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Tuesday, August 4, 1959 '
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One Down, One More To Go
Senator Wayne Morse told a reporter
in Washington the other day that he
would not carry his feud with Senator
Richard L. Neuberger into next year's
general election.
In other words, Wayne Lyman will
not campaign for a Republican for Neu
berger'a job. If he can't beat NeulxTgOT
in the primary, he'll sit this one out.
And, he admitted, finding a good can
didate to oppose Neuberger in the i )emo
critic primary would be tough, perhaps
impossible.
In view of, the reluctance of any re
sponsible, well-known lVmocrat to op
pose Neuberger, we imagine it will be
impossible to beat him in the primary.
Friends have long known this was
Neuberger'8 biggest worry. ,
How niJwiv extreme nartisans wonM
vote ' for someone else just because
Wayne Lyman wanted them to, was the
UilU)ll.
Apparently that question has been an
swered by Wayne Lyrpanhimself. There
aren't enough orAtli'e 'extreme Morse
partisans left to do the job.
jjlberger, then, is to be spared serious
ofyion in next year's Democratic
primary and can focus his attention on
the general election in the fall of 1900.
Ai. unless IVte Gunnar can find real
luiC'jusl token opposition within the
next few months, N'eulerger will rack
up a one-sided win in November, 10GO,
leall.0 one-sided.
W'ljieh is probably just the way it
u ill happen.
Strange Set Of Sights, Indeed
toe Uregon Journal sees in me dis
missal of an indictment against Clyde
Crosby by the State Supreme Court this
week "the last of the Vieecnpafh-s."
While it is true that the Portland vice
investigations probably opposed at the
start by The Journal because of jealousy
of the attention gained by The Ore
gonian did have certain show ish over
tones, that paper's final analysis of the
whole situation leaves something to be
desired.
.The Journal has attempted to down
play the whole business simply beeau.se
it didn't like Jim Klkins, as near as we
can figure it out. Klkins, of course, is
r.ot" a particularly loveable character.
Rut it is not necessary to refuse to listen
to a man's story, as The Journal would
have us do in the L'lkins case, simnlv
con use you dcni't like the way he
brushes his teeth or cuts his hair.
The show is not over, in any event.
There are a nilmln'r of Oregonians' we'll
wager, who do not relish the sight of
the state's largest city being mayored
by a man who flunked a lie detector test
which he requested, who are not
proud that Portland's mayor found" it
necessary to invoke the Fifth Amend
ment before a Congressional committee.
The party is over, to bo sure. It ended
without, accomplishing much.
At least part of the blame for the way
things turned out must be assumed by
The Journal and the strange course of
conduct it elected to follow early in the
game.
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
Dangers Of A Califo
"I know of no bettor way to scare
major new industry out of the idea of
coming into this state than an open
ended, long-term arrangement for ship
ping massive amounts of Northwest
power to California."
This is the way II. lVwayno Kraeger,
director of the Department of Commerce
and Fconomic Development in Washing
ton, winds up an analysis of the proposed
inter-tie of California and Northwest
power lines. Obviously he is fearful that
once power started flowing from North
west dams to California, we could never
Ret it stopped, no matter how much the
Northwest might need the power.
In this fear he is absolutely justified.
1 When the governors of Washington,
Oregon and California met in Sacra
mento recently to discuss this matter,
they agreed to sponsor a study aimed
at determining: the feasibility of rn inter
tie. The governor of California, of
course, gave assurance that his state
would never claim status as n preference
customer of the Bonneville Administra
. tion in competition with Nuithwest power,
i
rnia Inter-Tie
users". The agreement calls for assur
ance that preference clauses cannot apply
"inadvertently or by design."
Kraeger says federal law. would have
to guarantee that power supplied to Cali
fornia could be recalled on demand. Even
so much a guarantee might be changed
by a subsequent Congress, and since Cali
fornia has far more voles in Congress
than Washington and Oregon put to
gether, it would still lie hazardous.
Actually the matter is not one thatlhe
states of Oregon and Washington have
complete control of. r.ouneville is a fed
eral agencv. If it wanted to tie in with
California and sell surplus power there,
it could seek permission to do so on the
federal level and go right ahead.
The judgment of Kraeger, whose job
it is to foster industrial development,
ought to be respected in this matter.
There arc good reasons for his appre
hension aUuit the danger's inherent in
a California inter-tie.
One of the best ways to use your head
.is not to go. over, it into debt.
Gov. Earl Long Reflects
On His Political Ideas
WASHINGTON InterviewineiKive them to poor people who
.v. r.an i.ung en iouusiana Dr.wouiam nave any cnnsimas dm
the lonK distjnee telephone ia not
I he easiest thinu in the world "o
lu, partly hecaue the governor is
.'Mrcmoly leery of newspaper
leen, partly because when he does
sturt talking he talks rapidly, lu
.'idly, and at length.
Having heard that he consid
ered my recent columns about
him unfair, I phoned him and
offered to publish his own Inter
Vietation of recent events which
have kept him in the headlines
and sometimes in mvntal institu
tions during the past six weeks.
"You've hcen writing some
liad thuiMx alxiut me," the gov-i-rnor
replied. "Whenever I've
heard had things about you I've
defended you. But go ahead ahd
ask me what you want to know."
"Are you serious about run-
sing for re-election in view of
the Louisiana constitutional ban
at-'ainst re-election?"
"I'm not only running, but I'm
joing to win," the governor re
plied with emphasis. "Bill Dodd
i going to run fifth or fourth
The poor folks are going to vote
for me, both white and colored
because I've been their friend.
Governor Imuh then launched
iilo a detailed explanation of his
iiolilirjl philosophy of trying to
ti Ip the "poor folks."
We used to charge ten cents
per school luncheon," he explain
I. "Now we give it to them
I roe. Ninety per cent of the ne
groes get it free "and about 50
pur cent of the whites.
We have 17 charity hospi
I. lis and 65 per cent of the pat
idents are colored. We have the
only school for spastics in the en
tire soutn. we pay oia-age pen
sions of $73 a month, plus $93 a
month for hospitalization and
medicine when needed.
I've been a friend of the col
ored people, and that's one rea
son the reactionaries are fighting
me. We may not be advanced
enough to satisfy some of you
folks in the north. We segregate
the negroes, and they're happy
that way. But we're building 'em
new schools and we have the fin
est colored university in the
world Southern University at
Baton Rouge. It has one of the
finest presidents. Dr. Felton
Clark.
This is one reason Willie
Itainai h, chairman of the commit
tee on segregation in the Louis
iana legislature, is running
against me," said Long. "He
won't got enough votes to wad a
shotgun.
A lot of politicians down here
are re-fighting the Civil War.
They're talking about slavery and
the colored people. Looks like
they want to continue slavery. I
don't agree with them. We all
know in our hearts that Abraham
Lincoln was the greatest presi-
dbnt we've ever had because he
freed the slaves. We know
slavery is wrong. I happen to
live in the only parish in Louisi
ana which voted against secession
in the Civil War. My great-uncle
st the lone vote in the Confcr-
lerate convention against seces
sion. My great-uncle owned slav
es, and my Grandpapa Tyson
owned slaves.
They had money. My fath
er didn't. He hardly had a chair
o put his rear end on. But he
was smarter tna my Drotner
lluey. smarter than Earl, Smar-
er than Dr. Long. He was known
ar the best friend the colored
man had. He was their adviser
and their friend. I've seen him
ut up 10 hogs at Christmas and
QUOTES FROM
THE NEWS
United Press International
KU1STIANSAND. Norway An
unidentified Norweigian girl on
Steven Hockefeller, who is en-
gag- d to marry Anne Marie Ras-
niiissvn of Norway:
"You certainly 'wouldn t think
lie was a millionaire when you
look at his clothes. Especially
his shoos. They are awful old,
Inly tennis shoes.
WASHINGTON Sen. Thomas
. Hcnnings (D-Mo.i, after the
Senate Judiciary Committee turn
ed down his request for daily ses
sions on a civil rights bill:
If this is the kind of support
to lie expected for early action
on mil rights legislation, I think
u he Senate i should plan to be
tin session) until Christmas.'
HON'OI.l'LU Arthur Godfrey.
on his recovery from lung cancer
operation:
"I had lost 16 pounds but gained
back six. With the help of some
good Hawiiun food I think I'll be
back up to normal by the time
I leave here."
LONDON A member of the
Coldstream Guards regiments, de
fending fellow guardsman wh was
confined to barracks after he broke
(he tradition of standing stiff as
a statue outside Buckingham Pal
ace and allegedly bumped, kicked
or tripped an American tourist:
"She asked for it. She really
provoked him. I understand she
not only sniggered at him but
poked his hrarskin 'hat I and call
ed him a show-off."
ner otherwise."
Unfaithful Wife
The governor had been talking
at some length. Suddenly he
stopped and said: "Now you ask
me something."
I inquired regarding hit health.
"My mental capacities are iu
perior to my physical. I have
never been crazy. If I am
crazy now, then I've always been
crazy.
My nephew Russell was tuck
ed into helping to commit me
I think he's sorry now. My wife
and I lived with her for over
2(i years proved to be the most
unfaithful woman on earth not
with men, but with money.
"She thought 'she'd run for gov
ernor herself. The last woman
who ran for governor of Louisi
ana, Lucille May Grace, got 5,
000 votes. A colored man nam
ed Parker who also ran for gov
ernor got more than she did
7500.
"Leander Perez made Lucille
May call Hale Boggs a Com
munist," continued the governor.
"He's no more a Communist than
I am. If my Nephew Russell and
Bill Feazel and Hale Bogg'f peo
ple had contacted Uncle Earl,
Boggs would have been elected
the first Catholic governor of
Ixjuisiana in years.
"I tried to help Boggs, but all
he's ever said since then has
been: 'Earl is no good.'
"You know who brought the
religious issue into the Boggs
fight?" asked Governor Long,
and then answered the question
himself. "It was my nephew
I'.ussell. He said that Boggs
couldn't be a Communist because
he is a Catholic and his brother
was a priest. That's what started
11 the talk about a Catholic run
ring for governor.'
I asked Governor Long if he
wasn't going to kill himself by
campaigning too hard for re
election when his health is not
too good
This is a one-man show," he
replied, "and I've got to do the
work. I'm it My brother Huey
iiad thousands of workers, but
I haven't The opposition has
got some men of talent on the
other side a lot of seml-Repubu-
cans. They want the sales tax;
they want a bread tax; and they
want their millions to escape
taxation. That's who I'm fight
ing against That's why I'm a
Democrat. The only people ex
cept Abe Lincoln who have help-
d the common man are the Dem
ocrats.
Changing the subject. Gover
nor Long asked abruptly: "Who
do you think is going to be
president?" When I hesitated
he proceeded to answer that
question.
Symington For President
It's going to be Symington.
Lyndon Johnson is too far South
and Kennedy is too youthful. He
goes around with his nat oil
which makes him look even more
youthful. But the team of
Symington and Kennedy would
sweep in.
"I've got just as many Catho
lic friends as I have protectants,
continued the governor. "I'm
not a church man, of course. I've
never prayed out in public in
my life, but I do enjoy prayer.
I'm not as good as Christ
when it comes to forgivenes," the
governor added. "You remem
ber what' Christ said when be
was on the cross? He said: "For
give -them, father, for they know
not what they do.
"I'm not that good. I don't
forgive that easily. For me to
forgive people the way Christ did
is just not in the books unless
I know they were misled. I am
just not made that way. I've
got a little rascality in me. I'm
like the girl who was buried in
the white dress to show how
pure she was, but the last mm
ute someone put a lavender
flower in her hand. 'She just
wasn't that good,' they said.
"I always thought Truman
made himself look pretty small
when he called you an S O B. But
you forgave him. I don't give
a damn what they say about
you, you've been for the little
fellow."
The governor told a story
about a geoologist in Montana
who was hunting for uranium
and turned up a large stone, un
dcr which he found a beautiful
snake suffering from lack of nu
trition during the winter. He
picked up the snake, and finally
fed him some milk.
"The next day he fed him some
blood and then some chicken
liver. And the next day after
that, said the governor, "he fed
him some hamburger. Finally
the snake began to wiggle and
come back to life.
"This geologist" continued the
governor, "was something of a
snake fancier. He finally had the
snake crawling all over the house,
catching rats. One day he pick
ed him up for what he called
a friendly chat, and held him
close to his face. Suddenly the
snake bit him on the nose. The
geologist pulled him loose and
began to cuss and carry on about
v. hit an ingrate the snake was.
"The snake looked at him and
said. 'What in the hell else did
you expect out of a snake?
'That, said Governor Long,
is what I should have learned
HOW ARE YOU BUYING THAT SUIT?
It's Unusual Person Today
Who Sneers At Credit Buys
By ELMER C. WALZER
UPI Staff Writer
NEW YORK (UPD Not too
many years ago, if you wanted
to administer the most unkindest
cut of all, you'd say derisively
to your adversary: "How are
you buying that suit a dollar
down and a dollar' when they
catch you?"
Toduy things are different and
It's the unusual person who can
sneer ut buying on credit. There
is a total of more than $35 billion
outstanding in installment credit
and the overall consumer credit
item amounts to nearly $46
billion.
Today the credit ranges far
away from the clothing business,
a pioneer in the business. It in
cludes meals, vacations, travel
in general, and just about every
thing you can think of. The big
gest item In installment buying.
of course, is automobiles where
the total runs to around $15
billion.
Just about every time those
credit figures are released by
the government, there is talk
here and there they are too high
and something ought to be done
about it even to the extent of
government controls.
Not Tee High
A. W. Zelomek,' president and
economist of the International
Statistical Bureau, holds that
consumer credit figures are not
too high.
In International's current
"Trend of Distribution," Zelo
mek holds a further gain of about
$4 billion in all consumer credit
is probable. But, he adds, a
supportable level may be close
to $2 billion above the present
figures.
Those who are concerned about
the debt should consider the fol
lowing, he says:
"1. The middle income families
who are the largest users of con
sumer .credit now receive the
largest portion of total income
after taxes.
"2. Consumer credit is used by
a larger proportion of families
than before the war.
"3. Social prejudice against
credit buying has disappeared. ,
"4. Despite the increased pur
chases of soft goods on time
payment, especially in the re
volving credit plan, most of the
buying on credit is for consumer
durable goods. Automobile pur
chases represent the largest por
tion of installment volume.
Built-in Stabilizers Htlp
"5. Various built-in stabilizers
have lessened the need for a
cushion of savings.
"6. The greater number of
people moving to urban areas
has also been favorable to con
sumer credit
"7. The real income, of families
has increased."
Zelomek looks for a gain of
nine per cent above a year ago
in retail sales for the last six
months of 1959 with all types of
retail outlets showing increases,
notably durable goods -where au
tomobiles are making the best
gains.
Furniture and appliance group
sales should show the second
largest gain in the durable goods
category, he adds, with 'lumber,
building, and hardware follow
ing. All non-durable goods groups
also are expected to show gains.
Generally, he finds consumers
in a better position to increase
their short term debt, and he
sees losses from credit sales to
continue at a low level.
Republican Measure Backfires;
Ike Can Serve Only Two Terms
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) If the
Eisenhower administration tias
switched positions on reepal of the
land admendment to the U.S.
Constitution, perhapse there is a
good personal reason.
The 22nd Amendment was pro
posed by the 80th Congress in
1947 and ratified by sufficient
states in 1951. The amendment
was an expression of ill-will to
ward Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It forbids a President to serve
more than two White House
terms. This prohibition was a
Republican project which seems
to have - backfired. The prohibi
tion is the law of the .land and
it will remain so long enough, at
the least, to prevent the Repub
lican party from laminating for
President next year its most pop
ular public figure. This popular
figure is, of course President
Eisenhower.
Ike Now Opposes Repeal
Attorney General William P.
Rogers has informed Congress
by letter that the administration
opposes repeal of the ban on
third terms. Chairman Estes Ke
fauver (D-Tenn.), of the Senate
Constitutional Amendments Sub
committee remarked that the ad
ministration had reversed its pos
ition on this matter.
If so, : Eisenhower may have
ordered the reversal because he
had been struck by a terrifying
idea: If the amendment were re
pealed quickly he, Eisenhower,
might be eligible for renomina
tion when the Republican nation
al convention meet snext year.
Such speed would be unlikely but,
it would not be impossible.
So, maybe Ike is taking pre
cautions against a draft. It is
about some of the ingrates in
Louisiana who have been stab
bing me in the back.
"Have you ever read Invictus?
ou remember what it says, "I
am the captain of my fate, I am
the master of my soul'? You can
translate that and you know
what I am going to do in Louisi-
na."
astonishing but not unreaso"ble not do not make any sense either
to suggest that a man of Eisen
hower's age and medical history
might be summoned to a third
presidential term. It is astonish-,
ing because it does not make
any sense.
Third Term Precedent
But it is not unreasonable be
cause politics more often than
Sam Rayburn
Backs Labor
Reform Bill
WASHINGTON (UPI ) Speaker
Sam Rayburn came out strongly
today in favor of House passage of
a moderate labor reform bill op
posed by both President Eisen
hower and the AFL-CIO.
The Texas Democrat leader re
jected complaints by organized la
bor that the bill, drafted by the
House Labor Committee, is too
tough and the contention of the
administration that it doesn't go
far enough.
Rayburn told reporters the com
mittee bill would do "a splendid
job" of ousting racketeers from
unions without punishing labor or
honest union leaders.
"Legislation should not be
passed to punish anyone," he said
in endorsing the committee bill
without reservation.
The House leader said the legis
lation would be called up for floor
action as soon as the Rules Com
mittee gives it clearance. The lat
ter group may consider the bill
Tuesday but there is no assurance
that it will be cleared.
Earlier, Sen. John F. Kennedy
iD-Mass.), co-author of a labor
reform bill already passed by the
Senate, warned that House pas
sage of a "punitive" measure
would endanger changes of any
antiracketeering legislation this
session
On the other hand. House Re
publican Leader Charles A. Hal-
leck of Indiana declared he would
vote against reform legislation un
less the House approved a tougher
administration backed substitute.
and, besides, the precedent would
be for Republican strategists to
run Ike again if they could. He
would enter the White House for
a third term in his 71st year.
It might kill him? Perhaps it
would. That is the way it hap
pened to Roosevelt back there in
1944-45. It is the physicians
against the politicians in the dis
pute whether insiders knew FDR
was dying when he sought and
won a fourth term.
The files relate that just be
tore the 1944 elections, Vice Adm.
Ross T. Mclntire said FDR was
in good health and without "or
ganic difficulties at all'' although
underweight. James A. Farley
and others are on public record
that it was widely known among
political leaders that Roosevelt
was a dying man when he was
renominated in 1944.
Aid Says FDR Was Dying
Jonathan Daniels, a White
House secretary, wrote that FDR
was 'dying in 1944 and that some
of his associates knew it. Henry
A. Wallace was deposed from
second place and Harry S. Tru
man subbed with the warning
word that the 1944 convention
was not nominating a vice pres
ident but a President of the
United States.
Edward J. Flynn's inside ,
memoirs remarked in 1947 that
FDR had slipped mentally and
physically but that the "group
are not much different. And, it
is a fact that Republican Party
political prestige is fading where
as Ike seems to remain the U.S.
favorite son.
GRIVAS BALKS AT PACT
ATHENS (UPI) Gen. George
Grivas, a leader of Cyprus' fight
for independence, announced
Wednesday he would actively op
pose the present international
agreements by which Cyprus is to
attain nationhood. In so doing, the
EOKA -guerilla chief openly broke
with Archbishop Makarios who
has given public support to the
agreements reached earlier this
year by Britain, Turkey ana
Greece.
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