Observer, La Grande, Ore., Thurs., Oct. 23, 1958 Page
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We Crawl Before We Fly
! The recent failure of a test of the Navy's very hush
luish Polaris undersea missile at the Cape Canaveral
testing grounds caused little excitement among. the
general public. This is in marked contrast to the hys
terical "Boos!" directed at our rocket and missile ex
perts a year ago when, in trying1 for a quick recovery
from the propaganda defeat inflicted by Russia's Sput
nik I, they hastily launched man-made satellites, .opfy
to have them fail.
' ! The difference in reaction to the Polaris failure and
that of our first satellite efforts marks a most hearten--iig
"maturity" of the public's attitude toward our
ejfforts to pierce outer space successfully.
Fact is, these miscarriages are not ever complete
failures, for it is from these aborted projects that our
scientists discover the "bugs" and learn how to eliminate
tliem for eventual complete success.
) Our most spectacular "failure" was the recent shot at
tjie moon. True, technically, it did not achieve its an
nounced goal. But what it did achieve a flight of
75,353 miles above the earth's surface was such an outs-landing
victory over previous efforts to defeat earth's
ifravity that it has been recently called a "magnificient"
failure, it was merely 700 miles per hour too slow, and
it anyone doesn't think that "bug" can be fixed, he has
i(n undeserved lack of confidence in our scientists.
i Perhaps the simplest way for the average citizen to
ijnderstand and have patie,nce "with our rocket and ;
and missile scientists is to reflect on the innumerable
tjtu'lures that preceded the present-day perfection of the
ilutomobile. And the same goes for the airplane, which
dan now fly the oceans between nieals. liehind the
fright Brothers was a long string of aeronautical flops
--but each one taught the aviation pioneers some little
tjhinjr. All those little things added up to the Wright's
success.
By LYLE C. WILSON '
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
political activities of Big Labor
in Michigan are financed by a
six-ccnt-per-month levy on AFL
CIO members. This gentle head
tax on Michigan union members
raises about $500,000 in good
times but will gather in- only
$300,000 in this year of Michigan
recession and unemployment. The
fund supports all activities of the
Michigan AFL-CIO.
Even so, the; end political re
sult of this' levy on union mem
bers should arouse the envy of
Republican campaign fund rais
ers, perhaps causing them to
wish they could, lay a- head tax
of even a nickel a month on
somebody. They cannot do that.
Neither can the ' heads of the
Figures Show
Demo Voters
Top GOPs
SALEM ( UPI ) Democrats will
go into the Nov. 4 general elec
tion in Oregon with the greatest
edge over Republicans in recent
years, figures released by the
State Elections Division showed
Tuesday.
Since the primary in May,
Democrats increased their regis
tration by 17,058 voters for a total
of 447,195.
Republicans gained only 7,637
for a total of 305,090 registered
voters. '
The Democratic edge is 52,105
votes. .
The report showed total regis
tration of Democrats, Republicans
and independents to be 855.044.
In the primary in May there
were 430,137 Democrats and 387,
453 Republicans.
Total precincts for the state
are 2713 compared with about
2878 in the primary. Elections
Division Chief Freeman Holmer
said he was not positive of the
total prifmary precincts because
of mislakes made in several coun
ties. Total registration was down
somewhat from the last general
election which was a presidential
election. Then, 877,952 were reg
istered.
Democrats were leading in 24 of
the stale's 36 counties including
Multnomah, while R e p u b 1 1 can
strength was in Marion and Wash
ington counties and, in eastern
Oregon.
great corporations lay a head tax
of even one cent per month on
their stockholders, or employes, a
device which, if feasible, would
raise funds beyond relief to be
available for expenditure for pur
poses of political education.
The Republicans and some of
the managers of the great cor
porations are accusing big labor
of having politically kidnaped the
stale of Michigan. Specifically
they charge that the kidnaper
was Walter P. Reuther. The man
in charge of big labor politics in
Michigan, however, is August
Scholle. president of the Michi
gan AFL-CIO Council. Scholle has
Reuther's active support, of
course, else he could not be so
sure of collecting that head tax.
In response to questions from
United Press International,
Scholle said that only about
$60,000 of the- $300,000 the- head
tax will raise this year could be
cited as political expenditures.
His phrase was "for educational
expenditures in the political
field."
This sum is spent, Scholle said,
mainly for printing circulars al-
Newsmen Believe
Demos Will Win
In House, Senate
WASHINGTON ' (UPH A
poll of Washington correspondents
shows they believe the Democrats
will substantially increase their
control of the House and Senate
in the Nov. 4 elections.
- The survey, conducted by News
week Magazine, disclosed that not
one of the 50 newsmen polled
thought the Republicans " would
gain any seats in Congress. '
Averaging out heir prediction's,
they forecast a Senate line - up
in the next session of 58 Demo
crats and 40 Republicans. The
Democrats controlled the Senate
in the 85th Congress by a margin
of 49 to 47. .
In the House, the newsmen
foresaw a new line-up of 266
Democrats and 170. Republicans.
The old line-up was 235 Demo
crats to 200 Republcans.
The correspondents listed four
factors for the expected Demo
cratic sweep. They were:
The recession and related
"pocketbook" issues.
Dissatisfaction with White
House leadership.
Uneasiness over international
developments.
"Disorganization" within ' the
Republican Party.
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precious work space
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though occasionally the council,
by agreement, will permit a poli
tical candidate to have something
printed and the council will pay
the bill. This, instead of ordering
the printing on its own. Scholle
estimates that about $10,000 has
been spent so far this year to
pay bills for printing ordered by
candidates.
The AFL-CIO Council received
about $14,000 this year, according
to Scholle, from the international
union treasury. This money, he
said, was contributed voluntarily
by union members and has been
contributed to the campaign funds
of the politicians the givers fa-
vured.
Scholle said everything the AFL
CIO council does in the- political
area is both legally and morally
right. He emphasized that any
union member who does not want
any portion of his dues to go for
the political purposes decided upon
by the council may specify that
his portion shall go to any charity
or political organization of his
choice. , v . . V ,
That, in brief, is the way big
labor. raises and spends its money
in tne state where its political suc
cesses have been the most re
markable. It may be assumed
that Big Business could do the
same if big business, like big la
bor, had a membership constituen
cy which was. accustomed to pay
ing monthly dues and, moreover,
accustomed to having its leaders
engage deeply in local and natio
nal politics.
The law apparently would for-Supreme Court declared that pro
biq either big business or big la-hibition to be unconstitutional. ,
bor to "contribute" to political The distinction between conlri
parties or to political candidates. butions and expenditures, may
The law at one time forbade, also, seem to a layman to be a bit
political "expenditures," but the fuzzy, but it fg the law.
Down Payment
Cut On Medium
Priced Houses
WASHINGTON (UPI) A gov
ernment - authorized reduction of
down payments on medium-priced
homes financed through federally
chartered savings and loan as
sociations was seen today as
helping counteract any tightening
of credit.
The Home Loan Bank Board
announced Tuesday night that
the associations may write
mortgage loans up to 90 per cent
of a house's appraised value. The
limit had been 80 per cent.
Thus, a buyer who is financing
a ,$15,000 house will be able to
borrow up to $13,500 instead of
$12,000. The down payment may
be, therefore, as little as $1,500
instead of $3,000.
. The amended rules become ef
fective Thursday. The new ceiling
will apply on loans up to $18,000
In an effort to funnel money into
financing of low and medium
priced housing. .
RED OFFICIALS KILLED
BERLIN (UPI) Five high
ranking officials of the East Ger
man Communist youth organiz'a
ttonFlZJ wera'among-'the 65 per-;
sonskilfed in the crsh of the So
viet TU104 jet airliner between
Peiping and Moscow last. Friday,
the East German .news agency
ADN reported Monday.
iQiiebec!s .'Citadel, 3(10 feet above
the St. Lawrence River, was the
greatest fortress in the New
World in 1840.
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