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Chinese Tea . . . Vi- J V,; -.v' 1 V 'tsi' ,. : 1 iSTl WW NEA Stnici, Inc. EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Tuesday, September 15, 1959 "Without or with friend or foe, we print your daily world as it goes" Byron. RILEY D. ALLEN Publisher . ORALP!?BLlSHrNOHcoMPAJT GRADY PAN NELL Managing Editor U Q RANDS publishing COMPANY GEORGE S. CHALLIS Adv. Director TOM HUMES i. Circulation Mgr. Hard Work Brings Fair Honors Wallowa and Union County residents took a good share of the honors at the Oregon State Fair in Salem this year with two groups winning first prizes in tough competition. The Imbler Future Farmers of Amer ica livestock judging team walked off with the championship in their division and earned the right to represent the state in 'national competition next month in Kansas City. The booth entered by the Blue Moun tain Grange was selected as the best county fair booth in the state and won special praise from state fair judges. The La Grande FFA chapter placed in every event entered at the state fair after garnering honors at. the Union County Fair last month. Wullowa area groups also represented the area well and individual honors went to many in the region. We'd like to men tion everyone who participated, but all of the results aren't in yet. We are all proud of the accomplish ments of our young people in competition in both the county fairs and the state event. They reserved the honors they won for all their hard work. The Tragedy Of A Self-Made Dud As a legislator, Wayne Morse is a dud,, a self-made dud, which makes his case all the more tragic. The reason he is a dud is that he has ceased to lie a good politician. A legislator must be a poli tician, to the degree that we define a politician as a man skilled in political processes. Without that skill, which Senator Morse once possessed, all the brains and even all the right-mindedness in the world will avail him little. The legislator has two chores Half leading, half following, he represents his constituents in legislative halls. He must be able to get elected. This Morse has been able to do so far. Once elected, he must meet with fellow legislators and hammer out legislation that is beneficial to his constituents and agreeable to his colleagues. This Morse has not been able to do. Nor is he likely to become more able to do it not after last weekend's display of childish pique. Why is it that Wayne Morse so often stands alone or, at best, alone with Langer? Are we really to believe that 90-some senators can be so often wrong and that only one, or two, can be so often right? . The senator has boasted that he will not compromise. That means, put an other way, that he will not engage in the legislative process. Legislation is the fruit of compromise. It is born of differ ing opinions which are compromised, or resolved, into a synthesis which is called ajlaw. Legislation is a horse-trading pro cess. If senators know that one of their number will not give an inch, they need not bother trying to please him. They leave him alone with his pique, his fili buster and his long lectures to which nobody listens. Such was the case last weekend. Morse felt, and h j may be right, that Congress should not go home until its work wns done. He opposed the rush of last-minute bills that so often produces bad legisla tion. And he chided his colleagues for fearing to be in Washington for the Khrushchev yisit. By parliamentary skill he gummed up the works. He treated thr Senate to 8 lrmt 'Wkend. But did he accomplish anything else? Have we any reason to believe that the last minute legislation will be any better be cause of Morse's delaying tactics? One thing we do know. He further irritated other senators. He further re duced his own effectiveness, which al ready seemed irreducible. He was crying "Wolf" again. Why should his colleagues listen? The tragedy of Wayne Morse is that he started out so well. And he was so well equipped. Nationally, few senators were so admired as the young junior 'senator from Oregon. When he sought re-election in 1950, he won by 260,000 votes, a smashing victory. His party changes, his personal vendettas and his bizarre behavior took their toll. In 1956, . against an opponent who was admittedly stronger than his 1950 opponent, his mar gin was 60,000. That was a creditable enough margin, but nothing like the one he earned earlier. Now his political for tunes are even lower. The number of good Democrats who regard themselves as "Morse men" grows smaller and small er. Privately, many of Oregon's leading Democrats are speaking of the senator as a party liability. Look at his own staff. 1 low many employes and devoted campaign workers have been with him even five years? Why have so many fallen away? Brains the senator has. Courage, of a sort, he has, too. But these things are not enough. The people of Oregon are entitled to representation by a man whose political skill, as opposed to par liamentary skill, is great enough to com mand the sincere respect of other sena tors. , We see no indication that Senator Morse any longer has this skill. (Eugene Register-Guard) Barbs According to a writer, one of the great est noise makers is the lion. We'd like him to meet our 3-year-old grandson. Crossword puzsles are what hubby getJ after all but the hard words are filled in. DREW PEARSON SAYS: Ike Jittery Eve Of Visit By Soviet Union's Leader WASHINGTON Ike was re ported jittery on eve of Khrush chev's visit; his right-wing critics don't realize changes that have taken place in Russia; Khrush chev would have been shot by Stalin if Stalin were alive today. Now that President Eisenhow- ble with Red China. The Red Chinese consider themselves the original Communists; the super ior people of the world. While the Russian people have gone in for more capitalism and a high er standard of living, the Chin ese have gone in for just the er Is free of the paternalistic opposite.- They have accepted more austerity, The Red Chinese are reported worried that Khrushchev will patch up relations with the West; are suspected of deliberately staging the border raids on In dia and the trouble in Laos in oidcr to embarrass Khrushchev as he arrives in Washington. This friction is why Khrush chev is making a special trio to Peiping almost immediately after leaving Washington. Development No. 3 is the man ner in which the Russian people have drifted away from the pure communism of the Stalin era. The average American may not realize it, but Khrushchev's do- Imestic policies are a wild depar ture from the orthodoxy of Marx and Stalin. If Stalin were alive today he'd call Khrushchev "Trotskyite" and have him shot. Khrushchev has gone in for nationalism far more than Com-, mumsm; has built up an indus trial and professional bureau cracy, a privileged class of pro fessors, scientists, factory man agers, and authors, whose power is growing every month. They have summer homes of their own, convertible cars, special parking places, and bonuses if they pro duce. These are the incentives and privileges of the capitalist world, not of Communism when all was for the state. hands of John Foster Dulles on foreign affairs, and Sherman Adams on domestic affairs, some of his right-wing advisers want rim to quit being a leader. They caution that he's gone too far in inviting Khrushchev to the Unit ed States and want him to ma reuver a retreat. They urge that Ike give Khru shchev a courteous brush-off and send him home with nothing more accomplished than face- saving formalities. Partly as a result of this need ling Ike had a slight touch of the jitters on the eve of Krushchev's arrival. But to meet this criti cism, the State Department has brought Henry Cabot Lodge. U. 3. ambassador to the United Na tions, to Washington to prepare lor a secret mission. Lodge will chaperone Khrush chev on his cross-country tour which is not secret. What is secret is the fact Lodge will serve as a sort of verbal sparring partner for the Soviet leader, Lodge has spent days reading ev- eryming nnrusncnev has ever stid or done with a view to re futing any of the Soviet lead crs wisecracks or propaganda statements. The result may be a 13-day running debate between the two Meanwhile, what some of Ike's reactionary needlers don't seem to realize is that extremely im portant developments have tak en place inside Russia since St a "in died, plus one or two in the United States. Development No. 1 is that Khrushchev has exactly the same troubles with his own right-wing advisers as Ike. They claim he is going too far in currying favor with the United States. The followers of the old Stalin line that war is inevitable be tween the Communist and capi talist worlds still have a voice in Russia. The hard-boiled Molotov who conducted Stalin's foreign affairs is now ambassador to dis tant Mongolia, but still has some followers. So have Malen kov, Zhukov and Kaganovich. They were not shot, as they would have been in Stalin's day if they disagreed. They still dis agree, and this group serves as a sort of brake to keep Khrush chev from getting too friendly with the West. Development No. 2 is the fact that Khrushchev also has trou- REMEMBER WHEN , . . 25 years ago big textile strike in South Carolina forced calling out of the National Guard as result of violence. Much dy namiting and several deaths re sulted- from the internal strike. Locally, the Eagles cleared up debt on their meeting hall; and Carl H. Coad of Cove was admit ted to the state bar. . . 15 years ago tropical hur ricane hit the Atlantic Coast and resulted in $30,000,000 in damages; Americans invaded Ja panese held islands in Pacific; and Yank troops had Achcn, Ger many, surrounded. A La Grande serviceman, Pic. Cullen Grieves, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Grieves, was wound ed in the Pacific; tribute was paid to Pvt. John W. Ziegler, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Zigler, 1612 Jefferson St. Three new ladies were welcom ed into the Presbyterian Aid. They were Mrs. Wesley McDon ald, Mrs. W. A. Foster and Mrs. Ernest Waldcn. Bad News Coverage J. Edward Murray, managing editor of the Los Angeles Mir-ro-Ncws, complained to the re cent Associated Press managing editors association meeting Something has been wrong about the American press cover age of Russia. The Americans who read our papers go to Rus sia and are extremely surprised at what they find at how good things are for the ordinary Rus sians. The American press was so busy presenting every detail of the cold war that we had little time, Or enthusiasm, or space left for presenting the good things to kee"p 'the picture balanced." And'the biggest Story in Rus sia today, largely unreported, is the nf&nner in which Communism in factories has given way to capitalistic incentive payments for extra production. It's also evident in scientific labs, in mer chandising and advertising, and in almost every walk of Soviet life. Development No. 4 is the peace urge in the United States. Part of it Is based on a sense of frus tration; the feeling that the problem of the Atomic bomb is so immense that the average citizen can do nothing about it. Part of it comes from a national softness; the fact that 80,000 will turn out to see a ball game and millions will turn on a TV west ern rather than a report from the White House. But also there is a large, some what incoherent body of Ameri cans who feel deeply that some way must be found to end war. They know that war today means nuclear war, and nuclear war in turn could seriously threaten the future of civilization. This group is not as vocal as that which has been warning the President that he made a mis take and urging him to give Khrushchev the quick brush- off. But they believe the world is moving, and that the forces for better understanding can be nur tured bv the Eisenhower-Khrush chev visits until they become a historic turning point for peace. QUOTES FROM THE NEWS United Press International NEW YORK Former Presi dent Truman, on whether he planned to meet with Nikita Khru shchev: "I don't think that he wants to see me, and I don't want to see him, that's a dead cinch." LOS ANGELES A hospital at tendant, on Bing Crosby's reac tion when told his wife, actress Kathy Grant, had given birth to a girl: "He let out a wahoo that you could hear the length of the cor ridor, and the corridor is about two blocks long.' NEW YORK Vice President Richard Nixon, on the American Dental Assn.'g refusal to give up the grand ballroom of the Wal dorf-Astoria Hotel for a lunch for Nikita Khrushchev: "The Russians might have got to the moon first but the dentists got the ballroom first." NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on the Soviet moon shot: "In old astrology the moon used to affect human destiny. It is now being obviously reversed. Now the poor moon is pursued." . OBITS United Press International RIVERHEAD, N.Y. Oliver C. Carpenter, 79, a New York City lawyer who was an aide to Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt during the 1912 presidential campaign, died Monday. NEW YORK F. Sims Mc- Grath, 82, specialist in corpora tion and anti-trust law, died Sun day night. NEW YORK Maurice Mat thews, about 40, former actress and fashion model, died Monday of cancer. MISH MASH' :i Field Pack Fascinated Old Faces At The Aid Station (Editor's note A diary tik end from the body of a dead German soldier led to- this bit of prote by the author in a service publication. No nemet re offered identification. Only the copy has been close ly edited and censored.) Index Blue Aid Station was greatly undermanned 15 years ago. (Army code name used up front to identify American combat medic unit.) The boys had bene worn down to squad strength after six har rowing weeks that began with the battle for Brest, France, had endured through a holding action of some weeks in the Ardennes Forest, and ended with the ill fated Battle of the Bulge. The entire unit was ready for rest camp after those past months that took them almost within a rifle's shot of the Roer River Dams. A certain sergeant among the dogfaces was busy throwing to gether a -full field pack, and he was having trouble getting things inside since he hadn't made up one of these packs since Normandy. Offers to Help A replacement, who arrived in time to almost become a front line veteran some 48 hours be fore, offered to help. The grimy sergeant sat back and watched, and so did the eight or lu otn- cr men Decause mis oiiereu a sort of fascination to see a new man throw a pack together. . 'Sarge, how come you want the- Kraut helmet in this pack?" The new man asked. Because I gotta' have some sort of souvenir to take home with me or else the 'drugstore cowboys' may think I'm feeding em a line," the older veteran said. Aw, to with those guys back home," another onlooker yeneo. They dont give a for you or, Once Upon U.S. Owed A No Time One , 7; :a f fSi' Em if I 1 in- - - - - - RAILROAD LAUNCHER A highly mobile system for launching of Intermediate range and Intercontinental ballistic missiles is illustrated in this launching car model shown at the Air Force Assn.'s "Aerospace Panorama" at Miami Beach, Fla. The system would be capable of launching retaliatory tniile lnwirihiad sidings or spurs or be able to "stop- 2z""D?' r00 P"u on railroad line. By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Staff Writer NEW YORK ( UPI Once upon a time and only once the United States of America owed no man. And it had money in the bank. That was 123 years ago under President Andrew Jackson. It wasn't that "Old Hickory" as Jackson was called, was such a good husbander of cash that brought about the end of the national debt in 1836. Times were good then. Cus toms duties ran high. Sales of government lands even ran higher than customs and wiped out the debt. Wall Street discovered this bit of economic history when it looked into the history books aft er former President Harry S, Truman said Jackso.1 was the one who in his day took the government bond market away from Wall Street and put it in Washington. Jackson was the one who killed the Second Bank of the United States run by Nicholas Biddle of Philadelphia. No Financial Wizard Market men found Jackson no great shakes in finance. But the General was fairly astute as a politician. He capitalized on the then hatred of a near central bank, let its charter lapse, and withdrew federal funds. That lit tle act got him elected for a sec ond term because the voting peo ple in many sections hated "the monster" as Jackson nicknamed the bank. The treasury surplus of 1836 didn't look as good to the politi cians as one would expect. "It's unthinkable for the U.S. to have a surplus," they said in effect. And then they set about trying to change the situation. As usual Congress brought up all sorts of expedients to do the trick. Sen. Henry Clay of Vir ginia suggested whittling down the tariffs. Sen. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, proposed dis tributing the surplus to the states. Jackson Hated Paper Money While these and other propos als flowed forth from Congress, General Jackson fired the shot that wrecked ' the whole thing, Jackson hated paper money. So by executive decree he issued a "specie circular" requiring pay ment for public lands in gold or silver. There wasn't enough specie and hence money tightened. Loans were called. Business shrank. Early in 1837, New York banks suspended specie payments. Oth er banks followed. And the "bust" was on. By 1837. the national debt had been built up again. It amounted to a mere $326,000, but it was a debt. In 1838, it was up to $3,308,000, and by 1839 it got to $10,434,000. A dip in 1840 was followed by steadily increasing debt figures. The Civil War sent it to two and three-quarter billion dollars. $12 Billion By WW I The debt was whittled down to $1 million by 1893 and crosnj a billion again in 1894. In 1918 it rs!W ta kuliion , m -World War I. ' By 1919 the debt got to $25 bil lion. From there it was cut to $16 billion in 1930. Then the great depression and the schemes for, spending us into prosperity sent the debt soaring to $42 billion in 1940. The spending after World War II carried it well above $200 bil lion in 1944. Today it is around $290 billion. It isn't as easy to whittle down the debt even a trifle today as it was to get back into debt in 1837. What Would Treasury Do Wall Street wonders today what the Treasury would do without a debt. ' There wouldn't be any govern ment bonds for the Federal P.e serve to buy and seil to expand and contract credit. What would the government agencies like the Social Security, invest in? And there are the banks and corporations and in dividuals who own vast amounts of governments. Would they buy common stocks which are said to be in small supply? And those foreigners who buy our short terms. What would they do? One could think of many other problems. Perhaps we are lucky to be in debt. At least we don't me or anyone else up here," he added. The dirty-faced and bearded sergeant who hadn't had a bath or change of clothes in many weeks and a good nitiht of sleep since he could remember smiled, but inwardly be was fit to be lied. Two years away from his folks and friends back in the States. Sneak Ride Beck '"Ya know, Sarge, you're nev er going to get away from up here if that jeep carrying your replacement doesn't show up. How come you don't sneak back to Regiment or hitch a ride with the mail truck after dark?" the helpful early replacement asked. "Well, orders is orders and red tape is red tape . . . even in combat," mused the sergeant. Anyway, it's worth another cou ple hours of wailin?, he thought. "Better watch out for those buzz bombs back at Liege (Belgium). I hear they're killing lottsa' . uood men," cautioned another helpful soul. '"It ain't (he buzz bombs that worry me, it's that 'one road planted with mines' that the En gineers probably forgot to check cut," replied the sergeant. The jeep will hit one and blow us all to heck before I even get close to that ship at the Chan nel, he thought. Subs And Cabbies "I hear the Germans still got subs all over the Atlantic," of fered another helpful friend in the aid station. "Now me, I'd, watch out for those fast cabbies in New York City," warned the 48-hour re placement. "Why, they killed a buddy of mine who was back on leave a couple months ago," he said. "New York, some city," said the veteran. "It's been a couple of years since some of us ship ped out from Shanks." (Camp Shanks, a port of embarkation during World War II). "Of course a building could fall over on you or you might get ground under the subway," another friend chimed in. The impatient sergeant said to the helper, "Mack, hurry up with that pack or the war will be over and I'll get new orders for oc cupation duty." "Keep your dirty shirt on, : Sarge, you're only going home. What's the rush? I bet you get homesick for us boys in a couple of weeks and hitch back up this way. Why, look at all the tun you'll be missing when we march into Berlin. There'll be more fraus than a guy can shake a stick at," the pack roller said. Ed note This will be con tinued in later issue). . . . Grady Pannell NOT OUR TYPE EXETER, England UPI A frightened but lucky squirrel es caped traffic here Sunday by run ning into a sore. It was a fur rier's shop, filled with the pelts of other squirrels. But after the squirrel was caught, the shop manager had it freed in a field. "He wasn't our type," the man ager explained. "Wc don't use English squirrels." have the 1836 problem of getting back into one. And one wonders if we've learned much about money in 123 years. L ; tit jf..-. r LAOTIANS PREPARE As a part of the U. S. Military Assistance Program, Americans and French train Laotians In the use of American-made weapons. Here an unidenti lied instructor shows a Laotian how to disassemble the Wrbttie rifle in Pakse, Laos. Recent repdrts state that the ..Communuts are .withdrawing from the Laotian borders.