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'In the Words of Our Great Leader, 'OK'"' 11 -- M 1 II yNtA Strnci, lC 'J1 (J EDITORIAL PAGE la;grande observer Friday, October 16, 1959 "Without or with friend or foe, we print your daily world as it goes" Byron. RILEY -ALLKN, publisher Grady Pannell, managing editor George Chaliis, advertising director Tom Humes, circulation manager Parents Should Attend PTA Reading1, Writing' and Arithmetic . . . played to the tune of a hickory stick. Those were the days. ; In caae you have never attended a riu'ent -Teachers Association meeting, ojrfai Mist" pot in several years, it might do an old parent some good to make the classroom again. If La Grande elementary and junior and senior high school teaching has "turned modern" as so many U.S. pri n ary and secondary schools have, stress ing character development and peison a ity traits more than the Three U's, this vjas not shown at Jwo recent IT A meet ing. - Enthusiastic response of teachers to questioning by parents, and equal in terest displayed by mothers and fathers in attendance made for enlightning ses sions. 1TA meetings may lag from botli attendance and interest as the school season .wears on in La Grande. They shouldn't. All parents could find a couple of hours one night each month to devote to classroom attendance. Their children are required by law to attend schools daily. No law says the parents must attend parent-teachers meetings and no mandate should, but as taxpayers and public spirited citizens of this com munity, we parents owe that much to Johnny or Susan. Also An Archive For Eisenhower President Eisenhower went home to Abilene, Kansas and turned over the first spade full of ground for an im pressive building that is to bo built just across the street from the chief execu tive's boytipod home. This Vill be the Eisenhower Presi dential Library, built with funds con tributed by friends and admirers of the President. It will house the voluminous collection of papers and other materials that accumulate in the office of any president and which must be saved for use of the historian of the future. The Eisenhower Library will be veri similar to the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Mo., and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Library in Hyde Park, New York. , Former President Hoover's life long collection of material is carefully cata logued and housed in the great tower that constitutes the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution and Peace on the cam pus of Stanford University. The only other presidential library contains the papers of Rutherford B. Hayes at Fre mont, Ohio. The papers of almost all presidents today are in the Library of Cong l ess. It is fortunate that the precedent set by George Washington has not been fol lowed to the present. Wasliington, like UritisJi prime ministers took the presi dential papers with him upon leaving office. The papers of John Adams and John (Juiney Adams the second and .sixth President, have not yet been opened to the public and the Abraham Lincoln papers were made available only as re cently as July 2t, 19 17. A President is the supreme public figure in the United States. Every com munication to and from him is public business. A period of time may have to be allowed in some instances before some of the more. private communica tions iluring a presidential term can be made public, but in the long run nothing should be concealed. The precedent of citizen admirers building' libraries to house the papers and effects of the .man who leaves the White House is one that should be followed in all the years to come. To Be Or Not To Be.. .Is The Question' Dishonesty in broadcasting, as in the radio is quiz show scandals, is not something the capable government is in any position to police. reliability That is the opinion of the Federal Com- with the munications Commission chairman. For diums of years broadcasters were not permitted by The ne the FCC to express an opinion over the any it'spr air, but apparently they could and can quiz show tell lies if they want to. cent Priei Actually broadcasting should not have that it to be policed by the government to pre- whether vent it from deceiving the public. It is It make no longer an infant industry. TV and is or is in a mature industry fully as ( having some traditions of and honesty in its relations public as are the printed nie communication. t works can't rightly disclaim nsibilitv for the fakery of the s, nor can we agree with Vin- when he said here last week didn't make any difference i qui, show was honest or not. a difference whether anything t honest. Second Attempt To Kill Kassem BAGHDAD. Iraq (UPI) -Iraqi uthoritie uncovered a second attempt to klH Premier Abdel Ka rim Kassem, target of assassins' bullets last week, MaJ. Gen. Ah mad 'Salltff 'ul Abfll ' reported Thursday ninht. At Alxli, military governor ot Baghdad, also charged that Pics ident Gamut Abdel Nasser's I'nit ed Arab liepublic "concnlratl troops" along trail's borders he tore the daring dayl!ht attempt on Kassem's lite Oct. 7. lie u1m siid a ".Syrian indltia tor" was arrested with "75 dyna mite sticks and other destructive and explosive material" by au thorities pt Mosul after the attack on Kassem. . , The general did not disclose when the alleged second assns sinaiion attempt was discovered, or who w behind ,L . DREW PEARSON SAYS: Congress May Pass Measure On Lipstick Ban Controversy WASHINGTON There'll be such a howl from tho cosmetics lobby over the banning of 17 col ors of lipstick that you can bet Congress will pass a law coming 'o the lipstick industry's rescue Actually, Food and Drug Ad ninistrator George Larrick issued the order banning 17 red, orange, jnd yellow shades of lipstick be cause he had to, not because he wanted to. There is little possibility of any serious toxic ingestion or cancer resulting from coal-tar dyes in lipsticks. Only a small amount of dye is added in most lipstick preparations. However, the pre sence of any toxic ingredient no matter how small or harmless its degree of toxicity is bar red by law from lipsticks sold to the public That, plus advanced technol ogy in laboratory (tests, left Lar rick no recourse but to crack down. 'Our testing methods are so sensitive, ' one food and drug of ficial explained, that there is hardly a liDstick color on the market that wouldn't show a lit lie toxicity. But this doesn't nec essarily mean it is harmful when used externally." So the cosmetic lobby will pro bably get a lipstick law passed whin Congress convenes. Mony Counts In Polities You can usually tell whether a man is running for president by the way he butters up big cam paign contributors. Out in California, Gov. Pat Brown, Democratic dark horse, is leaning heavily on right-wing Democrat James Sheppard regar linn the appointment of new judges in I.os Angeles. The Call forma legislature gave Brown the appointment of 12 new superior court judges and so far nine of them have been pretty well dic tated by Sheppard. They include his law partner. Interesting fact is that Shep pard once referred to Brown privately as a Communist and op posed Helen Gahagan Douglas fur the Senate when Richard Nix on first got into the national notlight by waging one of the most McCarthyesque campaigns n California history. Sheppard was with Nixon, not the Demo Now, however, he's recommen ding judges to Gov. Pat' Brown. Inside reason:. Sheppard is a Dig money, raiser for- Brown and is boosting him for president. v0te Brown also has Just appointed Carmine Warschaw to his fair employment practices commission. Mrs. warscnaw is the sister of Lawrence Harvey, another big political campaign contributor to Pat Brown. Harvey Aluminum executives contributed even more to Kisenhower in 1952, but are now boosting Brown for president. Khrushchev News Capsules Exit sourpuss? Russia s Nuir Anrirri C.rnmvko is reported nn his wav out as foreign minis- i..r Aiiwriian dmlomats near that Khrushchev wants to get rid of Gromyko's frozen face and lie rpnutation for saving no in advance of negotiations with the United Slates. His probable suc cessor will be ' either smiling Mike Mcnshikov, present ambas sador to the United States, or Gromyko's deputy, Vasily Kuznet soz. Adenauer smiles Chancellor Adenauer has written President Eisenhower saying he is confi dent the United States will never make a deal with Russia which will sacrifice West Germany's in terests. Adenauer said this in a special message he sent to the White House in answer to one Eisenhower rushed to him im mediately after the talks with Khrushchev. Adenauer was ex ceedingly suspicious after the Camp David conference ended. But he apparently has beea re assured, mainly as a result of his talk with John J. McCloy, the special emissary Eisenhower sent tc talk with him last week. De Gaulle frowns the man who is most suspicious of Ike's talks with Khrushchev is Gen. Charles De Gaulle. De Gaulle considers Eisenhower well-mean ing but naive in the tricky game of diplomacy. And even though Ike has sent him a message of reassurance, General De Gaulle is just not convinced. Mayor Of New York One significant and little-notic ed political development obscur ed by the Khrushchev visit and the British elections is that there won't be a Democratic mayor of New York after 1961. The Democratic party has ruled New York almost without inter ruption for half a century. Only man to break that record was Fi orello La Guardia, a progressive Republican supported .by Frank lin Roosevelt. However, Carmine De Sapio, head of Tammany Hall, took such shellacking in a local New York election recently that his nominee is not likely to be may or of the nation's biggest metro polis in the near future. He can't possibly put across his candid ates either for mayor or governor without the support of those who opposed him. And those who op posed him include such potent political personalities as Mrs. El eanor Roosevelt, former Sen. Herbert Lehman, and former Secretary of the Air Force Tom Finletter. They united with Re publicans to defeat some of De Sapio's henchmen and to scare the life out of De Sapio himself. As a result, a fusion candidate is almost certain to be mayor of New York in 1961 probably Congressman Seymour Halpern of Forest Hills, N.Y., a Republican who trained under' La Guardia. Halpern, though a Republican, has chalked up a notable record for bucking old guard Republi cans and at times even the White House. He is one of the few GOP congressmen who have dared stand up to GOP leader Charlie Halleck in his alliance with southern Democrats. If present trends continue, Hal pern may end up as next mayor of America's biggest city. REMEMBER WHEN ... 29 years ago, several 4-H Union County winners emerged at the judiiinu at Portland during Pacific International Livestock show. E. D. Jasper. Alicel, cop ped the rye sweepstakes; the Zaugg brothers of La Grande scored a first and second place in the sweepstakes in grains; Roy Bell, Cove, a 1st and 2nd in cat tie; Eleanor Richards, Union, re serve champion fat steer; Troy Becker, Clayton Fox, Vernon Mod dard and Henry Stoddard, live stock winners. Eastern Oregon Normal here reported a total enrollment of 256 students to set a record. The accidental death of Ger man Field Marshal Erwin Rom mel, famed as the "Desert Fox," was reported by the German High Command. (Later it was learned that the brilliant general was ordered assassinated by Hit ler for the general's opposition to the lunatic dictator.) Methodist women met at Imb- ler for a convention, with seven towns represented. They included La Grande, Union, Cove, Elgin, Alicel, Island City and host town Imbler. Mrs. Tom Ruckman serv ed as convention chairman", with honors given to Mrs- William Ad ler. La Grande, and Mrs. Ray Ful ler, Alicel, as new members. La Grande's Tigers trounced 37-7, to remain unbeaten in football played at Pendleton. Courtney, Terry, Carey and Kilgore spared Tiger backs, with Marrs turning in fine catches at end. Tribute was paid to Pvt. Leslie L. Keffer, 35, member of U.S. Ar my, stationed at Camp Lee, Va. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Keffer, he was the husband of Edna Mae Wilson Keffer, Irrigon. OBITS United Press International NEW YORK (UPI I David H. Israel, 65, co-founder and chairman of the Regal Knitwear Co., died of a heart attack at a restaurant Thursday. SANTIAGO (UPI) Rodrigo Aburto, 59, assistant editor of the newspaper El Diario Ilustrado, died Thursday night. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) Dr. Elsie Richards Graff, 84, a physician who turned social worker and medical missionary, died Wednesday. Boy Scouts Receive All Aid From United Fund Campaign (Editor's noteThe Observ er, in the public Interest, Is preparing a series- of articles on Hie various agencies which benefit locally from the United Fund. Today's agency is the Bey Scouts. Nearly 700 boys from this area will benefit from, the 1959 United Fund drive, but they need finan cial assistance, with UP offering this source. Scouting is a non-profit endeavor operating solely for the purpose NEWS CHUCKLES United Press International DEMOCRACY AT WORK TOKYO (UPI) The 7.034 vot ers- in the northern Japanese vil lage of Tamura will have to do more than flip a coin if they are undecided on whom to vote for in the election for mayor this Sunday. There are 93ft candidates for the job. There would have been 952, but the local election com mission disqualified 14 because their papers were not in order Some of the candidates can not even count on their relatives to vote for them. In one family, a son is running against his father mother, grandfather and grand mother. CORNERED GREENSBORO, N.C. UPI Two painters worked themselves into a corner Thursday and called their office for help. They got locked into an unfinished building while painting a marquee sign outside of it. Their office called the police. The police found the name of the contractor putting up the building and called him. The contractor then called someone else who had the keys and he came around to let the painters out. ISSUE WALKING LICENSES MOBILE. Ala. (UPD The city clerk's office Thursday issued the first walking licenses to women who want to wear spike heels. An ordinance passed Tuesday requires the ladies to get permits to wear shoes with heels less than an inch in diameter and more than one and a half inches high. The city commission passed it to escape liability in case of falls. SNUFF SAID NORTHAMPTON, England (UPI) Justice Wintringham N. Stable called a short recess in a trial Thursday because "I carry iof building character, citizenship training and teaching patriotism, courage and self-reliance. Money derived to operate the Boy Scouts Is sed to train volun teer leaders, administer the pro gram and provide the tools of Scouting for the job. Taught Many Jhings ' Scouts are taught boating, lifesaving, aquatic skills and swim ming, all of which goes for earn ing of merit badges, activity awards, leadership, etc. Many Scouting activities' for the boys are held each month under the supervision of a trained pro fessional man and with assistance coming from commissioners In charge of the Roundtable program, Explorer session leaders and others. Age brackets for the different areas of Scouting range from Cubs 8-U. Boy Scouts (11-15) and Explorers (15-18). IS Units Hera There are 15 units in La Grande, including Cub Scout packs. Boy Scout troops and Explorer posts, with, sponsorship coming from churches, civic clubs and PTA's. In addition, there are two new Scouting units being planned lo cally and others for Cove, Imbler, Elgin and Union. Scouts have an opportunity to travel, camp overnight and par ticipate in other outdoor activities. One of the highlights of the pro gram is stiff competition to qualify for the National Jamboree. DISCUSS POLITICAL ISSUES TOKYO (UPI) Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio con ferred today with Foreign Minis ter Alichiro Fujiyama of Japan on political issues in a follow up to economic discussions Wednesday. a box of snuff in my pocket and unfortunately the lid has come off and it is all over my pocket. I want to collect it up.' WELCOME SPEECH LONDON (UPI) Edward Heath, just promoted from Con servative Party chief whip in the House of Commons to minister of labor, admitted Thursday that only one of his parliamentary speeches has ever been published. The gist of it was a proposal "that this house do adjourn." ROUTE HM WANTED FULL OR PART TIME DELIVERING CONFECTION TO ESTABLISHED RETAIL ACCOUNTS IN THIS AREA. Absolutely no selling required. Want reliable party interested in high earnings. Applicant must have serviceable automobile and nominal capitol investment (for inventory) to get started immed iately. Factory representative will be here shortly to qualify applicants. Age no factor. For personal interview give age, model of car and amount of cash available for immediate start. Write to Confection Distributors, Box 23, Observer, THE DANMOORE HOTEL AU Transient Guest. All those ' who come, return Rates not high, not low. Free Garage, TVs and Ra dios'. We have a reputation for cleanliness. Children under seven no charge 1217 SW Morrison Portland, Ore, QUOTES FROM THE NEWS United Press International NEW YORK Mae West, who made a career om oi spuuunB .--. had this comment for the harried tax payer: There are no withholding taxes on the wages oi sin.- . LANCASTER. Fa. Rep. Jo ph W. Martin Jr., (R-Mass.) commenting on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev s recent visit to the United States: The onlv concession 1 saw was his admission of the superiority of the American hot dog." NATCHEZ. Miss. Miss Amer ica. Lynda Lee ntoau, 10 one oi her greelers on her returning home after a cross country tour: "IVn't cry, because if you do. I will." LOS ANGELES Tatrice Wy- nmre, estranged nurd wile 01 film star Errol Flynn: 'Ours was a great love. I still love him." Princess Megs Dances Until The Wee Hours LONDON (UPD Princess Margaret danced happily till well past midnight this morning in her first public appearance since the engagement of her former boy friend, Peter Townsend. There was no sign of any emo tional upset, confirming the view e; roval circles mat sne cotiidn i care less what the group captain does these days. The princess attended a dinner dance of a regiment of which she is honorary colonel. 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