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DREW PEARSON SAYS: Henry Cabot Lodge, Official Nikita Host, GOP Candidate WASHINGTON -The choice of tall, handsome Henry Cabot Lodge as pilot (or broad, bulging Nikita KhrUihthev was no acri dent and may result in another presidential candidate on Hit Id publican horizon. Lodge and Khrushchev are bout as .unlike at any two men you could pick in the I'SA and USSR. One Is a rough, tough former coal miner, the other a New England blue blood whose grandfather, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, was one of the "little band of willful men" which killed the League of Nations in the U. S. Senate and were charged with the physical collapse of President Woodrow Wilson. Cubot Lodge, who grew up on the knee of his grandfath er and worshipped him, is now U. S. delegate to the United Na tions, successor to the League of Nations which his grandfather helped to kill. In Boston it's said that the Ca boU speak only to God. In Rus sia Nikita Khrushchev takes the position that there is no God. Lodge was educated in the fash Ion able Middlesex school in Bos ton and at Harvard. Khrushchev didn't learn how to read until he was 29. As UN delegate in N-w York, Lodge bat constantly tang led with the Soviet delegates, has kept up a running battle wth them for six years. He was nut exactly the man who, as chaper on, would make Khrushchev feel "simpaticar in the USA. How ever. President Eisenhower has a deep personal affection for Lodge who was his original cam paign manager in the 1052 elec tion' which first put Ike in the White House. Many times the President has told friends that Lodge is the kind of Republican the party should groom as his, Ike's, successor. And when Lodge was picked as Khrushchev's chaperon, his abil ity to rebut his Russian guest was not the only quality considered. Also considered was the mil lions of dollars worth of free TV exposure he would get as a build up for possible candidate in I960. Note Ike is sticking to his ulrdL'e to keep neutral in the ijo race for the GUI' nominations, but Is represented as feeling that there is no harm in having tlin c;m didates in the running instead of only Rockefeller and Nixon. On the Beach Evenings are sometimes lung and cool this time of year at ( amp David, Mil. One way the rresiuent ana rremier Khrush chev might spend an evening, il tney gel tired of tlieir inlerpre teis, is to see the new film, "On the Bemh, ' featuring Greiiorv Peck and Ava Gardner and pro duced from the famous novel by Nevil Shute. It's the gripping, tragic story of what comes to the world after nuclear war. After seeing radioactive poison gradually settle down over Eu rope, the USA. Asia and Austra lia, Khrushchev should finally agree to inspection posts on So viet soil to .prevent nuclear accidents. Smiles or Frowns for Mr. K. Various readers have asked nir whether we should be courteous or cool, hostile or friendly I'remler Khrushchev. It so happens that lvestia and Pravda have aimed more editor al criticsm at me than perhaps any other Washington newsman, so I might have some reason to be prejudiced. However, 1 am convinced that we have every thing to gain by giving Mr. K a friendly view of the United States without a lot of goading irri tants levelled at him by those who may want to run for elec lion on a platform of badgering the Russians. Listening to what Khrushchev has to say without erupting in his face doesn't mean we agree with him. A friendly reception will even strengthen the Presi dent's hand in his final bargain ing talks at (amp David. The more friendly the reception, the less excuse Khrushchev has to claim the USA is hostile when he and Ike get down to brass tacks during the final days of his stay. It's true of course lha the President himself gave the public its cue by ai ling almost as if he retire) I cd tlie imitation. And it was a fact that after Ike agreed to the exchange of visits he got chided by old guard Republicans and began to back track. However, the alternative to better understanding with Hussia is to begin paying higher taxes and sharply increasing the mili 'ary budget. For U.S. military strength has been slipping to an alarming degree. Note Last week, Sept. 18 news headlines proclaimed: "Fif ty Pound Moon Satellite in Or bit." The headlines might bet ter have proclaimed that almost two years after Oct. 4, 1957 when Hussia launched a 400 pound Sputnik, the United States still was able to launch only a 50 iioiind Sputnik. This was the real news. In the fnterim Rus sia had launched one of 3,000 pounds. Backttag with Mr, K' family After the Khrushchev family arrived at Iilair House, Mrs. Khrushchev was given the cook's tour. She nodded appreciatively at the room arrangements and made polite comments about the fin nil lire like any housewife be ing shown through a friend's home . . . After lunch, she slip ped upstairs for a nap . . , But Khrushchev, taking over like the man' of the house, invited Ambas sador Henry Cabot Iidge into I be di aw ng room. "Kind me an interpreter and we'll have man's talk." he boombed to a State De partment official who understood a little Russian . . . During the earlier small talk, Khrushchev insisted Russian consumer goods were as good as anything he had seen. (He wore a tailored Ital ian suit, and his son Serge car ried an Austrian camera.) , . . After the final function each day. American security men left the Khrushchev's alone with their own bodyguards . . , The man responsible for Khrushchev's saf ety in this country is Elmer Hip ley, former judo expert for the Secret Service, now head of the State Department's physical se curity division ... He scolded a couple of security men for get ting too chummy with the visit u:g Russians, but failed to fol low his own Instructions during a drinking doiu ai tne riussian embassy with the Soviet secret police chief, Nikolai Zhakarov. TELEVISION IN REVIEW: Groucho Back With New TV Show And Funnier Than Ever By FRED DANZIG UPI Staff Writer NEW YORK HPi-The magic word on Thursday night was: "Groucho." Back to begin his 13th season with the comedy-o,uiz, You Bet Your Life, Groucho Marx went to work with a new set, new spon sors, new game rules, and a new REMEMBER WHEN ... 25 years ago new stud ents received rousing welcome at Eastern Oregon College here, with EOC President H. E. Inlow in welcoming address. Other college speakers included Vir- dell Ragsdale, president of the Associated Students; Roy Skeen and Elmo Stevenson of the faculty. The first frost of the fall sea son dealt a damaging blow to the entire Grande Ronde valley fol lowing two days of wintry-like weather here. Albert C. Buchanan and Miss Violet B. Stills, both of La Grande, were married. . . 15 vears aim Manilla w,c raided bv U.S. carrier haspH nlsmo attack. The Germans launched a savage counter offensive that drove back the Yanks at Trier, Belgium. Word was received her thai I.t. Ray Wilson, bombardier on a Flying Fortress, was lost in ac tion. He was son of Mrs. Alice Wilson and was 1 Grande High School graduate. The first fall court of hnnnr for Boy Scouts was held at the Central school, with Frank Schiro as chairman. EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER i ' . Friday, September 25, 1959 J ' ' "Without or with friend or foe, we print your daily world. as It goes"-Byron. PUBLISHED BT TRBl l ORANliU rUBUBUlNd COMPANY RII.EY D. AU.EN I r . . .. Publisher GRADY PANNF.I.L .V..i:... Managing Editor GEOKGK S CIIAIJJS ,. Adv. Director TOM HUMES Circulation Mgr. Monroe Sweetland, who numbora a de lightful sense of humor among- his many good qualities, has come up with a bell ringer of an idea. Sweetland thinks Pete Gunnar oujht to try to become the Republican can didate against Senator Kichard L. Neu berger next year. You remember Gunnar. He's the fel low who's been going around the state criticizing Neuberger for the size of his office payroll set by law and for vot ing for President Eisenhower's defense and foreign aid requests. Gunnar, state Republican chairman, has been trying to set Neuberger up for the Republicans next year. Presumably at the same time he's been looking for a candidate to run against Neuberger. I lis success has not been conspicuous in either endeavor. , Hut Sweetland has helped Gunnar to solve his problem. Now, all Pete has to do is smile coyly and say he did not intend to become a candidate.. "Hut, since the voters seem to want it . . ." will finish up his statement. Perhaps Sweetland has put his finger on the "mystery man" who was being limit tip by Gunnar all along. Everybody Loses In U The poorly-hidden battle between the University of Oregon and Oregon Stale College broke into the open at a meeting of the Board of Higher Education re cently. Immediate cause of the fight was a proposal by President A. L. Strand of OSC to grant liberal art degrees at the Corvallis Institution. Lurking in the background was the proposal to change the name of OSC to Oregon State I'ni t versity. Both causes have been espoused widely by rabid alumni of Oregon State. IVth have had heavy support from downtown Corvallis businessmen, who have con siderable influence in the higher coun cils at OSC. The two proposals were followed by' a report from President Wilson of the Uni versity of Oregon hat his institution would ask permission to grant degrees in 'engineering, long an exclusive prov ince at Corvallia and an idea which will meet considerable opposition from Hen ton County.' This whole fight might be amusing, were it not for some serious undertones. The push from Oregon State whose administrators sometimes seem to suffer from a massive inferiority complex has been accompanied by a poorly-diSguisod revolt against the Board of Higher Education and iU chancellor, John 11. Richards. t tut the people ot the state have the Of O-OCS Fight must to fear from an all-out war, reminiscent of years ago, between the state's two main institutions of higher learning. ' . It was that earlier war, if memory servos correctly, which led to establish ment of the State Board of Higher Edu cation as a sort of referee of Oregon's ind'a-cducation squabbles. The Board was supposed, at that time, to keep each institution in line, a func tion which it has performed admirably. A struggle for power," the rights to Riant degrees, bigger campuses and all the other trappings could result in Ore K"i having two inferior institutions, each running at great expense. At present both Oregon and Oregon State are fine schools. Their over-zealous supporters should not be allowed to push them toward mediocrity. Barbs I hiring vacation college students don't hum the midnight oil, but spend their time on other flames. A pay check is what makes a man run to the bank to cover the checks he has just written. The liest all-around meal is always that suare one you find on your own ditiin- loom table. book to plug. Only Groucho' wit was unchanged. He rapped out a few mildly fun ny lines during the half-hour: "Ninety per cent of the people who watch this program are asleep and when a contestant, referring to plumbing, mentioned a "big round tub" he once had, Groucho ended the man's waistline and said, "You still have it." While Groucho the Quizmaster is probably the fastest gagman in the West, I couldn't help think ing of his recent guest appear ances on the Jack Paar, What's My Line and I've got a Secret shows. Groucho the Guest is fun nier than Groucho the quizmaster, I believe. He left the other fel lows' shows in shambles as he deflated formats, egos and proto col. So. it's with mixed emotions that I welcome his new NBC-TV sea son. He's in a rut. I'd rather see him on his circuit-riding, panel busting rounds with or without a book to plug. If one simple quiz show a week is all he wants to do with his life, that's his bus! ness. Personally, I think Groucho should work more while he's still young. Backward glances: This is the week that TV lost its best day time show (Sam Levenson) and best nighttime show (Andy Wil liams). I can understand Andy's departure, in favor of Garry Moore, but I can't take Sam's los ing out to December Bride reruns ...Noticed how many Westerns started the fall season with yarns about youngsters and-or card-playing? I'm afraid Elmer Bernstein's theme music for Riv erboat. the lavishly-produced NBC TV Sunday series, is the best thing dljout it. While I enjoyed the premiere Fibber McGce and Mgl- ly episode, the second one was pure pap. I hope they haven't run out of material so soon. Shak ing of hope, there s Hope Emer son. Imagine leaving the success ful Peter Gunn series for Dennis O'Keefe's fiasco? But if she did it because she abhors the Gunn bit lid ul liolinic, I'm willi lur. A long time Arthur Godfrey fan wrote in to say she didn't care for the redhead's Sept. 18 CBS TV special "because he's so bu-y acting youi'g and catering to youth nowadays that he's forgot ten all about us old-timers." The channel swim:Jerry Lewis, stalling iti .in updated ver.iun uf "The Jaz Singer" on NBC-TV Tuesday, ' Oct. , 13. has signed Anna Maria Abtrghit'.l and Mully Piccn to co starring roles. Jon athan Winters, back at work after a long rest, isits the Paar-less Jack Paar Show next Wednesday niht. . THE Welcome Mat .... Is Out We Cordially Invile Oar Friends and EASTERN OREGON COLLEGE FACULTY MEMBERS, STUDENTS and FAMILIES lo drop in Saturday and enjoy CGFFEE & DOHUTS GN US! We Will Serve All Day Saturday E O C. STUDENTS! 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