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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.
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by Nephi Combs, and her mother, who i? played by Mrs. Roy Skeen. They all ap
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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.
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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.
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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. " " ' '' v
Just getting around the country
to make campaign speeches is
rough on a $22.500-a-year sena
tor who lacks private income.
Once he has "announced" as a
candidate he finds the speaking
engagement fees disappear.
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