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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1962)
a Wjo's matter, don'f you believe in fairy fales any more?! THE BEND, BULLETIN 4 Monday, May 21, 1962 An Independent Newspaper f hll Bregan, Associate Editor Jeck McDermott, Advertising Manager Cltnn Cushmen, General Manager Leu W. Meyers, Circulation Manager Leren E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A Yatei, Managing Editor Robert W. Chandler, Editor end Publisher rntererl Second Clase Mailer. January " 1917. at tha Foal Office at Bend. Oregon, under Act of March S, 1575. Pub lished dally except Sunday and certain holldaya by Tlie Bend Bulletin. Inc. Oldsters have a chance fo build a new political machine to outshadow Townsend The politics of medical care for the aging is building up another big politi cal pressure group in the United States from which more is likely to be heard rather than less. Anyone who remembers the Town send old age pension plan that bloomed In the 1930s will have some idea of what oldsters can do when organized. The old folks fell for it with a whoop of delight Headquarters was in Los Angeles. Great sums of money accumulated there. Contributors, few of them young, showered down with their $1 and $2 bills and an occasional $5. The plan held Its own national political conven tion in 1936 in the great Cleveland hall Just vacated by the Republicans, who had nominated Alf M. Landon for presi dent. When the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith ended his speech, which was an appeal for contributions, the old folks stormed the stage, filling hats and buckets with $1 and $2 bills. The Townsend old age pension plan was a major factor in persuading Congress to enact Social Security legis lation. That legislation disorganized but did not wholly quiet its bencfac tees. They kept the heat on Congress so that it has been customary since for Congress to regularly hike Social Se curity payments, usually in election years. All of that was nearly 30 years ago. The old folk have not had much if any organization or leadership since Dr. Townsend disappeared. The medicare dispute is changing that. Operating now in Washington at an address conveniently close to the U. S. Capitol where the medicare votes will be cast is the National Council of Senior Citizens. This organization rep resenting the oldsters is committed to the Kennedy administration plan for medicare through Social Security. Its political base could be enor mous. It could be as great, for example, as is the political base of organized labor. Given organization locally and nationally, the old folk could become a balance of power vote in many elec tions. In that role, the ciders could dic tate to political parties as organized labor or racial groups dictate. In 1955 there were in the United States just more than 14 million persons aged 65 years or more. In March of I960 this number had grown to 15.6 million. The Statistical Abstract of the United States says in 1959 there were in this country 236,818 physicians; 100,615 ' dentists; and a year before 460,000 registered nurses. The medical profession is well organized and better able than the larger numbers of the oldsters to get its story to the people. But the old folk have the adminis tration going for them in this political contest. Good name for future school in Bend In some future year, possibly not too distant, another grade school will be built In Bend west of the Deschutes. Naturally an appropriate name will be sought. Wyeth Grade School? That might be a good suggestion. Nathaniel Wyeth was the first white man, so far as his torians know, to visit the present site of Bend. With his trappers, he crossed the present Kenwood Grade School grounds late In 183 1, to spend a stormy Christmas In his tent a short distance up the Deschutes river. Awbrcy Grade School? That also would be a good name. Marshall Aw brey, Mexican war veteran, was pos sibly the first white man to consider Bend as a home site. In the 'seventies of the last century he made camp west of the Deschutes In Bend, near the Harmon playfield location of the pres ent. Then, when spring came, he plant ed a crop to raise some hay for his horses. The crop was frosted one bit terly cool May night and Awbrcy moved downstream to the present Turn alo area. But both Wyeth n Awbrcy have been honored with place names, Wyeth by a statPm on the railroad in the Col umbia gorge and Awbrcy by a Bend landmark, Awbrey Heights. Dossibly there are other names that should be considered by school men of the future in naming a westside grade school, but there is one now fresh In mind that should be carefully filed for consideration. It is the name of Nell Tifft Arm strong. She died in Bend this past week end, after long service to her commu nity. Mrs. Armstrong, then Nell Tifft, joined the Bend school system in dis tant 1919, fresh out of school and newly from the mid-west. For years she was principal for the Retd Grade School which, Incidentally, was also named for an early-day teacher, Ruth Rcid Overturf, now of Hood River. Mrs. Armstrong married, then re tired to raise her family. Later she served for a number of years as a di rector of the Bend school system, then stepped from the district board to re enter her chosen field, teaching. For some eight years she was a member of the staff of Kenwood Grade School, close to her home on Harmon Boule vard. Naming a school after a commu nity leader has precedents in Bend. In addition to Reid Grade School, another castside school was named for a direc tor and community lender. That school is Allen, named for the late Herbert K. Allen, assistant mana ger of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., at the time of his death. WASHIJSPSTCSSI MERRY- Fr&artrttn an tor Ms farm By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON Orville Free man stood in line at a reception commemorating the 100th anni versary of the founding of the Agriculture Department. A 100th birthday should be a happy occa sion, but this one was not. Twelve hours before, Freeman had fired his Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, the third member of his staff to get embroiled with a get-rich-quick Texan who had dispensed cash and clothes to in fluence people. Orville Freeman had come to Washington with a beautiful wife and high hopes of licking the toughest domestic problem con fronting the nation the farm surpluses. This did not mean that he was entirely naive. It is true that he had watched every man who tack led the agriculture problem in re cent years leave with his reputa- Vance named Army secretary NEW YORK (UPD-Cyrus R. Vance, 45, an attorney and World War II naval officer, Sunday was named secretary of the Army by Fresident Kennedy to succeed Elvis Stahr. Vance, general counsel of the Department of Defense in Wash ington, will take over June 30 when Stahr's resignation becomes effective. His appointment to the $22,000-a-year job is subject to Senate confirmation. He served on destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific during the war after entering the Navy in 1942. Ho was discharged in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant. Vance was born in Clarksburg, W. Va., and graduated from Yale Law School. Ho Is married to the former Grace Soane and has five children. The family lives in Washington. Serving in various government counsel positions, Vance from 1957 to 1960 was special counsel to the Senate preparedness investigating subcommittee of the armed serv ices committee. It was in this position that he first worked with the subcommittee's inquiry into the satellite and missile pro grams. Later he was counsel for hearings on the U.S. defense and space programs. Stahr resigned June 30 to Be come president of Indiana Univer sity. He was president of West Virginia University when he ac cepted the Army secretary post. There was speculation that he was quitting because of disagree ments with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Ken nedy over Army reorganization plans and development of the Army's Nike Zeus anti-missile missile. Weekly auction report issued Special to The Bulletin REDMOND Cattle sales Thursday at the Redmond Auc tion Yard totaled 289, compared to 461 head last week. Fifty-eight hogs and 14 sheep wore sold. At tlie earlier sale, 66 hogs and 36 slieop went through tlie ring. Only standard quality slaughter steers were offered, those going for 21.75-23.70; utility slaughter heifers, 19.30-20.25; commercial cows. 16.40-17.90; utility, 13.60-16.-10, and canner cutters, 11.80 14.30. Utility - commercial bulls sold for 19.50. Standard good veal calves brought 28 25; heavy killer calves, 24.50. Baby calves sold by Uie head, beef and beef mixed, 15- 57.50; Holsteins, 24-42.50, and oth er dairy types, 14-20. Good choice feeder steers, 500- 700 Its., brought 21.50-26.50; com mon-medium. 400-700 lbs., 19.10 23.50; good-choice heifers, 500-700 lbs., 24.40; common - medium, 400-700 lbs.. 18.10-21.75. Good - choice steer calves, 300 500 lbs., brought 28.25-28.50; com mon medium. 300-500 lbs., 22.10- 28.75; good choice heifer calves 300-500 lbs., 23.75-24.80; common' medium. 250-500 lbs., 21-25.80. No single stock cows were offered. Medium-good pairs brought 187.-50-222.50. U S. No. 1 and 2 market hogs, 180-220 lbs., went for 17.40-1920; U.S. No. 3. 16.70-17.10; sows, 12.- 90-16, and weaner pigs. 9.50-15 per head. Ewes and lambs went for 15-18 per pair. PLANS U.S. VISIT LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxem bourg (IT1 Grand Puclif.' Charlotte, tlie ruler of this tiny duchy, will visit the United St;itos this fall at President Kennedy's invitation, according to a court announcement here. GO-ROUND eager-beaver proposal tion In tatters. Henry Wallace, the seed expert from Iowa whose father had been Secretary of Ag riculture, had been branded a butcherer of little pigs. Charley Brannan had been scoffed at as a visionary who wanted a direct subsidy for agriculture. While Ezra Taft Benson got kicked in the seat of the pants by every farm organization every time he took a step in any direction or even when he just sat on his chair. Orville Freeman, therefore, was something of an optimist when he figured he could cut surpluses. He was not only an optimist but he had direct orders from JFK to cut the budget. Wooing Congress In Minnesota as governor, Free man had learned one thing you had to get along with your legis lature or else you got nowhere. So in Washington he set out to woo and understand the two agri culture committees of Congress and the powerful cotton, tobacco, wheat, feed grain, dairy, sugar, and peanut lobbies which influ ence them. A day or two after he took the oath as Secretary of Agriculture, Orville went up to see Allen El lender, tlie crusty senator from Louisiana, who rides herd on the Senate Agriculture Committee. He knocked on the door of a secret office near the roof of the Capitol Building. Come in, grumbled a gruff voice on the other side. The man behind that voice peer ed quizzically from behind his glasses. "So you're the new secretary of Agriculture," he grunted. "What's your program? "That s what I ve come to talk to you about," said Freeman, who had been one of the youngest gov ernors of Minnesota and looked even younger than he is. At the end of a long talk, the chairman of the Agriculture Com mittee grudgingly remarked; "Maybe you'll do." Since then. Freeman has gone out of his way to clear every ma jor appointment and every major policy with Ellender, and the sen ator from Louisiana has become his devoted friend. He has fought like a tiger for Freeman's farm bill, which he had never done for any other Secretary of Agricul ture. Applause From Congress Even when he doesn't agree, Ellender has fought When Free man urged a change in public law 480 regarding the sale of sur plus food abroad, the senator ar gued against it but finally said: "Son, if you want it that way, OK. I don't agree with you, but go ahead." Freeman has spent hours con ferring individually with every member of tlie potent House and Senate Agriculture Committees including Republicans even though he knew he couldn't get all their votes. And they have be come so laudatory of the new Secretary of Agriculture that when he arrived at the House Committee to present his farm bill, every man rose and applaud ed. This is unprecedented. Most agriculture committees have glowered and heckled. But Freeman, unattended by tlie customary battery of advi sers, has testified for hours ex plaining farm figures and policy. Congressmen who have studied farm problems for years, who considered him a city slicker, have been impressed. Thus, Freeman concentrated on what so many other secretaries neglected selling his program to Congress. He also took trip aft er trip across the USA selling his program to farm organizations. A man who is a salesman is seldom a good administrator, and Orville Freeman, whether good or bad, was not around much to ad ministrate. Furthermore, a man who woos Congress must give jobs to friends of congressmen, and they in turn do favors for other friends of congressmen. Long before Orville Freeman took office, the Department of Ag riculture had become one of the biggest political grab bags, with grain bins, warehouses, field agents scattered over the nation, in a position to make or unmake fortunes for big dealers. That's why tilings have blown up inside tlie Agriculture Depart ment. And that s whv Orville Freeman, as he stood in line to celebrate the 100th anniversary of tlie Agriculture Department, was not a happy man. Another column on troubles In side tlie Agriculture Department wul follow soon. RECORD PUFFER WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (UPD Jerry N. Stafford. 19. of Reed City. Mich., set a new U.S. col. legiate pipe smoking record Sat urday by keeping his briar burn ing 83 minutes and 28 seconds. FMC disputes charges made by columnist Special to The Bulletin SAN JOSE, California Paul L. Davies, Chairman of FMC Cor poration, today said that com ments and alleged facts published by Washington columnist Drew Pearson on May 4, charging that the Army had unfairly awarded FMC a multi-million dollar de fense contract, was a thoroughly distorted and libelous h o d g e podge of misrepresentation. Basis for the contention was the columnist's report that FMC Cor poration had been awarded a non competitive contract to produce 2,832 (M113) armored personnel carriers for the Army, and the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company was low bidder by $1,- 000 per vehicle. Davies said that contrary to Pearson's charges, the M113 pro curement referred to was highly competitive; the government re ceived bids from eight companies including General Motors, Chry sler, International Harvester, Studebaker - Packard, AUiChal mers and others. He then said that on undisputed testimony of the Army, backed by documenta tion, FMC's bid was lower than the next lowest bid (Allis-Chai- mers) by $5.1 million. "In fact," Davies pointed out, "when com puted on the basis of cash savings to tlie government, FMC's bid was lowest by $7.5 million. It is extremely regrettable that a national spokesman of the stature of Pearson should develop and publish such misinformation that serves to discredit both the Army and our Company," declar ed the FMC chairman. Davies then stated: "In a letter to the Hebert subcommittee, cop ies of which were freely and pub licly available to Drew Pearson and any other newspaperman. long before the erroneous column ot May 4 appeared in print, our company clearly and unequivocal ly established that in a long se ries of competitive awards by the Army, we had consistently been the lowest bidder for the design. development, and production of M113 armored personnel car riers. The M113 is a lightweight, am phibious, air droppable armored personnel carrier. According to Davies, it was designed and brought into production by FMC, in cooperation with the Army Or dinance Corps, in record time and with resulting savings of hundreds of millions of dollars to the Army, compared with the cost of prior vehicles. The carrier is now be ing used by our Armed Forces in West Germany and other crucial areas. Overseas farm study planned By United Press International Four groups of agricultural ex tension workers will leave next month to explore the problems of expanding markets for American farm products overseas. The extension teams will visit four major areas, one going to Western Europe a second to Af rica and the Middle East, a third to Southern Asia and the fourth to the Caribbean area. The four teams will leave about June 15 and return about July 23. Their goal will be to help give American farmers and profes sional farm workers a better un derstanding of the food and fiber needs of foreign countries, and some of the problems of modern export sales. The teams will be drawn from state extension services across the nation. A total of 21 extension economists will be included in the groups. They will represent state land grant colleges from Califor nia to Vermont and from Minne sota to Florida. Each of the teams will also be accompanied by Ag riculture Department experts in the areas to be visited. When the teams return, they will develop discussion material for use in alerting farm people to the particular needs of the ex port market. Cannery workers receive boost SALEM (UPI)-Members of the Cannery Workers Union and Cali fornia Packing Corp. Friday sign ed an agreement providing six to 14-ccnt-an-hour wage increases for each of tlie next two years. Tie workers are members of lxii 670. The contract approved Friday was the first of 17 being negotiated by the union in the Willamette Valley. The previous contracts expired either May 1 or June 1. Model airplane plant featured by magazine Special to The Bulletin NEW YORK, N.Y. Easy to assemble and fun to fly describes the balsa-wood airplane and gli der models made by North Pa cific Products Company of Bend, Oregon and featured in the June issue of Mechanix Illustrated magazine. The reason these gliders and rubber band-powered models are so easy to fly, it is noted, is tlie patented plastic clip which serves as the fastening device for join ing the wings and the fuselage. The clip, invented by Charles H. Cleveland, president of North Pa cific Products, enabled him to make plane and glider models that fly better and cost less to produce. The clip, according to the na tional science monthly, allows each wing of a plane to be pro duced separately. The unique clip allows the wings to be produced flat and in two halves, eliminat ing the conventional warping and slotting at the fuselage. The company now produces ten different rubber band - powered models. The most popular glider is the five-cent Strato, smallest model in the line. MORE HOME OWNERS WASHINGTON (UPI) The Census Bureau has reported that more Americans are living in their own homes than in rented dwellings. The bureau said Sunday the 1960 census showed that of 53 million occupied dwelling units, 32 million were habitated by persons who owned them or were buying them. The remaining units were occupied by renters. Figures given on shipments REDMOND Number of 400 cwt carlots of potatoes shipped from the Oreson - California mar keting area during the past week was 346, reports Merrill Wood, manager of the marketing com mittee. This brings the season's total to 22,282 carlots, compared to 14,993 by this time last year. Seventy one per cent, or 246 carlots, went to tlie fresh market and the re mainder was diverted to other outlets. ,1 -.5 - WW" i. ' r 1 itk frieiidlu i?ranJis5tW& ECONOMY DCUOSfe TrlRIFFWISE DRUGS Fooey on that "a-little-bird-told-me" bit . . . tell Robberson you read about his Full Ford Line in The Bulletin! 2 fFORD KOIN J 2 KPTV g KCW MONDAY ' 6:00 6:15 6 SO 6:45 Newtcene Walter Cronklte. 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