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Ofeterver, La Grande, Ore., Monday, Aug. 1 1, 1958 Page 4 LA GRANDE Eitabllihtd 1196 La Grand, Oregon Daily Exctpt Sunday PubtlihaA ' Br (ba Grande Hondo Valfoy Publishing Companj . ; . V, E. Woybrot, Frealilont RAY C. ANDfensON Editor & Publisher GEORGE S. CHALLIS Adv. Director Member Audit Bureau of Circulation United Press Full Leased Wire WEST-HOLIDAY CO., INC. National rtepresent&tlTca La Augelea San Krunrlaco Pnrllnnd Seattle Dfllivar Now York Chicago Dntrolt SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier 1.25 Month 15.00 Vear By Motor Route 1.40 Month 10.80 iYear BY MAIL 1 Month 1.25 8 Montha ....-8.B0 8 Months 6.50 1 Year 12.00 Rntered an Second Clana Mattor at the Pnat Office of La Grande, Oregon Under the Act of March 8, 181 Labor Reform Laws ; The United States badly needs new laws aimed at labor union reforms. But the indications now are that in 1958, as in 1957, it will not get them. A month and a half ago the Senate passed the Ken-nedy-Ives bill, a moderate measure dirttcted toward compelling full disclosure of union financial affairs, curbing racketeer control and producing democratically chosen leadership in labor organizations. , Evidently that is the end of the line. For a long time the bill hung in the air while House leaders tried to decide what to do with it. In view of the lateness of the day, its only hope for passage lay in suspending normal rules and bringing it to a vote on the House floor. Speaker llayburn chose instead to assign it to the House Labor Committee. There it is expected to die. Senator Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, says heavy lobbying pressures from the National Associa tion' of Manufacturers, the U. S. Chamber of Com merce and the American Retail Federation beat the measure. These organizations at the national, state and local levol unquestionably banged the cymbols hard against the bill. They charged it was full of "booby-traps" for business. It is not clear what merit there was in this claim' nor is it exactly plain to what extent the House lead ership and rank and file have been affected by the " barrage from the business organizations. What -is clear is that the members of Congress are under no compulsion to respond to lobbying pressures if they think they are bad or unwise. It is they alone . who in the end decide whether it is right or important in a particular instance to do so. J When the Senate passed this bill, it was the consen 8U8 of many observers that it would never emerge from .the House. The argument was made that the labor committee is hopelessly torn between conservatives and i liberals and could not agree on 'a satisfactory measure. Prospects of bypassing the 'group were rated slim, and llayburn now has dashed them. j .Kennedy properly took note of this difficulty when f he declared that an "extremist attitude" on the part of i both management and labor (reflected in the House f committee split) has prevented any substantial labor legislation from getting anywhere for the past decade. The pressures are there, no doubt of it. But men fit to govern this nation are expected to be able when ! the circumstances demand, to rise above such influ- J ence and give trie people the laws tney need. I The racketeering and other flagrant abuse that af 1 flict some labor unions present the Congress with such a challenge. The House of Representatives, '135 mem bers strong, has failed totally in this duty. Into the -Wild Blue Yonder NEA Service, lie. Poll Taking In Russia Is Cinch By ROBERT MUSEL United Press International . MOSCOW (UPI) - It's easy to put your finger on the pulse of the public in Moscow. What one man in the street thinks, every one thinks. As a result, life is much sim pler for journalistic poll-takers in the Soviet Union than it is in the West. For many years, every time there has been an international crisis, I've dashed out into Broad way, the Rue de la Paix, Picca dilly or St. Peter's Square to re cord the reaction of the average man. . . . Frankly, in the West this is a headache job. The Westerner is disputations and opinionated and apt to take a contrary view sim ply because he's cussed or sim ply because he believes in it. You always wind up with a notebook fill ed with conflicting views. Not so in this strong and bus tling capital of Russia. I've spoken to a number of Rus sians in the past few days about the summit conference and inter national tension and the results always have been the same. The first man I talked to was standing in front of the squat mausoleum where thousands queue daily to see Lenin and Sta lin eternally lying in state. . Market Surmounts Hurdle Of Increased . Stock Margins By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor NEW YORK (UPI) The stock market surmounted a- hurdle of increased margins during the past week and scored small gains on average with the close near the highs for a year. the margin rise was a steep one, amounting to 40 per cent. It came after the close on Monday after 4,000,000 shares of turnover had left the market at new highs since July 28, 1957. The Federal Getting the Message Over A survey just taken .shows that most drivers think their own skills at the wheel are superior. The safety warnings are for the "other guy," in their minds. How can we promote safety by showing them they're the other guy to the other guy? Side Glances is jW(U a. . m. eT &5 ''" ("Don't tell my daughter, but I'm not really losing my hearing it's just that I wear ear plug when I'm here at her house!" Quotes From The News (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) United Press International LONDON Bishop Henry Knox Sherill of the United Slates, urg ing the Lambeth Conference of Ihc Anglican Church to luivc-.faith in the common man: "There Is often a blessed com mon sense possessed by ordinary, it uninformed, men and women, which leads them almost uncon sciously to discern between Hie vital and the secondary." DETROIT United Auto Work ers president Walter Reuthcr. on his union's preparedness in the face of any industry recalcitrance: "We have now cleared the decks of all the preliminary steps need ed to call a strike and when we decide it is to the advantage of the union, we will move quickly to authorize a strike." KUIBYSHEV. Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, at dedication ceremonies of a new huoo hvdro-clcctric Dlant. on Rus sia's foreign policy for "peace:" "If t hoy (the West) disregard nmmnn .srn.nnd ItPL'in nmv war wo shall do everything to rout the aggressors and establish good pence on earth." DAAt DITIf I nKllllnll n.,l,nl leader Sabri Hnmadi, differcnti- ling OCIWUIIII pviauiuu IITUIIIIA and political expediency: "I like Americans very much. Mile to n hnri Unit, tiw tlinoi uvu una .....x. .... ...v.,, to be here,. They must go from my country until it knows peace again," iiiictllMPinU A If..,,.... .,l. commUtee. indicating how Ameri cans arc being bilked of I BO mil lion dollars a year: "Candy wafers, machines, appe tite satients and appetite-curbiiiB A,it am crimp nf lllp mn.inc UIU0 which unscrupulous hucksters of the lose-weight cult use to lure us to an earthy slenderized Valhalla." Reserve sot the margin at 70 per cent which means one must put up $70 on each $100 of stock bought, at least if he wishes (o trade on margin. This brought a moderate decline on Tuesday 'on 4.400,000 shares Then on Wednesday when the effects of the margin rise seemed to be wearing off President Eisen howcr frightened the market into a decline when he talked against rises. The market got over that too and it rose on Thursday and again on Friday. The Friday market would have set new highs, it is believed, except for a bit of dis appointment over the announce ment from Washington on the Nautilus' trip under the ice at the north pole. Wall Street didn't mean to beli tle the" Nautilus accomplishment. It simply had built up too much in the way of rumor on what was to come and when the actual an nouncement didn't talk of shooting the moon some traders took prof its. Industrials 'closed with a rise of more than, 4 points but rails eased. . In the Monday market when prices were spurting to new tops the best performance was turned in by the industries which recent ly had raised prices on steel, alum inum and copper. Copper prices wavered later in the week and there was considerable selling of the group but they managed to close the week with gains. Business news contained a long list of favdrablc items with state ments by economic experts that the recovery movement was gain ing steam faster than had been anticipated. Practically every ma jor industry but coals showed a gain for the week but just about every - one slipped off from a year ago except electricity output which set a new high record. When the toll was taken of the market on Friday, it aws found that of (he 1.3!4 issues traded. 732 had advanced, while 4!M declined and 168 held unchanged. A total of 427 issues made new highs and 14 new lows. ' Stiles for - the week past la million shares for the third week in a row. They totaled 1B.523.120 shares, a daily average of 3,704, B22 shares. That compared with 18.7B0.460 shares or a daily aver age of 3,772.082 in the previous week and 18.581,325 and 3.716.265 two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver age closed Friday at 510.13 up 4.70 points on the week and down only 0.20 point from the high. The rail average was at 133.61 up 1.14; utility 79.41 off 0.36; and 65 stocks 175.73 up 1.13. The kagu is a bird extant on the Pacific island of New Caledonia. He said he learned his English in th hotel where he is mployed As we strolled down wide Gorki Street, with women street clean ers busy on the sidewalks, he sud denly said, "Tell me.why do you want war?" I said I didn't want war and furthermore I didn't know any American who did. "But you are ringing us with air bases," he said. "And every body knows air bases can only be for aggression." I tried to explain the American attitude to him but he was my first Russian man in the street and so I can be . forgiven the waste of time. My second Moscow pulse inter rupted my dinner at the skyscrap per Hotel Ukraina, which stocks 71 wines, champagnes, liquers and liquors and serves such delicacies as hazel grouse in sour cream, roast duck stuffed with apples, beef stroganoff and chicken ala Kiev. He was a Russian at the next table who introduced himself as a. wartime merchant mariner who had fallen in love with San Fran cisco. "I hope you do not approve of your country's interventionist pol icy in Lebanon," he said. "Let us drink a toast, 'hands off the Mid dle East'." I solicited a conversation with another Russian at the Prague Restaurant who asked, "Why did your president make such difficult conditions for a summit meet ing?" The conversation then fol lowed the eventual course, ending in agreement to disagree. 1 I must say that every Russian I have spoken to was friendly. curious, helpful and at least su perficially sincere, and he was no exception. However, he felt I was ill' in- informed because I obviously did n't get straighforward facts from United States papers as ho did from Pravda, Izvcstia and Mos cow Radio. By now, my Western notebook would have had a dozen points of view and I d have had to shuffle them around to. get a consensus. No such problem here. When it comes to serious inter national matters of high policy nearly all Russians close ranks behind Premier Nikita Khrushchev. When you've talked to one about politics, you've talked to them all. Animosities Blamed For Admiral's Absence At Nautilus Ceremonies WASHINGTON (UPI) Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover's ab sence from White House cere monies announcing the Nautilus had conquered the North Pole has been attributed by many quarters to his zeal and outspoken comments which, ironically, led to development of the world s first atomic - powered vessel. "Old Navy animosities" and Rickover's dislike for red tape were cited as reasons why the man regarded as mainly responsi ble for the construction of the Nautilus was not invited to the dramatic ceremony surrounding the White House announcement. For Rickover. the "snub" was the latest in a scries tracing back to his early entreaties that the Navy accelerate its nuclear submarine program. White House sources refused to concede Rickover had been 'passed over" in the invitations. They attributed his absence to a decision to invite only "top brass" with no exceptions, to the affair at which President Eisenhower pinned the Legion of Merit on Navy Cmdr. William R. Ander- Radio Peiping . Says Reds Building A-Accelerator TOKYO (UPI) Radio Peiping said today the Soviet Union is building the world's biggest atom ic accelerator, with maximum en ergy of fifty billion electron volts and an electric magnet one-third of a mile in diameter. An accelerator is used in the atomic fission process to speed up the motion of elementary particles such as protons and prepare them for splitting. According to Radio Peiping, the new accelerator will be five times more powerful than the world's largest, which alsm was built by son for piloting the vessel under the polar ice cap. According to one source, White House advisers' made three tele phone, calls . to top Navy leaders asking that Rickover be added to the invitation list. This source said the Navy flatly refused. A Navy spokesman, however, contended the Navy had nothing to do wiih issuing the invitations. Rickover, in Washington at the Missionary Talks To Rotary Group Miss Goldie Ruth Wells addres sed the Rotary club Tuesday, on experience as a missionary and teacher in Belgian Congo, Africa. She described the progress made over the years by the natives of Belgian Congo as a result of im proved educational facilities. Guests were Don Demsey of La Grande and Dr. Glen . (Poo) Cayler, former La Grande high school football coach, now resid ing in Los Angeles. The Rev. Gene Robinson was program chairman. Economists Predict Fail Upturn WASHINGTON (UPDTTop level administration economists have stuck by their predictions of a def inite but gradual business upturn in the Autumn despite the indit fcrent showing of July employ ment and unemployment figures. As reported Friday by the Com merce and Labor Departments, employment rose and unemploy ment dipped, but both changes were less than would have been normal on the basis of the custo mary seasonal pattern. One highly placed economist told United Press International the em ployment report showed a "pic ture of transition" with usual mid summer doldrums holding down upward forces that were clearly evident in May and June. Commenting that he had held no dramatic expectations for July or August" the economist ex pressed confidence that September would bring improvements in em ployment and the business situa tion in general. In other reports on the economic front, the government said, that: Retail sales in July held to the June level of about $16,400,- 000,000. Exports totaled $1,400,000,000 in June, a drop of 14 per cent from May arid of 21 per cent from June 1957. Unemployment among work ers protected under the Federal State Insurance system dropped by 132,600 in the week ended July 26 to a 1958 low of 2,422,800. The drop was the biggest for any week this year. But the number of workers drawing jobless bene fits was still more than double the total a year ago. WILL MOVE AIR BASE LONDON (UPI) The U. S. Air Force said that it would move the U. S. Military Ait Transport terminal from Burton wood in mkUEngland to Milden hall, 50 miles from London, some time next year. time of the ceremony, left three hours later for New London, Conn., to direct final tests of the nuclear submarine "Triton," which is to be launched Aug. 16. Before he left, however, Rick over was visited by Commander Anderson, who went from t h e White House to Rickover's office in the Navy Building to pay his respects to "the father of the nuclear-powered submarine." Rickover has. now failed' twice to be selected for promotion lu vice admiral. He will be retired from the Navy next year( unless the promotion is granted. Red, U.S. Crew For Space Ship Discussed MOSCOW UPD Scientists meeting here have discussed a U. S. proposal which could put Americans and Russians side by side in the first ship that carries a crew into outer space, it was reported Thursday. American sources said the plan, proposing cooperation rather than competition in some areas of space research, was mentioned but not formally submitted to the resolutions committee of the International Geophysical Year Assembly at a meeting Wednes day.' ' . They explained the proposal will not be introduced formally here because it is already pending be fore the International Council of Scientific Unions. Foreign delegates expressed some interest in the plan. "The United States appears lo think there are certain spheres of space research where there should be international cooperation rath er than competition," one foreign er said. ' . "I have the impression this would extend even to the first . space flights." No Soviet comment could be ob tained immediately, but some for eign observers pointed out Rus sian space pioneer Konstantin Tsi olkovsky urged years ago that the first space ship should carry sci entists of all nations. The Russians already have reg istered their willingness to coop- crate in a continued exchange of scientific information after the In ternational Geophysical Year for mally ends on Dec. 31. The resolutions committee voted Wednesday to extend the scientific exchange for at least a year, un der the name of "International Geophysical Cooperation 1959.!' Senator Seeks Series Of World Conferences WASHINGTON (UPI) Acting Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., has called on the United States to arrange a scries of world conferences to create a "constructive Middle East policy." He charged that the Adminis tration has been following a headless policy with many tails in the Middle East, based on the Eisenhower Doctrine which he called a "feeble cocoon. ..(which) did not protect anyone from anything." Mansfield levelled his criticisms Friday during a Senate debate on foreign policy in which Democrats generally critized and Republi can defended administration mid- east actions. Sen. Jlomer Capehart(R-Ind.). a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and others chided Democrats for denouncing U.S. policies on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly emergen cy meeting on the Middle East crisis. Capchart said Mansfield preented no "constructive" ideas. Mill ft HUE. BUT HP OFF j1 M l "-tin i!iTpv. Tfie Treasury keeps a record of every , U. S. Savings Bond If your bonds are lost, , stolen or destroyed, you" get every cent back with interest It's hard to find an investment as safe and sound as U.S. Sav ings Bonds. And now Scries E Bonds earn more too 3 at maturity. But the most im portant thing they earn is peace. Peace costs money. Money for industrial and military strength to help keep the peace. Money for science and educa tion to help make peace lasting. Every Savings Bpnd you buy helps strengthen America's peace power. Are you buying as many as you might? Help strengthen America's Peace Power BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ' Tht US. Government dot, not pay lor thi, advertiting. The Treasury Department thank,, lor their patriotic donation. The Advertiting Council and The La Grande EVENING OBSERVER I
