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nnl llfwillfflT " I im:.r&- h HJsH if fZ III III 1:1 WATi; -M II I r 'Room service has defected, Fidel' THE BEND BULLETIN An Independent Newspaper 4 Friday, November 1 1, 1960 Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor Jack McDermott, Advertising Manager Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Lou M. Meyers, Circulation Manager Loren E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A. Yates, Managing Editor Glenn Cushman, Executive Editor and General Manager En tared m Second Clntf Minor. January HIT. at tho Poll Offloo at Bend. Oroion. under AM of March I. 1871. deUj eieept Sunday and eortalo nalkjirt by Tha Bond Ballotln, Inc. When one lists the GOP hopefuls, should Oregon's Mark Hatfield be included? Within a month after the Demo. cratic convention in 1956, when he missed by a hairlash of becoming the . vice presidential nominee, John Ken nedy had started his campaign for the presidency. That was four years ago. Kennedy's success practically In jures that no Democrat need to have presidential aspirations for at least eight years. Kennedy is young and healthy. There Is little doubt but that he will be the nominee again In four years. But for the Republicans, who are on the "outs," the situation is different. Which Republican, or Republicans will now start campaigning to win his party's top spot four years from now? And eight years from now? It is obvious that Nelson Rockefel ler was and Is a leading GOP conten der. He may be "the" leading contender-Many will say that Richard Nixon, at age 47, Isn't through. But we don't believe this. Nixon Is a political fatal ist. If he comes back for another try at Kennedy In four years, It will be a surprise. So this projects Rockefeller into the leading role. Many, Including this newspaper, thought that he should have been the Republican nominee this year. He wasn't, however, and he still has a long road filled with many stum tiling blocks before he can win the nomination in 19G4. Rocky's first major problem is get ting reelected as governor of New York In 1962. He may find this difficult, bas ed upon his failure to deliver New York to Nixon. If he loses, he may be out of politics. If he wins, of course, he will probably receive the GOP nomination by acclamation. Another potent factor In 1964 for Republicans will be Barry Goldwater. Goldwater has to be given consid eration. He is the spokesman for the large conservative segment of the par ty. And he has a substantial national following. If Rocky isn't the GOP nominee In 1964, Goldwater could easi ly be. We doubt if either will be able to unseat Kennedy in 1964. Of course, a war, especially a "police action" type war, could make the difference. Should the U.S. become involved in a shooting war during the next four years, it could be disastrous for the Democrats, as they well know. This would give the Republicans something even better than a "Hoover depression" to talk about. But let's say there Is no war, which of course, none of us expect. Kennedy as the incumbent, would have a built in advantage over any GOP nominee. If he performs well, and if times are reasonably good,' he should be able to get reelected. Well then we move up to 1968. And here we come a little closer to home. Many things could cut Rocky and or Goldwater down during the next eight years. Then, who would the Re publicans turn to? Mark Hatfield! We've broached this idea to some of our friends in both parties. Some think we're crazy. And some believe it might be possible. Of course, Hatfield has several hurdles to overcome in the next few years. And he could be sent to the side lines himself. But right now, among the Republicans we've seen in action, he should be considered as a "comer." And, in case readers think this newspaper is trying to run Hatfield for president, they are wrong. We're just doing some political projecting. It might or might not bo worthwhile. Hatfield has to cither run again for Governor In 1962, or face Wayne Morse. He must win to keep himself alive politically. And, he is a definite possibility as a vice-presidential candidate. There is also a possibility of a Rockefeller-Gold-water ticket. At this stage, by omitting Nixon, it seems that the top three Republicans nationally are Rockefeller, Goldwater and Hatfield. It may be in error to rank Hat field in the rarified air of major league politics. If this is based upon nolhing more than ability to get elected, he should be considered. Eight years is a long time awav. So is four years. Many tilings can hap- pen. Hut somebody, as did Kennedy, is probably already doing some ad vance planning. An answer to price fixing Public agencies requesting bids for supply contracts are being Increasingly bothered with the problem of identical bids. Identical bids from widely dispar ate companies are an almost sure sign of price-fixing agreements among the companies. The public agencies, how ever, can do nothing about it and so they hold drawings to determine which of the Identically bidding companies gets the cont'-act. The Bend City Commission In re cent years has had tills problem in awarding Its bid for asphalt supply. Every major oil company Bubmits an Identical bid. Now a purchasing officer for the city of Chicago comes up with his nns ' wer. He says pick one company at random, and gives it the contract year after year. After a while, this officer explains, the other companies get mad, and it's possible to Induce price-cutting com petition. Perhaps this should be tried In Bend. Humor from others He: "Darling, since I met you, I can't eat. I can't sleep, I enn't drink. She: "Why not?" WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Rockefeller got catcalls, jeers in his own state By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON Gov. Kelson Rockefeller got some jeers and catcalls in his home state while campaigning for Nixon, but took everything with a smile. Outside one suburban shopping center, a crowd of youngsters surrounded his car as big as the mob which threatened Vice President Nixon's car in Venezuela. While not vio lent, they were so anti-Nixon that a cop had to escort the governor of the state back to his limousine. More pleasant was a greeting given Rockefeller while shaking hands in a New York subway. "How does it feel to bo rich, governor?" asked one good-look- mg girl. "Fine," shot back Rockefeller, "how does it feel to be good- looking?" Bone Yard of Military Legislation Now that the election Is over, the nation can get back to one of the biggest problems it faces national defense and saving mon ey. With more than two-thirds of the budget going for military ap propriations, any real saving has got to come there. It so happens that a charming, quiet-spoken solon from Georgia, Sen. Dick Russell, has become one stumbling block to increased efficiency in military buying. It also happens that another Geor gian, not so quiet, but dedicated to military efficiency, Rep. Carl Vinson, is opposed to him. These two Georgians sit as chairmen of two vitally important committees, the House and Senata Armed Services Committees. Here are three chapters In the Inside story of how Uie taxpayers are losing money as a result of the Georgians' conflicting viewpoints. Chapter 1 Congressman Vin son of Georgia passed a bill through the House compelling the Defense Department to go back to competitive bidding on military contracts. Ever since the Korean war, the Pentagon has been "negotiating" contracts, us ually to certain preferred com panies, without competitive bid ding. But the Vinson bill quietly died In the committee of another Geor gian Dick Russell. He wouldn't let it out of his Armed Services Committee. Chapter 2 Congressman Vin son also put a law through the House last year to tighten the renegotiation of missile contracts. These contracts have been let on a negotiated or cost-plus basis to some of the biggest companies in the nation, and Vinson wanted the government to have more power to come back to the contracting companies, after the job was done, and collect excess profits. When the House passed this bill It went to the Senate where it died in the Senate Armed Services Committee. The other Georgian. Dick Russell, would not permit action. Chapter 3 Vinson also passed a bill which tightened up restric tions on influence peddling. It was a weak bill, and didn't go any where near as far as Congress man Eddie Hebcrt of New Or leans urged In ordor to prevent military officers, just retired from service, from coming back and getting contracts from their old buddies. However, the bill, weak as it was, went to the. bono yard of military legislation The Senate Armed Services Committee and died there. Senator Russell told Inquirers that it wasn't needed. Russell did not call on other sonators for a vote on those mea sures. Ha put his own word and judgment against that of another Georgian, long experienced in mil itary matters, and also against the votes of 437 members of the House of Representatives. Influence at Work Meanwhile, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, here is what has been happening. Mai. Tom Miller, a reserve of ficer, retired from active duty with the Air Force last Decem ber, and shortly thereafter went to work for Instruments for Indus try of Long Island, which manu factures important classified in struments used-by the Air Force. In his old job, Major Miller was assigned to air research and de velopment at Andrews AF base near Washington where he work ed on a secret project called QUC 12B. In his new job with Instruments for Industry, Miller is assigned to selling instruments to the A I r Force for tins samo project (JKv 128. When I talked to T. E. Hunter at Gentile AF base nt Wright Patterson Field, he acknowledged that Major Miller had been there representing Instruments for In dustry on procurement matters. "Have you looked into Air Force regulation 30-30 which forbids re cently retired officers from hand ling procurement matters on which they worked immediately before their retirement?" I asked. "No," replied Mr. Hunter, "that is handled bv those up above. When I called Major Miller he read me a letter of clearance he had received from Air Materiel Command stating that he could not handle "any type of nreotia- tion or litigation." Major Miller interpreted this to mean that he could handle procurement mat tors, and without passage- of the sell, he may be right Air Force regulation 30-30 ap pears to specify otherwise. It states: "When a person acquires or expands his professional know ledge in some particular field while in the eovernment he is en titled to use such professional knowledge in pursuing his liveli hood after he leaves government service, so long as he docs not within the two-year period speci fied by the statute (18 see USC 2-18) employ such knowledge in connection with a specific matter with which he became directly connected while in government service." h the lUStor, f"5 i To the Editor: KBND thanks Deschutes Coun ty Clerk, Mrs. Helen Dacey and her staff and we're confident The Bulletin and the Redmond Spokes man concur, for the planned as sistance in securing early election returns Tuesday night. Mrs. Dacey set up a system that made possible earlier returns for Central Oregonians than ever before. This was achieved even with the largest vote ever record ed in the county. Her thoughtiulness Is appre ciated. Sincerely, Frank H. Loggan Bend, Oregon, Nov. 9, 1960 To the Editor: Dr. Winter must not be too ob servant or he would have noticed the Elks All Star coaching job was a joint effort with Tom and Gale Davis, a very good coach from Redmond. Charles Lentz Bend, Oregon, Nov. 8, 1960 Fire protection district plans election .Dec. 5 The annual election of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection Dis trict No. 11 will be held Mon day, December 5, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Pine Forest Grange Hall. All rural fire protection dis tricts in the state will be hold ing their elections on that same date. The Deschutes county district will be electing a director for a five-year term. Kenneth Johnson is retiring from the board. Hold over directors are Al Cook, Art Sholes, Oscar Ketcham and John Stenkamp. Nominating petitions may be ob tained from Stenkamp at the Uni ted States National Bank in Bend. The petitions must be signed by at least 13 voters of the district, and must be filed with Stenkamp, secretary of the board, at least 15 days prior to the date of the election. Argentina feels industrial growing pains By Jamet R. Whelen UPI Staff Writer BUENOS AIRES (UPI)-Argen-tina, like many another country of the modern world, is feeling in dustrial growing pains. A recent study showed that by 1967, the country will need half a million new skilled workers, but J the schools at present rates will turn out less than hall that num ber. Hand In hand with that shortage goes the critical lack of techni cians and engineers. The two could seriously cripple the country's effort to industrial ize, symbolized by a recently opened $600 million steel mill, booming oil production (up 33 per cent in the past year), clans to I expand the nation's road net- work, mushrooming petro-chemi-! cal industries, and motor vehicle ' production. Government Earmarks Fundi In greater Buenos Aires alone, for instance, there are at present 260,000 skilled industrial workers and only 23,000 students in the technical and vocational schools. This year, the government has earmarked 160 million pesos (about $1.93 million) in the educa tion budget for vocational schools, but this is less than two per cent of the overall education budget and only one-tenth of what the state-run railroads alone are ex pected to lose this year. Another part of the problem is awakening student interest in jobs in the mechanical field such as auto mechanics, tool and die work, draftsmen. The same study showed that in the province of Buenos Aires, 8,146 students were preparing for "white collar" jobs as secretaries, bookeepers, etc., while the 28 vocational schools combined enrolled only 10,264 stu dents. Engineers Leave Country On the professional level, the shortage of engineers has been worsened by an outflux of scarce "brains" to such countries as the United States, Mexico and Canada. The shortage is especially acute in the petroleum and electronics atomic energy fields. In almost every case, the en gineers give the same general reasons: Higher pay, better facil ities and greater chance for recog nition of their work outside the country. Two men have led the battle to check this trend: The country's only living Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Bernard Houssay, and Dr. Risieri Frondizi, brother of the president and rector of the Na tional University of Buenos Aires. Both have repeatedly called at tention to the problem and pointed up the dangers in it for Argentina. MAYORS SELECTED SEASIDE (UPD-Voters elect ed Maurice Pysher as mayor of this coastal resort city. Dr. T. Rex Baldwin was elected mayor of Gearhart. 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IttlMla LIFE Over 200 take part Sunday in 4-H achievement program A crowd of over 200 participated Sunday in the 4-H Club's Bend Area Achievement Day Program, at the Pine Forest Grange hall. Singled out for special recogni tion as county medal winners in the national awards program were Carta Sather and Corinne Mellolt in clothing; Una Beth Weatfall ai bread; Rose Ann Curtis in lead ership; Karen Gettmann in safe ty; Ann Westfall in achievement; Jerry Allison, Colleena Connolly and Jane UnderhiU in food prep aration; and Nancy Ketteridge and Mary Jo Summers in style revue. The Dad Potter award in senior horsemanship went to Ruth Hau gen. Rose Ann Curtis and Karen Gett mann received Empire Builders pins. Checks were presented for State Fair participation in the Kerr Special contest to Corinne Mellott, and for style revue to Rose Ann Curtis and Joyce Williams. The Perky Planters garden club was awarded a county certificate for its safety program. Club members with the longest records of participation were: Kristine Hansen, eleven years; Jackie Jo Dick and Robert Walk er, ten years; and Rose Ann Cur tis, Ann Westfall, Joyce Williams and Barbara Hansen, nine years. Leaders with the longest rec ords of participation were Mrs. Marion Prichard, 17 years; Mrs. Edna Mae Kribs, 14 years; and Mrs. Letha Huettl, 12 years. Junior leaders, assistants to adults, also received awards. Re ceiving recognition for their years in this work were Kristine Han sen, 6 years; Jackie Jo Dick, S years; Ann and Una Beth Wost fall, 4 years; Karen Gettmann, 3 years; and Corinne Mellott, An nette Heden, Carla Sather and Da- APPROVAL GIVEN PORTLAND (UPI) Measures to put county employes under civil service wero approved by voters in Clackamas, Columbia, Marlon, Polk and Washington counties. vid Cook, one year. Representing Die Oregon Bank ers' Association, which furnishes the membership awards, and help ing to make the awards, were Roger Skeen of the First National Bank, and Al Cook of the U.S. Na tional Bank. Laiij iii the program clothing and knitting club members ap peared in a style revue, with Una Beth Westfall as commentator and Jane UnderhiU playing back ground music. Other 4-H members assisting with the program were Karen Gettmann. mistress of ceremon ies; Carla. Sather and Sharon Wachter, song leaders; and Corin ne Mellott, who led the pledges. Refreshments were provided by the Tall Pines and Glen Vista ex tension units. ... ,- rV' uiixire ... vi . it. fa 1 4 axt m. turn ia M i ICOHOMY0RU0 ciH l All DAY LoVjG V . i ."ANYTIME?", Mnari EMERGENCY 1 I ,9we-- B3n E Qp COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC DE LUXE PERCOLATOR r MHice o piidc nr nriiPinno pnrccr iu r. uiuiiirp w IliHItLO O UUIO Ul UUIWUUO UUf lU. 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