea. The News
Review seeks to avoid such distortion.
Writers normally express appreciation
for having an error of fact called to their
attention.
It also is the policy of The News-Review
to correct spelling and grammar.
People employed in the editorial de
partment of The News-Review are train
ed and experienced in their work. Words
are their "tools." Not many of these re
porters and editors would be qualified
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
IE
Floral
Method
By DICK WEST
WASHINGTON'
(UPI) -
.Most
of us have a
few nrolnnn frlnn,l
icw proianc mentis
whose language causes us to
cringe or blush, depending on
whether we are cringers or blush
ers. If you have friends like that
then you might be interested in
a new swearing technique 1 heard
about recently.
11 suggesls n wuy you can help
your friends not only clean up
their language but make it smell
better as well.
Under this method, the person
whose use of swear winds gives
you offense is persuaded lo sub
stitute the names of flo'nsr' for
the objectionable term.'.
No Crudt Connotations
The floral world simply abounds
with innocent little appellations
that can be used to form epithets
that arc expressive and yet de
void of crude connolatijns.
The first step in the rehabilita
tion of your foul-mouthed friends
Is to coacli tnrm In exclaim
"great jumping geraniums!" when
thev are startled or amazed.
If we can get them in the habit
of exclaiming "great Jumping ger-
uniunisl" the next sctp will be
comparatively simple.
The next step is to rhungc their
naughty manner u( expressing
astonishment. Itccommciided sub
stitutes arc "Well, I'll be a fringed
milkwort" and "Well, I'll be a
double daisy."
Will Establish Pattern
iiy mis ume a pattern win nave: - " --
been established and they UlidV removed higher values which
soon be registering exasperation
ur disgust with "Oh. horse chest-1'"'
nuts!" rather than something
m.irn crailllir
The second phase of botanical " announced further studies
cursing is likely to be more dit would be made to work out the
Iicult. however, for it Involves the'rest land valuation problem be
namcs your friends call oilier poo-1 lon making future adjustments
Die.
Break them
in gently by sug-
JO i E. Main SI.
Roivtxiro. Oftfion
Ttlrpnont 'i-AWI
EntArtd aft IKOOd claift mantr Uay f.
al tnt poll oflk-f at Rovpbwrg, Oft
09n. urMHf acl ol March , ll'V
Publiihtrt Dally Eicapl Sunday by
NEWS-REVIEW PUBLtSHINO CO
J. V. Brtnntr Pubiithar
Tbo Naws-Ravlrw li a mambar of
'"
uoii Burrau oi Circulation' ana ina Oman !
haoripapor PuoiiMwrft Aiuxiat.on Upon completion nf the countv's come this opportunity to study the
NaVrcJr tZmZ r""".;!'''""1, P"W". "ey fterc.tru.h. about the "House That' His,
Buiw.no, San FranciKo, cam set at levels in line with the in-! Built." for their own personal in-
ca-riar int? riL p o Bo.fi , cr,50d values of the other lour
twin, si .7i moriihiTsi" i yaa'.'sjToe. i counties. i
v mm - m onewi: i irwMh, uit ji The Unn County values will
Xo'tT't Vn.' tJT'"w rnUK-i to the levels of
moniM, snii t moritrn. sic so, i
Si i. oo.
The Editor And
to handle a plow, repair an automobile,
engage in plumbing, or run a locomotive.
Hut the people who engage in farming,
mechanics, trades, professions, or are
just plain retired, are full of ideas. Often
they would like to comment, expressing
an idea or discussing a current subject,
yet they feel inadequate in the use of
words. So, just as editors are not familiar
with the "tools" with which correspond
ents may be expert, they feel the .respon
sibility to use the "tools" with which they
have developed ability on behalf of those
concerned with writing a letter for for
um use.
The writer to the Eugene newspaper
holds to the theory that the reader should
be permitted to judge the educational
level of the author by having the news
paper print a letter exactly as received.
While there may be cases in which the
educational level of the writer is a fac
tor deserving of consideration by t h c
reader, most editors consider it unfair
to permit grave errors in letters from
writers honestly and sincerely seeking
to convey an idea, even though such idea
may differ from the newspaper's
avowed policy.
It is the policy of The News-Review to
refuse letters addressed to specific in
dividuals, deliberate "g r i p e" or "re
vpnge" letters, letters in which individu
als seek to place matters before the pub
lic when such matters are correctly for
adjudication by the courts, letters of ex
treme length, or letters containing libel
ous statements. Too, The News-Review
demands that all letters must be signed
by the name and mailing address of the
writer. Anonymous letters are tossed in
the wastebasket. ,
This would indicate that many letters
are rejected. Such however, is not the
case. Most writers show good taste in
their letters. Only on rare occasion is it
necessary to return a letter or to refuse
publication for some reason.
Although every newspaper often re
ceives letters in which the spelling or
grammar needs expert handling, every
editor worth his salt finds value in the
ideas of people and often from people
who may perhaps be lacking in some of
the higher refinements of n literary edu
Profanity
Suggested
gosling that they should "take
that, you dastardly dogbanel"
-7 "-"",4 """ we
lnso Tl . . ,, ,,,,
way while remaining within the
bounds of verbal propriety.
Then Ihoy can work lip to "un
hand me, you hybrid hyacinth!"
or "don't get gay with me, you
perennial pawpaw."
When your friends arn in a pet
because someone has done Ihein
wrong, admonish tlicm to say "I
wouldn't be caught dead talking
to that hydroponic hydrangea."
They likewise can gel their
point across by denouncing their
antagonists as a "Virginia creep
er." lit you con indoctrinate your
friends in the floral method of
profanity, it won't be long before
you can associate with them with
out embarrassment, even In
mixed company.
But be sure tu warn them that
when they call someone "A son
of sea grape," smile.
Tax Commission
Retains Values
For Timber Land
SALEM (UPI) - Timber land
vnllli 111 llnntun 1 mm I inn I'n.
lumbia and Washington counties !
will remain the same as they i
were in 192. j
j The Stato Tax Commission Mon I
! ', valuation division had ordered. I
decision came after three
' ?' of fc' finding hearings held .
. Week. I
nn the land vnliina in Vilni.n
Oregon. i average memnrr to have heen
Tax commissioners said while ' concerned about the advances of
they believed the higher land al-i,m" Mi'ld Communist movement
ues which were originallv ordered "ml ,llc 'lncrs of Communist
would have been sustained in j subversion in this country. The
court, enough doubt had been i John Birch Society has provided
raised In the hearings to Justify : 'he only militant program of study
the additional study ' : and action IhmuKh which the frits-
Timber owners and forestry ex-: (rations of these people can be re
ports bad strongly disputed the leased "
proposed Increasrd land values. H the League of Women Voters
In I. inn Countv the commission really wanted to understand the
established forest land zones and
values for the first time this vcar.
" in previously reappraised
I counties.
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1963
The Facts
Reader
Opinions
League Should Welcome
Opportunity For Debate
To The Editor:
Mr. Hamilton beat me to an
swering the League of Women vot
ers on their refusal to debate the
U.N. Willi the Birchers.
They say: "The purpose of the
League is lo promote political re
sponsibility through informed and
active participation nf citizens in
government." 1 would ask how can
members of an organization he in
formed enough to promote politi
cal responsibility if they will not
study both sides? They apparent
ly must not study ns individuals,
but do what they are told to do,
and believe all that they are told
by their national leaders. May 1
infer that they do not study the
U.N. enough to know its sinister
intentions In destroy our American
Nationalism?
May 1 quote from UNESCO Pub
lication 365: "As long as the child
breathes the poisoned air of na
tionalism, education in world-mind-edness
can produce only rather
precarious results. As we have
pointed out, it is frequently the
family that infects the child with
extreme nationalism." In simple
languago (Ins means patriotism to
ward our nation is fostered in our
homes and this evil thing must be
countered. UNESCO, I am sure
everyone must know, is part of
the U.N.
The John Birohors have been
called everything (by the Com
munists and their fellow travel-
lcl's. the misguided idealists), but i
they do study both sides. They as I judgment against the estate of the
individuals are not committed to'i,r, n imi .unnrintend -
movement. partv. or idea by
, H . .. - .:,.
UV?lV,l.... .''"n
1
-)
The California Legislature recent-
concluded a thorough invesliga-
lon of the John Birch Society in
lifornia. In their report thev
said "The John Birch Society is
neither secret, Fascist, subver
sive, un-American nor anti-Semi
tic." They repudiate all the epi
thets and added
We have found
problem instead of going along as
lellow travelers they should wel-
formation and the protection of
the American way of life, for them-
selves and their posterity.
Stacy Adams
itox Z7
Yonralla, Oregon
9
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LWL,
By PHIL
UPI Foreign
NEWSOM
News Analyst
When France lost the battle for
Indo-China with the fall of Dien i
Bien I'hu in 1954, the guiding
genius behind the Communist at
tack was Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap.
Giap, whose tactics gave new
meaning to guerilla warfare, now
is the defense minister of Com
munist North Vietnam and chief
strategist for the Communist Viet
Cong in South Vietnam and the
Communist I'athct Lao in Laos.
Like Mao Tse-Tung, the Bed
Chinese leader whose tactics he
adopted and improved upon, Giap
has set forth his theories of war
in a book.
"Guerilla warfare causes many
difficulties ond losses lo the en
emy and wears him out," Giap
I writes. VTo annihilate , enemy
manpower and liberate land,
guerilla warfare has to change
gradually to mobile warfare.
The change is made, he says,
when scattered bands of guerillas
can be grouped for swift, hard
hitting attacks over a set battlefield.
Confirms Situation I ism for which the United
Arthur Dnmen, a UPI veteran 1 States voted in November lMil.
at reporting the war in Laos, I The resolution demanded inde
says this is about what the silua-j pendence across the board cvery
tio'n has become there today. I where except in the Soviet em
The Geneva accord bv which it'p're of captive nations. The
honed to turn Laos into a
neutral slate, gave the Pathet ;
Lao Guerillas armv status by
recognizing that there were three
armed forces in Laos, lite Pathet ;
Lao, Iho royal rightist forces un
der Gen. l'houmi Nosavan and
the neutralist forces of Kong Le.
In the past year, according to
Dommen. it has been discovered
.Y... .i, 'p,,ii,t' i nn nnssM armed ;
,... ,
finmift uitii ineir own suinu
. fi-ln hnsnilals. In the
. .
strategic Plain ol Jars which piu-1
i,i. m mil onlv to South'
Vietnam but
to Cambodia anil
well, they have
Thailand as
fought in unit strength up to a
battalion, carrying relatively
heavy weapons and working with
radio equipment.
G lap's advisors work right up
with Pathet Lao forward units.
In addition to training Pathet
Court Reverses
Judgment Against
I. B. Hill Estate
SALEM lUPlt The Oregon Su-
preme Court has reversed a 59.808
cut of Oregon Kairview Home.
The suit atjamst the estate had
been brought by Pauline Eliza
beth Jarrett. who charged Hill
was negligent in giving a leave
of absence to a patient who as
saulted her.
The court ruled that Multnomah
ultnomah
Alan K
sHii's
; County Circuit Judge
Davis didn't have jurisdiction
enter a judgmrnt again
estate.
It noletl that only the legisla
lure ran waive the slate's linmii- i
nily and that an action against j
an agency of the state is actually I
one against the slate. The court I
said Hill could only have been I
held responsible as superintendent
and not as an individual.
The trial court should have dis
missed the suit, the court ruled.
In other action today, the court
reprimanded Eugene attorney Eu
gene l.. Venn lor improper con-
"net.
He was found to have cemtnu-
nirated dtrectlv with an adverse
party who was represented by
counsel. Venn is a former Ijiic
; County district altoincy.
Streamlined
w r
Guerilla
Lao officers in North
and building up local
Vietnam
military
units., the Communists
arc pro-
ceeding rapidly with the
indoc
under trination of populations
their control
Concede Cold Fact
In Laos' capital of Victiane,
Western observers concede that a
hard-core regiment of North Viet-
namcse veterans of the Indochina i
WASHINGTON WINDOW
Afro-Asian Popularity Bid
Appears To Be Losing U. S.
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Pnss International
.' The United States seems to he
withdrawing from the United Na
tions popularity contest for the
smiles and approval of the Afro
Asians. The Afro Asians almost
have owned the U.S. proxy in
U.N. Assembly votes.
There was that unbelievable
l assembly resolution on colonial-
vi-u - or - not aspect, oi mis
resolution was in a paragraph
slating thai inadequacy of poht-
!'cal, economic, social or educa
"onai preparedness snoulti never
serve as a pretext for delaying
independence."
The United Stales voted for the
astonishing proposition. It was
for some lime the habit of the
United Slates to vote against its
NATO llllv Piii-liiii.il unci in
- -, .r
Port of Afro-Asian comp!
complaints
!lti:iincl PnrlHillincn i,n,,in! nli
v. ,.-
cy. But in December 1962. the
United States balked at an Afro-
j Asian - Soviet resolution propos
ing punishment of Portugal. The
I United States, thus, began lo with
draw from a popularity contest
i with the Soviet Union for the love
1 of African and Asian nations, some
I of them but lately born and scarcc
i ly measuring up to status as
states.
i Turn On Heat
The Afro-Asian heat was turned
on last month on South Africa at
I a meeting in Geneva. Switzerland,
of the U.N. -sponsored Interna
tional Labor Organization. The
Afro-Asians demanded expulsion
of the South African delegation.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of l,a-
: bor George L. Weaver headed
'he u s. delegation. He liked the
1 Reneral idea and announced that
he would urge the U.S. govern
ment to seek the expulsion of
South Africa from the United Na
tions. This pop-off by an official
of the Labor Department did con
siderable violence to established
policy aunougn no one
: r
j ft
Jn oUaijS
Token lrom the tilt
US ,m
D.i. rJ.UJr..."'
inn, vti-vit ,: i.irc- u mr nunc
popular resorts in the county over
the weekend. A total of ISO rars
was ferried across the stream.
Twenty-two cars were lined un al
one time Sunday evening. This
heavy traftic proves the necessity
of a bridge at Lone Bock in the
near future
25 YEARS AGO
July 1. IMI
A study nf fish life in the North
Umpqua River, Steamboat Creek
and numerous tributaries in that
area is lo be made soon. The ob-
warrare
war could sweep the Plain of
Jars now if they wished.
But by the end of the current
rainy season or by May of 1904,
the Pathet Lao may be ready for
the job themselves, thus main
taining the fiction of Laotians
fighting for Laos.
The Communist countries then
might call for another interna
tional conference to ratify the
battlefield victory.
seemed to notice.
G. Munnen Williams, U.S. as
sistant secretary of slate for Afri
can affairs, repudiated Weaver,
finally, in a statement made al
Monrovia, Liberia, in which he
said the United Stales would up-
pose exclusion oi aouin Airica
from the United Nations.
.Meantime, there was a London
I""
A
uisiuitii iL-iwiMiit; mill u.o. is-
sistant Secretary of State Harlan
Cleveland had been talking witli
British officials about colonial-
i ism and the United Nations.
1 Cleveland and the British agreed
; that extremists had taken over the
U.N. Special Committee on Col
onialism and. further, that the
committee's extremist alti-
tude was hindering the emanci
pation of colonial peoples.
Would Resist Pressure
More significantly. Cleveland
.was said to have luld the 'British
1 that Hie United States would re
! sist the Afro - Asian pressure
j group demands for exclusion of
, l oruigai ana souin Airica lrom
i "1L L niteti canons and oilier in-
u-i iiiuiuuai ootucs. mnn tue unit
ed States and Great Britain are
members nf the Special Commit
tee on Colonialism. Cleveland's
conferences in London may
lead lo resignation of both from
committee membership.
The American people have
not been paying much attention to
the United Nations as these de
velopments came along. Cleve
land's London talks attracted little
attention. The Afro-Asian pres
sure groups and their allies in
the United Slates will know all
aixiui it wnen ine assemhlv con
venes next autumn. Look then for
some political efforts in the Unit
ed Mates to restore the U.S.
proxy to the Afro-Asians.
TOOK IT HARO
LINCOLN, England (ITU -
Employes of the Lincolnshire
lload Car Co. went on strike (or
two hours today in protest of the
firing of bus timer Roy Baker
Baker, 0o. killed himself last
1 week, five hours after losinp
his
ton.
I
Ljonc
i of The Ntws-Reviiw
if0' Vht T,'hU.? TT
secies of fish life, the food
diniiBuif, ana ine improvement m
physical factors, such as spawn
ing factors and natural barriers.
10 YEARS AGO
July 14, K1
AFL retail clerks struck and
picketed markets in Albany todav.
Failure lo reach a pay agreement
brought the strike on. The present
hourly pay is $1.40 for men and
SI JO for women and a 4S hour
week. The union is asking $l 75
for both men and women and a 40
hour week.
Dangerous Precedent Noted
In Interim Study Financing
W. 0. Kelsay, representative from Douglas County to the
Oregon Legislature, has been made chairman of an interim
nnmmittPfl named to study the Game Commission's policies
I and practices. The Committee
look into the use 01 game
and acquisition, policing, ana other operations.
In Hiithnrizimr this committee the Legislature, in my op-
i inion, set up a most dangerous precedent in that it is tak
j ing the cost of the interim studies from the game fund.
The Legislature authorized seven
i interim committees from among
! the 20 proposed in various legisla
tive measures. It appropriated
S127.500 for the work of six of
these committees. The costs of the
committee on Wildlife, however,
must be paid from the Game Fund,
rather than from the General Fund.
If the Legislature starts the
practice of financing committee
junkets from dedicated funds, such
action could be dangerous.
While proponents of the inquiry
say that non-dedicated funds will
be used for the study, there is, in
my opinion, an interesting techni
cal question of whether the funds,
even though coming from some
source other than license fees, can
not be qualified as "dedicated. If
such classification could be made
there then remains the question of I been wasted in paying for the com
whether the Legislature has the j mittee's travel, rooms, meals and.
legal right to use funds raised for I possibly for a considerable quan
definite purposes. These purposes j tity of whiskey,
do not include investigation. ;
Members of the Committee on!
Wildlife include, from the Senate:
Glenn Huston (D) Linn Co: An-1
drew Natcrlin (D) Lincoln - Tula-1
mook: L. W. Newbry, (Ii), Jack-1
son. From the House: Russell
Bonesteele (R) Marion; K. Cannon!
(R) Bend, Deschutes, Jefferson:
W. O. Kelsay (D) Douglas: Don1
Mclnnis (D) Union, Wallowa. J
Perhaps I am being cynical but i
it seems to me the money spent
on interim committees is one of
Oregon's big wastes of public funds.
It is extremely seldom, as we
look back on legislative history
that an interim committee report
ever gets to lust oase vvien u
comes back lo inc legislature
Time and again we have interim
committees duplicating work that
has been done many times before,
but when the Legislature gets
around lo the issues involved, the
committee work goes for naught.
The Committee on Wildlife was
created more out of desperation
Ih.m for anv legitimate reason, 1
' believe.
I The Oregon Game Commission
j was subjected to a torrent of abuse
at the Inst., session. Its policies
came up for vigorous criticism.
I The charge is made, a charge
i that I have heard Irani good an
j thol.itv but for which I lack proof,
th..t lh .,nKC 0r ilc Game Com
i mission started as a "campaign'
1 v interests seeking to destroy the
commission's prestige Cor purposes
: cmm ss on s nr
0r SBecial privilege. The criticism.
nnrc started, urougni ready re-
spouse from honest people v illi ,
honest disagreement with policy.:
There also was a motive on the ;
part of those objecting to increased
licenses which the Game Commis-1
Resolution Will Oppose
Force In Racial Struggle
LINCOLN. Neb. (UPI) The an-'
nual Governors' Conference will '
be asked next week to deplore the j
use of phvsical torce by either ;
i,i
in the racial integration .
snuggle, it was disclosed today.
The disclosure came from Ne
braska Gov. I'rank B. Morrison,
chairman of the resolutions com
mittee of the conference. The con
ference opens in -Miami Beach,
Fla., Friday and continues until
Thursday.
Morrison saitl the resolution op
posing use of physical force on
either in the preservation nr elim
ination of racial barriers would
he introduced by Gov. Mark O.
Hatfield of Oregon.
The resolution will ask the con
ference to acknowledge "(he fact
( that the color barriers that do
exist require action bv each gov
ernor to provide leadership in re
solving the conflict resulting
therefrom."
Morrison said Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York would
introduce a resolution calling lor
"'e governors lo appoint a special
committee on civil rights,
The Almanac
By United Press International
Todav is Tuesday. July
197th day o( 1!3.1 with
16. the
IBS
follow .
The moon is approaching
its
new phase.
The morning stars are Jupiter
and Saturn.
The evening star is Mars.
.daCore,0eab.,shed
u,e Disuict of Columbia on the
iniprnac.
In 1SS2. David Farragut be-
came the first admiral in the
U.S. Navy.
In lSilj. the first experimental
test o( an atomic bomb was con
ducted in New iexico.
In 1901. Leopold 111. nf Bel
gium, abdicated after semng for
17 years.
A thousht for the dav Russian
author Fyodor Dostoyevsky said:
"Man is a pliable animal ... a
hems who gets accustomed to
everything."
on Wildlife is ordered to
iunus spent on niuiitiKeiiieiii,
sion contends arc necessary to do
a proper job of management.
In any event, legislators weren't
about to alienate a lot of votes
as indicated by the widespread
complaint. At the same time they
didn't want to lose the votes of
organized sportsmen who support
the Game Commission and its pro
gram. The easiest way out was to toss
the whole thing into the lap of an
interim committee, ordered to
make a study of the matter, hop
ing that the furor will die down
by the time the next Legislature
meets. If the common plan is fol
lowed, the Legislature will ignore
the work of the committee when
the report is made and lot of mon
ey from the Game Fund will have
Day's News
By
Frank Jenkins
Mishmash in the news:
The Kingfisher (Oklahoma 1
Chamber of Commerce has just
voted In tnll tlip IT K Pnsl nffl. u
Department that the town of King-
fis,ei- DOESN'T want a new post
office. Instead, if favors improve
ments on the present building that
will cost only a fraction of the pro
posed SI 10,000 new building.
The chamber said it opposes
spending tax money for unneces
sary items and would like lo see
the national budget "in the black
for a change."
And-
A few weeks ago
Congressman Al Ullman, of the
2nd Oregon District, told the Klam
ath County Chamber of Commerce
that he thought chances were good
to get a $50,000 appropriation for
another study of the algae problem
in Upper Klamath Lake.
In view of the fact that the algae
; Problem in Klamath Lake has been
' purveyed and resuryeyed and then
aroused no enthusiasm.
So, apparently, it has been drop
ped. Question:
Do vou reckon the dangerous her
esy lo the effect that IE WE
DON'T GET IT SOMEBODY ELSE
WILL might be declining?
Let's put it this way:
If the time should come in the
U.S.A. when reckless spending, just
to be spending, LOSES votes in
stead of WINNING votes, we will
get economy and lower taxes.
From Portland:
Sol Maizels, operator of the Alad
din Theater, has assembled the
first foreign film festival for Port
land. He has decided to call it an
Art Film llootenanny. That leads
the Oregonian's film critic to ask:
"What's an Art Film Hootenanny?"
He then proceeded to answer his
own question. Like this:
Well, it seems that everything
involving more than two people or
two things is a hootenanny these
days. It started with folk singers,
and it's spreading to other areas.
Four people get together for cards,
and it's a Pinochle Hootenanny.
Two guys take their girl friends
lor-a moonlight drive, and its
; Whoopee Hootenanny. So now we
have a Film
Hootenanny. It was
inevitable.
W hat tloes Webster say about it?
His Collegiate Dictionary ignores
the word. But in his Unabridged
lie says:
"llootenannv: Originallv in the
sense of DINGUS, THINGUMAJIG.
A lancdul coinage. Used also as a
derogatory epithet. Assimilated in
form to 'llootin' Annie' a meet
ing of folk singers, especially for
public entertainment.' "
HMMMMM. What's a DINGUS'.'
According lo the Unabridged, it
derives from the South African
t0 DING, meaning thing. Any device:
gadget: humorous substitute for a
name not known or temporarily
(orcolten (slang.)
What's a thingumajig?
li s synonymous with THINGUM
BOB which, incidentally, is an ex
tension of older THINGUM.
Thai brings us to JIGGER, A jig-
ger. among other things, is ONE
WHO JIGS. A jig. by the way. is a
dance in which the dancers move
n,ni.i, ,m sh ri.mn nr in ml
fro. A small cup or glass used to
measure liquor, usually containing
one and a half fluid ounces. Jigger
is also synonymous with dingus,
thingumajig, thingumbob, etc.
In conclusion:
Aren't words wonderful"
What would we do without dictionaries?