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La Grande Observer
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j " Friday, May 29, 1959
"A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit"
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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.
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