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THE BEND BULLETIN
4 Tuesday, February 9, I960 An Independent Newspaper
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor Lou W. Meyers, Circulation Manager
William A. Yates, Managing Editor Loran E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Entered as fecond Class Matter, January 6, 1917, at the Post Office at Bend, Oregon, under
Act of March 3, 1879.
Clark Price's
if you know a
This week, as is his February habit,
Clark Price of the State Employment
Service dropped in to the office. It's
too bad lie felt he had to.
Price has a two-fold job. lie's sup
posed to administer the unemployment
compensation program here, and he's
supposed to find jobs for those who are
out of work.
This may sound as if the jobs are
widely separated. They aren't. And
that's what brought Price to this office.
Some 1130 persons in Central Ore
Ron are out of work, according to
Price's estimates. This might not sound
too bad when you consider that 1750
job-hunters were around a year ago.
Some persons, you say, are out of
work for good reason. They could not
hold down their last jobs. They can't
get along with fellow workmen. They
just moved Into the area. And so forth.
All of which is true.
Hooray for Ohio's Senator
U. S. Senator Stephen M. Young
(D., Ohio) stood up in Congress the
other day and took a few swipes at a
pretty lusty (politically speaking) op
ponent. Young whacked away at the
foolish and wasteful civil defense pro
gram. Senator Young was real unhappy,
too, as witness these quotes from his
trenchant remarks:
"The most obvious place to start Is with
our outmoded Office of Civil and Defense
Mobilization. We would have to look long
and hard to find nn agency In the Federal
bureaucracy that is more wasteful and In
efficient. About the most that ran be said
for it is that it pro ides a haven for defeat
ed politicians, niliavcrago planners, and
boondoggling bureaucrats.
"The two words that best descrilie our
civil dtfenso program are "mess" and
"myth."
"Any relationship between this agency
and a realistic civil defense program is
purely accidental. It is a!out as realistic as
Civil War cannonballs and the low and ar
row In this nuclear and space age.
"A billion dollars lias already gone
down the drain in wasteful spending by Fed
eral, State, and local governments on Civil '
Defense officials' salaries and worthless
projects. Perhaps Americans should be
thankful this total was not greater. The fact
Is that over $2 1 billion was requested by
Civil Defense authorities over the past 10
years.
"In return for their money, taxpayers
have received chaos and confusion $1 bil
lion worth ....
"It is the program on the national level,
supported by taxpayers' money that spawns
the growth of State and city organizations
and niils and nlvts wasting money.
"If we cut off the head of this outmoded
octopus here in Washington, its wasteful
satellites in Stale and local government
will soon wither away.
"During the last fiscal year, the Con
press wisely refused this agency $12 mil
I'on it requested or matching the person
nel and administrative expenses of State
nd local civil difensD organizations. The
112 million throwaway would have permit
ted the Ciul Defense Agency to pad Its
rolls with an additional 4 eon unnecessary
paid tKTsinnel in city halls and county
courthouses tlirougluut Amirica.
'Otr cars are
road's
annual pitch makes sense;
job opening, give him a call
But it still doesn't detract from the
dreadful human waste that is unem
ployment. It still doesn't make it any
easier for a family to buy groceries on
the shortened version of the paycheck
the state passes out each week to those
out of work.
Price has a problem. Some people
don't deserve the weekly checks. Others
do. The only ones who should continue
to draw them are those for whom no
work is available.
But unless employers, or potential
employers, list their job openings with
the employment service, Price lias no
way of knowing what work is available.
This has the double result of keeping
workmen on the assistance rolls longer
than necessary, and keeping men out
of work longer than necessary.
If you have a job available, any
kind of job, call Price.
"I note that this year's budget contains
a request for the same appropriation. It
would be folly to throw open tho public
trough to an agency with such an in
exhaustible thirst ....
"On all levels our civil defense pre
paredness is a myth. When tho sirens blow
at 1215 p.m. each Monday in Cleveland,
and at ojjior times in other cities across
the Nation, they seem to ask, "What earth
ly good is civil defense as it is now being
practiced?" No one seems to know whether
he should run, hide, or both, or just go to
the nearest cocktail bar. (
"Mr. President, civil defense is a matter
entirely for the Armed Forces. Defense
of civilians, in event this Nation should
be involved in a nuclear war with the Soviet
I'nion, is, in fact, a most important factor
In the Nation's defense.
"Immediately, in event of a surprise
attack or a declaration of war, the Com
mander in Chief the President of the
United Slates would declare a national
emergency; the Armed Forces would take
over as they should and political hacks,
haslieens, and other paid civil defense of
ficialscivilians with armbands would not
be permitted, to Interfere with the move
ment of our Armed Forces nor to direct
any important part of our national defense
effort.
"Paid civil defense officials have been
utterly useless up to this good hour In sit
uations of fires, floods, and havoc caused
by windstorms.
"Many Senators have served in the
Armed Forces of our country, and can
visualize what a hard-boiled Army sergeant
would have to say, In time of an emergency
and attack, if a civilian wearing an arm
band tried to interfere with the move
ment of our Armed Forces."
Senator Young may be unneces
sarily harsh on the CD program. But,
again, he may just be realistic. Paid
CD organizations have fallen down pret
ty badly in non-military emergencies
in the past (witness the Sacramento
Valley Christmastime floods of a few
short years ago).
The type of warfare of which basic
organization of civil defense Is predi
cated Is a thing of the past. Perhaps
the whole paid CD program should be
come a thing of the past, too.
greaf, but the
getting worse
Young
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Dulles' testimony refutes
Ike's rosy reassurances
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON - What many
Senators didn't know about Allen
Dulles's closed-door missile testi
mony was that the Chief of Cen
tral Intelligence had privately re
quested the opportunity to appear
before the Senate Preparedness
Committee. Dulles was so alarm
ed at the tranquilizing testimony
of Secretary of Defense Gates who
said there was no real need to
worry about Russian missiles that
he Immediately asked to be heard.
What he told the Senators was
anything but tranquilizing.
President Eisenhower, hearing
about this, promptly sent f o i
Dulles's testimony. As he read it,
the blood rose on the back of his
neck. Intimates described his re
action as the biggest explosion
since nuclear tests were suspend
ed. If Dulles hadn't been the
brother of the late Secretary of
State and a public servant who
served under both Democrats and
Republicans he might have been
fired.
For he gave the Senators bleak
intelligence figures which not only
completely refuted Secretary
Gates, but also the rosy reassur
ances which Ike himself has been
giving the public.
The Chilling Facts
Here are the chilling figures
Dulles presented which the Amer
ican people are entitled to know:
By midyear 1960 the Russians
should have between 40 and 45
intercontinental missiles ready to
fire. The United States will have
20 operational Atlas missiles and
as the Russians already know,
these will be sticking up like sore
thumbs at Vandenberg Air Force
base where they could all be de
stroyed by one bomb.
By mid-1961, Russia should have
between 200 and 300 combat-ready
ICBM's. The United States will
have only 50 Atlas and 10 Titan
missiles.
By mid-1962, Dulles expects the
Russians to have between 500
and 800 missiles capable of reach
ing any American target.
Dulles added that Soviet mis
siles appear to be even more ac
curate and reliable than our own.
Of 25 intercontinental missiles
tested in the last 10 months, Cen
tral Intelligence detected only one
failure.
Dulles' figures support Gen.
Tom Power's warning that Rus
sia will have enough Interconti
nental missiles by 1962 to wipe
out our own retaliatory force. De
spite this mathematical edge, the
National Security Council has
concluded that it would still be
too risky for Russia to count upon
a missile broadside's destroying
America's power to strike back.
This is what Secretary of Defense
Gates meant when he said his
optimistic outlook is based upon
Russian "intent."
Only bright spot in Dulles' se
cret testimony was his report that
the United States should start
catching up with Russia in mis
sile power when our Minuteman
missiles start coming off the
production line in 1963. The Na
tional Intelligence estimate Indi
cates the United Slates finally
should surpass Russia in missile
strength by late 1964. But this as
sumes that Moscow will be con
tent to continue its present sched
ule. Note Vice President Nixon,
alarmed over the effect a mis
sile lag mag have on his election
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chances, has been studying the se
cret testimony and conferring
with Republican members of the
Senate and House Armed Services
Committees.
A hundred students demonstrat
ing in front of the White House
were carrying signs with such
legends as "we're for peace is
Walter?"
Two midwest congressmen
walking by looked at the placards
with astonishment.
"Good heavens, what's Reuther
done now?" asked one of them.
"Whatever it is," replied the
othe-, "he's had it coming to
him."
They went on their way not
knowing that the pickets were
really denouncing Hep. Francis
Walter, head of tho House com
mittee on un-American activities.
Absent Elder Statesman
One of the ironies of last week's
voting on the aid-to-educaticn bill
was that one of its authors, Sen.
Jim Murray of Montana, wasn't
around to vote for the bill which
he has pushed for some years.
The 84-year-old Democrat was
resting in Puerto Rico. If he had
been present the tie vote on the
crucial Clark amendment, which
was in essence the Murray-Met-calf
bill, would have been broken.
This brings up a problem which
confronts many older senators
with great careers. They aren't
always willing to step aside in fa
vor of younger men. Sen. Theo
dora Francis Green of Rhode Is
land is an exception. Last year
ha stepped down as chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee in favor of young Bill
Fulbright of Arkansas. And this
year Green has announced his re
tirement from politics.
Jim Murray has had an equally
great career. He is one of the ear
liest new deal senators, having
been elected one year after Roose
velt entered the While House, re
placing prosecutor-Senator Tom
Walsh, who unearthed the scan
dal of Teapot Dome.
Of late, Murray has not been in
good health, is increasingly ab
sent from the Senate. He comes
up for re-election this year, but
hasn't let it be known definitely
whether he will step aside in fa
vor of a younger man. This makes
it difficult for his friend and co
author of the education bill, Con
gressman Lee Metcalf, to enter
the race for senator.
Not so considerate is Congress
man Le Roy Anderson, also a
Democrat, who has announced for
Murray's place. A retried major
general, Anderson has incurred
the ire of Montana farmers by
applying for and getting a grand
total of $216,730 from tlia Agri
culture Department for three
years of soil bank and crop sup
port participation.
Mac responding
to treatment
NEW YORK (UPI) - Gen.
Douglas MacArthur is respond
ing favorably to treatment of a
urological disorder and has been
walking around his hospital suite,
it was reported Monday.
MacArthur, 80, was hospitalized
Jan. 29 in serious condition caused
by a urinary blockage from an
enlarged prostate. Tests show
MacArthur' condition has im
proved. more than imagination and
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To the Editor:
Since the arrest of a young man
for stealing a small package of
cookies from a local grocer, there
have been others who have been
apprehended for drunken driving,
reckless driving, possession of
liquor and of stealing gasoline.
Was the penalty they paid as
great as his?
It makes a difference who we
are. He was willing to work and
had asked several, perhaps even
the local grocer if there was any
thing, just anything he could do.
There was nothing.
At the welfare office and at the
police station was help offered
when he asked?
The fund given by the Catholic
Church and held in trust at the
police station is for any member
who is destitute and he was a
member, but the fund was neither
mentioned nor used.
What next! There wasn t a
crumb of food in the cupboard,
Neither was there, the day before.
During the weeks in the city
jail he was allowed out to shovel
snow. After being released was
he given a bus ticket to get home,
or was the money needed for the
upkeep of the city?
Juvenile delinquency thrives on
neglect. What we need desperate
ly is the desire and the concern
to understand.
D. M. Lowe, ,
Bend, Oregon,
Feb. 8, 1959
To the Editor:
I would like to thank the Bend
Ski Patrol for the efficient way
they took care of my daughter
Janet Beal. When she twisted her
leg skiing, they were there in a
matter of minutes and she was
sent into the hospital with boards
in place to keep the leg comfort
able and in position.
For non-skiing parents with ski
ing children the Bend Ski Patrol
gives a feeling of security we oth
erwise wouldn't have. ,
Eleanor Beal
Bend, Oregon,
Feb. 8, 1960
To the Editor:
The 1960 Mothers March In
Bend netted the New March of
Dimes $1393.50. This is the largest
amount ever collected in Bend by
the Mothers March.
Too many people cooperated in
the success of this years Mothers
March to thank all individually.
May I use the facilities of the
Bend Bulletin to express my per
sonal thanks and appreciation to
all who helped Including your pa
per, the local radio stations, the
thirteen team captains, the so
licitors and all the people in Bend
who gave so generously.
Mrs. Keith Shepard,
Mothers March Chair
man Bend. Oregon,
Feb. 8, 1960
EDEN WINS POINT
LONDON (UPI) Sir Anthony
Eden obtained permission from
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
to use official documents for his
memoirs. Parliament was told
Thursday.
"Nothing irregular happened in
this respect," Home Secretary
R. A. Butler said. There had
been criticism of Eden' access
to the records since he no longer
has a government position.
progressive manship his
SAGEBRUSHINGS
Phil Brogan's writings
equal to over 60 volumes
By Ha S. Grant
Bulletin Staff Writer
Newspaper writers, with their
daily columns, articles and fea
tures, may well produce in a life
time the equivalent of a fair
sized library.
I got to thinking about this be
cause of a release that came to
this desk about Peter Day, editor
of the national Episcopal weekly,
"The Living Church," who has
just produced his first book,
"Saints on Main Street," after
24 years of magazine writing.
His output in editorials, articles
and a weekly column over this
period he estimated at 1,200,000
words, the equivalent of 4,320 book
pages, or 30 average length vol
umes. That sounds pretty impressive,
and it is, to be sure. But take
Phil Brogan, long-time member of
The Bulletin staff, who recently
finished his first book, one on
Central Oregon history.
I asked Phil to compile some
comparative figures, just for
kicks. And this is what he came
Mikoyan assures
Ike of warm
USSR welcome
HAVANA (UPI)-Soviet Deputy
Premier Anastas Mikoyan has as
sured U.S. authorities here that
an "enthusiastic welcome" is
awaiting President Elsenhower
when he visits Russia later this
year.
Mikoyan and U.S. Charge d-Af-faires
Daniel Braddock who is
running the embassy here in the
absence of Ambassador Philip W.
Bonsai toasted each other in
daiquiri cocktails at a "white
house" reception here Monday
night.
The Russian leader also drank
the traditional Cuban cocktail
with Premier Fidel Castro, when
he arrived at the reception nearly
an hour and a half late.
Informed sources said Mikoyan
will go to eastern Cuba today on
a trip that may take him to Cas
tro's former hideout in the Maes
tra Mountains. It was possible,
however, that Mikoyan would get
no farther than a cooperative
farm in the Maestra foothills, the
sources said.
Mikoyan himself told UPI that
"I'm going somewhere, but I can't
say where."
Authoritative sources said the
Soviet official will be back in Ha
vana in time to appear on a tele
vision interview show at 10 p.m.
Thursday.
Wo Wish To Announce
The Sale Of
Polly's Coffee Shop
to
Jim & Mario Riley
Who have renamed it
CORNER SNACK
Thank To Our Many Cus
tomer and we with every
success to Jim and Marie.
Earl & Lorraine Frazea
creed and accuracy his law. As
up with. '
On a fairly "slack" day (yes
terday i which would certainly be
a conservative estimate of aver
aae production, Phil's output in
Tl'.e Bulletin amounted to about
I 11C10 words. That makes 10,980
! words in a week; 670,960 in a year,
and 24.3ri.520 in the 37 years he
i has been with The Bulletin.
This estimate, it should be point
ed out, does not include Phil's
writings on geology, history and
other subjects which have appear
ed in publications other than The
Bulletin. For years, Phil ha
written a weekly column on geo
logy for The Oregonian.
Using the same measuring slick
as that applied to the writings of
the man in the release, Phil's
written words for Tho Bulletin
would be equal to 9,313 book
pages, or about 60'i average
length volumes. Quite a library,
indeed.
Phil, bv the way, is starting
work on his second book one
! about geology, a subject on whicj
i he is a recognized authority.
' The book on history, started
i last year, came first, for a very
; good' reason. The year 1959. as
everyone in these parts certainly
knows, marked the loom birthday
of Oregon's statehood.
The first book, tentatively en
titled "The Wandering Wagons,"
is due for publication later this
year.
It has been reported that the
pregnant rabbit, being shuffled
from one Jaycee member to an
other in a membership contest,
has succumbed to an Illness.
(Pregnancy is not an illness; it
is a normal condition. The bunny
is pregnant and ill.)
The expectant mother, by the
way, was presented to Dr. Wil
liam D. Guyer at the last Jaycee
meeting.
Veterinary medicine Is not ex
actly a bone specialist's forte. But
Dr. Guyer is "doing his best" to
save the rabbit, it is reported.
Judge D. L. (Penny) Penhol
low's favorite story is the one
about the old preacher who cried
"barrels and barrels" of tears
over the exaggerations of his con
gregation. tfirM fm
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