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' ''Humiliatin' Th' Driver Ain't Even a Teamster" EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Tuesday, October 6, 19S9 "Without or with friend or foe, we print your daily world as it goes" Byron. PUHLIHHED BT THB . ORAXUB PUI1USHINO COMPANY HII.EY D. ALLEN GRADY PANNKI.Ii GKOKGK S. CIIAIJJS TOM HUMES Publisher ... Managing Editor Adv. Director .... Circulation Mgr. We Thought Lend- Lease Would Help While 'the aura of U.S.-Uussinn yhh will still pervades the atmosphere we should examine the proposition that we trade more with our Communist ad versary. , , Kven if all the lejral ImmVis thrown up to block trade between the two coun tries were suddenly torn down, the volume of trade between America and Russia would not increase perceptibly. This is a pat assumption. Russia would like to have more American products, but for her to buy U.S. goods she would have to sell her products to get dollars to pay for our exports. She would presumably have to trade with us to to get the necessary dol lars. Hut we don't need to "buy litis sian." Russia has little to offer us in peace time merchandise. Most of the items t lie Soviet Union would like to sell here are not in short supply. Unable to penetrate the American market, Russia would have to seek elsewhere for ready customers. Khrushchev himself admitted while in this country that Russia will not have much to sell in the United States for years. Goods simply will not move into this market until there are willing buy ers for the products. The point of Khrushchev's tirade a gainst trade barriers was not so much that we should open our ports to a sudden sluice of Russian imports but that we should change the principle of trade discrimination against the Soviet Union. Why have we closed off the trade outlets w ith Russia? In the sliding scale of lining up the "good guys" and the "bad guys" the Soviet Union has been cast in the ride of the heavy. A fornvr ally, she didn't or hasn't paid for the l.end-l.ease items we poured into Russia to help stem the Nazi tide. She has butchered oppressed people. Khrushchev has promised to re negotiate the Iiend-liense matter; if agreement is reached in this matter, it is presumed legal barriers to Russian trade with this country might be lowered. In Mich an eventuality our stale de part mcM would have to reshape our "Cold War" cast that has been formed by such men as the late Secretary of Slate John Foster lMilles. Congress would have to concern itself with the impact on our own economy of permitting an influx of "slave" labor-produced ar ticles, however small and insignificant. The concept of freer trade with Rus sia as an inducement to reducing ten sions in the world is challenging. It is worth examining and negotiating for, particularly when it is recognized in economic circles that Russian exports to this country won't have much impact on our economy in the foreseeable future. DREW PEARSON SAYS: Well To Do TV Quiz Shows Under Probe By Congress WASHINGTON' Oren Harris, the congressman from Arkansas. ho sometimes rivals Senator Me ridian of Arkansas for show manship, today moves his probe of TV quiz shows into the large Mouse caucus room where stand nig room only is expected. Congressman Harris has been -narking time for one year in his investigation u independent gov ernment auction's, but he will now open the biggest drama since 'he exit of Nikita Khrushchev. The witnesses who will file be fore his microphone have no con nection whatsoever with the independent agencies of govern ment under investigation, but a Ureal deal of connection with the backstage operation of the $64,- 100 Callenge. $(i4,000 Question, Imtto, 21, and other TV shows which drew fabulous ratings and cost the sponsors a total of $18,- Hjo.ooo annually. The producers who staged these dramas, and in some cases faked them, certainly merit in vestigation. Hut also meriting in vestigation is whether the big -ponsors, neiworKS, ana juauison Avenue executives behind the shows knew about the fakery. Louis Cowan, president of CBS Television, for instance, owned two of the quiz programs, $64,000 Challenge and SU4.000 Question. In government, if an official ells rhe government something in which he owns an interest, it's "conllict of interest" and the (filial is fired and can go to jail. Televisicn apparently has lifferent standards than the gov ernment, but TV standards are supposed to be regulated by the federal Communications Com mission an independent agency which seems to have been sit ting on its hands. In the case of Cowan's $64,000 C hallenge, Rev. Charles E. Jack son of Tullahoma, Tenn., stated that, as a guest on that program, lie was given the winning ans wers in advance by Shirley Bern stein, co producer. As a result he won $4,000. P. Lorillard's Old Gold cigarettes was then spon soring the "Challenge" on CBS. The advertising agency was Len nen and Newell. Said CBS-TV President Cowan n November, 19T8, one month REMEMBER WHEN . . 25 years ago, La Grande's Tigers beat Milton-Freewater by 13-7 score, with Tom Black- man and ltud Reynolds scamper ng to touchdowns. Meanwhile, Coach Ira Woodie has his locals pointing to their next contest in the start of a sue esslul grid season. Also, on he football front, the Union ligh School eleven, sparked by Red Grange Blackner, trounc- d the Baker B team, 30 6. On the international scene, ivil war had just broken out in Spain, and early casualty reports isted 104 deaths in the start of one of the bloodiest civil wars in modern hisory. . . 15 years ago. The St. .ouis Browns trounced the Car dials for their third straight ictory in an all-city World Ser les. Locally, the War Chest drive was underway, with booths set up in local banks under the overall direction of R. Gray. In barge of the booths was Mrs. eorge Tiss, with Mrs. John M Miller and Mrs. S. B. Morgan as sisting. The city quota was $10 :MM). Headlines in The Observer told ni the die hard Germans being routed from Dunkerque by Brit- h and Canadians. The enemy ad holed up at the English linniiel city for four years. after the quiz-show scandal broke: "The quiz shows will came back. It's a wonder TV quality on the aggregate, is as good as it is." ABC-TV President Oliver Treyz backed him up. "Quizzes are coming back," he said. "You can't kill 'em." One year has passed and they have not come back. But you can understand why Cowan and Treyz were so confident. For during the entire year since the scandal broke, the FCC has made abso lutely no move to investigate the most flagrant fakery on televis ion in history. Parade of Witnesses Two of the first witnesses ap pearing before Chairman Harris are Jack Barry and Dan Enright, producers of Dotto, 21, Tic Tac Dough, and Concentration, three of which they sold to NBC for a price reputedly between $2,500, 000 and $4,500,000. Another witness is Herbert Stempel, who later wrote: "1 posed as a Starving GI who Lost to Van Doren. For more than a year I have been a living lie. Stempel was advanced $18,500 while still on the show, even though he could have lost all his winnings. "We needed Stempel on the how," Enright explained this un usual advance payment. "His winnings were running high and there was a great deal of public interest in his appearances.' Stempel was finally defeated by Charles Van Doren, the Co lumbia University instructor, on Dec. 5, 1956, having won $49,500. Stempel has charged that he got questions and answers in advance ind was finally directed to miss a question and lose to Van Dor en. Sponsor of 21 was Pharma ceuticals, Inc., manufacturers of Serutan and Geritol. Mrs. Regan Leydenfrost of New York also said she got help in winning $900 on Dotto on CBS in May 1958; while Miss Yafee Kimball, an artist of Province- town, Mass., stated that she also got answers in advance while ap pearine cn Dotto, May 20, 1958. Though she lost, she was paid $4,000. Colgate-Palmolive was the sponsor of Dotto, and the adver tising agency was Ted Bates. 'Man Of The Week' Identified As Communist Premier Of China Producer Is Indicated One of the most interesting witnesses scheduled to appear be fore the Harris committee is James E. Snodgrass, a 36-year-old artist, who when given the ans wers to 21 in advance, mailed the questions and answers to himself. in three registered letters. The dates of registration clear ly showed that he had received the answers in advance of going before the TV cameras, and when New York police satisfied them selves that the envelopes had not been opened, Albert Freedmon producer of 21, was indicted for neriurv. He had told a New York grand jury that he had not coached Snodgrass. Snodgrass was approached af ter his first appearance on 21 and told there would be a long series of matches with his oppon ent. Hank Bloomgarden, and that Bloomgarden would eventu ally win. He opposed Bloomgar den in nine contests, of which seven were ties. He was told to aive the wrong answer on one show but gave the ngnt answer anyway. On the final show, he was not given the- answers, and that put him off the program. That's how the wool was pull ed over the public's eyes in one ,f the biggest pieces of pnony showmanship since the days of Barnum. However, some ot tne biggest advertisers in the USA poured $18,000,000 into mcse siae shows of the air. xney inciuu Br PHIL NEWSOM UPI Staff Writer Man-of-lhe-week: Chou En-lai, premier of Red China. The place: Peiping. The quote: "We advocates of peace" celebrate tte success of Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev's trip to the United States. It was the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of Red Chi na and fathered in Peiping was the greatest array of Communist leadership under one roof since 1S57 when the Soviet Union ob served the 40th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. It was a conglomerate group. Khrushchev was there to report on his meetings with President Elsenhower. The heads of the sat ellite nations were there, and then there also were the hangers-on, the so-far unsuccessful revolution aries from Western Europe and North and South America. Two Ways of Looking There were two ways of looking at this massing of Communist power. One way was to reflect upon the millions of dead, executed for their anti-Communist sins by or der of or in agreement with these men who now gathered in an aura of mutual admiration on the dais of the hall of Congress not far from the Gate of Heavenly Peace. The other way was to recognize that these were men on iron will, bound by a, common determina tion to dominate the world. And since the end of World War II. they had come a long way. For Red China, it was note worthy that the man whose" voice should at least have been second, came first. It was that of Premier rhmt Fn.lnl There is no certain measure of the Red Chinese hierarchy, ex cept to say that Mao Tse Tung is first. - . Since lone before the birth- ot OBITS QUOTES FROM THE NEWS (Res. U.S. Pat. Off.) United Press International . CHICAGO White Sox man ager Al Lopez, after his tlub's 4 3 defeat Friday by the Los An geles Dodgers in the second game of the World Series: "We lost one. But we'll come back." HOLLYWOOD Dr. Frank G. Nolan, noted heart specialist, the orizing that nagging wives may be responsible for heart disease among men: "I wonder if nagging wives are not to blame (or much of the heart disease among men. After all, many more men than women die of coronary heart disease. This is something to think about seriously." PITTSBURGH Steel industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, ex plaining the air of secrecy sur rounding the steel talks: Our efforts to reach a settle ment! cannot be helped they can only be hindered and possibly jeopardized if either of us en gages in public discussions at this stage." Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire Last April when ridel t astro nunle a triumphant visit to the East ("oast he was accompanied by a Chicago news paperman whose admiration of the- revo lutionary hero amounted almost to adula tion, lie is Jules Dubois of the Chioajrn Tribune, a Spanish speaking writer who covered the revolution, and then wrote a biography of Castro which all but put a halo around his head. We've wondered about Castro a num ber of times in recent months as events in l uhu indicated mat he ni'jrht tu setliii himself up as another little dic tator, and now our suspicions are con firmed by the news that even Pubois has been disillusioned. So much so. in fact, that now Castro has charjred lhilis with leadimr a campaign intended to dis civilit him. If Castro has lost the most anient supporter he had in America, vliat little enthusiasm he was able to venerate on his visit last sprinjr must have all but vanished by now. No Children Turned Green In August 19."1 fluorides were added to the water supply in Iwisville, Ky. In that month it was found that the average elementary Rchool child had 7. (Ml decayed, misHing- or filled teeth. Today the figure is 3.92. In 1951 less than fi per cent of the elementary school children had "per fect" teeth, that is none decayed, missing or filled. Today the figure is 'JO per cent. First graders, who were born alout the time the chemicals were added to the water, show even more graphically the benefits of fluoridation. In 10M the av.raee first grader had ,V.7 decayed, missing: or filled teeth. Today the figure is LV.M. In l'.l.M less than II percent of the first graders had perfect teeth. Now In per cent do. We have heard of not a single case in winch a little child turned jireen or swelled up because he drank water con taining fluorides. ll'W nine!- more evidence must we have? (Eugene Kegister-Ciiiard) ISRAIL JEW DEFECTS GAZA tUPD - An Israeli Jew defected to th United Arab Re public Saturday because of "ill treatment and bad living condi tion!" In Israel, UAR sources re ported today. RAINIERS IN PARIS PARIS It I'll I'l meexv t:i ii of Monaco and her t .in children. Agbcrt l', nnd Caiuhm- 2'i, ar rived here Monday t ti.i.n All were reported suiiiieim! (nun TRAIN KILLS IS vii-vva 1 1 I'll Kiltecn per sons were killed nnd 14 seriously injured when a train hit a bus at crossing near Svalym Mar tin in tlie Slovakan lrovinre of slight colds. Prime L.muer v, ill Czechoslovakia Sunday, the Hrati join Ihcin in a day or No. Llava Radio reported .Monday BETTER HEARING SAVED MY JOB! A n il? life iitory from Sonotoite'a ilea: "I thought I would have to f:ivc up teachinir because my learinir was failing. 1 knew the children were making fun of me and I dreaded fiu-inur the class. My princi pal woke me up. lie called me in and said I might be dropped unless I got a good hearing aid. I was fitted with a smart-looking Sonotone nnd now I'm doing fine. Everything is fun again." DON'T let poor hearing cost you your job or block your way . to a new, better life. Let the Sonotone Plan for Better Hearing chart a bright future of security and opportunity. SONOTONE Z"cZ'm, HEARING CENTER Thursday, 9 a.m. lo 6 p.m., Oct 8 Sacajawea Hotel, La Grande, Ore. Mr. A. Annala. trained SONOTONE consultant, will give FREE consultation and FREE audiometric hearing tests with out cost or oblic.ition He will show you SONOTONE exclu sive 3 MAGIC STEPS to bring to you the finest quality of hearing at the lowest cost to you ever. United Prats International BIHSTOL. Conn. iliPli Fune ral services will be held today for rredenck G. Hughes' 81, a former vice president of General Motors, who died here Saturday night aft er an illness of several weeks. LOS ANGELES. Calif. I UPI - Mrs. Frances Dodge Blees. 67, wife of a prominent business ex ecutive and mother of the late actor, William Blees, died Mon day. Her husband is a director of Hitler Helicopter Corp.. Palo Alto. Calif. PHILADELPHIA (UPI I -Peter P. Hagan, 85, retired manufac turer and prominent Lutheran lay man, died Sunday at his suburban Jenkintown home. ed: Proctor and Gamble, Colgate Palmolive soap. Old Gold cigar ettes, Serutan, General Foods, and Kevlon. How carefully did they investi Kate before they invested their millions? They dropped the pro grams when the scandal began to break publicly. But how much did they police their own ad vertising? How much did the networks police their programs? And most important of all. what did the complacent Feder al Communications Commission. which has the right to suspend or cancel any TV license, do about it? LONDON Operatic soprano Maria Callas, angered at being questioned by newsmen on her ar rival from Milan: "Go fly a kite. And ! will hold the strings for you, if you like." the Red Chinese People's Repub lic and the defeat of the Chiang kai Shek forces on the mainland, Mao has been the accepted No. 1. But in the first days of the cele bration, it was Mao who was the spokesman, and the man who wel comed Khrushchev to the gala event. West Knows Chou Best Chou certainly is the butter known man in the West, but in reality both are mystery men. Mao rose from the peasantry. Chou from impoverished nobility. Both took part in the "long march" which marked the low point of Communist fortunes in China and which ended In the Caves of Shensi Province in the far northwest. This was the march which re portedly broke Mao's health al though not his leadership. Today, it is Mao, the theoretician, and Chou, the executor. Paper dragons were paraded through the streets of Peiping this week. Children presented flowers to delegates from all over the world. But first and foremost, it was a massing of Communist brains. Hurricane Hannah Ebbs WASHINGTON UPI Hurri cane Hannah swirled eastward across the Atlantic today, its 105 mile an hour winds no longer a threat to the United States but still a menace to shipping. The Weather Bureau warned all ships in the path of the tropical storm to "exercise extreme caution." POPE ADDRESSES YANKS VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope John XXIII Sunday told a group of American science students cur rently visiting Italy that he hoped future space exploration "shall create new elements for true hu man progress and for advancing towards the light of faith." &aiBiKMew air Mm 9 VS.; . . ..:' 13 .iv 1 '"r'??'- 11 WARDS ANNOUNCES ... Pre-vue Night!' 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