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EDITORIAL PAGE IXGRANDE OBSERVER Wednesday, September 2, 1959 "A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" KIIJCY D. ALLEN Publisher I OrSLpuw58uTnSHJ'ompAnt JiVrHA1.''? w . Man Edrtor (iM)H(ih S. ( 1IAIJJS ... Adv. Director ' TOM HUMES Circulation Mgr. Part Of The 5-Year Plan? The recent announcement by Chinese Communist Scientists that they have dis covered the well preserved jaw bone of a very old woman can be reviewed in sev eral ways. No doubt the geologists will classify it as a primitive cenozonic Peking speci man, probably Sinanthropus Pithecan thropus and antedating Cro-Magnon or Homo Neandertalensus. Thus making it one of the most important finds since Alley Oop's discovery by modern day car toonists. . - Another group, which is growing in numbers and gaining sentiment, might be somewhat less confident about the antiquity of the siKjeimen had identifi cation been less postive. The latter group might point to the fact that it is one of 15 such finds in tluN Carey's Threat James H. Carey, president of the United Electrical worker's ly sent a letter to members of Congress who voted for a labor bill which Carey opposed. In the missive, Carey told Congress man he. would work against them in the 1960 elections. Some members of Congress immediate ly raised an outcry. Congressman Nor blad of Oregon screamed about the "threat" and one of the Portland news papers put a headline on the story which made it look the Norblad feared for his person. Actually, there's no reason why Carey shouldn't tell these Congressmen that he would work for their opponents. And none of them should be surprised at his statement. They should have ex pected him to work against them. 'Ball Game' Composer Dies At Age Of 79 LACUNA BEACH, Calif. UP1 Jack Norworth. musical comedy star and composer of such songs as "Take Me Out to the Bull Game" and "Shine on Harvest Moon," died Tuesday night at the age of 79. Norworth. recuperating from a stroke and other ailments, suc cumbed at his home here Just four hours after his release from UCLA Medical Center in Los An geles, about 45 miles away. A heart ailment was believed to have contributed to his death. Norworth, born in Philadelphia in 1880, wrote "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" In 1906, about 35 years before seeing his first baseball game. Ironically, he never received royalties from hi two best known songs because they were pub lished before the 1910 Copyright Law.. . ' ' ,.' '- ' , . He broke into vaudeville wheii Return of the Prodigal v -. v -T -s i same burial grounds since 1929 which is about the time the Communist Dragon began to raise its ugly head in China. It it)ight also be a very old woman, one who had perhaps lost her usefulness in one of the several 5-year plans, so popu lar these days with Communists. The thought might be carried on fur ther to conclude that the same misguided philosophy has been responsible for creat ing more skeletons than any other one in history since the Khan Boys, operated in that ami and, since they seem to have known where it was buried, it might be a logiral deduction that it was another one of theirs in the first place. Oh well, this particular "Liberation" is somewhat less painful than that which is going on in Laos by machinations of the same stripe of Hydra-headed, evil philosophy. Not So Threatening But, this is union, recent OBITS United Press International OHEHI.IN. Ohio tUPH Prof. Frank II. Shaw, 75, director emeritus of the Conservatory of music at Oherlin College here, died Tuesday. ROWAYTON. Conn. tlPIl John C. Davis, 53, former vice president and director of the American Seal - Knp Corp., New York City, died Tuesday. he was 18. Fame from the song boosted his career. He landed a Job with the Ziegfeld Follies where he met his first wife, Nora Bayes. They worked as a team for many years and had their own show, 'Little Miss Fix It." Ills life was the basis for a motion picture. "Shine on Harvest Moon." In 1W2. During the later years of his life he had trouble dnding work as an actor and even complained he couMa't get a tune published iSiity nibii because modern sing ers uiuut know who lie was. C(mZ($Coti NEA Srrict, Inc. another example of what is becoming a double standard of morali ty in American life. If the loard of directors of XYZ Cor poration had decided that a bill was against their best interests and had ad visul members of Congress that the company would fight against them in the next campaign, the outcry would have been tremendous. Congressmen would have had investigating committees on the' job before the echoes of the XYZ statement had died away. Why, then, should Mr. Carey have preferential treatment ? Carey's threat was not too threaten ing, for most of the recipients had known they would get it beforehand. So it doesn't amount to much. But it might be time for him and his fellows to con form to the standards expected of others in our society. Court Upholds Treasury Right On Gold Price SAN FRANCISCO (I'PD - The U. S. Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld the power of the U. S Treasury Department to fix the price of gold at $35 an ounce. The question was raised by Mrs. Gladys Laycock. Prairie City, Ore., drug store clerk, who owns an unworked mine in Grant comity. Ore. She sought an in junction against enforcement of treasury regulations dealing with gold. The appeal tribunal affirmed ruling of U. S. District Judge William C. Mathes of Los Angeles that Congress had a constitutional right to give the Treasury Depart ment the regulatory powers. Mrs. Laycock had complained that it would not j-W to lake gold from lt ' tutu . ' iM present; fixed price. DREW PEARSON SAYS: Rockefeller Asks Dewey To Be Campaign Manager Washington now serious Nelson Rockefeller is about run ning for president is clear from the fact that he has asked Ex- Gov. Tom Dewey to be his cam paign manager. Dewey was highly successful in getting Ike nominated and elected even though he never did too well for himself . . . Mamie Eisenhower says that she'll go to Moscow with Ike, but only by boat. She halis long overseas airplane flights . . . The Air Force has caught Gov. Ernest Vandiver of Georgia mooching a free, joyride in a National Guard plane all over the Caribbean alter he fin- shed at the governors' confer ence, it plans to Din mm in the same way it did embattled Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana when he flew to Houston, Tex., (some what against his will) to a men tal institution. What the Air Korce doesn't know is that Gov ernor Vandiver is the nephew of potent Senator Russell of Geor gia, who sits on Air Force mat ters as chairman of the Senate armed forces committee. Won der if they'll really try to collect? The General Motors grand jury Two junior congressmen have been responsible for two of the most important probes in con gress this year. Frank Kowalski of Connecticut sparked the in vestigation of GI's used as brass- hat servants, which has already brought drastic changes in the Army. Alfred Santangelo oi New York inspired the probe of the munitions lobby . . . Kowalski re cently made a broadcast, in Pol ish, over the Voice of America. Though his parents immigrated from Poland, the congressman's English is far better than his Pol ish and he had to spend about four hours practicing for a 15 minute broadcast. He did a good job for Polish-American under standing ... The cab is geuing QUOTES FROM THE NEWS Un ited Press International United Press International NEW YORK Gov. Nelson A. t.. v,.,r,,iw announcing that he will call on FBI Director J. Ed gar Hoover for help in. fighting New York City s wave oi juvenue violence: Tho ra-ent tragic occurrence of juvenile violence in the streets, and the fear, anxiety ana peaiir i.,..ir ii,..v have evoked are tragic to all of us, and they call for ac tion by all of us." ciiTVTnW Kpnate Re- nnouuuiv" publican Leader Everett M. Dirk sen till.) promising to go along with an invitation for Soviet Pre- Mtliln c k'hrnshrhev to ad- drcss Congress if protocol calls lor n : "I observe protocol, whatever it is. I'm a conformist." rmrAnn National Safety Council President Howard Pyle, giving the council s prediction oi the Labor Day weeK-eno. iraiuc toll: "fin h hasis of oast experi ences and the anticipated increase in travel this year, the cold sta ,'ciif iniiiraiB th.it as many as 450 immediate traffic deaths could occur over the Labor Day holi day." i Rtnvivr.llAM. Ala. Neero io,i..r Snminl II Moore, presi dent of the Southern Negro Im- nrnvoment Assn. of Alabama, in a telegram asking President Ei senhower to poll southern Negroes on forced integration: "i assure von that both races in the South are unalterably op posed to the integration ot races in public schools, naciai naie anu racial nreiudice that was dead is now reconstructed." Thornton Says Welfare Dept. Can't Cut Aid SAI.F.M UPP Attorney Gen eral Robert Thornton said Tues day the Public Welfare Commis sion mav not arbitrarily shut off aid to dependent children in an effort to find out if recipients should get more money but that it may revise policies lor review ini! eligibility. Jeanne Jewett. welfare adminis trator, asked Thornton whether in order to require a more frequent review the Commission might "arbitrarily terminate each month one-sixth of all ADC cases in an attempt to require reappli- cation by those who wish to apply again and a redetermination of their eligibility for further assist ance." Thornton said that such termi nations would not be legal under Oregon law because, among other things. "It is a basic rule of ad ministrative law that administra live regulations must be reason able and not arbitrary." He said he could see no objec tion to the Commission altering or revising its present policy in reviewing the ADC program in order to redetermine eligibility provided they do not arbitrarily terminate aid am) meet with ap- pro il of the I'.S. secretary of health, education and welfare. down to business in a probe of Pan American Airways . . . The Justice Department also means business in its probe of General Motors for dominating over 50 per cent of the nation's tuto pro duction. Not even Postmaster General Summerfield, biggest Chevrolet dealer in the world, has been able to stop the Gener al Motors grand jury . . . Con gressman Frank Thompson of New Jersey, who got sprayed with acid the other day, finds time to be the Capitals No. 1 ad vocate of culture, though Con gressman Harris McDowell of Delaware is runner-up. They urge that future memorials to great Americans be in the form of living monuments, not rigid stone, and that Keith's famous theatre opposite the treasury be made a Washington arts center. Morris Cafritz, the big D.C. real tor, has offered Keith's free to the nation's capital, but timid D. commissioners say they have n't got the money to use it Inside the labor conference The Democratic Senator who's inclined to slide over to the Re publican side during the hot Lan- drum Griffin bill discussions is likable Jennings Randoph of West Virginia, with four Demo cratic senators, balanced against three Republicans, Randolph's vote can throw the conference one way or the other . . . Sen. Pat McNamara of Michigan was the only Senator who opposed secrecy at the Senate-House labor talks. It was agreed to keep Senate assistants in the room, but bar newsmen. As the last news man walked out, McNamara wise cracked: "I want the last man who walked out the door as my assistant. He's with the Detroit News. I want to use him for pub lic relations advice." . . . There's contractors closed-shop gim mick tucked in the Land rum Griffin bill which was sold to Landrum and Griffin by the pow erful Associated General Contrac tors. It will squeeze out all non member contractors. It provides that in the building trade, con tractors may sign pre-hire con tracts with a labor union, but the contractors must have a history of collective bargaining This means he must belong to the lo cal contractors' association, and also means a closed shop for con tractors written into law . . . Rep. Graham arden of North Car olina is so anti-labor that in the cloed-door sessions he . insisted that officers and unions be re quired to have surety bonds of 10 per cent of the union money they handle. This would mean that David Dubinsky's Garment Workers, with a $200,000,000 fund, would have to get $20,000, 000 surety. This goes far beyond the surety requirement ot the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp- iration which guarantees depos its in the nations banks. When. Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizo na, a businessman, heard about this, he drastically scaled the Barden provision down. Mailbag Rep. W. F. Norrell of Arkansas I have your telegram stating that you are not now in a wheel chair and have not been since vour stroke. I am deugnt ed to make this fact clear and very sorry you have been ill Herman Johnson, the Johnson Company, Duluth, Minn. You are riant that there have been cases of secondary boycotts and organ izational picketing, but tne tact remains that with the exception of one narrow loophole, they are hanned under the Taft-Hartley act. Not only my column but the New York Times has pointed out that section 8 B (4) (A) of the Taft-Hartley Act specifically bans this type of picketing ana mat President Eisenhower was not fair when in his telecast on laoor legislation he cited the secondary picketing of retail turnuure sior i hecause the furniture manu facturer would not permit union organization. . The presidents nwn lust ce department, unvuii the Taft-Hartley Act, in most cases has the power to stop this type of picketing. REMEMBER WHEN , . 25 years ago the League nf Nations had a no. une "nroblem child" in Japan, country that later stalked out of the world wide peace organization And a couple of "sawbones" in the Windy City were indicted on new charges concerning tne lat? .Inhn Dillinser. America s top gun- slinger of the prohibition era who was gunned down In Chicago by th G-Men. The two doctors not only had lifted Dillinger s profile but had erased his fingerprints In an effort to hide his identity ... 15 vears- ago La Grande was host to Edgar W. Smith. Oregon Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate and member of the board of higher education, who discussed America's war policy. The Observer headlines read Yanks Break Into Germany! The Hermans were said to oe wn- drawing from Italy, and the Rhine innrt of the World War II enemy of' Europe was being evacuated of ie to the neavy Aineo. bombing might. of Industrial- German,. wi aiTested, sarl4 per- 17 New High, Jr. High Teachers; Seventeen new teachers are in structing this new school year at tne La Grande nigh and junior high schools, according to Lyle Riggs, city superintendent of schools. In the elementary school system there are 14 new teachers, with Centrol school topping the list of newcomers with six. Names and background of the new teachers are as follows: High school Alan Christen- sen, returning teacher to the school system after an absence since 1953. He taught here in 1935-36; will teach English this year. Ronald Ingle will teach Eng lish and history; graduated from Seattle Pacific and resided in Hermiston. Betty Ward will teach com mercial course; married, gradu ate of Washington State College, and is from Edwald, Wash. Curtis Cox will teach book keeping, driver training and serve as assistant coach; has been teaching at Emmett, Idaho, past two years. Don O Neill will serve as guidance director; graduated fiom the University of Idaho, is single and hails from Mountain Home, Idaho. Richard Mansfield will teach orchestra and other music class es; graduated from the Univers- MISH-MASH (Editor's note Fifteen years ago, about this time of the year. Observer staff writer Grady Panndl found a few rvtrfuul hours away from the front lines, and with a liber ated German typewriter dashed off this bit of prose which found its way to Yank Maga zine, the WWII servicemen's publication.) Gone are the days when we were free. No fishing, no hunting, no weekend spree. Among neon and show-windowed glass. And no stagging with the upper class. Or chinning and wagging with the guy next door; No charitable benefits for the 'unfortunate poor; Can't sit in the bleachers with the white shirt-sleeved; Off limits, the "primrosed" where we did as we pleased; Don't tour for pleasure in the summer's rain, Or take those holiday jaunts on a Pullman train; Miss those old days when we "dressed up"; Those spectacular matches for the Davis Cup, And ninety yards for an up roarious touchdown: The sea-green turf of Churchill Downs; A lazy square in a Midwest town; A park with kids on a merry-go-round; The bite of fall when the sea son for duck; No wigwam sight of brown fodder shock. Or annual carnival coming to town With its Big Top of animal and clown; No Kiwanis club or Elk's lodge. Or congested traffic on Broad way to dodge; No best girl or wife on a Saturday night; Can't see a Madison Square Garden title fight; No hum of insect on a hot sum mer's day, Or casual people going their way; No moonish nights from a park's bench. Or suddenly caught in an April drench; Without the fire of a picnic roast; Can't play the part of a per fect host: No outbidding a partner in a bridge game; The Flower garden of a moth erly dame; No milkman's whistle in early morn, Or Sunday dinner on Grand dad's farm; Unh?ard the fanfare of a po litical parade, And the Miss America on her promenade; No Christmas bells ringing o'er the snow, Or beautiful works of Shakes peare and Poe; A toast to drink on a New Year's night: New Y'ork's White Way with VIOLENT OBJECTIONS FAYETTEVILLE. N C. (UPD A barroom fight spread into a two block street brawl involving nearly 100 persons Monday night when a group of soldiers from Ft. Bragg objected to a policeman's attempt to arrest one of the bar's patrons. The hour-long fight end ed when police reinforcements ar 14 In Lower ity of Idaho, is single. Mrs. Virginia Widman will teach girls' physical education and health; served as substitute teacher here last year, graduated from Linfield College, taught two years in Baker junior high school. Mrs. Wilma Easlcy will teach Latin and math; served as sub stitute teacher here last year, graduate of University of Colora do. Mary Kessie will teach com mercial subjects; graduated from Oregon tate College, and form erly lived at iJarlan, Ore. She is single. Junior high school Raymond Berry will teach 8th grade his tory and shop; graduated from Eastern Oregon College, and ii married. Mrs. Audrey Carey will teach science, art, history and home economics; graduate of Wash State College, and has been teaching at Reardon, Wash. Mrs. Helen Cox will teach girls' physical education and health; attended South Dakota State and has boon teaching at Emmett, Idaho. Mrs. Joyce Gilman will teach 8th grade English; graduated from EOC, and has been teaching in Texas. .' ' Richard Mansfield will teach orchestra, duplicating his course tho dim-out lights; The beauty of Virginia's Shanandoah, And color of a Western rodeo. Or excursion down the Po tomac River; A wintry blast to make you shiver; No novelty shop of antique ware. Or subway ride, a nickel for fare; And book-of-the-month at the nearest shop, Or pleasant smile of Murphy the cop; No midnight snack at some lunch bar. And smart design of a new styled car; Not heard nor seen this mod ern way, For lost is a balance gone1 are the days. . . . Grady Pannel "Get Ready For Winter Driving" ARE YOU A NEW CAR OWNER WITH 14" TIRES? If So Lei's Trade Tires! Turn In Your 5 Rayon, Factory Equipment Tires AND TAKE OUT 4 General Nygea Tires 2-Krafireads Winter Tires 1-New Wheel 75014 FOR ONLY. '(Dual 90' Slightly Higher) ADVANTAGES: 1. Carry winter tire for spare instead of new ire. , 2. Winter fires are ready when you need fhem. 3. No dismounting and mounting of tubeless fires Eliminates bead damage or leaks. 4. Lowest cost mileage possible. ' TERMS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS t!! Your Winter Tire Service Ford's Tire Service PENDLETON LA GRANDE HEPPNER School ' Grades! in the high school. Mrs. Ann Pannell will teach science; graauatea irom. King College in Bristol, Tenn., after attending Emory and Henry in Virginia, and taught in Las Veg as, Nev., last year. . Mrs. Hilde Tilgner will teach- science and math; taught at Fori est Grove last year. t Steve Smith will teach 7th grade; graduated from EOC and is married. ' Central elementary Mrs. Al berta Wolfe will teach first grade; graduated from EOC. ' Mrs. Vcrna Carroll will tcacht first grade; graduated from EOcjj taught in Portland one year and was substitute teacher here last year. I Mrs. Phyllis Walch will teach! second grade; graduated front EOC, and formerly lived in Wal lowa. Mrs. Margaret Beasley wilt teach second grade; - graduated1 from Colorado State College of. Education, Greeley; taught in: Mountain Home, Idaho, and serv ed as substitute teacher here last year. Mrs. Leora Hug will teach third grade; graduated from EOCJ taught at Milwaukie, Ore. ( Mrs. Joyce Taylor will teach second grade; graduate of EOCJ and has been teaching at Haw-t thorne, Calif. I Greenwood Mrs. Ellen Laugh bon will teach second grade! graduate of Wittenberg College in Ohio, has taught in Ohio and? at Tonasket, Wash., and servetf as substitute teacher here las? year. . Mrs. Ruth Berry will teach fourth grade; graduated from EOC, and served as substitute teacher here last year. -Mrs. Ruby Kuhn will teach fifth grade; she has been teach ing in Fruitdale. Kiveria Mrs. Eunice Dima will teach both third and fourth com bination; attended EOC, and taught in Baker. ' Mrs. Ruth Johnson will teach sixth grade half-time; graduated from EOC. Willow Mrs. Alice Endicott will teach first grade; graduate of San Jose State in California. ' Ackerman Miss Amelia Josst will teach fourth grade; gradu ate of EOC, holds master's de gree and taught at Riveria last' year.. , . . Sherman Nordquist will teach 8th grade history and shop. $ 95