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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1959)
('First, We Fill the I lole Vith Money Then Push 'Em Together" 1 W,V ' NEA Strvict, Int. EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Thursday, June 18, 1959 . "A Modern Newspaper Willi The, Pioneer Spirit" T'UBLIRHKD FY THE KILEY D. AjXttW i ..(. Published la. orande PUBLISHING company . GIXJRCE S. .CIIAIXIS : Adv. Director TOM HUMES .. Circulation Mgr. Welcome Hand To Newsmen -,The people of this community find themselves in the happy Bituntion of ex tending a hand of welcome to the news paper men and women of this state. TJie occasion for this visit is the summer meeting' of the Oregon Newspaper Pul lishers Assn., which will he held here Friday and Saturday. The membership of this organization includes daily ami weekly newspaper men and women from communities large and small. By reason nf the position they hold in their respec tive communities, if for no other, these are people of influence and prestige. La Grande is fortunate in that it has proper facilities for accommodating con ventions such as-this and that of the , Rainbow girls who in their refreshing effervescence visited lis earlier in the week. In this Centennial Year it is of more ' than passing interest to note that the history of the Oregon press predates that of the 100th Anniversary of state- hood. The Oregon Spectator, the f ir.st newspaper published on the Pacific Cou.:t, was printed in Oregon City in 18 )(!. W. G. T'Vault was the first editor, and the paper was pledged to "the pro motion of science, temperance, morality ' and g"neral intelligence." ' Its first editorial to the city fathers,'""be sure yon are ri;:ht, then go ahead.- Our advice to dig up stumps, grade the streets, tax dogs, prohibit hogs and advertise in the Spectator." Indicative of the type of men you have been and who are now engaged in editorial work in this slate are two former governors and a U.S. Senator from "Oregon who was a professional newspaperman and magazine Writer. ' While heiV, the members of the pub lishers association will talk shop and make an excursion to Wallowa Iake via rail on Saturday. To thos" of the Fourth Estate who are visitors, we assure you tljat it is the wish of the citizens of Ij (frande that they may lie of service while you are here and it is t heir earnest hope that you will return soon and stay longer. We're Headed For A Steel Strike With . neither side budging, and with tie deadline only about two weeks away, it is becoming apparent the nation faces a steel strike this summer. Both sides have been propagandizing the public at a great rate. Both the steel industry, through a trade association, and the union Involved have spent large sums of money to put their points across. Public opinion surveys taken in the F.ast, the heart of the steel producing and using country, have shown that the industry has done a better job than the union, at least, more persons by a con siderable number are believing the indus try story, r . : ' The industry has offered a year's ex tension of the present contracts. The union has demanded a substantial wage ' increase, higher unemployment benefits, cost of living adjustments, higher over time provisions, more insurance benefits; more liberal pensions, more paid holi days, longer paid vacations and other concessions. The companies say they cannot raise employment 'costs without raising prices. The union says profits are so' high the increase costs can be met without price increases. It is on these two points that the publicity battle apparently won by mnnagement has been waged. Tlv deadline is July 1, when contracts expire. But the actual deadline wilfbe several Mays before that. If steel nego tiators report that a strike is likely, com panies will begin the expensive process of .shutting down plants. And once the plants begin to shut down, the strike becomes inevitable. This seems to be most likely, bas"d upon present lack of progress in the con tract talks. State Rests Case In Trial Of Oregon State Professor CORVALLIS (UPI) The stale ra'led three witnesses Wednesday then rested Its case against Dr. David England. 37, assistant pro fessor at Oregon State College charged with involuntary man slaughter In the Feb. .8 death of an adopted son. The trial began in Benton coun ty circuit court Wednesday morn ing. Dr. England is charged in the death of Charles Edwin England, his 12-year-old son by adoption. The state maintained a blow in flicted on the youngster' head by England while disciplining the boy resulted in bis death the following day. After District Attorney John D. Fenner rested bis case, defense attorney Mark Wealherford filed a motion for dismissal rnnlt-mtiiic the state had not shown a crime had been committed. Circuit Judge Fred Milli'iiry said the motion would lie argued in his chamber this mui mn;;. ,nul the trial was recessed unlit Ihe afternoon. Fenner called three doctors to the witness stand. Weather-ford, ill his cross exam initation .attempted to show that an injury sustained as much as one year earlier could have built up to a point wliire n "shyi" milit cause death. The three physicians admitted that such a situation could happen. In ttie courtroom Wcdnestlfiv were England's wife and tin ui their other four adopted children, Margaret. 1G; David, 13, blood brother of Ihe victim, and Mary Alice, 9. All were adopted by the Englands in Minnesota. A fourth child. John Phillip, 2, was adopt ed in Portland. Actress Protests Income Tax Bil WASHINGTON lUPU Ac; tress Gloria Swanson has filed a protest against government claims that she owes $39,457.6') in back income taxes and $5,829.91 in penalties Records showed today lhat a petition filed by her lawyers nr gued that Ihe Internal Revenue Service should nave allowed a va riety of deductions claimed by Miss Swanson as business ex penses for 1!M9 through 1953. DREW PEARSON SAYSs Difference Between Cases Seen WASHINGTON Recollection i.f Washington headlines exactly one year ago this week makes me a little ashamed. The headlines blazed with news of Sherman Adams' vicuna coat, his oriental rug, and his hotel bills all pres ents from Bernard Goldfine. This column had something to do with digging out the first facts in this conflict-of-interest case, and the reason I'm ashamed is the contrasting treatment given by Rcpublieas to Sherman Adams and to Adm. Lewis L. Strauss. Inthe case of Sherman Adams, tney yelled: "Resign! Throw him out!" In the case of Admiral Strauss, (he -same Republicans hove been shouting: "Confirm This is anti semitism! Don't per secute this man! The two cases offer significant contrasts and give deep insight irlo American politics. They in dicate that what is really at stake is not anti semitism, but money and power. Here are some of the contrasts: t Contrast No. 1 A Jew was al so involved in the 1 Sherman Adams' case, but a Russian Jew iccently come to the USA. When he was severely criticized, no one ytlled "antisemitism." When the House of Representatives vo ted to cite him for contempt, on ly eight Republicans voted for him. Admiral Strauss, also Jewish comes from an old German Jew ish family, resident in this coun try for many years and which has been part of one of the biggest firms on Wall Street. When his record was scrutinized by the Senate in connection with decep tion affecting millions of people such as radioactive poison, the scrutiny was called anti-semitic Contrast No. 2 Sherman Adams is not a man of wealth. When his scalp was demanded by leading Republicans, he had no job to fall back on, and no in come outside his government sal ry. He still has no job, is living 11 income from the Adams me moirs. Strauss, a partner in Kuhn Loeb, filed a partial financial statement with the Senate show ing that his stock in one firm I'claroid camera, alone was worth $1,000,000. He has a palatial es tate in Virginia and was able to pay $50,000 for only a part, in terest in a black Angus bull. Contrast No. 2 When Sherman Adains was about to testify be fore congress, not one member of the administration helped him prepare his difficult statement. Jim Hagcnfy, an expert at public relations, did not. Tex McCrary me dewn from New York to help, but on that Sunday evening before he testified, no other Re publicans or administration rep- esentatives were around to give advice. In contrast, Strauss had the reg ular press relations officer of the deparment of commerce issu ing press statements all during his hearings. He also had two commerce department assistants, Robert J. Dodd and Arthur Arun del, sitting at his elbow every day at the Senate hearing, with a batterv of researchers and oth- rs helping him at the commerce lepartment. Contrast No. 4 When Sher man Adams was in trouble, Vice resident Nixon was one of the r.st to advise privately that he esign. But for Strauss, Nnton as been using Ins persuasive nfluence for confirmation. He even singled out Senator Smith f Maine, who was reported wav ering on Strauss, to be the sole enator invited to Chancellor Ad- nauer's dinner. Strauss was in vited as the sole cabinet member. In contrast to Republicans who emanded lhat Adams resign, ev- ry Republican senator except II Langer of North Dakota has ppcared leaning toward Strauss, even sucn consciemiuus nupuuu- ans as Senators Cooper of Ken- lucky, Aiken of Vermont, and Smith of Maine. Contrast No. 5 Bernard Gold- ne had used Sherman Adams' nfluence at the federal trade ommission to avoid trouble over he wool labeling act. This was he conflict of interest. Finally, when the timeline be- ween theVirst Boston company ind the budget bureau, plus the inferences with Admiral Strauss, ,vas termed out by a Senate nvestigation, the deal was can- eled. The value of the Dixon-Yates ontract was $20,000,000. The alue of the vicuna coat Sherman dams got from Bernard Gold- ne, plus oriental rug. plus hotel ills, was about $5,000. But the American public can inderstand a fur coat and a rug. t can t understand a complicat- d public-utility contract. So it's lot anti-semitism that is involv- d in the Strauss case. It's the remendous power of Wall Street ncney benmn tne man it wants put into the cabinet as secre- arv of commerce. That's why the same crowd that moving heaven and earth tto onfirm Admiral Straus dumped Herman Adams and indicted Bernard Goldfine as millstone uound the GOP neck. PemeyB. STORE HOURS: MON. THROUGH SAT. J 9:30-5:30 " v Penney's v.U q Father - .' ' d Jl a'-jl ssl 1 W of the year, reminds you: Father's Day is JUNE 21st Penney's Loves Pot Boonel Penney's Loves All Falhersl They Pay The Bills. They Shell Out Allowances And Then Some.. They Mediate The Family Problems, They Sign. Report Cards (Even The Not-$oGood-Ones). They Put Together Bikes and Carriages. They're Mr. Fix-It, The Gardener, The Out door Cook. They Baby Sit On Mother's Shop ping Day. And Most Of All They're Great Te Have Around. Yes, Penney's loves Fathers . . . Everyone Doesi So We've Turned Penney's Inside Out With Hundreds Of , Ways To Show Him How We All Feel On Father's Day . . . 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