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Her Honor Guard DREW PEARSON " t t-ft..Mf.j. .v-..,,..., EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Observer . j " Friday, May 29, 1959 "A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" PUBLISHED BT THE LA ORANDK PUBUBHINQ COMPANY Robert W. Chandler. President McClelland, Jr., Vice President 1. U. RILEY D. ALLEN ..- Publisher GEORGE S. CHALLIS Adv. Director H. E. PHILBY Managing Editor TOM HUMES Circulation Mgr. Served Nation With Honor When a public figure dies, hia stature ", can be measured by the volume of ma terial about him that is carried on that day's news wires Monday the wire re ports were literally flooded with stories' about and relating to John Foster Dulles." This does not mean that news writers considered him a great man and there fore wrote at length about him. It - simply took vast wordage to report the reactiops, abroad and at home, to this extraordinary man's passing. Not until Sec. Dulles became too ill to carry on was it generally realized howi truly big he was. Then, suddenly, even his most seyere critics in Congress began to express sorrow and regret. And they were in large. part sincere. They didn't agree with some of his policies but they realized he was the best man ' at this particularly difficult time for the job of conducting America's foreign policy program. It was something like the war years when many Republicans agreed that FDR should carry on. t Furthermore Dulles was universally admired because of his almost fanatical devotion to duty, for his stubborn strength in the face of the most severe opposition the Communists could muster, for his singleness of purpose in follow- . ing an unyielding course of resisting the Reds, and for his 'skill in handling diffi cult problems time and again. Foster Dulles, as his friends called him, served as secretary of state for six years, and during those years this na- tion remained at peace, though the dan ger of war was ever present. Inevitably the man who served at the front in the cold war, even though he may have steered perilously close at, times to the brink of a hot war, and admitted it, should have become identified as a man who kept us out of war. He was relied on, depended on, and counted on by a whole nation, from the President on down, and he met the responsibilities magnificently. This fallen statesman is one of those rare persons about whom not enough can be said, and that is another reason there was little on the news wires the day he died except Dulles material. It is true, of course, that judgment of his record in the last six years will have to be postponed until some years hence when the results of . his policies can be assessed. But his record of a lifetime, devoted so much to America's foreign policies, can be evaluated now, and it is a bril liant record. He deserves fully the tributes that have come from around the world. v As Far From Borderline As We Can Costs Of White House Doubled Since Truman j WASHINGTON The soaring cf helicopters. In addition, three cost of running the White House Boeing 707 jet airliners are on under Eisenhower as compared order for use of the President, One person out of 16, a speaker said in Denver recently, suffers emotional or mental disorders. This gets fairly close to the oft quoted remark that "Everyone is queer but thou and me, and some times I am not so sure about thou." Many things are not easily defined, in cluding disorders which are by no means of a black and white nature. Many doctors will tell you that a high percent age of those who come into their offices have nothing physically wrong with them. But they have symptoms. And the symptoms, of course, are very real and distressing. The treatment of these symptoms, caused by emotional stress rather than a physiological disorder or a disease, falls into that broad category known as psychosomatic medicine. We don't mean to minimize the prob lem of mental illness, which remains the most serious single category of human ailment in the nation today. But we don't think it is possible to say precisely that one out of so many is afflicted. It is said that everyone is abnormal physically in some way! That is, every one who wears glasses ha3 less than normal eyesight. Anyone who has a mole has less than perfect skin. Similar ly it might be claimed that everyone is mentally disturbed who is not happy and cheerful all of the time and who may have aches or pains or 'a heart flutter caused by stress or tension. Probably we shoudln't be concerned with definitions. But somewhere there is a definite line of separation between an emotional disturbance and mental ill ness. As many as one out of 16 con ceivably could cross that line. About all we can do is try to keep as far from the borderline as we can. Jury Clears Portland Man ' PORTLAND (VPV Karl Leo pold Mctzcnbcrg, 26, was cleared by a grand jury Thursday in the fatal shooting May IS of Larry Maurice Bolton, 19, here. ' 'Bolton was shot and killed in the Caffe Espresso coffee house. Metzenberg, proprietor of the cafe, - had been held without bail on a second degree murder charge since the shooting. He was released from jail shortly after the grand Jury returned a not-true bill. - Deputy District Attorney David Robinson Jr., who presented the Missing Girl Found On Embassy Grounds ASUNCION. Paraguay (UPl) A four-day search for the baby granddaughter of Bolivian Am bassador Luis Arduz Da?.a came to a tragic end Thursday when the infant's body was found in a cistern on the embassy grounds. case to the grand jury, said grand jury deliberations are conducted in secrecy. But he said, "It is clear from the evidence that the real question presented by the case was whether the homicide was justified by self-defense." Metzenberg told police after the shooting that Holloa, had lunged at him and had tlireatencd him. ith Truman has now been made official by the House appropria tions committee, as a result of prodding by Congressman .lack Shelley of , San Francisco, . the Democrat who also gets elected on the Republican ticket. . When this column reported that Ike's: White House costs had doubled .those of -Truman, there ere denials on Capitol Hill. How ever, a study made by the Library of Congress, based on Budget our- au figures, shows that Truman's costs in 1952 were $3,021,216; Eisenhower's for 1960 will be $5,401,000. . . ,. ' Care and upkeep of the W.bite House and grounds in the last year of Truman were $335,000 the same costs under Ike for 1959 were $515,000. Salaries and expenses of the White House staff total $2,052,000 for 1959 un der Eisenhower, which is $168,000 more than under Truman in 1952, and incidentally seven times as much as under Roosevelt in 1940. In addition," states the Libr ary of Congress report, "$1,500,- 000 has been requested for fiscal year 1960 for the services of 101 persons hired for special White House projects. This staff gives assistance to the President on particular problems of public pol '' ' . .. "The budget for fiscal 19b0, continues the report, "asks for $1; 055,000 to pay the expenses and salaries of 170 White House po lice. This amount is seven times the $150,650 provided for in 1938 under FDR) and nearly twice the S652.000 voted in 1952 (under Truman). Excluded are the po- ice employed for the personal protection of the President and his family." The present White House Duo- get of approximately $5,000,000, says the Library of Congress study, "does not include me num erous aeencies which act in an ad visory capacity to the President." Appropriations amouniig to 226.000 were requested for the fiscal year 1960 for the entire executive office of the .Presi dentincluding the budget bur- iu, civu aerense, eic. Not in White Houw Budget The Library of . Congress listed other services enjoyed by the President, but paid for by the Ar- my. Air force, ano omcr abi des. , r v "President Eisenhower has Bl his disposal a fleet of limousines, planes, helicopters, two ?abin misers ... All supported Dt tne federal taxpayers," The air fleet available for the President's use consists of a four-engine super Constellation, two 6-passenger Aero-Commanders, and a number Interceptor Missile Flies Through Sky Falling Wall Fatal To Girl .; HOUSTON, Tex. UP1 A heavy brick wall at McReynolds Junior High School crashed to the ground just as students were entering for classes, killing a 13-year-old girl. Principal Charles E. Foe said the 10-foot long, seven-foot high all toppled suddenly as studertts were preparing to enter the build ing. Gloria Rivera, 13, was pinned under the wall and killed instant ly- Her father. Joe Rivera Sr., was standing 20 feet away and watched as the wall crashed down on his daughter. Witnesses said Rivera was so paralyzed with fear that he coukln t move to help the girl. Rivera had just ' driven his daughter to the school and let her out in the driveway. Poe said he had "no idea" what caused the wall to collapse. It was reported that students often played on it. , Witnesses said Gloria was talk ing to another student, Jean Schu bert, 14, at the back of the mod ern, two-year-old school. high-ranking officials, and heads of state. "The super Contesllalion Col umbine III . . . cost in the neigh borhood of $3,000,000 . . the Air Force estimates the per hour cost of runnin the plane is ap proximately $711. It is reported that at least 20 cars are rented cn a regular basis for use by the President and his taff. Additional vehicles are made available when the use aris es, ine rresiacni is xeponea iu have three cars: a recent-model Cadillac, a bubbletop Lincoln costing $30,000, and a Chrysler Imperial equipped with a sliding roof. Two heavily constructed Cadillacs costing about $65,000 each are occupied by secret ser vice men who accompany tne President. The army furnishes chauffeurs for this fleet of cars. President Eisenhower also has a motorized golf car which ' cost approximately $1,000. It is driv en by a secret service man.1 The report on presidential ex penses spells out the fact that although the Yacht Williamsburg was given up by President tisen- hower in 1953. it was tied up at the Washington Navy yard until 1957. Democratic congressmen claim It was used during this four-year period . for social func tions by members of the cabinet and White House staff, though this was not admitted by the White House. "In Place of the Williamsburg,' savs the Library of Congress re port, "President Eisenhower has the use cf two naval vessels, the Barbara Anne and the Susie E, named for his granddaughters. The 92-foot Barbara Anna cost about $140,000 to recondition ano the 60-foot Susie- E about $35,- 000. It is estimated that the Navy sDcnds approximately . $60,000 each year for their maintenance. Cither of Alaskan senator Rmadwav Columnist Leonard Lyons, who is celebrating his 25th year in the columning business, claims he was responsible, for making one of the new senators from Alaska. When ne nrsi pro- nrweH writing a Broadway coi- , umn to Ernest iiruenm, - ilor cf the New York Post, Grue ning said: "That kind of a col umn wniilri never go. Later when Lyons talKcd to me Post's business manager, ne sam. We'll have to get us a new ea itnr" - Lyons column tnen siaricu in the Post. Gruening snoniy incie after became chief cf the terri tories division under Roosevelt, then governor of Alaska for long er than any other man hi history. is now one ot tne tirst two mas kan senators. Gruenin and Sen. Bob Bartlett, both Democrats, are the real fathers of Alaskan state hood, but Lyons claims nes tne lather of one Alaskan senator. Congress Bites Congress j For a conressman to cut con gressmen's budgets is like a man biting a dog. However, congress man W. F. Norrell of Arkansas and the House legislative subcom mittee will recommend that con gress reduce its own spending by about $4 million in the next fiscal year, including a cut of $300,000 in stationery allowances for members of congress. They will also urge greater thrift by all congressional mmittees, but increased tunas ior me nuraiy oi Congress. CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (LTD The first Super-Bomarc inter ceptor missile arched across the sky today to begin a short-range test flight. The new missile, designed to kill enemy bombers at ranges as great as 400 miles, was not aimed at any target on its maiden flight. An Air Force spokesman said the weapon was supposed to trav el slightly over 100 miles in a test of its propulsion, control and gui dance systems. The weapon is capable of carry ing a hydrogen warhead. Its range is almost double that of the early model Bomarc. The Super-Bomarc launching came two hours and 16 minutes after the return of a Snark inter continental missile that was sup posed to have made a 5.000-mile flight .The Snark was the third combat version of the ocean-hopping weapon. The intercontinental weapon was the last fired by the 556th Strate gic Missile Squadron before the unit deploys to its operational launching site at Presque Isle. Maine. , The Air Force declined comment on the thwarted mission to Ascen sion Island, 5,000 miles dpwn the Atlantic tracking range. ' Oregon Youth Died Of Clot EUGENE 1UPI" An autopsy Thursday disclosed that a fresh man who died at the University of Oregon infirmary Wednesday morning succumbed from a bipod clot in the lung. Martin Fichter. 18. Portola Val ley. Calif., collapsed while scoring a game in a tennis class. Doctors at the . university in firmary tried to revive him with oxygen and, stimulants .but were unsuccessful. - He was a freshman in pre-law, lived at Young -hall and was a member ef Kappa Sigma social fraternity. Madras Man Dies In Plane Crash MADRAS t'PI A single engine Piper Super Cub plane crashed and burned in a field eight miles north of here Thurs day about 2:30 p.m., killing its one occupant. The pilot, Keith Knowles, about 23, Madras, was spraying a field owned by State Rep. Ben Evick of Madras, when the small craft stalled and suddenly dived from an altitude of dbout 65 feet. The crash was witnessed by John and Henry Kollen, owners of the property on which the craft went down. Appling Has Dim View Of Proposal PORTLAND (UPD-T- Secretary of State- Howell Appling Wednes day -took a dim view of the pro posal by Sen. Richard L. Neu- berger (D-Ore.) under which five per cent of federal income tax money would be returned to state coffers. Appling, addressing the Multno mah County Republican Club, said Neuberger's plan was a "shock ing example -of the trend toward having uncle Sucker provide something for nothing." The Republican state official said the federal government was going down the road toward so cialism and? toward further re moval of the government from the people. The better your home the better your living MEMORIAL DAY Think of us when you think of quality for quality is all we ever think of when we think of you! . Vr5!Tj. Tomorrow Is, A Day To Honor the Dead Departed loved ones will be honor ed and remembered tomorrow as La Grande and the area join with the rest of the nation in observing Mem orial Day. Whatever your holiday plans, take time out to remember close friends and members of your family who have passed on. This is the day set aside for remembrance of them. 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