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B ro o k in g s-H a rb o r P ilo t
P a g e T w e lv e
T h u rsd ay, O cto b er 18, 1956
B ro o k in g s, O regon
ex ercise y o u r r ig h t to v o t e Timber Resourses Review
DOES W A YNE MORSE PUT
PRINCIPLE ABOVE POLITICS?
Read the Opinion of Ex-Governor Chas. A. Sprague
R ep rin ted from his co lu m n “ It S e e m s T o M e” in O regon S ta te s m a n , S ep t. 2 6 -2 7 , 1956
S e n a to r W ayne L. M orse i a
c a n d id a te fo r a th ird te rm as sen-
to r from O regon th is tim e on
th e D em o cratic ’tick et. He de­
m an d s th a t th e c o n te s t betw e n
him an d
D ouglas M cK ay Ue
fo u g h t o u t "on th e issu es.’’ Very
w ell; but rem em b er th a t M orse
h im self is th e m a jo r issue
M orse Is th e Issue
M orse m ak es h im self th e is-ue.
He personalizes w h atev er su b ject
he Is d iscu s-in g . H is speeches a r •
chiefly in p ra ise o r defense of his
own co n d u ct in office, his own
vo tes hi* ow n opinions.
M orse m ak es h im self an issue
because one of his o u ts ta n d in g
c h a ra c te ris tic s is his egotism . I
am n o t ascrib in g to him v an ity ,
b u t eg o tism , defined as "th e p ra c ­
tice of re fe rrin g overm uch to
o n e ’s »»«Iff’ M orse is d efin itely
eg o cen tric, s triv in g to m ak e th e
w orld revolve aro u n d him self and
his ideas.
N ow th is t r a it of c h a ra c te r
m ig h t be p assed o v er as a fau lt,
an evidence of th e fra ilitie s to
w hich all h u m an k in d is heir. B ut
in M orse it h a s developed into a
d an g e ro u s form of se lf-rig h te o u s­
ness. He is alw ay s right, w hoever
is opposing him a t th e m om ent
us d ead w rong. And he th ro w s a
b la n k e t of m o ral san ctio n over
ids a ctio n s w hich confounds the
public an d w hich I th in k re su lts
in his deceiving him elf. Vet •"*
h as rev ersed ti’niM-lf so o ften , a l­
te re d his own course, joined
w hat he rejected , spurned w hat
»line lie end o rsed , th a t his own
a d ions belie e ith e r th e p u rity of
liis m o tiv es o r th e value of Id s
ju d g em en t.
M oral A rro g a n ce
A n o th er effe c t of th is m oral
a rro g a n c e is th a t it h as led M orse
in to in te m p e ra te u tte ra n c e He is
e x trem e in d en u n ciatio n In 1946
he b ran d ed P re s id e n t T ru m an as
"h am a c to r." Y et in 1952 he
p raised H a rry T ru m a n in a p er-
aonal te le g ra m : "Y our record is
indelible one in th e h is to ry of
o u r c o u n try , w hile th a t o f y o u r
» te tra d o rs will soon fade aw ay ."
In F e b ru a ry . 1952. w hen he said
he w as “s tro n g fo r E isen h o w er,”
he w ro te: "I know him to be i
very in tellig en t m an w ith co m ­
p lete in tellectu al h o n esty and a
m a rk e d im p a rtia lity ’’ T he C on­
g ressio n al R ecord fo r M arch 20,
1952 q u o tes M orse re fe rrin g to
P re s id e n t E isen h o w er as ’.a m an
w ho in m y ju d g m e n t is com pletely
lack in g in political m o rality "
W e m u n allow a m an th e p riv i­
lege of rev isin g his ap p ra isa l of
m en an»l of issues; but w hen he
ind u lg es in such ta d ie a l u t t e r ­
an ces an d e x trem e rev ersals of
opinion anil does it so often we
a re ju stifie d in ch allen g in g e ith e r
his m o tiv e o r th e soundness of
his ju d g m en t.
B u rned O ut U se fu ln e ss
In
a tte m p tin g
to
an aly ze
M orse’s ch u m to reelectlon and
e n te rin g my opposition I am not
doing so out Of p ersonal a n ta g o ­
n ism I have no personal q u arrel
w ith him I recognize he is a m an
of su p e rio r in tellectu al en d o w ­
m en ts. b u t re g re t th a t he has.
in th e opinion of m any who w ere
his frien d s p re tty well t m m e d
out hl«» u sefu ln ess and effectiv e­
ness save as a p e rsiste n t h a rra n -
g u e r to a nearly em p ty S en ate
chnnd»er W ith m any of th e p o si­
tion« he h a s ta k e n in his n e a r
12 y e a rs of service I h iv e been
in a g re e m e n t w ith o th e rs stro n g ly
opposed M orse d eserted the R e­
p u b lican P a r ty under whose b a n ­
n er he had won his office in 1944
an d 1950 to becom e firs t an In-
d e p e n d e n t an d next a I'e m o . r a ’
He did not merely move acro ss
th e p o litical hi 1« he wound up
on th e lienurccat». not »ery wel­
com e t»» thieo* of th e old er Ik in -
o e ra tic tra d itio n . That
’
'
w as his p» vilege M« -e ju r f »••»
h ts move on th e ground of p i. i-
ple an d "conscience
“ N o. 1 H y p o c r ite ”
C e rta in
it is
th a t
W ayne
M o rse’s conscience is both well
w o rk ed an d ab u n d a n tly a d v e r­
tised. O th e rs w ho know Moi -e
well have a d iffe re n t view, how ­
ever. F o r ex am p le W. M. T ug-
m an, ed ito r of th e P o rt U m p q u a
C o u rier and lo n g -tim e ed ito r of
th e E u g en e R e g ister-G u ard calls
M or e "th e N u m b er One hypo­
c rite in O regon ’’ It is th erefo re
tim ely
to
in v e stig a te
Morse'
claim to s tric t gu id an ce of con­
science an d firm devotion to p rin ­
ciple.
T he q u estio n 1 w ant to i a : - “
is th is : W hy did he d e se rt the In ­
d ep endent p arty ? W hat had gone
w ro ng w ith it, w ith its lead e r­
ship, w ith its p rin cip les? W hat
w rith in g * of <-»nscl< nee preceded
h is w alk in g o u t of th e Ind ep en ­
d en t P a r t y ? W h at p u rific a tio n of
D
! ' s
c u rre tl to m ak e a co m fo rta b le
sp iritu a l h o m e? it should be r e ­
called th a t in th e 1940s he w as
a v e rita b le S aul of T a rsu s in fla y ­
ing th e New' D eal and th e D em o­
c ra tic P a rty .
L o y a lty Q u e stio n e d
W as not h ’s conversion to th e
D em ocratic P arty th e conversion
of ex p ed ie n cy ? As an independent
Go back to 1944 w hen M orse
he stood to fall betw een tw o stools
first considered ru n n in g fo r th e
in O regon. As a D em o crat he
U. S. S en ate. W hen he re tu rn ed
w ould have a read y -m ad e s t a t e ­
to E ugene a f te r resig n in g from
w ide o rg a n iz a tio n to su p p o rt him.
th W a r L ab o r B oard a g ro u p of
M orse had no desire to becom e a
local D e m o crats in terv iew ed him
d ead lion, s ta n d in g by his p rin ci­
to see if he would becom e th e
ples of Independency. H e boarded
c a n d id a t of th a t p arty . M orse
th e D em o cratic bus hoping th a t
tu red down th e ir bid. Som e y ears
it w’ould be a vehicle to c a rr y him
la te r T u g m an learned of th e con­
th ro u g h a n o th e r election, ju s t as
v e rsa tio n s an d published in the
he b oarded th e G O P bus in 1944
R eg ister G u ard of M arch 27, 1953,
w'hen he th o u g h t the fa t c a t- of
th su b stan ce of th e re p o rt by
R epublicans w'ould fin an ce his
M arvin W arlick w ho w as co u n ty
c am p a ig n a s m an y o f th em did,
D em o cratic c h a irm a n a t th e tim e;
even ra lly in g to p ay o ff the d e f­
"I invited M orse to com e to
icit cau sed by his free spending.
m y house to m eet a n u m b er of
Now how’ loyal is M orse to th e
p ro m in en t D em o crats and we
D em o cratic P a r t y ? I am going to
felt him out on th e situ atio n .
q u o te a g a in from his interview
He told us th a t his sy m p ath ies
w ith K im m is H en d rick :
w ere la gely w ith th e New
" I ’m tellin g people," S enatoi
Deal b u t th a t he h a d alw ays
been re g iste re d as Re. ublican
Mo: -e said for his ow n p a rt de­
an d th a t in an y case th e re w as
te rm in ed ly " th a t I ’m going to
th e problem of fu n d s fo r his
re m a in
an independent th a t
cam p a ig n . He dou b ted if we
i t ’s th e only rig h t w ay to re p re ­
could provide ad eq u a te financial
se n t th em in W a sh in g to n .’’
su p p o rt, w h ereas he w as su re
I l l other words, let the Demo-
th e R epublicans w ould. L a te r
«Irats protide the vehicle (and
we h ad a telep h o n e co n v ersa­
th«« cam paign funds), hut let
tion in w hich he re p eated th e
Morse vote a s he pleases after
sam e se n tim e n ts.’’
h«« is elected!
H ow ever, it is only f a ir to quote
W hen M orse m ade th is re s ­
ponse to th e D em o crats of Lane
fro m a n o th e r colum nist, Joe Al-
co u n ty w as he a c tu a te d by co n ­
sop w ho observed M orse a t th e
science and p rinciple, o r w as he
C la c k a m a s
C ounty
D em ocratic
m o v ed by ex p ed ien cy —c am p a ig n
picnic an d re p o rte d : W’hen th e
c h a irm a n p resen ted M orse w ith a
fund ex p ed ien cy ?
check fo r his c am p a ig n fund
( b m e to 1952 w hen M orse's
M orse re tu rn e d it, tellin g C h a ir­
conscience really u n d e rw e n t g re a t
m an G ro en er to “spend it a s he
s tra in He cam e to . O regon early
th in k s best, fo r th e b en efit of the
th a t y e a r an d Introduced h is col­
e n tire - a n d mind you, I sa y e n ­
league S e n a to r D uff of P en n sy l­
tir e D em o cratic tic k e t in C la c k ­
v an ia a t a d in n er o f th e M utno-
a m a s c o u n ty .” T h a t w as w hen he
m ah C o u n ty R epublican Club in
w as w e arin g th e p a rty co at.
P o rtla n d .
B oth
w ere boosting
Mor.-e bases his s ta n d on public
E isen h o w er fo r th e
R epulican
issues on principle and he seem s
nom inee
fo r P resid en t. Morse
to have so m any p rin cip les th a t
co n tin u ed a s tro n g E isenhow er
he can call up one to s u p p o .t each
b o o ster and denounced R epubli­
s ta n d he tak es. T h u s In 1946 w hen
can s who ch«>se to file as can d i­
he w as new in th e S en ate he
d a te for d eleg ate by p etitio n so
voted to co n firm th e n o m in atio n
th e y would not be legally bound
by R oosevelt of H e n ry W allace
by th e p a rty preferen ce
fo r S e c re ta ry of com m erce, b a s­
ing his s ta n d on th e p rin cip le th a t
P o litic a l Ethic» C h an ged
a P re sid e n t is en title d to nam e
th e m em bers of his c a b in e ts H»iw-
A fte r the convention, M orse b e­
ever. w hen P re sid e n t E isen h o w er
cam e soured on R epublicans, on
n o m in ated C h arles E. W ilson for
E isenhow er and N ixon A t firs t
s e c re ta ry of defense M orse pulled
he su lk ed in h is ten t, la te r he
o ut a n o th e r "p rin c ip le ” I don’t
cam e ou t lock, sto ck and larnyx,
kn»iw ju s t w h at and in obedience
fo r Adlai S teven son th e Demo­
to
th a t principle he voted a g a in s t
c ra tic can d id a te. Tills decision
c o n firm a tio n .
w as anno u n ced as based on " p rin ­
Now I do n o t believe th a t a
ciple ' and p resu m ab ly on con­
person should be a slave to con­
science. P rev io u sly he had d e­
siste n c y
D ifferen t tim es, d iffe ­
clared th a t fo r one holding office
re n t re la tio n sh ip s call fo r d iffe ­
to bolt his p a rty v io lated his con­
re n t ju d g m en ts. B ut I do object
cep tio n of political eth ics Som e­
to th is parad e of v irtu e and e x ­
w h ere along th e line th a t co n ­
p lo itatio n of “conscience" a s a
c e p t of p o litical eth ic« u n d erw en t
cover for all th e g y ra tio n s of th e
a change.
M orse career. I c re d it M orse w ith
a c tin g m any tim es out of g e n u ­
ine co n cern for th e public in te re st.
W h y th e D e se r tio n ?
R ut I th in k also th a t he indulges
A fte r b o lting th e R epublicans
in ratio n al!z* lio n s u n til he s u f­
M orse b ecam e an in dependent Al­
fers from the illusion th a t h«« 1»
m ost w eekly d u rin g th e sittin g
alw ay s rig h t and d ra p e s hiniM-lf
of th e 83rd C o n g ress he arose to •
w ith th e cloak of ••principle" and
m ak e his w eekly " re p o rt" of the
“conscience” as a p erfectiv e col­
In d ep en d en t P a rty . A s la te a s
o ratio n .
Ju ly . 1954 he denounced as a "lie
being sp read by m y enem ies" th a t
C o n sc ie n c e U n r e lia b le
he w ould enroll a s a D em ocrat.
B ut a f te r being w arn ed by M on­
L et us have done w ith th is e x ­
roe Sw eet tan , t Dem ocratic n a tio n ­
cessive
a d v e rtise m e n t
of
th e
al c o m m itteem an , th a t he would
M orse conscience w hich if it is
get no su p p o rt fro m D em o crats
tru ly his guide is th e n re m a rk a b ly
if he rem ain ed a n In d ep d en t,
u n sta b le and u n reliab le
M orse well in ad v an ce of filing
tim e fo r th e se n a to ria l race in
Pd A iv C urry Co. Republi. an
1956 flew out to O regon, drove
C e n tra l C o m m .
Ed
A ckley,
to E u g en e and re g iste re d as a
c h m n . B rooking», O re.
Democrat,
F u n d s A b o v e P rin cip le
First of a series of articles on
our timber resources w ritten by
W. E. Ragland, forest ranger
F or m an y y e a rs th e F o rest S e r­
vice has p erio d ically ex am in ed
th e forest situ a tio n as p a rt of its
over-all resp o n sib ility to k eep th e
people and th e C ongress in fo rm ed
as to tim b e r su p p lies an d outlook
In v estig atio n s for th e six th re ­
p o rt w ere s ta rte d in 1952 and
h av e now been com pleted for pre-
le m in a ry release and rev iew . P rl
v a t in d u stry a n d sta te ag encies co­
o p e ra te d in th e g a th e rin g of th e
d a ta for th e re p o rt. T his re p o rt is
called th e T im b e r R eso u rce R e­
view o r TRR.
T R R has been condensed in to
21 h ig h lig h ts w h ich a n sw e r q u e s­
tio n s th a t a re hig h ly sig n ific a n t to
th e n a tu re of o u r n atio n s long
te rm econom y.
T rr a n sw ers such q u estio n s as:
How m u ch tim b e r to w e
have?
How’ fast a re w e h a rv e s tin g
o u r tim b e r resource?
How’ fast a re w e grow ing
new crops of tim b er?
How m uch tim b e r w ill we
n eed in 1975 an d y e a r 2000.’
In b rief, th e essen ce of th e fin d ­
ings of th e T im b e r R esource R e­
view a re this:
T o m o rro w th q n a tio n s need for
tim b e r w ill be s trik in g ly g re a te r
th a n it is to d ay o r at any tim e in
th e p ast. A nd w e h av e th e p o ten ­
tia l to m eet th a t need if w e fu lly
apply o u r fo re stry k n o w led g e an d
skills p ro m p tly .
S om e of th e h ig h lig h ts of T R R
w ill be p re se n te d in successive
articles. T h e econom ic p ic tu re
p ain ted by TRR is m ore sig n ifi­
can t n a tio n a lly o r re g io n ally th a n
locally. H ow ever, to th e local
co m m u n ity , a re se v e ra l lessons
th a t should be ob serv ed by all
w ho w on d er or w ho are co n c e rn ­
ed ab o u t w h at th e fu tu re w ill
b rin g to th e ir co m m u n ity . We
know’ th a t those co m m u n ities w ho
a re doing a b e tte r jo b to d ay of
p ro te c tin g th e ir fo rest lan d s an d
of resto c k in g th e ir cut-overs a re
going to be in a m o re fa v o rab le
position econom ically to m o rro w .
Would You Believe I It's Ten Years Since:
gled th e ir heads, b u t’ w h en L ouie
decided to m ove his c h a tte ls up to
D ale B rav o 's, th ey d id n ’t laugh
A g irl’s p h y sicial ed u catio n w h e n L ouie u n sc re w e d th e w ell
co m m ittee w as form ed at th e high oiled nuts, took his re sid e n c e ’s
school w ith P a tty B rau n , Lois p an els a su n d e r, m oved and set
A nn M iller, N ettie R aym ond, Lar- th em up in th e ir new location
rie R obinson to p ush it an d R uth some miles away
* • *
H assett c o n trib u te d a cot to be
A
nd
Don
M
e
rrit also w ent h u n t­
used by th e girls.
ing an d got sore feet.
* * *
Jo e G a lla g h e r loaned H ow ard
Som e b ad fires fo u g h t on th e
G a rd n e r a 45-60 rifle a n d th re e
beach.
shells fo r H o w ard to go d e e r h u n t­
ing w’ith, re m a rk in g he w an ted
K n ap p h o sp ital, C rescen t C ity
tw o shells re tu rn e d . (Y ou guess
ta k e n o v er by Del N o rte cou n ty .
th e a n sw e r-o n e guess!)
* * *
E v ery o n e not h u n tin g w as p la n t
T he J o e (C a rl’s b ro th e r) B er­
ing lilies.
g ers m ove to M ount V ernon,
• * •
W ashington.
H erm an G oering, H itle r’s p la y ­
m ate, su icid es b efo re facing w a r
Ed O ar got th e firs t b uck of
1 c rim in a l tria l.
his life cru isin g up th e so u th b ank
C hetco road.
Doc S c h m id t w as ru n n in g
coroner.
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W hen L ouie S p a rlin g b u ilt a
b o lted -to g eth er cab in b ack of Han-
s cam 's som e y e a rs ago folks w’og-
C h ristm as O v er se a s
MISS
ATURDAY!
i ON'T
M ailin g G ets U n d e r w a y
P o stm a ste r B ill T hom pson re ­
p o rts th a t C h ristm a s p ack ag es for
serv icem en o v erseas sh o u ld be
m ailed b etw een O cto b er 15 and
N ovem ber 15. No a ssu ra n c e can
be given a fte r th a t d a te in tim e
for C h irstm as. E ven a i r m a i l
sh ould be se n t early , T hom pson
said.
F o r an A PO ad d re ss airm a ile d
pack ag es a re lim ited to 30 inches
in len g th an d g irth co m bined, and
tw o p o u n d s in w eight. S u rface
sh ip m e n t packages a re n o t to e x ­
ceed 50 pou n d s in w eight. A heav y
c o rru g a te d ca rd b o a rd , w ood or
m etal c o n ta in e rs are re q u e s te r for
sh ip m e n t overseas, T h o m p s o n
said.
No c u rre n c y can be shipped
o v erseas an d som e A PO d e s tin a ­
tions w ill h av e to h av e custom in
spection.
W H IR E A PENNY MORE
ROYS TWICE AS MUCH
A rre ll’s Chetco D rug
Brookings Items
C laren c e K eyes w’ho su ffered
serio u s in ju ry in th e w oods som e
tim e ago, is still a p a tie n t a t Good
S a m a rita n h ospital, P o rtla n d . Ac­
co rd in g to his w ife, h e ex p e c ts to
be X R ayed again, soon, to see if
b ro k en bones a re k n ittin g satis
facto rily .
G ary W im berly has been p la n t­
ing c u cu m b e rs and th e y 're peek
ing out of th e g round. F ig u res he
w ill h av e a good crop com e the
h o lid ay s— in his big g re e n h o u se of
course.
Candidate for Re-EJection to th<‘ office of
C ounty C lerk of Curry C ounty
OLETA A WALKER
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