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MAN-OF-THE-WEEK: INDIA'S NEHRU Heir Of Gandhi's Mantle 4 Walking Around The Tree By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Staff WriUr Man-ofthe-week: Pandit Jawa horlal Nehru, prime minister o( India. . The place: New Delhi. The quote: "There Is no alterna tive for us but to defend our coun try'i borders and integrity." For more than 20 years, the 69-year-old Nehru has given the im pression of a man talking to him self. The heir of Gandhi's mantle, he has since 1947 been both prime minister of independent India and its undisputed leader. Esthetic, yet tireless, son of a rich Brah min but himself a convinced So cialist, international apologist for Communism but its outspoken ene my at homsv Nehru , was in an other of the difficult positions he has chosen for himself as spokes man for Asian neutrals. It was his painful duty last week to tell the Indian Parliament that Red Chinese troops had penetrat ed the Indian border in the north east frontier area. Decision Has History The Sino-Indian frontier extends along some 2,5(10 miles of frontier protected by the towering Hima layas. It is a wild land of Gorges, forests, both lush and arid lands, of ferocious winters and of tribes, some of whom still believe in head hunting. The news which Nehru gave parliament had a history going back to 1957. There had been numerous Com munist incursions, including pene tration of Ladukh, a mountainous area sometimes referred to as In dian Tibet. Now the Chinese had pushed farther, this time into the north east territory. Violations of Kash mir also were reported. The pro tectorates of Bhutan and Sikkim were reported threatened, if not actually invaded. Nehru told parliament that In QUOTES FROM THE NEWS United Press International TURNBERRV, Scotland - Scot tish golf professional Lon Marsh bank issuing a judgment on Pres ident Eisenhower's golf after play ing a round with him: "I told the President that I thought he was not pivoting enough 'and hfr told me it was an old fault. . .he is a good average player. MOSCOW Soviet Premier Ni kita S. Khrushchev, asserting at a Polish Embassy reception that Communism will defeat Capital ism because it produces the best living conditions: "The capitalists are digging their own graves. 1 am not a grave digger. I am not going to labor to dig your own graves. If you like the capitalist system live as long as you can. How long, I cannot predict. JACKSON, Miss. A group of Negroes, explaining in a petition why they are trying to preveni a white family from moving into their neighborhood: "Mr. (W. J Garrett has three teen-age daughters and, of course, there are a lot of young colored boys in this area. We do not want anything to happen which would cause trouble." CHICAGO Federal rackets buster Max II. Goldschein, main taining that detectives should not be kept on narcotics investigation work more than three or four years because of the temptations: "After three or four years, a man outlives his usefulness. After all, every man has his breaking point." Portland Is Told To Construct New Sewage Facilities PORTLAND (I'PI) -. Six Wash intgon cities and Portland were ordered Thursday to build new major sewage treatment .plants by mid-1961. They also were or dered to improve present facili ties by mid-1960. The order came at a public hearing called by the U. S. sur geon general at the request of Oregon and Washington pollution control agencies. The Washington cities, which like Portland dump pollution into the lower Columbia river, are Vancouver, Longview, Kelso. Camas, Kalama and Cathlamet. Enforcement of the time limits is up to Oregon and Washington agencies, although the action re quired approval of the U.S. sur- geon general. CONFERENCI ENDS WARSAW (UPI) The 48th In terparliamentary Union Confer ence ended here Friday after del egates from East and West adopt ed resolutions favoring the meet ings of heads of government and increased measutel to prevent warlike propaganda. dian troops were being rushed normwara. As a socialist, Nehru has ad mired the Communists as success ful revolutionaries. As an adminis trator, he has disannrnveri r Communism's roughshod methods ana, tor India, ne has sought a balance in which the state con trolled economics but with politi cal freedoms guaranteed to the in dividual. N.hru Opposes War He opposes war both on princi ple and through the knowledge of what it would do to India. And as he has travelled thrnimh India preaching hit own and Gan- uni s doctrines, ne frequently has appearea rawo man who exam ines a tree on all sides. For nwrv positive statement he has made. ne nas ma'le another which ap pears to UKe tne opposite side. ltus was his third brush with British Paper John Eisenhower By Phone By MERRIMAN SMITH. UPI SUM Writer PARIS i UPI i Mai. John E Eisenhower, 37, the President's son, probably wishes telephones never had been invented. The deeply conscientious John Eisenhower in his capacity as as sistant While House staff officer. is really in charge of his father's current trip. In charge to the ex tent that, as "project officer," all detailed plans must clear through him. John is a highly security con scious Army officer. He hates the public limelight and consistently refuses to suy anything for pub Last week in I-ondon, however. members of the President's trav eling party were astonished, evenj shocked, to pick up one of Brit ain's foremost morning newspa ers with an interview by John splashed all over the front page. Fraudulent Journalism? Most of the White House staff members thought that there was a blatant example of fraudulent journalism. John Eisenhower would never in the world consent to an interview and, furthermore, the story was dutelined from Chequers, the estate of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. John was spending the weekend with his father at Chequers and no re porter was allowed inside the gates. Yet. the day passed without Girls Back In Hillcrest After Riot SALEM (UPI) Five girls were in security quarters at the Hillcrest school for delinquent girls here today for running away from a school picnic and then rioting at the Lincoln County Jail in Newport Wednesday. Two other girls who ran away from the picnic were reported still at large. - Lincoln county deputies appre hended two of the girls at Lincoln Beach and state police arrested three at Taft shortly after they had run away Wednesday. Sheriff Jack Waterman said the girls began rioting Wednesday night in the jail. They were final ly quelled with fire hoses. COVE BRIEFS Guests Return To California Mrs. Bill Mason anil turn daughters left for their home In California after spending two months with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Tom Conrad. Miss Adarene Conrarl i. in iinr miston helping her sister. Mrs. Ralph Temuleton. Mrs. TVmni.. ton just underwent surgery. Mrs. Kay Williams and hei daughter, Nellie Nibler from La Grande, spent last week in Port land taking in the Centennial. OBITS WILMINGTON, Del. iUI'Ii -Dr. George H. Gehrmann. (8. former medical director of E. I DuPont de Nemours & Cn . HiH Thursday night at his home in Fairville, Pa. HANOVER, N. II. VPI Bremer W. Pond, 75, former chairman of the Department ol Landscape Architecture at Har vard University's Graduate School of Design, died Wednesday. ATLANTIC CITY. V I mm, Frank W. Amstutt, 70, former executive secretary of Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce died Friday. LONG BEACH, Calif uri) Famed yacht race figure Ted Sierks, died suddenly Krid.iv while being treated at a local hospital for a possible bleeding ulcer. international Communism t h i year, but Nehru was still the mar walking around the tree. He had deposed the Communist government in the southern Indiai state of Kerala, and, even as th Chinese Iteds moved against hirr in the north, home-g-own Commu nists were raising havoc in Cal cutta. In Communist overrun Tibet India had lost all the privilege: guaranteed to it through its treat) of WA with Red China. Red Chi nese maps clearly had revealed the covetous eyes being cast or Indian soil by the Chinese Keds Public opinion would back Nehru in whatever action he chose to take against them. But this week Nehru said h hoiied the matter could be settled amicably with the Reds through negotiation. Interviews deniul of the story by Press Sec retary James C. Hagerty even while the town was flooded with copies of the paper describing where John was when he gave the interview, even to the point of describing the desk by which he stood. It developed later that Hagerty did not deny the story for a sim ple reason. It was largely true. John, shortly after his arrival with the President at Chequers, and still unfamiliar with all the niceties of the handsome country estate house, was attempting to make a call over what he thought was a White House phone. Reporter On Other End It wasn't. In fact, it was a di rect line to the outside and on the other end, John was startled to hear a voice demanding quite forcefully to know who he was. He gave his name. Whereupon the cheery voice identified him self as that of a reporter who self as that of a reporter who wanted to know how John's father enjoyed the tumultuous welcome accorded him by the people of London. John was betwixt and between. He said his father thought it was stunning. His father was most pleased, highly honored. And about this time, John realized through the hail of questions that he was being interviewed. This conversa tion ended rather quickly. And how was the reporter able to describe so accurately the lo cale of John's telephone call? Very simple. The newsmen had been to Chequers two days before on an inspection tour conducted by the Prime Minister for the press before the Eisenhowers ar rived. WALLOWA BRIEFS Wallowa Man Injured In Mill The upset of a lumber carrier at the J. Herbert Bate sawmill ser iously injured Walter Huehes. Monday afternoon. He was taken :o Wallowa Memorial Hospital at Enterprise, where late word is that he is expected to recover. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Schercr drove to La Grande Tuesday on busi ness, returning the same evening Miss Sandra Baird returned Monday evening after attending the Methodist Youth Conference it Purdue University, Lafayette nd. She reports the four-dav gathering as modern and seemed o be ahead of the present. On Wednesday morning a par y left Wallowa for a picnic. Mrs. I. R. Morton, Miss Sharon Mor ton, Mrs. E. A. Searle, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schercr, and Mr. and Mrs. Bushncll drove up the can von road toward La Grande and (topped at a roadside camping tround. They spread their table -loth and put the food out. A 'luge swarm of uninvited guests yellow Jackets appeared, and wo stings later they returned to Wallowa. A little later the party drop- ted the Bushnells and added Mrs. 1. A. Hetrick, going up to the iouth Fork for the rest of the lay. Dr. Richard A. Gingrich announces the Opening of a General Practice In the offices formerly occupied by Dr. Clarence A. Gilstrap No. 17 Sommer Building (above Glass Drugs) DAILY HOURS 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SUMMERVILLE BRIEFS Pleasant Grove First Place At The Pleasant Grove Grange of he lmbler-Summerville area won irst prize on their booth at the Jnion County Fair. This entitles hem to take their exhibit to the tate fair in Salem next year. Miss Clara Fries of Yuba, "alif., is visiting with relatives hroughout the valley. She is he sister of Martha Johnston and lenry Fries. The Gorhams traveled to North 'owder Sunday for the threshing ee held at the Harry Nice farm. A garage was. burned to the iround on the Ralph Long farm tear Summerville Tuesday eve ling. The fire department from mbler, and nearby neighbors ept the flames from spreading o a machine shed and the Long's iome. The fire was from an un letermined origin. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison left NORTH POWDER NEWS Insect Club Members Get Fair Honors The Buggly Buggies Insect Club attended the Union County Fair In La Grande. Walter Osterloh won a champion and Ronnie Osterloh won reserved champion on En tomology. Both boys' exhibits will go to the State Fair in Sal tern. Jack McGoldrick, the teacher .-f agriculture and shop at Pow der Valley High will take a car load of boys to the State Fair to represent the North Powder chapter. These boys are; Dennis Patterson, Rick Henderson, Bob Stephens, and Rodney Henderson The boys will go as a judg ing team. Now that school has started for another year the poor green freshmen got their usual "fresh men punishment." They were auctioned off as slaves to the upper-classmen, Wednesday. The highest bid for one freshman girl slave went as high as $15. All freshmen had to attend school Thursday dressed in the usual rig-a-ma-rolls". that iresnmen usually have to wear, and act as klaves to their "owners." Maizie and Trcssie McCIure have finished driving grain trucks for Blais. To Join Army Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rodda have moved in with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Green. Rodda goes tn the army soon. Mrs. Chris Johnson entertain ed the WSCS Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Vancii traveled to Weston over tne weekend where they attended the wedding of a cousin of Mrs. Vancii. Mrs. Grace Rowett is helping cook at the school cafeteria while Mrs. Monaghan is away lor a while. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gilkerson of Eugene visited tne weexena with their niece, Mrs. Aims Lund. They attended the oia feshioned Threshing Bee at the Harry Nice place Sunday. Mrs. Jack Ryan traveled to Kennewick where she visited hei daughter, Mr. and Mi's. John Stewart and son. Judv Rowell is driving grain truck for Lampkin. I-arrv Tavlor has gone to yon- bnd where he has accepted em ployment. Mr. and Mrs. Bill RionaRnan are visiting for awhile with their oldest daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Woody Shockley, of Cocur D' Alene. Distribution Of Meat Normal Despite Strike PORTLAND UPI A strike of some 350 members of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher workers today moved in to its second day here with op erations at the Swift & Co. plant in North Portland at a standstill The walkout was not expected to interrupt normal distribution of livestock on the Portland mar ket or affect the distribution oi fresh meat to markets in the Portland area. Workers at the Swift firm's op erations here were called out at midnight Thursday when some 16.000 , members of the union struck 3 Swift plants across the nation. Grange Wins County Fair Thursday morning for their home in Seattle. They had spent the last two weeks visiting with Mrs. Hutchison's sister, Mrs. Bud Doles and her husband, and fish ing at Indian Crossing. Nellie McDaniels spent the day with Mrs. Bud Doles Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. George Hays went to Milton Freewater Wednesday to visit their son Henry who is recuperating from major surg ery. George Guruet and Marvin Pet erson went to Indian Crossing recently to check on their pack team and to spend some time fishing. They were accompanied by Peterson's children, Gary and I .arte. Visiting in the home of Mil dred Ott recently were Mrs. Carole McEachern and children, Mike, Butch, and Tami, and Mrs. Ott's niece and nephew, Lloyd and Leona Molly Cunnington of Walla Walla. Wash. Archie and Tom C aig have moved their stud logging outfit over to Archies' place and they are working there now. Shirley and Gene Bolen are on an extended trip to Oklahoma. Idaho, Texas and other states, to visit relatives. Mrs. Grace Calhoun and Mrs. Edith Tuck of the Jewell Re bekah lodge in Summerville at tended lodge in Union Wednes day night. It was a special friendship night. A clever pro gram was put on by the 1959 Un nion County Fairmaids. Refresh ments of cookies, coffee, and punch were served. "WHO-WHO" Nearly Every One In La Grande & Union County Reads & Uses Ob server Classified Ads... That's Who! The Observer Classified Ads, 0! Coarse, And Ask For The BARGAIN RATE 4 2 (g) Cash Or Discount Rale, If Paid The Ad When Yon Get Results, Obi rvtr, La Cranda, Ort., Sat., Sept. 5. 1939 Page A Time Of Year When Unusual Things Happen To Stock Market By ELMER C. WALZER UPI UH Writer NEW YORK UPIi This Is the time of year .when unusual things happen to the stock mar ket. And this year is the kind of year when changes occur. It is a year of the nines. One market expert recently pointed out that each year ending in nine back to 18U9 brought a turning point in the market. His studies showed bull market peaks came in 1899. 1909, 1929 Joe Thomas Got Ride To Town Joe Thomas of La Grande wou'dn't "take no" for an answer the ether day when the big parade was rolling along Adams Avenue. rinding time running out, he waited for a cab to show up in order to get down to Adams for a good viewpoint, but the vehicle never arrived. Then along came the ambulance. The driver, being a friendly sort and business perhaps a little off, asked Thomas if he had called for an ambulance. Thomas said no, just a cab, "I probably dialed the wrong number." The ambulance man then asked if he could give the older fellow a lift, and with the parade now about half up the line of march, Thomas climbed aboard. He failed to see the parade but he did have the satisfaction of getting a ride downtown in his "special cab." Call W0 3-3161 RESULT Number DAYS FOR THE PRICE OF Lines for 6 Days Cost Only $1.50 and 1939. Now what about 1999? Looking back in the more re cent decades, we find the market of 1929 made its peak in September After that date the list fell sharply until mid-1932 with bil lions lost, many lives ruined, and common stocks in complete disrepute. Ten years later we were emerging from the depression that started in 1929. And on Labor tyy of 1939 Sept. World War II started with Kit ler's invasion of Poland. That was one time the market regis tered a rise on a war. p i Ten years after that Labor Day of 1949 the market was emerging from a bear martjet that had brought industrials 4o 161.60. Since hitting that level on June 13, 1949, the market rose in an almost straight line upward until Aug. 3 of this year when it, hit 678.10. more than 500 points aver the 1949 low. Ne Sign Of Deterioration . It is difficult to forecast this cash stock market, say the ex perts. So far the list hasn't shown much of a sign of deterioration. There have been periods of mild jitters caused by high money and the Khrushchev visit. But noth ing that is considered really se rious. But this year could be the year of the big money squeeze that might give business a jolt and in turn affect stocks, it is held. Interest rates have risen in the "WHAT"... It's Results That Tell tfhe Story. More People Read The Ads Than Ever Before And More People Bny What Is Advertised "WHEN"... .Every Time A Prospect Picks Up The Paper He Is Exposed To Your Sales Message.. And It Works. "WHERE"... In 5 Days... And Yon May Kill Paying Only For The Days Rnn. last few days with the prime interest rate touching S per cent against a recent rate of 44 per cent. A rise is anticipated shortly in the discount rate. Demand for money is forcing rates higher just as demand for stocks or wheat causes these to rise at times. Current interest rates are not high by comparison with some other years. Back in 1929 call money commanded as much as 20 per cent and the prime rate was 6 per cent. Cash Basis This time call money isn't in great demand because the stock market practically is on a cash basis. The margin rate has been at 90 per cent since Oct. 16, 1958. Demand for money is seen in all sectors of the economy ex cept call money which is held down by the high margins. De mand for credit also is very high, notably consumer credit where the instalment figure has been rising steadily. ; All of these things are a sign of prosperity. There is no de mand lending or credit in times of recession. High money rates reflect de mand from companies borrowing on short term from banks whife waiting for the bond market to improve. ; Bankers hold that the rise In rates may bring more of busi-' ness firms into the bond market for expansion' and rehabilitation money and thus relieve the pres sure for loans from banks. 4