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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Shipping rates stacked against steel exporters Rail bird THE BEND BULLETIN Saturday, May 11, 1963 An Independent Newspaper Jack McDermott, Advertising Manager Leu W. Meyers, Circulation Manager William A. Yates, Managing Editor Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher . Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor ' Loren E. Oyer, Mechanical Superintendent . Entered 11 gerund Vint Matter. January s. 1917. at 0w Poet Office it Bend. Ore sua under Acl M Marco a, W9. Pub ' Uihed dally except Sunday and certain hulldaya ty The Bend Bulletin. Inc. Another civilian-military controversy may boil up on question of aircraft carriers Another civilian-military contro versy, this one over aircraft carriers, appears about to be added to the long list of recent conflicts running from the emasculation of the RS-70 super bomber through the junking of the Sky . bolt missile and the TFX contract dis pute to the actual conduct of military operations in the Cuban crisis. Here are the danger signals: A study of the place of the fleet aircraft . carrier has been ordered for Defense : Secretary Robert S. McNamara's desk by mid-May. This will go Into the whole strategy of carrier task forces and such ; alternatives or supplements as Polaris .' submarines and fleet air defense. ; McNamara also has asked the Navy ,to restudy its proposal for a nuclear ; powered surface fleet. This request has disturbed nuclear-power advocates In the Navy and on Capitol Hill. And re '. cent statements by the Secretary have ; rendered big Navy types at least ap- prehensive. ', Then on May 6 came the surprise ; announcement that Adm. George W. Anderson would not be retained as Chief of Naval Operations. (The word 'that Gen. Curtis E. LeMay would be ; kept on for one year only as Air Force Chief of Staff was received with even more alarm on Capitol Hill, but this for ! the time being is another matter.) Anderson is the Navy's foremost advo cate of the big carrier, having spent much of a distinguished career com- " manding flattops. Aircraft carriers come in threes. We now have 15 attack carriers. Nor ! mally three are stationed in the Pacific ; and two in the Mediterranean. For each on the line, normally, one is kept on ' reserve on the United States east or west coasts and one is being modern ized. There are seven Forrestal class carriers In service, one under construc tion, and one authorized by Congress last year and awaiting award of con tract. The Navy has three smaller Mid way class carriers, and five much smaller Essex types. Normally the Navy budgets for a Forrestal every two years. One ques tion now is whether future carriers should be nuclear or oil powered. A carrier itself, without its component of planes, let alone its escort vessels, costs about $300 million. The nuclear -propelled Enterprise cost nearly $450 mil lion, but not even the Navy stalwarts are talking in those terms now. McNamara wants to reexamine, against his own tough "cost-effectiveness" standards, such questions as how many attack carriers we need, what their size should be, and whether other weapons systems can be as effective at less cost. No. 10 of the Forrestal class normally would be included in next year's budget. Essentially the carrier controversy, if one materializes, will represent a pull between the military and the civilians in the Pentagon. Congress in this con tinuing tug of war acts as a not neces sarily impartial referee. The Constitu tion gives Congress the power to "raise and support armies," but nowhere gives it the power to select weapons. The Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 gives the Secretary of Defense authority to "assign or reassign" wea pons system development. But as the admirals well know, Congress wields the power of the purse sometimes ruthlessly. And that's why congressmen have so many shoulder starred friends. Don Denning served his community Affable, effervescent Don S. Den ning proved during Ills 16 years' resi dence in Bend that he was interested in what he could do for his adopted community, not what the community could do for him. Early in his residence here, he offered his abundant energy to the community, to his friends when help was needed, and to his church. He worked for the United Fund, served on the Bend Chamber of Commerce tourist and promotion committee, aided in a city study of water and streets and headed the Bend Athletic Boosters' Association, as an ardent supporter of the Bend Lava Bears. Through the years, Don Denning was closely in touch with city activi ties. Last fall he offered his services to the city by entering the race for commissioner, and was elected by a fine vote. The confidence of his many supporters was reflected by his fellow commissioners, who named him mayor pro tern to fill the city's top post when the mayor was out of town. Don Denning closely worked with his church, as did his wife, Lucille. He also found time to assist the Elks, in their many community activities, and this past year served as grand exalted ruler of the lodge. ; Don Dcnning's great store of ener gy also took him into the Central Ore gon outdoors, to hunt with his sons, and with his friends. His stories around mountain campfires were memorable. and the friendships he made on those outings, in the sagebrush country and in the antelope and deer ranges, were lasting. At the age of 58, Don Denning is dead. The community he served so well will miss him. The Bulletin joins the community in expressing deep sympa thy to the family. Quotable quotes We think the prospects for the year are very much better than the initial forecaajt. Walter W. Heller, President Kennedy's chief economic ad viser, expressing optimism about the economy in 1963. The walls of segregation in the South will crumble. The victory in Birmingham is of great significance throughout the South. Dr. Martin Luther King, cheered by the agreement ending racial hostilities in Birmingham, Alabama. I believe that there Is no absolute or insoluble contradiction between the views expressed by the Soviet Union and the views expressed by the Peoples Republic of China. Premier Fidel Castro, commenting during a taped television interview on the ideological dispute, between Russia and Red China. I By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON The Maritime Commission is carefully watching the ocean shipping rates on baby carriages, but not on steel, the flabbergasted Joint Economic Committee of Congress learned the other day. "We found that the loading of baby carriages in the United King dom was fantastically low," testi fied Otto J. Kirse, of the Mari time Commission's Division of Foreign Tariffs. "So you have spent your great efforts and zeal on the compara tive costs of loading and unload ing baby carriages and have neg lected the question of steel?" ask ed Sen. Paul Douglas (D.-I1D, who is chairman of the Joint Economic Committee. "The baby carriage matter was brought to our attention," ex plained Kirse lamely. Sen. Douglas, chairman of the committee, was probing the cost of steel in the United States and whether or not the recent steel hike was part of a concerted con spiracy by all the steel companies. During the course of this probe he was surprised to find that American firms exporting steel pay twice as much for overseas freight as foreign shippers pay to ship steel into the USA in the same ships and between the same ports. In other words, shipping rates are stacked against American steel exporters. I lave you ever thought it was part of your job to see that there was no discrimination against American exports?" asked Sena tor Douglas. For some time the Maritime Commission and its predecessor agency has been concerned over til is problem. It was brought to their attention by Mr. Celler in his investigation" replied Lloyd Tibbott, now director of the Mar itime Commission's Office of In ternational Affairs. But William A. Stigler, director of the Bureau of Interior Regula tion, said the commission was un derstaffed, had "less than 60 peo ple" to do this work. Why that is an army, said Cluirman Douglas. "This com mittee has only five, and they are busy on other things. Vou just have a superabundance of staff." Stigler then suggested the fil ing of thousands of tariffs week ly was a problem, but Senator Douglas was adamant. "You have file clerks dome that. What is the use ot filing this stuff if you never know what is in them or take anv action about them? The filing of material is not an end in itself. The shuffling of papers is not the be-all and end-all of government work "Tariff filing," insisted Stigler, "has to conform to certain re quirements. . .and every tariff fil ing we receive is examined to see that it does conform. . . "And you never do anything about them except in the case of baby carriages," added Sen Douglas. The committee voted unani mously to write President Kenne- dy calling attention to the "lack of action on the part of the Marl lime Commission." Nixon In New York Now that the Nixons arc moving to New York, tile ex-vice presi dent might take Dale Carnegie's course in "How to Win Friends and influence People." When he first arrived to get settled. Nixon asked the real es tate firm of Douglas Elliman and Company to help find a house. A member of that firm is Robert I.indsav, a friend of Col. Jock Lawrence, one of General Eisen hower's wartime and SHAPE aides, who only recently had lost his wife. So Mrs. Lindsay asked Lawrence if he would consider leasing his large and unusual New York town house, since the Nixons were "frantic about finding place." Colonel Lawrence was reluctant to gie up a place that held so many cherished memories, but said that if it would help the Nix ons he might consider it. So the agent made a mid-afternoon ap pointment and Col. Lawrence can celed all engagements in order to be on hand to greet the former Vice President and Mrs. Nixon, More than an hour after the ap pointed time the real estate audit phoned to say that the Nix ons had iust advised him they had canceled the appointment. They took an apartment next to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller instead, Colonel Lawrence has been a Republican and a Haunch sup porter of the Ike-Nixon ticket. He won't be anvmore u Nixon is on the ticket. Watching the Taxpayers $ Rep. John Rooncy, the Brook lyn Democrat who has a passion for prodding the U.S. Information Agency is on tho warpath again. Rooncy is raising a ruckus over 35 toy models of the nuclear-powered merchant ship the Savannah. They cost the taxpayer $25,500 or $700 apiece, though only three feet long. The models were pre sented to foreign dignitaries but the congressman from Brooklyn wants to know whv they cost so much. U.S. Information officials point out that the Commerce Depart ment paid $3,800 for only two models, the equivalent of $1,900 apiece or three times what USIA paid for them. But the disgruntled congressman from Brooklyn in sists they weren't worth more than $25 each. Rooney is also on the warpath over a survey conducted by the U.S. Information Agency in Eur ope in which 2,416 Europeans in France, Italy, and West Germany were asked what they thought of American women. The unflatter ing results cost the taxpayers $1,- 467.85 and showed that Europeans believe American women are spoiled, lazy, and over-sexed. Many congressmen ligure tney could hae arrived at the same conclusion without taking the sur vey. Program given for mothers Special to The Bulletin FORT ROCK Brownie Scouts held a special program for their mothers after school Wednesday, May 8, under the direction of their leader, Mrs. Louis Chancy. The girls wore their Brownie uniforms for the occasion. They recited poems and sang a special Mother's Day song. They present ed their mothers with the gifts they made. These were candle holders, cookie cans and jewel boxes. They were decorated by covering a can or box with clay and pressing macaroni into desir ed patterns. After baking, the girls painted them. Refreshments closed Uie meet ing. Mothers able to attend were Mrs. Bud Baert, Mi's. Robert Judd, Mrs. Orville Elifritz, Mrs. Larrie Porter, and a special guest, Mrs. Lawrence Rice, lower grade teacher. Tree pruning project due Bids for the pruning of more than 4.000 crop trees covering about half a section of land in the former Fort Beuham area on the upper Deschutes will be received by the U.S. Forest Service in Bend at 2 p.m. on May 14. The contract will call for the pruning of the designated trees to a height of about 18 feet, to pro vide top grade pines for future harvesting. FROM FORT ORD Charlei L. Grant arrived In Bend to day, on two weeks leave from Fort Ord, Calif., where he completed basic training. He will complete the six months active duty at another base. Son of Mrs. John A. Hopper, he is visiting Hoppers, Butler Road. Rotarians hear talk by Ratcliff Bend Rotary Club at its weekly meeting Wednesday heard guest speaker Glenn Ratcliff speak on "The High Cost of Unhappy Liv ing. 'This title is related to the men tal health problem," Ratcliff said. "It has many facets, such as in crease in crime, divorce, unem ployment, rejections by armed forces, alcoholism and others. Some 25 per cent of our population is affected by mental ill health. The three counties of Central Ore gon contribute to a single health department which is unique in that usually each county has its own health department. 'The Tri-County Child Guidance Clinic was established in 1959, with emphasis on child mental problems. Clients are accepted on an appointment basis only. There is a four-week waiting list at present. Cases are referred to the psychologist, mostly by doctors, social agencies, schools and the courts. The budget for this year is $24,666." Ratcliff is the chairman of the Tri-County Health program. He was introduced by program chair man Rollie Anderson. The meet ing was presided over by Presi dent Craig Coyner. Warm Springs gets timber Special to The Bulletin MADRAS Warm Springs Lumber Co. of Madras was suc cessful bidder for 12.440,000 board feet of timber in the Metolius Bench Logging Unit then the stumpage was offered for sale Thursday afternoon, at the Agen cy. The Madras firm offered $27.70 per thousand for the estimated 10.620,000 board feet of pine in the stand, which covers some 7,640 acres of tribally owned land and about 1,360 acres of allotted land. Also submitting bids for the timber were Garrison & Kirsch of Bend and Consolidated Pine of Prineville. The contract specifies that at least 6,000,000 board feet of the stumpage shall be cut and paid for by Dec. 31, 1963. In 1964, the balance of the marked or desig nated timber must be removed. The timber will be milled in Madras. School to add ninth graders Special to The Bulletin PRINEVILLE Some 200 stu dents will be members of the first ninth grade class to be held in the junior high school building, ac cording to pre-rcgistration figures. W. B. Thompson, principal, said he expects some 220 pupils to be on hand when school opens in the fall. The ninth grade was added to the junior high school in n e x t year's school planning to allevi ate overcrowding at Crook coun ty high school. New classrooms are under construction at the junior high school to accommo date the class, and a number of new teachers have been hired in recent days. Session held by Grangers Reports from the agriculture and legislative committees and a program featuring music high lighted the meeting of Pine For est Grange, Tuesday evening at the Grange Hall in Carroll Acres. Roy Van Vleet reported on the meeting of the agriculture coun cil, Monday night. Plans were made for a series of special speakers on landscaping and gar dening subjects, in the coming year. Mrs. Mave Her reported for the legislative committee, on current bills. Robert Martin and Rex Han shew were appointed to the relief committee. Mr. and Mrs. Baty Allen, Ter rebonne, were among the visi tors. Mrs. Allen spoke on Grange insurance. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, Little Des chutes Grange, LaPine, and Mrs. Goldie Neilsen, Moses Lake, Wash. Mrs. Jessie Smith announced the program. Rex Hanshew play ed harmonica solos, and Mrs. Edith Hollinshead and Mrs. Har ry Lytle gave readings. Diane Huettl sang two solos ac companied by Mrs. Phil Brade tich. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Black well sang a duet, and there were songs by a quartet composed of Dean Harris, Bob Martin, Harry Lytle and Henry Blackwell. Group singing completed the program, REDS OPEN MEETING WARSAW (UPI) COMECON, the "common market" of the Communist world, opened a con ference here Friday attended by representatives of Russia and all its European satellites except pro-Chinese Albania. "Funerals Within The Reach Of All" "Your Confidence la Our Sacred Trust" Niswonger & Reynolds FUNERAL DIRECTORS Hill at Irving Ave. Phone 382-2471 r jfL lll.lJr. :.v lU-r 1 This is why people leave home MARQUEES TRI-COUNTY WINDOW PRODUCTS EV 2-2824 or HI 7-709S TRAILWAYS' EXCLUSIVE THRU-BUS SERVICE From here . . .your choice of daily thru-bus depar tures to the East, South west and Willamette Valley. 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