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- I'm Not Your Maker But I Sure Am Your Finisher' 'I.,!. , EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Wednesday, July 1. 1959 M I f 8 "A Modem Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" i RILEY D. ALLEN Publisher rmiMSHED RT THE UK oranuu t'UUUHHiNQ com pa NT GEORGE S. CHAIXJS Adv. Director TOM HUMES .....'. L Circulation Mgr. People Doing Instead Of Watching For years various observers have de plored the tendency of the Americans to prefer to watch others engage irt some sports activity rather than to participate in some sport themselves. Some obser vers can take satisfaction in some cur-' rent figures showing that while baseball attendance is down, the number of par ticipants in fishing, hunting and boating activities is markedly up. X In the evolution that organized base ball is going through, and which no one tieems quite able to understand, the num ber of minor leagues has declined in 10 ears from f9 to 24. Attendance at ma )r league games has declined bv 16 per cnt in the last decade. Meanwhile the npmber of hunting and fishing licenses sold, the number of outboard motors, in use, and the value of fishing tackle sold show impressive gains. ' Ten years ago 22.1,000 station wagons were sold in a year. In 19.18 900,000 sta tion wagons one-fifth of all cars were bought. Not every one, of course, uses a station wagon to go hunting or fishing, but a great many do. It is quite obvious, of course, that boating as a recreation has come into its own with the advent of the trailer" pulled boat. The trailer solved the' prob lem of where to keep a boat when it isn't in use. The popularity of water; skiing also has helped make the water more attractive. K . ' IA the last 10 years also, television came into its own, and there are more people than ever watching spectator sports, but from their front rooms in stead of the ringside or the bleachers. It is encouraging to see. statistics showing that more people are doing in stead of just watching, but it is not safe to conclude that the number of watchers has declined. . DREW PEARSON SAYS: Segregation Is Not That Important Last week Gov. Faubus of Arkansas said in an interview that integrated schools could not operate in Little Rock without the intervention of federal for ces. In saying this he was predicting, if not inviting, more mob violence of the kind that brought disgrace to Little Rock previously and led to closure of the high schools. But Little Rock has finally gotten wise to Faubus and is not going to let him lead it into more trouble. When a school board election was held recently his slate of rabid segregationists was defeated. Now the new five man school board has voted unanimously to re-open the high schools on an integrated basis next fall. Faubus can't retaliate in the same way this time because the law under which ha closed the- schools before has been thrown out by the courts. lie could ap peal to the legislature for a new law, but wouldn't likely get it. He might put some of his henchmen to work stirring up trouble as he was suspected of doing be fore, hoping to pressure the school board into changing its plans. He is not likely to succeed in whatever he does. The majority of white people In Little Rock may be no more inclined to accept school integration now than be fore, but they have experienced the al ternatives federal troops on their streets to preserve order, and no high school education for their children at all. they have come to a realization that se gregation after all is just not that im portant, , ,i ,.- , , Early Detection Is Th If it hadn't been for Klaus Fuchs. and the other atomic spies, Russia would be anywhere from 18 months to r( three years behind its present stage of devel opment in nuclear weapons. Such are the consequences of the crimes of a trattor like Fuchs who was released from prison in England this week. Fuchs was descriled by the U. S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Commit tee as having "influenced the safety of more people and accomplished greater damage .than any other spy . ,. . in the history of nations." He was sentenced to 14 years im prisonment and received five years off for good behavior. Alan Nunn May, link ed with Fuchs In Communist spy circles Ui Britain, was sentenced in 1946 to 10 rears and was released in 19T2. Britain has been accused of being far too soft ip" iU dealings with such persons. ''By contrast Julius and Ethel Rosen berg were put to death in this country in 1953 after being convicted of wartime espionage. The law now read that the death penalty may be invoked for peace time spying. e Answer The severity of the punishment, how ever, is not likely to be a deterrant to a dedicated Communist. Certainly punish ment is swift and sure for anyone caught spying for the West behind the iron cur tain, yet we can be certain that our in telligence agencies are not without some eyes and ears in the camps of the poten tial enemy. , , ... The espionage problem in any country lies in detecting spies before they do their damage. It will turn out to be one of the tragedies of history that such per sons as Fuchs and the Rosenbergs could not have boon detected earlier if Russia is able eventually to point the "ultimate" weapon, a sure fire ICRM, at us and de mand surrender or else. Barbs Juxt wishing you were as wealthy as somebody else really isn't doing much about it. There's a lot of growing interest in home gardens right now, and sometimes that's alxnit all. Stock Market s Lose Out In WASHINGTON The Senate of the United States met until 1 a. i., last week voting on taxes scheduled to expire at midnight last night ((June 30). The debate was preceded by a secret huddle between Sen. John Carroll of Col orado and Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, at which the Pemocra- ric leaner empnaucaiiy agreeu that the Liberal' Democrats should bring up for a vote cer tain tightening of tax loopholes and tax provisions favoring big business. During the subsequent voting, three of these were voted down as follows: , 1. Sen. Paul Douglas (111 ) lost a move to cut the oil-depletion ailpwance. Z. Sen. Joe Clark (Pa.) failed to plug the loophole permitting tig taxpayers to deduct yachts, private airplanes, world-series boxes, and other entertainment. 3. Sen. William Proxmire (Wis.) failed in his proposal to put those who receive dividends on the same withholding basis as wage-earners whose taxes are withheld from payrolls. However, one important propo sal by Sen. Eugene McCarthy (Minn.) won. It was to abolish the 4 per cent tax deduction giv en those who make their money from stock-market dividends as against those who earn it from salaries or government bonds. This so-called George-Humphrey amendment proposed by the re cent secretary of the treasury in order to stimulate the stock mar ket, was abolished. But one day later, the joint committee of the House and Sen ate, with a stroke of the pen, wiped out the Senate vote. It re instated tax favoritism for stock market investors despite the fact that this favoritism costs the treasury $335,000,000 annually. Big Business Committee On the joint committee which unceremoniously overruled the entire Senate were: Byrd of Vir ginia, biggest apple grower in the world; Kerr of Oklahoma, one of the biggest oilmen in the USA; Frear of Delaware, who us ually votes with the Du Ponts all Democrats; plus uenneu oi Utah, former president of the U. s chamber of Commerce, and Butler of Maryland, elected with Texas oil money, nn the House side were Mills cif Arkansas, King of California and Forand of Rhode island, al ways jealous of the right' of the nf Rporesentatives to ini tiate tax legislation; with Simp son of Pennsylvania ana Mason oi Illinois, archconservative Repub lic n flnlv man on the Joint committee who battles for small taxpayers is Sen. Russell Long o( l.fiiisiana. Thi Wised door committee ac tion is important because it fol lows a pattern of what has been haDDenine all during the current 86th congress. Both houses will carefully debate ana pass on a bill on housing, unemployment Anmivnciitinn taxes. Then a joint committee, usually stacked with conservatives, win compie tely rewrite the bills voted by the inn hnuvi of congress. That's why so many senators are up in arms; why so many iipwlv elected members of both houses are wondering what was the use of the landslide victory last November. Revealing Debate Here is a cross-section of the Senate debate before senators voted to abolish the 4 per cent tax preference for stock-market investors. Sen. Douglas (111.) "The then Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey was sponsor of the amendment. In his testimony before the banking and currency committee, of which I am a mem ber, . he represented this as be ing an aid to persons of low in omes, because he said those with low incomes were the primary owners of American industry. 'in the light of experience, how vrong does the senator think Mr. Humphrey has been proven to be?" Sen. McCarthy had just shown that low-income taxpayers got al most no benefit from the 4 per ?ent stock dividend deduction. He agreed with Douglas that Humphrey was about 99 4 per jent wrcng. Sen. Lausche (Ohio) "Is not preferential treatment given' to those who derive their incomes f'om stock holdings over those irho derive their income from government bonds?" Senator McCarthy agreed. Sen. Iusche "In other words ne who buys federal government savings bonds pays the full in come tax . Is It not aLo true that the treasury is complaining because many investors have de eded it is more profitable to purchase stocks than to purchase .'overnment bonds? Sen. Douglas "The Eisenhow- iT administration, having given this tax favor to the owner of nocks, helped send up the price )f stocks. It helped stimulate the movement of capital invest ment Into stocks. But now they say that is one reason they must increase the interest rate on Investors Senate Vote bonds. Is that correct?" Sen. McCarthy-'That is the ugument they make." Sen. Douglas "In other words having gotten us into the fix through the improper benefits to owners of stocks, they now want to use that fact us a leverage to increase the interest rate on bonds." Sen. Carroll "I see the dis tinguished senator from Kentuc ky (Thruston Morton), who is chairman of the Republican na tional committee. This action benefitting stockholders was tak en in 1954. Since 1954 there has not been a Republican congress in control of the legislative aim of the government. In Hie cam paign of 1954 for the first time in roo years the people of the na tion turned uway from a Itepuu lican president and put into of fice a Democratic congress. In 1P56 the Democrats held their majority. In 1958 the Democrats obtained agreater majority than ever. The Senate then voted to re peal the Humphrey amendment giving special tax deduction to stock-market investors. One day later, the joint committee knock ed the Senate's vote into a cocked hat. That's why so many sena tors are sore. QUOTES FROM THE NEWS MEMPHIS, Tenn. Police Chief James C. MacDonald. explaining why police have less trouble with drunks during hot spells: "Who needs whisky? This weather would knock anybody out." MONTGOMKKY. Ala. Gov. John Patterson, on the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People: "There is no room in Alabama for such on organization. They should stay in New York where ihcy came from and stop kindling the fires of racial hatred in the South. They should do their agi tating somewhere else." NEW YORK Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, welcoming members of the Lions International in con vention here: "The appeal and strength nf your organization lies in your great objective of service serv ice to the communities and the world in which we live." CAIRO President Carnal Ab- del Nasser, reaffirming Egypt's ban on Israeli shipping in the Suez Canal: 'We shall continue to proceed on our course whatever the con sequences may be." Clothes Dryer, Television, Lightning Claim Children Death struck children Tuesday beside a television set, in a base ball sandlot and in the whirling drum of an electric dryer. Two young brothers were elec trocuted as they tinkered with the aerial of their TV set in the base ment of their home at Bleu Burn ie. Md. The victims were Daniel Doyle, 9, and his 7-year-old brother, Mi chael. They were the adopted chil dren of Chief Petty Officer Warren Doyle and his wife. Vita. The parents found the boys sprawled on the floor in front of the set when they returned from the commissary at Ft. Meade. Police said the boys either ig nored or failed to notice a note on the set warning that it should be unplugged before the aerial was handled. They said a dump concrete floor and steel frames of nearby beds apparently acted as conductors. In Indianapolis, a bolt of light ning struck down Gary Klinger, 10, as he crouched at third base during a little league baseball game. The bolt ripped off his clothing and dug a seven-inch hole where he stood. It also knocked down Gary's playmate, Robert Lock hart, 11, and Robert's father, Es tel. The elder Lockhart revived his son with artificial respiration, but Ihe Klinger boy died at General Hospital. Jerome Anthony Brown, 7. ap parently climbed into an electric dryer at a self service laundry in Oklahoma Cily. Okla.. because he wanted to ride in the drum, police said. A neighbor saw the boy walking toward the laundry in his pajamas about 6 a m. Tuesday. At 8 a.m. two housewives noticed the dryer vibrating and culled a mechanic. The mechanic found the Negro boy's charred, mangled body. The boy's mother. Mrs. Dorothy Brown, charged that her son, a mentally retarded child was the victim of a cruel prank by other children. But police homicide inspector E. B. Meals said there was no evidence that the boy was forced into the dryer. 12-Year-Old Indicted On Charge Of Rape NASHVILLE. Tenn. UPI The Davidson County grand jury Tues day indicted Jame T. Westmore land. 12-year-old Negro, on charg es of raping a 7-year-old white girl. He is accused of raping the girl last Sunday after threatening her with a knife. Maximum penalty upon conviction in Tennessee is electrocution. y- v.. 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