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! ! 'Can you spare a minute, Mr. President?' L' . I Ifl I L-J ' 71 II jr Va. BLM Director Landstrom kicked ' upstairs after many protests T fMy NickeTs Worthrj 'The Silent Spring' started a new look at the pest-killing chemicals v Rachel Carson, a competent scientist and a more-than-competent writer, started a great furore with the publication of her book, "The Silent Spring." The volume attacked aU.bf.Lthe 1 pest-killing chemicals Whldh came into use in recent years, ever since DDT wiped out malaria in the Pacific Islands during World WarIL Miss Carson has been accused, nd justly so, of over-painting the picture. A great deal of good has came from the wise use of such chemical", a facet of the picture which Miss Carson did not see fit to discuss. As a matter of fact, with out the use of such chemicals the world's population would not be as well fed or as . well housed or as well clothed as it Js today. It is equally true the chemicals, partic ularly when not handled or used in strict accordance with the in- ' Structions of the manufacturers, have caused problems to wildlife and people. f , "The " Silent Spring" received wide distribution through its choice as a selection of one of the large book clubs. (Who says Americans don't know how to read?) It de veloped a large, and vocal, follow ing. Those who bought Miss Car sort's story without bothering to look. Into the other side began to make themselves heard. As a result, President Kennedy asked his Science Advisory Com mittee to study the use of pesticides and recommend a policy for the Federal government to follow in re ducing the hazards. The committee's report is now public. It should prove comforting to both sides in which has become a mounting controversy. Briefly, the report does not make any recommendations which would result in the stopping of the use of the chemicals, as has been advocated by som'e"of the" "more '6r-' dent followers of Miss Carson. But it does recommend greater study of their long-range effects upon the human environment, a study which would seem timely, indeed. The chemicals- proved, .them- selves highly effective, in,, getting rid of some pests wihch have bother ed man for many years. They have largely eliminated the disease of malaria, for example, from some sections of the earth particularly in this country through control of the mosquito population. They . have increased the production of many of our basic foods. We have paid a price in some instances for their use. Fortunately, the price has not been exorbitant, as yet. With more study of their possible draw backs, they should perform a use ful function for man for the rest of his time on earth.' ' By A. Robert Smith Bullttln Staff Wrlttr WASHINGTON The director I of the Bureau of Land Manage ment, Karl S. Landstrom, has been kicked upstairs by Interior (Secretary Stewart Udall. On June I Landstrom via re linquish the reins of the agency : which administers the nation's ' vast Dublic domain lands and tne OfcC forcstlands of Western Ore gon to Charles H. Stoddard, who : for the past two years nas neaaeu ! the Interior Department's re- sources program staff. L'dall has created a new post ' for Landstrom entitled assistant i to the secretary of Interior for i land utilization. In announcing j this shift, l'dall noted that former I Secretary Harold Ickes had crca i tod stch a post during the New Deal but that it has not been in existence for the last decade. Secretary Udall added that "re- establishment of the position at tins time is imperative in view of the unprecedented interests and emphasis on the land utiliza- ; lion programs of the Department as evidenced by the augmentation of seashore lands, wet land, wild erness areas, outdoor recreation and etc., with their attendant con troversial uses." Privately, however, administra tion and congressional sources say what is also known to Land strom: that Udall decided to move Landstrom because of rumblings of discontent about his adminis tration of BLM and his lack of favorable relations with members of the House and Senate. Landstrom is a career man in his field, starting when he joined the Department of Agriculture in 1937 after graduation from the University of Oregon. He served as an economist in flood control and water conservation work. In 1949 he joined BLM as regional chief of lands and minerals for the Northwest at Portland. Subsequently, after transferring to Washington with BLM, Land strom was engaged by the House Interior Committee as a consult- Another gift from the Longs Rube Long, the sage of the Fort Rock country, recently made another public gift of part of his lands with unusual scenic or his toric value. Long and Mrs. Long presented to the federal government the famous Fort Rock Cave. It was In the cave that a pair of Indian sandals was discovered which when dated by the radioactive car bon method proved to be more than 9,000 years old. This is not the first gift of this sort from the Longs. A year ago Mr. and Mrs. Long deeded a portion of Fort Rock to the state of Oregon, so the entire rock could be included in the state park system. The Longs have lived in the area a long time (no pun intended) and have been an important p:;rt of the community. Their gifts of these lands are only part of their records of public service. A break for Father The headline above appeared on the front page of Monday's edi tion of the Wall Street Journal. The Bulletin's editor, a six-time father himself, naturally was interested. The rest of the headline was even more encouraging. It described a trend on the part of young couples to cut down on the expenses of wed dings. The father of five daughters could not help being Interested. The story bore out the statements in the headline. If it is true, that brides are choosing less expensive gowns, and that more persons are serving cold cuts than pheasant under glass for the wedding supper, the outlook for the future is promising, indeed. If more brides would rather have champagne punch than champagne, with a resultant saving of three fourths of the cost, the implications for any father could be great. And a father who is looking forward to the financing of five weddings can find real hope for what otherwise was almost sure to be a debt-ridden future. Misrepresentation doesn't help cause A pamphlet, "The Root of Op position," published by the National Education Association to drum up support for federal aid to education, may turn out to accomplish just the opposite. Federal aid to education Is not a universally popular idea, and the NEA pamphlet probably will not make It any more popular. The writer of the NEA leaflet is a man who is handy with words, but apparently is weak on his his tory. He characterizes the school aid fight as a "fight" between the people with wealth and the people with the kids." This has not been the genesis of the battle at all. Much of the opposition to federal aid comes from rural areas and small towns of the country. The NEA has been guilty of mis representation before on this same subject. The number of necessary classrooms, according to the propa gandists for federal aid, is smaller than the number which Is being built each year in this country. Try ing to turn the battle over federal aid into something it is not will not assist the cause at all. ant on mining and public lands. Id that post he became acquaint ed with Congressman Stewart Udall. who was a committee member. After President Kenne dy tapped Udall for his cabinet, Landstrom went back to Interior with Udall as director of BLM. The chief western pressures on BLM the past two years have been from a segment of the cattle Industry which depends heavily on using public lands for grazing. Al though BLM manages much com mercial timberland in western Oregon, it escaped most of the protests from Northwest lumber men of the past year and a half which were aimed primarily at the Forest Service. The cattlemen, however, have been up in arms over cuts in grazing allotments and an in crease in grazing fees. Last February this pressure built up in hearings conducted by the Sen ate public lands subcommittee headed by Sen. Alan Bible, D Nev. He and other senators wrote Udall asking him to defer raising the grazing fee. Udall a few days later raised the fee, but left it still lower than fees charged by - the Forest Service, and much less than the going rate from private landholders. Since then, either consequently , or not. Interior has noted an in difference In the Senate Interior Committee to Udall's requests for new public land legislation. Some bills he has requested ha.en't even been introduced for lack of a Senate sponsor. At the same time, Landstrom has rubbed members of Congress the wrong way on a number of occasions, usually in instances which suggest inflexibility or stubbornness on his part, con gressional sources say. "I don't know whether he's the round peg in the square hole or vice versa," said one congress man, "but he's been in the wrong hole." He said Udall has confidence in Landstrom as a competent technician in his field and sin cerely expects to use him on spec ial assignments, and rot just shunt him aside into tome bur eaucratic backwater. One recent incident apparently irritated Udall and members of Congress. When the House Ap propriations Committee finished trimming the Interior appropria tion bill, Landstrom dispatched letters to congressmen from west ern states telling them how many federal jobs would be lost in their states if the BLM budget was compelled to conform with the committee's bill. When Udall found out about the Landstrom letter, congressional offices were promptly advised to ignore it, that the department's strategy was to accept the committee's version of the Interior bill without a fuss. Udall's method of replacing Landstrom contrasts with the fu ror created in 195$ when Secre tary Douglas McKay announced he was replacing Incumbent BLM Director Marion Clawson, a hold over from the Truman adminis tration, with Ed Woozley of Ida ho. Clawson claimed civil service status and refused to leave grace fully. But when he griped openly to a newsman, McKay charged insubordination and abolished the position of the director of BLM which removed Clawson. A new position, administrator of BLM, was created, to which Woozley was appointed. About six months later, after things had died down, Woozley's title was changed to director of BLM, and the shift was completed. Clawson went to a private out' fit called Resources for the Fu ture, which is financed by the Ford Foundation. By keeping Landstrom in a new position, Udall avoided any public display of differences which provoked him to make his first change in the team he recruited to run the Interior Department. Stoddard, the new BLM director, came to Interior from Resources for the Future, where for five years he served as a resource economist working on land, forestry, wild life, park and soil conservation problems. Senate-House conferees appear headed for deadlock over taxes By Zan Stark ' UPI Staff Writer SALEM -(UPI) Senate-House tax conferees appeared headed for a possible deadlock today with no compromise in sight on ciga rette and net receipts tax pro posals. The four - man committee met for one hour Monday afternoon, then recessed until this afternoon to give the State Tax Commission more time in which to prepare alternate tax schedules. After meeting Saturday and Sunday, and seemingly ncaring an agreement, and conferees sounded out colleagues before Monday's meeting to see if their tentative agreements would be approved. Apparently colleagues were not enthusiastic about planned com promises. Conferees include Senate Tax Committee Chairman Boyd Over-, hulse, D-Madras; Sen. Robert Elf Strom, R-Salcm; House Tax Com mittee Chairman Richard Ey mann, D-Marcola, and Rep. Victor Atiyeh. R-Portland. Hangs Tough Atiyeh said Monday he was not Jobless picture given by Wirtz WASHINGTON (UPI) Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz told Congress Monday that one-fifth of the nation's work force 14 mil lion persons were hit by the un employment problem last year. Wirtz testified before a Senate labor subcommittee, studying the U.S. manpower situation with spe cial attention to automation and its effect. He said monthly unem ployment figures average about 4 million, but he said these statis tics don't tell the whole story. Wiitz said "reliable estimates . . . indicate that approximately 14 million men and women were unemployed at some time furing 1962." Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges, following Wirtz to the wit ness chair pointed up a paradox between his department and the Labor Department. Wirtz is trying to find ways to reduce unemployment. Hodges said, while the Commerce Depart ment is trying to get Industry to adopt technological changes that would cut down the manpower supply. The Bulletin Tuesday, May 21, 1963 An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chandler, Editor Jack McDermott, Adv. Manager Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor Leu W. Mtyr, Clrc. Managar Lortn E. Dytr, Mach. Sup't. William A. Yatts, Managing Ed. Kntmd u Stood CUM Jnurr 1 IS1T tht row Ofrlca at Bend Cretun under A.M irf Varvh a. 1ST Publufttd dally axcept Sunday and wrtala holidui ay Tlx tnd Bulltun. Inc. yet willing to give up a cigarette tav, and asked the tax commis sion to submit figures for an in come tax measure combined with a 3-cent a pack cigarette tax. Atiyeh also said he was not yet willing to abandon the House-approved net receipts feature which has the endorsement of Gov. Mark Hatfield. - A 3-cent a pack cigarette tax would raise $12 million. Atiyeh said he saw no reason to share any of this with cities. Overhulse said he would poll the Senate on the 3-cent proposal, al though he was not enthusiastic. Eymann suggested a minimum tax formula based on a $5 filing fee, or 1 per cent of income. He said it would be a base-broadening feature. Overhulse replied "we will con sider that. If we make that con cession what will we get in re turn. Will you drop the cigarette tax?" 'Big Concession' Eymann replied "we've given up the net receipts feature, that was a big concession." It was at this point that Atiyeh said he was not yet willing to give up the cigarette tax or the net receipts feature. Elfstrom said he wanted figures on a 5 per cent standard deduc tion, coupled with a capital gains feature. He also suggested a change in the tax credit to $25 for a personal exemption, and $17.30 for each dependent. Eymann commented "you're go ing to have a tough time selling capital gains in the House." Barbs An Indiana thief broke a plate glass window to steal some watches. He was caught and got seven years bad luck. You can either pay attention to tha taw whan driving, or spead and aim at it. "Whan man differ in (pinion, bath aidas ought equally to have hSa advantage of being hoard by ma public." Benjamin Franklin. Writer says millions fail to contribute To the Editor: Out of 186,000,000 Americans, 136,000,000 contribute nothing whatever to the economic and cultural well being of the nation and the world, at least nothing regarded by our materialistic so ciety as worthy of monetary re ward. This statistic is not the con coction of some socialist detract or of the Glorious Land's immacu late system. It comes indirectly, but accurately, right out of the mouths of those same government bureaucrats and industry heads who constantly tell us how pros perous, free and pure in heart we all are. The Oregonian, April 7: "A release by the labor depart ment. . .shows that 24,000,000 women are included in the labor force. They constitute 34 per cent of the entire force." This algebraically admits a to tal labor force of roughly 70,000,- Some stockings are so sheer today, they're gone tomorrow. Lots of girls who know how to iwim wilt bo taught by lifaguardi this summer. 000. (The labor force Is defiiied by the U.S. Statistical Abstract as the "economically active segment of the population." Honestly stat ed, it is the earning segment as opposed to the charity receiving segment.) Of this total of fully and partially employed (taxable) people, millions are engaged in occupations productive of neither material benefits nor cultural be quests armament production, military service, insurance, bank ing, lending, gambling, all adver tising and selling which is super, fluous to the education and HON EST guidance of the consumer; 20,000,000 would be a low, low es timate of those employed in these parasite institutions. (How little necessary it is to exaggerate!) With all due abhorrence of the fiendish new system in which every healthy adult works, can the U.S. afford 136,000,000 unpro ductive people? I suspect that the Communists know that automa tion is power in the degree that it is combined with people. E. L. Forster Portland, Oregon, k May 19. 1963 'ahiiigtoiiRlcrry-go-rpund ti Jti'ifrft"' ' tt-r rVni- if'ai'r'i"''-" Some phony testimony presented to Senate them convince me that some very clever but spurious documents have been placed before the Mc Clellan committee. Note Another interesting point that aroused my skepticism was the Kyber Khan's testimony that a total of $135,824,000 had been de posited in the Pahlavi Foundation in 1962 and early 1963, presum ably from foreign aid funds. A check at the State Department disclosed that the total foreign aid to Iran for 1962 had been only $71,300,000, of which $44,800,000 took the form of grants; $26,500, 000 in loans. At the conclusion of the week end meetings, conferees had ten tativcly agreed to a $20 depend ency credit, and elimination of the net receipts feature. The main disagreement Sunday centered around whether the min imum fee should be a flat $5-$10 proposed by the Senate, or a per centage as proposed by the House. Conferees indicated they might meet well into Tuesday night in an effort to reach a compromise. Other Highlights Milk A bill to control milk prices to dairymen cleared the Senate and returned to the House for concurrence in amendments. Jobless The Senate approved a House-passed bill to raise unem ployment compensation benefits. Governor Gov. Mark Hatfield stressed the importance of tax re form and better pay for higher education faculty at his weekly news conference. FROM OTHER PENS Faster service Leroy Gordon Cooper went around the world 22 Umes in 84 hours. The statistically minded might like to know that that is just about 30 minutes more time than it took Charles A. Lindbergh to fly across the Atlantic 36 years ago next Monday. (Eugene Register-Guard) Vive la image! Problems, problems, problems. The world's full of them. For example, one of the rea sons for founding the Peace Corps was to do something about the "ugly American" image. Now the French have started their own peace corps to work in that country's former colonies. And what are they going to do with it? Help stamp out the image of French people as sexy. Every country should have such image problems. What kind of woman does the French government want for its peace corps? One who is serious minded, hard-working and of "not too evident sensuality." That's what the regulations say. There are two troubles with this approach. First, it likely will leave the home front in even greater dan- ger and worsen the image (Vive la France!) by increasing the ra tio of sensual to non-sensual types. Second, it doesn't matter much whether they're sensual or not when you recruit them: after six months in the jungle they'll look just like Bank to their male peace corps colleagues. But if the De Gaulle govern ment persists, and can't find enough ungirlish girls, we're sure Sergeant Shriver and his USPC lads could arrange a little girls-across-the-sea exchange. (Salem Capital Journal) By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON The Senate Government Operations Commit tee met behind closed doors last week to hear startling testimony from Kyber Khan, an exiled Iran ian leader, that a list of distin guished Americans had received million-dollar contributions from a foundation owned by the Shah of Iran and his family. The committee, under the chair manship of Sen. John McClellan, D-Ark., was probing waste in for eign aid. and the witness claimed that large chunks of foreign aid to Iran had been siphoned off into the Pahlavi Foundation, owned by the Shah and his twin sister, Prin cess Ashras. Part of it, he testi fied, had then been given to Amer icans. He produced photostats of rec ords of the Union Bank of Swit zerland showing the dates of checks, the names of persons to whom they were drawn, and noti tions that they had been cashed. The photostats allegedly show ed that on Feb. 2 and April 2, 1962, checks for $1,000,000 each had been drawn to Mrs. Loy Hen derson, wife of the former U.S. ambassador to Iran; George V. Allen,., another . former ambassa dor to Iran; Julius Holmes, the present ambassador to Iran; and Allen Dulles, former head of Cen tral Intelligence. There was also a notation of a check for $500,000 to Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, and For tune. The Kyber Khan informed the senators that the checks had been drawn just before the Shah of Iran had arrived in the United States on his visit of April 16, 1962. Learning of the testimony, I asked former ambassador George Allen about the alleged payment to him. He was flabbergasted. It was obviously the first he had heard of the matter. Later he talked to members of the McClel lan committee, asked for a full and thorough investigation. When I talked to former ambas sador Loy Henderson he was equally amazed and horrified. "Why should I be teaching at American University to make ends meet if my wife had receiv ed a million dollars?" be said. Ambassador Henderson is also making modest instalment pay ments on a house which he would not be doing if he had received a windfall of $1,000,000. Mr. Luce, Ambassador Holmes, and Allen Dulles were out of the country. But my knowledge of the character of all the parties con cerned and my talks with two of The new Kennedy offspring Is not going to be born in the White House, even though his father was born In a private home. This has been decreed by the While House doctors, who say the new baby will probably be a Caesarean and they want the most up-to-date facilities on hand for the delivery The fact that President Kenne dy was not born in a hospital came out during a recent talk be tween the President and a 99-year-old doctor, E. E. Novak of New Prague, Minn., whom Sen, Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Mtan., took to the White" House for 'a chat. ' Humphrey explained to President that Dr. Novak Has practiced medicine for 68 years and has delivered more than 5, 000 babies. "You know, I delivered most of them at home," added the aged but alert doctor. "I was born at home, not in a hospital," remarked the Presi dent. Then he turned to Humph rey and asked: "How about you, Hubert?" "Me, too," said the senator. "I was born over a drugstore." Young Demos praise stand by 9 senators PORTLAND (UPI) Nine Dem ocratic state senators who say they will oppose the revised state constitution unless the apportion ment plan is changed were praised Sunday night by the , Young Democrats of Great er Portland. President Richard Lehne an nounced the group's executive board had passed a resolution calling for substitution of an ap portionment plan proposed by Sens. Don Willner. D-Portland, and Glen Startler, D-Eugene. 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