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THE BEND BULLETIN
4 Tuesday, January 9, 1962 An Independent Newspaper
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The sleeping dogs are waking up, and
there's need for discussion on college
During the last couple of years, It
seems to us, there has been a theory
that changes in the structure and op
eration of Central Oregon College
should be discussed quietly, among
those persons really interested. This
would result, it possibly was felt, in a
small but well - informed electorate
which could be called upon whenever
poll support for the institution was
needed.
Now, of course, the need is pres
ent Voters of a sprawling district will
vote at the end of this month on the
formation of a broader district for the
Institution. They also will choose mem
bers of a board of directors to manage
the affairs of the institution.
(The Bulletin ordinarily makes
recommendations on every issue and
candidate which are put before the
voters in this area. Since the editor is
a candidate for one of the spots on the
board, this paper will depart from its
established custom In the current in
stance. It will make no recommenda
tions as between the various candidates
for the board.)
As a result of the practice of keep
ing discussion Involved to a relatively
few persons, sort of a "let the sleeping
dogs lie" philosophy, there are rela
tively few informed voters on the col
lege matter. Others will need to spend
some time and effort to catch up on
the whole business between now and
January 30.
Central Oregon College has been
in existence, under auspices of the
Bend school district, for twelve years.
The district, the student body, and in
later years the state of Oregon, have
contributed to its support. No extra
charge has been made in the past for
students who reside outside the local
school district, even though the num
ber has been a substantial one.
Who attends classes at COC?
Your friends and neighbors, and
their children, that's who. In most
cases they are there for one of a half
dozen reasons. These are:
1. The able student who, because
of finances, family responsibilities, or
a lack of maturity, wants to attend
college close to home.
2. The student who wants more
training for semi - professional and
skilled work.
3. The student who wants to start
on his higher education before he
knows exactly where he intends to wind
up.
4. The part-time student who
wants to take a course or two for gen
eral improvement.
5. The student who hasn't done
too well in high school, finds college
enrollment a problem, but who has
the ability to do good work.
6. The student who wants only
two years of education beyond the
high school.
These six classes cover a lot of
people. Their education has cost them
money students pay, in tuition, about
a third of the cost of operating the
school and has cost the district a
good sum over the years.
With the enlarged program of
state aid now available, Bend district
costs have been drastically reduced,
. and now run slightly over two mills
on your tax bill, about the amount it
Is estimated the new district will seek
if it is formed.
Poor news handling not lack of training
The president of the Radio Tele
vision News Directors Association has
bitten the hand that feeds him and
the members of his trade group. He's
attacked, in an article in a professional
journal, the standards of radio and tele
vision newscasting.
What shook Dick Cheverton up
was a long drive, from Grand Rapids,
Mich., to Washington, D. C. During the
drive he kept his car radio on, and
spent much of his time listening to
newscasts. What he heard apparently
really got under his skin.
Anyone who drives, or flies In a
light plane, alone much of the time
has the same feeling, one suspects. The
only reason Cheverton is newly aware
of the situation is that he just made
his trip; for the first time he heard the
sorry state of what radio stations, par
ticularly small stations, call their news
programming.
Most of the content is from two
sources. A great deal of it, Including
many "special programs" for which
Joe's illness not the only reason
sponsors pay good money, Is torn di
rectly from the news printers of the
wire services. Much of the balance is
clipped and read word-for-word from
a local newspaper.
(One man, now prominent in the
Industry and winner of some of its
highest awards, was known as "the
voice of the Spokesman-Review," the
Spokane newspaper, in his college
days.)
Cheverton feels it's because schools
and colleges are inadequately staffed
and equipped to teach electronic jour
nalism that he heard such poor jobs.
But we think he's wrong. Too of
ten it's because stations won't hire peo
ple with any news training. Most news
casters are paid more for their ability
to sell time than they are for their
knowledge of news. On top of that, sta
tion managers won't pay for time spent
in gathering or writing news, not with
that news ticker and local newspaper
so handy.
The sudden Illness of the Presi
dent's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, has
been given as the reason for the can
cellation of the scheduled trip to India
and Pakistan by Mrs. John F. Kennedy.
But, diplomacy being what Is it,
that isn't the only reason.
It would have been a diplomatic
boner of the first water to send the
President's wife to India shortly after
the peace loving Messrs. Nehru and
Menon Invaded territory of a friendly
power.
In a couple of months the trip may
be made without being considered a
tacit -approval of India's recent actions.
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By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON As the sec
ond session of the 87th Congress
opens, President Kennedy has
made the same decision Harry
Truman and Franklin Roosevelt
made but later changed to
scratch Congress on the back.
Truman, once a senator from
Missouri, figured he could get
along with Congress. His prede
cessor, FDR, had secured the co
operation of Congress during his
first four years, but after that
clobbered Congress over the head.
Truman thought he could do
better. He knew and understood
his colleagues on Capitol Hill,
tried to win their favor. At the
end of his first term, however,
he found Congress impossible, re
versed his tactics, ran for re-elec
tion by harpooning and belabor
ing the evils of the 80th Congress.
Ho won lust as the President
can almost always win by going
over the head of Congress to the
American people.
JFK, also an ex-senator, has
tried the same let's-work-togeth-
er-boys tactics. All during h 1 s
first year in office he went out of
his way to defer to Congress. He
figured he knew how to get the co
operation of his old colleagues. He
still thinks this way.
Congress gave him a certain
amount of cooperation on his pro
gram last year but clobbered him
on some of the most important
measures. He had to make con
cessions and pull potent wires to
get foreign aid ok'd.
He will have a tougher time this
year, but still figures that back
scratching will be more effective
than pants-kicking.
Sooner or later, however, he s
certain to do what every Presi
dent in this century has done
kick Congress in the teeth. His
predecessors found that the pub
lic likes the spectacle of one lone
man in the White House doing
battle with 500 solons on Capitol
Hill. Their sporting Instinct sides
with the lone battler.
Time and JFK
Behind the scenes, Time Maga
zine caused quite a stir in the
White House last week.
President Kennedy, who is more
philosophical than his staff about
press criticism, got a bit irked
when Time Magazine came out
with its cover story on "Man of
the Year."
What happened was that the
Italian painter, Pietro Annigoni,
was given parts of three days In
the white House inner sanctum to
do the Time cover portrait of the
President and then turned up with
a dissipated likeness of Kennedy
that showed him with droopy eyes
and a necktie askew.
Actually the President is clear-
eyed and extremely well dressed.
First word on the unflattering
portrait came when a friendly
Time reporter tipped off Kenneth
O'Donnell, appointment secretary
of the President. O'Donnell called
Kennedy in Palm Beach a few
days before the magazine appear
ed on the newsstands, and later
the first available copy was rush
ed to the President.
He had already read the origi
nal piece about him, written by
Time reporter Hugh Sidney, which
was favorable. The final version
as it appeared in print had been
pepped up in New York with
some barbs and thistles. JFK
dropped a remark about Time's
political bias, and let it go at
that.
Those close to President Ken
nedy are not too happy about his
quick helicopter and plane flights
he has taken in borderline weath
er. They believe the President of
the United States should exercise
a little more caution in getting
around the country.
So far there have been no acci
dents, but there have been some
close calls.
One of the worst occurred In
Venezuela during a series of four
helicopter hops between Caracas
and a g a r i a n - housing projects
which JFK helped dedicate.
Real fact was that although the
headlines featured the possibility
of an attack from hostile crowds,
similar to that against Nixon, the
President was in much greater
danger during one leg of his travel.
The incident occurred after
luncheon at the beautiful Hotel
Maracay on the trip back to Car
acas. Luncheon had been delayed,
and the presidential party did not
get off until mid-afternoon.
Meanwhile a rainstorm had
come up, clouds were low, and
the President's helicopter had to
make an emergency landing on a
highway. Other helicopters ac
companying him also landed on
the highway and auto traffic was
immediately stopped.
The President stepped out of his
copter for a minute or two, while
the pilot communicated with the
weather tower. After about six
minutes word came that the
weather around Caracas was
passable. The President proceed
ed. It was Just barely passable,
however, and the copter just man
aged to make it between clouds
and rainstorms. It was not a trip
that a pilot likes to take with a
man upon whose life the free
world depends.
Postscript
Attention, Postmaster General
Day: Check on the Christmas
cards sent out by Congressman
John Roussclot of San Gabriel,
Calif.
Roussclot Is the right-wing con
gressman who belongs to the se
cret John Birch Society and is al
ways clamoring for government
economy. However, you will find
that Roussclot let the taxpayers
pay for his Christmas friendship
by mailing out his Christmas
greetings under the franking priv
ilege at the taxpayers' expense.
According to Post Office regula
tions this is against the law.
LettBrs the Ed:tr
Clerk
s receive
wage increases
SPOKANE (UPI) Some 180
members of the retail Clerks Un
ion in Northern Idaho, Washing
ton and Oregon will receive $12.40
weekly wage increases under
terms of a new three-year con
tract Jack Hamilton, union official,
said the contract with Associated
Industries of the Inland Empire
had been ratified by store clerks
in Lewiston, Sandpoint, Oldtown,
Moscow, and St. Maries, in Ida
ho: and in Walla Walla, Colfax,
Pullman and Grand Coulee,
Wash., and Milton - Freewater,
Ore.
The new contract replaces In
dividual contracts in each city
and is retroactive to date of con
tract expiration, ranging from
last August to this month, Ham
ilton said.
The Bulletin welcome eontrlbtrtleiM
to tall column (ram lie readers. Let
leri must contain the correct onine
and oddreM of ttie tender, svtilt-b muv
be ellhlield at toe ncwspfiner-e dis
cretion, letters nuty be edited to con
form to the dictate of tula and strut.
Writers question need
of fallout shelters
To the Editor:
Once more we citizens of Bend,
Oregon, citizens of a democracy,
are faced with the issue (and im
plications) of Civil Defense. We
have been assured by some people
that fallout shelters and an ade
quate Civil Defense program will
afford us protection in time of
war. But what is the nature ot
this protection? How effective is
it? Such questions admit of no
comforting answers.
1) HOW EFFECTIVE CAN
FALLOUT SHELTERS BE? How
far under must we go? How long
will we have to stay in them?
How long can we stay in them?
Can we stay as long as we have
to? A 10-megaton bomb will
spread Its radiation over an area
5,000 square miles. Fire-storms,
consuming great amounts of oxy
gen, will be released. How will
shelters be ventilated without oxy
gen? How do we know only a 10
megaton bomb will be used? If
500 megaton bomb is used, how
far below the surface will we have
to go for security? What about
chemical and bacteriological war
fare? Can we be protected against
this latter in our shelters?
2) WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
(IF) WE COME UP? It seems
plausible that most of the crust of
the earth will be clotted and burn
ed; anything left standing will be
charred and skeletonized. There
will be no communications, no hos
pitals, no institutions to attend to
our need. According to a congres
sional committee on Civil Defense
(U.S. Congress, Subcommittee of
House Committee on Government
Operations, Civil Defense, 83:2,
April, May, 1958): If we lose most
of our homes, city structures. In
dustry and food system, our popu
lation would be saved only to die
of exposure and starvation. Ac
cording to Philip Wylie (Rotarlan,
Sept. 1960) who served FCDA with
both Presidents Truman and Ei
senhower, "Rains would bring in
creased loads of hot material onto
the land, and rains would wash it
down watersheds. Radioactive ele
ments would thus concentrate on
farms, in pastures, in rivers, and
in reservoirs. . .while the radio
activity in a fallout area might
soon decrease to a harmless
amount, the chain of life in that
same area would be concentrat
ing that residue, so that animals
and vegetables we eat would grow
'hotter' or fail to mature
wild fish and birds would vanish
in an annual series of ever-more-sterile
hatches. This last effect
the ecological result of H-war
means that a heavily H-bombed
nation would remain a death
chamber for man for decades."
Of this most people seem to
agree, that under no conceivable
circumstances could the Ameri
can system of democracy, free
private enterprise, and our heri
tage of humanism survive a ther
monuclear war. It seems right In
assuming a military dictatorship
will be necessary when we "come
up." Then, In going Into shelters,
if we are lucky, we lose every
thing but our skins. Is it worth it?
If Civil Defense is a way of de
fending democracy, and we lose
it in the process of defending it
. . .there seems to be a contra
diction here.
3) WHO ARE THE TARGETS?
District court
cases reported
Three more game law violation
racAc rrcnIHnt frnm arrests dur-
anu near-misses as wen as mm: jng (he specjal control season In
Some experts base their survival . the Alfalfa area have iit.
estimates for urban areas on the ; posed of m Deschutes county dis
assumption that urban targets i trjct court
We are assured here in Bend that
large urban areas are the prime
targets, but what about misses
may be missed and rural areas
(like Bend) will be struck.
4) ARE SHELTERS FOR
EVERYONE? In the southern
California area and Nevada, arm
ed militia men will be ready to
repulse survivors from Los Angel
es. Elsewhere we are advised to
equip our shelters with guns to
protect our families from surviv
ors and refugees from bombed
areas. Are we prepared to discard
our Judeo-Christian ethics? If we
survive will our consciences per
mit us to rest?
5) WHAT WILL BE THE NA
TURE AND NUMBER OF AT
TACKS? Many estimates for an
adequate Civil Defense are based
on a host of unknowns concerning
the nature of an attack or attacks.
This supposes that war will be
rational. But is any war ever ra
tional? 6) WHAT ABOUT OUTMODED
MEANS OF CIVIL DEFENSE?
The filter center so enthusiastical
ly manned in Bend is now office
space. The deeper we go, the big
ger the "enemy" can make his
weapons.
7) WHAT KIND OF COMMIT
MENTS POLITICAL, SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC - ARE NEC
ESSARY FOR AN ADEQUATE
CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM?
Are we capable of carrying them
out? Do we want to? Will we lose
our way of life in the process?
8) WHAT KIND OF PSYCHOL
OGICAL PRICE WILL WE HAVE
TO PAY? Will Civil Defense re
sult in a "give up" attitude?
9) WHAT IS THE TRUE PUR
POSE OF CIVIL DEFENSE? Ac
cording to Rogers Cannel, mana- pains (iust as a group of newly
ger of the Emergency Planning ; indoDendent colonies once did).
Research Center of the Stanford I This is a democratic organization
nesearcn insmuie, it is pan oi ; irl which all nations regardless of
our deterrent policy. That is, if we j their domestic situation, must par
go underground, the enemy will ticioate in a democratic frame-
be less likely to attack us, or do j work. What better way to push
anything "wrong" because his : the democratic cause, one of our
Two Portland men forfeited $30
bail apiece for hunting deer with
the aid of a motor vehicle.
Vernal C. Edwards and John
Joseph Abrew were arrested De
cember 31. final day of the sea
son, for hunting while riding on
the back of a vehicle. A third per
son was driving the car, the ar
resting officer said.
Judge Joe Thalhofer fined an
other Portlander $50 and costs
Monday for exceeding the bag
limit for deer.
Kenneth Elmer Simpson was ar
rested December 10, after shoot
ing two deer. When he was ap
prehended, he had turned one over
to his hunting companion, who had
put on a tag.
Arrested on a difference charge
involving animals, Frances Rob
inson, Summer Lake, was given a
suspended $50 fine last Friday for
abandonment of domestic ani
mals. Five-dollar costs were also
suspended.
Hearing planned
on fishing rules
PORTLAND (UPI) Oregon
sportsmen were advised today the
state Game Commission will hold
a public hearing here Friday at
its Portland office to discuss
sports fishing regulations for the
1962 season.
After publication of tentative
rules a second hearing will be
held Jan. 26 at which final regu
lations will be adopted.
chances of hurting us are less.
But couldn't this as well provoke
the "enemy" to make bigger and
more powerful weapons or attack
us before we have an adequate
detense program? Or, once we get
under couldn t this also incite
us to attack? Would this be con
sistent with our Judeo-Christian
heritage of morality? Wouldn't the
enemy" be fearful of this and
want to attack us before we could
attack him?
Robert B. Meyner, governor of
New Jersey, faced with the heavy
responsibility of deciding whether
or not to give fullest cooperation
to the federal Civil Defense pro
gram, could not in all conscience
do so. He states, "A careful study
of the probable nature of nuclear
war has convinced me that these
demands do not fit the facts.
There is only one way to assure
the survival of 180,000,000 Ameri
cans. We must have peace. Not
a cringing, cowardly 'peace at any
price, as destructive to the hu
man spirit as the most devastat
ing defeat; but a peace predicated
on strength, dignity and reason.
This is a dynamic peace for which
we must mobilize every resource
at our command. And to achieve it,
we must intensify the battle for
control of nuclear weapons by an
international agency." (Coronet,
June, 1960).
Such an agency does exist
the United Nations. True, this
agency is experiencing growing
basic resources, in the world to
day?
Mr. & Mrs. W. Speth
Bend, Oregon,
Jan. 8, 1962
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