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LA' GRANDE OBSERVER
Wednesday, July 8, 19S9
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Outspokenness Is A Healthy Thing
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
Gov. Long May Have Been
Released To Hasten End
The Army versus the Air Force versus
the Navy. The rivalry Roes on despite the
best efforts of Congress and the Presi
dent at unification. Contrary to the im
pression given, the rivalry is not pure
selfishness on the pail of the jronerals
and admirals, eajrer to play top roles in
the nation's defense program. Basic to
the rivalry are sincere differences of
opinion as to what are the proper roles
of the different branches in an era when
warfare has been revolutionized by new
weapons. This week Gen. Maxwell I). Taylor re
tired as Army chief of staff before he
was 60. He is probably the most out
spoken protestant against the Army
having to play second fiddle to the Air
Force and the Navy since Gen. James
Gavin, who also left the service in a
huff.
Taylor has written a book which is
due to be published soon. It should be a
scorcher. Such outspokenness is a
healthy thing. It leads to the airing of
all sides of a question and is conducive
to right decisions.
Vice President Nixon told Soviet De
puty Premier Kozlov this week that
one of the troubles with Russia is lack
of debate within the government. Kvery
Ixxly has to agree with the boss. Kozlov
denied this, but there isn't much evi
dence that many argue for long with
Khrushchev. Some of Germany's blund
ers in World War II can be traced to de
cisions made by Hitler, whom none could
dispute.
Taylor may reason that he can serve
his nation better outside the service,
where he is free to speak his mind, than
on active duty where he must exercise
restraint.
There's Where The Blame Lies
Everybody is talking about inflation
these days. Ike brought it up at his press
conference recently. Politicians are pre
dicting freely that it will be the main
issue in next year's elections.
To most of us inflation means just one
thing higher prices. For the last year
the average prices of most things have
remained fairly stable. I!ut the Cabinet
Committee on Price Stability for Eco
nomic Growth that made its report Mon
day concluded that prices are going to
start up again unless something happens
to stop them.
Inflation since 19 12 has been such that
a family earning $3,000 in 1012 now
needs to earn $.",613 just to stay even."
A $5,000 income in 19 12 now needs to lie
$9,233 to be equal.
The Cabinet committee rejects the
theory that the answer has to Ik? govern
ment control of prices and wages. Such
controls, it concludes would be more
harmful than more inflation. Four
courses of action are recommended :
1. Congress should net by giving
highest priority to the task of protecting
the buying power of the dollar. (Hut the
committee does not recommend just how
this should be done other than by an
nouncing good intentions.)
2. Balance the budget and start
reducing the national debt. This means
holding down federal spending, some
thing the current Congress has not even
attempted to do so far.
3. Avoid making federal bonds the
equivalent of money. That is, avoid is
suance of bonds which can be sold for
face value, and thus changed into money,
at any time. "There is only an impercept
ible difference between the government's
issuing bonds," the committee said, that
are the equivalent of money," the com
mittee said, "and the government just
cranking up the printing presses and
rolling out greenbacks."
There is a lot of politics in this report.
It backs up the administration as against
what the I'emocratic-controlled Congress
is doing.
If inflation does turn out to be the big
issue at the polls next year wc will have
the sfyectacle of the President and the
Congress pointing fingers at each other
and saying there's where the blame lies.
They Don't Want To Believe It
The President made it plain recently
that he is strictly an amateur artist, lie
was asking for it when he criticized a
painting in a collection being sent to
Russia for exhibition. The lady in charge
of the collection was miffed and said
"Some people think his paintings aren't
bo good either."
Our sympathies are w ith him because
what few comments we have made on the
Bubject of modern painting have stirred
similar Ire. In fact the way those in the
art world strike back at criticism arouses
' the suspicion that they are like those
referred to in the Shakespearean line:
"she protests too much."
It may be that the artists and their
defenders have some measure of reali
zation themselves that a lot of what
passes for art these days, but is not actu
ally pleasing to many people, may not
really be good. P.ut they don't want any
one to disturb them by coming right out
and saying openly what they suspect but
don't want to believe is true.
Barbs
Rarbm in an eastern town struck for
better pay. A razor else!
Many a man has cooked his goose by
getting involved w ith a chicken.
WASHINGTON It would sur
prise no one in the know regard
ing Louisiana poiiuci if cronirs
of embattled Gov. Earl Long
eren't deliberately releasing
him from hospital care in (order
io nasien nu exit irom political
life or even from this terrestrial
scene altogether.
The real fact is, the governor
is quite a sick man. And con
tinued activity can only cause a
serious, prolonged breakdown
or even his death.
The doctors who have examin
td the governor know this. So
do his closest friends. He was
examined many times while in
the hospital. The examinations
showed that Long had suffered
a series of small strokes. Unless
he is required to take complete
and prolonged rest this could
result in rapid deterioration of
ill his bodily functions.
Instead of this rest, the gover
nor is holding press conferences
at the rate of two and sometim
es three a day; made 40 tele
phone calls from his bed in one
evening, some of them from an
oxygen tent, and is planning
campaign speeches and extensive
trips.
In private talks with his psv
chiatnsts, the governor has made
remarks about his close associ
ates, which, if true, could send
them to jail. In a state where
ling's brother, Huey the king-
fish, died of an assassin's bullet
anything can happen; and it
would surprise no one if Earl
Long's release was not a calcu
.itcd plan to get him out of the
way.
Rayburn Revolt
It hasn't flared into headlines
yet. but the Democratic revolt
against elderly speaker Sam
Kayburn in the House of Repre
sentatives is very much like the
revolt against elderly Chancellor
Adenauer in Germany.
Both indicate that the older a
man gets the more autocratic he
gets. Both are putting blemish
on the great careers of two
n'uch revered elder statesmen.
Young Turk Democrats in con
cress want to keep their rebel
lion secret, but it's building up
steam in regard to education, a
labor bill, and particularly an
increase of interest rates on gov
rrnmcnt bonds. This was what
suddenly caused the Ways and
Means committee to stop the so-
called interest rate "compro
mise" dead in its tracks.
Some young turks privately
felt that the venerable Mr. Sam
was becoming too much behold
in to his fellow Texan, secretary
of the treasury Bob Anderson,
who has offered to raise $200,000
to help operate the Rayburn lib
rary at Bonham, Tex.
Leader of Revolt
At any rate the revolt reached
a climax at a secret meeting of
Democratic members of the Ways
rind Means committee, charged
with recommending for or
against increased interest rates
en government bonds. Leader of
the revolt is a French-Canadian
trom Rhode Island, Aime Forand
"This isn't a compromise," he
said, referring to the plan to let
President Eisenhower decide
whether to increase interest rates
on government bonds. "It's the
same as the original plan, with
a change in the wording, to give
the Eisenhower administration
unlimited power to increase in
tcrest rates.
'This plan would create more
nflation and add to the national
debt," continued the French-
Canadian from Rhode Island.
The Democratic party would be
hurt if we lend out support to
it. We will have a black eye in
tnc 1960 elections."
What do you mean by a black
eye? asked a colleague.
I mean the kind of a black
eye Floyd Patterson got the oth
er night from Ingemar Johann-sen."
Chairman Wilbur Mills, the Ar
kansas Democrat who sides with
Rayburn and Secretary Ander
son for an increase in govern
ment bond interest rates, dis
agreed. "I respect your views," he said,
'but I can't agree with them.
This compromise measure is a
rate and satisfactory solution. It
leaves it up to the President and
me treasury to revise interest
lutes upward on long-term bonds,
only in the event of a crisis
hat is, if the bonds can't other
wise be marketed."
Unlimited Powers
Congressman James Frazicr of
Tennessee, another member of
the opposition bloc, spoke up.
e can t afford to give the
President and Secretary of the
Treasury the complete and arbi
trary powers contained in this so-
calld compromise bill," he said.
'From the time of Andrew Jack-
on. the Democratic party has
been against high interest rates
and for adequate controls on the
hanking industry. This bill would
;ive almost unlimited powers to
raise bond interest rates higher
ar.d higher.
It would eventually mean in
creased interest rates on houses,
practically everything we buy on
credit," argued Frazier. 'For the
Merest rates on private credit
invariably follow the trend of
automobiles, washing machines
Others who opposed Rayburn
government securities,
and Chairman Mills in the secret
meeting of Democrats were Lee
Mctcalf of Montana, Tom O'Bri
en of Illinois, Frank Karsten of
Missouri and Thad Machrowicz
of Michigan. Finally Rayburn
and Mills decided it would be
wiser to postpone any showdown
on the dynamite-laden issue for
at least a week.
However, the revolt isn t like
ly to quiet down. Even if the
interest rate increase gets by
the House it's not likely to pass
the Senate this summer.
Gromyko's Demand For Broadcast
Halt Is Compliment To The West
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
At Geneva. Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko made as
one of his major points a demand
that Western broadcasts to listen
ers behind the Iron Curtain be
stilled.
It was a high compliment to the
Western radio voices which sup
ply virtually the only news to
Iron Curtain peoples not subject
to previous doctoring by Commu
nist propagandists.
For if the broadcasts had not
been effective. Gromyko would
not have been so insistent in his
demands.
One of the most effective voices
is Radio Pree Europe which on
July 4 goes into its 10th year as
an organization devoted wholly to
broadcasts 18 hours a day to
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
Romania and Bulgaria.
Supported By Public
RFE is a non-profit organiza
tion, a division of tyie Free
Europe Committee, Inc.. support
ed by public contributions to Crtl-i Monitors situated close to the
sade For Freedom. The annual Iron Curtain listen throughout the
goal is 10 million dollars much
of which comes through heavy
contributions from American in
dustry. An interesting phase of the op
eration not previously understood
by this layman is RFK's check
on its own audience reception.
RFE people estimate that So
viet Russia and its satellites ut
tempt to jam out their b'oatt-
casts from 225 differed location
behind the Iron Curtain, using
between 1,500 and 2.000 transmit
ters. To overcome Soviet jamming.
RFE uses 28 transmitters o;erat
ing from Munich in Wewt 'i-r-many
and Lisbon in i'orluKJl!
beaming the programs in on some
of the most powerful signals n
the world.
Most programs are available at
seven- different points on the (lial
and all are repeated at least four
day and niuht, evaluating recep
tion for each country, rrom tiiese
reiiorts. I;KK says it has been de
termined that Wt per cent of its
lircg'ams can be heard satisfac
torily on one or more short wave
frequencies.
News is HFE's most important
commodity.
Nearly 20 per cent of its time
is devoted to news compiled from
such organizations as United
Press International, and to com
mentaries by experts on the five
countries to which the broadcasts
are beamed.
Other standard fare include disc
jockeys and a theater program
whose efforts have ranged from
"Simisc At Camnobello" to "My
Fair Lady" and "Carousel."
Labor programs analyze devel
opments in the Soviet orbit from
the point of view of the worker.
I'asl and present experiences of
times so that if one is missed jt the labor movement in the West
may be picked up again. Lire ienieo.
Convict's Arrest Makes Vacancy
In FBI's '10 Most Wanted' List
Hermit Is Committed
To Mental Hospital
LOS ANGELES (UPI) Dennis
Farrell. Hermit of Griffith Park,
was committed to Sepulveda Vet
erans Administration Hospital
Tuesday after he was found men
tally ill at a sanity hearing.
Farrell. 33, had lived in the
4,200-acre city-owned park for six
years before voluntarily leaving
it last week.
Psychiatrists testified at the
hearing that he was "dangerous
to himself and others" and suf
fered from schizophrenia. Doctors
said they were hopefull that Far
rell, of North Platte. Neb., could
be cured in about six months.
DES MOINES. Iowa UPI
A vacancy appeared in the list of
the FBI's "10 Most Wanted" crim
inals today with the capture of
George Edward Cole, 32, an ex
convict wanted as a police killer
in San Francisco.
Cole, wearing a mustache as a
disguise but with a tell-tale heart
and the words "mom" and "pop''
tatooed on his left forearm, was
seized Monday at a service sta
tion where he was manager and
where he had worked for two
years.
He put up no fight, but insisted
his name was James E. Walker
and denied his true identification
until he was fingerprinted.
Arrested a short time later and
jailed with Cole was his girl
friend, Yvonne Conley, 45, San
Francisco. The FBI held her as
his accomplice.
Cole and Miss Conley were held
in Poke County Jail. They were to
be taken before a U.S. Commis
sioner today for a hearing.
The FBI had sought Cole on a
charge of unlawful flight to avoid
prosecution in connection with the
1956 slaying of Sgt. Joe Lacey a
San Francisco policeman, during
a tavern holdup.
An FBIspokesman said an "in
tensive investigation" led agents
to the service station. The agents
drove up and asked an attendant!
QUOTES FROM
THE NEWS
CHICAGO Dentist Norman R.
Olson on his work for Queen Eliz
abeth:
"I called her 'your majesty' and
we exchanged greetings. From
then on it was just 'open' and
'close,' 'open' and 'close.' '
WASHINGTON-Rcp. Charles E
Bennett (D-Fla.) on the hiring of
former military officers by de
fense industry:
Even though nothing unethical
may actually transpire, there is
an appearance of evil which de
stroys public confidence in the in
tegrity of government."
BATON ROl'GE. La. Robert
Angelle, close political associate
of Gov. F.arl K. Long, on the gov
ernor's health:
'He is a very ill man, but I
think he's going to get well if he
gets the proper rest."
MONROE. Wash. Dr. Garrett
llcyns, director of state institu
tions, on use of a ruse to trick
four rebellious convicts into surrendering:
"The end justifies the means in
this case. Those fellows certainly
were not using any ethical practices."
Kozlov Will Visit Chicago;
See U.S. Industrial Might
By LARRY MORRONE
UPI Staff Writer
CHICAGO (UPI i Soviet First
Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov vis
its here today to inspect the
brawny muscles of United States
industry, the huge complex of
steel mills at the foot of Lake
Michigan.
A spokesman for the Hungarian
Freedom Fighters Assn. said the
group planned no demonstration
such as the egg-throwing, oath
shouting, placard-carrying picket
ing staged by hundreds of angry
refugees when Russian Deputy
Premier Anastas Mikoyan visited
here last winter.
Mayor Richard K. Daley, mind
ful of Detroit Mayor Louis C. Mi
riam's refusal to greet the Rus
sian' No. 3 man. said Kozlov
would be welcomed . to Chicago
"just as he would greet any other
visiting dignitary.
Daley sent a representative,
Fred Hoehler, to the airport to
meet Kozlov and planned to ex
tend a personal greeting to the
Russian Thursday in City Hall
Kozlov and his retinue were to
go directly from the airport to
Indiana Harbor Works of Inland
Steel Corp. at East Chicago. Ind.,
Foreign Aid Bill
Supports Rally
Shattered Ranks
WASHINGTON (UPP-Support-
ers of the Senate's foreign aid bill
rallied their shattered ranks today
to protect the bill from further
cuts before a vote on final pas
sage. Already trimmed $621,500,000 be
low recommendations of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee,
the controversial military and eco
nomic assistance measure faced
still more assaults. Leaders hoped
for a final vote by nightfall.
A 12' hour session Tuesday
saw the Senate inflict severe cuts
It also wrote in a provision to put
military aid on a permanent basis
as part of the Defense Department
budget and thus remove it from
the jurisdiction of congressional
foreign policy committees.
When the Senate resumed delib
erations today, the $4,164,820,000
bill originally recommended by
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee had been cut to $3,543,320,-
OHO.
President Eisenhower originally
asked an authorization of $3,930.
ooo.ono. The House voted $3,542.
0(10,000. i
followed by tours of United States
Steel Corp.'s huge Gary Works
and tube mill at Gary, Ind.
In Detroit Tuesday, Kozlov
toured industrial plants, dined
with leading industrialists and
conferred privately for an hour
with Michigan Gov. G. Mennen
Williams.
Williams said Kozlov told him
that the United States and
U.SS.R. "are fairly close togeth
er" in working out a program for
arms inspection by "foreigners."
Williams said Kozlov told him
the Russians have almost "come
to the point where they could
agree to this" but are waiting for
answers to some of their "sug
gestions." The Michigan governor said he
sought, in a series of pointed
questions, to punch holes in the
deputy premier's claims that Rus
sia advocates self-determination
for peoples of other nations. Wil
liams pointed to Russian actions
in putting down uprisings in Hun
gary and East Germany.
Kozlov replied that what the
governor had heard was merely
propaganda. Williams said.
About 30 Hungarian freedom
fighters, carrying signs reading
"Kozlov go home" and "Do you
need some human blood? . pick
eted a Detroit hotel while Kozlov
attended a reception in his honor.
Kozlov did not see the pickets.
Hoffa, Bridges
Aim For Hawaii
SAN FRANCISCO (UPP -Teamsters
President James R.
Hoffa announced Monday that he
and Harry Bridges, president of
the International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union, have
teamed together "to use our power
to organize unorganized work
ers" in Hawaii.
Hoffa, here for the 23rd annual
meeting of the Western Confer
ence of Teamsters, said a tenta
tive agreement had been reached
between the ILWU and Teamsters
Union.
Under the agreement, the ILWU
has reserved the right to organize
everyone in the islands, except
workers in teamster Jurisdiction.
Hoffa said the two unions had not
discussed the situation in Alaska.
Hoffa accused Robert Kennedy,
counsel for the Senate Rackets
Investigating Committee Counsel,
of "trying to confuse the Issue and
inject some sort of Red influence
into the automation discussions."
to fill up their automobile tank.
They found Cole in the office.
"He gave us no trouble and said
nothing except that he denied his
identification," the spokesman
said. He added that Cole admit
ted his identity when he was con
fronted with fingerprinting.
Cole was unarmed when the
agents approached him. Officers
later found in a car at the station
a .22 caliber pistol which they said
belonged to him.
Miss Coney was arrested when
she arrived at the station a short
time later to see Cole. The FBI
said the pair lived in a mobile
home at a trailer court.
Agents said Cole had serve:!
prison sentences in California and
Missouri for grand larceny and
armed robbery but had a "clean"
record here.
The 6 foot 1 inch fugitive had
an eight-point star tattooed on the
back of his left hand in addition
to. tiie tattoos on his forearm.
San Francisco police said Cole
was named by a companion,
Thomn Hamrick, as Lacey's kil
ler. . Lacey. off duy. was sitting
in the tavern when Cole and Ham
rick tried to hold it up. Lacey
tried to stop the holdup, police
said, and was shot down. Hamrick
is serving time in San Quentin
for the robbery.
Recently insx:tor Al Nelder
said Cole was "looking over his
shoulders, all the time. He knows
he can't be safe, anywhere, forever.''
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spreads upward unless arrestment can
Mim"i- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Multiple Sclerosis results from Im-
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