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Playing For
Are we in (lunger of buinjr embarrassed
' HKaiti alt he summit? This is another
way: of asking: are we so abort-willed
wn don't know how to make propu- '
tratida or how to combat the efforts of
the Communists In this field?
"If we are," an inwluential senator has
stated, "we had better learn (how to
- make propaganda). 1 think jt is that
kind of world and we have to accept it."
The speaker: Sen. James William Ful
brijrht (D-Ark.), chairman of tho Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.'
In a recent Interview with a reporter
of The Christian Science Monitor, Son.
Fulbright said be has grave doubts
whether the Russians really want to
compose solutions for such problems as
Merlin or the Middle Kast.
"Hut those doubts, in my opinion, do
All That They're Willing To
Is the head of a large union as much
entitled to a large salary as the head of
f a large corporation ?
Any negative answer to this question
is sure to result in an indignant protest
from some labor leaders. This was proved
when the monthly letter of the First Na
tional City Bank of New York last sum
mer included some comment on union
leaders' salaries in an analysis titled,
"Union Power and the Public Interest."
After reporting that unions collect
a minimum of 620 million dollars a year
in dues, and , that employes' pensions
funds run into billions, the bank letter
stated: "Union leaders have learned to
know and enjoy superior living standards
formerlly reserved to successful men in
business,' the arts, science and politics..
In fact union operation has become a
relatively unregulated type of big busi
ness." George Meany, president of AFL-CIO
took violent issue with the whole article,
and his reply to it was published in the
April issue of the City Bank's monthly
letter. Meariy commented that the bank
seemed uncomfortable about the fact
that workers and union officials had
managed to achieve some decent status.
Commenting on the statement about liv
ing standards quoted above Meany wrote :
"I find such a statement appalling
because I had hoped this kind of barren
feudalistic prejudice, at least, had dis
appeared from the thinking of American
finance."
Then the top labor leader of the na
tion went on to say in effect that a union
president had as much right to the finer
things in life as a corporation president.
Obviously the rank and file of union
members agree, since so many of them
approve generous compensation for their
top leaders. One union was even too
generous. The AFL-CJO Brotherhood of.
Railway Clerks paid its president so
much money that he returned part of it.
His refund to the union last week came ,
to $127,313. His salary has been, $76,000
This Putt or I Won't Play"
EDITORIAL PAGE
M1.EY D. ALLEN
GEORGE S. CHALUS
11. E. PIIII.BY ..;
TOM HUMES
A Bag Of Marbles
not justify refusing to enter into summit
discussions," he satjj. "Now it may be
(the Russians) only want to make propa
ganda, but 1 don't know why we cannot
make propaganda the same as they do.
. . . All I am saying is that we ought to
find out what they are doing and pursue
opportunities to find out."
iy exhibiting our willingness to sit
down and talk with the Russians, Sen.
Fulbright believes we will help dispel the
impression we are afraid of the Com
munists and that we have no ideas and
no polices.
What: the senator might have said is
that we. are playing for a big bag of
mableg,and the other fellow has a pretty
effective taw. Unless we attempt to
learn ' bow he operates, in the ring we
standa good chance of losing all our
marbles. , , ,
a year since 1951, but he thought that
was too much and accepted only $60,000.
The delegates to the union convention
thereupon reduced his salary to $60,000
. a year, but raised from $23,333 to $30,
000 iv year the annual pension he will
receive when he retires, and set up an
annuity of $15,000 for his wife if she
outlives her husband.
There' are those, of course, who will
argue that any union man ought to dress,
act and live the part of someone who is
having the struggle to get ahead that
he often claims for his members. And
some union leaders do act this part. In
one city in Michigan, the standard uni
form oi' the United Automobile Workers
is a sports shirt with an open collar.
They will come dressed that way to any
public .occasion, no matter how formal.
Other union leaders believe it is unseemly
for tliein to wear expensive suits, drive
exponsve cars, and live in big houses
when those who pay their salaries are
not able to live on a comparable scale.
To be 'perfectly fair about it, it must
be admitted that a person should be com--pensated
according to the size and im
portance of the job that he does.
Unionism is big busines, as is frequently
pointed out. Unions own office buildings,
vast amounts of stock and bonds, and
even a few banks. Men who handle the
affairs of such unions certainly deserve
to be paid more than if they were work
ing at the trade their union represents.
We would say that a union leader is
entitled to make iill the money the union
is willing to pay him, but that would
apply only to a union where democratic
principles are followed to the point where
approval of a high salary actually repre
sents the feelings of a majority of those
who pay the bills. The union official
who fixes his own salary is tlie one to
look out for.
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King Of The
Taught Us Some Lessons
WASHINGTON Being a king
in this modern day of democrac
ies, press conferences, and Rotary
club luncheons is no easy job. Es
pecially it's not easy when you're
only 29 years old and have nev
er taken an official trip outside
your country.
However, the eoast-to-coast tour
of the young king of the Belgians,
just terminated, held both les
sons and highlights for the U.S.A
King Baudouin's visit was a bit
diffrent from that of his famous
grandfather, King Albert, who
with his- consort came to New
York during the distressing days
of World War I. Chiefly remem
bered from that visit is Mayor
John Hylan's famous remark:
"You said a mouthful, Queen!"
King Baudouin's visit began in
Washington in the Belgian embas
sy where he stood tall, handsome,
and very much alone. , One by
one, bemedaled diplomats, , full
uniformed officers, and jeweled
dowagers stepped up to shake
hands. Shyly he greeted them.
There was something a bit in
congruous in the scene. Here was
a scion of European royalty which
through the years had become
more democratic, surrounded by
representatives of American
democracy wanting to become
more aristocratic.
There was a day when Benja
min Franklin and Thomas Jeffer
son, appearing in the royal courts
ol Europe, refused to wear uni
forms, inserted a provision in the
U.S. Constitution that medals
could not be accepted. But at the
Belgian embassy tho other eve
ning medals glittered on almost
every uusoni. t
Even the embassy in which the
"8 aiuuu mew ajriiiuiuv. m ""scouts and mcir Deneiacior, uar-
can happen when Americans
yearn for aristocracy and wealth.
It was built by the director of the
mint under Woodrow Wilson, Ray
Uaker, who married Delphinc
Dodge, the copper heiress. It
passed on to the Belgian gov-!
ernment when inheritance taxes
ate up family fortunes.
The King's Sadness
King Baudouin of the Belg
ians didn't know this 'as he stood
shaking hands. Nor did the
crowd milling . in the errtbassy
know why he looked shy, almost
a little sad. Most of. them did
not realize that his mother, the
LETTERS
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name will be withheld on re
quest. To the Editor:
At Tuesday's meeting of the
Boise Kiwanis Club our good mem
oer Kev. (J. Keith Mil's an
nounced that he was moving to
your city to be associated with a
Methodist Church.
In the Mills family your city is
acquirng folks who will be a groat
asset. They will be workers in
every worthy civic undertaking.
Keith has served our Kiwanis Club
as a director and the head of sev
eral committees. He has been
active in many other community
organizations, He has been a build
er of his church and we know your
church will feel the quickening
drive of this man. ; -
Keith understands the problems
of business people and your cham-
ber of commerce will find in him
one who wants to help on its com
munity building programs.
As a former Oregonian with
many friends in La Grande, I
congratulate your community and
I know that the Mills people will
appreciate everything you do to
help them get acquainted and cs-
tubMshed in their new home.
Their wide circle of friends in
Boise wish them well in their new
home and our blessings go with
them.
Cordially, yours, ' '
Ned Harhm ,
1627 Ridgewny Lane
Boiso, Idaho
To The Editor:
The undersigned committee of
the Mt. Emily District Scout Cir
cus wish to sincerely thank you
for your splendid cooperation in
advertising our event held at Ack
erman gym on May 2, 1959
The success of the event was due
in no small measure to your ef
forts. , Sincerely.
' Mt. Emily Circus Committee
James R. Sheirick, General
Chairman
Belgians
beautiful Queen Astrid, had been
killed in an auto accident when
he was five; that his father had
been taken to Germany by Hitler
v hen he was 10; and that after the
war his father was subjected to
bitter criticism from the people
he was supposed to rule first,
because he had surrendered to
Hitler; second, because he took
a commoner as his second wife.
When the criticism became too
intense, his father abdicated.
Baudouin became king of the
Belgians. He was only 21. He
had grown up in a crucible of suf
fering. Even as he toured the U.S., in
specting everything from atomic
testing gounds to thhe Grand
Canyon, word came that critical
subjects back in Belgium demand
ed that his father move from the
Royal Palace because of his in
fluence over his son, the king.
Such is the power of subjects
in these days of modern Europ
ean royalty. ' '
American Aristocracy
For the first time in his life
he held press conferences, ad
dressed huge crowds of people.
Most kings , don't do this. In
Washington, accepting honorary
membership in the Boy Scouts of
America, he told nervous Scout
Robert Singleton: "Give me your
left hand. I'm a boy scout too
and I know the proper shake."
"Your honor," asked the Amer
ican scout, pulling some coins
from his pocket. "Are these real
Belgian coins?
The king examined them, said
one was from tho Belgian Congo,
Hip nlhnr from Belgium. He ac-
cepted ,a flag from : the Boy
field Kass, the supermarket build
er, but wanted to be sure it was
a new flag with the 49th star for
Alaska. It was.
In Detroit, King Baudouin not
only inspected auto assembly
lines but dined with the first
motor family of America the
Henry Fords. Henry Ford II was
host, erandson of the strait-lac.
ed, abstemious old mechanic who
had built a "back-yard machine
shop into one of the industrial
wonders of the worm.
Youna Ford, unlike his grand
father, was so ebullient later in
the evening, that one Belgian lady
left him on the dance floor.
Next morning, however, Ford
took the king on a personal tour
of his plant, gave him one ol tne
first rides in the new Ford small
car. the Falcon, and showed him
the miracle of modern motor pro
duction.
If modern-day royalty has as
much strength and democracy as
th vnune kina of the Belgians
it has learned a lesson from which
Americans can profit,
They Claim They
Like Each Other
. WASHINGTON (UPI) Two of
the most powerful men in congress
insist that they do so like each
other.
Ren. Clarence Cannon (D-Mo.)
tactiturn chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee, started
the bouquet-throwing by remark
ing, "simply because nobody else
likes Sneaker Sam Rayburn is no
reason why I should not ime mm.
"I am instinctively for tne un
derdog, therefore I naturally am
for Speaker Rayburn," ne aaaea
Cannon took the house floor yes
terday, to the amusement of his
colleagues and a grinning aayDurn
to refute "promptly and emphatic
ally, categorically, dogmatically
and totally and otherwise a mag
azine report that he and Rayburn
were feuding.
He identified the publication as
the current issue of Progressive
magazine.
Rayburn, who has served 36
years with Cannon in the' house
after a 10-year start on him,
chimed in to say he wanted it
known that there was a "mutual
warm friendship" between the two.
RIGHTEOUSNESS ELUSIVE
POMONA, Calif. (UPI) A 26
year-old fofmer minister pleaded
cuiltv to burglary charges Mon
day and was sentenced to 30 days
in jail, placed on seven years pro-
h.ntinn and ordered to seek dsv
chiatriV' help. Donald J. W.
Thralls, former pastor of the
Church of the Bretflern In nearby
Covini, complained: "I was hap
py to lead others, but I have not
been successful in leading myself
down the path of righteousness."
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THEY THOUGHT 'LIGHT YEAR'
WAS GOOD TIME FOR JUNKETS
By PRANK ELEAZER
UPI Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (UPI) When
the House Space Committee was
getting into orbit last year some
or its members were said to Be
lieve a "light year" was one in
which they didn't have to run for
election and could take a few
weeks off fora junket.
The committee now is able to
advise, however, that the term
actually refers to "the distance
light travels in one year at 186,
300 miles per second."
"So you can see that the Space
Committee, although ' moving at
something less than the speed of
light, has. come a long way. In
fact, after, a year's exposure to
the experts in the space business
it now speaks of space matters
in such learned fashion it is im
pelled to include glossaries in its
reports to the House.
A year ago the average space
member, pressed for a definition
of "deceleratifin," would have said
it means slowing down. Not any
more, though. The committee now
defines it as "negative accelera
tion."
Familiar With Parameters
Last year at this time the
space men thought a nozzle was
a gizmo on the end of a hose.
Now they would as soon be caught
with their papameters down as
make that kind of a slip.
QUOTES FROM
THE NEWS
NEW YORK AFL-CIO Presi
dent George Meany, on "unfriend
ly actions" by the federal govern
ment against labor:
"You. should think that we had
come to a day of sanity, when
there would be cooperation be
tween Americans, if you please,
Americans in overalls and Amer
icans behind a desk. Well, that
doesn't seem to be in the cards.
A declaration of war seems to be
the answer, and if that's it I
guess we will have to take it."
GALVESTON. Tex.-W Rus
sell Long (D-La.), on his uncle,
Gov. Earl K. Long of 'Louisiana,
undergoing psychiatric treatment:
"I think most of the people are
now in sympathy with the gover
nor. He became sick fighting for
the common man."
LOS ANGELES Sen. Stuart
Symington (D-Mo.), on whether
he would accept the Democratic
nomination for president in I960:
"Of course I would! Politics is
my business, and the presidency
is the highest honor the people
can bestow.''
WASHINGTON President Ei
senhower, on receiving the cre
dentials of Thailand's new ambas
sador: "The historic friendship which
has developed between Thailand
and the United States forms a
lasting foundation for our. com
mon endeavors to preserve free
dom and .security in Southeast
Asia and the world at large."
for the tops in TV
"Joe's handy, but we need a gas water heater."
Some people will go to almost any length' to avoid getting a
new water-heater but not you. You're the kind of intelligent,
lax-seeing citizen who realizes modern laundries need extra hot
water support and who knows that Gas heaters are decidedly
faster than any others run by an all-automatic fuel. So why not
visit our display floor or see our gas appliance dealer to see a
choice of fine makes thriftily priced. There's a right size and
model (or your requirements.
ONLY
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A nozzle, they told the House
last week, is "a duct, tube, pipe,
spout or the like through which
a fluid is directed and from the
open end of which the fluid is dis
charged, desighned to meter the
fluid or to produce a desired di
rection and type of discharge."
Of course any House member
knows what a parameter is. But
for the possible benefit of con
gressional' pages, newspapermen,
and others who don't, the com
mittee defined it as an "arbitrary
constant," obviously the very
worst kind.
Degrees Of Deviation
Eccentricity is defined as "the
degree of deviation from a cir
cular orbit." In other words, just
as the House already suspected,
an eccentric is a fellow going
around in circles, only not quite,
and the senators can put the shoe
on if it fits.
The committee, helpfully, de
fines lunar as pertaining to the
moon. It says a liquid propellant
is a propellant that is liquid.
Interplanetary means between
planets, the committee discloses,
whereas interstellar don t try to
guess means between stars.
"Interface," according to the
Space Committee's advice to the
Army Recruit
Courtmartialed
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI)
Army recruit Lou A. Lennear, 20,
faced a. general court martial to
day for refusing to salute an offi
cer. He said, he had religious objec
tions against saluting officers.
Lennear, from Oakland, Calif.,
is a member of the Jehovah Wit
nesses religious sect.
The alleged offense occurred
March 12 when he failed to salute
Capt. Henry H. Gaskins. The for
lowing day, he was on his way to
explain why he hadn't saluted the
captain, and failed to salute Gas
kins, a second time.
' Army authorities put him in the
Fort Sam Houston slockade where
prisoners aren't permitlSd to sal
ute. Lennear enlisted in the Army
last Nov. 25.
GALE UNDERGOES SURGERY
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Actress
Gale Storm was reported in satis
factory condition today at Holly
wood Presbyterian Hospital where
she underwent surgery for remov
al of a disc in her back. Miss
Storm, operated on Monday, will
be hospitalized for about two
weeks, doctors said.
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House, is a word for "the bound
ary between two media,- especially
as transisted by a propagated
wave." I learned as a boy though
not to use words like that unless
I was sure.
Fulton Plans Space Bill
For the first couple of months
last year committee members
kept hounding the experts on
where space started and ended.
Now it develops they at least
know what space is, if not ex
actly where. It's "that part of
the universe between celestial
bodies." .
For the latter, no definition is
given.
Rep. James G. Fulton (R-Pa.),
a committee member, meantime
has-disclosed he will put in a bill
to erect, as I get it, some kind
of milestones in space.
"We can then move from an ex
act point in time and location on
earth to time, points and distances
in space," Fulton saidjn a letter
to the Bureau of Standards, sug
gesting that the bureau get on the
ball. ' . ''
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