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"The Workers Are Traitors They're All Capitalists'.' k M II ll DREW PEARSON SAYS; Munitions Lobby Sets Up Entertainment For Army EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Thursday, August 6, 1959 "A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" OA oiiandb ruiiUBiii.MU compant GEORGE S. CIIAIJ.IS . .. Adv. Director TOM HUMES - Circulation Mgr. It Will Be A Historic Meeting Not since KiHenhower made the dra matic announcement in 19"2 that he would go to Korea in the interests of ending the war there has he done any thing so unexpected and bold. Not once before has lie even hinted that the ice had thawed sufficiently to make a Khrushchev visit feasible. At his news conference last we'-k he made quite a point of the fact that Vice President Nixon was not authorized to extend an invitation to the Russian premier. Then, nil of a sudden, lie breaks the news that Khrushchev not onl.vis coming to this country, but he is going to Russia. It would not be more startling if he had announced that a, summit conference had been agreed to. The idea itself is not new. Khrush chev has been hinting for a long time that he would welcome an invitation to visit the U.S. As a result quite an argu ment began building up. There were those who contended that the top man in the Sovk't Union should be invited because a view of America would likely modify his extreme viewpoint that our way of life is decadent and doomed. Others argued that we would run quite a risk inviting Khrushchev liccnus? some one might try to assassinate him, and because the friendly front he would show while in this country would convince sonic Americans at least that our fears about Russia are groundless after all. After the unexpectedly cordial recep tion given Vice President Nixon in Russia, however, it would have been almost insulting to refuse Krushchev a chance to make the visit if he requested it. And we can be virtually sure that the request was made, probably through ' Nixon. :Jke, seing how much good it has done the cause of the West for the vice president to venture into supposedly hos tile territory, decided he would make more hay while this kind of diplomatic sun was shining and go over himself. lie was encouraged in this decision by both Britain and France who believe that the more contacts there are among top level leaders, the more chance there Is of mutual understanding. Congress, on the whole, will approve. Sen. Fulbright, chairman of the powerful foreign" rela tions committee, said he welcomes the exchange of visits, but cautions that they will not "solve all our problems with the Soviet Union." A side effect is likely to be a ost ponement of any further crises over Rerlin. The Geneva conference now is expected to adjourn quietly on Wednes day with no decision on a summit con ference. That decision is likely to be made when Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in the White House. Ike is reported to have a dislike for top level inter national conferences at which a few lead ers make momentous decisions. Much of the world's turmoil in this century, he knows, has resulted from such decisions turning out to be wrong. I!ut he'll size up Khru.shchev at first hand and then decide. It will bo an historic meeting. Free Advice By Tele Call up a lawyer ana asK lor some legal advice and you can expect to pay for it. Rut call up a doctor for medical advice and it's always free. Nearly al ways, that is. Some doctors, the Ameri can Medical Assn. reports, have started charging $1 for phone calls. The AMA doesn't seem to look with favor on the practice, feeling that a doctor can't accurately diagnose symp toms described over the phone, and might be accused of malpractice for phone liceppting payment for prescribing wrong ly without seeing the patients. Yet most M.IVs are plagued by phone calls at all hours, many of them essen ' tial, but others from persons who know it doesn't cost anything to call, the doctor and seek a little advice or get some medicine prescrilied. If the doctors themselves can't ngres on phone call payments, the pnictice f charging for them is not Hkely to become widespread. Will It Really Help Business Businessmen over the country read with interest the story of an experiment in downtown Toledo, Ohio. Four blocks in' the main retail areas have been blocked off and topsoil brought in to provide large patches of lawn and flower beds in the streets. It is called n shopping mall and is an attempt to make an old retail nren ns attractive as the new more spacious shopping centers being developed on the city's outskirts. Reaction of shoppers in the first few days was k"I- Slnvt.-i limm-ily now.l ed with noisy curs and befouled by ex haust fumes overnight were transformed into pleasant little parks. People could walk in any direction without looking first to see if the light was against them. This test provided symbols of the out doors greenery and trees, to- give the impression of restfulness and leisurely activity that characterizes the well planned suburban shopping centers. When it is all asphalt and concrete with traffic crowding the pedestrians, the at mosphere is bound to be one of tension to some degree. Toledo's test will help (leliiuiiiie whether a cluiifil downtown atmosphere will actually help business, WASHINGTON. At the Shcr aton I'ark hotel, right under the nose of Coniircssman !Iebert' in vestigating committee, the mun itions lobby has set up some of the most lavish army entertain ment seen in Washington (or some time. 1 Fifty companies doing business with the Pentagon have reserved 5) "hospitality suites" to enter tain procurement and contract officers during the Army Asso ciation convention this week. This is an expense which the aver age small business firm can't af- fcrd, and is one reason why more and more business goes to the big firms, less to small firms. Sen. John Sparkman of Ala boma revealed list week that 20 big corporations get one-half of all defense contracts. Official Pentagon figures also show that 100 firms get 74 per cent of the contracts. This is partly because of the retired admirals and gen erals employed by the big com panics, partly because compcti tivc bidding i.s largely out the window, partly because the big companies can afford to keep regular lobbyists in Washington and entertain lavishly. Here is how they arc entertain ing for the Army this week: General Electric, which is the nation's No. 3 defense contrac tor, has reserved the Madison room at the Sheraton Park from Sunday morning until Wednes day night for free liquor and entertainment. It is aUo throw ing a big cocktail party in the Burgundy Room Wednesday. GE got $954,000,000 in defense con tracts last year and employs 35 retired officers. General Motors, ' which did $282,000,000 business with the Pentagon last year took the Bur gundy Room for a reception and dinner Aug. 3. Hughes Aircraft reserved the Burgundy Room for a cocktail party Tuesday. It got over half a billion dollars in defense orders last year ($565,700,000) and em ploys seven retired officers. Sperry Gyroscope and United Aircraft throwed rival cock tail parties Wednesday after noon. United Aircraft got $400, 500,000 in defense orders last year and employs 15 retired officers. Chesapeake and Potomac Tele phone, a subsidiary of the giant American Tel and Tel with $792,- 000,000 of defense orders, is throwing a big dinner and recep tion. No congressional committee v.'ill be able to put the finger on any actual contracts negotiat ed during these "at homes tol Pentagon officers," but they arc one reason why big contracts to big corporations get bigger and bigger. Behind tht Labor Battle One of the great legislative dramas of the year is squaring off for a showdown in the House of Representatives this week. It's the battle over a clean-labor bill. So far the jockeying has been in the wings and cloakrooms of congress. But today or tomot row the fighting begins out in the open and in earnest. And al though the speeches will deal with Jimmy Hoffa and union treasuries, secondary boycotts and hot cargoes, actually two less QUOTES FROM THE NEWS United Pratt International WASHINGTON Vice President Richard M. Nixon, pleading for courteous treatment of Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev when Khrushchev visits this country next month: "I suggest and urge that in the interest of peace and justice the tropic of our country show him the some courtesy that the peo ple of the Soviet Union showed me . The impression of us that he" brings hark to Russia will be important." COON RAPIDS, Iowa - Corn fat-met R(jswell Carst, an expert in modern agriculture, welcoming Soviet Premier Niktta S. Khrush chev's proposed vl:.it to his farm and saying the world would be safer if the Russians learn more about raising food: "Better fed people urc more friendly people" GENEVA Secretary of Slate Christian A. Herter. spaking to the final session of the deadlocked Big Four foreign ministers con ference on Berlin: "I would hope that we will re sume our negotiations, at a date to b determined by our govern ments. In order to address these differences one by one. If we can reconcile these differences, this should lead to an agreement which will give real hope for a secure position for the people of West Berlin." WASHINGTON-Chairman War ren G. Magnuson iD-Wash.) of the Senate Commerce Committee, commenting on the federal aid hit'hwny program: I he ymetnois nit all II, e lib Urns and we raise the taxes. " publicized factors will be ir. congressmen's minds when the) step up to vote. One is a very lium in factor the battle between two men both in the twilight tf their careers Sam ftavburn of Texas and Howard Smith of Virginia. ! The other is an economic fac-: tor, the plan of some industrial ! ists to suck more and more bus iness out of the North into a ni n union South. The struggle between the two elder statesmen, Rayburn and Smith, is the must human part ol the labor battle. Speaker Ray burn, now 77 years old. with 46 years of service in congress, has a labor record of which he is proud. He' has always been the Iriend of the working man. Surrounded by some of the most reactionary political forces in the Southwest, Mr. Sam ha been influenced by old friend ships. But when the chips were down, he has always fought to produce. Republicrat From Virginia "Judge" Smith, the jwallow- tailcd gentleman from Virginia is listed as a Democrat, but .usu ally votes Republican. He is the spokesman for the big utilities the National Association of Manufacturers, and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. He is the close friend of GOP Leader Char lie Hilleck; the two consult on almost every important bill be fore congress. ' Last January, a strong group of Democrats, led by Chet Holi field of California, wanted to clip Smith's power to throttle bills in the ruels committee of which he is chairman. But Sam Rayburn saved Smith. That res cue has now boomeranged. Smith has been behind almost every legislative move to undercut Sam Rayburn's leadership. Smith today is the real leader behind the tough anti-labor bill introduced by Landrum of Geor gia. Democrat, and Griffin of Michigan, Republican, which the Smith-Halleck coalition will try to substitute for the more mod crate House labor bill. If the tough anti-labor bill passes, many northern congress men, both Republicans and Dem ocrats, figure the North will be come an industrial vacuum, that industry will be sucked into the non-labor South. This appears to some southern congressmen. But others, including Sam Ray burn, know that it would lead to Ditter sectionalism in congress and attempts to pass discrimina tory economic Legislation against the South. They also know that in the long run, northern cong ressmen have the votes. Those are the backstage fac tcrs behind the labor bill as the HolisCof Representatives squares off for a bitter vote. r- aA? S 4 if., j A I H I I .VI,' mm -' mTM I i in hiiii ' ' .. READING THE SCRIPTURE The Prentiss family takes time out to read the scriptures. From the left is Narcis sa Prentiss, who is about to become Narcissa Whitman, her father, who is played by Nephi Combs, and her mother, who i? played by Mrs. Roy Skeen. They all ap pear in "Doctor In Buckskin Clad." . r (Perry .Studio Photo) Dollars Are Scarce For Humphrey Wim Adlai 1 Still In The Picture By WILLIAM THEIS UPI Stfff Writer WASHINGTON i:PH From the presidential training camp of Sen. Hubert II. Humphrey ID- Minn') comes word that must sound familiar to Treasury Sec retary Bob Anderson: Money is hard to find. And the skeletonized Humph-rey-for-Presiilcnt organization is afraid dollars will stay scarce as long as Adlai E. Stevenson re mains in the picture as a pos sible Democratic contender. The Minesotan's backers find some oast Stevenson supporters unwill ing to get financially committed to anyone else until they know for sure that twice-beaten Adlai is not going to try again. As a result the Humphrey team is a volunteer band. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Karl Rollvaag and oth ers working to stir up suppor for Humphrey are on no campaign payroll. It's just as well since their- man has not yet formally "annoflnced" he's running. Money is no minor political problem allhounh most of the l!HH) presidential prospects might find it easier to come by than Humphrey. Polish Man In-The Street Would Like Visit For Ike By EDWARD J. SHIELDS United Prvss International WARSAW i lPI i If the Pol ish man-in-the-street had anvthing to do with it, President Eisenhow er would be invited to visit Po land on, his way back from Rus sia this fall. Vice President Richard Nixon's trip has been an cye-oncner for both Poles and Americans, and Eisenhower would be even more popular. Poles still remember that Ei senhower, then commander of the victorious armies that crushed the Nazi armies, visited Warsaw in 1!Mr. He made a deep impression on them. The Nixon visit went surprising ly well. There was some reluc tance on the part of the Polish government at the start on the idea of a "formal" visit by Nix on on the heels of Khrushchev for obvious political reasons, accord ing to some sources. But a "collective" decision was made to accept the idea. "On the American side, the-e was also fear that he would be cxiwscd to anti-American demon strators and perhaps, planted hec klers, as he had been in Russia American advisors on the spot said these fears were groundless, hut even they were surprised by the size and warmth of the wel come. Everyone, from Nxon on down to the press representatives, be haved in exemplary fashion. They were diplomatic, unassuming, cu rious in a friendly way. and most important to the Poles ter rifically impressed by Warsaw's reconstruction and the spirit of her people. They saw that Poland's boast that "the west begins in Poland'' is true. The contrast between Russia and Poland surprised them, and made the face of Po land's Western orientation stand out in even sharper relief. The Polish picture of Nixon, be-1 fore his arrival, was influenced by Moscow reports of his visit, and a short 230-word official bi ography distributed by the Polish News Agency. He was not a well known American personality. Polish newspapers gave a f;iir. balanced report of his Rusa.-. .v I iwt ;, mo tly limn their Cinl corrrtpmnlcnts Both Sen. John F. Kennedy D- Mass.l and Republican Gov. Nel son A. Rockefeller own political financial iieeds. And in a pinch perhaps those of others. The Democratic and Republican na tional finance chairmen might breathe easier if Kennedy and Rockefeller headed their respec tive I960 tickets. Conservative Favorites Vice President Richard M. Nixon on the Republican side, and Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson on the Demo cratic, certainly could tap richer individual campaign veins than Humphrey. Both have strong -appeal in conservative quarters. The same no doubt could be said of Sen. Stuart Symington iD-Mo.( a former successful businessman. Humphrey's hone would be for an edge in dollar support for laboring men. Although Rockefeller and Ken nedy, advocates think both have worn off the political handicao of great wealth, there is some mag ic in needing the ""little buck." Campaign strategists of the ma jor parties have tried to make this basic in their finance plan ning. The theory is that if you get a ixrson's dollar, yoy probably have his vole. Both parties now use the S100- a-plate dinner device when they wait to raise big money fast. r. f - V 1 " 1. (. - v - 7 . : ...4- - I i w' r-'. .s- Jkif.t - -c ' "w i 3h - , nfvi r- r.. mi t" j" bttKS VENGEANCE Mrs. Patricia Fare Smith, 3ti of L.iiKiga Park, Ciilif., displays the drawing she nKidc for polite of a man whose face she scarred with a hot iron during an at tempted assault in her home in 1955. She narrovMy escaped the man two more times after that, Mis. Smith relates, forcing her family to move twice. Now she reports a fourth attack. She was unharmed except fbr seven cuts with a penknife as he vowed revenge for his scarring. 1 But the Republicans have em ployed the $1 "chicken box sup per" effectively to stir grass roots interest. The trouble is that $1 bills dis appear pretty fast in a presiden tial .campaign. Modern-day, net work television gobbles it up at a rate of about $75,000 - $85,000 per half-hour. That's not count ing the costs involved in paying for entertainment that may be displaced on a prime evening spot. The Democrats' three - network TV campaign opener in 1956, for example, cost a cool $225,000. And it had to be paid in cash 48 hours in advance of air time. Close Call Democrats remember with a little fiscal chill now President Truman almost didn't get on one 1!48 telecast for lack of cash. The dollar "count-down"' ended with just three hours to spare when the needed money -was scraped up. 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Rhodes Lewis EASTERN OREGON COLLEGE COLISEUM PA. AUGUST 7J t.OO (doltt, 50c students, 55c children. 2 50 entire family LAST LAUGHS Q V i Oh, don't mind Larry, deer. He - jutt enioyt looking et thoet from La Crende Shoe Storel LA GRANDE SHOE STORE 1314 Adam