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"Damn the Ships! Full Torpedo Ahead!" DREW PEARSON SAYS: 'Fragile' Italian Premier Shapes Destiny Of Country IOA Wife t, Uc 1 EDITORIAL PAGE LA GRANDE OBSERVER Friday, December 4, 19S9 "Without or with friend or foe, we print your dally world u it goes" Byron. RILEY ALLEN, publisher Grady Pannell, managing editor George Challis, advertising director Tom Humes, circulation manager Competition For Payrolls Strong The Industrial Development Committee of La Grande is working1 to attract new industry for the city and county. Else where, industry recruiters are trying all sorts of stratagems to garner new plants and payrolls. The efforts of these recruiters have been particularly successful in the South where total manufacturing employment has increased by 28 per cent since 1917. The national average has been 17 per cent. In North Carolina a favorable cor porate tax climate and some special en ticements have led to new industry being brought in. A group of that state's busi nessmen are now conferring in Kurope with industrialists who might be interest ed in building plants in North Carolina. A special inducement to these foreign loaders is a 4,000 acre industrial park between three of the state's leading col leges and universities where research facilities are paid for by the state. Industrial parks are being planned on a large scale in- the South. One of the largest projected industrial park sites is a 6,800-acre tract near Memphis. City and county governments have purchased the land along the Mississippi River and the federal government plans to build levees around the bottomlands to protect them from floods. Another answer to industrial recruit ment has been solved by a Mississippi community. The town, with . the im probable name of Yazoo City, needed industry enough to vote a bond issue of $500,000 and subscribe to $350,000 in stock of the company moving to town. The county offers long-term leases to the companies interested in erecting new plants. When the bonds are paid up, the county retains title to the building and then lowers the rents. All companies, however, are not willing to accept public help. Some argue that such help can ultimately lead to public interference in the operation of the com pany. And South Carolina has gone on record as not being in favor of offering inducements to new industries that it can not offer to firms that are already established in the state. In South Carolina a group of business men have formed a corporation and have chipped in to lend funds out to new in dustries in the state that cannot get financial help elsewhere. Industry re cruiters throughout the South are step ping up their efforts to attract new industry. Industrial recruiting is not confined to the South. It is virtually nation-wide. It is important to remember that al though recruiters are promoting Union County development, they are competing with others who have a lot of dollars in their pockets. (Editor's not Draw Ptinon li on 20-day tour of Europe nd Asia to interview tho lead rt of tho 11 countrioi Pre idont EiMnhowor will visit, and to report on what thay will talk about.) ROME At a long desk facing row after row of nearly empty seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies sat a small, thin figure ol a man. He was Antonio Segni, prime minister of Italy, and he sat alone. Opposite him in the vast amphi theatre of Italian democracy sat a sprinkling ol Christian Dem ocrats who support Segin but, as I watched the debate, not many were present to do so. On the right facing him were empty seats of Monarchists, Fas cists, and the Liberals with only one deputy present. But on the left, the seats reserved for Com munists and Socialists were al most full as their speakers crit icized winter "relief payments" for the unemployed in Italy. The prime minister of Italy sat there patiently. His thin face, eagle nose, and a collar too big for his neck gave him an almost birdlike appearance. He listen ed, said nothing. Behind him was a great bronze mural depict ing the forces of Garibaldi which first brought democracy to Italy meeting the torces ol King Vic tor Emmanuel in the first unifi cation of Italian states in 1861. That democracy had been stop ped dead by Mussolini when the present prime minister was a young leader in Catholic Action. His political career had been sus pended in midair during Fas cism; now he and other believers in democracy were working to make sure that the catastrophe of Fascism or Communismdidn't come to Italy again. That is why Segni sat so pa tiently listening to the Socialist Communist debate. This was democracy at work in the new Italy and this was the man Pres ident Eisenhower will meet first on his historic tour of Europe and Asia. ' Italy's Problem Eventually Segni left the chamber debate to step outside and talk with me regarding the problems of Italy and the Unit ed States, some of which he'll dis cuss with President Eisenhower. He was guarded in his comments but, a few days earlier, he and Greek Premier Constant ine Kar- amanlis had agreed their chief problem was relaxation and they didn't refer to relaxation on the beachcr of the Riviera. They re ferred to the growing, gnawing fear on the part of European lead ers that President Eisenhower is going to ask them to reverse the policy which the United States sold them, but now wants to un sell them the relaxation of the cold war" with Russia. For something more than 10 year the United States has pounded home the idea that Communism would ruin the world, that the Italian Communist party must be defeated, that Eu rope must contribute arms to the NATO alliance to combat the Communist military threat. Now, suddenly, the leaders who bought this policy see the United Slates unselling it. Pact With Russia Is Symbolic Lit it never be said that Russia and the United States can't get together on a peace that involves inspection. They did it Tuesday. Along with other nations they completed a pact that concerns use of a whole continent Antarctica for the next 30 years. The treaty contains provision for en forcement. Each of the 12 nations party to the agreement has the right to inspect one another's installations, equipment, ships and planes in the Antarctic at any time. This in effect, neutralizes Antarctica. If one wanted to be cynical, he could say that there was almost no other alterna tive because of the inaccessibility of this frozen waste land. No nation run by sane men would attempt to seize by force or to defend claims in an area of the world where just coping with the ele ments is a full time task for those who venture that farouth. Sen. Henry Jackson came back from a recent trip to the South Pole with an idea that may someday be followed. He suggests the use of atomic reactors for heat in an area where fuel oil costs $10 a gallon. TJte heat could be used, not only, to keep the scientists who work there warm, but to clear away and keep cleared an airfield. What those who explore the frozen continent hope to find, of course, are mineral deposits worth working. The signatories to the 80 year treaty are gambling that there will be no mineral discoveries worth fighting over for at least three decades. Because so little actually is at stake in Antarctica, the willingness of Russia to sign an inspection treaty can't very well be interpreted as a sign that the Reds would agree to something similar in the disarmament field. But since this is one of the few times in recent years that anything at all constructive has been worked out through negotiations with the Communists, the treaty signing must be regarded as a most encouraging development. Barbs Little worries don't really hurt anybody, says a doctor. Except the friends you in sist on telling them to. But when Ike arives in Home later this week, certainly the all important question of "relaxa tion" will be foremost on the genda. Unless another potent QUOTES IN THE NEWS United Press International MIAMI Mrs. Austin Kra k Young, describing the anxiousncss of waiting for a Cuban military tribunal's decision on whether to force in the Italian government sen'6"" her husband to death: iy wnoie ine is uemg ut-vim ' -i i intervenes. He i f.iovanni r.ron chi. president of Italy, who is down tnere in Cuba.' planning a trip of his own to sec Soviet Premier Khrushchev Jan uary 8- This brings to the fore a serious split within the Italian soverning party about which there will be more tomorrow. Different, Vital Italy Meanwhile, Premier Segni will be able to show President Eisen hower an Italy far different from that General Eisenhower saw when, as Allied commander, he helped take Italy from the Axis armies. It's an Italy whose cur rency is somewhat sounder than the dollar it has $3,000,000,000 on deposit in New York and whose democracy is just as sound as its economy. Segni's shrewd, tough econo mic policies, including land re form, are partly responsible for this. When I asked Segni about the fact he had given up his own land in Sardinia - to be divided among the landless, he replied "there was nothing unusual about it. An organization exists in Sar dinia for distributing land, and it handled the matter. Already in southern Italy divided land has become three times more productive under new individual owners. This is a long-range pro gram ana it win become even more productive. "Does your government have the system of interpolation on the floor of your Congress?" he asked, explaining that, as minis ter of the interior, he had to ans wer questions in parliamentary debate. "No," I replied. "You are lucky," he sighed and went back to the job of sitting all alone opposite the Socialist Communist opposition back to the job of making democracy work in Italy. NEW ORLEANS Kevin B. Sweeney, president of the Kail o Advertising Bureau, asse ting that the radio industry would wel come a congressional investiga tion of "payola": "It will prove that of the more than lu.Otw bright young men who introduce records for the nation's 3.400 radio stations, only a hand ful were in on the take." WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, disclosing that he is expanding a Midwestern tour this month to include Oklahoma. Texas and Florida: "I figured if I was going to get to them, I'd better get moving." DES MOINES, Iowa Walter B. Cooper, head of the National Auto Dealers" Advertising Ethics Committee, describing one ad that "stretched the truth" a bit when it mentioned that, a car did not have power equipment: "It turned out that this meant the car didn't have a motor." OBITS United Pre International FREEPORT. N. Y. (UPI) Harry Shelland, 83, boating edi tor of the Long Island Press and the oldest working newspaperman on Long Island, died Thursday. REMEMBER WHEN . . 25 vears aco. the l a r.ranHn city commission was defendant in an Oregon Supreme Court action initiated by unpaid bondhold ers on the defaulted Bancroft bond issue. They chareed that th eiv should levy additional taxes on all taxable DroDertv. in ihir writ of mandamus before the high court, so that payment of interest on the bonds could be made Commissioners charged were Mel ville, Condit and Lottes. Mrs. Ruth Spencer was annin elected president of the Women- Relief Corps No. 37 at the Odd teuows Hall. Other officers wen Mrs. Alice Turner, senior vice president; Mrs. Marietta Yeck. Junior vice president; Mrs. Laura Davis, chaplain; Mrs. Eleanor Carr, treasurer: Mrs. Arieiai., Kitrhfn MnilnMnp n n .1 ... , u mrs Frances Plank, guard. . . . !5 vean ai?n l.jr upset the La Grande Hinh s,.hi Tigers in the big state nren championship football finals at Portland, winning 14 0 on a damp una. ine aenai attack that help, ed give the Ticem in imi,,i.. season and a semi-final victory backfired this day. Two local servicemen u..r the news. First Lt. DonaM o Hunter, a D-Dav invim. ..... an with the infantrv. ua. i, ...... as missing in action at Metz. had received the Purple with cluster for wounds. erly an EOC student, he married to the former He Heart Form Marian a 14 month-old Boyles and had baby Also. Pfc. Joserjh Smiih with the infantry in France, h, oeen wounaca. tin wife uem oi iuu l.un st u lied by the War Department, ins id a resi noli GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (UPI) - Former Rep. Albert J. Engel Sr. (R Mich.), 73, a veteran of eight terms in Congress, died Thursday from complications of injuries received in a traffic acci dent Sept. 30. Engel represented Michigan's 9th District in the House from 1933-1950. ., HUNTINGTON. W Va. (UPI) Former Republican congress man Hubert E. Ellis, 72, of Hunt ington, died Thursday after a long illness. Ellis, a Republican, won election in West Virginia's 4th District in 1942. 1944 and 1946. MACMILLAN TO VISIT ITALY LONDON (I'PK Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan has ac cepted an invitation from Italian Premier Antonio Segni to visit Italy next spring, it was an nounced Wednesday. Macmillan is expected to go to Rome in March, at the time of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's trip to France. Nationalist China Fears Red Invasion TAIPEI. Formosa UPI -Nationalist Chinese commanders on Matsu believe the Chinese Com munists may launch a major of fensive against the off-shore is lands "at any moment," the offi cial Central News Agency reported today. The report coincided with the departure today from the United States by President Eisenhower on a goodwill tour of Asia, Africa and Europe. The Central News Agency re ported in a dispatch from Matsu that the Chinese Reds are step ping up military construction on the mainland and increasing re connaissance of the Nationalist- held island chain. Quemoy is the southern outpost. The agency report followed a warning from Adm. Ni Yue-si, Na tionalist navy commander, that the Chinese may trigger a major attack in the Formosa Strait dur ing the Eisenhower tour. Central News quoted a comman der on Matsu as saying "there are mounting indications on the battle front that the Chinese Com munists may launch a full-scale attack at any moment." The commander's name was withheld in accordance with Chi nese press regulations. rj - SPECTROGRAPH Ike Takes Spare Along WASHINGTON UPH Just in case President fcisenhowcr s Air Force jet transport has any diffi culties, the pilot can look to the rear for help. A sister Air Force jet is following the President's plane during his tour fur use as a spare. DOG GONE HIGH Russia claims to have fired dog carrying rockets as high as 280 miles and recovered the animals alive. Cutaway drawing above shows one of the rockets the Russians have been using in their bio medical researches and is based on details published in Aviation Week magazine. This one, designated the "A-2," is a one stage vehicle with an altitude range of about 130 miles. Solar spectrograph (for photograph ing the sun) is at top. Sealed and pressurized dog com partment is surrounded by instruments. Recovery is by parachute. Morocco Old Familiar Scene For Ex-Army Commander Ike JET SETS RECORD NEW YORK (UPP-An Ameri can Airlines jet Wednesday night set a commercial speed record of four hours, 22 minutes for a non stop flight from San Francisco to New York, the airline said. Travelling With Ike Morocco By United Press International Morocco, last stop of President Eisenhower's Asian-European tour was the first sto pin Gen. Eisen hower's conquest of Europe. Eisenhower's Allied forces in vaded Vichy French - controlled Morocco in November, 1!M2, to be gin the end of Adolf Hitler's dreams ' of glory. Morocco has since shucked off its French con trol to become a self-styled link between East and West. Morocco's ruler is King Moham med V, a 49-year-old absolute monarch who enjoys bowling with his French cook. He has nearly 10 million contented citizens in a land the size of Utah and Nevada combined. Best known Moroccan city is the port of Casablanca I whrp Winston fhnrrhill nn,l Franklin D. Roosevelt conferred! in wartime. The capital is Rabat on the At lantic where Eisenhower will en joy a Florida-like winter climate. Mohammed became the national hero as well as ruler when he led the fight for independence from France. Morocco relies heavily on continued French good will and on the friendliness of fel low Arab nations. Mohammed is doing everything possible to pro mote a cease-fire in the civil war in rrenh Alaeria. As French financial aid de creases, economic help from Uncle Sam has increased. But Mohammed's most recent victory was American agreement to with-ftr.iu- iK five nir h.ises nn em barrassment to so young a na tion. Morocco has been Moslem for 1.200 vears since invadine Arabs chased the lighter-skinned Berbers into the hills. The Berbers still live in the hills . Mohammed drosses in tradition al Arab robes. His daughters have shocked some Arabs by ap pearing in bathing suits in public pools. Mohammed tirelessly trav els his country to promote eco nomic progress. He dislikes shav inn anH lets a ttnhhle prow when he siH'iids a day padding about his palace. Phosphate and manasanese min ing are big in Morocco. Much of the world's money travels in wal lets stamped Moroccan leather. Along the coast in the larger towns, Western style dress is in fashio.1. Moroccan hill folk still veil their women. .JSV-T"1 :' "" .-- ?T ' ' . k v r m mr. . THE CITY OF 2000 A.D. The City of the Year 2000 is no mere science-fiction. New discoveries in science and technology make most of its features possible today and the demands of an ever-expanding population will make such cities inevitable and necessary within the 40 years remaining in the 20th century. This possible Version of the City of Tomorrow was envisioned by This -1 ' lhafa.-'""i 10r"': ""lw Efr, wei- -! r 3- 10 ,JS-'" Concrete bubble monorail sta tion. Municipal heliport. Communications center, includ ing radio and TV stations. Ball-shaped recreation center, with glass-enclosed swimming pool. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10 11. G Art mitsou Tower of Peace (being built). Hying platform. Government center heliport Solar power plant. Government center wing. Theater. Restaurant. m !. l. vukeb., 0im Wjen up t u. ... , - t- jtf, i i- Earth. official publication of Permancnte Cement Co. Its mass of g!ass, concrete and metal is beautifully fun ctional and is designed arOund expected advances in construction, transportation, communication and, above ail. man s growing awareness of the people around him in mis latter sense, the City of Tomorrow is being built today by us all. ii 13. Parking garage (underground). 14. Train station (underground) 15. Nucfrar power plant (under ground). . 16. ' Water purification and recircu lation plant (underground). 17. Sewdge disposal plant (under-rround).