THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil. F. Brogan, Associatt Editor
William A. Yates, Managing Editor
Loren E. Dyer, Mechanical Supt.
An Independent Newspaper
Enttrad at Second Clau Matter, January 4, 1917, at the
Post Office at Bend, Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1879
4 The Bend Bulletin, Thursday, March 12, 1959
Looking pretfy silly
Oregon's Senate Committee on Natural Re
; sources made itself look pretty silly Tuesday.
The committee refused to recommend confirma
, tion of the appointment of L. C. Binford of Portland
to the State Water Resources Board, to take the place
of Judge Robert H. Foley of Bend.
Yet the same committee, not too long ago, voted
to confirm the appointment of Byron Brinton of Bak
er to the board.
Binford was one of the original members of the
board. He , served a three-year term, and then was
not re-appolnted by former Gov. Holmes because he
and Holmes didn't see eye-to-eye.
Yet fellow members of the board have said, pub
licly and privately, that Binford was the best-informed
and hardest-working member of the board. Most
of them have said at one time or another that Bin
ford was one of the most valuable members of the
group.
When Foley was appointed circuit judge a month
or so ago it was necessary for him to resign as a mem
ber of the board. This created the first vacancy to
arise since Gov. Mark Hatfield took office. Hatfield
Immediately appointed Binford to the unexpired
term of Foley.
The. appointment requires confirmation by the
state Senate. It was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources Andrew Naterlin of Newport,
chairman for consideration.
After a hearing Tuesday at which only one
witness opposed Binford the committee voted 4-3
not to recommend the confirmation.
As noted above, this makes the majority of the
committee look pretty silly, for at least four reasons:
First, all authorities in the field agree that Bin
ford's appointment is the best one which could be
made, in view of his past experience.
Second, the only witness to protest the appoint
ment was speaking in behalf of commercial fishing
Interests of the Oregon coast. This makes it appear
that the committee feels the interests of the com
mercial fishermen are more important than those of
any other group of water users in the state.
Third, Sen. Key of Milton-Freewater said the
committee should be careful not to approve the ap
pointment of anyone who represented special inter
ests. "Fourth, it is obvious from the nature of the vote
that the majority of the committee turned Binford
down an a purely partisan division.
This is perhaps the really unfortunate part of
the whole thing.
The Water Resources Board in time will be
known as probably our most important single state
board. Initial apppointments were made solely on
the basis of ability, and no partisan matters were
involved.
The first hint of politics came when former Gov.
Holmes began to pack the group with those of his
political viewpoints on the public-private power fight,
a hassle which the board had been able to avoid until
that time.
Now, if the committee is to reject, the appoint
ment of Binford on purely political grounds, as is the
case, it is obvious that members of the committee are
more interested in playing politics than they are in
looking out for the interests of the state as a whole
in the vital field of water resource management and
development.
It is true that Binford has been accused of being
prejudiced in favor of the hundreds of thousands
of Oregonians whose main interest in the state's
waters are in their recreation potential.
It is also true that members of the board who
served with Binford discounted this accusation us
being unfounded. -
But if the committee is so darned worried about
single-interest members of the board, where were
the members of the committee earlier in the session,
when they approved the nomination of Byron Brinton
to the board?
Brinton, publisher of a weekly newspaper at
Baker, has only one interest in water, and that very
localized. He has been known as an advocate of the
federal dam at Hells Canyon, which is his privilege.
But he has shown little or no activity in the water
resource field other than this interest, and certain
ly doesn't have the state-wide reputation or knowl
edge which is Binford's.
After voting to turn down the Binford appoint
ment the committee decided to hold another hearing
' sometime later in the session.
Unless members of the committee change their
. minds on their original vote or are prepared to do so,
they might as well call the matter to a halt at this
point.
After all, if you're going to look silly you might
as well only do so once, instead of repeating the per
t formance at a later date for the benefit of those who
didn't make the early show.
'You took the words right out of my mouth'
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike doesn't want to
fall in spending trap
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON Military brief
ing sessions at the White House
sometimes can bo boring. Mili
tary experts stand in front of
charts Willi pointers in hand and
rattle off long sets of figures. Sen
ators who are invited by the Pres
ident to attend, listen politely but
not always attentively.
Last week, as Allen Dulles,
brother of the ill secretary of
state, and head of Central Intel
ligence, gave the figures on Rus
sian military strength around
Berlin, there was no wool-gathering.
Congressional leaders were
alert and worried.
Against 175 total divisions in the
Red army, the United States has
a total 17 divisions. Against about
330,000 crack Soviet troops in
East Germany adjacent to Ber
lin, the United States has 222,000
men in West Germany, of which
75,000 are in fighting units. The
others are behind desks, engaged
in transport, supplies, training.
Allen Dulles did not go into de
tails regarding the strength of
American forces in Berlin. He did
not have to. Several of the con
gressional leaders who had come
to the White House are experts on
these figures.
Among them sat Carl Vinson
who owns a 1,000-acre farm out
side Millcdgeville, Ga., where the
state insane asylum is located.
When Congressman Vinson is at
home he is out working in his pen
nut and cotton fields. But in
Washington he concentrates on
the House Armed Services Com
mittee of which he is chairman.
Vinson came to Congress In
1914, the year the Kaiser declar
ed war on the Allies, and lie has
sat in Congress while the United
States got embroiled in two World
Wars plus another in Korea. He
doesn t want to see war come
again. Vinson listened carefully
as President Eisenhower solemn
ly declared that the possibility of
war over Berlin was very real,
that it couldn't bo taken lightly,
thero must bo no mismanage
ment by the Western powers.
However, tho President believed
war could be avoided it wo were
wise and steadfast.
, "Do you think, in view of this
danger," nsked tho venerable con
gressman from Georgia, "that
you aro wise in proceeding with
tho presently planned cuts in our
military forces?"
Tho President replied that he
had taken this into careful con
sideration, and that the presently
proposed military budget should
stand.
Senator Fulbright of Arkansas,
who when in the House of Repre
sentatives almost 20 years ago
first introduced the resolution
which led to the United Nations,
picked up the ball.
"Do you think it Is wise from a
psychological point of view," he
asked the President, "to cut our
forces just as we have told the
Russians we will not budge one
inch in Berlin?"
Fulbright called attention es
pecially to the fact that on June
30 the U.S. Army will be automa
tically reduced under the new
budget from its present size of
900,000 men.
Again the President said he had
considered this carefully, that he
did not want to alarm the Ameri
can people, that he was not going
to rush into partial mobilization
or the evacuation of Americans
from Berlin. Especially, he was
not going to fall into the Russian
trap and send the United States
into bankruptcy. That, he said, is
just what the Kremlin wants us
to do.
Several of the congressional
leaders had just read a Saturday
Evening Post article by the for
mer secretary of State, Dean Ach
eson, in which lie warned of the
seriousness of the Berlin crisis,
and expressed the belief that the
Russians would think twice about
precipitating a military showdown
if the United States was well
prepared.
Having this in mind, they ar
gued at some length with the
President, urging more advance
preparedness. But the President
stood his ground.
Note Shortly before tlie White
House meeting with congressional
leaders, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
had urged Ike to order a partial
mobilization of the Army and the
Air Force. They expressed the
view that the Soviet challenge to
Berlin is the gravest threat to
American security since the Kor
ean war and that war is a definite
possibility.
Ma'lbag
F. W., San Diego Gen. Joe
Swing, head of the immigration
service, did not use a government
plane on his recent hunting trip
to lower California. He took the
week off and drove into Mexico
with Paul Poss, regional immigra
tion commissioner at San Pedro
. . .Rugby Post No. 1011 of the
American Legion, Brooklyn
Many thanks for your generous
contribution to the Clinton school
house in Tennessee. Money still
continues to come in to help this
little school which was dynamited
last October. . .Mrs. Lawrence
Patterson, Largo, Fla. The As
sociated Press was in error in re
porting that Ike's government
subsidy payments had totaled $6,
000. The total is $9,000. Ike's farm
is divided into three parts for sub
sidy payments, and the AP ap
parently overlooked one part. The
fact that George Allen handled
the payments is not particularly
significant, inasmuch as Allen
has acted for the President in
many financial matters. They
Letters
Id Hm Editor
To the Editor:
There has been a steady flow
of new legislation on the House
floor for final voting this week.
In committee we tabled HB 446
which would have made it illegal
to carry a loaded gun in a car
during hunting season. Many let
ters and comments opposing this
bill were received from Des
chutes County.
During a busy schedule of com
mittees and hearings we are able
to work in a few visitations to
our state institutions. I was a
guest of the State prison parole
board this week and made a tour
of the prison with Fritz Kramer,
formerly of Bend. This institution
is certainly an asset to the state
and not a liability in any sense.
The parole board, of three men,
working on a voluntary basis, is
an example of public service at
its finest level. Their work load
is staggering. L. W. "Bud Mal-
lctt, James Richardson and
Charles Huggins make up the
board and have between them a
total of 21 years experience at
this important work.
The eight representatives from
Redmond, who paid a visit to Gov
ernor Hatfield this week to pub-
Higher utilities
tax is sought
SALEM (L'PI) The House
Taxation Committee Wednesday
night approved a bill which
would increase the tax on utility
companies.
The measure would lower the
utility company corporation ex
cise tax rate from 7 to 6 per
cent. But it would deny use of
the federal formula for computing
net income which would have the
effect of a tax increase.
It is estimated tlie bill would
increase taxes on utility compan
ies in Oregon by about one mil
lion dollars a year.
were, for instance, partners of
record in owning a Howard John
son restaurant in downtown Washington.
licize their wonderful Centennial
progress, certainly made a hit
with the legislature. Their cos
tumes and gold coins were an out
standing example of the leadership
being shown by Redmond in this
statewide celebration.
Centennially yours,
J. Pat Metke
Rep. 27th Dist.
Salem, Oregon,
March 11, 1959
New members
added by club
The Bend Golden Age Club sign
ed up nine new members at the
meeting Wednesday afternoon,
bringing the roll to 272. Meetings
are held every Wednesday after
noon at the National Guard Arm
ory. All senior citizens, 60 years
of age and older, are invited.
Yesterday plans were made for
a rummage sale to be held April
24 and 25.
Three women from the Eagles
Auxiliary provided musical enter
tainment. Mrs. William Edwards
was at tiie piano, and Mrs. W. E.
Condley played the electric gui
tar. They sang in a trio with Mrs.
Wilbur T. Sumpter.
At the club meeting next week,
refreshments will be provided by
members whose last names be
gin with the letters K, L and M.
Each member in the group is to
provide two dozen doughnuts.
PATSY AWARD COMPETITION
HOLLYWOO D(UPI) Award
winning performer Lassie will
compete with five other animal
actors Saturday for tlie annual
Patsy Award. The long haired
star was top dog last year in the
TV category.
1
THf ANSWER IS YES 1
i . i . .
pi Idef rientlli) frandi's Shm
ECONOMY 0f?U6S & '
THRIFT-WISE P2U6S
' OPEN PVISNINOS TIU. 9 !
Tlie Best Of Luck To AH The
CLASS "IT
TOURNAMENT TEAMS
Joseph High School
We Cordially Invite You To Stop In
And Try Our Delicious Foods.
SKYLINE
STEAK HOUSE
855 WALL ST.
Quotable quotes
I'm glad it happened over land. Three more hours
and I would have been out to sea. Pilot William Mul
len of Tourville, Tex., on Riving up his attempt to fly
a single-engine plane non-stop from California to
Rome when iep formed in his fuel lines over the Ap
palachian Mountains.
I'm looking forward to tlie parade (here. It cer
tainly will be different than in Ireland. We have only
a small parade. Catherine Kyrne, lady lord mayor
of Dublin, on her intention of attending the St. Pat
rick's day parade in New York,
. l iJMr'.m K4W mm t n A v mm m
if;fffififfSlA
Jefferson High School
BEST WISHES
To Tlie Class "B" Tournament Teams.
We Hope You Enjoy Your Visit In Bend.
"Your Friendly Family Pharmacy"
858 Wall Phent EV 2 2861
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
2 BIG DAYS
OF TERRIFIC
BARGAINS!
96 DRESSES
All Must Go!
$C13
Values to $22.95
NOW ONLY
5'
WINTER COATS
11 Only Left $1000
Regular $35.00 NOW
RAINCOATS
10-Only Left $1000
Regular $19.98 NOW 1
ANKLETS
Wool, Nylon, Angora
63'
Sizes 9-11
Reg. $1.00 .... NOW
O NYLON BRIEFS
O BESTF0RM BRAS
O BESTF0RM C0RSELETTES
White, Black, Red Sizes 5-6 7
Discontinued Styles Broken Sizes
Broken Sizes $10.00 Value
00
$1
ONLY 1
. i OFF
$C13
SWEATERS Dressy SKIRTS HOUSECOATS
All Wool Few Styles Failles Taffetas Felts Cotton Quilted
VALUES $CI3 VALUES $C 13 VALUES $Q13
TO $8.98 J TO $14.98 J TO $14.98 J
i PRICE ALL FABRICS & REMNANTS j PRICE!
WOOL JERSEY BLOUSES
Values to $8.98 NOW
$2"
GOWNS
Rayon Tricot By
Lorraine C 13
4 U
SIZES
S-M-L
JACKETS
All Wool, Corduroy, Blends
PRICED $03
TO CLEAR
BLOUSES
Cottons Broken Sizes
NOW 513
ONLY JL
juw w mi .jimiti i iiiiiii. mini
rtli nrlm-i. in,.,. an,,,
ALL SALES FINAL NO LAYAWAYS or PHONE CALLS
Th
937 WALL