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THE BEND BULLETIN
4 Tuesday, April 5, 1960 An Independent Newspaper
Phil F. BroBn, Atsociate Editor Jack McDermott, Advertising Manager
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Loo W. Meyers, Circulation Manager
Loren E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A. Yates, Managing Editor
Glenn Cushman, Executive Editor and General Manager
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It's well past time for union leaders
to take a long, hard, look at future
high. Each lost valuable reporters and
sub-editors. These highly-trained men
provided the editorial excellence that
renders have enjoyed over the years.
Printers, Storeotypers and Pressmen
can be trained to do at least an accept
able job In a reasonable period of time.
But you can't train a man (o inter
view a Supreme Court Justice in a few
short months.
This is the main problem the
newspapers face now. They must get
the front office manpower necessary
to produce a first-class metropolitan
news product.
There arc many reasons why
strikes occur. Some of them are the
fault of u management that for years
concedes needless points of feather
bedding while losing touch completely
with the men.
But generally, the continual grab
by unions for more of everything, nt a
time when newspaper profit margins
are dropping lower and lower, practic
ally forecasts these labor disputes.
It is well past time for nil news
paper union leaders to take a long,
hard look at the future.
The recent announcement that the
Oregon Journal would resume separate
publication April IS should convince
even the doubters that the Portland
newspaper strike Is over.
It's been a long, costly and un
necessary strike.
It was a strike that was years In
coming. And it will probably take years
for the Portland newspapers to regain
the excellence they enjoyed prior to
the strike.
Looking back, it's nlmost a cer
tainty that the unions, had they had
any Idea that both the Oregonian and
Journal could continue publication,
would have acted differently. But they
didn't.
Used to getting their way, and mil
itant In their demands, the unions fig
ured It wouldn't bo long before both
newspapers would accede once again.
It Is a tribute to the management of
both newspapers that they were able
to publish nt all.
The results are well known. The
unions have been beaten. The picketing
will probably continue, but this won't
stop either newspaper.
The price to the newspapers was
What are we defending against?
The armed services are always
good whipping boys for editorial writ
ers. The main reason Is that the Penta
gon boys are historically masters of
the bone head maneuver.
A good example of this comes from
the Willamette Valley, where the Air
Force last week called off construction
of the 55 million Camp Adair Bomarc
missile base.
James Welch, the unsullied man
aging editor of the Capital Journal, edi
torially takes the Air Force to task
for It's "astonishing ragout of short
sitedness and wastefulness" In dumping
the half-completed Bomarc site.
The thing that gripes Welch, and
us, Is that the Air Force got half way
through the 5 million project and then
dropped it. The Pentagon decided It
wouldn't work.
On top of that, work went on for
n full week after Congressman Walter
Norblad made the announcement that
the Air Force had abandoned the proj
ect. It took that long for the official
orders to arrive In Corvallis. Obviously,
says Welch, the whole business Is a
mite fragrant.
Now what will become of the
sprawling pile of steel nnd concrete
that remains?
Norblad thinks It would be a logi
cal site for another missile, the Minute
man. But if It doesn't, the 28 launching
pads In place don't have much civilian
use.
Says Welch,
"II was only a couple of years ago
that a lot ot expensive planning and gov
ernmental wheel-spinning ended in cancella
tion of the Woodburn nir base plans.
"And right on Us heols came this nbor.
tlvo Bomarc missllo project.
"Technological progress is moving at
the fastest pace in history.
"But the services should be able to
figure out what we are defending against,
so we'll know what to defend with.
"For if they don't and pretty soon
the nation's confidence in its military is
going to be lost."
To this, we say "Amen."
So the beats decide to go south
We see by United Press Interna
tional that the Beatniks are looking for
n "cooperative village" In Southern
California,
They want to set up what they
call a cultural center that is, a coffee
house.
Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, self-styled
king of the beats, announced to one
nnd all the quest was forced on the
Beatniks by the demise of their contro
versial Gas House Coffee House In the
Venice district of San Francisco.
"The police just let the vandals
run wild," said Big Daddy.
The vandals wrecked the building
the beats used as a hangout. And police
weren't much help, so the beats de
cided to migrate to the sunny south
land. But there Is hope for you folks In
Southern California who will have to
live with the boats. To quote from
William Cowper:
"How much a dunce that
has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has
been kept at home!"
WASHINGTON MERRY-60R0U&D
Kennedy believes religion
will balance but in election
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON During the
height of the Wisconsin primary
Sen. Jack Kennedy flew home for
an important Senato vote, and
next morning I dropped in at his
home for breakfast. Ho lives not
far from me in an old Colonial
Georgetown house on what some
of tho neighbors call "President
Row." Sen. Stuart Symington of
Missouri lives just down the
street.
A bright fire was burning In the
fireplace and the young man who
aspires to break the tradition
against a Catholic in the W h 1 1 e
House was sitting before it read
ing the newspapers. His daughter,
aged 2 and looking very much
like her mother was escorted
through tho hall at that moment
en route to breakfast. Though her
father tried to introduce us she
seemed completely uninterested
either In me or in her father's
raco for President.
During the course of tho next
two hours I asked Kennedy some
very blunt questions about his rec
ord, his family, his religion. He
answered with genuine frankness.
Our breakfast was not supposed
to be an interview. But later it
seemed to me that the conversa
tion might give important insight
into the thinking of a young man
who may become President, and
Senator Kennedy has now given
me permission to publish the high
lights of our talk.
"I have heard that you think I
am against you because of your
religion," I began the conversa
tion. "On the contrary I think it
would be healthy to break down
religious taboos and have a Cath
olic In the White House if he's
properly qualified.
"But not everyone shares that
point of view," I told Kennedy,
"and in my trips around the coun
try and in talking to political lend
ers I have come to the conclusion
that the fact that you are a Cath
olic would cost you about 12 per
cent of the vote."
"It may cost some votes," re
plied Kennedy, "but I think in the
balance I may gain as much as I
lose. In the final analysis the mat
ter will balance about even."
I recalled what Gov. David
Lawrence had told me about his
election as the first Catholic ever
to become governor of the indus
trail state of Pennsylvania and the
fact that his religion had cost him
100.000 votes.
"Dave read the New York
Times survey that said he was
going to win by 200,000," replied
Kennedy. "And because Dave did
not win by 200.000 he blames it on
the fact that he is a Catholic. But
tho fact is that Lawrence ran far
ahead of Governor Lender who
was running for the Senate. And
Leader Is a protcstant."
What About Father?
I turned to rather a delicate sub
ject, .lack's father, Joseph P.
Kennedy, onetime ambassador to
Great Britain, onetime admirer ot
and contributor to Sen. Joe Mc
Carthy, and one of tho 20 or so
wealthiest men in America.
"I confess to being skeptical
about your father's influence over
you," 1 said. This is a tough
statement to throw at a man who
has been close to his father, but
young Kennedy took it with good
humor.
"Well, father wants me to bo
President all right." he said. "He
tells everyone that I'm going to
be President. But as far as influ
encing me, 1 think my voting rec
ord in the Senate speaks for It
self. Ho and I have disagreed on
foreign policy nnd domestic is
sues for many years, but always
very amicably.
"What about reports that your
father poured money into the New
Hampshire primary?" asked Jack
Anderson, my associate.
"Father didn't spend a penny
in New Hampshire and my sup
porters spent only $15,000," Ken
nedy replied. "1 would have been
foolish to spend a lot of money in
New Hampshire even if I'd want
ed to. It's .1 small state and all
my friends were out bursting with
energy and working without any
money.
"I saw your column about the
money Nixon spent in New Hamp
shire how it was sent In from
out-of-state by the Pew family In
Pennsylvania," Kennedy contin
ued, "nnd I thought it was very
foolish of him.
"In Wisconsin I'm spending a
lot more," Kennedy volunteered.
"I'll probably spend around $120,
000. And Hubert will spend about
the same."
"How can you toll what Humph
rey is spending?" I asked.
"You know whnt the cost of bill
boards is and the cost of TV
spots, so you can pretty well add
up what your opponent is spend
ing." "How are you and Humphrey
getting along?" I asked. "Will you
still be friends after Wisconsin?"
"Oh, I think so. Wo have been
careful not to go after each other
personally. We have to be friends
afterward."
We went on to talk further
about Kennedy's aims, his farm
votes, and his cabinet if he geta
ii.to the White House all of
which will be covered In an early
column.
Macmlllan Go-Round
Prime Minister Macmillnn got
only half of what he wanted nt his
Camp David conference with
President Eisenhower. Macmillan
succeeded in getting Eisenhower
to loosen up his conditions for a
ban on nuclear tests. But he found
the President surprisingly tough
on Berlin. Ike wouldn't listen to
any proposal which would change
the right of allied troops to re
main in the city until all Germany
is unified. . .Macmillan complain
ed to aides that Germany's Chan
cellor Adenauer must have tough
ened Eisenhower when he visited
the White House three weeks ago.
Now tlie British must start their
missionary work all over to avert
a dangerous crisis over Berlin, the
British leader said. . .Macmillan
was optimistic, however, on the
prospects of reaching a nuclear
agreement with the Russians. He
is reported to have said: "In my
view, the logjam is burst if the
Russians are sincere. My feeling
Is that the Russians are not keen
on going on building bigger
bombs. Enough is enough when
it comes to blowing up the world.
They have as much interest as
we in keeping the atomic club
small.". . .He suggested that Rus
sia, Britain and America should
clear their own consciences be
fore lecturing France about atom
ic explosions. "We three have
blown up all this stuff that comes
down," he commented privately.
New satellite
implications
far reaching
By Phil Newsom
UPI Staff Writer
Two events of the last few days
provide grim support for a Unit
ed States warning that time is
running out on the world disarm
ament conference at Geneva.
And for all his bluster and his
renewal of threats against Berlin,
they must have given Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev food for
thought on his return to Moscow
from his visit to France.
One of these events was the
successful launching of the Unit
ed States' weather satellite which
on signal from its ground control
sends back pictures of the earth's
surface covering an area ranging
from 30 to 800 miles, with amaz
ing detail.
Implications Par-reaching
Tho other was the explosion,
even as Khrushchev was conclud
ing his talks with French Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle, of
France's second atomic device in
the Sahara Desert.
Both have far - reaching Im
plications in man's stumbling
search for survival In an atomic
age.
Military campaigns in the past
have succeeded or failed because
of weather.
And as science progresses in
its ability to make its satellites
perform upon command, that
much closer comes the ultimate
weapon the satellite with the
nuclear warhead.
Picturing Ultimate
It was this ultimate weapon
that Fredrick Eaton, chief U. S.
delegate to the Geneva Confer
ence, had in mind when he pro
posed international agreement
outlawing weapons In outer space
and the proper controls to sec
that the agreement was carried
out.
The Communists rejected
Eaton's argument that time was
running out.
But lust as France by its in
dependent effort brought the
membership in the atomic club
to four, so, unless international
agreement can be reached, even
tually there must be a fifth mem
ber and a sixth.
And as the deadliest weapons
that mankind has ever known
come into more and more hands,
the temptation to use them must
be increased accordingly,
Eaton was right. Time is run
ning out.
SO THEREI
COLUMBIA, S. C. (UPI) -Dr.
Julian Salley, irked by his wife's
bragging about the hole-in-one
she carded on tho eight hole of
the Forest Lako golf course last
week, went out this week and
shot a hole-ln-one on the same
green.
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VFW auxiliaries
hold installation
The Bend and Sisters posts and
auxiliaries of Veterans of Foreign
Wars held joint installation Satur
day night at the VFW Hall in
Bend. Lenard Seems and Mrs.
Charles Roley were installing of
ficers. Visitors were present from Dex
ter Fincher post and auxiliary in
Prineville. Mrs. Edna Face,
Prineville, was conductress, and
women from the Prineville auxil
iary acted as color bearers.
Glen Walker Is the new com
mander of the local post and Mrs.
Jack Dallas is the new auxiliary
president.
Other new officers of the post
are Carl Wheeler, senior vice
commander; Galen Gates, quart
ermaster; Ray Potter, chaplain;
Charles Harkness, surgeon; and
Glenn L. Brown, retiring com
mander, trustee for a three-yean
term.
Also Installed for the auxiliary
were Mrs. George McQuinn, sen
ior vice-president; Mrs. Carl
Wheeler, junior vice - president;
Mrs. Glenn Walker, secretary;
Mrs. Elmer Whipple, treasurer;
Mrs. Galen Gates, conductress:
and Mrs. Floyd Brandon, trustee
for a three-year term.
Mrs. William Hillard led group
singing, and musical numbers
were presented by two Bend
young people, Jeff Scott, trumpet
er, and Ruth Moore, pianist.
The installation was followed by
a potluck dinner and dancing.
BLAST KILLS LABORER
HACKENSACK, N.J. (UPI)
A leaking bottle of illegally-stored
propane gas exploded Friday In
the cellar of a union hall, killing
62-year-old Erwlne Davis and In
juring six other union members.
Authorities said the men were
waiting for the morning work
shape-up at the International
Union of Hod Carriers and La
borers hall when the explosion
occurred.
SAGEBRUSHINGS
Buds burst, leaves unfurl;
local thespians in a whirl
By lla S. Grant
Bulletin Staff Writer
The pipes of April call us some
thing lively in the spirit, when Na
ture, the tireless housekeeper, is
busy redecorating.
In April, doors long closed
against the blasts of winter are
flung open wide, and it's time for
the screen door, hanging from one
hinge since it lost a battle with
the wind, to be put back in com
mission. The lilac bushes are beginning
to unfurl their tight-wrapped flags
of green; birds make cooing noises
in the bare branches of the poplar
trees; kittens, soft as the velvet
buds on the ditch-willow, snooze
in a basket; mares in a field arch
their necks and strike a pose, like
women trying on Easter bonnets
before a mirror.
The dogs nose the soft earth ex
pectantly, listening for the under
ground activity of a rodent just
out of hibernation, or searching lor
the spot of a treasure long buried.
Women eye their slipcovers and
Priscilla curtains critically, and
start on the seasonal chores that
signal tho mass exodus of hus
bands and sons to the golf course
and the woods.
Children can't resist the urge to
go coatless, sweaterless, even
shoeless, in spite of the warnings
from mothers about spring colds
and cut feet.
Nature is casting off the weary
ing garments of winter, for April
is the lime of birth and beginning.
Frank Hemingway, popular Hol
lywood newscaster and brother of
Dr. Max Hemingway of Bend,
will be seen and heard in Bend
Community Players' production of
"Solid Gold Cadillac," Friday and
Saturday evenings In tlie Allen
School Auditorium.
In one scene of the play, Hem
ingway's picture will be flashed
on a screen, as lie reads a com
mentary on a news event around
which action In the hilarious com
edy Is centered. The dialogue was
taped in Hollywood.
Appearing in tho same manner
will be tw o local residents Kess
ler Cannon, assistant manager of
radio station KBN'D, and the re
porter who writes "Sngebrush
ings." Even Bend residents who live In
furnished rooms and wouldn't
know a petunia from an azalea
can have "green thumbs" by
proxy, if they wish to support the
lower basket project of the Pilot
Butte Garden Club.
The club, comprised enlirely of
men, won plaudits last summer
for the miniature gardens which
hung from light poles In down
town Bend. The activity was so
well received that many people
asked tho club members to take on
the project every summer.
Donations in the form of financ
ing for a single basket or a
whole flock of them are being
sought. There's no reason why
non - gardeners couldn't specify
where their baskets are to be
hung. Then they can point with
pride to their very own "gardens."
And they don't even have to pull
a weed or spray an aphid.
Johnnie Ray
incapacitated
NEW YORK (UPI) Singer
Johnnie Ray, 35, is suffering from
an active pulmonary infection
that will incapacitate him for an
indefinite period of time, it was
announced Monday.
Dr. Kenneth Chesky said tlie
singer would remain in Mount
Sinai Hospital for at least four
weeks for tests and treatment
and probably will complete his
convalescence at home.
Ray entered the hospital for ob
servation last week after his re
turn from a tour of England and
Puerto Rico.
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