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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Dean Rusk has taken back secretary of state reins 'Put 'er there, pal' THE BEND BULLETIN 4 Thursday, April 5, 1962 An Independent Newspaper Phil F. Brogan, Aisociat Editor Jack McDermott, Advertising Manager Glenn Cuthman, General Manager Lou W. Meyers, Circulation Manager Loren E. Oyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A Yates, Managing Editor Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher EnUrad Itoctxu) Claia Mailer. January . 1917. at Ui Puac OMct at bond, oresun. unaer Act ol Marcl) t, 1X79. Pub- dally Meant Sunday and ctrtaln huimaya Dy in. uanu uullaun. inc. Ralph Budd's death at 75 takes another empire builder from the railroad scene Here Is a bit of news that apparent ly did not reach this part of Oregon from California: Ralph Budd Is dead. The name possibly means little to the present generation, or to new ar rivals In Central Oregon. But this was not true in the distant days when two great railroad systems were engaged In an epochal battle in the Deschutes Gorge as they pushed toward Bend. Ralph Budd was chief engineer of one of the railroads, the Oregon Trunk. He became engineer for that line in 1909, shortly after the Battle of the Gorge had been joined. It was Budd who carried to completion the master ful strategy of the late John F. Stevens, Who, among other things, obtained for the North Line a strategic crossing of Crooked River. By obtaining that cross ing, the Oregon Trunk forced Its com petitor, the Union Pacific, to seek joint usership of the line from Metolius to Bend. Budd came to the Oregon scene from Central America, where he was chief engineer of the Panama Canal after 1906. In 1919, Budd became presi dent of the Great Northern. Among his many noted achievements was the con struction of the Great Northern's eight- mile tunnel in the Washington Cas cades. In more recent years Budd served as president of the Great Northern and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail way. Through the years, Ralph Budd was an occasional visitor to Bend. One of his hopes, while he was with the Great Northern, was that the Empire Builder would eventually operate through Central Oregon. From Bend, Budd visioned Great Northern passengers taking side trips into the scenic Cascades and drives south to Crater Lake, before reboard ing their trains at Klamath Falls. But Ralph Budd's dream never materialized. He died recently in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 75. Malheur move may be fore-runner In many states there are various types of charges made by landowners to hunters and fishermen. In California, the predominant organization is the small "Recreation Association" which sets fees and polices areas, most of them in the pheasant areas of the state. Cooperatively owned and managed, the associations have built community halls and swimming pools all over parts of California. Some have provided scholar ship funds; others have transported local bands to such functions as the Rose Parade in Pasadena. Now a similar scheme seems to bo cooking in Malheur county. It's being fun as a private business venture, but quite possibly will find it Impossible to continue in that manner as time goes on. A $50 fee will be charged pheasant hunters to hunt on the lands under con trol of the association. Of this, $30 will go to farmer members, and $20 will be used to run the association. The Vale area is one of the state's most popular pheasant hunting spots. If nothing else, a $50 charge will reduce hunting pressure in Malheur county. If the program is successful, hunters will find it growing elsewhere in the state. The $50 fee is pretty high, considering charges in similar hunting areas around the country. A more nominal foe would accomplish much of the same purposes for the association, without killing off the pheasant hunters who lay the gol den eggs in the Vale-Ontario section. Subdivisions and tax bilh There have been a rash of land pro motions within recent months on once low value land in Eastern Oregon. Deschutes, Crook, Lake and Harney counties must have 50 or so of them in progress at the present time. Some have been greeted with open arms. Landowners who have seen val ues skyrocket on poor grazing lands are understandably overjoyed. Many of those who foresee a burgeoning popu lation fondly imagine all the benefits which will accrue. Some county govern ments have budgeted pretty heavy development expenses for roads and the like, to help the promoters along. But In Harney county, at least, one development Is not viewed as an un mixed blessing by some county offi cials. This is a proposal to sell, mainly to residents of the Chicago area, a bunch of one-acre plots carved front some of (he county's less-prepossessing real estate. The sheriff and assessor first brought it up. They point out that tax es received from the land will not pay the costs of mailing the annual tax bills. Postage, supplies, and clerical work will eat up several times the county's revenue. This is also true In some instances in Deschutes County where officials figure it costs between 50 and 55 cents to send out a tax bill. A one acre plot on the desert, for example, would prob ably bring in less in taxes than the tax bill costs to send out. Harney county has had this ex perience before. Not too many years ago the Burns Times-Herald published one of the biggest legal notices we have ever seen, involving small parcels sold to Eastern residents in one of the area's earlier land booms. Most purchasers never saw the land they bought, and most of them let it go back to the county for taxes in a short time. The counties often receive no more than two or throe cents income per acre per year off some of this land. This won't even cover postage for the an nual tax bills. By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON - Dean Rusk has now become Secretary of State again. While he was in Ge neva attending the disarmament conference, the real Secretary of State was none other than John F. Kennedy. There was almost no detail JFK did not handle. He personally chccld on State Department staff work, conferred with State Department subordinates, made decisions on individual countries. He even got involved in State De partment personnel problems. Kennedy was also on the Trans- Atlantic telephone to President De Gaulle In Paris and Prime Min ister Macmillan in London which, however, is not unusual. He phones the heads of states in NATO countries, includit.g Chan cellor Adenauer, more than any other American President. In this case, he conferred with De Gaulle about the Algerian crisis. In addition, Kennedy was on the telephone to Rusk in Geneva on every important move and order ed him to wait in Geneva for the new Berlin proposal being readied by Foreign Minister Gromyko. It turned out to be a rehash of past proposals. The public didn t know It, but Kennedy also handled personally the demand of Chiang Kai-shek mat he be allowed to invade the Chinese mainland. With Chinese unrest increased by the food shortage, Chiang claimed the time was ripe. Kennedy considered this carefully, finally decided the risk of precipitating World War III was too great. Instead he or dered a close watch on Chiang to make sure he doesn't attempt an invasion without U.S. help. It was also the President who made the decision to call Ambas sador Everett Drumright hastily homo from Formosa before the State Department papers were published on past U.S.-Cluncse re lations. They are somewhat embarrassing. Kennedy also studied economic and political reports on every La tin - American country and even got into the act as to whether President Goulart of Brazil should address a joint session of Con gress. He also read the latest in telligence reports on the growing crisis in Iran and decided to bring the Shah to Washington for hurry-up visit to bolster the Shah's sagging rule. All in all it was a busy three weeks for JFK. Now that Secre tary Rusk is back. Kennedy is turning a little of the detail back to him. One Judge Salutes Another The highest judge of (lie land, Chief Justice Earl Warren, flew 3.000 miles across the United States this week to pay tribute to another judge, in this case a re tired California Superior Judge Peter J. Shields. Judge Shields is 100 years old today. He was born April 5, 182, just one year after the Civil War started. He has lived through the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and two World Wars. But ho continues to be a man who hopes for peace. He also continues to have his faculties, his sense of humor, and, most important of all, his liberal outlook on life. On every birth day, Judge Shields walks into the Del Prado restaurant in Sacra mento to lunch with George E. Johnson, another California liber al, to discuss politics and the st:ite of the nation. So Chief Justice Warren, a Re publican, is flying across tiio con tinent to help pay tribute to Judge Shields, Democrat, as the Univer sity of California names a park in the Judge's honor in commem oration of his founding of the agri cultural college of the university. Under the Dome Dynamic John Dingcll of De troit is the only congressman who has spoken out against the new natural gas advisory committee appointed by the Federal Power Commission. Dingell has been an alert consumer watchdog in the past. . .Congressman Dan Flood of Pennsylvania, author of the depressed areas bill, has been quietly needling the administra tion for more action to help the depressed areas. Dan thinks tilings have gone fairly well, but not fast enough. . .Congressman Wayne Hays of Ohio continues to be the No. 1 needier oi the ad ministration on foreign policy. He's friendly but at times also ferocious. He gets results. . . Three live-wire congressmen are running for the Senate this year: Dan Inouye, the Hawaiian hero who lost an arm in the famous "CioKor Brokc" charge of the 412nd Division in Italy; Sid Yates of Chicago, one of the most de termined battlers for small busi ness (running for the Senate in Illinois''; David King of Utah, son of a famous Utah senator. He will run for the Senate against GOP Senator Bennett. . .Wisconsin Congressman Robert Hasten mcier has put the controversial speech of Dr. Hans Bethe of Cor nell University in the Congres sional Record. Dr. Bethe. one o( the top atomic scientists in the ELECTROLUX AUTHORIZED SALES and SERVICE PHIL PHILBROOK EV 21252 1304 E. 3rd. Bend, Oregon USA, lays it on the line regard ing U.S.-Soviet atomic competi tion. . .Dick Boiling, the Kansas City congressman who was Sam Rayburn's private choice to be Speaker, isn't nursing any wounds following John McCormack's elec tion. Boiling is just as vigorous and effective as ever. . .Con gressman John B 1 a 1 1, i k. slow speaking Minnesotan, is one of the fastest movers in Congress when it comes to investigating highway scandals. Nothing gets by him . . .Charles Vanik, Cleveland con gressman, is one of the few who have tangled with former Secre tary of the Treasury George Humphrey. Most senators snied away from Humphrey, a power ful industrial solon, but not Vanik. Cuba beginning to act tough at Guantanamo GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (UPD Cuba has started acting tough around this sprawling U.S. naval base in recent weeks. But tiie Americans are not worried. In the view of Guantanamo's commander, Adm. Edward J. O'Donnell, there appears to be no immediate threat to the U.S. position. Nevertheless, a new look has sprung up outside the 24-mile-long fence that separates the base from the rest of Cuba. There are new Cuban troops, new roads, and even a "cactus curtain." The new soldiers are equipped with Belgian-made rifles and Rus sian steel helmets, a far cry from the ordinary militia men who up until recently had been on duty around Guantanamo Bay. Soldiers All Regulars All of the new men are regular soldiers. They number at ieast several hundred in the fence area. O'Donnell said there has been an enormous improvement in their quality, and described them as "well-disciplined, well-equipped." "The "cactus curtain" is aclu allz composed of the maya bush, a species of cactus. It is two to three feet tall, has pink-and green-tinged leaves and sharp needles. It grows more outward than up ward, and spreads about five yards or more from the seven-foot-high steel fence erected by tho U.S. Navy. Anyone wanting to climb in or out of the base would have to wade through the maya and suffer its sting. With out extremely heavy protective clothing, a person would not go very far. Cuban Troops Surly The new Cuban troops guard the northeast gate of the base, the main exit for the 3.200 Cubans who work at tho U.S. installation. The soldiers also are stationed at intervals along the fence. So are the U.S. Marines on the other side. In the past, the Cuban militia men often talked to the Marines. The new troops do not. "This gang is extremely surly," O'Donnell said. He added that their relationship with tho Ameri cans had been "quite correct." However, there have been a few minor incidents of Cubans throw ing stones at American guards, mostly at night. One Marine was reported to have been hit by a rock hurled over tho fence. But the Marines, O'Donnell said, have been instructed to pay no attention to his "kid stuff." One Marine sergeant described the Incidents this way: "They get restless, and when they get rest less they throw stones." OPPOSE WIRE TAPPING WASHINGTON (UPD The AFL-IO told tho Senate Judici ary Committee today that a pro posed bill to allow law officers to tap wires with court permission would bo putting "law enforce ment ahead of individual rights." Nasserism still political force in Syria areas By Phil Newsom Late last September in Munich, Germany, Abdullah Bitar raised his glass in a toast to the new government of Syria and went out to find a buyer for his restaurant. "The next time you see me," he told this correspondent, "it will be in Damascus. In Damascus, prior to Syria's 1958 union with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic, Abdullah Bitar had been a successful and prominent lawyer. Being a firm believer in private enterprise and having no taste for Nasser-style socialism, he left the country one jump ahead of politi cal arrest and became a restau rant owner in Munich. For his own sake, It Is to be hoped he still has the restaurant because private enterprise, which seemed on the way back in Syria last September, once more is in retreat. Nasser Still Strong Substance has been given to those who predicted last fall that the last of Nasserism had not been heard in Syria. Regardless of the outcome of the present turmoil in Syria ample evidence has been provided that the voice of Nasser still is strong. That a pro-Nasser revolt should break out in Aleppo, the point farthest from Cairo, is strong only geographically. For years it has been part of a Nasser stronghold which extends in a belt across the tip of Syria and northern Iraq. The abortive 1959 revolt against the Iraq regime of President Abdel Karim Kassem flew the Nasser flag and originated in Mosul, also in the north. Aleppo radio encouraged it with broad casts of false rebel victories. For the energetic merchants of Damascus, the events which led to the overthrow of Syria's civil ian government were bad news. Many were arrested along with government officials by the army officers leading the revolt. Future Prospects These things may be said: Another military government has been added to an already im posing list in the Middle East. Businesses and Industries na tionalized under Nasser and de nationalized by Syria's civilian government,-soon will be nation alized again. The trend toward closer rela tions with Iraq which started under the deposed government now probably will be reversed as the new government draws closer to Egypt. FREEDOM SCHOOL CLOSING SHENLEY, England (UPD -Britain's so-called "Freedom School" will close Friday for lack of funds. The school, founded 25 years ago, charged 5252 a term and allowed students to decide for themselves whether to attend class or stay in bed and per mitted them to smoke and dress as they liked. Letters to the Ed;tor "When men differ In opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage o being heard by the public." Benjamin Franklin. Crater Lake chair lift plan strongly opposed To the Editor: My views on this subject are extended from my feelings about a chair lift on Crater Lake. Can you remember your first trip to and glimpse of Crater Lake.' 1 can mine. Twas a long day with a horse team and buckboard from Fort Klamath on a winding dirt road through unspoiled, awe-in spiring primeval forest. My first glimpse of Crater Lake was almost overwhelming in its immense grandeur and beauty. I stood entranced, motionless for minutes, silently trying to com prehend what I was seeing. It was almost too wonderful to be real. Then I moved slowly to nearer viewpoints. Others have told me they were similarly impressed. I've walked down to the water's edge and back several times and viewed the lake from many an gles. But the magnitude of Crater Lake, its real penetrating beauty, is to be seen from the rim. There are about 40 miles of rim road from which, every little distance, one may get a new, soul-filling view. Try it. ("Parks are God's plantations where decorum and sanctity reign." Ralph Waldo Emerson.) The view, the whole surround ings at Crater Lake, as in Carls bad Caverns, or at Bok Tower when the carillons are played, should bring such reverence, thoughts of one's Creator and His wondrous works, that quiet, si lence, is demanded. At Bok Tow er, with a thousand or more peo ple waiting for, and listening to the carillons, a pin could almost be heard if dropped on the greens ward. A chair lift at Crater Lake would soon be a power-boat boost, a noisy boistrous crowd down and up, and then, and soon, just an other sputtering race track on an other polluted puddle. God-made Crater Lake has no comparable wonder and beauty. It belongs to the world to view, not a few powerboat friends to spoiL Let us pi eserve Crater Lake and other natural scenic beauty places. Let's keep Oregon's water and waterways, and air, unspoiled. We want no billboard alley highways, and no despoiled beau ty of Crater Lake. John E. Gnbble Medford, Oregon, April 4, 1962 Young School PTA thankful for aid To the Editor: We of the Young School Parent- Teacher's Club would like to ex tend our heartfelt thanks to the many Bend merchants whose con tributions helped to make our An nual Chili Feed a success. Because of their kindness, our sixth graders had an enjoyable and memorable Oregon trip. Our little school doesn t have the creature comforts of the city schools but it does boast of an energetic Parent-Teacher's Club that attemots to add a little extra fun to the curriculum. An extra special thanks goes to our verv kind and patient teacher- principal, Mrs. William Arm strong, who takes the chuoren on their trip, and in many other ways makes school more enjoy able. Young School PTC, Veva Dyer, Pres. Bend, Oregon, April 4, 1962 Debate bid hurled at Morse PORTLAND (UPI)-Dr. Harold Livingston, Corvallis. Wednesday night challenged Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., to a debate on constitutional government and economic stability. The condition is that Livingston wins the Republican nomination for U. S. Senate in May over hii five opponents. "If I win Uiis primary I shall demand that voters be given the opportunity to make their deci sion on the basis of two men who stand on the same platform fac ing the voters in every part of the state, answering questions, giving their philosophies backed by answers to the problems of today," Livingston said. Speaking to a Young Republi can rally at Portland State Col lege, Livingston, a speech profes sor at Oregon State University, said "this is democracy in action in the American way. Kennedy plans trip to Brazil WASHINGTON (UPD Presi dent Kennedy appeared today to be setting up a series of new ven tures in personal diplomacy for later this year, including a second major excursion into Latin Amer ica. Timed with conclusion of Bra zilian President Joao Goulart's visit to Washington, Kennedy Wednesday announced his inten tion to go to Brazil later in 1962. Tha White House said this was definite, that his wife, Jacqueline, would accompany him. It said the exact date would be worked out between the two governments. The President also plans to vis it Mexico in about three months, probably In early July. The Mexi can trip has been off-and-on since last fall, but White House officials now say Kennedy is set to go. Late last year, the President and his wife made a whirlwind tour of Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Colombia. Mrs. Kennedy re turned only last week from India, Pakistan and Great Britain. Announcement of the Brazilian trip followed a series of Kennedy Goulart meetings in which the two leaders reaffirmed their friendship and mutual determination to strengthen the inter-American system. fr . Slt ! THE ANSWER 13 YES sl fa friend Itj franJisStorea'; ECONOMY DRU6S 6-1 .THRIFT-WISE DKU5S1 i cm Vf NIN6 Till. 9 I NEWEST, NEATEST w&y to paint! i S3L Here, from Du Pont research, is a wonderful new way to paint! 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