THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON PBESS
An Independent Newspaper
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
Entered. u Second Clue Matter. January 6, 1917 at the Poet Office St Bend, Ore
ion under Act of March I. 1B7.
4 The Bend Bulletin, Wednesday. February 16. 1955
Un-Warlike Manufacturers
The generation which grew up in the United States
in the 13 years between the close of World War I and
the outbreak of World War II heard a lot about the first
war being'caused by international financiers and a clique
of warlike German arms manufacturers. .
Authoritative histories of the period, some of them
just being published, do not bear out these theories, but
they do not lessen the circulation these stories gained
during that period.
A new sidelight on the warlike qualities of German
manufacturers is found in a recent Wall Street Journal
- story, which discusses the current status of industry in
" West Germany. . '
Some of the most famous names in arms and muni
tion manufacturing, prohibited by Allied ukase from en
gaging in the building of guns, tanks or planes, have
gone into the consumer goods market since the close of
the war and they apparently like it.
Take the quote, for example, from the director of
.the famed Messerschmidt company, backbone of Hitler's
air force, and now making motor scooters, sewing ma
chines, radio cabinets and a host of other civilian prod
ucts. He said, in effect, that his compuny would engage
in arms manufacture if asked to, but not at the expense
of its consumer goods program, which it intends to keep
expanding in the years to come.
Putting it bluntly, this director told a reporter that
no one got thrown in prison for making motor scooters
. and that there's not much danger of the orders being can
celled suddenly.
The manager of the Krupp enterprises, long known
as Europe's biggest arms and munitions manufacturer,
told a reporter his company would never ngain make
weapons of war if it could keep itself from doing so.
Krupp now is building bridges, cranes, locomotives and
. trucks. .
Plane manufacturers are making automobiles, rifle
makers are working on precision intsruments, tank man
ufacturers are turning out trucks.
And none of the leaders of the supposedly "war
like" German industry seem to be anxious at all most
of them seem downright unwilling to get back 'into
arms or munition manufacturing.
That Off -Street Parking Proposal
So the city planners have returned the off-street
parking proposal' to the city commission relatively un
changed in its major recommendations. Let's hope it
doesn't become the subject of a personal feud between
. the commission and the planning commission.
Those "Braggin Rocks"
"Bring your braggin' rocks."
This is the invitation to the president of the De
schutes Geology Club has sent to members in announcing
a meeting of the group.
Every member of the club will be there, wo are sure,
with their "braggin' rocks." Some visitors may show up
empty handed they may not know what "braggin'
rocks" are.
They are specimens, sometimes rocks, sometimes fos
sils, occasionally beautiful crytals "rockhounds" just hap
pen to have in their pocket or purse when a conversation
starts.
Paleolithic' men were probably the first to carry
"braggin' rocks," and their origin may dale to a primal
battle between ape-like creatures. In a fight where fang
and claw were the weapons,' possibly a hairy creature by
chance grasped a rounded stone, hurled it with deadly
accuracy and downed an opponent.
Having reclaimed that first "braggin' rock" in the
dawn days of long ago, the grunt of the ape man on ex
amining his choice specimen and looking at his fallen
foe might easily be translated:
"Good rock knock 'em cuckoo."
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One War to.Which
Military Operations in Alaska
Strictly an Air Force Show
Edson in Washington
Ike Has About a Year to Decide
By PKTKR KDNON
NKA Washington C'orrmuondent
WASHINGTON fNEA) One
year hence late February or early
March, 1956 is now .seen as the
latest date on which President Ei
senhower will have to unnounce
whether he will be a candidate to
succeed himself in Ihe White House
and that if nominated by the GOP
national convention, he will run for
office and serve if elected.
These statements are necessary
to qualify for the primary elec
tions. Nebraska. New Jersey, Illi
nois and Pennsylvania normally
hold their primaries in April.
1 hough he will be badgered con
stantly to make an earlier declara
tion, It Is now believed that Presi
dent Eisenhower will delay making
his decision and announcement as
long as possible.
So far, he has not discussed his
plans with anyone. The best in
formation now avnilalilc in Wash
ington, however, is mat the Presi
dent would prefer not to run and
that Mrs. Eisenhower would prefer
that her husband not run again.
The President is now pictured as
a rcluetant candidate, just as he
was a reluctant candidate in 1952.
The one thing that has so far en
couraged his many ardent support
ers to keep on telling Inm lie must
he a eanclidnle in lOM Is that he
has not told them that he would
not be a candidate.
Several factors are cited to In
dieato that the President will be a
candidate for a second term.
He is finding politics less dis
tasteful to him than it was at first.
His real ambition was to be a non-
political President of all the peo
ple.
Finding that difficult, and smart
ing under the political attacks made
upon him, he has learned to play
the game and now almost enjoys
politics as a new kind of exercise
in strategy.
The results of the 1954 election
did not discourage the President.
If the Republican Part had taken
a terrible beating last November,
the President might have been in
clined to give up the struggle after
four years. But since the results
were close, he has been encour
aged to exercise his leadership for
a Republican victory in 19j6.
The President is characterized as
having a strong sense of duty.
He is also characterized as modest
and at the same time realistic.
Taking this combination of traits
together, the President is said to
be perfectly willing to turn the
presidency over to another candi
date if he were convinced that this
other man could hold the Republi
can Party together and assume
leadership of the entire country.
Lacking the discovery or the rise
of such a candidate, it is said that
the President could feel duty-bound
to again become a candidate him
self, on three principal conditions:
1. If he is convinced that lie is
the only man who can hold the
diverse elements of the Republican
Party together for another campaign.
2. If he is convinced that he is
needed for leadership at the na
tional level regardless of poli
ticsto deal with a critical inter
national situation, such as a war
or throat of war.
3. If be is convinced that he is
physically and mentally fit for an
other four years in the White House
at his age, which would be from
Princess Makes
St. Kitts Stop
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (UP)
Princess Margaret arrives today
at this Leeward Island often re
ferred to as the "Mother Island"
of the British West Indies.
St. Kitts was the first island in
the Caribbean to be sctUed by
British colonists, in 1626.
Margaret left Antigua Tuesday
night for St. Kitts aboard the
royal yacht Britannia.
'By GLENN STACKHOLSE
United Prrms Staff Correspondent
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, Alaska (UP) Alaska has
become an atomic age fortress
with radar beams for lookouts and
jet interceptors for cannon.
This Arctic land, with an area
twice the size of Texas and a popu
lation that could fit comfortably
inside the city limits of Phoenix,
Ariz, lies just a 15-minute MIG
flight from the back door of Soviet
Russia.
It sprawls astride the main air
route from Russia to, the United
States. Most military men feel it
is over Alaska that Soviet bombers
would come if there is ever all
out atomic war against the United
States.
For the military, Alaska is strict
ly an Air Force show. All three
services are represented in a uni
fied command, but it is no coinci
dence the whole shooting . match
is bossed by a three-star Air Force
general.
The ''Top Cover"
He Is Lt. Gen. J. H. Atkinson,
a hard-bitten cigar-chewing ex
pilot who is well aware his Alaskan
command is furnishing the "top
cover" for America.
Army and Navy operations in
Alaska are pretty much on a shoe
string basis.
The Navy, under Rear Adm.
Kenneth Craig, maintains almost
no fleet activities ana compara
tively insignificant air activities.
The Army air force under Gen.
James F. Collins, numbers less
than a full division of infantry,
with headquarters at Fort Richard
son, a few miles from Anchorage.
The primary mission of the mili
tary is the defense of the United
States, not Alaska. The Air Force's
early warning radar network is
here to furnish the first red alert
if bombers streak out of Siberia
toward the heart of America.
And Air Force pilots are ready
to scramble their rocket-firing F
89 Scorpion jets into the air in
an attempt to blast the bombers
from the sky before they can reach
the inner defenses of the home
land.
The defense of Alaska itself is
set up on a calculated risk basis.
Although it is only a 60-mile trip
across the Bering Straight from
Russia's Chukotski Peninsula, no
66 to 70.
une other important factor in
this situation is, of course, the way
his wife feels about it.
Mrs. Eisenhower is now said to
be finding the White House routine
of receptions and formal functions
less arduous. But she still dislikes
standing in a receiving line. She
is said to take more interest in
things like arranging flowers for
a big dinner or other entertain
ment, for instance.
She got real enjoyment out of
one of fke s early morning break
fasts for Governors Langlie of
Washington and Patterson of Ore
gon. She found President and Mrs.
Paul Magliore of Haiti wonderful
guests. Mrs. Magliore played the
piano and sang some Calypso songs
and was most entertaining.
This new-found pleasure in what
was at first the burdensome job
of being First Lady is said to be
not great enough to make Mrs.
Eisenhower want a second four
years in (he White House. Never
theless she would take the respon
sibility graciously if it were thrust
upon her.
While tile President will give duo
consideration to Mrs. Eisenhower's
wishes in the matter, it is said he
will not allow this to be the de
ciding factor In making his final
decision to run or not to run.
Bend, On the Deschutes
Bend, on the Deschutes, appears to be achieving
some sort of maritime reputation.
U. H. Coast Guard recruiters have moved into town.
U. S. Navy recruiters are already on the job.
There is a possibility that the Coast Guard, like the
U. S. Navy, will establish a permanent recruiting station
here.
Why the awakened interest in Bend by the sea-going
services?
Navy recruiters have lung known that Bend is a
real "navy town". The number of men who enlisted
through the local station already this year is proof of
this.
The U. S. Coast Guard believes Bend a likely spot
for a recruiting station because of its central location in
the state.
The Coast Guard recruiting station just opened in
' Bend on a temporary basis is the second one opened in
Oregon. The other is in Portland.
Central Oregon since World War I has leaned to
ward the maritime services. From, fnngeliinds, wimmIs
and towns boys have gone to the nea, and they have
served well.
Bend, on the picturesque Deschutes, is happy to
pay host to both recruiting services.
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SYMONS BROS. JEWLERS
one in the military feels the Rus
sians would try an actual Invasion
of Alaska. '
'I don't think there ever will
be any big land campaign in
Alaska," Atkinson sauj. "I don't
rule out the possibility of at least
limited action due to enemy para-
troop operations, but these we can
handle as they occur.
What if the Soviets try to estab
lish a beachhead on some remote
coastal area? "We'd just leave him
there." Atkinson said. "He couldn't
go anywhere in that kind of coun
try.
ICECREAM, y
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a rude awakening yesterday by the
passing of a switch engine and 11
freight cars.
They passed directly over him
after he fell asleep on some rail
road tracks. Hernandez was treat
ed for a scratch on his face.
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