The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, May 13, 1963, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Court decision awaited on lunch counter issue f mm mam. .1 mmmmwmtM - By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON The back stage conversations over Birm ingham inside the White House have been aimed at s holding ac tion until the Supreme Court could erate mayor, Albert Boutwell, in office. He and Birmingham busi nessmen immediately let it be known that they would sit down and talk with Negro leaders re garding racial problems. But be- rule on the basic question of in-' fore any meeting could be held, 'Hey, watch it! That's a deadly weapon!' tegrated lunch counters in the South probably today. It so happens that two test cases involving the Birmingham ordi nance against whites and Negroes eating together are before the Supreme Court. One case is that of James Go- ber, a Negro who made a pur chase at Pizitz's Department Store in Birmingham on March 31, 1960, then went to the lunch counter with a friend, was ignored by the waitress, then asked to leave, fi nally arrested for trespassing. Eugene "Bull" Connor, the tough police commissioner who had been defeated in the election an nounced that his administration would continue in office until Oct. 1, 1965. Mayor Boutwell was sup posed to take office April 15. One month has passed and he is still on the side lines, with Bull Con nor calling the tune. All of these contributed to the impatience of integrationist lead ers and a series of demonstra tions which have probably hurt the United States abroad even The second case Is that of Rev. more than Little Rock or "Ole Fred Shuttlesworth, one of the Negro leaders recently arrested, who earlier was charged with in citing a crime by aiding and abetting persons to stay on pri vate property after being told to Miss." Peace Corps Boom It's now been 18 months since the newspapers were full of sound and fury over a postcard written by a Peace Corps girl in Nigeria ... x r mLim ' if "11 11 11 inMinTr""!! get off. Rev. Shuttlesworth had about conditions there. But be held a meeting In his home at ' Heve it or not. the Nigerian gov THE BEND BULLETIN Monday, May 13, 1963 An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Jack McDermatt, Advertising Manager Phil P. Brogan, Associate Editor Lou W. Meyers, Circulation Manager Loren B. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A. Yates, Managing Editor tnt.nx) u Swum! Clui Muter. January 1917. at Uw Fuat Offlca at Band, Ortsvn. imaer art m Mart S. lira. Pub- Bthert dally exrepl Sumlay and certain holldaya oy The Hand HulleUn. Inc. Common Market snub of Britain has added to difficulties at foreign trade session The meeting of ministers of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trado (GATT) in Geneva this month has been described as being "as full of suspense as a tightrope act involving blind-folded acrobats." The suspense will be there, all right, but it will be a most subdued sort of suspense, not at all in a circus atmosphere, understand able largely only by experts, and in keeping with the aura of futility and semi-despair that lias hung over Gen eva since World War I. ' Even if everything goes well, the timing is such as to unbate breaths. What has been billed internationally 'as the "Kennedy Round" of trade and tariff readjustment stemming from the Trade Expansion Act approved by the U.S. Congress last year cannot begin for another full year at the ear liest. Public hearings and other prep arations in this country will take at least that long. Moreover, the trade ministers the United States is represented by former Secretary of State Christian Herter, President Kennedy's chief tar iff negotiator are taking up a record of stalemate. Their technical experts have accomplished little in al most a month of preliminary talks. The GATT talks will be aimed at drawing up a list of things to talk about. Here there are main differences of opinion. The United States wants a flat cut of 50 per cent in industrial tar iffs, as provided in the Trade Expan sion Act. There would, of course, be some horsetrading. But the European Common Mar ket negotiators point out that whereas U.S. tariffs range from 1 to 80 per cent, European tariffs now are bunched around 18-25 per cent. Cutting the 80 per cent American chemical tariff to 40 per cent, they say, would still leave it protective. They propose ecretement, or halving the difference between pres ent tariffs and agreed target levels. We reply that of 15 key trading nations only four, including one Com mon Market member (West Germany) have lower average industrial tariffs than the United States. The Common Market automobile tariff is 22 per cent, as against 7 per cent for the United States. The other principal debate, to oversimplify, is over agricultural tar iffs. The United States has threatened to do nothing about industrial barriers unless agricultural tariffs are lifted, too. But here the Common Market on the eve of the Geneva talks had not worked out a common position. France seems determined on an agricultural policy of protectionism which he asked for volunteers for sit-in demonstrators. Both cases are on appeal from the Alabama Supreme Court, and along with other cases from North Carolina, Louisiana, and Mary land, were argued last November. Anticipating a decision for civil rights, Burke Marshall. Kennedy's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, has been trying to j guiding genius. jriiumaiii a uuie uimi tuun acts. Then the Justice Depart ment has promised to move vig orously to back up the court's or der. JFK's Wrong Man The trouble in Birmingham, as contrasted with the racial pro gress made in cities like Atlan ta. Charlotte, Knoxville, Nash ville, and Louisville, can be trac ed to two factors: 1 Enlightened leadership in these cities, such as that of the long-time mayor of Atlanta, May or William Hartsfield, ex-mayor Ben West of Nashville, and ex- mayor George Dempster of Knoxville. 2 Strong segregationist forces in Alabama which the Kennedy administration unwittingly sup ported. One of the fust things Kennedy did after taking office was to ap point Charles Meriwether of Ala bama to be a director of the Export-Import Bank. This was a re ward to Gov. John Patterson of Alabama who had loyally kept part of the Alabama delegation for Kennedy at the Los Angeles convention which nominated him. In repaying his debt to Gov. Patterson, however, Kennedy did not realize that he was appoint ing a man who had been on friendly terms with the Grand Kleaglo of the Ku Klux Klan, had been identified with White Citizens Councils, and actually had nothing to do with keeping Gov. Patterson in line for Ken ernment has now asked the Peace Corps to double the number of its workers. When Margery Michel more wrote her indiscreet post card there were only 36 Peace Corps volunteers in Nigeria. To day there are 150, and the Niger ian government wants a total of 300. Congratulations to the Peace Corps and Sargent Shriver, its Had Great Britain been admitted "cdy. It was Ed E. Rcid. director to the Common Market as assumed in drawing up last year's Trade Expan sion Act here Ambassador Herter's job would be considerably easier. For example, by Britain's exclusion he lost almost the full force of his most ef fective potential weapon the author ity to wipe out completely U.S. tariffs on some items in which the United States and the Common Market enjoy 80 per cent of world trade. Even without this added compli cation, the task would have been tricky enough. Space forbids going into such matters as the Buy American Act or other extra-tariff trade considerations, removing restrictions on raw-materials trade with less developed countries (LCD's, in expertese), bargaining with Japan and other GATT nations unaffil iated with European trade blocs, all of these fraught with contention. The prospect for Geneva is dim, and the road toward freer trade harder than it seemed a year ago. Law is expanding in shrinking world The minute you say "world con ference" you stir the suspicions of some folks that something fuzzy and ideal istic is in the wind. But practicing lawyers can be a pretty hard-headed group, and a good many of them around the globe are eagerly awaiting their next internation al gathering at Athens on World Peace Through Law. This organization, which has the full backing of the American Bar As sociation, already has held four region al world parleys in the past two and a half years. The most active American in World Peace Through Law is Charles S. Rhyne, former bar association presi dent. To him the persistent push toward an expanding International law is not an idealist's fantasy, but a response to the sheer necessities of changing life on a globe constantly being drawn more tightly together. He points out. for instance, that the greatest growth in working inter national law has come in the fields of commerce, travel and communications all areas of endeavor where barriers among nations have been going down. In Rhyne's view, then, world law is growing not because some govern- GRAND GUARDIAN HONORED Mrs. Ken Gildner, Portland, mada her official visit to the Bond Jobs Daughters bethel recently. A dinner in her honor was followed by initiation at the Masonic Temple. With her are Jayns Underhill, left, honored queen, and Sharon Fountain, right, senior princess. There was a large turnout for Mrs. Gildner's visit. Letters to the Editor The mcnts think this is good, but because millions of men in increasing contact with each other need the force and sanction of law in their mutual deal ings. Even the Communist world has not chosen to stand out completely against this effort. Attorneys from Poland and Yugo slavia have accepted and others may suddenly appear on the opening date, June 30. Naturally, any codes of law cover ing both free and Communist worlds are sharply limited today. But even the Reds must accept some regulation of trade, travel and communications. The agenda at Athens will have a hundred or more projects for the law yers to consider: laws for communica tions satellites and other space vehicles, civil aviation, taxation, protection of investment, a broader role for the World Court and regional courts. The lawyers who are dedicated to this cause believe that as the points of contact among men around the globe multiply, so will the need for regulating law. And as that becomes a mounting force In the world, it will be a hard fact to set against the threat of war. It will be an encouragement to peace and an antidote to arms. of the Alabama League of Mu nicipal Councils, and a moderate, who persuaded Patterson to stick with Kennedy. A handful of liberal senators, led by Wayne Morse and Mau rine Neuberger, (D.-Ore.), Wil liam Proxmiie, (D.-Wis.), Jack Javits, (R.-N.Y.), fought against Meriwether. But he was confirm ed, and when a segregationist was rewarded, and Reid, a mod erate, ignored, it was considered the tip-off. erroneously, that Ken nedy would play ball with segre gationist forces in Alabama. This discouraged Alabama mod erates, both white and Negro, and encouraged race demonstrations as tho only remedy. Birmingham Discouragements Other developments pointed in the same direction. They were: A Kennedy's firm statement that he would not cut off federal funds from Mississippi as request ed by the Civil Rights Commission. Southern states, thought ardent preachers of states rights, collect huge slices of their budget from Washington two-thirds in t h e case of Mississippi and have been worried over losing this rev enue. B Brother Bob's failure to defend the ten marchers jailed at the Alabama border when they tried to cross that state in tribute to Baltimore mail man. William Moore. The U.S. Constitution guar antees the right of petition, and these marchers were en route with a petition to tlia governor of Mississippi; also the right of any citizen to cross state lines. Yet Attorney General Kennedy, sup posedly the defender of tho Con stitution, has let these men sit in jail. C The Birmingham city elec tions Aoril 2. which put a mod- Reduction voted in special education plans SALEM (UPD A $736,000 re duction in the governor's proposed budget for special education pro grams was voted Saturday after noon by the Ways and Means Ed ucation subcommittee. The cuts, however, were offset by $1.1 million added earlier to special programs for mentally re tarded and physically handi capped children. The basis for the cuts was a policy decision by the subcommit tee that the state should begin to withdraw from special programs. Rep. Stafford Hanscll, R - Her miston, said the Intent should be to stimulate local school districts to take over and carry on the special programs. The cuts were made in the gov ernor's proposed $155 million budget for schools and for the Department of Education. Most of that sum is for basic school sup port, a subject the committee has not yet touched. The subcommittee made these decisions on special programs: Gifted The proposed $515,000 program for gifted children in the next biennium was cut by $15,000. The decision, however, involves phasing out state help over the next three years by giving dis tricts the present $1.50 per day per gifted child the first year, $1 the second year, 50 cents the third, and nothing after that. Migrant The proposed $142,000 for special classes for migrant children was eliminated. Advanced placement The pro posed $43,000 for this program was eliminated, but essentials of the program were incorporated into the program for gifted children. Vocational Vocational rehabili tation financing was moved to the welfare department for a $187,000 saving. Staff Six supervisory positions on Uie state level were cut out for a $102,600 saving. I Formula The subcommittee re aligned a federal matching for-1 mula to save $81,800. j Study It vetoed a basic school support fund study to save $69,200. Rullrtln wrlronipv mntrlbutlnm to this milium from Its readers. It ter rmiftt ciiialrt the rurr't name mid nildrrsl ol thn Rendpr, which muy iMt ulllihi'ld Ht the neMM'HiMT'il dls-f-rplliin. Ix'ttont muy he cdlk'd to enn forni to ilia directives of taste and style. Shriners appreciate circus cooperation To the Editor: The Shrine Circus on April 30 was a grand success. For this we wish to thank the Bend High School officials for their sincere cooperation, the Bend business men for their generosity in pur chasing tickets and giving them to the youngsters; and to the Bend people, especially the children for packing the Bend High School gym during both the afternoon and evening performances. The entire proceeds of the Bend Shrine Club's share goes to the Shrine Hospital in Portland for the care of crippled children. Thanks again for your aid in a very worthy cause. Bend Shrine Club Charles K. Davis, Pres. Bend, Oregon, May 7, 1963 Teamster local target in suits PORTLAND (UPD Three Willamette Valley businesses filed a $40,000 damage suit in U.S. District Court last week against Teamster Union Local 324. Salem. The action was filed on behalf of Curly's Dairy, Salem; Timber Valley Dairy, Lebanon and Ed's Market, Salem. The action con tends picketing of retail stores in the Salem and Lebanon areas to force store operators to discon tinue the sale of Curly and Tim ber Valley products. The suit charges a secondary boycott. MEETING UNDERWAY PORTLAND (UPD - The 67th annual meeting of the National Fire Protection Association got under way at the new Hilton Ho tel today. Some 2.000 persons are expected to attend the five-day meeting. Betty Miller rests following record-setting Pacific flight BRISBANE, Australia (UPD -Mrs. Betty Miller, 36, the Santa Monica, Calif., housewife who be came the first woman to fly alone from California to Australia, rest ed here today in preparation for a return flight by commercial air liner. Mrs. Miller was greeted Sunday night by about 3,000 persons who rushed onto the runway when she landed on the final lap on her 7,000-mile solo flight. The crowd gathered around the twin-engined plane and sang "for She's A Jolly Good Fellow." The freckle - faced housewife, tired but cheerful stepped out of the cockpit in a pink-and-while checkered frock. Moments of Anxiety She admitted to some "moments of anxiety" when one engine start ed to run rough after she had passed the point of no return on the final 780-mile flight from Nou mea, on the island of New Cale donia. "I radioed the Air Traffic Con trol Center to tell them of the trouble but the engine kept go ing," she said. The Department of Civil Avia tion at Brisbane alerted two planes to stand by in case of emergency, but a spokesman said this was strictly precautionary. "We didn't tell Mrs. Miller be cause we did not want to alarm her," he said. The aviatrix had made an un scheduled three-hour stop at Nou mea when she ran into heavy headwinds on the flight from Suva, Fiji. "It was a long flight and I'm pretty tired but I'm happy and re lieved to be here," Mrs. Miller said. "I wasn't really worried about the engine trouble. It didn't take long to rectify itself. "The only time I was really worried was on the flight from Honolulu. I had to be over that ocean station halfway to Honolulu in 10 hours or turn back. I made it in 9!i hours. Phones Husband The first thing the aviatrix did when she got to her hotel here was talk by telephone with her husband, Charles, In Santa Moni ca. It was he who taught her to ny. Mrs. Miller left Oakland, Calif., April 30. Total elapsed flying time for the trip was 51 hours, 38 min utes. She said she planned to rest in Brisbane for a few days before taking a commercial flight horn via Sydney. She was ferrying the $50,000 plane to a new owner in Australia. She made stops at Hawaii, Canton Island, Fiji and New Caledonia. HUMBLE TRACK STAR CAMBRIDGE. England (UPD Tom Blodgctt, a 24-year-old Amer ican track star at Cambridge Uni versity said over the weekend ha was quitting the sport because ho doesn't feel he is good enough. He made the statement shortly after he won four events three ol them new Cambridge records. Tahors BEND FUNERAL HOME Hill & Greeley Ave. Ph. 382-5552 Eugene L. Tabor Margaret L. Tabor Accidents take lives of four By United Press International Traffic accidents claimed four lives in Oregon during the week end. Mrs. Rheta Cough, 47, Rosc burg, and Kenneth Olson, 23, Gar dena, Calif., were killed in sepa rate one-car accidents on Inter state 5 near Roseburg Sunday. Mrs. Marjory Williams, 36. Springfield, died in a two-car col lision on State Highway 222 one mile west of Jasper Saturday. Wayne Bryan, 27, Beaverton. was killed when his motorcycle slid under a car near Portland Friday night. A Salute lo the Nation's Hospitals This is National Hospital Week and I am proud to join in pay ing tribute to the hospitals and their staffs for their tremendous contribution to the welfare of thousands of communities in our country. EASTERN OREGON AGENCY 1043 Bond St. 382-378) representing WDODMEN ACCIDENT and LIFE COMPANY t'l",wl'!'!T' H ill CHET MYERS Agency Mgr. Prices Effective May 13-14-15 tyessof WESSON OIL "For more of the good food flavors and less saturated fats." SAVE 24c Large 24-oz. Bottie Freestone Peaches Halves or Slices Lady Elberta 4 1 100 Detp Smoktd Flavored PICNICS Short Shank lb 29 Detergent TIDE Paper Napkins S0FLIN Liquid Bleach ENERGY Giant L Qc .. Pkg. oV 80-Ct. Qc .... Pkg. 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