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0 Now Try It With Your Arms Folded i EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Wednesday, September 23, 1959 "Without or with friend or foe, we print your daily world as it goes" Byron. PtTBLJBHKD BT THB) JJL ORANDB PUilUSHINO COMPACT RILEY D. ALLEN GRADY PANNELL GIOORGE S. CHALLIS TOM HUMES Publisher . Managing Editor - Adv. Director . Circulation Mgr. Mr. K. Speaks With Forked Tongue Total general disarmament. This uton- ian proposal by Premier Khrushchev lie fore the U.N. sounds wonderful. Yet it stirred little enthusiasm. In fact it prov-' ed disappointing. Why? Recaufie it set up an objective without a means of at tainment. ' ; . Anyone can do that. Anyone can de nounce sin or crime or war. Humanity has been concerned with abolishing all three for centuries with singular lack of success. Thus when Khrushchev proposes total disarmament, few can take him seriously. Few can believe he takes him self seriously. He just wanted to get him himself on record as being against sin. The United States has had a plan at least 10 years for the control of nuclear weapons, and no one has been able to prove that it wouldn't work. It is a plan for abolishing nuclear weapons and then setting up an international police force to see that no nation cheats on the agree ment. That mean allowing outsiders to roam about freely in all countries, look ing for evidence that any nation is sec retly making weapons of conquest. Russia refuses to agree to such a plan. There are two explanations why : 1. That military conquest is still a part of the Communist plan for world domination, or, 2. The Reds have such a deep distrust; of outsiders that they dare not allow them more freedom even than Russians themselves are allowed free movement within the nation's borders. , ' We can hope the second explanation is the true one. If we find it difficult to understand how strongly, the Russians feel alMut not trusting foreigners, we ' need only remember how strongly some of our own people feel about certain mat ters. It was conflict of ideas and ideolog ies as much as anything' else that brought on the Civil war and which lies behind the struggle over integration. There was a time when Japan would not allow any contacts at all between Japanese and members of the white race. Thus instance on inspection teams may not be the answer to total disarmament any more that a supreme court decision is the answer to total school desegration in our South. Russia may have to out live or outgrow some deep seated pre judices before it could ever yield to a workable inspection plan. Time could be working for or against peace in the wait ing period. Ike Makes Fine Secretary Of State, Also involved in national and world affairs than at any previous time during his 6Vi years of office. A year ago Tuesday Sherman Adams resigned a's assistant to the President. It is worthwhile to review some of the things that were being said at that time about the conduct of the presidency in order to evaluate better the president ial career of Dwight Eisenhower. A year ago some wags were making snide remarks about what would happen "now that Sherman Adams has resigned and Eisenhower has become President. James B. Reston of the New York Times wrote more seriously: "Executive energy has been scarce at the pinnacle of gov ernment." recause Adams had lxen Eis enhower's chief of staff from the In-ginning, he was credited by some with lx ing a kind of President without portfolio. Invariably men very close to a president earn such a reputation. The same things were once said of Harry Hopkins. The President's two illnesses, liis de sire to remain "above politics", his known preference for staff work. Demo cratic gibes about his golfing, the pas sionate "I need him" defense when Adams first came under fire all com bined to give the impression of a man who would be hqlpless without the crutch of Adams' competence and admin istrative ruthlessness. John Foster Dulles was conceded to be another indispensible man, without whom Ike would be handicaped beyond measure, Now, a year after Adams' forced re tirement, and less than six month's af ter Dulles' death', the public image of the President shows him to be more vig orous, more efficient and more deeply On Aug. 12 the same James Reston wrote of "the 'old Ike of London and Paris and the pre-political days of long ago the man of action again, moving and planning and speaking out with a new serenity." The change of view results from sev eral things: The exchange of visits with Khrushchev and the swift swing through Europe that the exchange compelled; the new firm line the President took with Congress, exploding his vetoes, like so many grenades, in the camp of the Democratic majority; the new urgency in his talk about world wide relief of poverty and other deeply held ideals. lias Ike always been as active in the exercise of his Presidential duties, but only seemed to be less active when he had Adams and Dulles by his side? Probably not. When an executive, no matter how able, has assistants upon whom he can depend ready to help him, he seldom refuses that help. But when that help is removed, he can and will do the job himself. This need lie no reflection on Christian Herter, the new secretary of State. He is doing more than is realized. Events simply put the spotlight on Ike. Eisenhower seems to be one of those presidents who rises to the occasion. When the turn of events demands his full attention and action, he gives them. When things are quiet, he tends to stay in the background. DREW PEARSON SAYS: Politics Favored In Lining Up Hotel For Soviet Leader WASHINGTON Labor leaders, is that the Congress which had wno conferred with Khrush chev in San Francisco .had to go to a hotel which labor had previously boycotted. George smiin, owner ol tne Mark Hop- Kins, was a Dig contributor to the California right-to-work move ment. It was the State Depart ment which picked the Mark Hopkins as Khrushchev'i reai. dence for security reasons . , , the State department seemd to go out of its way to give Nikita the non-union labor treatment The only two factories he is visit ing are International Business Machines near San Francisco and the Mesta Machine Company in Pittsburgh. The latter was own ed by the late husband of Wash ington's famed party-giver, Porle Mesta. Mrs. Mesta is no longer active in the management of the company. (She's been busy lately writing her new book "Call Me Perle. ) . . . The San Francisco greeter" who welcomed Khrush. chev to the Golden Gate is Bob Gros, loudly vocal pro-capitalist and public relations expert for Pacific Gas and Electric, largest public utility in the world. The Soviet has built hydroelectric projects considerably larger than any of those built by P. G. and E., but they're under the gov ernment, not private enterprise . looks like Khrushchev is a joiner. When Cyril Clemens, relative of the late great Am erican humorist, Mark Twain, wrote to Khrushchev in Moscow asking him to become a member of the Mark Twain Society, he got a letter back accepting, . May be Khrushchev figured he quali fied as a humorist too. (What he didn't know was that Mussolini was also a member.) . . . Khru shchev's Soviet bodyguards were given permission to carry arms in the USA, but declined. They probably knew that the only way a bodyguard can protect his chief is by acting as a bullet- stopper. Also if a Soviet guard fired at an American crowd it would cause an international in cident . . . Soviet guards stay close to Khrushchev inside build ings, but leave it up to Ameri can security men to do the work outside. , . - Just 38 hours' after Congress adjourned, Paul llerad Orgcron, a deranged ex-convict, walked in to a Ilouton schoolyard carry ing a suitcase loaded with ex plosives. Within a few minutes three childrea and three adults, including Orgeron, were lying dead.-.. , .' What most people ' don't know just adjourned tried to pass leg islation to stop the blowing up Of schools, synagogues and church es, but the legislation was bot tied up in committee. It got sty mied by the battle over civil rights, plus' the mad rush of senator's wives to get out of Washington. The congressman who pushed hardest for in., anti-dynamiting bill was Carl Loser, Democrat of Nashvile, Tenn. . He began two years ago when bombs exploded in front of the Nashvile Jew ish Community Center and else where in the south. His bill would have made it unlawful to transport explosves in interstate commerce with the intent of us ing them illegally. This put bombers of schools and places of worship under federal jurisdic tion. Loser's first bill got nowhere. Nobody was much concerned about dynamiting even though a series of bombings had been aimed at synagogues in Jackson ville, Miami and Charlotte, to gether with the homes of Ne groes and some Protestant min isters. There followed the almost complete destruction of the school at Clinton, Tenn., the school at Osage, W. Va., and one section of the Jewish Temple at Atlanta. After that, many congressmen got active. Senators Javits and Keating of New York made spe cial trips through the south and introduced bills aimed at punish ing dynamiters. Congressmen Manny Celler and Lester Hqlti man of New York introduced ex act duplicates of .Loser's bill which had not passed. They gave no credit to him. Sen. Jack Ken nedy of Massachusetts introduced Loser's bill in the Senate but wrote him a note acknowledging his authorship. Headlines for Nothing Despite all this outcry nothing happened. Loser, who is a mem ber of the judiciary committee, tried to amend title II of the Eis enhower civil rights bill by sub stituting his anti-dynamiting bill for that particular section. Chair man, Celler ruled it was - not germane. Loser then moved to amend title II making the power of the federal government, to ap prehend ".' dynamiters . stronger, This was accepted. i But the new civil ' rights bill; though finally approved by the judiciary-committee after weeks REMEMBER WHEN ... 25 years ago five m-n fil ed as candidates for the city com mission elections. They were J. K. Fitzgerald, V. R. Melville, William Condit, F. J. Lotles end Arthur Bremer. Coach Bob Quinn of Eastern Oregon College had 19 candidates out for the first football practice. He expected at least 40 aspirants before week's end, however. Japan had been hit by a big typhoon, with more than 1,300 p r- sons said dead. Taking the oath of office before Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles was Carl H. Coad of Cove who had passed the state bar exam. .. . . 15 years ago a La Grand serviceman, Cpl. Harold Thurston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thurston of this city, was commended by Gen. S. R. Buckner, Jr., command ing officer of the Alaskan Com mand. Interviewed aboard a U.S. War ship somewhere in the pacific was Harvey Bergeron, 25-year Navy veteran who had previously ser ved 00 the aircraft carrier Enter prise. Bergeron hailed from La Grande. Getting ready here was an an nual event, the fall fashion show. QUOTES FROM THE NEWS Unittd Press International LONDON A loo official on discovering that chi-chi the "fe male" panda is a he: "It is really terribly difficult to Ull whether panda's are male or female. I suppose they know themselves, but their differences are very slight and no one knows anything about their sex life." SKANDIA, Mich. Doris May Larson, 16, on learning that her mother, uncle and 10 brothers and sisters had drowned in a boating mishap on Lake McKeever: "What will I do now? I don't know. . .1 don't know." REDMOND, Wash. Thomas II. Hopkins, superintendent of Hopkins Military Academy, charged with assault in the soli tary confinement of Cadet John Goodwin, 14: "I haven't done anything to be afraid of. Anytime we placed a studentv in the guardhouse we did so with the knowledge and ap proval of the parents. DES MOINES, Iowa-Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev on having one or two meetings a year with President Eisenhower: "It's always better to meet and talk than to send messages which OBITS ' United Press International 'NEW YORK - Funeral serv ices will be held today for Har old Ulal) Eaton, television colum nist for the Newhouse papers, who died Monday. KITTEHY POINT, Maine John Mead Howells, 91, former New York architect who assisted in drawing up the plans for the York News building and the Tribune tower .in Chicago, died at his home here Tuesday. PARIS Benjamin Peret, one of France's top surrealist poets died Monday at Boucicaut Hospi tal here. VIENNA Contemporary Aus trian composer Josef Mathies Ilauer, 77. died in Vienna Hospi tal Tuesday after a short illness. PETERBOROUGH. N H Theo dore Brenson, 67, painter, art teacher and writer, died at his summer residence here Monday. are not always friendly." BEVERLY HILLS, Calif Mrs. Eunice Surles of Lake Charles, La., after she won $25,000 in the annual Pillsbury bake-off with her Mardi Gras party cake: "I'm never satisfied with any thing I bake. 1 may have done this better at home, but this will have to do." of hagling debate, never got out of the rules' committee: 'MISH MASH' Diary Taken From Dead Enemy Soldier Inspired Editor's note-A di'ary t.k- Must! en from the body of a dead German soldier during World War II inspired this bit of prose which later found its way to a service publication. This is conclusion of two part series.) By GRADY PANNELL Observer Staff Writer (A tired infantry sergeant was being relieved after nine months of frontline action. His full field pack was being rolled at a mod ical station inside Germany by a 48 hour replacement who still re membered how to do these things All that waited the veteran's trip back to rear lines was arrival of his replacement on a mail jeep. Rolling of the pack fascinated the old hands who hadn't had much but drab combat and K rations for many weeks.) "I know a guy from Able Company who claims his buddy fell out of bed the first night he got home to the states. and he broke his neck," a bud dy advised the sergeant. "Now, me, I would watch out for those babes in Pittsburgh if I was going through there on my way home," warned another pal. Yeah, but I dont go through Pitt, and in the first place I got more important things on my mind at the present time . . . such as getting the (censored) out of here," said the sergeant. What's the first thing you're going to do when you hit the States?" the 48-hour replacement sked. Shave and Shower "I dunno, a real hot shower maybe and then a barber shop where I can get dolled up a bit before boarding the special (or home," said the sergeant. "It all depends on that (censored) re placement who's supposed to have left regiment headquarters an hour ago with the jeep driver," he continued. "Maybe they rerouted him through the Pacific," offered an other pal. You guys sure are full of all sorts of helpful advice and opin ions." said the sergeant who still felt like it was all a dream. (Just a few hours ago the company had been pulled off the line and sent back to a battered, bombed Ger man town. He had made it thus far and now all that remained was getting back muddy road that was under observation from dug in German 88.) "Take it from - me, Sarge, I'm War t Sfory ihe Joe to give you some good tips once, you bit Mew -York. That's home to me, you know. Why, on Thanksgiving, I was sitting home eating turkey while you poor slobs were getting ready for the Bulge fight. And you know what? A couple of weeks ago I was on a plane com ing over here. I didn't know which end of the gun went up. They flew hundreds of us poor guys in here to replace you old timers," said the pack roller. "My advice to you, Sarge, is not to shave or shower until you hit the front door back home. You hit New York looking like you do now and you'll scare the bejeebcrs out of those hackies. They'll probably take the side walks and clip a couple dozen pedestrians to get out of your way,' said another. Blackout Danger "Now, I wouldn't go by way of Liege," said another GI, "you look like such a sad sack that you'll get rolled in some black out. Anyway, it would do you good to go home looking like you do now just to give the people back in the States a chance to see how we all look up here. You know, Sarge, you're strictly from hunger," said the. speaker. This kind of talk continued back and forth between the sol- dats, and, after the sergeant fin ished promising to look up all the moms and kiss all the girl friends and send a case of gin to (he boy from the States, a runner came in from company headquarters and said the mad jeep that was coming up had hit a mine. . - "You better catch a ride back will) the kitchen truck," he told the sergeant. Op the way back to the rear the , veteran thought of many things, but it was staff a guy kept to ' himself, mostly nostal gia, etc. At a bend in the muddy road he was snapped back to reality when the truck came upon a twisted and burned-out jeep. Blown clear and suffering only perforated eardrums when his jeep hit the mine was the driver. He was getting medical aid on the spot. But draped over the side of the wrecked vehicle was the sergeant's replacement His neck was twisted at a peculiar angle and his eyes stared vacantly at the sergeant as he rode by. 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