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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1954)
THE BEND BULLETIN Mid CENTRAL OBEGON FBESS An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher ; Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor 'Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations -nUrJ Second Clu Hitter. Januur . 117 t th. Po.1 Offlc. M Bend, On (an under Art of Mmreh I, 187. The Bend Bulletin, Tuesday. December 21. 1954 About That Filter Center So, Bend's going to get the Air Force's filter cen ter for Eastern Oregon after all, if the service follows the recommendations of an officer survey team which looked over facilities for the operation here, in La Grande, Baker and Pendleton. This has been an on-again, off-again deal, with Air Defense Command headquarters announcing a few weeks ago that the center would go to Pendleton. Some quick work by local Chamber of Commerce officials and direc tors and GOC personnel resulted in the final work by the survey team which changed the earlier decision. ' , The Air .Force within a few weeks now will trans fer some 20 families to Bend on a permanent basis. The ; move will add nearly f 120,000 per yea to the city s pay-rolls. Final determination to locate the center here was a triumph for the Chamber people, GOC workers and oth ers who worked hard on the project. And the decision ap parently was made in spite of the fact that the city it self is a little "unhandy" in location. Other factors, such as availability of a well-located building, overcame this factor. One of the biggest factors, though, is the reputation Central Oregon people have made in GOC work and other civic undertakings. This is. to be the smallest city with a filter center location in the United States, Boise, Idaho being the next smallest. Community spirit repeatedly 'shown 'on a number of factors apparently decided the survey team that Bend could handle the job. We're sure it will. . Reese Committee Report '; The report of the Reese committee, the loaded Con gressional group which has been trying to locate a raft of Communists and subversives in. the staffs of some of our big educational and philanthropic foundations, is out. The word "loaded" is used adyisedly, since several 'witnesses against the foundations were heard by the committee, but foundation officers and directors were not allowed to testify. It is to be expected that the report will criticize rather severely some of the activities of the foundations. In anticipation of the report, a commentator in one of the big news magazines this week makes a case to have the foundations limit their activities. "They Bhould stay out of fields which don't involve exact science," hesays in effect, making quite a case for limiting the functions of the foundations to medicine, etc. (In the first place, medicine can hardly be called an exact science, like physics or chemistry. If you don't believe it, ask your doctor.) But in the main, we believe the so-called behavioral sciences and social sciences are just where the founda tions should Apend their money. . The activities of social scientists in the past have led to some of our gre.it advances iiv government organ ization, for example. The ballots generally used in this country today are the result of experiments by social scientists. The commission-manager form of city gov crnment first was suggested by a social scientist. Man seldom goes hungry because of lack of research in the field of physics. But the semi-free economic sys tern under which we live can stand a great deal of im- provement, and only research in economics can lead to orderly improvement. History, and our knowledge of it, is important to our future well-being. Only qualified historians, with am ple research time and funds, can dig out the little-known facts of tho past which may be vital to our future. There are many other examples in the social sciences. No, it would be a grave error to attempt to confine activities of the great foundations to research iu the pure exact sciences. Wheee! Who Said There Was No Santa Claus? ' IpSi Wmx !gg3 ! Government Moves to Cut Number of Federal Autos Don't Know When But They Get Their Bids in Early Bv PKTKB KDSOX WASHINGTON (NEA) Ap plications for tickets to the first football game between . Notre Dame and the new U. S. Air Force Academy, to be opened next July at the Lowry Air Force base near Colorado Springs, Colo., are al ready pouring' in. Just when this game will be played, nobody knows, nor where. But the mere prospect of a .three- cornered rivalry between West Point, Annapolis and "Lowry," or Colorado Springs, or whatever they call it, has whetted the inter est of sports fans. And the three service schools themselves are ex pected to carry on the traditional rivalry of the two against Notre Dame. U.-Col. Robert V. Whitlow, for mer three-letter man ut West Point, who has been made ath Ictic director for the AF Academy. lias no athletic fund and no alumni association. Since government funds can't be used tor Interschool competition, an athletic associa- liona has already been formed to finance a sports program. The Air Force cadets will choose their own mascot, but Air Force magazine says it's a sufe bet that cither an eagle or. a falcon will bo chosen. to be the most prolific people in the world. They aren't the Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Chinese, Indi ans, Indonesians or Malayans, as might be imagined by s.utistics on the most overpopuluted countries. They are the Hutterites, a Protest ant, Antabaptist sect, that lives in the Dakotas, Montana and neigh boring Canadian provinces. Four hundred Hutterites mi grated from Russia to the Ameri can northwest from 1874 to 1877. Since then they have increased to more than 8,000. If this present fertility rate continues, they will number 18,000 by 1970, at the com pletion of their first century in America. And by 1054 they will number half a million. "By the time their families are completed, " reports Dr. Cook, "the majority of Iluttcrite women Imvo had nine or more children." . Three Commissioners Three members of Bend's city commission Uichard V. Brandis, Gordon Randall and K. L. Nielsen attend ed their last meeting as members of the city's governing body Wednesday night. They have served tho city well during the past four years' in the lowest-paid jobs in tho city government. (Commissioners get $10 per month for their many nouns of work.) , The three will be replaced by Verno ljtrson, Hap Taylor and Mel Rogers, all of whom have displayed abil ity and leadership in city affairs in the past few years. The three new members are lacking in the experi ence which will conio and which tho outgoing member.' have gained during their terms of office. It is unfortun- ate that some use of the experience gained by Brandis, Randall and Nielsen cannot be retained in an official ad visory capacity. Each has served his community well Each is entitled to a lug vote of thanks from every resident of the city. Quotable Quotes ' President Eisenhower was fighting the Communists quite ft few years before Sen. (Joseph) McCarthy made his maiden speech on the subject in the Senate. Re publican Chairman Hall rebukes Senator McCarthy s at tack on the President, . We're patching up here and there, and I can see no reason why we can't give the Indians and Yankees a hot run for tho (1955) pennant, of Chicago White Sox. Edgar II. Dixon of the now fa mous Dixon-Yates power combine, tells one about a man who got a flat tire in front of an insane asy lum. While he was changing wheels, the lugs fell down a grat ing over a sewer intake. As the man stood around cussing and wondering what to do, the head of one of the institution's inmates ap peared at tho grating and asked what was wrong? When the car owner told him, the man from 1he Insane asylum said, "That's no problem. Take one lug olf each of the other three wheels, and fasten your spare tire en with them till you .get to a garage and pick up some more.' Sheepishly, the car owner start ed to carry out this plan of action. but then he looked at the man llii'ough the grating and said, 'How did you happen to think o( that 7 I thought you wurs supposed to be crazy. "Sure I'm crazy," answered the inmate, "but that docsn t meal I'm stupid." 1'nmmcnls Mr. Dixon alter tell ing this story: "I may quality as thcr one for getting mixed up in this government power deal. Kugenc A. Yates, the other C'O per centi partner in the Dixon Yates combine, thinks that atomic energy us H .source of olivine en- erg)' won t work any Midden or sweeping revolution in the power: husiness, but that it will lie ah- sorbed gradually in tho normal growth of the Industry. Wide, com mercial use of atomic energy pow er may lie 10. l." or even. 20 ears ow ay. he says. As these new atom-' ie energy units are built, they may lie used to replace worn-out steam plants. "We're constantly junking Xli and Xvyear-iild steam plants." ex plains Mr. Yates. As head of the Southern Co., owner of lleorgia Power, Alabama Power, Kirmiug ham Gulf Power and Mississippi River Power ' Companies, Mr. i Yates directs the operations of all their plants. His tln-ory is that the new, more economic, atomic ener gy units will be used to replace the high-cost, noncoonoinic units, rather than to onlmode and re place the moi-o modern units dur ing their useltil hie. Dr. Robert C. Cook, director of the Population Roleronoe Bureau Dispute Over Fire Bill Ends SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UP) The California state board of con trol has finally decided to pay half the cost of putting out a fire in the Los Angeles National Forest. The federal government had bil led the state for the entire cost claiming tho fire was started by state convicts, but the state depart ment of corrections wouldn't have any part of the -charge. The fed eral government said the convicts started the fire' while distilling li quor at a state prison forestry camp. : CHRISTMAS SEALS NEW YORK (UP) The Christ mas seal, which originated in Den mark in 1904, is now sold in more than 40 countries of the world most of the proceeds from its sale go to combating spread or tuber culosis. Reports that the next Democrat ic controlled Congress and Defense Secretary C. E. Wilson are plan ning to increase the U. S. military budgets by up to five billion dol lars next year are getting a cold reception elsewhere in the Eisen hower administration. The answer is that if next year's budget is increased by anything like this amount, it will mean one if two tilings: New and higher taxes, or another increase in the national debt limit and a further unbalancing of the budget. UAW-CIO president Walter Reu- Iher was shown some new auto matic machines in a big auto plant recently. How are you going to collect dues from these guys?" he was asked by n company official. 'How are you going to get them to buy new cars?" asked Reuther. College Sign-Up Boost Predicted SAN FRANClSCO-(UP)-Dr. J Paul Leonard, president of San Francisco Slate College, predicts that by, 19T0 the number of young people attending college in tho U.S. may have increased by 0 per cent. ' Leonard, speaking before the col leges and universities department of a recent American Home Econ omics Assn. convention here, pre dicted there will be 1.1.600,000 people of college age by 1970. He estimates 3.100.000 of them will be going to college, compared to the present nationwide enrollment of 2.250.000. At ut....... Tif toe I'oiHiini wmB iua.i, iui Washington, has come up with a new import on what are claimed Al Slipe's T.V. LAMPS 2.98 & 5.95 $9.95 A. C. Slipc Furniture Co. "Your Homo First" 821 Wall St, Phone 100 WASHINGTON (UP) The gov ernment is trying to reduce the number of its automobiles whiz zing around the country at tax payers' expense. The White House hopes the move will save about 40 million dollars annually by the end of three years. A few chauffeur-driven limou sines may be eliminated, cut most of the savings is expected to come from setting up motor 'pools" in about 100 cities and trading in cars before they get too old. Some government employes who have' been accustomed to a government car and driver at their beck and call may wind UP group-riding in buses and station wagons, hailing taxis, or taking a trolley. By "pooling the cars, instead of letting each agency maintain its own fleet, government ex perts believe they can eliminate thousands of automobiles ana gel more use out of those that are keDt. They believe additional millions can be saved in maintenance cost and trade-in values. Biggest Fleet The federal government owns the biggest fleet of motor vehicles in the country almost 250,000, not counting especially-built mili tary vehicles. They represent a capital investment of about 400 million dollars. The cost of operating, maintain ing, and replacing thera runs about 200 million dollars a year. The task of cutting the number and cost has been assigned to the General Services Administration, the housekeeping arm of govern ment headed by Edmund F. Man- sure. Only a comparative handful of the 250,000 vahicles are subject to the "pooling campaign. For example, cars used for law enforcement such as the FBI are specifically exempted. So are ve hicles furnished to each of the 5200 county agricultural agents across the country- John Hanson, director of GSA's automotive section, expressed doubt that more than 40,000 ve hicles will be subject to pooling. Out of that number, however, he estimated they can eliminate 25 per cent about 10,000 vehicles. "We estimate that for every car we can eliminate we save $500 a year," Hanson said. "If we can eliminate 10,000 vehicles we will have a saving of five million dol lars right there." . The remaining 35 million dol lars is to be saved by trading in cars before they get too old. Ac cording to Hanson's studies, it isn't economical lor the govern ment to operate a car longer than three years or more than 50,000 miles. After that maintenance costs rise and trade-in value falls Aging Vehicle. Right now the average age of government owned vehicles' is nearly five years. The cost of maintenance averages $260 per) car annually. Hanson said faster j trade-ins could cut maintenance cost to an average of J75 per car each year. He said a saving- of 35. million dollars annually is con servative. A pilot operation conducted by GSA in Denver this year provided experience and proof it could be done. President Eisenhower, who vacations in : Denver, personally ordered a study aimed at reduc ing the number of government cars on the streets. There ' were 650 - government- owned vehicles in Denver at the time, operated by more than halt a dozen separate agencies. Each agency had its cars for day-to-day needs, plus some standDys tor peak demand. GSA set up a motor' pool" on which all agencies could draw." It eliminated 120 vehicles, with- saving ot more than $200,000" a year. Similar surveys now have been ordered for San Francisco, Chica go, New York, Washington, D.C., and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Hanson said it eventually will ex tend to about 100 cities. - We Will Be Closed ; December 24th, 25th, 26th OPEN DECEMBER 27th BOWDEN'S Self Service Laundry 253 E. Kearney VOCAL FACULTY KINGSTON, R. I. -(UP) If you need a speaker, the University of Rhode Island has one. Name your brand. The university has distributed a cataloque listing 103 topics; on which faculty members are prepared to speak. a: SHORT ON CHRISTMAS CASH? You can pay cash for all your Christmas gift purchases by borrowing any amount up to $ 1 500 from' Portland Loan, then repay ing the total in convenient monthly payments. Do your Christmas shopping this easy way. Borrow $25 for 1 Month for only 75c PORTLAND LOAN CO. 85 Oregon Avenue . ' Phone 173 S-186 M-321 . Loans above $300 made by Portland Industrial Loan Co. of Bend Under the Industrial Loan Companies Act ' ' fj " Ik " w'A K f HI ' f rt:.. KL.- i nwii ii - - - - - i, nf - llaitily hHpcr at ChrUlmasfimo llio If loplione. There are lots of satis fying things about telephone work ... all year long. But at Christmastime, there are ovon more than usual. There's a good feel ing, for instance, in putting in a telephone for Santa . . . even if it's just temporary and in a department store instead of at the North Folc,,Vhen you think of the thrill ing voice this telephone will carry to scores of youngsters, can you help but smile? There are many pleasant moments for us, too, in helping people exchange personal Holiday greetings , . . in helping bring friends and families closer together, when it counts most. We appreciate the chance to serve you during any season. But we get extra satisfaction from doing so now, when so many calls have special meaning to the people who make and receive them. PACIFIC TELEPHONE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON
