Cap and Gown
EDITORIAL PAGE
La Grande Observer
Monday, Junt 8, 1959
"A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit"
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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.
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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.
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'Barbs;1 ' ' '".-'V
When a newly married couple gets a
roof over their heads you can't blame
them for wanting to raise it. . '
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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.)
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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.
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