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Home Builders See Costs Of
New Dwellinas Goina Hiaher
Safety Of Bus Students Left
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average cost of
home appears
higher.
And this despite some reduc
tions earlier in the year in con
struction costs and a belief in
some quarters that contractors
would have to hold the price line
to maintain their volume.
The current housing letter pub
lished by the Housing Institute
lists five reasons for expecting
moderately higher quotations on
private one-family homes:
1. Building material costs arc
increasing slowly, but steadily,
and this trend should be main
tained in the coming months.
2. Labor costs in the building
Industry are extremely high and
show no signs of leveling off.
3. Land continues to become
niore expensive.
4. Interest rates continue high.
a factor which raises building
costs because the contractors
have to pay more for credit.
Negligible Overhead
5. There is little overhead in
the home builders' field. In this
connection the housing letter
notes that since builders are
under no. pressure to maintain
operations in the face of narrow
profit margins, they will not build
homes without adequate incentive.
Overall building material prices
early this year showed a gain of
23 per cent over last year, it was
noted.
Labor costs were listed as fol-
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
Main Ike-Nikita Problem
Will Be Creating Trust
(Editor's Note Drew Peer-
ton today continues hit dieg
1 noslt of the problems facing
Eisenhower and Khruihchev.)
Washington Georgi Zarou
bin, former Russian ambassador
to the United States, used to re
mind his staff that Soviet offic
ers were once given a special
section in the Pentagon in Wash
ington, guarded by their own Red
Army troops, from which they
could send their own coded mes-
by exactly the same problem
v. men caused deadlock at the re
cent Geneva conference, deadlock
n' the Summit conference of 11)55
and has disrupted American
Kussian relations for 15 years
the future of Germany.
The Soviet leaders were death
ly afraid that a new and power
lul Germany might rise again,
and that we would help build
it.
Because this basic problem of
sages to Moscow without miinitnr-.Cicrmany will be the main soil
ing or other interference by the
United States.
Ambassador Zarouliin, who was
more friendly to the United
States than most people realized.
Cited this as an illustration of
how closely the USA and USSIt
bad worked together during the
war, and how mutual trust pre
vailed at that time.
For there is no trust between
Russia and the United States
today. The propaganda machin
es of both countries have been
pounding away at each other so
hard and for so long that there
is profound distrust; plus fear
that commitments, if made, will
be broken. And if we are to be
gin a period of peaceful compe
tition, or co existence, as Khrush
chev indicated in his recent for
eign affairs article, there has
got to be trust in each nation's
commitments. This is the only
alternative to war. It's import
ant to remember, however, that
trust did prevail during the war
and has been attested to by such
hard boiled statesmen as Winston
Churchill and Adin. William I).
Leahy, who sat in on the Teh
eran, Yalta and Potsdam confer
ences. Russia Kept Its Word
"Fears expressed by many,"
Leahy wrote in his memoirs,
"that Russia would make a separ
ate Deace with Germany, parlic
ularly when we were unable to
mount a second front in 1943,
have Droved unfounded. Rus
sia had kept every military
nereement made before then
But as the war neared its final
stages, suspicion began to creep
in. Significantly it was generated
Nikita Plans
Senate Meet
wasiiinRTON (UPIl Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev may
visit the Capitol to meet members
f i ho SonniA Foreign Relations
Committee during his Washington
stay but it appeared ununeiy mm
he would address a Joint session
of Congress,
n uia disclosed, meanwhile.
that Khrushchev would use one
of the government's luxurious 707
jetliners for his travels around
the United States, i-resiaem Ei
senhower recently used one of the
planes to fly to Europe. Khru
shchev chose the 707 over his
num nrnn-ipt nlnne.
Informed sources said the State
Department and Soviet officials
still were considering the possi
bility of Khrushchev dropping by
the Cap.tol.
Such ii visit nrobablv would
l.nlio I ho form nf a short, lute
afternoon meeting with members
of the Senate f oreign neiauons
Committee. No decision nas ooen
reached, the sources said Friday.
J. William Fulbright ID-Ark.) has
told the department his committee
would be glad to invite luiruxn
chev (o have lunch or to visit
informally if V S. officials saw
any merit in the idea.
Present indications ae that
Congress probably will have ad
journed by the time Khrushchev
arrives Tuesday morning. This
would obviate the question of
whether the Russian leader should
address Congress a:i issue most
lawmakers would like to avoid.
EOC Assembly Date
Is September 26th
An assembly to welcome n-w
students at Kasfern Oregon Co
lege here is scheduled lor Sut
tirday, September 26, according
to the local Chamber of Com
merce and Retail Merchants As
sociation. ,
' The schedule was incorrect as
listed in the Observer Friday con
cerning the assembly date and
time of registration for fresh
toco students.
ject of conversation between F.is
enhower and Khrushchev, it's
important to go back and exariine
history.
the first flare-up rf ci..strust
between the USSR and its Allies
occurred in March l.'J45, just two
months before Hitler surrender-
r. Allen Dulles, brother of the
ite John Foster Dulles, and the
U. S. master spy" in Switzer
land, had picked up intimatiens
that German Gen. Karl Wolff
ranking SS officer in Italy
wanted to arrange for the sur
render of German forces in north
ern Italy.
Playing it straight with our
Russian Allies, the state depart
ment informed Moscow of this
move on March 11. But when
Foreign Minister Molotov want
ed three Soviet officers present
at any talks to be held with the
Germans, Gen. John R. Deanc, U
S. military attache in Moscow
opposed. His recommendation
was accepted by Washington, and
a meeting was held with Gener
al Wolff on March 19 at Lorar
no, Switzerland, with two allied
officers present, but no Russians.
Stalin Gets Savage
This brought a series of blunt
almost savage protests from Molo
tov and Stalin.
"During the last two weeks,"
accused Molotov on March 23, "be
hind the back of the Soviet gov
eminent, which has been carry
ing on the main burden of the
war against Germany, represen
tatives of the American and Bri
tish command and representa-
tatives of the German military
command are carrying on nego
tiations. The government of the
USSR considers this absolutely
inadmissablc."
Stalin in an even harsher note
to Roosevelt claimed that the
talks had permitted the Nazis to
transfer three divisions from
Italy to the eastern front, thus
i-aving British-American lives
at the expense of Russian lives.
"As the result of these separate
negotiations in Berne," Stalin
wrote Roosevelt in a second
note, "the anglo-American troops
get the possibility to advance in-
the heart of Germany almost
without resistance. . . at the same
time, the Germans continue the
war with Russia, the ally of Kng
land and the United States."
"The anglo-Americans have
promised in return to ease for
the Germans the peace terms,"
Stalin charged.
Raosevelt's Death
The suspicious exchange of cor
respondence continued through
March and early April right up
until Roosevelt's death on April
12.
His death helped restore some
degree of unity among the three
chief allies, but only temporari
ly. Suspicion continued and grew
more hitler.
It is impossible at this point
in history to ascertain which
side was most to blame. Histor
ians will probably debate this for
vears to come. To this observer.
who closely followed this diffi
cult period, there was consider
able fault on both sides. Stalin
and the Russians, suspicious by
nature, knew that before the war.
the Cliveden set in London, with
many followers in the United
Stales, had done its best to (o
ii cut war between Germany and
Kussia.
At the same time, Harry Tru
mun, who in his memoirs frank
ly admitted his own inadequacy
in coping with the crisis follow
ing FDR's death, also suffered
from an inferiority complex. He
too was suspicious.
So suspicion and distrust on
both sides was compounded, with
the question of a powerful and
possible belligerent Germany
the basic cause of that suspicion.
How the distrust grew and the
means by which Kisenhower and
Khrushrhev mav remove it will
J be the subject of future columns.
lows: average hourly earnings
among all building contractors,
$j 17 an hour; general contractors
$2 W: plumbing and heating $3.39;
painting and decorating, $3 20;
electrical. $3 60; other related
trades. $3 22 an hour.
The letter finds that there is
no longer the large amount of
land in desirable locations availa
ble at reasonable prices as was
the case immediately following
World War II.
"Builders have either to pay
much more than was the case
previously, or go farther and far
ther auay trim urban areas, if
they are going to build in any
volume."
Sees No Slowdown
The housing letter doesn't be
lieve ther will be any actual
slowdown in housing even if no
housing measure passes Congress
this year, because there already
is something like $4 billion in
federally authorized projects in
the works, with many still in the
planning stage and actual con
struction some years off. Lack of
legislation this year, would dis
rupt planning on future projects,
the letter holds. .
So far this year, private resi
dential construction is up 31 per
cent compared with a year ago,
and public residential construc
tion shows a rise of 40 per cent.
Overall building is up 15 per
cent. The only significant decline
is one of 25 per cent in private
industrial building.
SUMMERVILLE BRIEFS'
Mrs. Hug Will
Teach School
SL'MMHIiVILLE ( Special i -
Mrs. Dale Hug of Summerville is
teaching the third grade in Cen
tral School at La Grande, while
her husband is finishing his
senior year at Eastern Oregon
College of Education. His moth
er, Mrs. Ray Hug, is cooking at
the Central School again this
year.
Miss Joyce Ilillerbeck spent
the weekend in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bil
lerbeck of Summerville. She at
tends business school in Portland
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Patrick of
Summerville took their daughter.
Carol, to Koseburg. She will
leach the fourth grade in the ele
mentary school system.
They visited in John Day and
also at Gold Beach. They went
on to Portland to spend a few
days with their daughter, Char
lott who attends beauty college.
They returned home on Friday.
Weekend visitors in the Cliff
Patrick home are his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Patrick from Twin Falls, Ida
ho, and his nephew, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Patrick of Texas. They all
attended the trap shoot at Imb
ler on Sunday.
Brother, Father Visit
Weekend guests in the home of
Elma Tuck were her brother.
h wife and two daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. John I.ORan of Glen
brook; and her father. Bob Lo
gan of Monroe. The John Logans
returned home Sunday and her
father will stay for another week.
Miss Rosalee Tuck spent the
weekend in the home of her
mother, Mrs. Elma Tuck. Rosalee
attends Kinman business school
in Spokane, Wash. She returned
to school on Monday.
Miss LaVonne Tuck and Joan
Berryman of LaGrande, spent
ihe weekend in Portland where
they attended the Centennial cel
ebration. They returned home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wiseman
have moved back to Portland,
where Joan teaches in the Park
Rose grade school. Mrs. Keith
Glenn accompanied them to
Portland for a few days.
CHICAGO a PU The Na
tional Safety Council today put
the safety of the 11 million stu
dents who ride school buses
squarely in the laps of bus driv
ers and the authorities that hire
them.
The council, commenting on the
deaths of seven children in a
bus-train collision at Oakland,
Md., Thursday, listed a three
point program to safeguard school
bus passengers.
Above all, the cfmncil said,
"schools should have a person
with direct authority for estab
lishing and administering a safe-
State Education
Board To Meet
SALEM (I Pii-Tlie State Board
of Education will meet here Sept.
Id-16. bupenntendent of Public
Instruction Hex Putnam an
nounced Friday.
A joint meeting with the State
Board of Higher Education is also
scheduled at 2 p.m. on the 16th.
School district reorganization,
programs fur gifted children, co
operative speech and hearing cen
ters at the University of Oregon
and Portland Extension Center
and approval of courses at Cen
tral Oregon Community College
are all on the agenda.
ty program for school bus driv-
point program in-
ers.
The three
eluded:
1. Selection and training of
school bus drivers.
2. Inspection and preventive
maintenance of school buses.
3 .Establishment of legal stand
ards for the behind-the-wheel per
formance of school bus drivers
thiough driver licensing.
'Further," the council said,
"each school bus should have a
patrol boy a monitor to keep
discipline among students, there
by allowing the driver to concen
trate on his No. 1 job driving."
No 'one had been declared re
sponsible for the Oakland crash.
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train slammed into a stalled
school bus containing 26-28 chil
dren. The seven killed ranged in
age from 8-16. Nineteen other stu
dents were injured, 11 seriously
enough for hospitalization.
The council issued this notice
to parents of children who ride
school buses:
1. If your child rides a school
bus, make sure he doesn't indulge
in horseplay on the bus.
2. See that he gets to the bus
stop on time so he won't have to
run.
3. Remind hira of the import
ance of keeping his head, arms
and hands inside the bus.
Observer, La Grande, Ore.. Sat., Sept. 12, 1959 Page 6
American Churches To Conduct
Peace Drive During 'N' VisiS
WASHINGTON l'PH The
widely divergent hopes and fears
aroused in the U.S. religious cir
cles by Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's approaching visit
will be reflected in special pray
ers offered in thousands of Amer
ican churches during the next
few days.
Although all of the intercessions
will be designated "Prayers for
Peace." there will be considera
ble differences in emphasis.
Some church leaders strongly
endorse President Eisenhower's
attempt to "thaw" U.S. Kussian
relations. They will stress the
hopeful aspects of the Khrushchev
visit, and pray for a fruitful out
come. Others vigorously object to
bringing the Communist dictator
to America. They fear that Amer
icans may be taken in by
Khrushchev. Their p:ayers will
dwell on the suffering of captive
peoples behind the Iron Curtain,
and the need for Americans to
be resolute in their resistance to
Red tyranny.
Hopeful Theme Is Dominant
The hopeful theme is dominant
in a special prayer written by
the Rev. Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg,
president of the National Council
of Churches, and distributed to
local churches of 33 major prot
estant and orthodox denomina
tions to be read at services
tomorrow.
An altogether different view of
the Khrushchev visit is taken in
calls to prayer issued by two
leading Roman Catholic Cardin
als and by some protestant con
servatives and fundamentalists.
Francis Ca'dinal S p e 1 1 m a n,
Archbishop of New York, has
urged the 1.500,000 Roman Cath
olics of his city to participate in
a "Holy Hour of Prayer for our
Beloved Country" on Monday, the
eve of Khrushchev's arrival.
In announcing the special pray
er hour. Cardinal Spellman said:
Compares With Pearl Harbor
"Our blessed America is again
facing a crisis no less menacing
than that day of barbaric be-1
trayal at . Pearl Hrbor when the
honor, the security a id the sal
vation of our country were treach
erously endangered.'1 I
Richard Cardinal Cuashing, '
Archbishop of Boston, has called
for a special Novena nine days
of prayer) beginning when
Khrushchev sets foot on Ameri
can soil Tuesday. Cardinal Cush
ing referred to Khrushchev
"The Butcher of Budapest," and1 Just
said that the U.S. government, by EenaOfjaltY
inviting mm ne e. nuiy neip 10
"canonize Communism."
Protestant clergymen through
out the country also have been
receiving letters urging them to
take part in a nationwide "Day of
Prayer" Tuesday. This proposal
oiiginated at a meeting held in
Washington on Aug. 20. Partici
pants in the meeting included the
ieadefs of "For America," "The
American Coalition," "Americans
for Constitutional Act:on" and
several other right wing patriotic
groups.
Official name of the island on
which Haiti and the Dominican Re
public are located is Hispaniola.
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OBITS
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SARANAC LAKE, N. Y. lUPU
Ernie Burnett, 75, composer of
the popular song "Melancholy
Baby," died Thursday.
BOSTON tUPD Ilassoldl
Davis, 52. on explorer and writ
er, died Thursday.
GREAT NECK, N. Y. il'PP
Dr. Leo M - Taran, 57, a heart
sHfialist died Thursday.
HOLLYWOOD il'PP Funeral
services were ponding today for
silent screen actress Jane Bnt
ton, 65, who succumbed to an ap
parent heart attack in a Holly
wood rooming house. Miss Bri
ton's body was discovered Friday.
Water Skiing
Claims Teacher
ROSEBURC. il'PP Vernon
Bonebrake. 33, vice principal of
Koseburg Junior high school, died
today at Douglas Community Hos
pital from Injuries suffered Thurs
day in a water skiing accident on
the North Umpqua river.
Bonebrake received a fractured
skull when he struck a tree as
he ran into a bank on the river.
According to Douglas County Cor
oner Dr. C. II. Babbitt, Bone
brake was skiing behind a boat
operated by Walter Buss, another
teacher, when he struck Hie bynk
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GO AHEAD! PASS IT! NOBODY'S WATCHING.
But note this: nearly 42,000 men, women and children
will die in traffic accidents this year, if the present
rate continues wiped out by stop-sign passers, traffic
light beaters, speeders and other potential murderers.
What is it that makes us believe so strongly that accidents
happen only to the next fellow never to us?
No one cxpeets'lo meet sudden death on the road and
surely no one expects to cause it.
But this year alone, according to the present mounting
rate, nearly 42,(XX) people w ill die in traffic1 accidents each
of them certain it couldn't happen to him.
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And thousands of drivers will wind up w ith the brutal
knowledge that they killed someone on the street or highway.
You save about 10 seconds if you don't stop at a stop-sim. What .
can you do with those 10 seconds when you pause to think about It?
Traffic deaths can be halted if everyone does just this:,
FIRST Drive safely and courteously yourself. Obscfve speed limits
and warning-signs.
Where traffic laws are obeyed, deaths go DOWNI
SECOND Insist on strict enforcement of all traffic laws. Traffic
regulations work for you, not against you.
Where traffic laws are strictly enforced, deaths go DOWN!
THIRD Work through your church, PTA or civ ic group for extra
policing where needed, better street lights and signals, and a school
safety program.
Where people work actively for safety, deaths go DOWNI
FOURTH Call on your local or state safety council for help in '-
promoting better laws and uniform enforcement.
Where everyone understands the law, deaths go DOWNI
In city after city, day after day, it's been proved-bver and over again
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