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ALTON F. BAKER, Publisher, 1927-1961
'Sharp, Aren't They?'
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EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1962
A Welcome Analysis of the New Kremlin
Since Catherine the Great's time, and
maybe even before that, "figuring out
the Russians" has been a problem that
Western minds have found taxing. It's
still taxing. But now instead of trying
to figure out a Russian leader who never
says anything, the West is troubled by
a Russian leader who is a compulsive
talker. Now, instead of trying to inter
pret an old-style despot, the West must
try to understand Russia's first politi
cian. Far from a monolith, the power
structure in Russia seems put together
with thumb tacks and sealing wax.
The new look in Russian politics is
discussed in the June Atlantic by Ed
ward Crankshaw, a Russian expert, who
writes on "Dissension Inside the Krem
lin." Khrushchev is boss in Russia. No
doubt about that. But he differs from
Stalin in a most important respect. He
is boss by permission of other bosses.
He is not the absolute dictator that
Stalin probably was. He is at the peak
of what Mr. Crankshaw calls a "top
people democracy." There is no unques
tioned line of authority, as there was
In Stalin's day.
For all that Stalin and Catherine the
Great had their problems, those prob
lems weren't so readily apparent to the
outside world. Khrushchev's problems
are well known. Mr. Crankshaw lists
them as these:
China. Is Khrushchev right in having
pushed the quarrel with China this far?
If he is right, would he be right to push
it to its logical conclusion, an open
break? If he is wrong, should the quarrel
be patched up?
Other matters of war and peace. Not
able are the German problem, the prob
lem of nuclear testing, and (strange as
it sounds here) "the American problem."
Advertising
The state of Maine, like Oregon, is a
big tourist state. And, like Oregon, it
welcomes its tourists, even though the
natives might grumble that the old state
ain't what she used to be. Now Maine
has come up, with a gimmick for attract
ing tourists from other countries.
Each weekend two foreign corres
pondents and their wives are invited to
visit Maine. A state plane picks them
up in New York, flies them to Maine
and returns them late Sunday. The hope
is, and it's a pretty good one, that sonic
references to Maine will appear in these
fellows' writings. Then more people will
visit Maine.
Oregon is too far away from New
York and Washington for that sort of
thing. But the Maine example docs show
imagination on the part of a state whore
tourism is a major industry.
Nest Fouled
The Billic Sol Eslcs business smells
worse all the time. The most curious
thing about it is the shortsightedness of
the administration. Others are doing the
work. Have the Democrats forgotten so
quickly?
The Estcs case, without its political
overtones, would be just the case of
another ambitious and unscrupulous
operator who wanted to get rich too
fast. His empire, which Time describes
as "an inverted pyramid," would have
toppled soon, no matter what. And that
would have been that.
What makes the ca.se so interesting,
however, is the apparent Involvement of
numerous federal officials who were
friends of Estes'. Estes had a lot of
friends. Now we have the allegation
that a Department of Agriculture em
ploye was railroaded off to a mental
hospital after she sought to protect files
which would have been embarrassing to
some officials in the department.
As yet, there is nothing to sugges!,
as some have tried to suggest, that the
Estcs case is the Teapot Dome scandal
of our time. It isn't that big, it apparent
ly doesn't go that high into the govern
ment, and the national interest has not
Production. Heavy industry or con
sumer goods?
Food. How can Russia modernize its
inadequate agricultural plant?
These are not the questions that go
around and around in Khrushchev's
mind, without any help from the out
side. These are the questions that other
Russian leaders are talking about. In a
sense, then, the Russian leader is facing
some of the problems of an American
president including the problem of
having always off the wings a person
who disagrees. In the American sys
tem this has proved helpful. It has pro
vided the necessary ferment for prog
ress. But we're used to it. The Russians
aren't.
n
Not that the Russians have a democ
racy, or anything like it. What they do .'
have is an increasingly articulate oli-
garchy, Mr. Crankshaw's "top-people Critical
democracy.
Homework for Congress
On Scholarship Problem
Edson
WASHINGTON (NEA) The
tough nut to crack in aid to
higher education legislation now
before Congress is whether
there shall be federal scholar
ships for gifted
but needy stu
dents. House action
in agreeing to
let its Educa
tion and Labor
Committee ne
gotiate with
Senate confere
es on this issue
finally clears
the way for
some kind of compromise after
a three-months' stall by the
House Rules Committee.
The House passed a college
aid bill Jan. 30. It left out
scholarships but it provides $900
million in grants and $600 mil
lion in loans for construction of
college buildings other than
dormitories, which have already
received $1.6 billion in federal
aid in the last 11 years.
The Senate passed a higher
education bill on Feb. 6, with
$1.5 billion made available in
construction loans for class
rooms, laboratories and libraries
over a five-year period. An
other $250 million in matching
grants would go to the states for
junior colleges.
And finally, there would be
In the Editor's Mailbag
His analysis of this development is
hopeful. This ferment, limited as it is
by our standards, leads to "indecisive
ncss and drift, and in switches in line,
not to be regarded as deliberate and cal
culated acts of policy, but rather as
temporizing expedients."
The author asserts that the West
should welcome these changes. We
agree. Traditionally, free governments
have been at a terrible disadvantage in
dealing with dictatorships. Decision
making is slow where many cooks are
tending the broth. A free leader dares
not act without looking behind him to
gauge the degree of his support. By the
time he and his program are in high
gear, the dictatorship can be far ahead.
Indications now that Khrushchev rules
only at the sufferance of other leaders
puts us, strategically, on a more even
footing.
been compromised the way it was in
the Teapot Dome affair. What it docs
resemble is the "deep freeze" scandals
of the late Truman years.
High-ranking Democrats of those
years were badly hurt by the cries of
"deep freeze" and "mink coat." Simi
larly, Republicans several years later
were hurt in the Sherman Adams mess.
In all such cases, the innocent as well
as the guilty are hurt.
Thus, in the Billic Sol Estes investi
gation it should be the Democrats, even
more than the Republicans, who take the
lead in finding who has fouled the nest.
If they don't do more than they have
done, then others will do it nearer
election.
EUGENE (To the Editor)
We have one newspaper in Eu
gene and this places a greater
responsibility on you for this
reason. In your masthead you
say: "On this page, (the editor
ial page) the editors of the Register-Guard
offer their opinions
on events of the day and mat
ters of importance to the com
munity, endeavoring to be can
did but fair and helpful in the
development of constructive
community policy. A newspaper
is a CITIZEN OF ITS COM
MUNITY." For the primary election just
held you listed on May 10 your
choice of candidates and advised
your readers of those that
should be "eliminated." But
this was not enough. On Thurs
day, May 17, you again pointed
nut how the people should vote
but you deliberately listed only
six candidates for the House in
stead of all eight who were run
ning. By so doing you did the
"eliminating" yourself. If this
is your idea of being "fair" and
helpful this community is in
deed fortunate that it has only
one citizen of your caliber.
It is most unfortunate that
Eugene docs not have a news
paper which would treat every
citizen as though he had the in
telligence to think for himself!
It is doubtful that your influ
ence is as great as you would
like us to believe, but what a
sad thing it is to sec how vicious
and biased our "leading" paper
can be.
Yours for fair and equal re
porting. DOROTHY TICKNOR
2330 Rivcrvicw St.
The Calm Life
Portland author Stewart Holbrook,
founder, patron saint and moving forco
of the James G. Elaine Society, ought to
know about the sturdy residents of Mar
in County, across the Golden Gate from
San Francisco. They arc the kind of
people who deserve honorary member
ship in Mr. Holbrook's lodge, which is
dedicated to stamping out progress.
Sick of the freeway crush twice a
day, they have formed a ferry club. The
boats are not real ferries, they arc big
sightseeing boats. They ply back and
forth to "the city," giving businessmen
relaxing trips instead of the dangerous
and nerve-tearing races over the Golden
Gate bridge. For $30 a fellow can buy
a book of tickets good for -10 rides. He
can't drive that cheaply.
Those who have loved San Francisco
still mourn the passing of the bay ferry
that used to take travelers across from
Oakland. The Golden Gate ferry service,
for all that it isn't quite the same, is at
least something.
Ferries are passing from the scene.
Bridge after bridge is going in to ac
commodate a volume of traffic that the
ferries couldn't cope with. The few fer
ries that arc left arc almost museum
pieces. In a few years, one surmises,
people will go out of their way to ride a
ferry, just as they now sometimes go
out of their way to cross a new bridge.
Taxes
EUGENE (To the Editor) I
recently heard about this new
tax proposal calling for a 20
per cent withholding on interest
and dividends from savings ac
counts and stocks and to me it
was the straw that broke the
camel's back so I decided to
lake pen in hand and write my
first letter to the Register
Guard Mailbag.
The two things I know for
sure about taxes are when I
have to pay them and what I
have to pay them on and I'm
fairly sure the majority of the
people are the same. Therefore,
the only reason I can see for
a tax law such as the one pro
posed, is because of the fail
ure of a few (through ignorance
moreso than intent) to report
their taxable dividends.
This reason, as far as I'm
concerned, has a hole in it and
any proposal that won't hold
water is ridiculous. If the tax
goes through because of this
reason, the government will be
forcing a burdensome new meth
od of taxation upon the MAJOR
ITY becai sc of a MINORITY.
Now I may be wrong but isn't
that the exact opposite of the
basic principle of the Magna
Carta? (Or has that been re
pealed?!) Sure with this lax law the
government would catch a few
more dollars but do they really
think that those few dollars arc
going to pay for the cost of
this new program? HAH! Be
fore we knew what hit us, our
other taxes would be raised to
help pay for this dividend tax.
And how arc the various
banks and other corporations
going to feel adding to their
costs and headaches by having
the extra bookkeeping burden
that this law would entail. '
Poor taxpayers. As if tax laws
weren't confusing enough al
ready. The only thing they can
do if this law goes through is
to take their money out of the
banks and hide it under their
beds. I certainly will. Then all
I have to worry about are the
moths.
JUNELLE V. FLEMING
825 W. 6th Ave.
One Standard
FLORENCE (To the Editor)
Why the double standard in
reporting news?
I have searched in vain for
further word about the murder
of the young college student in
San Diego on April 1. Aside
from the initial news item,
buried on an inside page
nothing.
Of course this boy, Newton
Armstrong, was a "right-winger,"
he belonged to a conserva
tive young people's club, and
published a conservative, anti
Communist paper on the cam
pus. Could this be the reason
for the lack of coverage by the
press, radio, etc.?
A short time ago we had no
trouble at all learning all about
the bombings in Los Angeles,
that hurt no one, but was im
mediately blamed on the "right
wing." Papers across the coun
try headlined it, editorialized on
it, commentators got busy on it,
it was given half-hour TV time.
Jack Paar worked on it for a
time, magazines and radio bal
lyhoocd it, in fact one had a
hard time getting any other
news for weeks. And to my
knowledge, they have not as yet
found out who really did it.
But this young college boy,
this patriotic young "right
winger," is found hanged, with
his hands tied behind his head,
and they try to call it suicide
and no more is heard.
I ask you why the double
standard?
LAURA TABER
Box 211
Speak Out
SALEM (To the Editor)
Recently you had an editorial
about Dr. Flcmming, president
of the University of Oregon. The
editorial indicated that many
people think he talks too much
but voiced your approval of his
speaking habits.
Untold damage has been dune
to our democratic processes by
failure of people to express
themselves. It is not only re
freshing, but fundamentally nec
essary, that leaders declare their
views. Rather than getting after
Dr. Flemming, people ought to
be smoking out others in high
places who lack manhood
enough to take stands on issues.
It has always seemed to me
that if a man docs not have
courage enough to express his
private convictions, he can hard
ly have force enough to exercise
real leadership. Or, if he docs
Washington Notebook
YOU Guess Top Capital Tourist Lure
My WASHINGTON STMT
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA)
What is the most popular
tourist attraction in Washing
ton? You'd never guess it.
Faster Week influx of tourists
with the peak day's totals run
ning like this:
Washington Monument. 12,
000; White House. 20.000; Na
tional Gallery of Art. 26.000;
Capitol, 30.000; and Smithson
ian Institution. 221.000. But
there was some duplication in
this last, as the count was made
at four buildings. Average. 55.-200.
SEN. LISTER Hill. D-Ala.,
kicking off Senate opposition to
a bill outlawing slate literacy
tests for voters, says the pro
posal is just another "Bobby
Kennedy Foundling" dropped
on the doorstep of Congress.
what to the left of Alfred the
Great."
REAR ADM. Kenneth L. Veth,
in charge of mine laying nnd
mine sweeping In the Pacific
Fleet's d o in a i n. ordinarily
doesn't receive a great deal of
mail from the public. But re
cently he heard from a lady
who had read of a new develop-
AFLC10 President George
Mcany has changed his brand of
whisky. It happened just after
the big labor organization's ex
ecutive council approved a boy
cott by the Distillery Workers
Union against one of the more
popular brands of Virginia bour
bon in the Washington area.
There was a groan of disapprov
al from reporters when Mcany
made the boycott announce
inenl. "I don't care for that brand
myself," President Mcany ev
plained, "so the boycott made
no difference to me. But in
taking this action, I found out
that the whisky I did care for is
nonunion-made. I'm not going
to drink it any more, and I'm
not going to give you its name
because I don't want to gic
the brand any publicitx,"
ALASKA SEN. Ernest Gruen
ing has one problem that con
gressmen from no other state
have to wrestle with. It's the
moose who cat up all the vege
tables in the Matanuska Valley.
Every time the moose come
down from the hills for a vita
min snack, the farmers com
plain lo Gruciiing. He scuds the
protests to (he Department of
Interior and asks why they don't
do something to stop it.
I'ndcr Grurning's pressure.
Interior Secretary Udall has
finally agreed to inspect the
moose situation if he goes to
Alaska this summer.
"How do you go about con
trolling surplus moose''' the
secretary was asked. Answer:
"You don't."
mcnt in mine sweepers and she
wanted to know how- lo get one.
The lady explained that her hus
band works in a mine, that it is
a very dirty job and thai a mine
sweeper would certainly come
in handy.
FIVE-FOOT 5-INCH Senator
John Tower. R Tex . told a
meeting of the Dutch Treat
I lub in New York that a
friendly Texas newspaper with
a circulation "as small a I am"
had described his philosophy
as being "somewhat to the
right of McKinlcy and tonic-
SEN. KARL Ml' NOT, R S D .
explains that while Moscow
hras about a 99 95 per cent
turnout in their "election."
over here we hac another
name (or it
"Wt do the same thing every
10 vears," he declares. "Only
we call it a census."
not have strong convictions on
matters of importance to demo
cratic government, he should
not then be allowed to occupy
positions of governmental lead
ership. I suspect that the real basis
for criticism against Dr. Flcm
ming is because many of his
critics are too chicken-hearted to
express themselves and are em
barrassed because comparisons
are being made. More power to
Flcmming!!
STEVE ANDERSON
541 Court St., N. E.
Adrenalin Needed
SPRINGFIELD (To the Edi
tor) I am very pleased con
cerning the excellent coverage
you gave in relation to the
Bloomberg dump burnings. You
revealed both sides of the issue
in a very diplomatic way. Hav
ing a lap full of junk and not
knowing how to bury it is a
problem, and I sympathize with
the parties involved, but if a law
is set forth, all should be com
pelled to its obedience. A few
should not be permitted to
pussyfoot around it because of
their organized community
standing.
I deeply appreciate the act
of gallantry that you have
shown in upholding this one law
of ours which is indeed for our
protection, being ("burning of
refuse unlawful within six
miles of any city of forty-five
thousand or more persons.")
Why don't you give your sub
scribers and the people of Ore
gon a little support concerning
the value of their votes in the
DST issue? Our votes have
dropped so in importance. I be
lieve the people have adopted
the "it's useless to vote" at
titude. To substantiate this re
mark, just read your listing on
the number of voters who
turned out for the rural school
levy last Monday. As one ex
ample, out of Springfield's
twenty thousand inhabitants (I
realize all cannot vote), only 1.
283 people voted. Almost four
times this number supported
the recall election.
Please help us with a very
worthwhile cause, as a de
preciated vote means lost free
dom. 1 feel this letter should be
printed in your column because
this community's system is
lacking a good shot of adrenalin.
ART KOCH.
820 Dorris St.
insurance
EUGENE (To the Editor)
To hear and read, via all com
munications, the pitchmen ham
mering at the public: "One
person every seven minutes gets
TB . . . hundreds of thousands
of Americans have M. D.. M. S..
C. P.. cancer, heart disease,
polio, diabetes'1 and more too
numerous to mention here, one
begins to wonder if there are
many of us left who do not
have "one foot in the grave and
the other'' foot on a banana
peel."
Who is pushing this campaign
to undermine our belief that
we arc a healthy nation of
people?
For one. the dawn is break
ing. Phone calls advertising
medical insurance. Junk mail
full of medical insurance ads.
If there is that much profit in
it, no wonder the government
bureaucrats want in, via the
"medical" bills in the Congress
now. Just a toe-hold now, later
comes socialized medicine for
all (heaven forbid i.
Give a Democrat an inch and
he will swallow you whole, with
his something (out of the other
fellows pocket) for nothing
policies.
DOROTHY B. BRl NO
4880 Fox Hollow Rd.
$924 million made available for
212,000 scholarships to high
school graduates who might
otherwise not be able to go to
college at all.
The maximum grant would be
$1,000 a year for five years -to
gifted students if they are un
able to finance their higher
education from family or other
private sources. The average
grant is expected to be about
$700 a year per student.
These scholarships would sup
plement the $388 million in fed
eral loans which have been
made to over. 160,000 college
students since 1959, the average
loan being $540 a year.
The average cost of higher
education is now about $1,750; a
year and is going up. This is
why President Kennedy ad
vocated the scholarship pro
gram. But the House of Repre
sentatives has voted it doesn't
want any part of it. '
Minds But Not Money , J
A privately organized United
Student Aid Fund Inc. is trying
to finance higher education on a
private bank loan basis, direct
to students certified by a col
lege. Statistics on scholarships now
available aren't very good, but
they indicate that there aren't
enough to fill the need. It is
estimated that from 160,000 to
200,000 high school graduates
who have the mental equipment
to go lo college but not the
money will drop out of the
educational mill this June.
U. S. Office of Education says
that about $105 million has been
made available for scholarships
this college year by private cor
porations, individual grants, col
lege and university endowments.
These scholarships have gone
to about 262,000 students for an
average of around $400 each.
This covers less than a fourth
of the costs of college educa
tion. And it disproves the be
lief of many people that a
scholarship, any scholarship,
provides a free ride through col
lege. Not Evenly Distributed
A further limitation on exist
ing scholarships is that they are
not evenly distributed among
all of the 2,000 United States
colleges and universities.
Over a third of the scholar
ships, nearly 90.000, are avail
able only in 50 of the older, bet
ter financed institutions.
American Council on Educa
tion raises these estimates some
what, reporting that $250 mil
lion a year is now available in
scholarships from private sourc
es. But the council finds that
only about 500 colleges now
grant scholarships to as many as
10 per cent of their students.
Only 120 colleges make
scholarships available for as
much as $100 per student per
year, according to the council,
and the average scholarship
pays only about 4 per cent of
the total costs which students
now pay to all institutions of
higher learning.
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