THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON I'ltESS
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
Entered Second Clasi Matter, January I, 1917, at the Font Office
at Bend, Oregon, under Act ol March 3, 18711.
An Independent Newspaper
Quiet! Maybe They'll Go Away...
The Bend Bulletin, Thursday, August 15, 1957
Anfi-Spy Measures
' The Soviet intelligence colonel, Rudolf Ivanovich Abel,
who was indicted as a spy by a federal grand jury on Aug.
7, could face the death penalty. Congress at the close of
the 1954 session authorized capital punishment for peace
time spying.
The Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 removed
the 10-year statute of limitations theretofore in effect
Federal law provides that an indictment for a capital of
fense may be found at any time, without limitation.
The measure also made sabotage laws effective in
' time of national emergency as well as in war. And it
broadened definitions of what constitutes "war material"
and "national defense material" contained in previous
anti-sabotage registration, and took into account sabotage
potentialities of radioactive, biological, and chemical
agents.
The 1954 measure was part of an all-over tightening
of internal security laws. Congress at the same time "out
lawed" the Communist Party by denying it legal rights.
Red-infiltrated groups were deprived of their rights be
fore the National Labor Relations Board.
The outlawry bill was the work of Democrats smart
ing under charges that the two previous administrations
had been "soft on Communism." It was not part of the
"anti-traitor" program requested by President Eisenhow
er and Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr.
,..i But Congress did pass one specific bill requested by
the President, stripping citizenship rights from Reds con
victed of subversive acts.
The measure most desired by Brownell was a bill to
permit use of wiretap evidence in federal courts. The
House passed such a bill in a form distasteful to the ad
ministration, requiring federal court approval of the At
torney General's request for permission to tap telephone
wires in suspected cases of espionage, sabotage, and
crimes against "national security." The measure subse
quently was bottled up in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
" " Congress, however, did approve at the 1954 session
' another measure much desired by Brownell, though not in
' the form Brownell requested. This gave federal courts
TJOt the Attorney General authority to grant immunity
against self-incrimination to witnesses whose testimony
might be needed in cases directly affecting the national
; security.
Brownell at the 1955 session requested a Defense Fa
cilities Act which would permit F.B.I, screening of all per
sons working in or having access to defense plants. And
he repeated his request for the legal use of wiretap evi
dence in national security cases.
But these and other internal security measures were
sidetracked with the creation in 1955 of a Hoover - type
commission to study the adequacy of laws on espionage,
sabotage, safety of public and private defense installa-
tions, and protection of government secrets. This commis
sion's report, issued last June 23, concentrated heavily on
the last of these areas.
r- However, the commission did make certain recom
mendations for tightening industrial, atomic energy, port,,
air transport, passport, and immigration security. And the
commission came out flatly for a wiretap law in the form
requested by Brownell. It. called the case of Judith Cop
Ion freed in 1951 because evidence against her was
gained by wiretapping "a prime example of a legalized
miscarriage of justice."
Coincidences
There were many coincidences in the lives and in the
' deaths of two former Bend residents, Charles J. Monahan
and John II. Jeffries.
They were born in the same year. They spent a con
siderable part of their lives in Bend. They died the same
day, one in San Francisco, the other in Portland. They
were buried the same day. Services were held in the same
chapel, an hour apart.
They spent the final years of their lives in the same
city, Portland.
Their obituaries appeared, side by side, in the same
issue of The Bulletin.
This list of coincidences could be lengthened.
Both were friendly men, both were good citizens,
both were well liked in the community, Bend, that was so
long their home.
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Lett
to the Editor
fiive-Bombing Birds
To the Editor:
I have been reading the rnlumhs
in papers and the people's opinions
about the Aug. 10 atomic testing
in Nevada.
1st) Mr. Stenkamp feels sorry for
the Japanese and their fatalities.
Well Japanese didn't foci sorry for
our American boys in Pearl Har
bor In 1M1.
2nd) Mr. Stenkamp says the Rus
sians are testing their bombs on
their own soil without endangering
anyone. Mr. Stenkamp forgot some
thing, that Russia is holding all
other nations under its claws.
Those people do not have a chance
to protest! ' .
How do I know? T came from
one of those countries. Russia
would like us to believe its propa
ganda. Maybe some Americans do,
but I do not believe
I was under thf Nazi and Com
munist too long. So I am vrry fa
miliar with their methods of treatment.
As to the other letter to the Kdi
lor with criticism toward Sf.
Dearborn, I agree about tjie way
the Communists could and do in
filtrate the various controlling so
ciety and religious organizations.
And I am 100 per cent back of
Sgt. Dearborn. He spent some time
in the service of our country and
through his training should know
what he is talking about.
Let's all take an inventory of
ourselves before we criticize our
country and those who. serve it.
As an American citizen It Is my
duly to defend America. I owe that
to my family, my country and the
rest of the free nations. Until there
is freedom for all, and until Rus
sia stops using its clonk and dag
ger methods it will be necessary
for the U.S. A to be prepared, and
as yet'the only weapon of fenr for
Russia to stop them from attacking ;
is the powerful atom bomb. j
God bless America!!! i
Sinceroly
Mrs. W. L. Ifrnsrn
Rend, Oregon,
Aug. 11. mi
MI'ST WV.AR SIIOFS
KVORA, Portugal (UP) The
d.iys of the "barefoot boy with
rheok of tan" are nurnhnred in the
districts of Evora and Portalegre.
After Sept. 1, people going bare
foot will fnce ponaltics of up to
two weeks in jail.
India Celebrates
Its Independence
NEW DELHI (UP)-India cele
brated its 10th Independence day
by carting away statues reminis
cent of British rule and releasing
some 15,000 convicts Irom civil
and military prisons.
For most Indians, the observ
ance also marked the 100th anni
versary ot the Indian mutiny,
which is now regarded here as this
country's "iirst war of independ
ence." The Mahasabha Party, an ortho
dox Hindu group, angrily boycot
ted the centennial celebration. Ma
hasabha leaders say it should have
been held May 10, date ol the
massacre at Meerut that touched
off the mutiny. .
Premier Jawaharlal Nehru, ig
noring technicalities, told a crowd
of 200,000 at a flag-raising cere
mony outside Delhi's historic Red
Fort that today Is a day of "spe
cial significance' in Indian his
tory. ....
Nehru declared that India
"wants friendship with all coun
tries" even Pakistan, with which
this country has been continually
nt odds during its 10 years of independence.
Nighthawks, considered by some to be heralds of au
tumn in the plateau country of Oregon, are on the wing
again.
Fact is, these interesting night birds have been
around since early June. But only recently have they be
come "noisy and nasal."
These are the birds that swoop from the sky on the
trail of insects in flight. As they plunge earthward, at
times from great heights, their wings make a strange
booming sound.
Their harsh screams add interest to their spectacu
lar plunges.
... For some undetermined reason, nighthawks frequent
ly confine their activities to the sky above cities. Possibly
this is due to the fact that human activity on the ground
keeps insects in the air the medium in which the night
hawks hunt.
- Incidentally the nighthawk is a thoroughly misnamed
Bird. It is not a hawk at all. It is a member of the bird
family called the goat sucker.
'JZ And, of course, it does not suck gnats.
But it is an interesting bird a dive bomber of the
twilight hours.
Quotable Quotes
I have never been a spy before. I don't know where I
found the courage to do it the first time, but believe me,
Xb tell the truth, I don't think I could do it again. Mov
ie .producer-composer Boris Morros, on his 12 years as an'
American counter-spy.
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Washington Merry -Go -Round
By DREW PEARSON
A ,
WASHINGTON As one who
has been called names by presi
dents, I suppose I should get sar
donic satisfaction from the fact
that President Eisenhower was
called a "lousy liar" by Congress
man Cleveland Bailey of West Vir
ginia. But I didn't. Name-calling
in American politics doesn't "pay.
However, the issue which caused
Congressman Bailey to pop off
namely aid to education is one
ot the most important in the na
tion, and if you know Congress
man Bailey's role in the battle
for better education, you can un
derstand why he lost his temper.
It so happens that Bailey has
been one of the most valiant and
faithful fighters for schools in the
entire history ot congress. For
seven years he has struggled to
pass a school bill. At the climax
of this struggle, just as the aid to
education bill was about to come
up for a vote, he saw the presi
dent do two things which the pub
lic didn't know about.
1. Ike called off his press con
ference the day before the school
bill vote so he would not have to
express an opinion on it.
2. The president also sup
pressed a vitally important report
urging federal aid to colleges just
before the school bill vote.
Many months earlier, the presi
dent had appointed a "committee
on education beyond the . high
school." Chairman of the commit
tee was a conservative Republi
can and J. P. Morgan director,
Devereux Josephs, chairman of
the New York Life Insurance. Com
pany. This is not exactly & com
munist organization and Mr. Jo
sephs is not unfriendly to the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce,
This Ike - appointed' committee
had finished a painstaking report
which was marked for public re
lease July 28 the Sunday before
the house was scheduled to vote on
school construction..
While the report "did not specifi
cally support the school construc
tion bill, it did make alarming
statements about our lagging edu
cation. It cited an . "unparalleled de
mand" by all Americans for better
and better education. .American
education, it said, has entered a
"revolutionary phase."
"Without realizing it, we have
become a society of students,"
said this report, headed by one of
the most conservative business
men in New York.
White House Suppression
Then, after outlining the tre
mendous need for education, the
committee appointed by Eisenhow
er proceeded to criticize the gov
ernment for failure to make
known the needs of aid for educa
tion. "We have been struck above all
else," said the president's commit
tee, "by the astounding lack of
accurate, consistent, and up-to-date
facts, and by how little this
nation knows about its educational
enterprise.'"
This report, which would have
helped to enlighten congress on
educational needs just before it
was to vote on the aid to educa
tion bill, was all ready for publica
tion July 28. Suddenly the presi
dent held it up. The report was
suppressed and the school-bul de
feated. After that,' the President an
nounced to the public that he had
done everything in his -power to
support the school bill. And after
that, Congressman Bailey of West
Virginia called him "a lousy liar."
Note 1 The report on educa
tion was later published by the
White House . Aug. 11, and while
the White House will doubtless
deny that publication was delayed,
they will send you a copy if you
write and ask for it.
Note 2 Baiey was not the
only one critical of Ike's stand on
the school bill. Vice President Nix
on himself made caustic, though
private comment regarding Eisen
hower's wishy-washy stand on both
school aid and the civil rights bills.
It was the first i ime Nixon has
been heard to use harsh words
about the president.
Probing Business
If you're a senator investigating
labor, or if you're a senator in
vestigating big business it makes
a lot of difference.
In order to investigate either
group after the senate convenes
every morning, you have to get
permission of the senate leader
ship, because senate committees
are not supposed to sit while the
senate is in session.
' Last week an interesting thing
happened when Sen.' Estes Kefau
ver was probing the high cost of
living and had Roy Blough, fast
talking head of U.S. Steel, on the
witness stand to ascertain why
U.S. Steel contributed to inflation
by boosting prices. Naturally, such
important testimony as U.S. Steel's
could not be concluded in a single
morning, so when the senate con-
Woman Fails
To Yield; to HST
KANSAS CITY,"Mo. (UP) Miss
Willie Mae Dunn of Kansas City
was given a ticket Wednesday for
failure to yield the right of way.
Police said the fact that the -person
who had the right of way was
former President Truman made no
difference.
Miss Dunn, 48, and Truman were
driving south when the woman's
car edged into the inner lane and
hooked the left front fender of her
car to the right rear bumper of
Truman's vehicle.
Truman was a bit late for a
lunch engagement, but otherwise
didn't seem disturbed. Neither
driver was hurt.
SPKEDS TO JAIL
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (UP)
Motorist Wayne Flickenger learned
the hard way that haste makes
waste. After being given a ticket
for speeding, Flickenger sped
away again. This time, he was
jailed.
vened at 12 noon, Kefauver asked
permission to meet in the after
noon. Senator Knowland of California,
the GOP leader, promptly object
ed. He had been tipped off by Sen.
Everett Dirksen, Republican o
Illinois, the member of Kefauver's
committee who asked helpful
questions of glib steel Mogul
Blough.
So the Kefauver committee prob
ing U.S. Steel's inflationary action
didn't meet 1hat afternoon. But
down the hall from Kefauver's
empty room, a jam-packed senate
rackets committee got permission
to continue its more popular job
of probing labor.
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