THE BENP BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
An Independent Newspaper
. Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
- Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
Entered aa Second Clasi Matter, January 6. 1U17 at th Poat OMIca at Bnd, Ora-
Kon under Act of March 8, 1879.
4 The Bend Bulletin. Monday. February 21. 1955
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77jjose High School Text Books
3 (Fourth in a Series)
i The State Federation of Labor has underscored its
objections to two state textbooks in a mimeographed list
ing of passages considered anti-union.
i The two page compilation cites several passages from
eajh of the blacklisted texts to substantiate a claim of
bigs. And taken without reference to the complete chap
tef or whole section from whence taken, the passages
do. offer a grim impression of anti-unionism.
- But re-inserted into the general context of the book,
the alleged slanting rights itself to marked degree and
, the supposed bias fades.
i At least so we found on reading the chapters, on
unionism in the two books.
i It's not that those reviewing the texts for the AFL
slipped loaded phrases from sentences or employed other
propaganda stunts to impart a feeling of bias, but rath
evZ they apparently didn't look 'dispassionately at the
larger, over-all-picture presented in a chapter.
Their edgy sensitivity to possible criticism, their re
action words that outside the quiet realm of scholarship
have taken on charged meanings prompted them to judge
hastily, to criticize too quickly.
' Though the passages quoted by the federation in its
compilation were complete and matched perfectly with
thi books, they nonetheless. seem to give a false and ex
aggerated impression.
, i When the single passages are clothed again in all the
detailed and complex explanation given in each of the
tejts, they' lose the distortion of bias .or purposeful
slating.
J Particular criticism is lodged against the books for
what the federation terms over-emphasis of undesirable
union practices.
; In the criticisms of both books, the federation char
gej that the authors feature unsavory aspects of the un
ion movement while playing down and obscuring its vital
purposes and goals.
Of one of the criticized texts, the federation writes :
"In general (the book) emphasizes the undesirable,
pmctices of unions but fails to bring out their value. For.
example, in discussing racketeering, the author admits
thSt 'labor unions as a whole condemn racketeering' and
then gives a half page to describing practices which, by
his own admission, are not common among labor un
ions." Of the other : "In discussion the objectionable prac
tices of unions, such as 'feather-bedding, '.'racketeering,'
and 'dictatorial and undemocratic procedures,' the au
thors make it appear that these are the common prac
tices of unions whereas they are practiced only by a
small minority." ,
No where in our reading of the texts, could we find
il even hinted that those practices are common among all
unions. Quite to the contrary the authors of both books
are careful to point out that discreditable activity is not
widespread.
But, as one of the texts points out, "theso practices
point to dangers that could wreck the labor movement."
The reason for including a brief discussion of these
black practices is to warn students of what can happen
should unscrupulous loaders grasp control of a union or
ganization. Generally, the discussion given the history and devel
opment of unionism in this country seems quite fair in
both texts. The high, social idealism of unions is well
and emphatically expressed.
True, at times the texts falter in their clarity and
sureness of expression, creating vague fears that the au
thors might be slipping off the narrow track of objecti
vity. An example would be this sentence from one of the
two criticized texts:
"The company union came into being to bring self-
government into the factory and restore friendly rela
tions with the employer.
Tossibly this is true in some cases. But in others, as
anv hen union man will tell you. the chief inspiration
for the company union was the hope of splitting organ
ized unions.
Several lardy paragraphs later in the textbook sug
gests the union side of the argument and quotes Sen.
Wagner, benefactor of the labor movement.
The separation of the startling sentence and the un
ion's counter argument could be considered poor organi
zation, but hardly deliberate slanting. Surely if an auth-
, i . .!... , nnniituiiM imintiium
or intended 10 give a rosy imuiiL- m vuii,
as opposed to organized labor he hardly would have else
where pointed out union's argument.
., Vigorous criticism, as could be expected, is aimed
at sections dealing with the controversial, politically
loaded Taft-Ilartly law. No matter how careful the au
thor, how thorough the editors and publishers, any ar
ticle or book mentioning this tender topic would proba
bly suggest bias to some reader.
That is unless the material has been so written and
edited that it has been denuded of controversy and made
as nourishing and tasteful as a glass of water.
(Tomorrow, conclusion.)
Quotable Quotes
Women teachers who ought to wear girdles shouli1
do so. Stanley Morgan, president, Salt Lake City
Utah, Teachers' Association.
... . .., ... .. -ii i ... i i
ll neace uoesu i runic, mere win oe no win hi icii
You are listening to one who knows what he is talking
about. Former 1'rcsident Irumun.
"Tell Me, Frankly, Now, Chum, Are You Running?
' rJ(A Sritt. Uc
Edson in Washington
California Swing Set by Nixon
By I'KTKIl KDSON
XEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON ONEA) HiKht
after Vice President Richard M.
Nixon gets back from his tour of
the Caribbean countries in Match,
he's going out to California on an
other type of good-will mission..
Ths will be an attempt to unite
all factions of California Republi
cans and take measures to prevent
a big party split in VXiS.
Here in Washington, Vice Presi
dent Nixon and Sen. Willam V.
Knowland let on that there is no
rivalry between them. Such war
fare as exists today is character
ized us feuding between factions
that know one man better than he
other, or that think they stand
better chances of getting jobs by
going all-out for one or the other
favorite.
One curious sidelight of the situ
ation is that Mrs. Nixon and Mrs.
Knowland are good friends. They
talk over the supposed rivalry of
their husbands and get pretty in
dignant about it, wanting to write
letters to the editors lo deny pub-
icly that there is bad blood be
tween them,
While this makes lovely peace
talk, cynical political observers are
betting all this harmony will van
ish if President Ksenhower de
cides not to run again.
Neither California!! will discuss
what will happen if Ike doesn't
run, but they arc trying to lot on
thai they won't be rivals for the
number one job.
Also, all the peace talk over
looks the importance of Gov. Good
win J. Knight, the real power In
the state since ex-Gov. Earl War
ren became chief justice of 1he U.S.
The Pentagon has been having
i private crime wave on the huge
parking lots which surround the
Depart ment of Defense headquar
ters. Metropolitan Park Police,
who guard the urea, are finding it
difficult to break up the abuses.
1 Jist month 32 cars were stolen
md -IS curs were broken into. Fa
vorite lick of the thieves is to
take the jack out of the back of a
ear and steal one tire and the
spare.
All Pentagon employes have been
warned to lock their cars and keep
anything of value out of sight. Btu
breaking in and stealing still persists.
Sen. Robert Kerr (D., Okla.), in
a political newsletter to his stulc
the other day, mentioned that Mrs.
Eisenhower had been particularly
attracted by the hat worn by a
lady guest at a White House ccep
tion. Senator Kerr says that it was
reported to him that Mamie ex
claimed to the woman, "My dear.
That cute hid. Turn around and let
me see it." The hat was described
for the senator as "Quite n fetch
ing thing a small dressy hat mwde
of black velvet and gold lame,
trimmed in bugle beads und
topped by miniature aittennae from
which tangled little gold tassels."
"You know," Senator Kerr told
his . constituents, "if such an in
dividual antenna device could be
actually used for broadcasting, in
stead of receiving, I might want to
get one for myself."
"Anxious to protect their subsi
dies and scuttle all independent
competition, the big trunk airlnes
are spendng some of their profits
to wine and (line Senate aides . . .
in a sei'ies of 'nonpartisan' meet
ings cocktails, dinner and propa
ganda," says the Aircoach Trans
port Association newsletter.
"Since the Civil Aeronautics
Board allows the scheduled air
lines to charge their dues to the
Air Transport Assn. into their
mail-pay base," the letter contin
ues, "it will realy be "the taxpay
ers who will help pay fo rthe din
ner, the menu of which might
read like this:
runv Monopoly
Prime Kibs of Muilpay,
Kirll firavy
Potatoes a la Treasury
Dollai-tl v.rcens
Lettuce, Inter-Island Dressing
Sparkling l-'raia-hise, 1!):I8
Chocolate Profilcrolo
Itig Kmir Cookies
Demi Tasse
(for Local .Service Lines)
Corona Pan Am.
"After dinner, the usual act.
practiced many times across the
country, is to denounce the inde-
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Oregon's civil defense plans
have been revised as a result of
the recently released information
as to (lie hydrogen bomb's area
of destruction, CD workers have
announced.
"In event of an H-bomb attack
on Portland, the area of tolal de
struction would be three miles In
radius," the announcement states.
This zone has a daytime popula
tion of approximately 335,000. Oth
er damage zones ranging from
heavy to slight extend well into
adjacent counties for a distance
of 12 miles.
Portland, formerly designated a
target city, is now considered an
"aiming point" lor a critical tar
get area covering four counties.
Due to the threat of radiologi
cal fallout and possible destruction
of dams, all Columbia river coun
lies are now included in the "dan
ger area."
Deschutes, Benton. Jefferson,
Lincoln, Linn, Lane and Polk coun
ties are in the "immediate sup
port area," and the remainder of
the stale is designated as the "sup
port area."
Mobile teams and other resour
ces would be. drawn from all of
Oregon und Xrom Idaho.
prudent airlines in ringing tones
Dr. Allen V. Astin, director of
the National Bureau of Standards,
was rehearsing a demonstration
of new methods fo measuring min
ute differences in temperatures
orior lo an open-house exhibit.
Several pieces of hot and cold iron
were being used, but in arranging
hem, they got mixed up.
Not wishing to burn himself, the
-.dentist announced; "And now you
.vill have a demonstration of heat
lieasurement without the benefit
if instruments." Thereupon he wet
lis finger und proceeded lo touch
he pieces of iron, finding the hot
mcs by the siz.le.
. Letters
To the Editor:
In January before leaving on an
extended trip I undertook a bit of
writing exercise on a subject then
under discussion. Now the expec
ted has happened and, possibly,
the January writing may be found
of interest.
Here it is:
"It is strange that there is so
much uncertainly about the party
designation under which Wayne
Morse will seek re-election to the
Senate next year. It is true, of
course, that he still clings to his
Independent label and refuses to
say what his 19o6 course will be.
He is voting with the Democrats
in the Senate and thereby has
bought himself some good commit
tee appointments and so long as
playing "hard to get" brings prizes
and publicity Morse will play.
Nevertheless, and in spite of
this current coyness we predict
with confidence . that come 1956
Morse will ask for the Democratic
nomination for U. S. Senator. In
short, he will run as a Democrat.
'This confidence of ours is based
on an examination ot the Morse
record and, in particular, on an
application ol the Morse formula.
This formula, unique with Morse,
operates with the same certainty
as does, say, Gresham s law in
finance or Boyle's law in physics,
"A single example gives one the
idea.
"In 1952 Morse campaigned vig
orously for the nomination of
Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Re
publican presidential candidate
After the nomination he wrote to
Eisenhower promising to throw
himself with all his vigor Int the
campaign to help him and Nixon
"As a liberal Republican," he
wrote, "I am proud to support
you.
"He supported Stevenson.
"Now about the candidacy for
the Senate.
"Speaking in the Senate on April
24, 1953 Morse said: 'Mr. Presi
dent, when 1956 comes, the people
of my state will pass judgment
again, and at that time I will be
running on the Independent ticket,
"Just over two weeks later, on
May 10. Morse appeared on the
Meet The Press' radio program.
Peter Edson, the NEA columnist,
was one of the question-asking
newsmen on the program and he
put this question to Morse: Sena
tor', Edson said, 'you're up for
re-election again in 1956; will you
run? And Morse s prompt answer
was: 'I shall run and I shall run
as an Independent.'
"There's the record. Now apply
the Morse formula. Morse will run
as a Democrat."
ROBERT W. SAWYER
Bend, Oregon
Feb. 16, 1955
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Brushings
Leahy Diaries
Go to Library
WASHINGTON (UP) Fleet
Admiral William D. Leahy has
presented the Library of Con
gress Willi 15 diaries covering 55
years of his labulous career.
The diaries of the former chief
of staff, to be restricted in use
until 25 years after his death, cov
er the period between 1897 and
1952. They were presented by
Leahy himself to L. Quincy Mum
ford, librarian of Congress.
Included in the 15 volumes, be
sides personal notes made by
Leahy, are original letters, photo
graphs, autographs, and signed
documents. The papers, all of
them unofficial, trace Leahy's ca
reer from his graduation from the
Naval Academy in 1897 through
the turbulent years of World War
II when he served as chiel of
stafl to President Roosevelt.
FINKU
ATLANTA (UP) Alderman Ed
A. Gilliam was fined $4 on the first
offense of speeding.
Gilliam is chairman of the City
Police Committee.
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This is going to be mostly about
dogs. Jig-. the near-Brittany, is
the star of the piece. That boy
Jiggs is one of our Xavorite char
acters. And we hope that we are
his Xavorite characters. We do our
best to keep him from realizing
he's a dog, and I think he has
forgiven us lor being people. We
get along line.
Jiggs sits on the floor and eats
dog Xood, and we sit at a table
and eat people-food. We knock our
selves out trying to make a liv
ing, and Jiggs knocks himselX out
having a good time. Basieally, you
see, we're just about the same.
Jiggs is well into middle age,
and we treat him with the respect
due our elders. We talk to him
when he looks sad, play with him
when he Xcels cheerful, and open
the door when he wants in or
out, which is just about all the
time.
Roughly, he is about halfway on
the road to being a canine centen
arian. He is about eight and a
half, and that corresponds to about
50 years lor a human.
Every year about this time, we
buy Jiggs a shiny piece of jewelry.
It's called a dog license. We fasten
it to a collar, and put the collar
on his neck. That means that Jiggs
is free to enjoy the pleasures of
his small world lor another year.
Every year about this time, we
fi'l out a long questionnaire. It's
called an income tax blank. We
stuff it in an envelope, and put
the envelope in the mail. That
means that we are free to enjoy
the pleasures of our small world
for another year. . .
March 1'Ir the deadline for buy
ing your dog licenses, kiddies. Aft
nr that they cost more money, and
it your pooch gets caught without
proof ot a license, It's worse than
that. Yu can Duy a ioi oi aog.
biscuits (or the cost ol the line.
When I mentioned that Jiggs is
sort -of a semi-centenarian, it
wasn't just an idle thought that
nume. to me from nowhere. A doc
research organization in New York
is most anxious to Know aoout ail
the canine centenarians in this
area and elsewhere, and has asked
the cooperation of this newspaper
in locating them.
Tho Information will be used In
pnnnprtinn with a protected scien
tific study that the sponsors say
may mean much to the greater
well - being of dogs ana pernaps
also ol humans.
To nualifv as a "canine centen
arian." a doe must be at least 17
years of age, according to our cor
respondent.
TBrons ownine or knowing oX
I dogs 17 years old and over, whose
exact age can be suDstannaiea,
should droD a postcard to the
Gaines Dog Research Center, 250
Park Avenue, New YorK l(, N.X.,
listing the breed, sex, date ol
hirih nr when acauired. present
age and the name and address ol
the owner. The Center will ac-
imnwlpHw pach such card by for
warding a questionnaire designed
to ascertain the essential oata re
quired lor the scientific study.
If von call vour doe "Old Boy,"
maybe you're righUsr than you
realized.
Tomorrow is Pancake Tuesday,
and dogs like pancakes, too. How
about a short stack? ,
Board Rejects
Increase in Pay
Special to The Bulletin
PRINEVILLE Crook county
school board members at their re
cent meeting turned down a re
quest lor pay increases in teach
ers' salaries, and said that they
would continue present rates lor
at least another year.
Other actions of the board in
cluded the appointment of Dr.
James R. Dreher to fill the unex
pired term of board member held
by Harold H. Henninger who re
cently resigned following his trans
ferral to the Portland office of
P.P.&L. Company.
Action on the hiring of a juve
nile officer was tabled pending the
decision of the City Council on the
matter. Such an officer would not
only serve as City and County tru
ant officer, during the school term,
but would serve as a youth advisor
and supervisor of activities dur
ing the summer. ,
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PET TROUBLE
.AUSTIN, Tex, (UP) Jay
Caldwell had a "ready explanation
when police asked him why his
automobile left the road, smacked
into a brick wall and overturned.
He said that a pet raccoon, riding
on his shoulder, gave him a friend
ly poke in the. eye. -
The High Hatter
Geo. N. Taylor
A western girl is working her
way through college here in the
East. A Iriend who wanted her
to have a real homey Christmas
wrote to a woman oX large in
come who lives in a great Colon
ial home. She bid the girt come
and spend the day with them,
not only to dine with them but
also to enjoy tne piace.
Days passed, i ne
young woman did
not answer the in
vitation, nor did
she come in at any
time. The big
hearted woman
thought that the
girl might be sick
so she wrote her
twice. But tho
voune miss con-
tinued to High Hat 1
the woman.
Bolore you blow up at the
thought oX the girl high-hatting
this woman oX big heart, recall
how you yourselX high-hat God.
You sinned and the Bible teaches
that the wages oX sin is death.
But Christ died Xor your sins
and cleaned your page. Receive
Christ as Lord and Saviour and
God gives you eternal life. This
message is by a Hillsboro Xam-ily.
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