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Cap and Gown EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Observer Monday, Junt 8, 1959 "A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" PUBLIBHBD BT THB LA GRANDtt PUBLISHING COMPANY Robert W. Chandler. Prealdent J. M. McClelland. Jr. Vice President RILEY D. ALLEN ; Publisher GEORGE S. CHALLIS Adv. Director TOM HUMES -,v . Circulation Mgr. ' T .I, Regulating Converted ! Landlubber Boating has become so- poriular in this country the federal government- has agreed to step in, and help regulate" the during the last month have Leon scored by human errors. Death toll will con tinue to rise; among recreation bdaters: growing number of , converted ' land until chanceslfor; errors of this kind cart lubbers where the states do not act."' be minimized!! ; '' - " " " j Federal "encroachment1;, in this field can ''& Local power-8quadrons,:' Coast Guard be welcomed. ,- 'f ':-- - auxiliaries and similar agencies offer the Under federal legislation1 adopted vat best opportunity' for boaters to learn the 1958 session? of Congress; 'states-' ipore about how to handle themselves nave until April !. I960, to number A and their craft oncd on the water. ma jumllfiVlAn iK iUnl. . . A t A! 1 1 Al ' ! ; ' ' 'i afi iuuiwuiiuii .ui,, uie gruwing papmar- DREW PEARSON Pearson Attends World Conference In New Role j boats and issue certificates to their own-: ( ers. me rederal government Will do the ; job thereafter for the states which have I not take action themselves. In the state of Washington, Substitute House Bill 151 passed in the House dur ing the last session of the Legislature, , but the Senate took no action on' the measure. As the Legislature does not meet in 1960 it is likely the U.S. Coast Guard will number all motorboats in the i state over 10 horsepower used on federal waters after the April 1960 deadline. Another arm of the 1958 Federal Boat ing Act is in requiring boaters to report ; all accidents involving motorboats or t pleasure craft on federal waters to the V Coast Guard where they result in loss of ! life, injury to any person causing in capacltation for over 72 hours or in dam-"), which combine the .features of service ity jjf the) Longview , Power Squadron ,8 contained m plans for. holding an in structor techniques course this -fall to train, more instructors who will, in turn, train boaters in courses ranging from seamanship to engine maintenance. ' Interest in these programs has extend ed beyond the boat owner to those who have enrolled because they will be on the water, guests of a skipper. Local boat safety programs are being outstripped by boat sales, however. Sales ..of outboard motors are reported running 50 per cent ahead of last year in some areas. An added inducement to buyers is the ''pay-as-you-cruise" plan, and "boatels" are springing up alohcr waterways in association with marinas ' age of property in excess of $100, Regulations embodied in the federal act are designed to reduce accidents and loss of life among our boating popula-i i tion. 'Safety on our recreational water ways is the result of common sense, courtesy and education," Vice Admiral A. C. Richmond, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has stated. "Whether; a motorboat becomes a pleasure boat or a menace to life and property depends upon the manner in which it is main tained and operated," he said. " Many tragedies in boating accidents . station-restaurant-eeneral store. If pleasure boating is : to become a safe national hobby--last year alone an estimated 87 million Ameriqans enjoyed boating the cooperation of.local. state and federal agencies will be required to assure that safe practices are developed and followed. The programs of these agencies will be rendered ineffective, however unless the indiyidual boater is willing to absorb the course material and practice what he learns. An alternative is to become a part of the mounting statistics developed by drownings at sea. They're Their Own Alabama segregationists hnve forced ;the removal of "The Rabbits' Wedding," a harmless little fantasy wrjtten for pre school youngsters from open library shelves in Montgomery. The book is, they claim, propaganda for Integra tionists. The reason ? 1 " ; Because the book1 shows that the ro mance is between a white rabbit and horrors a black rabbit. Garth Williams, the author and illus trator of the little book, says he made the rabbits different colors for pictorial reasons. . Williams said the book "was written for children from two to five who will understand it perfectly. It was not writ ten for adults who will not understand it because it is only about a soft, furry love land has no hidden messages of hate." Stupid complaints of this nature do more to hurt the segregationist cause than all the high-sounding phrases which can be put together by all the writers' and speakers on the subject. (This is as bad as the complaints of the Buper-super-anti-Communists that ."Robin Hood should be removed from library shelves because it was Communis- Worst Enemies tic in that Robin took from the rich and gave to the poor.) These peoplo are their own worst enemies. ' 'v 'Barbs;1 ' ' '".-'V When a newly married couple gets a roof over their heads you can't blame them for wanting to raise it. . ' '5 1. We hope you have such a swell time on your vacation that it'll - be worth going;. broke for. ! Somadav a contractor is going to build a living room large enough to hold all the youngsters' toys. Having your car overhauled before a long trip can save you, the trouble of having it hauled over to some garage. Think of the time wasted by folks in an office explaining to others how busy they are. " There are so doggone many things to live for it makaa-it easier to live on less. BY JACK ANDERSON Editor's Not: While Drew Pearson is serving as dele gate to the Atlantic Congrats In London, his column is be ing written by his associate. Jack Anderson.) o WASHINGTON Although ' his reputation is built on scoops and scandals. Drew Pearson at heart is a crusader. ' He is now in Lon don pursuing his 'favorite cause: peoplc-to-people friendship. For the first time in over 30 years of covering diplomatic do ings, he is attending an interna tional conference not as a news-, man but as a. delegate. He must find It strange covering the talks from the inside instead of button holing the participants for news leaks. ' Before departing, Drew confes sed with a sly smile: "I don't know whether I should leak to myself or not." From the Washington arms conference in 1921 to the Summit conference at Geneva in 195S, he has watched history unfold from ringside. But, of all the great world conclaves, none could stir him more than the Atlantic con gress of the NATO alliance which he is now attending. For its people-to-people theme is a tune he has played more than any other on his typewriter. Drew probably originated the idea of people-to-people diploma cy. Readers of this column will remember: 1. The historic friendship train which rumbled across Europe! with food from the American people. ,Drew conceived the idea and organized the train. 2. The freedom balloons which floated friendship messages to people behind the Iron Curtain. Those were the days before the first parts appeared in the cur tain. 3. Such other projects as the vote-for-democracy letters to Italy and the messagcs-to-Moscow con test for high school students. Chat With Ike But what readers won't re member, because Drew . nevr cr wrote about it, is that he talk ed to Ike as early, as 1958 about ai-pc9plc-to-poople , campaign .10 penetrate tho lion Curtain. They chatted . privately at a luncheon where Ike. presented Drew with the f atncr-oi-ine-xeac muuai. At this luncheon, Drew pre dicted Ike would , become presi dent of the. United States, ana tiuji to sell him' on the need to win iriuiiua . aiuuiig n. ueoDle. . not the commissars In Communist countries'. Drew point er! out that dictatorships could start a war without worrying about a congress, churches, or a free press. But even dictators had to consider their people. vomc quontly the best guarantee against war. he said, was to. reach the Russian oeonle. Ike showed little interest in the idea which 10 years ago was considered revolutionary. It was one reason why the late Sen. Joe McCarthy attacked Drew on the Senate floor. But . unacierrcu Drew keDt. flailing away at his idea in the column, on the radio among government officials. He even took a trip along me iron Curtain from Turkey up through Yugoslavia to Berlin, trying to or ganize a European committee to help get friendship messages to the Soviet and satellite peoples. Some thought Drew was be coming a crank. Diners, iikc Gen. Omar Bradley, then chair man of the joint chiefs, and as sistant Secretary of State George Allen liked the idea. Now its seems to be paying off. Thousands of students, teachers, scientists, businessmen, artists and tourists are working at pco-plc-to-pcople friendship on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Even Ike, a skeptic at the start, has en dorsed the program. Perhaps you will excuse my boasting now that the boss has finally got some recognition as an official delegate to this people to pcople conference. The "Big One" Spitting out the words, harply. Picsidcnt Eisenhower made it clear the other day that he would use the H-bomb if a future "little war" should get too big for our conventional weapons. He. discloed this to John Ma- han, commander of the Veterans )f Foreign Wars, during a priv ate, .40-minutc White House con ference.-' The young, live-wire VFW commander stressed the need for a 900-000-man army and joO.OOO-mah 'Marine Corps to meet the threat of limited wars. Ike removed his glasses and slammed them down on his desk Well, I'll tell you about limit- d wars, he snapped. "If three Army divisions, two Marine di visions and those . ." Ho stumbled for the right word. "Those darn things that float on the water and launch air planes what do they call them?" "Aircraft carriers, Mr. Presi dent," said an aide. Aircraft carrier," echoed the President. "If they can't handle it, we will throw the big one at them." By the "big one," it. was clear he meant the H-bomb: Foreign Flashes From Baghdad the American mbassy . reports Jhat Premier Kassem is successfully checking the spread of Communism in Iraq. He has refused to carry out the death sentences slapped on Iraqui nationalists by the pro Communist military tribunal. In one embassy dispatch, Kassem is quoted as calling Court President Mahdawi a "court jester." . . . Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito snub bed a secret invitation to meet with Russia's Premier Khrushchev when he was in neighboring Al bania last week. Khrushchev sent word he was ready to talk about a reconciliation with Tito if the Yugoslav leader would come to the Albanian capital of Tirana for a meeting. Tito didn t even both er to answer, but he let it be known indirectly that Khrush chev could come - to Belgrade if he wanted to talk . . . For near ly a month, American Ambassa dor Tom Whelan has been bom larding the state department from Managua with urgent cables predicting an invasion of Nicara gua. Unfortunately, the State De partment refused to believe his warnings. - But almost to the day Whelan named, three plane-loads of rebels landed in Nicaragua to spearhead the revolt. BRITISH HERO ILL LONDON (UPI) A hero of the Battle of Britain, former RAF Group Capt. A. G. (Sailor) Malan, is in London to receive treatment for Parkinson's Disease. Malan, who had 32 enemy planes to his credit, now runs a farm in South Africa. QUOTES FROM THE NEWS MEADVILLE. Pa. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, predicting that an in stantaneous world-wide telecast would take place in less than 2'i years: "It could be an" important key in unlocking some of the barriers that now limit a free exchange a broad communication of ideas among the peoples of the world." EAST ORANGE, N.J. - Ciro Bravata, on plans to divorce his wife and marry the woman who bore him quadruplets Saturday: "I always intended to legalize it. My intentions were honorable. But how was I supposed to know we'd have quadruplets. If we'd had twins this wouldn't have happened." WASHINGTON Senate Dem ocratic Leader Lyndon B. John son, calling for flexibility in this nation's foreign relations: "We cannot stake our future on one policy or program any more than we can rest our bodies on a one-legged stool." MCRAE, Ga. Mayor George Callihan, on proclaiming a - state of emergency after the derailing of two tank cars containing dead ly chlorine gas: "Everyone is staying awake. There's no peace of mind know ing all that poison is waiting there." New Rocket Plane Gets Glide Flight EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (UPIi The X15, America's experimental rocket ship, was slated to take its first glide flight today. The sleek, stub-winged craft will be taken aloft under the wing of a giant B52 jot bomber and then cut free at nhoiit Mr.WH) feet for a swift free' flight' back to earth. It will be without .fuel. ' The test, re'ieatedly postponed because of bad weather and tech-; nicul difficulties, is part of a long' series of tests leading to an op erutional capability of the needle nosed craft. It is designed to pen etrate the fringe of space 100 miles high at speed around 4,500 miles an hour. " 1 JJCgr! Own and Enjoy Your Own . SWIMMING 5T1 10 down ... 5 years to pay Famous Esther : Williams Pools Available In Eastern Oregon Two types available cement and highly publicised above ground redwood pools in all sites, from private and motel sizes to large commercial pools for towns and resorts. Financing available to C.l.T. Finance Co. Workmanship and service guaranteed with each pool purchased, and complete swimming lessons and scuba diving instructions furnished. 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