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Members of 7mA Mafia' will be first
of Kennedy aides fo leave Washington
One of the interesting questions
being considered these days is the
future of the people in power around
former President John F. Kennedy.
Just how and when will President
Lyndon Johnson start building his
own team?
Johnson is known as a doer
rather than a thinker. This doesn't
mean that he doesn't think. It means
mostly that Johnson gets things
done and takes little time, or has
taken little time, to expound on po
litical philosophy. This may be a
key to future appointments.
President Kennedy was a think
er. He was a reader of many books.
He projected the sum total of his
Ideas and the ideas of his advisers
to the public In numerous speeches.
Whether or not President Johnson
will do this remains to be seen. He
hasn't in the past.
Kennedy got many of his ideas
from his advisers. He had two such
groups. The inner or "working"
group was known as the "Irish
Mafia." These people were his doers.
The thinkers came mostly from
Harvard. This group included such
men as Arthur Schlesinger and
McGeorge Bundy. It also Includes
the Secretary of Defense, Robert Mc
Namara, who did not come from
Harvard, but from the Ford Motor
Company.
President Kennedy's closest con
fident of course was his brother
Robert Kennedy, who is Attorney
General.
One could probably say that
members of the "Irish Mafia," with
such names as O'Donnell, Rlorden,
et al, will be the first to be replaced.
This is natural for these men were
close to John F. Kennedy and no one
Morton's Monster
Gene Morton, superintendent of
the Wizard Falls fish hatchery on
the Metolius, is an imaginative sort
of fellow. Now he's designed a gad
get which he calls a "fish combine"
which scoops up water and fish,
separates the two, and delivers each
to its proper place. It will reduce
fish injuries during handling proc-
Hate
Some of our editor brethren ex
press the feeling that the slaying of
President Kennedy came as a result
of the operations of the many "hate"
groups now in existence. And per
haps it was. But the err in feeling
the hate-mongers are a new phe
nomenon, or that their numbers are
increasing. We've always had them.
Few Presidents have been the
subject of as many jokes, most of
them not very good jokes, as was
Mr. Kennedy. The barbs were aim
ed at various members of his family
almost equally as often as at the
President. But these were to be ex
pected. The Kennedy family was,
naturally enough, the subject of
more personal publicity than any
recent occupants of the White
House.
Many of the jokes were not
new. Anyone with a good memory
else throughout most of his political
career. President Johnson will un
doubtedly bring In his own group
of doers, people he has been close
to for many years.
As for the thinkers, or "egg
heads," it is probable that after a
reasonable period most but perhaps
not all of these people will be re
placed. Drew Pearson said last week
that Schlesinger has already made
known his intentions to resign as
an adviser and take a post at Prince
ton University.
Some viewers of the political
scene feel that President Johnson
would like to rid himself of most
of the "eggheads" quickly. This we
doubt. He won't, of course, for the
reason that getting top level people
in a hurry isn't easy and besides, it
wouldn't be in good taste under the
circumstances.
We wouldn't be surprised if
President Johnson kept some of the
Kennedy "eggheads." He has enough
reasons. He will need some help
from the "think" people. And, he
faces an election next year. He won't
want to alienate potential votes
with harsh action.
As for Robert Kennedy, his in
tentions should be known before
long. President Johnson and Bobby
have never been known as close
friends. But Johnson is said to have
asked the brother of the late presi
dent to stay in his present job.
We would be surprised if the
younger Kennedy stayed more than
a few months. He will get over his
present sorrow and shock soon. And
when he does he will have to make
a decision as to his future. It seems
to lie in Massachusetts politics.
This is not the first of Morton's
inventions. It probably will not be
the last. It is the sort of thing
which has placed the Wizard Falls
hatchery high on the list of places
to see for those interested in the
propagation of fish.
and sufficient gray hairs could re
member most of the same jokes
being told about President Roose
velt (Franklin D.). Arui older friends
said they heard some of the same
stories about Mr. Roosevelt (Theo
dore). There undoubtedly are more
persons in hate groups now than
there were a century ago. There are
lots more persons now than there
were a century ago. There are more
hate-mongers now than there were
25 years ago. But there are more
golfers, too. The population has
grown. The proportion of haters
among the population is probably
about the same as it has always
been. We have improved communi
cations to the point that we are
perhaps more aware of them, that is
all. A hater is someone with a
mental quirk, and the vast majority
of the people still are pretty normal.
Too many people remain silent as haters
spread their venom, Rep. Green charges
By Yvonne Franklin
Bulletin Staff Writer
WASHINGTON The first
telegram placed In the hand of
a grieving Rep. Edith Green on
the Friday that President John
Kennedy was slain read:
"Urge that you immediately
start impeachment proceedings
against President Johnson."
This was but another in a
series of vengeful communica
tions from a Portland doctor
who had expressed hatred for
the Kennedy administration and
vented his feelings on paper to
his elected representative in
Congress.
Prior to the President's death,
the Congresswoman's mail from
people associated with hate
groups was growing both in
volume and venom. For ex
ample, one constituent last week
wrote:
"...I am convinced that the
real orders to rub out Kennedy
came from the chief heads of
the mob at Vatican City. The
true trigger man is very likely
a pro-Goldwater Roman Catho
lic. I am convinced that the
international Roman Catholic
crime syndicate..."
Mrs. Green thinks we should
have competent medical opinion
to describe or diagnose the
sickness which has swept the
Nation in such outpourings of
hatred.
She said in an interview after
President Kennedy's death that
the vicious anti-Catholic mail
and literature, starting with the
1960 presidential campaign
which she headed in Oregon,
was "shocking" in its intensity.
It has continued unabated, but
the range of targets has widen
ed to include all national lead
ers. Newspaper editors in Oregon
have also noted that letters to
the editor have increased in
their "bilious" personal attacks,
especially against political lead
ers. Mrs. Green spreads the blame
for the emergence of such hate
groups. She blames not only the
violent dissenters themselves,
but politicians, past and present,
for leading the way defaming
their fellow citizens as Com
munist sympathizers, without
Hybrid Italian
government
makes its bow
By Phil Newsom
UPI Staff Writer
Italy's new center-left govern
ment is making its bow this
week.
It is a hybrid not totally sat
isfactory to anyone, the result
of a marriage of former politi
cal enemies with beliefs widely
divergent on subjects ranging
from wage and price control to
NATO.
But, contrarily, its planners
hope it will provide a stability
generally lacking In 24 pre
vious Italian governments.
At its head is 47-year-old
Christian Democrat Aldo Moro,
who as his party's secretary
has been more accustomed to
act as king-maker behind the
scenes.
At Mora's side as vice pre
mier is 72-year-old Socialist
Pietro Nenni, most of whose
stormy career has been spent
in opposition, much of it in al
liance with the Communists.
Their two parties. In coalition
with the smaller Social Demo
ocrats and Republicans, make
up the new government.
It Is a government with a
comfortable majority in Italy's
630-member chamber of depu
ties. But it is also a govern
ment of many compromises and
its existence will depend on the
shaky loyalities of the extreme
right within the Christian Dem
ocrats and of the extreme left
within Nenni's badly split So
cialists. Win Party Vote
Nenni won approval of parti
cipation in the new govern
ment by a vote of 59-40 wilhin
the party central committee.
But his margin of victory de
pended on a man who will not
even participate.
He Is the party's No. 2 leader
Riccardo Lombardi, a Marxist
proponent of nationalization and
neutrality who could at any
time upspt the hnlappp hy
throwing his 16 central commit
tee votes to the pro-Communists.
Lombardi refused a post in the
new regime.
The Bulletin
Tuesday, December 3, 1963
An Independent Newspaper
Robert W. Chandler, Editor
Glenn Cushman, Gen. Manager Jack McDermott, Adv. Manager
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor Del Usselman. Circ. Manager
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evidence to back up their head
line - eyeing attacks. She also
blames the newspapers for
spreading unfounded, cynical
charges.
Most of all she blames the
silent Americans who do not
protest against the spread of
hatred for national leaders, Re
publican and Democratic, which
has culminated in the violent
death of President John F.
Kennedy.
"We have allowed the hate
groups to take over," she said,
"and the moderate voices have
been silent."
She remembered the words of
Rabbi Joachim Prinz who spoke
at the August 28 Freedom
March in Washington, who said:
"When I was the rabbi of the
Jewish community in Berlin
under the Hitler regime, I learn
ed many things. The most im
portant thing that I learned in
my life and under those tragic
circumstances is that bigotry
and hatred are not the most ur
gent problems.
"The most urgent, the most
disgraceful, the most shameful
and the most tragic problem is
silence. A great people, which
had become a great civilization
had become a nation of silent
onlookers. They remained silent
in the face of hate, in the face
of brutality and in the face of
murder."
Mrs. Green said that while
there was a national outcry
over the bombing deaths of the
young Negro girls in Birming
ham, it was not sustained, and
the so-called decent people of
that city took no action. The
men accused of the bombings
were given six months' sen
tences on the misdemeanor
charge of possessing dynamite.
The national outrage over the
killing of Medgar Evers in
Jackson, Miss., also subsided,
she said. The killer has thus far
not come to trial. The good
people of Jackson remain silent
and afraid in the face of Negro
suffering.
Mrs. Green wondered why
there isn't more public protest,
North and South, over the sav
age treatment of White and Ne
gro youth working for freedom
Peace-loving Swiss quite
happy with their country
By Charles La Roche
UPI Staff Writer
ZURICH (UPI) - When the
Swiss people were asked in a
recent international poll wheth
er they were satisfied with
their country and the way it
was run, 79 per cent of those
who answered said they liked
it just fine and were happy to
live in it.
This isn't surprising. Switzer
land is now at peace and
has been for more than half a
century.
In many ways it is a tour
ist's paradise, too, but there is
one thing the visitor learns
quickly and sometimes with
a little disappointment: The
yodelling mountaineer in knee
pants is no more common to
Switzerland than war-bonneted
Indians are to the United
States.
Small Area Inhabited
Switzerland is a small coun
try with an area of 15,944 miles
or roughly twice the size of New
Jersey. It has 5,800,000 inhabi
tants, four-fifths of whom are
crowded into one-fifth of the
country's area the flat or
rolling "midlands."
Most of Switzerland sits
astride the roof of Europe where
the Alps reach 12,000 or more
feet into the sky. It has no nat
ural frontiers, sloping away from
the Alpine center like a pyra
mid toward France on the West,
Germany to the north, Austria
on the East, and Italy to the
south.
Switzerland's prosperity in
this century has been in aston
ishing contrast with a poverty
that endured for centuries and
even in relatively recent times
found the country so poor it had
to send its sons to fight as mer
cenaries on the battlefields of
Europe.
The Swiss Guard of the Pope
is a reminder of the times
when Europe's wars were
fought by soldiers produced by
Switzerland.
Enjoys Prosperity
Today, by virtue of benefits
of the industrial age, the hard
work and craftsmanship of its
people, Sv-'itror'-ind is one of the
richest nations in the world.
Its present high level of econ
omic well being national in
come soared to $8,840 million in
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in the South young college
boys and girls thrown into
prison on charges of "insur
rection" because they sought to
register Negro voters in Geor
gia. For every non-Southerner
rescued by their congressman,
she said, others suffer indigni
ties and imprisonment alone
and unheeded by most Ameri
cans. She pointed to the buildup of
violent events in Dallas, Texas,
with newspaper ads appearing
on the day the President was
killed which called him a trai
tor. Texans she said had been
fed a steady diet of diatribe
against their national leaders.
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson was
spat upon in that city while
Bruce Alger, the Congressman
from Dallas looked on in ap
proval. Ambassador Adlai Stev
enson was attacked in Dallas
last October.
The tragic groundwork for the
killing of the President, she
said, was laid by hate groups
throughout the country, and
particularly in Dallas which
has been more virulent in its
hatred than some cities. And the
responsible citizens, "the good
people" she said stood idly by
and did nothing to protest the
behaviour of the haters.
"On United Nations Day when
Stevenson was in Dallas it
seems to me this was the time
(when he was attacked) when
there should have been real
strong statements that this was
not the way the majority of
people really felt,"she said.
In their silence they condoned
the action, much as the Ger
mans condoned by silence Hit
ler's massacre of the Jews
when they (the decent "good"
people) did not rise up in pro
test when the Jews were first
humiliated and attacked by
speeches and later by inter
ment and death in the gas
ovens.
Mrs. Green was concerned
that the Nation must rid itself
"of the hatred and venom some
how, so that he (President John
Kennedy) will not have died in
vain, and that all of this hate
and fear must be changed into
love and concern for other hu
man beings."
1962 has been termed a
"super - boom" and statistics
support the term.
In just ten years Swiss ex
ports have doubled to reach the
total of $2.23 billion, or $400 per
capita, as against a figure of
$120 per capita in the United
States. Switzerland's gold re
serves are even greater $450
per capita as compared with
$100 per capita in the United
States.
Unemployment is practically
non-existent (averaging about
150 people) and job demand so
great that in the last ten years
Switzerland has imported 800,
000 workers from other coun
tries. Lives Comfortable Life
The average Swiss citizen
lives a comfortable life. A typ
ical example: Ulrich Forrer, a
40-year-old high school teacher
who lives with his wife Anita,
37, and their two children, Rolf,
14, and Doris, 9, in a suburban
Zurich apartment. Forrer earns
about 1850 Swiss francs ($430)
a month from his teaching which
claims him 35 hours a week.
He earns another 250 francs
($50) giving private tutoring and
occasionally doing some free
lance journalism. Anita does not
work.
The Forrers' apartment is in
a three-story house with accom
modations for six families. They
have three bedrooms, a living
room, kitchen, bath and a
roomy balcony. They pay 350
francs a month for this.
Food prices are high by Eu
ropean standards. A pound of
prime steak costs 8 francs
($1.82), a pound of butter 5
francs or $1.15. Eggs run from
2.40 to 3.10 francs (55 to 70
cents) a dozen. Coffee costs 4.50
francs a pound, a pound of po
tatoes 25 centimes (6 cents), a
pound of salad greens one franc
(23 cents). Like practically all
Swiss tiie Forrers have a tele
phone and a radio, not yet tele
vision which has been slow
catching on in the country.
About one in three families has
television.
Expenses hit
all time high
The all-time high in building
expenses for a single year in
Bend has been reached this
month, it was announced fros
city hall.
Building permit applications
show that $2,235,215 was ex
pended for construction and re
pairs to buildings since Janu
ary 1. The figure exceeds by
$12,570 total expenses recorded
in 1955 when $2,222,645 was ex
pended in building projects.
"When men differ in opinion,
both sides ought equally to have
the advantage ot being heard
by the public." Benjamin
Franklin.
Lava Bear Moms
express appreciation
To the Editor:
We would like to thank the
wonderful merchants in Bend
for all the donations of food,
flowers and time given for the
1963 Football Award Banquet.
A very special thanks to Le
roy (Dusty) Rhodes for his help
in getting all the projects under
way. We couldn't have done it
without you, Dusty.
Many, many thanks to all the
parents for their cooperation in
bringing food. Everything was
delicious. Also for the men who
set up tables.
Last, but not least, may we
say thank you Rally and Pep
Club girls. The decorations
were beautiful and your help in
serving and setting tables were
great.
Thanks again to all.
The Mothers of the
fighting Lava Bears
Bend, Oregon,
Nov. 20, 1963
Blame for noise
in library shifted
To the Editor:
In the November 20 edition of
the paper, there was a letter
from Walter Prichard about the
deplorable situation in the li
brary. I would like to clarify
this.
I agree that at 6:30 p.m. the
library is quite noisy. The rea
son for this is that the students
from the junior high are there,
and they are usually not in
their teens yet. Why do you say
that "Teenagers are to blame
for the noise in the library?"
When high school students
start entering the library, it is
for the sole purpose of study
ing. We cannot afford to sit
around and chat with our
friends, or go out for cokes, be
cause we have too much home
work to complete. If you, Mr.
Prichard, do not believe me,
why don't you come to the high
school and see for yourself the
stack of books we have to take
home. Maybe you would change
your idea that teenagers are to
blame for the noise in the li
brary. I have been in the library
quite a few times doing re
search papers, and some of the
grown-ups sit in there and con
verse to one another. So the
teenagers aren't the only ones
who use the library for a social
gathering.
Portland firm
gets bid award
A Portland firm, W. E. Nel
son Company, was successful
bidder on a contract calling for
construction of a community
building at the Warm Springs
Reservation, Vernon Jackson,
secretary - treasurer of the
Confederated tribes reports.
The Portland firm's bid was
$501,400. Eleven alternates re
duces the basic bid to $665,300.
This is to be an accelerated
public work project, with con
struction to start on December
14. It must be completed in 12
months.
The building will have an
area of 44,402 square feet. Fa
cilities wili include a gymnas
ium with a balcony, adult game
rooms, a social hall, boxing and
wrestling rooms and space for
appurtenant activities by mem
bers of the Confederated Tribes.
RENAME BRIDGE
BONN, Germany (UPI)
Bonn's only bridge across the
Rhine River was named the
John F. Kennedy Bridge in a
ceremony Monday night.
A plaque bearing the name of
the late President was unveiled
by U.S. Ambassador George C.
McGhee.
Animal Life
ACROSS
1 Common
rodent
4 Red deer adult
male
8 Crustacean
12 Fruit drink
13 Female horse
14 Russian hemp
15 Chum
16 Africans of a
tort
18 Makes
threefold
20 Worms
21 Cook's utensil
22 MiH Gabor and
4 Fish
5 Weight
deduction
6 Ascended
7 Obtain
8 Pungent plant
fl Narrow uileU
10 Feminine
appellation
11 "Good Queen
17 Actually
19 Logging term
23 Phials
24 Seasoning
25 Mountain
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26 Property item
namesakes
24I.rtnr.rtn HittriM 27 Swiftest
26 West Indian 28 Musical work
shrub
27 Turf
30 Pleasant smells
22 Aiiuiiiiiciiy
34 Eyes of cameras
35 Educational
association
38 Pedal digit
37 Communists
39 Fewer
40 Location
41 Cushion
42 Cetacean
43 Covering:
49 Preventing
51 Organ of
hearing
52 Encourage
53 Notion
34 Mineral spring
55 Green
vegetable
56 Sea bird
57 Mr. Hunter
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If you, Mr. Prichard, want tc
gripe about teenagers belni
noisy in the library, please re
fer to them as seventh am
eighth graders!
Sincerely yours,
Linda Dresser
Bend, Oregon,
Nov. 28, 1963
Murder of Oswald
blow at democracy
To the Editor:
In a recent edition the tele
vision critic praised the telev;
sion networks on their excelled
coverage of the past "days c
madness and sorrow."
Ah, the wonders of moder
technology through which w
may see the bloody remains c
a beloved president the wor
ders of technology throug
which we were able to condem
a man without a trial, benef;
of counsel, or even the chanc
to speak in his own defensf
Yes, the wonders of technolog
through which we can see
man brutally murdered in
pack of pushing, yelling repor
ers and photographers.
Now, after the events of th
past week, we can look bac
and discuss the numerous saf
ty precautions which coul
have, or should have been U
ken. But it is our duty to guai
antee that history will not agai
see a man, supposedly protecl
ed by the "law," struck dow
in like manner.
Although the death of Pres:
dent Kennedy is a tragedy,
propose to you that the murde
of Lee Oswald is a far greal
er blow to the ideals of democ
racy.
Sincerely,
Terrie Todd
Bend, Oregon,
Nov. 28, 1963
Aid for Mrs. Oswald
is decried by writer
To the Editor:
After reading the column ti
tied: "Collection for Widow
made here," front page, Th
Bulletin, November 27, 1963,
became sick to my stomach.
No doubt the aiding of Office
Tippit's widow is a worth;
cause, although the city of Dai
las, Texas with a population ex
ceeding 700,000 persons shouli
be able to take care of thel
own.
The shot that killed our Pres
ident is still echoing around th
world and the do-gooders havi
found another cause.
To aid the widow of (anc
indirectly) the alleged assassii
of John F. Kennedy is ridicu
lous. To do so at this early dat(
is condoning the crime. To alt
Mrs. Lee Oswald is to shov
every nut, malcontent and Am
erica hater who is tired of lifi
the way to provide for his fam
ily.
This is not a question of, "I:
it the Christian thing to do,'
but as Americans, "is it righ
or wrong?"
Patriotically yours,
John H. Hodges
Klamath Falls, Ore. ..
Nov. 27, 1963
Barbs
Up-coming 1964 may be i
break for gals, but it'll be jus
another leap year for pedes
trians.
Alcohol will preserve a lot 0
things, but not secrets.
A scientist says crime is par
tially due to glands. For second
story robbers maybe they'r
monkey glands.
Boxers should watch certali
television programs before ge
ing into the ring. It might pu
them in a fighting mood.
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