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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON
MONDAY. JANUARY 30. 1 950
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THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP
Last week we reported to our readers the reply we had
given to an air force officer who had asked that information
on 16 points be gathered for the use of a survey team that was
to visit Bend on a search lor a site for an air torce academy.
We had answered him that it would be a waste of the team's
time and the tax payer's money to come here and we asked,
"Were we wrong?".
The answer to our question came from all sides and was al
most uniformly an emphatic, "Yes". Both to us and, as we
have been told, to the chamber of commerce, a good deal of
criticism was expressed. The chamber board, hastening to
undo the damage that, it seemed to feel, our reply had done the
community, urged the team to come to Bend. It is to come.
The few who spoke directly to us on the subject said that
we seemed to be uninterested in the development of the com
munity and on that we are willing to let the record of some
years standing speak for itself. Only one of our readers wrote
us to say we were wrong. His letter appears on this page. We
make only general comment in reply saying that while we
agree with most of the writer's assumptions as to what is
wanted and why and the business that would be developed
were the academy located here we cannot agree with his con
clusion that Bend "stands a pretty darn good chance of being
chosen" nor, in fact, any chance at all. That is why we thought
and still think it a waste of government time and money
for the team to come here. Added to that waste there is now in
prospect a waste of chamber of commerce energy in pursuing
this will-o'-the-wisp.
Our first thinking on this subject related to the national
financial situation. Our belief is that every citizen should be
interested in seeing that the government save every possible
penny so that the deficit be reduced, taxes cut or, at least,
not increased and payments made on the national debt.
These are vitally important matters. Local prosperity, Oregon
prosperity, western prosperity and even the life of the United
States, as we know, it today, depend on wise, sound and non
political fiscal management. So we say there should be no
waste of government money. ' '
Under chamber Auspices a speaker appeared here on Friday
who told a gathering of about 100 members that governrhent
spending has the people of America on the last mile toward
collectivism. The day before a speaker on the Hoover commis
sion work told her audience that the government debt meant
a mortgage of $7,000 on every American family. These asser
tions, apparently, stirred no community anger. No special
meetipg of the chamber was called to take action. In its files
the chamber has, we are sure, suggestions for projects that
have some chance of realization. We suggest that energy spent
on such projects or on a study of the national debt and otht'r
federal fiscal affairs will bring greater returns than gather
ing information on those 16 survey team questions.
Two friends have told us we were right. Perhaps their
thinking was influenced by their knowledge of the fact that
195 cities and towns in 34 states had asked to be included in
the survey and many of them wholly Democratic, politically.
Knowledge that congress may select a site other than the one
recommended may have influenced them. Perhaps they, like
us, think that where the government can save money it should
do so. Perhaps, even, they think that most of those 195 com
munities are being played for suckers, basing their thinking
on the facts back of this from a prominent aviation magazine.
What Difference Will it Make
The Year 7ooo '
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COMMUNICATIONS
Favor Randolph Field
Rep Paul Kilday (D.,Tex.) says
lie has assurance from Air I'orcc
Secretary Symington that the Air
Force's proposed air academy,
when and if it is authorized, will
be located at Randolph 1'icUl,
lex However, Air Force states
that it lias made no definite dc
cision on location and is con
scientiously surveying all sites
(totaling 195 in 3-1 states) rccoin
mended to them Congressmen
and chambers of commerce feel
the Air Force is strategiing to get
their support for the legislation
authorizing the academy by hold
nig out t tic possibility that it may
go to their locality ' wg,'
Bend becomes a pawn in this strategy game.
OUT ON THE FARM
By lln S. Grunt
Jan. 30 It's born years since
we've cone anywhere' "to spend
the day." hut Saturday that's just
what we did. We took our Once
cookie sheets, fixings for a salad,
some frozen green heans out of
the locker and a can of "home
made" lard, and took off for a
butter, cinnamon, sugar and
chopped dates, rolled it i, cut
it in slices, and arranged them
on creased pans to rise again.
Then with more of the dough
he made caramel rolls, filled
with nuts and raisins and put
into muffin pans that were thick-
neighbor's to make Danish pas- j u. coated Willi butler and brown
iry. 1 nau my sewing along, too, sugar. Then there were the!
beeauso I knew my role in the I French knots, made or long sti ips !
pastry-making would be that of I of dough, rolled from both ends,
iwisiea m a injure h oesiRn. , brouRhl anv harm to the cities
When we arrived, the dough brushed with milk and snrmUled n.v... mm-ii inr.t,i
Coram un (cation arc Invited on mat
tar of current and local intercut. Let
ters should not b over 400 words in.
lenirth. on only one side of ths paper
and, if poMiihle, typewritten. Letters
or manuscripts submitted (or publi
cation will uot be returned.
SAYS WE WERE WRONG'
25 January, 1950
Bend, Oregon.
To the Editor:
The other day there came an
editorial In the Bend Bulletin re
garding a letter from an Air
Force officer saying that a survey
team will visit Bend to gather in
formation for the use of a board
that will determine the site of an
Air Force Academy. A list of the
items on which information is
wanted was enclosed in the letter.
It was suggested that wejmight
want to have the information!
gathered before the visit of the
survey team.
The reply to this recjuest made
by a representative of the United
States Army Air Forces to the
City of Bend, was made by a cer
tain "We who had the guts to
make up his mind and express an
opinion for the whole community
without even consulting a civic
organization, such as the local
Chamber of Commerce, that
might better be able to express a
true cross section of public opin
ion in this matter. And the reply
was a slam of our door in the
face of Uncle Sam instead of an
extension of the Welcome Mat as
any fool can plainly see would
have been the correct procedure.
The reply was worded thusly: "It
would be a waste of the team's
time and the taxpayers' money
for the team to come here and
foolish to gather the information
that would be needed." May 1
ask "Why?"
The way I see It, this Air Force
officer Is In charge of a survey
team; he In turn has a command
ing officer who has instructed
him to Include Bond, Oregon, on
his team's schedule; his com
manding officer in turn has a
commanding officer who has In
structed him to find a desirable
site for the construction of an Air
Force Academy; and so on clear
up the chain-of-command to fie
Commanding Ceneral of the Unit
ed States Air Forces and the
Commander-in-Chief, Pros i d e n t
Truman. Now this Air Force of
ficer Isn't going to scratch Bend.
Oi-egon, from his schedule just be
cause a certain "We" doesn't want
his team to visit Bond, Oregon.
No sh-ee, he respects his com
manding oflicer a little more than
that. And why shouldn't an Air
Force Academy be built in or in
close proximity to Bend? Kan-
j dolph Field, West Point, Annapo
lis, and 1 ensacola certainly have-
the' help of committees within '
their own organization, they could
have gathered the information re
quested by the Air Forces very
thoroughly and without a great
deal of strain on any one. -
The reason for 'turning down '
this offer before it was made
could not logically be that Bend ;
is so situated that it does not 1
have satisfactory facilities as out-1
lined in the sixteen questions ask-'
ed by the Air Forces. There is j
no city in the Northwest or for
that matter, in the whole United
States that could meet all those
suggested qualifications with
ideal local conditions. But Bend I
has so many of these suggested !
qualifications that are ideal to !
the erection of an academy of this
type, .that it stands a pretty darn
good chance pf being chosen tot
the general site of this proposed
academy.
. Nor could the reason be that
a mere 2,500 to 5,000 students is
not a large enough increase in the
population to make any differ
ence in local business nor be
worth the' small effort asked by
the Air Forces of the city of
Bend. For every student in an
Air Force training school of any
type, it takes one to three men
to train, feed, equip, and keep rec
ords. These instructors, cooks,
and technical specialist personnel
and possibly some of their fami
lies would be semi-permanent and
permanent residents of our local
ity and possibly even our com.
munity.
The Air Forces feeds good, too.
Chicken almost every Sunday;..
and I speak from e.xjierienrc.
Does "We" have any idea how
many eggs, how many pounds ot
butter, how many hundreds of
pounds of Deschutes Netted
Gems, how many fried chickens,
and in case there might not he a
Post Baker, how many loaves of
bread would be consumed by n
minimum of 2,500 men in a
month's time?; not to mention
the men that will be taking care
of these students; the. Air Force
feeds them, too. And all of these
perishable products arc without
fail obtained bv the Host Supply
Officer LOCALLY. Ask Mr.
Farmer. Mr. Dairyman, and Mr.
Baker if you were wrong.
If the Air Forces want a 9,000
acre site, they definitely have
plans in mind for the erection of
one doggone big shack or several
fair sized buildings. Ask Mr.
(Continued on Page 6)
WASHINGTON COLUMN
By Peter Edson
(N&A WwhinirUin Correaliundent)
Washington Defense Secretary
Lewis Johnson is being given
credit tor a remarkably fast job
in getting approval of North At
lantic pact mutual defense plans
at recent meeting of NAP coun
try war ministers in Paris. The
conference was expected to take
a week. Johnson, presiding, got
all plans approved in live hours.
President Truman's announce
ment of signing of bilateral
agreements with the NAP coun
tries and approval of the defense
strategy will officially put MUAP
Mutual Defense Assistance Pro
gram in operation under Am
bassador James Bruce. i
Washington caterers estimate
that the average guest at the av
erage capital cocktail party will
consume two-and-a-half drinks.
But one caterer explains the rel
atively iow per capita consump
tion of free booze by this state
ment: "They'd probably drink
more, but the bars at parties are
usually so crowded that a lot of
time is wasted just getting
through the jam for the next
drink.-'
But a highlight at the recent
senate hearings on the Langer
bill, which seeks to ban all liquor
advertising, came when one pro
hibitionist witness read a state
ment with the warning: "Keep
your children off the streets. The
'man of distinction' is at large."
Incidentally, temperance forces
claim they have won 15,000 out
of the 20,000 local option contests
that have come to a vote in the
last 12 years, since repeal.
Though prohibition was overturn
ed in Kansas in 1948, it was re
tained in Oklahoma in 1949. Com
ing to a head are campaigns for
state prohibition in Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, Tennes
see, Texas and Arkansas.
President Truman's new water
resources policy committee un
der chairman Morris L. Cooke
is being looked to hopefully for
a possible solution of long-stand
ing iignt oeiween caiuornia and
Arizona, over division of Colo
rado river waters. Two key mem
bers ot the committee who will
be pressured Into working tor
settlement are Samuel B. Morris
of Los Angeles water department
and Paul S. Burgess, dean of
University of Arizona college of
agriculture.
Federal officials working on un
employment problems point out
mat not all u. s. jobless are in
the "E" areas which have had
most publicity. In addition to
the 33 "E" areas where unem
ployment of from 12 to 20 per
cent has been reported, there are
lus "w areas where the unem
ployed run from 7 to 12 per cent
of the labor force, and where
unemployment insurance benefits
are running out for many work
ers. Latest reports show only
inree a areas witn unemploy
ment less than 3 per cent, which
is a normal minimum. They are
Dallas, Tex.. South Bend. Ind..
and Richmond, Va.
'
The U. S. state department is
officially closed on Saturday and
anyone wanting or having to
work there over the week-end
must "sign the book" when he
enters the building and leaves.
But when U. S. Consul General
Angus Ward of Mukden fame re
ported In for duty on a Saturday,
the situation was different. "Aft
er all he'd been through," said
one of the guards on duty at the
time, "we didn't have the heart
to issue him a pass or make him
go through any more red tape."
Republican congressmen lead
ing the crusade to make the Tru
man administration economize
are being kidded by their dem
ocratic colleagues over budget
balancing. The gag is that the re
publicans believe only democrats
should operate on a balanced
budget For when the republican
national committee issued its fi
nancial statement for last year,
it showed receipts of only $260,-
000 as against expenditures of
$770,000.
SALEM SCHOOLS CLOSED
Salem. Jan. 30 ILrWSnlem nnh.
lic and private schools were or-
aereo ciosea today Decause of the
heaviest snowfall of the season.
The weather bureau here re.
ported that 6.4 Inches of snow
fell in 24 hours.
The minimum temperature was
12 degrees.
was rising in big bowls, on tup
of the warming oven over the
wood range. We got there just
in time to see the baker "punch
down" the dough and put it aside
to rise again.
Preparations for the baking
seemed elaborate. The huge round
with poppy seeds. The dough
nuts and twists were cut last,
and by the time all the dough
was worked up, the first pan of
bulterhorns was ready to go in
the oven. When they came out,
brown and spicy and tcmntinc.
they were glazed with generous
table in the dinette was spread ' spoonfuls of sweet clover honey,
with an oilcloth cover and flour-1 The French knots and the douch
ed, and two of the table leaves 'nuts were glazed In thin powder
were covered with clean floured j rd suRT frosting with a gelatine
tea towels to hold the doughnuts I nasc. 1 ne twists were rolled in
lor proofing' before being
irica. diamines ()t dates were!
pitted, raisins plumed and wal
nuts chopped for the various fil
lings that later scented the house
with pungent flagrante, and
made the taste butts throb in
antlei nation.
When the dough was readv.
granulated sugar
While all this was going on.
our hostess made Chinese noodles.
She served them in hie howls
and put the "trimmings" on the
table .separately, to be mixed ac
routing to individual preference.
There were hard-cooked eggs.
diced celery, chopped onions, hot
the baker rolled out a huge sheet cooked poik and sov sauce. The
on the covered table, spread it green beans were swimming in
thickly with home made butter. I a sauce of butter and thick cream,
folded It in thirds and rolled it i The pineapple canot salad, in
out to lis original size, ond re ) lemon gelaline, nestled In 11' lied
pcatcd the folding and rolling of crisp let luce. There was lots
several times. Then he spread the j of colter, and the fresh pastry
long sheet of douh with more wan the maud finale.
Could it he that an Improvement
of this type would endanger Bend
of growing big enough so that
someone might want to bring an
other newspaper to the towns
people? Now that we have the fact es
tablished that this team IS going
to visit Bend, we might bring out
the point that the purpose of the
advance Questionnaire was to
gather ns much of the necessary
imormatinn as possible before the
team's arrival so as to help them
"it a good Idea of t'le local ;
lion and to help them determine
iwhat would have to he accom-j
plished in order to eirct such an
Air Force academy in or near
Henri without lot of research on
the putt ot the temn itself. This
Is not a selfish nor extravagant
request. Iiecause it Is only logical
that someone familiar locally
could obtain this needed informa
tion with much more rise and ef
ficiency than could a total Strang
icr. 1 feel that tf the local Cham
! her ot Commerce had been con
1 suited In this matter that through
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wash there ever since! She says they do expert work and are reas
onable too.
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THIS IS
hi y
Photography
With all the snow we've had
and the prospects of more to
come next month, let's talk
about taking good snow pic
tures. From the finishing
that's come through the Cam
era Dept. at Symons Bros,
this past month, some of you
have had enough misfortune
to get poor snow pictures and
should welcome a few words
on how to make them better.
The BEST kind of day for
taking snow pictures is a
bright, sunny clear one. If you
want to get good snow pic
tures either in black-and-white
or in color, take them on
bright clear, or nearly clear
days and stand with your cam
era so that the scene and the
snow are lighted from the side.
This way, the snow texture
will be most visible. You can
also obtain dramatic effects
if you face the sun so that the
snow is lighted from the back.
When taking back-lighted pic
tures, shield your camera
lens to prevent flare. A Kodak
Lens Hood is an efective
shield, but use your hand
rather than use nothing. A
full-proof method is to stand
in the shade of a tree, the
long shadow of the trunk,
which will give interesting re
sults from an angle to the sun
of a very few degrees, virtu
ally back-lighted.
When determining, expos
ures for snow scenes, set a
Snapshot Kodaguide on
"Bright Subject." If you use
an exposure meter, don't ac
cept the readings without ask
ing yourself if they are reason
able. No meter will give you a
correct reading if incorrectly
used, and with some meters,
taking a correct reading re
quires skill. The reading
should always be taken close
to the person whose picture
you are taking, or to the prin
cipal object in the scene.
Use these rules as guides:
For general snow scene with
out people in the foreground
a clear sunny day, exposures
for Kodachrome Film should
not be less than 150 second
at f11. You will be about
right if you shoot side-lighted
snow scenes at 150 second
t'8 and open up a half stop
more if nearby people are in
cluded. Exposures for similar
scenes on either Kodak Plus
X or Verichrome Film should
rarely be less than 150 sec
ond at f16, opening up to f11
for people close by.
There's nothing hard and
fast about the recommenda
tions given above. They're
flexible rules for good pictures
and if "used as a guide will
insure reasonable good results,
eliminating some of the fail
ures you may have exper
ienced already this winter. You
are invited o bring your pho
tographic problems to the
Camera Dept. at Symons
Bros, for advice.
Symons Bros.
947 Wall St.
Phone 175
DENTISTRY
Phone 134
Dr. H. E. Jackson
At his residential office
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