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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1959)
The Wide Open Space . . . "fMla NEA S.rc., Inc. '( EDITORIAL. PAGE La Grande Observer Tuesday, June 16, 1959 PUBLISHED BY THE LA ORANDK PUBLISHING COMPANT Robert W. Chandler. President J. M. McClelLnd. jr., Vice Preildent "A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" RILEY D. ALLEN . Publisher GEORGE S. CIIALLIS Adv. Director TOM HUMES Circulation Mgr. Larger Interest Is Involved Time magazine, in reportine the loud collapse of relations between Oregon's Senators Dick Neuberger and Wayne Ly man Morse, printed the following quote from an unnamed Oregon Democratic Party leader: "This is harmful to the party. There's a hard core for Neuberger and a very hard core for Morse. But what the hell about the middle? It gets down to this: What good can come out of this for the party?" This is similar to the plaint of the one-' party press in the Coos Bay area, the label isn't ours, Jim Welch dreamed it up, but it's a good one to the same effect. The Coos Bay World says the only so lution, to the whole problem is for the state's Democratic organization td throw Wayne Morse out, and stick with Neuber ger. .; ; Our sympathies, as they have been for the two years the feud has been brewing, are with Neuberger. But regardless of which side you're on, there's a larger interest involved. That's the representation to which the people of Oregon are entitled in the U. S. Senate. As ineffective as Morse has been, his willingness to go along at least on the surface with Neuberger in the past has been one of his saving graces in home state affairs. Now that this willingness is gone, now that in truth he is actively opposing Neu berger, the state's representation must, of course, slip badly. And there's no apparent cure for the situation until 1962, when the voters will have a chance to get rid of Morse. For Morse has no chance at all to dump Neuberger, with any candidate, next year. Too Bad It Was Handled This Way 11 The Anaconda Copper Corporation, as ' it should have done several years apo, has sold the newspapers it owned and published in five Montana cities. It is unfortunate, however, that it chose to sell them to a "safe" publisher in one chain rather than to split them up and sell them singly to publishers who mitrht have been more interested iu the future of Montana. Anyone who ever had any experience in Montana journalism as thin writer did nearly 20 years ago remembers the formula under which "The Company" ran its papers. $ Cover routine news rather thoroughly, don't stir up the animals and don't get involved in local controversy, seemed to have been the policy. As a result readers had no opportunity to express their opinions in letters to the editor, you were well-informed on barn btirninjrs and broken arms and knew darned little about the bigger social issues in the state. Montanans, under the new manage ment, will probably have better news papers than the rather dull products they have reajd in the past. Hut they probably would, have had still better papers if the chain had been -split up, rather than sold intact to someone who had to pimple up better than $5 million to play in the game. ' ' This Week's 'Such Is Fame Department Down in Hollywood lives a TV actor named Raymond Burr, i Burr plays the part of Perry Masqn, (he TV and fictional lawyer, in a weekly television show. Wednesday Burr came to act as master of ceremonies at the open ing of the Centennial Exposition. The- first , person he introduced was Governor' Mark Hatfield, who responded by saying: "Thai you, Mr. Mason." Burr's-f acial expression didn't show on the screen at the moment of Hatfield's response. We sort of wish it had. Such is fame. Swine Research Expanded At Oregon State College Oregon farmers' bid for a big ger chunk of the Pacific Coast's wide-open pork market gained ftrcngth this week with announce ment of further expansion in the swine research program at Ore gon State College. . Purchase of 10 purebred 'York shire gilts will open a new breed ing line at the college to help speed findings fpr better and more economic pork production, reports Dr. David C. England, OSO animal scientist in charge of swine hreeHincr research Other developments ..In recent" weeks include approval of an industry-sponsored swine testing station near Ilcrmiston to test about 250 hops annually. The Ore gon Wheat Commission is financ ing construction of the station to be operated by OCS scientists in cooperation with Ori'Ron swine producers. ; New swine research facilities' were also added, recently at OSC for swine feeding and production experiments including testing of Oregon-grown feeds. Pacific Coast stales mw ship in about 70 per cent of their pork needs, mainly from the midwest. Oregon farmers arc attempting to supply coastal markets through rapidly increasing swine produc tion. Dr. J. C. Miller, OSC dairy and animal husbandry department head, says establishment of the Yorkshire line is part of a step pod up swine research program tc help farmers produce the quanti ty and quality of hogs needed tc nieet regional market demands. OSC has -for many years con ducted' research with Bcrkshin swine recognized as one of th outstanding herds of Berkshire; on the Pacific Coast. Dr. Englaw said the Yorkshire herd is a sup plcmcnt to the Berkshires to ad a "broader base for genetii studies." The Yorkshire gilts were selec ted from the purebred herd o' Et-rl Simantcl, Cornelius, for higl production and high-quality, meat type characteristics. Three York shire bears are on order fron the midwest, and the first litter of this foundation stock will be farrowed next spring. DREW PEARSON Pressure Is Applied On Behalf Of Strauss WASHINGTON. A significant ecret meeting with Adm. Lewis trauss and Chairman John Mc cone of the atomic energy com nission took place recently to iiscuss whether Strauss could be lonfirmed as secretary of com- nerce. Members of the -White House staff were also present. Strauss confessed that his hop- ?s of confirmation looked dim. Since he wasn't going to toler ate the humility of defeat, he onsidered the possibility of liav jig his name withdrawn. This brought' vigorous opposi tion from other conferees. They pointed out that the President had stuck out his neck by saying he would not withdraw Strauss's name. 'How arc we going to break the news to the President?; one nf them asked. Final decision was that a sup- arhuman effort would be made to swing wavering senators into line and apply lobbying pressure on others to change their minds. This meeting was what precede ed one of the most intensive per sonal lobbying campaigns ever seen on Capitol Hill. It has been so intense that Sen. Howard Cannon of Nevada suggested a Senate probe. 'I have heard of the most se vere and coarse pressures being applied on individual senators," h said. Backstage Pressure Here is Dart of the lobbying pressure to which Senator Can non referred. Pressure No. 1 Out of the clear blue, much-revered Baron Robert Silvercruys, ambassador of Belgium, got a phone call from Admiral Strauss. Silvercruys has nothing to do with American pol itics, but happens to be married to the lovelv widow of the late Sen. Brien McMahon of Connec ticut who Dlaved a key role in developing the hydrogen bomb. McMahnn had written a 5.1XHJ.- word letter to President Truman nreine dcveloDmcnt of the bomb, but when Baroness Silvercruys asked permission to publish the letter, Strauss refused. He has claimed credit for the H-bomb himself, and some critics have nniniod nut that Dublication of tnc McMahcn letter would have refuted this. Naturally Baroness Silvercruys has not hesitated about giving senators her views on Strauss when asked. , "Rosemary has been very aloof inward me lately." Admiral itrinu tnlri the Belgian ambas sador in his surprise phone call. "But I understand you are retir ino sunn, and I iust wanted to know if you'd like to be presi dent of Studcbaker Motors. They need a man like you and I won dered whether you might be in terested." It was true that Ambassador Silvercruys is retiring after a i..na oni distincuished career, but he did not feel like trading his wife's feelngs toward Strauss off for a job. Lobbyist John L. wtwi 2 occurred at John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers headquarters. Admiral airauss called in person on the bushy eyebrowed miner boss, urged him to swing the two West Vir ,.,n;. cnnatnra into line. Strauss argued that he was the man who put an embargo on resiauai on mports into the USA wnicn were QUOTES FROM THE NEWS SAN DIEGO. Calif. - Vice President Richard M. Nixon, say ing that blame will fall to the Russians if the Geneva foreign ministers' conference fails: "The intransigent and stubborn position displayed by Mr. Gromy ko and Mr. Khrushchev is endan gering chances for a summit con ference. If the conference at Ge neva fails the whole world will know that the sole cost will rest with the Russians." CHICAGO David Pickles Nesius, 14, after signing a confes sion that he smashed his moth er's head with a tomahawk and then strangled her with one of her silk stockings: "There are a lot of things I don't want to remember." WASHINGTON Gen. Mark W. Cla-k. agreeing with British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's belief that the World War II in vasion of southern France left the Balkans prey to Soviet troops: "I have always felt that the weakening of the Italian cam paign in order to invade southern France, instead of pushing on north in Italy and then into the Balkans, was one of the outstand ing political mistakes of the war." GALVESTON. Tex. District Judge L. D. Godard, announcing 0 defense lawyers that he has lecided to put off until next Monday a ruling on the plea of Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana for 1 judicial order releasing him from a Texas -mental hospital: "I believe in all fairness that I need a little time to study the authorities cited. I am sorry I cannot give you a decision imme- diately." hurting West Virginia coal, i Lewis promptly got busy, sent word to Sens. Bob Byrd and Jen nings Randolph, two good West Virginia Democrats, to change their votes. They had been against Strauss. Now Randolph is for him and Byrd is wavering. The other day Byrd came up to Sen. Gale McGee, Wyoming Dem ocrat, after he finished a power ful summary of the case against Strauss. "Doggone it," he complained good-naturedly. "You're making it awfully tough for me. I was all prepared to vote for this man, and now you're making me search my conscience." Pressure No. 3 Already re ported in this column was Strauss's support for a textile committee in order to win the vote of Senator Pastore, Rhode Island Democrat. He wants stif fer tariffs on textiles. But Strauss's secret byplay with John L. Lewis has now back fired. In claiming credit for cur tailing residual oil, to get votes from coalproducng West Virgina. Strauss put himself on record against New England which bad ly wants residual oil. ' Senator Pastore, who voted for Strauss in order td get textile tariffs, also signed a strong let ter demanding continued imports on residual oil. Signing this let ter with him on March S, 1959, vcrc Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, who's reported favor ing Strauss, and Sen. Ed Muskic of Maine, also veering toward Strauss. Thus the Admiral has lobbied for votes with New England sen ators on the basis of helping New England, and lobbied for votes with West Virginia 'Senators on the basis of having hurt New England. L.A. Ticket SNAFU The Big hassle over the 5,000 tickets claimed by big Ed Pauley, the oilman, for the next Demo cratic convention has now been settled. The settlement was quietly arranged, not by the par ty chiefs as some of them claim ed, but by savings and loan exe cutive, Bart Lyttcn of Los Ange les. Because Pauley put up a sizable chunk of dough for the Los Ange les convention, he wanted to grab off 5.000 tickets. This would have given him a chance to pack the ball,, stampede the delegates for his man Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri. Other candidates were, fit to be tied. Finally Lyt- ton untied the Gordion knot, per-: suaded Pauley to take 1,500 tick ets, the California state Demo cratic committee 1,000, with the rest going to various Democratic organizations. SINGER LEONETTI MARRIES BALBOA, Canal Zone (UPI) Singer Tommy Leonetti and ac tress Pat Quinn were married here Sunday night. The 25-year-old Cliff side. N.J., crooner and his bride received a papal blessing by cable and went off on a honey moon in the Panama mountains. ACTOR PRINCETON TRUSTEE PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI Mo vie Actor James Stewart has been elected an alumni trustee at Princeton University, it was an nounced today. Stewart received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Princeton in 1932. Even The Waitresses Joined In When Ike Started Signing Menus WASHINGTON (UPI) Back stairs at the White House: Only rarely does President' Ei senhower sign autographs in pub lic. Usually, when he s at a ban quet and people approach him with their menus to be signed, he smiles as graciously as possible and asks that they mail the cards to him. Eisenhower is pretty good about signing such things as menus and programs, even if it does on oc casion take many weeks before they get back to the individual who made the request. The President's firm- stand, which,! ncidentally is quite en couraged by the Secret Service, dissolved the other night here when he had dinner with several thousand Republicans honoring the GOP members of Congress. Movie actor John Wayne was the toastmaster and naturally he attracted a lot of autograph seek ers. Armed with' Wayne's signa ture, many of the diners then ap proached Mrs. . Eisenhower. And the next step logically was to brace the President. As he said later, he made his fatal mistake when he signed the first one. The next thing he knew, he was literally besieged. The front of the table where he was ANTI-COMMUNISTS STAGE NEW PROTESTS IN. INDIA TRIVANDRUM. India UPI Anti Communist demonstrators defied killings and mass arrests by Communist-directed police in Kerala State today and 'Staged huge new protest demonstrations in an effort to unseat the Red government. Police arrested 86 persons. bringing to nearly 1,000 the total number seized since members of Adenauer's Party Names Candidate BONN, Germany (UPI) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer's Chris tian Democratic party named Min ister of Agriculture Heinrich Lueb ke as its' candidate for president of West Germany yesterday. Adenauer himself had been named for the post previously, but changed his mind nearly two weeks ago and decided to remain in the more powerful job of Chan cellor. His decision had left the party high and dry for a candidate and torn with dissension when Vice Premier and Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard publicly chal lenged Adenauer on his decision. Erhard had been named previous ly as the party's candidate for president, but turned it down. He had been expected to succeed Ad enauer as chancellor. Today's .official announcement that the 64-year-old Luebke had been nominated by the party s presidential nominating commis sion ended the search for a candi date. Luebke accepted immediate- Jj ... ' A snaxy truce prevailed Deiween Adenauer and Erhard in their in ner party struggle for power, but Erhard appeared still angry be cause Adenauer's abrupt reversal cost him the job of chancellor at this time. Ihdia's ruling Congress Party and other "factions tegan their anti Communist campaign in the state last Friday.- Up to today, 10 persons had been shot and killed and more than 50 injured by Kerala's po licemen. Local members of the Con gress Party charged that Com munists in disguise were stirring up violence and giving police an excuse to shoot anti-Red demon strators. In spite of the threat of more killings, men, women and teen agers formed processions throughout the state again today, waving flags and shouting "down with communism." Others picket ed government offices and state operated schools. The situation has become so critical that Sadiq Ali, secretary of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Congress Party, rushed to Trivandrum, Kerala's capital, to investigate. Ali was reported armed with authority to order local congress party leaders to call off the demonstrations if he discovered they were responsible for the violence. ciitinir was mobbed. Even wait resses w,ho were supposed to be serving One meal put asiae meir trays for the moment and joined the mob. ' Swrfl Service agents in front of the President stood their ground ' gamely, but they had their limita tions. After all, this was a Re- nuhlirnn dinner where' the Dew holders planked down $100 a plate. One waitress ran along the edge of the head table waving an au tographed menu and crying, "My son will be proud of me even if I get fired for this. The banquet manager of , the Sheraton Park Hotel stood In the wings and glanced balefully at the hub-bub in front of (Eisenhower. 11 At this point the question was How to cut off - the autograph seekers without committing politi cal sin. ' There were whispered confer ences beween the Secret Service and the White House political ex pert Appointment Secretary Thomas E. Stephens. A quiet mes sage was passed along to actor Wayne and he got to his feet to announce somewhat sadly that the crowd was getting too great and would the autograph seekers please desist immediately. Then the President, far behind the other diners, got to eat a few mouthfuls of his dinner. Mickey Hargitay Told To Increase Payments LOS ANGELES (UPD-Muscu-lar Mickey Hargitay, husband of actress Jayne Mansfield, has been ordered to increase child support payments to his former wife from $20 a week to $300 a month. Superior Judge Burnett Wolf son issued the order Monday with Hargitay's, consent. It involves Tina, 10, his daughter by Mary Hargitay. 29, who divorced Har gitay in Indianapolis almost three years ago. Sen. Neuberger's Bid For Cancer Funds Supported WASHINGTON (UPI) The Louisiana state legislature, in a concurrent resolution presented to Congress by Rep. Overton Brooks (D-La., urged congressional sup port of a drive to increase cancel" research appropriations proposed by Sen. Richard Neuberger ID- Ore.). ..The resolution said the "legisla ture and the people of the state of Louisiana are in accord with the efforts of Sen. Neuberger to increase the amount of federal funds for cancer research," ac cording to a report by Neuberger. The resolution urged Congress to "support the efforts of Sen Neuberger to increase funds for cancer research." Neuberger said he was "highly complimented" by the southern' state's action. Neuberger has in troduced legislation which would appropriate 500 million dollars for a natioral cancer institute crash rescarcli program. He urged last month that the senate appropriations committee increase the fiscal 1!)0 NCI budg et from 83 million dollars which was approved by the House to 109 million. . . ' The administration Tcqucst was for 75 million dollars. .One of Washington's most dis tinguished and best-liked reporters is Edward T. Folliard of the Wash ington Post and Times Herald. ' Eddie recently enjoyed a long vacation and returned to work in time to cover the White House swearing-in of' Thomas S. Gates Jr., i as Deputy Secretary of De fense in the White House confer ence room. Per custom, the President after the ceremony moved down a line of Gates' relatives shaking hands. Because of the crowd in the room, Folliard was pushed close to the end of the reception line. The next thing he knew, the President had grabbed his hand and was shak ing it vigorously. Then Eisenhower looked up and went into a movie-type double take. , .' "Why, Eddie," the President burst out with a laugh, "What in the world " i Folliard retreated immediately from his new-found status as a member of the Gates family. teamsters Begin Cheese Boycott PORTLAND '(trpii 'a 'Team-' sters union boycott on Tillamook cheese went into effect here Mon day, part of an "advertising" campaign in connection -with the strike against the ; Tillamook Creamery Association. The strike is in its sixth week. A Teamsters spokesman said the union planned to carry the Tillamook cheese boycott to the Jl westerq states. The boycott was not designed to Jialt the grocery business or even to stop deliveries, the spokesman said. 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