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It's nlxnit time someone said this.
;' The tactics of Peter M. Gunnar, state
Republican Central Committee chair-
man, are coming dangerously close to
'. those of the late, unlamented Joe
' McCarthy.
', McCarthy has been an albatross
J around the neck of Republicans in Ore-
pon and other states for several years.
! Republicans in Oregon don't need an
,' other, home-grown minor-league version
of the headline hunter from Wisconsin.
This is, of cours", Ix'injr written bv
one of Oregon's more "naive" editorial
writers, by Mr. Gunnar's standards. In
, advance ,we admit to bias in this matter.
Certainly M. Gunnar is too much a
; man of affairs to be "shocked." as he pro-
fesses, at Senator Nouberger's state
' ments in the matter of the Senator's
; legally-limited payroll.
The secret cabal between Senator Neu-
berger and editorial writers of many of
the state's newspapers, which exists only
in the mind of Mr. Gunnar, is neither a
' cabal nor secret.
In this instance Mr. Gunnar sounds
'. like Jimmy Iloffa, who sees a magnifi
cent plot among the nation's newspapers
to "get" him, or like Wayne Morse, who
has obtained considerable political mile
age from newspaper opposition in the
past.
We don't know how many newspaper
editors have been written to, "secretly"
according to Mr. Gunnar, charging Gun
nar with criticizing Neuberger's support
of administration foreign aid and mili
tary programs. The editor of this news-
paper has never received any such "se
cret" missive, written and delivered in
. cither daylight or dark.
Senator Neuberger has written to this
newspaper, pointing out that the biggest
federal spending items for which he has
Eighty Days In
Taft-Hartley machinery for ending
strikes is awkward at best; yet, it has a
fairly-good record of effectiveness. Presi
dents have used it I t times since 1917,
compelling strikers to return to work
for 80 days while federal mediators try
to bring alxrnt a settlement. In only
four cases has the strike resumed after
the 80 day cooling off period.
Now the President hhs invoked it in
the east coast longshore tie-up. It is
necessary to prevent the public from
Buffering unduly because so much poods
can't move by water.
The steel dispute hasn't caused much
public inconvenience up till now because
the strike was generally forseen. Those
Avho use steel ordered it well in advance
and stockpiled it.. Thus the pressure for
of You Now About Face!
EDITORIAL PAGE
Thursday, October 15, 1959
or foe, we print your daily
RILEY ALLEN, publisher
Humes, circulation manager
McCarthyism
voted have
tary programs. This is somewhat differ
ent than the conclusion drawn by Mr.
Gunnar. He quite possibly has written
the same thing to other newspapers,
which have reported Mr. Gunnar's irre
sponsible charges in too much detail as
he has travelled the state.
Mr. Gunnar once again brings up the
differences between Senators Morse and
Neulx'rger.
Now, he charges, this is a fabrication
by Neulerger.
"Senator Morse," he notes in speech
before Republican workers in Salem, "has
been silent on the subject of Senator
Neuleiger for months."
And yet, practically at the hour Mr.
Gunnar was speaking, Senator Morse in
an interview in Eugene was repeating
his criticisms of Senator Neuberger.
Once again, Saturday, Senator Morse
was saying that he would campaign
against Senator Neuberger next year.
What it all boils down to is this:
Senator Neuberger is not perfect in
all probability there has never been a
perfect man born. He is open to attack
'on several items in his, term as Senator.
Hut irresponsible charges, with more
than a tinge of misrepresentation to
them, are not going to briny Neuberger
to bay. More likely, they generate sym
pathy for him, and make a laughing
stock of those who attack him on unsure
ground.
Actually, Mr. Gunnar's fulminations
tend to help Senator Neuberger.
Can our jesting suggestion of a few
days ago, that Governor Hatfield who
chose Gunnar for his job and supports
him in his assertions, and Mr. Gunnar
are in alliance with Senator Morse, be
true? Well, that seems to be the net
effeci of Mr. Gunnar's campaign.
The Bend Bulletin.
Which To Cool
use of a Taft-Hartley injunction in the
steel strike hasn't been great up till now.
Hut the pressure is growing. Take, for
instance, the town of Hurley, Wis., popu
lation R.oou. Its sole industry is an iron
mine, which is shut down because of the
strike. The 1.016 miners have used up
maximum credit local stores are
allowing and they are broke.
I'ndouhtedly others in industries who
sell to the steel mills or who buy steel
aie feeling the pinch by now, too. So
w ilh the deadlock in the negotiations as
tight as ever, we can expect the Presi
dent to use the one weapon he has at
hand. He can order the men back to
work for at least 80 days and hope a
settlement can be worked out in the
meantime.
world as it goes" Byron,
Challis, advertising director
been foreign aid and mili
Off
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
Americans Have Fine Chance
To Establish Soviet Friends
WASHINGTON One of the
toughest jobs in a democracy is
(or people to participate in for
eign policy. It'i their foreign pol
icy and if it breaks down and
ends in war, they have to go out
and fight for it. Yet they have
little to do with formulating it
or carrying it out.
Once in a while they get an
opportunity, such as when the
Friendship Train carried food to
starving Western Europe in the
bleak winter of 1947, or when
schools and colleges organize to
oring foreign students to the
USA, or send American students
abroad.
Recently, however, Americans
have been getting more oppor
tunity to carry out foreign policy
with the Soviet Union through
the exchange of all sorts of
groups, from musicians to busi
nessmen, from tourists to labor
leaders. Premier Khrushchev put
a lot of emphasis on this when
he was over here. And it's more
of a revolution than most people
realize to have several thousand
Americans going to a country
which was once shut off by an
almost impenetrable iron curtain.
Even so, only about 10,000 Ameri
cans annually can afford the
time and money to go to Russia,
which leaves the vast majority of
others very much interested in
but unable to do much about
USA-USSR foreign policy.
Now, however, my old friend.
George W. Welsh, former mayor
of Grand Rapids and past presi
dent of the U.S. Conference of
Mayors, has come up with an
idea which may give several
million Americans a chance to
influence policy by sending an
idea behind the onetime iron
curtain.
Life Welcomes Mr. K
Life magazine for October 4
features an interesting cover
photo of Nikita Khrushchev ex
amining corn at Coon Rapids,
Iowa. It's a friendly photo. In
side are other photos showing
what a welcome most Americans
gave the No. 1 Russian. Hitherto,
the Soviet has not permitted
American magazines inside Rus
sia, except in public libm.ji. So
the idea would be to collect sev
oral hundred thousand copies of
the October 4 issue of Life with
Khrushchev's picture on the
cover and send them to Moscow,
with each copy bearing the
name and address of the Ameri
can sender.
This would show, first, the
manner in which the No. 1 Rus
sian was received in the UKA
Second, it could start a chain of
people to people friendship let
trrs between Americans and Rus
sians.
Ex-Mayor Welsh of Grand Ra
pids hopes that some of the live
wire mayors who belong to the
U.S. Conference of Mayors could
work out a plan to help collect
copies of Life and forward them
to the Soviet Union, ihercs a
provision in the cultural exchange
.-igreement with Russia which
provides for cooperation between
cities, and the forwarding of these
magazines could lead to direct
cooperation between Chicago and
U-ningrad, Philadelphia and Od
e?sa. San Francisco and Yalta,
Los Angeles and Kiev, etc.
Regardless of this, the maga
zines can be mailed direct to
Goorgi Zliukov, chairman of the
Slate Committee lor Cultural Ke-
lalions with Foreign Countries,
Moscow, Russia. I've sent him a
cable saying he will probably re
ceive quite a deluge. I took this
chance because I am sure the
American people realy want to
work at peace.
Furthermore, if Premier Khru
shchev really means what he said
about more people - to people
friendship, and I think he does,
then this is one way the average
QUOTES FROM
THE NEWS
(Rg. U. S. Pat. OH.)
OLATHE. Kan. Diane Rob
erts. 15. after admitting she had
murdered her father and mother:
I did it because Mom and Dad
were always criticizing everything
I do."
ASIIEVILLE. N. C. Virginia
Gov. J. Lindsay Almcnd touching
on segregation at the Southern
Governors Conference:
'Each state must make the
choice to close its schools ... or
live within the framework of the
law."
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore. on the ef
fects of passage of the Landrum
Griffin labor bill:
"The labor movement suffered
its worst setback since passage of
the Tafl Hartley Act."
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind - Evan
gelist Billy Graham after Presi
dent Eisenhower visited him in
the locker room at the clubhouse
of the Burning Tree golf course:
"1 was most embarrassed. All
1 had on was a towel "
SACRAMENTO. Calif. Caryl
Chessman who is scheduled to be
executed Oct. 23:
"It may be close, but I doubt
very seriously if I'll be going on
Oct. 23."
American can respond. He can
play a small part carrying out
American foreign policy. If Khru
shchev doesn't mean what he
says, we'll know it if the maga
zines aren't delivered to indivi
dual Russians.
It will cost you 22 to 24 cents
to mail Life magazine to Moscow
by ordinary mail, unsealed; $3 31
by air mail (also unsealed).
People don't fight each other
when they know and like each
other. And the best insurance
against war is people-to people
friendship.
Scrap Iron Goliath
It hasn't been published yet.
but the Senate Small Business
Committee has prepared a sting
ing report on monopoly in the
billion dollar scrap steel indus
try. It chides the Federal Trade
Commission for draggng its feet
in a probe of Luria Brothers
Inc., and recommends that the
Justice Department get busy.
If a Justice Department probe
confirms the Senate committee's
own testimony that Luria is
monopolizing the . scrap steel
market at the expense of small
business competitors, then the
department should "proceed to
prosecution, the report will say.
At the very least, Luna's con
trol of the market seems to be a
'monopoly in the making," the
Senate report will charge, add
ing that there are a "number of
instances" that raise the ques
tion of possible violations of the
Sherman Antitrust law by the
scrap steel goliath. "This (the
scrap steel industry) is a field
that should be open to free com
petition," the report will state
"It is ideally suited for a small
businessman without too much
capital."
The Senate hearings were con
ducted under the chairmanship of
'vs . vZr-Hr Is- ia canal m- - tt
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Drawing shows proposed Pacific Northwest Power Com
pany Mountain Sheep Dam on the winding Snake River
near the three-state junction (Idaho, Oregon, Washing
ton) for purpose of increasing power in the Northwest.
Controversy rages over migratory salmon how will the
High Mountain Sheep Dam Site Excellent,
Would Back Water Into Oregon Up Imnaha
By ROBERT CHANDLER
Observer Staff Writw
HIGH MOUNTAIN DAM SITE
One look at this dam site, where
core drilling recently started to
get additional information in sup
port of a license application by
Pacific Northwest Power, will
persuade you it's a good one.
The Snake . River here runs
swiftly through a deep, narrow-
canyon. A dam here would back
water dear up the Snake to Hells
Canyon dam. over 58 miles up
stream. An arm of the reservoir
would go nine miles up the Im
naha River into Oregon.
And it would generate power.
lots of it. Two powerhouses, one
on the Idaho side and one on the
Orecon side, would have an even
tual generation capacity of two
million kilowatts.
Fish Pu
The main value to this particu
lar site, however, is that it's above
the confluence of the Salmon
River and the Snake. The problem
of passing fish over a high dam
at the Net Perce, below where
the Salmon comes into the main
stredin. is far from a solution at
the present time.
Nez Perce would provide about
OBITS
UniUd Prnt Inttrnational
VIENTIANE ai'V Prince
Petsarath, 69, one time viceroy of
Laos, died in Luang J'rabang
Province Wednesday of a cerebral
hemmorrhagc.
GREENWICH, Conn. VPI
Dr. Frank P. Shepard Jr., 39. as
sistant professor of pathology at
Columbia U n i v r s i t y. died
Wednesday night after an illness
of several months.
Selective Service
To Be Closed Week
Local Board No. 24, Selective
Service office will be closed from
Oct. 19 through 27.
Iula I. Olson, clerk, will be in
Canyon City in Grant County
dunng that period. .
Sen. Russell Long, Louisiana Dcm
ocrat.
Long's report, signed by a
majority of the committee, will
further charge the rederal Trade
Commission has dragged its in
vestigation of Luria from 1954,
through 14.00J pages of testi
mony, to the present without
making a decision.
Pointing out that many small
competitors of Luria could be
driven out of business before the
FTC makes up its mind, Long
and his colleagues will assert
that the public interest isn't ser
ved if the FTC waits until the
"patient, is dead" before provid
ing relief. Therefore, the Justice
Department should act immedi
ately. Note all small business com
mute democrats signed the re
port except Bible (Nev.) and
Smathers (Fla ). All Republicans
signed except Javis of New York
and Schoeppel of Kansas, both
of whom will make separate min
ority reports. Schoeppel is strong
ly defending Luria.
PROPOSED SHEEP
the same amount of storage on
the Snake and Imnaha as Iliqh
Mountain Sheep about 3'4 million
acre feet. It would also back
water up the Salmon for a total
of another 2 million acre feet of
storage.
In an effort to avoid conflict
with fashing interests and because
they don't want to harm the
va'uable salmon fishery resources
if they can help it the member
companies of PNP have filed an
application for this site with
Federal Power Con. mission.
Core drilling at the dam site is
now under way to provide data in
support of the license applica
tion. What's proposed here is a con
crete arch dam. fi!HI feet hitih
that's 140 foet higher than Grand
Coulee, and would be the highest
dam in the U.S. and the second
highest in the world. The d;im top
would be 2100 feet, nearly half a
mile, across the river.
The cost. too. is staggering,
nearly a quarter of a bi'lion, not
million, dollars.
By-Pst Canal
What. then, is proposed for fish
facilities at Mountain Sheep?
The most exciting facility is a
proposed by-poss canal, which
LETTERS
Maximum lanath 300 words.
No anonymous letter but true
nam will b withheld on rf
quest.
Dear Editor:
I have just finished reading your
article on the Morgon Lake road
or cow trail. I certainly agree with
you. About a month ago my hus
band and a friend went up one
Sundav morning to do some fish
ing. The friend s wife and I were
to bring the children and a picnic
lunch up in the car about noon.
Neither of us had ever been to
the lake and it had been over
a year since the boys had been
there. We g rls were told the road
was good all the way up and signs
were up so we couldn't possibly
get lost.
Needless to say we did get lost.
There were no signs at all. The
road was, had. Even after going
clear to Howard Meadows we
could find no one to tell us how to
get there.
Finally when we were almost
back to La Grande we met and
stoppied a car and they told us
which road to take. By this time
we were sick and tired of Morgan
Lake and had never even seen it.
It was worse after getting to the
lake. The boys were fishing on the
far side and by the time we went
in and back out we scratched the
car and torn off the pipes. We
haven't gone back since and I
won't either.
i An experienced Lake visitor.)
NEWS CHUCKLES
United Press International
OH, NO
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. UPI
Evangelist Billy Graham today
assured his followers they need
not worry because he plays golf.
He said his usual comment when
DAM ON SNAKE
fish get downstream and some opposition by secretary
of the Department of Interior on doubtful storage of
backwater. Structure would feed water into Imnaha
Kiver with a by-pass canal.
would take all young fish froi
the Imnaha at the head of the
pool and deliver them to the Snake
below the dam. Upstream mi
grants, likewise, would miss the
reservoir entirely.
Snake River fish would be cam
ned around the dam by automatic
tramways.
Why not just put the Snake
Riut fish into the Imnaha, you
ask, particularly because Idaho
Power Company facilities up
stream seem to have failed com
pletely to do the job at those
projects?
That's because of the peculiar
nature of fish.
That fi.sh are peculiar should
"me as no surprise to a fisher
man. Salmon River fish will not
spawn successfully any place hut
the stream of their origin. Put
ihein into the Imnaha, only a few
miles from their birthplace, and
they will die without reproducing.
You can't even, successfully, take
esgs from Salmon River fish and
hatch them in the Imaha or Snake,
since the fish resulting from those
'gts will not spawn successfully.
Who opposes this dam?
"Blood Brother"
To date we've not seen any
formal opposition: Rut it is cer
REMEMBER WHEN
... 25 years ago. Oregon State
Police here outlined steps to be
used against wholesale cattle rust
ling in Union County. Reporting
the theft of 87 purebred black
face sheep was Lou Standley. Also
suffering the rustling of cattle
was George Grey. 20 head of bo
vine near lower Cove.
C. A. Smith. Cove, reported in
with the largest buck kill made
during the annual deer season. The
big antlered animal weighed 223
pounds.
... 15 years ago, Jack Wilson,
Vorth Powder, exhibited the chain
oion Hereford steer at the Pacific
International Livestock Show, in
Portland. The steer weighed 940
pounds, sold for SI 50 per pound
and brought its owner slightly over
$1,400. Union County had four
grand champions at the show.
Tribute was paid to Harold T.
Beickel, gunners mate second class,
serving on the USS President
Adams. The 20-year-old serviceman
was the son of Mrs. C. C. Ellis.
3002 N. Oak St. His father, John
Beickel, was stationed with the
Seabees.
U.S. troops were engaged in sav
age street fights in Aachen, an
cient German city being held by
stubborn Germans. Civilians were ,
fleeing the gutted city, however.
Sportwise, Notre Dame handed
Dartmouth College the worst lick
ing the New England team ever
took on the gridiron, 64 to 0.
he miffs a shot is "Oh no."
SWEET REVENGE
NEW YORK (UPI Sweet
revenge for Detroit. A sign seen
on a rew rear-engine American
economy car.
SIMPLE EXPLANATION
DUDLEY. E.gland (UPI) -Ted
Hedley, 19, had a simple ex
planation whenne pleaded guilty
Wednesday to stealing a parrot
from the Dudley Zoo. He said he
can't stand being without birds.
tain to come from at least two
sources, which are cousins If not
blood brothers in the Snake River
picture.
One is the National Hells Can
yon Association, headed by Jim
Marr, secretary of the Oregon
AFL-C10. Marr is !n sarious
danger of losing his present job
in a coming election, and it is
only reasonable to, suspect that he
will try to turn the NHCA into
full-time employment for himself.
The other is the Northwest
Public Power Association, headed
by Gus Norwood of Vancouver.
Wash.
Marr and Norwood have been
on the opposition side of every
power company proposal in the
Northwest in recent years. It has
been made pretty clear that they
don't want to see any dams built
unless the project is in the hands
of the federal government.
Actually, the whole project
which could mean a big tax wind
fall for Union county, Oregon
will be kind of quiet for a few
months. Then hearings will open
before the Federal Power Com
mission. And when that happens, things
will begin to pop once more along
the Middle Snake battleground.