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Why The Sudden Surprise?
Some of the recent notions expressed by high officials
on the matter of defense trends must seem as much
puzzling as comforting to the ordinary American citizen.'
Take for instance the comments of Secretary of De
fense McElroy on the occasion of his return from a
long tour of Asia and the Middle East.
. , lie said the United States has to step up its capacity
to fight limited wars, particularly in fringe areas ac-,
ccssible only by sea and air. . ,
What is hard to grasp is why this seems to come to
the government now as a relatively new idea. Ever since
Korea we've all been aware of the danger of the so
called brush-fire wars that could not reasonably be
settled by resort of massive retaliatory weapons.
' McElroy made it plain the new interest in military '
power to meet small-scale Communist harassmonts
stems from our experiences in the Lebanon and For
mosa, situations this year. Reliance on stoutly main
tained sea and' air communications was obviously vital.
Yet one cannot help wondering why these experiences
were . necessary to drive ,the lesson home. The Reds
have long showed a ready disposition to probe into
fringe area soft spots.
It was likewise a. little disconcerting to hear the way
in which it was suggested it might be time for us to
reappraise our use of the intermediate range ballistic,
missiles. . "
: We .are-now considering a production slash in these
weapons, in favor of the longer-range intercontinental
missiles.
.McElroy said the ICBM's are coming along faster
than expected, and also that I REM. bases planned, on
Allied soil, are vulnerable to Sbviet assault. Economy
onters the picture, too, since we are anxious to avoid
piling' one weapons 'system upon another unless it is
crucial to our defense. , . i'. .1 ,
But, of course, the European "bases, over which there
has been so much furor abroad, have always been vul
nerable. And vi.th urgency introduced as the result of
Soviet progress on intercontinental weapons, for some
time there has been a pretty fair prospect we'd get our
ICTJM's into production sooner than originally thought.
The ideas seem sensible enough. Yet perhaps it's fair
to suggest that we might have come by them a lot sooner.
Open Early For Christmas
If you'believe that you're the best driver in the world,
or that, you know how to do 50 on an icy road, or that a
couple drinks sharpen your reflexes, be smart:
Open your Christmas presents now. You might have
time to enjoy them.
Barbs
When what you see in thonurror sort of shocks you,
maybe it's too many late, late shows on TV.
It's surprising when you open a present on your
birthday and discover that it isn't what you knew (t
would be.
Whether or not clothes make the man, a lot of fellpws
owe a lot to their tailors.
A number of old fossils were found in the Midwest.
Why not run them for some office'?
It's almost worth getting a cracked lip if it comes
from smiling.
Maybe womei) like to run for Congress because they
feel their place is in the House.
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his chewing gum!"
Facts Show Conservatives Not Dead
By LYLE C. WILSON
Unittd Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) Fur
ther evidence to support the be
lief that the conservatives are not
all dead is this:
The right wing weekly news
letter "Human Events, which is
published In Washington," D.C.,
cast up before the November
election a list of Republican
members of the House, ' all '55
years of age or younger, who
were standing for re-election and
who could be classed as conserv
ative politician?. " ;
Their c6nsorvativc tag arbi
trarily was conferred because all
of them in the 85th congress had
cast more; than 70 ' por cent of
their votes on controversial legis
lation against the recommenda
tions of Americans for Demo
cratic Action (ADA).
ADA is a non-Communist but
quite left wing political' faction of
which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is
honorary national chairman. Oth
er notables in the ADA high com
mand include Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey (D-Minn) Sen. Wayne
L'. Morse (D-Orc) Walter P. Reu
ther of the auto workers, and
former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman
(D-N.Y.). ADA is the heir and
embodiment of FDR's new deal.
"Human Events" called (he list
of 42 conservative Republicans a
roll of honor and reported in Oc
tober that. 30 of them were seek
ing reelection. Of those 38, four
lost and 34 were re-elected, a high
percentage in any circumstances,
but especially so in an election
generally regarded as an unre
lieved catastrophe for conserva
live citizens and a triumph for
the left wing.
The 34 winners came from 17
states too widely scattered to
make anything like a pattern.
The winners were: Rhodes, Ariz.;'
Tongue. Jackson, Hosmer, Smith,
Holt, Lipscomb, Wilson. Calif.;
Cramer, Fla.; Budge, Idaho; Col
lier, III.; Adair, Ind.j Mclntire,
Miane; Bates, Mass.; Johansen,
Cedcrberg, Mich.; Weaver, Cun
ningham, Neb..' D e r o u n i a n,
Bosch, ' Robison, Miller, Pillion,
N.Y:; Jonas, N.C.; Scherer,
Betts, Henderson, Minsall, Ohio;
Alger, Tex.; Poff, Va.; Van Pelt,
Laird, Byrnes, Wis: and Thom
son, Wyo.
Other and older Republican con
servatives also were re-elected.'
"Human Events" noted, however,
a peculiar significance in the re
election of the younger men, as
follows: ' i
"The high proportion ((19.5 per
cent! of 'young' conservative vic
tors is reassuring to the Republi
can party, for it runs contrary to
normal expectations.
"An opposition sweep usually
causes the most devastating los
ses among the younger and new
er members because they are the
ones who lack the prestige and
power which comes with seniority
in committees. In addition, they
have not had as many years to
be .of service to( constituents."
These 34 youngish Republican
conservatives, a handful of, their
conservative elders and those
Southern Democrats who refuse
to march the left-of-center path
wjll add up to a considerable bloc
of votes in the 86th Congress.
All of them together are not
likely to muster a majority on
any vote in the House. They will
be the hard core of support, how
ever, when President Eisenhower
begins to fire veto messages at
big spending projects. To over
ride a veto requires a two-third;
vote. Eisenhower will use the ve
lo freely in tile next two years.
171;000 Acre Oregon
Ranch Sale Reported
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Kcrn
County Land Company announced
the sale of the 171.000 acre
Chcwacan ranch in southeastern
Oregon to the Sinton & Brown
cattle ranch company of Santa
Maria. Calif.
More than 18.00(1 head of cattle
and grazing leases on one million
acres of land were included in the
transaction.
Kern County Land Company
said it acquired the 6,000 - acre
Sanla Rita and 500-acre Alliance
callle ranches near Paso Robles'
in the transaction.
The Chewacan ranch, one of the
largest in the West, is located 40
miles north of Lakeview, Ore.
Quotes
From The
News
(Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
CHICAGO Deputy Coroner
George Connor, on the stneks of
bodies of children who died in the
tragic fire in Our Lady of Angels
School:
"It will be worse when t!ie par
ents come to identify these lots."
LONDON The Daily Iler;:l(!,.on
protests by other newspapers over
the "baby doll" marriage of 14-year-old
Barbara Scruggs, of St.
Mary's, Ga., who has joined her
sailor husband in Britain:
"Busybodies shut up!" ,
HAVANA The Fidel Castro reb
el radio, on alleged U.S. "med
dling" in Cuban affairs:
"Enough is enough. (We're)
tired of being branded as Com
munists by the American State
Department."
WASHINGTON Defense Secre
tary Neil II. McElroy, saying he
doubted a report that Russia was
test-flying the world s first nuclear-powered
aircraft:
"If it ' is true, it would be a
tremendous jolt to us in this
country." v
Scientists believe people have
lived in Latvia since 3,000 B.C.
War Correspondent Reserve
Corps Suggested By UPI Chief
WASHINGTON (UPI) Frank
H. Bartholomew, president of
United Press Ingernational, pro-
nosed that the armed ser
vices and the press and broad
casting industries consider creat
ing a reserve corps of -war cor
respondents who would be ready
to go into action at the outbreak
of any future major conflict.
Under Bartholomew's plan, the
correspondents in such a reserve
would be kept up to date. by the
armed services on developments
in the fast-changing modem weap-
Harsh Words Describe
Accident-Prone Drivers
NEW YORK UPI The state
Labor Department has some rath
er harsh words to describe driv
ers with bad accident rates.
An article in the department's
monthly magazine states that ac
cident-prone drivers are likely to
be "financially irresponsible, horn
honkers, car decorators, imma
ture, and promiscuous."'
Bad drivers, adds the depart
ment, also 'have "an above aver
age interest in drinking, sports
and gambling."
HOLMES TO RETURN
SALEM ( UPI )-Gov. Robert D.
Holmes of Oregon is scheduled to
return to his desk Tuesday. He
has been, in Hawaii for the West
ern Governors' Conference and a
short vacation.
ons and fighting techniques. They
in turn would keep the services
advised of the requirements of the
press and broadcasters for effect
ive coverage oi nusuiuies.
Bartholomew advanced his sug
gestion in a talk ta the annual
conference of Navy public inform
ation officers. He was the opening
speaker for the two-day confer
ence attended by about 75 in
formation officers from all of the
fleets and major Navy shore sta
tations. If a reserve corps of war cor
respondents were set up, he sug
gestion in a talk to the: annual
meetings for exchunge of informa
tion with all of the armed services.
At these sessions the potential war
correspondents could be brought
up to date on kinds of weapons
and tacticc that likely would be
used if war should break out. And
at the same time, the correspond
ents would advise the services of
changing techniques and require
ments of newspapers and broad
casters. In the field of current public re
lations, Bartholomew urged the
navy information officers to cut
down on the flood of prepared
"handouts" and to get their com
manding officers to hold more
news conferences. He also remind
ed them that one way to build
confidence in their operations is
to make sure, that "bad news" as
well as good is announced prompt
ly ond forthrightly.
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. ..... A MODEST
REFORESTATION PLAN ,
FROM OREGON'S ONLY
(& LARGEST) BREWERY
TO PROMOTE THE 1959
OREGON CENTENNIAL -AND
WASHINGTON, TOO
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Last spring, the lives of over 63,000 people out
there were made greener and more meaningful by
; the Douglas Firs, suitable for planting, which Ore-,
gonians sent to promote the Centennial. When you
add to this number their families, friends, neighbors
and passers-by who will also benefit from the shade,
the figure runs much higher. To millions, maybe.
In addition we received requests for 13,000 trees
that we couldn't fill because tree-shipping season
ends promptly April 30th. Trees have seasons just
like strawberries, apples, or swimming' suits.
Well, here it's tree-planting season again. So fill
out the coupon at the bottom of the page and we'll
send a free tree (2 years old . . . about a foot high)
from you to anyone in the United States outside
of Oregon. And Washington.
This time Washingtonians are cordially invited
to get in on the fun, too. After all, Washington was
originally a part of the Oregon Territory and will
doubtless be more than happy to lend, Oregon a
hand in promoting its Centennial. We're sure that
Oregonians will reciprocate in 1989 when Washing
ton's Centennial Year comes up.
The tree, then, will be accompanied by a tag say
ing it is from you, with your name on it, and a booklet
that tells, (a) How to plant and care for it, (b) About
Oregon's Centennial and the fun they can have, and (c) How
they ought to visit Washington as well. As long as they're
coming all this way they ought to see the other magnificences
of our great Northwest, don't you agree?
All right, who to send the trees to? Even those of you who sent a tree
last time must know a lot of other people. Here are a few suggestions:
f l FRIENDS. THEY'D LIKE A LIVING INVITATION TO THE CENTENNIAL AND
A NORTHWEST VACATION, NOW WOULDN'T THEY? f 2j RELATIVES. YOU MUST
HAVE LOTS OF THOSE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU USED TO LIVE SOME
WHERE ELSE. WHY SHOULD YOU BE THE ONLY LUCKY ONE IN THE FAMILY?
3 J BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES; LODGE BROTHERS; THAT MAN YOU WRITE
TO ALL THE TIME BUT HAVE NEVER MET. f 4 SOMEONE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW OR HAVE ADMIRED FROM AFAR, flsfl EVEN SOMEONE YOU
DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE; MAYBE A LIVING TREE WILL SOFTEN IBM UP
AND MAKE HIM MORE ENDURABLE. ' " ,
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Tret hrp'"l itisoiv IjntMfy ht to April 30tfe
...you get the idea. Oh, one other thing: we've gotten.back several
reports of trees that died. We think we can blame this one on the
weather. It was an unseasonably cold spring in some places. If you
have heard of any such hardship cases and haven't reported them
to us, just fill out the coupon and we'll send them another tree.
And one more thing, we'd enjoy knowing where the trees end up
and how they are doing. Only if it's convenient; of course. Don't feel
you have to write, though we like to get letters. And answer thenL
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