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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1962)
Baby, it's cold Inside THE BEND BULLETIN 4 Tuesday, February 27, 1962 An Independent Newspaper Phil F. Brogan, Aitoclare Editor Jack MeDermott, Advertising Manager Gltnn Cuihman, Ganaral Manager Lou W. Meyers, Circulation Manager Loran I. Dyer, Machanlcal Suparintandant , William A. Yetei, Managing Editor Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publlthar Entered u Second Clui Matter, January a, 1917. at the Poet office at Bend, Ortm undtr Act of March L 187. pub Uihed dally except Sunday and certain holldaya by The Bend Bulletin. Inc. Labor's position in the Dammasch Hospital picketing does its cause no good at all For the second time In a few days, pickets have appeared around the Dammasch Hospital near Wilsonville. The hospital Is a state institution for care of the mentally ill. The pickets have effectively halted construction of a $250,000 multi-purpose building at the hospital. The pickets are on the Job under orders of the Oregon State AFL-CIO. They are protesting the use of convict labor from the Oregon State Peniten tiary, not on the multi-purpose building but on another building a greenhouse, which Is not even visible from the site of the multi-purpose building. So here we have a situation in which the sovereign state of Oregon orders one Job built with convict labor and gives a contract to a private con tractor for construction of still another Job, which just happens to bo nearby. Because the AFL-CIO doesn't like the use of convict labor on state jobs, it pickets the second job, effectively shut ting it down. The principle of keeping convicts busy on useful work they are qualified to perform, or can be trained to do, is too well established to need further lengthy amplification. Such work is ex tremely useful for two reasons first, it keeps convicts busy in useful tasks, and second, it reduces costs to the slate of the work which is performed. That is, the principle is well estab lished 1o everyone but the state AFL CIO organization, which, Incidentally, furnishes a pretty good portion of prison inmates from among its member ship. The action taken by the labor or ganization Is a pretty stupid one, if you take a close look at it. The avowed purpose is to save work on the green house for union members who are out of work. And this might be laudable, if no other considerations were present. But what of the men who held jobs on the other project, who are now thrown out of work, to join the ranks of the unemployed? What is the actual result of the picketing action? What it actually does, of course, is to throw more men out o'f work than would have been put to work had the greenhouse job been put out for bid and contract. The labor federation, by its own action, has thrown more men out of work than would have been employed on the job being done by the convicts. Two members of the state board of control, Howell Appling, the secre tary of state, and Howard Belton, the state treasurer, refused to back down when the pickets appeared. So Warden Gladden's guests will continue their work, while others will stay away from the job until the green house is finished. In a few weeks the convicts will go back to the prison, and the pickets will be withdrawn. Then the multi-purpose building will be finished, by men who have been taking a vaca tion because of the short-sightedness of their leadership. De Gaulle thinks he's in club President Charles de Gaulle's sur prise proposal for a four-power nuclear conference at the summit indicates that he now considers France a full member of the atomic club. It also suggests a degree of inter national cooperation not yet achieved in any previous conference and one which De Gaulle himself probably does not expect soon. Although it appeai-s that De Gaulle did not consult his Western allies before making his proposal, there appeared nothing in it with which either Wash ington or London could quarrel. Disarmament without nuclear agreement obviously is no disarmament at all. Equally, disarmament to be effec tive first must have inspection and con trols. And, finally, there is little point in discussing nuclear disarmament with nations who do not possess nuclear arms. It would, perhaps, be unfair to De Gaulle to suggest that his proposal primarily was designed to throw up a smokescreen against IS'ikita Khrush chev's plan for an lS-nation summit meeting to kick off next month's dis armament conference. But when ho suggests not only a nuclear test ban but also the destruc tion of existing nuclear weapons along vith their means of delivery, each step ilso to be accompanied by inspection, ;hen indeed lie is traveling in diplo matic outer space. In the nuclear test ban talks, the Russians have held that inspection only would be a cover-up for Western spying. Even in the presumably peaceful exploration of outer space, they have refused to disclose many of their find ings. Do Gaulle's plan extends consider ably beyond the destruction of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery. For the same pad from which launched an inter-continental ballistic missile also may be the launching site for peaceful exploration of space. This in turn would imply a vast joint effort under some kind of inter national supervision. The history of Soviet cooperation in the International field suggests no s u c h willingness, notwithstanding Khrushchev's latest proposal for coop eration in the space field. Therefore, when Do Gaulle framed his message to Khrushchev suggesting a nuclear conference, it would seem he had other things in mind. Uppermost In Do Gaulle's mind, as it is in Khrushchev's, is the future of Western Europe as it is aligned against the forces of communism. It is to Khrushchev's advantage to deal piecemeal with a Western Europe divided economically and militarily. It is to De Gaulle's advantage to maintain Western strength, to prevent the creep ing neutrality which Khrushchev seeks and to checkmate Soviet attempts to undermine West European security. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Commission choice was part of Chicago scandal By Draw Paarson WASHINGTON Buried in the dusty files of the archives build ing in Washington is an amazing record regarding Harold Wood ward of Chicago, Republican, nominated by the President to the Federal Power Commission. Eisenhower appointments to the Power Commission came in for criticism by this column because they favored the oil and gas in dustries which they are supposed to regulate. What these commis sioners decide affects the gas bills of millions of housewives, of industry, and millions of electric ity users. Kennedy also criticized Ike's appointments to the Federal Pow er Commission during the election campaign, and nas now appoint ed two excellent men, Joseph Swidler and Howard Morgan, plus one Texas oilman, Lawrence O'Connor, Jr. His fourth appointee, an Illin ois public utilities commissioner, was involved in one of the worst federal judicial scandals in Chi cago history. The dusty records In the ar chives building show that the House Judiciary Committee voted 15 to 5 to impeach his father, U.S. District Judge Charles Wood ward, for giving a lone list of bankruptcy cases to the law firm in which his son was employed and from which his son directly benefited. His son Harold, now nominated for the Federal Power Commis sion, had his salary jumpea irom $3,000 to $13,000 in one year. "Aiient to Plunder" In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Harold Woodward stated "that, of the bankruptcy business brought in by him, 60 per cent was turned over to the firm and he was to retain 40 per cent." This was the depression period under Hoover when business firms and banks were closing all over Chicago and bankruptcy fees came in in such volume a total of $225,889.89 that the senior partners of young Woodward's law firm, Loucks, Eckert, and Peterson, quarreled over them and the top partner got out. "Eckert," according to the dus- Ah, just rlghf amount of glue on U.S. stamps WASHINGTON (UPI) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has reached the opitome of suc cess" in putting just the right amount of glue on a postage stamp. The glue, however, will con tinue to taste like glue. These littlo known secrets were revealed to a House appropria tions subcommittee early this month. The testimony was re leased today. H. J. Holtzclaw, the bureau s director, told the congressmen that "I can say, without fear of contradiction, that the quality of Uio gum and the method by which it is being applied transcends any other period In the history of the bureau." Holtzclaw said It could not have been done before the atomic age. It took high-speed stamp presses with beta ray gauge equipment to make sure the stamp and the glue are just tho right width. Of course, Uiere are still some complaints. 'There are people who have a tendency to lick off too much of the gum," Holtzclaw informed the congressmen, ' and uien lind dtlll culty in nffixing a stamp to an envelope. But Holtzclaw was very tolerant "with the too much lick school." Ho said "that Is to be under stood." On tho other hand, the bureau is determined to keep the stamps as "nearly odorless and tasteless as possible." Tliis has not been easy. Holtz claw said the bureau received many, many suggestions to flavor the Rum. Maple synip and straw berry were two flavors preferred by postage lickers. rv .'Tit it?ri:iVv3 ' Sfcl - -j KOHOHY Wtuev rj 1 JOUG : " AJ.L-DAYLONG : irt'on EMERGENCY, lX&HfftTm stomps ly record of the Judiciary Com mittee, "claimed credit for the business that came in from Judge Woodward and charged himself with the salary and commissions of Harold Woodward (the Judge's son)." In other words, the man now appointed to the Federal Power Commission had a direct deal to profit from his father's judicial actions on the U.S. District Court. Asked about this by my assoc iate, Jack Anderson, Woodward said he had "repented", and that the Chicago Bar Association had cleared him. The House Judiciary Commit tee, however, did not clear him. It reported: ' our investigation discloses a condition in Chicago that amounts almost to criminal negligence. An apparent willing assent to the plundering and sacking of the Es tate Committee. . .An absolute, utter disregard for the rights of tne creditors. "Equity receiverships and bank ruptcy matters have degenerated into nothing more or less than a pure, simple racket," the Judici ary Committee found. "The testimony of Mr. Harold Woodward, son of Judge Wood ward," the committee continued, "shows that since his father was appointed to the federal bench he appeared in 31 bankruptcy cases and previous to that time had not appeared in bankruptcy cases." Woodward and tha Truth The record also shows that the new power commissioner did not tell the truth when testifying be fore the Judiciary Committee. He was asked: "You told your fath er about your increase in salary?" No, was the reply. "You did not tell him anything about that?" "Possibly afterward, but they were long afterward. I never dis cussed my intimate personal af fairs with my father." His father, however, testified Just the opposite. Asked about his son's employ ment, he replied: "I knew he was employed by that firm, first at a very modest salary, and later I knew his salary was increased, because at first he asked money from me. And later he told he his salary had been materially in creased." During the times they were increased you had knowledge of that?" the Judge was asked. "I had knowledge that they were very materially increased; yes," was the reply. Asked by this column about practicing law on the side while serving as Assistant Illinois Com merce Commissioner, Woodward admitted this was true, but said he had refused to accept any cases during that period. Wheth er he was telling the truth this time might be difficult to ascertain. Letters to the itor "Whan man differ In opinion, both aides ought equally to hava tha advantage of being heard by the public." Benjamin Franklin. Legislation termed 'blow to freedom' To the Editor: With only two dissenting votes, the Houso of Representatives in cluded a section in the postage rate bill, H.R. 7927, on which hear ings will shortly be held in the Senate. This section restricts the carriage of Communist political propaganda through the United States mails. I originally introduced this pro vision and was joined by 14 other members of Congress who had in troduced separate bills on the same subject. In order to clarify any misunderstanding about this provision, I am taking this oppor tunity to put the facts before you and your readers if you so desire. Now this section was included because the Post Office Depart ment continues to deliver Com munist politcal propaganda at the expense of the American taxpay er; at the same time, the Rus sians do not circulate our mater ial, and jam the Voice of America. The Post Office Department operates at a substantial deficit. Is it reasonable for us to add to this deficit by delivering Russian propaganda at a loss when our own magazine, Amerika, accord ing to the New York Times, Is not distributed in Russia in accord with an existing agreement to dis tribute but 50,000 copies per month. It is because of this situation that the following Section 12 was included in the Postage Revision Act of 1962 when it passed the House: "COMMUNIST POLITICAL PROPAGANDA" (a Section 505 of Title 39. Uni ted States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after the first sentence and before the sec ond sentence in Paragraph al thereof, the following sentence: 'In furtherance of this authority to counteract adverse usage of the mails and to reduce the domestic postal deficit, no international mail handling arrangement under which any postal rate, whether or not reciprocal, is established, shall permit the receipt, handling, transport, or delivery bv the Uni ted States Post Office Department thing like this to the Russians: of mail matter determined by the "When you permit tne tree ex Attorney General to be Commu- change of information in your nist political propaganda." county and live up to the terms (b) No United States postal rate I and intent of the Universal Postal established in this Act shall be I Union agreement, when you open available for the receint. hand- vour Dostal system and news- political propaganda, I could un derstand the concern which has been expressed in some quarters about the provision. But you will note that it says no such thing; it just says in effect that this ma terial can't be mailed in the loss categories within the U.S. mail system. It lets Americans read anvthing they wish from wherever it "might come: it just says we aren't going to be foolish enough to propagandize ourselves at our expense. Should we make it easy for the Russians to do this by opening up our full postal system to them, regardless of cost to the American taxpayer when re ciprocity is denied to us? This legislation strikes a real blow for freedom. It puts Ameri can negotiators in a position of strength. Now they can say some- ling, transportation, or delivery of man matter determined by the Attorney General of the United stands to American information, when you stop jamming the Voice of America, this legislation oar ed.' This is tho kind of language the Russians understand, and this is one reason why only two mem bers of the House voted against this provision, which had and hai widespread bipartisan support. Sincerely, Glenn Cunningham Member of Congress Washington. D.C. Feb. 25, 1962 4&atfa DRAPERIES Beaverton sets new bond vote BEAVERTON (UPI)-The Bea- verton School Board has set March 26 as the new date for the resubmission of a $2.7 million bond issue for two junior high schools. The new date was set after an attorney for the board said an error in the published notice for the March 12 election date was defective, making a new date mandatory. DROWNING REPORTED HOOD RIVER (UPD Fred L. Weber, 58, a maintenance man for Pacific Power & Light Co.. drowned Monday two miles above the Powerdale hydroelectric plant. fellow workers said he appar ently fell into swift water. There were no witnesses. Weber had lived here since 1954. He formerly worked for the company at Gari baldi, Ore. States to be Communist political I ring the American mail system to propaganda financed or sponsor-1 your propaganda can be review ed directly or indirectly by any Communist controlled govern ment." This section does not involve censorship, freedom of the press, or any other constitutional guar antee in any manner. It doesn't even prevent the distribution of Communist political propaganda within the United States: it just says that this material cannot be delivered within those categories of the United States mails which show a loss. Nothing in the fore going provision prevents mail car riage of this kind of matter at profitable fourth class rates or at the book rate to colleges and li braries and nothing prevents dis tribution outside the postal sys tem. Moreover, unless the N e w York Daily Worker is proven to be financed by a Communist con trolled government, under the above provision it can continue to be sent through the United States mails at low second-class rates. Since first-class mail, by law, can only be opened by search warrant Issued by a court of law. the se curity of this class of mail re mains as inviolate as ever. There is nothing vague about the provision. Other laws, particu larly the Foreign Agents Regis tration Act, define political pro paganda clearly. Various foreign J aid and tariff acts define Com munist controlled governments. Since the Attorney General ad- j ministers the Foreign Agents! Kegistration Act, he is the logical , officer to make a legal determi nation as to what is or is not Communist political propaganda. Obviously the Attorney General must act in accord with all the due process provisions of the Con stitution. And. most assuredly his executive decisions are subject to court appeal. There are ample constitutional safeguards in the measure. If Section 12 had said that no 'American could read Communist Beautl Pleat Is not a fab ric, it's a mechanical da vice to perfectly pleat your fabric. 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