7"Ae would-be candidates are Jumping
all oyer the Boardman space deal
Oregon's Legislature is sched
uled, today, to take final action on
a pair of bills to pull the Boardman
Boeing contract out of the fire. It
would be a major surprise if the
Legislature failed to act favorably.
But it won't do so without some
more oratory from a small group
which is trying to make political
capital out of the arrangements be
tween the state of Oregon and the
Boeing company.
The group includes:
Howard Morgan, part-time Sis
ters resident, former state Demo
cratic chairman, former state Pub
lic Utilities Commissioner (he served
two years during the term of Bob
Holmes as Governor) and short-term
member of the Federal Power Com
mission. Morgan is generally con
sidered to be off and running for a
try at the Governorship in 1966.
Alfred H. Corbelt, member of
the state Senate, Morgan's brother-in-law,
and himself reported to be
ready to make a try at the Secretary
of State's Job in 1964.
Robert Y. Thornton, Oregon At
torney General who has chafed for
years because Oregon Governors
have insisted, no matter what their
political parties, on by-passing him
as much as possible, on hiring their
own separate lawyers. Thornton is
a peiennlal seeker of new offices.
Jack Smith, a Condon wheat
rancher, who has said he will not
be satisfied to stay in the Oregon
Legislature for long; he intends to
run for Congress from this district
at some time in the future.
Clint Halght, a Baker legislator.
Ed Fadely, a Eugene gadfly who
operates much in the tradition of
the former Congressman from that
area, Charles O. Porter.
This is an interesting little
group. Without exception they have
sprung full-blown, without advance
notice, on the Boardman question.
Smith did not bring it up when he
was running for the Legislature in
the district in which Boardman is
located. Morgan had plenty of time
Singular honor
The Deschutes county library
has won a singular honor. Unlike
many honors, this one is accompa
nied by a substantial check. There's
a chance in the future for a still
larger check.
The honor is, of course, a tribute
to Miss Ivy Grover, librarian, and
her staff. It is also a tribute to the
county's library board, and to the
taxpayers who put up the money.
The library here is a good one, op
erating in a thinly-populated, wide
spread area. In spite of its handi
caps, it rates high in resources and
use.
There often are complaints
against libraries. They don't have
the right magazine on hand. They
do not keep all the books one might
want to find. Recently a complaint
was made that the Deschutes library
was to nofcy during evening hours,
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to look into it before he went to
Washington, but didn't. Corbett has
been an influential member of the
Senate for several sessions, but only
lately has discovered something
wrong with a deal which has not
changed in its basic characteristics
for several years. Thornton, Fadely,
and Halght are latecomers to the
bandwagon started only two weeks
ago by Morgan.
Much has been made of the fact
that Boeing will pay Morrow county
"only" $8,000 per year in lieu of tax
es on the land it leases. But this
land has not paid any taxes, not
any, for 24 years. Prior to that time
it paid precious little. It is Class V
and Class VI land, useless for any
agricultural purpose other than a
few weeks of limited grazing each
year. It has little value as residential
property, principally because not
enough people live in the area to
create any pressure for residential
developments. It is unlikely in our
time that such a need will appear.
Its only use is for a bombing range,
or for industrial purposes.
Boeing is not the first company
the state tried to interest in the
site. But It is the only one which
showed enough interest to work out
terms of a lease. Boeing has an
nounced no specific plans for using
the area. It would be foolish to do
so.
But critics of the lease might
have the common courtesy to bo
willing to accept Boeing's word at
face value, until it is proven the
company does not plan to meet its
commitments. There are enough
safeguards in the deal to protect the
state. Morrow county stands to gain
more from Boeing's use of the land
than it ever has gained from the
site before. All in all, Governor Hat
field's industry-hunting department
has done a pretty good job on the
project, in spite of a number of dif
ficulties. Those who want only to
make political hay out of the matter
had a long time to make their com
plaints. They should not have wait
ed until the last minute.
youngsters who use it at that time.
A Bulletin observer made three sep
arate visits to the library within a
few evenings alter the complaint
was made, and found no validity to
it, at that time. If Hie noise existed
prior to the complaint, it must have
decreased since.
The award made to the Des
chutes library is appreciated. The
check will come in handy. The
library has had to leave undone
some things its staff and board
would like to have done. The check
will help to do somo of them.
Quotable quotes
I feel pretty safe now. I'm still
a free bird. Lawrence Brayson,
the American who holed up in a
Moscow hotel and defied a Soviet
order to leave Russia because he
wants to marry a.Russian girl.
Soviets may
set Berlin test
early in 19M
By Phil Newiom
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
Berlin Crisis:
If the Soviets are to test the
new u. S. administration's de
termination over Berlin, the
guessing in West Berlin is that
it will not come before January.
The German winter usually re
stricts large scale troop move
ments. However, some time in
January a battalion of about 1,
100 men stationed in Berlin is
expected to exchange duties
with another battalion now in
West Germany. This will mean
a week-long series of convoys in
both directions over the Auto
bahn, with possibilities of a Rus
sian challenge on control pro
cedures. Changes:
London gossip columnists are
claiming that U. S. Ambassador
to London David Bruce may re
tire and be replaced by Mc
George Bundy.
There is no official confirma
tion in either American or Erit
ish quarters of this suggestion.
The reports claim Bruce, who
has been ambassador to Britain
since 1961, feels he wants to re
turn to private life. Bundy is
well known in London and,
while officialdom keeps diploma
tic silence, little doubt is left
that he would be welcome.
Labor Problems:
A major earthquake may be
building up for Italian labor
unions. This could come about
as result of a walk-out of the
strong pro - Communist wing
from Socialist party ranks as
result of the party decision to
join the center-left government
of Premier-designate Aldo Mo
ro. Communists now hold about
70 per cent of all key positions
in the CGIL, which in turn con
trols about half of Italian labor.
A Sociaiist split would reduce
the Socialist moderates of party
leader Pietro Nenni to a small
minority in CGIL ranks and
might force them into quitting.
It would pose dramatic prob
lems of allegiance for many
members.
New Look At Peking:
President Charles de Gaulle
is reported to have decided to
send a full-time French eco
nomic mission to Peking pos
sibly as an opening wedge to
ward full recognition of Red
China later. French officials
say he believes France could
guarantee herself long-term
economic prosperity by estab
lishing outlets for French indus
trial exports in China. A main
stumbling block: Ue Gaulle is
not ready to sever relations
with Chiang Kai-shek's Na
tionalist China on Formosa, re
garded as an inevitability in
event of French diplomatic rec
ognition of the Reds.
Japanese Overhaul:
Japanese Premier Hayato
Ikeda's 1960 program to double
the Japanese people's real in
come in 10 yeax's already has
seen a 38 per cent jump in
such income in less than three
years. But it has shown weak
spots in small farming, coal
mining and in "infrastructure"
such as roads, railroads,
bridges and harbors. As result,
the program probably will be
over-hauled.
Ambush claims
U.S. soldier
in S. Viet Nam
SAIGON, South Vict Nam
(UPI) One U.S. soldier was
killed and another seriously
wounded in a Communist guer
rilla ambush Sunday night near
the Cambodian border, a U.S.
military spokesman said today.
Nine South Vietnamese troops
also were wounded in the clash,
the second serious encounter be
tween government and Viet
Cong forces within a few hours
Sunday.
In the first battle, also near
the Cambodian border, the Com
munists killed, wounded, or cap
tured the entire garrison of a
government outpost before be
ing driven off.
The guerrillas lost an esti
mated 50 men in the six hours
of fightine; but 42 of the 60
troops defending the outpost
were killed, and IS to 20 of
their wives and children also
died.
The American casualties
brought to 113 the number of
U.S. combat deaths since large
scale assistance to South Viet
Nam began in January, 1961.
The death toll from all causes
now Is 141.
Names of the two U.S. serv
icemen were being withheld
pending notification of relatives.
The spokesman said they were
riding in the cab of a truck in
a two-vehicle convoy and the
guerrillas set off a mine under
it.
The Americans were accom
panying a Vietnamese troop
convoy in the border area about
115 miles west of Saigon.
Liberals in Oregon delegation pleased
by tone of Lyndon Johnsons speech
By A. Robert Smith
Bulletin Correspondent
WASHINGTON - Oregon's
congressional delegation univer
sally praised President Lyndon
B. Johnson's maiden speech to
Congress.
Liberal Democrats who in the
past have been critical of John
son because he wasn't liberal
enough now see Johnson in a
far more favorable light.
Even Oregon's lone Republi
can in Congress. Rep. Walter
Norblad, said he thought John
son had "made a very good
statement" when he spoke to a
joint session of Congress two
days after the burial of John F.
Kennedy.
Rep. Robert B. Duncan, the
freshman Democrat from Med
ford, called the speech "superb
and strong what I would ex
pect from Lyndon Johnson."
"It comes as close to express
ing my philosophy as anything
could from civil rights to
economy in government," said
Congressman Duncan.
Rep. Al Ullman, Baker Demo
crat, called it a "very great
speech, very fitting, very strong
he didn't hedge on any of
the issues. It's the kind of state
ment I wanted him to make."
Rep. Edith Green thought it
was "magnificent." She said
she agreed with the views John
son expressed 100 per cent. The
Portland Democrat who headed
Kennedy's campaign in Oregon
said: "I am tremendously
pleased that he called for us to
go forward and put into action
the program for which Presi
Columnist calls for Congressional probe
of FBI, Secret Service in wake of death
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON There are
three agencies of government
which are sacrosanct as far as
congressional investigation or
crsrjism is concerned the FBI,
the Secret Service, and Central
Intelligence. In the interest of
protecting the life of the Pres
ident, however, it is my belief
that a rigorous investigation
should be undertaken regarding
the first two.
Here are some facts which
should be investigated:
The Secret Service Six
Secret Service men charged
with protecting the President,
were in the Fort Worth Press
Club the early morning of Fri
day, November 22, some of
them remaining until nearly
three o'clock. This was earlier
in the same day President
Kennedy was assassinated.
They were drinking. One of
them was reported to have been
inebriated. When they departed,
three were reported en route to
an all-night beatnik rendezvous,
"The Cellar."
The Secret Service, which has
done a notably good job in the
past, prides itself on having
men who will give their lives
for the President. They are
charged with throwing their
own bodies in front of the
President in case of attack.
Obviously men who have been
drinking until nearly three a.m.
are in no condition to be trigger
alert or in the best physical
shape to protect anyone.
It has been stated that it was
an impossibility for the Secret
Service to check the occupancy
of every building along the
route. While this is true, it is
also true that warehouse type
buildings, such as that in which
the assassin hid, should be
searched, and the extra time
spent bv Secret Service men at
the Ft. Worth Press Club could
have been spent in so doing.
Fort Worth Press Club
What happened at Fort Worth
was that the Press Club, sup
posed to close at 10:00 p.m.
under local liquor laws, sent
word inviting Vice President
Johnson and Gov. Connally,
both honorary members, to
come over, and on that excuse
stayed open after hours. Neither
Johnson nor Connally accepted
the invitation, but the club stay
ed open anyway.
When I queried Calvin Sutton,
president of the club, he ex
plained that "a lot of big by
lines were in town whom we
had heard about but never seen
in person, so we took the li
berty of staying open. We
shouldn't have done it, but we
did.
"Some of our correspond
ents then passed out guest cards
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dent Kennedy lived and died."
For these liberal Democrats,
that is the heart of the matter
that Johnson gave every in
dication of taking up where
Kennedy left off, like a relay
runner, and running the next
lap with a fresh burst of ener
gy. Any fears they might have
had that Johnson might ditch
the Kennedy program were
squelched by his initial pledge
to try to put it across success
fully on foreign and domestic
fronts.
Congresswoman Green was
heartened by Johnson's giving
civil rights tip priority. She
was also encouraged when he
urged Congress to act on pend
ing education legislation, which
is her specialty. She said she
and Sen. Wayne Morse are go
ing to take that to heart and see
what they can do to send some
education legislation to the
White House for the new Presi
dent's signature.
Congressman Ullman wished
Johnson had come out specific
ally for medical care for the
aged tied to Social Security, but
said he knew that the short
maiden speech couldn't cover
everything. He said he is cer
tain Johnson will later endorse
this Kennedy proposal, which is
currently before the House
Ways and Means Committee.
The only apparent exception
taken by one of the Oregon del
egation was Sen. Wayne Morse,
refusing to applaud when John
son spoke favorably of foreign
aid. Morse recently led an all
out Senate attack on the admin
Washington Merry-go
to members of the President's
party. I didn't know the Secret
Service men were being invited
and it kind of surprised me
when they arrived, but they all
had guest cards. They got in
about eleven or a little later."
Sutton said it was 3:00 a.m.
when he locked up and the
Secret Service men left a little
ahead of him.
"They wanted to know where
"The Cellar' was, and I told
them. But I did my best to
discourage them. I don't know
whether they went or not."
Sutton said they seemed to be
in pretty good shape when
they left. He denied that one
was inebriated.
File Of Suspects
The FBI In Dallas, the
police stated that the FBI had
interviewed Lee Oswald but had
not informed them about the
interview. In Washington, the
FBI denied that they had inter
rogated Oswald recently.
Regardless of whether he was
interviewed recently or a long
time ago, it is the job of the
protective agencies of govern
ment to check on every suspect
in any city which the President
visits and make sure where he
is at the time of the visit.
A man who had been head of
the Fair Play For Cuba Com
mittee, who had professed
Marxism, and whose record
showed a mixed-up, unsteady
emotionalism, should have been
kept under careful watch on the
day the President entered his
city one of the most lawless
and intolerant cities in the
United States.
The Secret Service keeps a
file of people who have written
threatening letters to the Pres
ident or who are otherwise
suspect. If Oswald was not on
Barbs
Apple cider and leaves as
usual battled it out to see which
would turn first.
The average unemployed per
son wants to be helped Into a
job, not just helped out.
1964 cars are being shown
and just think of the people who
will go into debt.
An Eastern woman in a three
room apartment gave birth to
triplets. She'll have to move or
move out.
CD
i
istration's foreign aid program,
resulting in a reduction of $500
million in the current foreign
aid authorization bill.
Otherwise, the major question
is the congressional timetable.
Mrs. Green, Ullman and Dun
can interpreted Johnson's
speech as a request for speedy
action this year rather than
putting off major decisions un
til next year as has been indi
cated on Capitol Hill by this
year's slow pace. Mrs. Green
said Congress should stay in
session into the Christmas holi
days because the lawmakers
could give the American people
no finer gift than some accom
plishments in the field of civil
rights and tax reduction, etc.
Obviously, the liberal Demo
crats think the time to strike
for favorable action on these
controversial bills is now, while
there is a lessening of partisan
opposition, a heightening of bi
partisan cooperation with the
new president.
But the conservatives who
hold many key legislative posts
are expected to try1 to defer ac
tion until after Congress returns
in January, when perhaps the
era of good feeling toward the
slain president has diminished
and is less likely to influence
votes in favor of his pending
legislative proposals which they
oppose.
Johnson's first task, in short,
is to get Congress to go to work
on his program before the hon
eymoon spirit evaporates in the
cold days of a presidential elec
tion year ahead.
-roimd
their list, the FBI should have
communicated with the Secret
Service after they interviewed
him. If photographs of Oswald
passing out pro-Castro leaflets
were shown on television as
they were certainly the FBI
and the Secret Service should
have been able to catalogue
him without too much trouble.
It's true there has been long
standing jealousy between the
FBI and the Secret Service.
Sometimes they act almost as
if they don't speak. But they
should stop squabbling over
jurisdiction and headlines at
least where the life of the
President is concerned.
The Dallas police I was in
Dallas on the tragic day Pres
i int Kennedy was shot. I was
not there when his alleged as
sassin, Lee Oswald, was shot.
But newsmen who were on the
scene in the basement of the
Dallas police station inform me
that it is inconceivable the po
lice did not know Jack Ruby
was inside.
Most newsmen had to show
their credentials to two police
guards to enter the basement.
It was more difficult to get in
than into the White House. Yet
a strip - tease night club op
erator with a police record of
arrests for assault and for car
rying concealed weapons was
let inside.
The Dallas police record
shows Ruby was chiefly in
trouble for having a violent
temper and jumping on people.
This is not the kind of a man
normally allowed in police head
quarters when the most import
ant defendant in Texas historv
is being transferred. How this
happened may never be ex
plained by the Dallas police.
But a bipartisan, thorough-goine;
congressional committee should
probe to the bottom.
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By Lyle C. Wilson
UPI Staff Writer
The bad political news for Sen.
Barry Goldwater is that there
seems now to be a solid chanca .
that the moderate or Eisenhow
er Republicans will retain con
trol of the party and of its 1964
nominating convention.
The bullets that struck Presi
dent Kennedy also hit the Gold-water-for
- president movement.
Goldwater-for-president strategy
had been to concede the big
eastern industrial states to JFK
in 1964. These concessions were
to be offset by Republican gains
in the South. Some Republicans
argued that party gains in the
South reflected fiscal conserva
tism; a desire for reduced fed
eral spending, a balanced bud
get and, thereafter, tax reduc
tion. Other Republicans conceded
that Republican developments in
southern states reflected Demo
cratic dislike of the Kennedy ad
ministration more precisely,
southerners were voting Repub
lican in protest against the Ken
nedy brothers' all out efforts in
behalf of civil rights.
Resist Southern Play
Republican office holders
elected in the big industrial
states resisted any party play
for soi.them votes. The realistic
political reason for their resis
tance was that Republican
identification in the South with
segregationist Democrats would
invite racial minorities to pen
alize Republicans in the North.
These northern Republican of
ficeholders probably could ex
pect to fare better on election
day with a Republican presi
dential candidate who went all
out for civil rights and lost
than with a candidate who had
played for white southern votes
and was elected.
The weakness of the northern
Republican officeholders has
been that they could not offer
any assurance that JFK could
be licked next year in the big,
industrial states. How President
Johnson will stand with the Ne
groes and other racial minori
ties next autumn cannot be
known now. But at this moment
he does not command the po
litical support of such states as
New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania as John F. Ken
nedy was presumed to com
mand it.
Adopt 1964 Strategy
Therefore, the Republican
moderates are invited by cir
cumstances to adopt in 1964 the
strategy that won party control
for them at every Republi
can national convention after
1928. That strategy is to take a
middle or left of center path
down the political roadway.
Habit is a force of consequence,
collectively as well as individ
ually. The Republican habit of sur
rendering to the stern voice ol
the moderates at nominating
time is well established. What
the stern voice said of the late
Robert A. Taft was that he
could not be elected because he
could not carry big industrial
states, notably New York. That
frightened the fat conservative
cats of the Republican party
who apparently would rather
win than be right.
Among the forces giving the
Goldwater bandwagon astonish
ing momentum this year was
the fact of rebellion in the
South against the Democratic
party. Goldwater strategists
listened unimpressed to warn
ings that their man could not
carry New York or, for example
Pennsylvania.
For answer, they replied:
"Okay, buster, we don't need
'em."
And. away they went, whist
ling Dixie.
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