'Wow look at 'em go!'
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f Panama
them pay
u The first impression for many
of us at the start of the Panamanian
uprising was that the United States
ought to send a division of Marines
there to quiet things down.
But as news of the outbreak
leaks back to us in the United
States, it becomes evident that we
already have enough soldiers there
and that the story of Panama isn't
all black and white. There are
shades of gray.
The disorders apparently start
ed over the flying or non-flying of
the Panamanian flag. An expert on
Panama outlined it thusly:
Last year, Panama argued for
and got a signed agreement that
the Panamanian flag would be flown
beside the American flag. This
agreement hasn't always been ob
served. There are several Ameri
cans who have lived in Panama for
years who have little use for the
Panama people. Our expert friend
said they probably told their chil
dren that the Panamanian flag
shouldn't be flown beside the Ameri
can flag and the children agreed
with them.
Result was that the Pana
manians who don't like the Ameri
cans there any better than the
Americans like them, exhorted their
children to get the Panamanian flag
up where it belonged. Result: a fight
which eventually led to the riot
which eventually led to tear gas and
gunfire which led to at least 24
deaths.
' There is little doubt that fol-
Guess what students reading
Now the Elmira school board
Is reading that J. D. Salinger book
to determine if it is proper for high
school students.
I That's the book that was re
moved from the school reading list
after some parents objected. It had
been placed on a list by a high
school English teacher. The school
Hatfield
Those who are experts in pre
dicting the outcome of elections and
even down to the slate of candidates
before election, and this includes
most of us, will be Interested In how
the teevee people see the presiden
tial race.
Two of the nation's leading
television news commentators this
week picked Oregon's Mark Hatfield
to run for vice president on the Re
publican ticket.
The two were Chet Huntley of
NBC and Ron Cochran of ABC The
Huntley-Cochran ticket was com
posed of Gov. William Scranton of
Pennsylvania for president and Hat
field for his running mate.
Walter Cronklte of CBS, who
has been pretty well dominating
the teevee news scene this fall and
wants fo renegotiate, let
up damages to our property
wins Teevee veep race
lowers of Fidel Castro seized upon
the moment to Intensify the violence
which included burning of American
buildings and the destruction of
American automobiles and property.
It doesn't take many trained men
to incite a mob to action and this
apparently happened in Panama.
Now, where do we go from
here? Well, we certainly won't pull
out of the Canal Zone where we
have rights "in perpetuity." As an
economic and military base, the
canal zone is just too important to
simply discard.
Should we be willing to re
negotiate the treaty as Panamanian
President Roberto F. Chiari de
mands? Under certain circum
stances, we would say yes.
But we wouldn't negotiate a
thing until that country reimburses
the United States and its citizens
for all losses and damage to gov
ernment and private property that
occurred during the riots.
If Panama isn't willing to do
this, then we see no basis for dis
cussion. It is about time that our so
called friends in Latin and South
America find out that they can't go
around beating us up and destroy
ing our property without some resti
tution, even If it is slight.
At the same time, someone
ought to straighten out the Ameri
cans there on the flying of the Pan
amanian flag. If flying their flag
beside ours will satisfy Panama, lets
do it.
superintendent later took it off.
While the school board mem
bers are reading the book to see if
it is okay for the students to read,
we will give you three guesses as to
what the students are reading.
Name of the book? Uh, uh. We
are going to wait to see what the
Elmira school board says, too.
winter,, thinks former Vice Presi
dent Richard Nixon will be the presi
dential nominee with Barry Gold
water as vice president.
President Lyndon Johnson was
the unanimous selection for the
Democratic nomination. Cronklte
thought California governor Ed
mund (Pat) Brown' would be the
second man, Huntley predicted
Peace Corps Director Sargent Shrlv
cr and Cochran selected Minnesota
Sen. Hubert Humphrey.
The Scranton-Hatfield ticket
would have to be considered a long
shot at this time. If It doesn't ma
terialize, everyone will probably
have forgotten it anyway by con
vention time. But if it does. Huntley
and Cochran will be sure that none
of us forget who called the shot.
Acrs revoluf ionized
image of fhe President
By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON - It has now
been about fifty days since a
new President of the U n i t e d
States entered the White House,
and during that time not a sin
gle policy of the late President
has been changed. Yet the en
tire presidential image has been
changed from press confer
ences, to relations with Con
gress, to easygoing informality,
Most observers expected LBJ
to be a me-too President. But
no man has so changed the
presidential image in so short
a time without changing a sin
gle policy.
Quipped UPI's Merriman
Smith after a press conference
Madrid-Moscow
ties still seen
long way off
By Phil Newsom
UPI Staff Wrltar
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
Change of Heart:
Although it is the opinion in
Madrid that full diplomatic re
lations between Madrid and
Moscow are a long way off,
sounding-out talks between the
two are expected to continue
during 1964. Generalissimo
Francisco Franco apparently
favors increased commercial
relations first. Moscow wants
diplomatic accord to precede
commercial talks. So far as
Spain is concerned, an Import
ant condition is the return of
Spanish gold reserves shipped
to Russia by the Spanish repub
lic in 1937. Its present value is
estimated at $550 million. Spain
can prove the gold belongs to
her because republican Premier
Dr. Juan Negrin returned con
firming documents to the Mad
rid government before he died
in exile in Paris.
Impasse:
It now is considered all but
certain that there will be no
early talks between Presidents
Johnson and Charles de Gaulle
probably not this year at all.
There have been no formal in
vitations. But in informal
soundings through diplomatic
channels, De Gaulle has made
it clear he does not want
to visit the United States In the
near future and Johnson has
rebuffed the De Gaulle idea of
a meeting in Martinique on the
general's way back from Mexi
co in March.
De Gaulle-Italy:
De Gaulle, disappointed at re
sults to date of the year-old
French-German alliance, is ex
pected soon to show his annoy
ance by trying to create some
sort of new "special relation
ship" with Italy. The particu
lar source of De Gaulle's an
noyance is the growing tie be
tween West Germany and the
United States. He will make a
big pitch for closer French
Italian relations during Italian
President Antonio Segni's state
visit to Paris next month.
Japanese Preiaurot:
Prime Minister Hayata Ikeda
of Japan will be under strong
pressure to match any diploma
tic concession that De Gaulle
may make to Red China. If
the French stop short of diplo
matic recognition but establish
trade and cultural missions in
Peking, Japan will follow suit.
The Japanese will hesitate to
go all the way on recognizing
Red China for fear of offending
the United States, their best
customer. But if a band wagon
to Peking gets rolling, Japan
intends to be aboard. Two of
Tokyo's "big three" newspapers
already are urging Ikeda to
"stabilize" his relations with
Red China.
Pretturei on British:
The British, their military es
tablishment already stretched
by world-wide commitments,
are beginning to worry that
they may be left holding the
bag In Cyprus. Chances for an
early peaceful settlement of tho
conflict between Greek and
Turkish Cypriote are rated slim
and British troops there could
be tied down for a long time.
The hope would be for the Unit
ed Nations to take over, permit
ting withdrawal of British
forces before too long.
SUPREME COURT MEETS
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Supreme Court meets today to
hand down opinions and orders
before starting a second week
of arguments In the January
sessions.
The Bulletin
Monday, January 13, 1964
An Independent Nwipapr
Robert W. Chandler, Editor
Cltnn Cuihmin, Gtn. Mner Jack McDtrmetf, Adv. Manager
Phil F. Broom, Auoclate Editor Del Uaulman, Cire. Managtr
Loron E. Dytr, Math. Sup. William A. Yatat. Managing Ed.
tereit at Srvmd Clan Mailer. January t, U1T- at tre rest Ofn.-e at Bend. Ore.
wi. undrr Art urr J. Nil, ruNUtal daily taceni Sunday and certain
noudui by The Bend feuUaun. Dae,
at the LBJ ranch: "Never be
fore in history has a President
held a press conference using a
bale of hay for a podium and
then made his exit on horse
back." Observed a society editor:
"Never before has the W h i t e
House staff been given orders
to get up a reception for 300
congressmen on three hours'
notice and put it across."
Said a White House policeman
to newspaper guests: "Just
drive up the front driveway,
park, and walk in the front
door like rich folks."
Remarked one White House
employee: "Nothing around
here is the same. Now we've
got just plain, cotton - pickin'
Folks."
Not in a good many years
if ever has the Business Ad
visory Council been invited to
the White House for dinner to
read the President's State of
the Union message in advance,
or the AFL-CIO Executive Coun
cil to lunch to read the mess
age; or the foreign correspond
ents been given a personal tour
of the living quarters of the
White House by the President
himself, including his own bed
room where his pajamas lay
neatly folded on his turned
down bed.
Seldom before has a visiting
head of state been given such
thoughtful treatment as Chan
cellor Ludwig Erhard from
the box of cigars chosen by cig
ar connoisseur Pierre Salinger;
to the book on his bedside ta
ble, "Pioneers of These Hills,"
telling how the Germans settled
the LBJ part of Texas; to the
German language sermon
preached by the Lutheran min
ister; to the special quiche
Lorraine, or cheese custard pie,
specially prepared by the First
Lady.
Finally, there has seldom
been such vigor in a President's
relations with Congress.
Yes, the presidential Image
has changed completely without
changing a single policy.
Th Telephoning President
The White House operates one
of the most efficient telephone
switchboards in the nation's
capital. Its hello - girls are ex
perts. But frequently when you
call the White House these
days, you find its lines are
jammed.
One reason is the telephoning
of the President himself.
The other day Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine got a
phone call from the President.
She was on the Senate floor,
where she usually is, but was
called into the Republican
cloakroom by a Senate page.
The President said he didn't
have anything special to talk
about but didn't want any wail
to be built up between them.
He hoped that she would come
down and see him sometime.
Senator Smith replied that she
didn't feel any wall was being
built up. "We're too old friends
for that," she said.
Three days later, on a Sun
day, Mrs. Smith got another
phone call from Lyndon to wish
her a happy birthday. He said
he'd been thinking about her on
the previous day her birthday
but was so swamped he had
not called her.
He told Senator Smith that he
had been talking with the Pent
agon regarding the cut-back of
bases, and that the Portsmouth
Klttery Point submarine base
was on the original list to be
closed.
"But I told the Pentagon, 'I
don't want to do this to the
lady from Maine. Take it back
and review it.' Of course," he
added to Mrs. Smith, "we may
have to close It eventually."
Naturally this was not pleas
ant news to the senator from
Maine, and she wanted to know
what the Navy would do in
case of emergency. She also
asked: "How are you going to
have a yardstick to see whether
the private yards are over
charging the government or
not? The government will be
at the mercy of the private
yards if you close Kittery."
Johnson replied that there
would always be at least one
shipyard on the East Coast and
one on the West Coast, probab
ly Boston and Bremerton,
Wash.
The next day Senator Smith
made a speech staling that she
couldn't oppose the closing of
any naval yard if its operation
was no longer justified, but she
hoped that the workers could be
given as much notice as possi
ble In order to find other jobs.
Note Senator Smith is an
exception to the average con
gressman, most of whom are
squawking to high heaven over
the closing of naval and mili
tary bases in their districts.
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Rep. Ullman doesn't buy argument that
reform needed for liberal legislation
By A. Robert Smith
Bulletin Staff Wrltar
WASHINGTON - Rep. Al
Ullman is one liberal Democrat
who doesn't buy the argument
that Congress is in need of
drastic reform to smooth the
way for enactment of a liberal
legislative program such as
Presidents Kennedy and John
son have advocated.
Many critics of the perform
ance, or lack of performance,
of Congress during the past
year have contended that too
much power is vested in t h e
hands of senior lawmakers,
many of whom are not sympa
thetic with proposals for
changes in social, education
and civil rights fields.
Congressman Ullman believes,
to the contrary, that Congress
is acutely sensitive to public
opinion and that when it fails
to act on any major proposal it
is because Congress senses pub
lic hostility or indifference.
Confining his views to the
House of Representatives,
which has been the more con
servative of the two bodies in
recent years, Ullman said "it
is the best mirror of America
you could get."
Ullman, a member of the
powerful Ways and Means Com
mittee which wrote the pending
tax reduction bill, said con
gressmen could tell that "the
people were not behind the tax
bill for the first six months of
last year until President Ken
nedy and his businessmen's
My
The Bulletin welromes contributions
to tills rolumn from Its renders, tot
ter must contain the correct name
and address of the sender, which may
be withheld at the newipaper'a dis
cretion. Letters may he edited to con
form to the directives of taste and style.
City's curfew law
termed restrictive
To the Editor:
And then we come to the
10:00 curfew now in effect. . .
evidently the teens aren't fully
aware of the problem prompt
ing such a restrictive measure.
It also seems that those well
meaning citizens who slapped
this curfew upon the shoulders
of the unsuspecting kids haven't
managed to explain their ac
tions convincingly.
Those of the Seniot High
School (and those of the Junior
High. . .as the case may be)
who enjoy their freedom at
nights resent the early hour
they are commanded to be
home. They argue that any
juvenile delinquents who derive
pleasure from snapping anten
nas or smashing windows will
continue their damaging antics
Talks planned
at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (UPI) -A
high-ranking envoy of the East
ern Orthodox Church was due
for talks with the Vatican on fu
ture steps toward Christian
unity.
The visit of Metropoli
tan Athenagoras of Thiatiron is
an outcome of Pope Paul VI's
pilgrimage to the Holy Land
which high Vatican sources say
will be followed up by trips
to India and possibly the Unit
ed States.
Metropolitan Athenagoras Is
the personal envoy of Patriarch
Athenagoras of Constantinople,
spiritual head of the Eastern
Orthodox Church, who held an
historic meeting with Pope Paul
in Jerusalem earlier this month.
The success of the Holy Land
pilgrimage apparently has en
couraged the Pope to go to
Bombay Nov. 28 to Dec. 10 for
the Eucharistic Congress there.
The purpose of the gathering of
clerics and priests is to glorify
the consecrated bread and wine
by public adoration to increase
devotion generally.
The sources said the Pope
might also visit the United
States in the "not too distant
future," possibly during the
World's Fair which will run
April 22-Oct. 18 this year and
about the same period In 1965.
Barbs
Even a homely man can get
safely through all traffic
lights on his good looks.
When people go to a mevlt
to forget everything wt with It
would include munching popcorn
out loud.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, there
Isn't much Jingle in Dad's pock
ets now that Christmas is over.
Alimony Is what on porson
often pays for tho mittak two
pooplt rnada.
committee helped to influence
opinion in its favor. You could
not have passed the bill before
August for that reason. The
mood of the country is terribly
important."
The next big issue facing his
committee is the administra
tion's plan for adding medical
care to the Social Security sys
tem. Hearings are underway.
President Johnson, echoing
Kennedy's advocacy, asked for
its passage by this summer.
"I think it will be touch and
go," said the Baker lawmaker,'
mainly because it isn't clear
how the country stands on this
issue as yet.
"There's been a tremendous
campaign against it by doc
tors," he said. "They've sown
seeds of doubt. So many people
vacillate. It's not clear what the
majority opinion is at this time.
I don't get many letters or see
many newspaper editorials for
it. So in a situation like this
Congress thinks 'Why do some
thing people don't want?"
Congressman Ullman, how
ever, has no doubts about the
medicare bill. He is for it and
wants Congress to enact it.
"The private insurance com
panies have failed miserably to
cope with the problem," he
contended. "I think providing
medical care within the reach
of the aged is a basic problem
that our society must cope
with."
The critical ingredient in get-,
ting congressional action lies
'NickeFs Wort
with or without the 10:00 cur
few. And, because of the early
hour of darkness, any vanda
lism can be just as easy at
10:00 as at 11:00. In all prob
ability (the kids insist), many
of these offenders are 18 years
or older, and consequently the
new curfew won't affect them.
Also, those habitual offenders
who are responsible for numer
ous acts of vandalism in the
past will no doubt continue to
come and go as they please.
They are the sly ones who will
be smart enough not to get
caught.
However, perhaps the early
curfew recently introduced will
produce the desired results. On
ly the future can tell whether
this attempt to bring vandal
ism to a halt will prove effec
tive. Unfortunately, I fear that
until satisfactory results are
evident, the teens under restric
tion will continue to resent this
deprivation of their freedom as
well as the obvious shout of
doubt of their integrity and
good conduct this measure is
directing at them.
Sincerely,
Kit Metke
Bend, Oregon,
Jan. 10, 1964.
Antiquities Act
held communistic
To the Editor:
Is that arrowhead you just
picked up on Public Domain
worth five hundred dollars?
Quite a price tag that the U.S.
Forest Service can force you to
pay if you "appropriate any ob
ject situated on lands controlled
or owned by the government of
the United States" yes, of
America, not Russia.
Public Law 209, "The Ameri
can Antiquities Act of June 8,
1906," apparently gives the Des
chutes National Forest officials,
the logical and legal right to
use police actions to control the
vandalistic activities of "pot
hunters" or the activities of any
person taking any object, which
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composer
not in sweeping changes in con
gressional organization, he
maintained, but in having a
president who can take his case
to the public and convince them
that his program is right: Ull
man thinks Kennedy did that
with the tax bill, which assur
ed its passage in the House,
whose members keep their ears
close to the ground. He thinks
Johnson will be able to do the
same thing on medical care this
year.
Ullman agrees with congres
sional critics on one point: that
the House Rules Committee too
often obstructs legislation which
has popular support. But Ull
man is wary of joining any re
bellion at th2 present.
"I think as soon as Judge
(Howard) Smith retires it will
be possible to do something,"
he said of the powerful 80-year-old
Virginia congressman who
is chairman of the Rules Com
mittee. "Big personalitieis play
a big role here and Judge
Smith is a big personality."
Ullman said he expected that
within five years the House will
adopt a new rule prohibiting the
Rules Committee from blocking
any bill from reaching the floor
for debate for longer than 60
days. But he doesn't support or
visualize any more drastic
changes, such as eliminating
the seniority system which
places the greatest power in the
hands of those who survive the
longest.
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could include a pine cone, an
agate, any type of material for
that matter, or even the finding
of any old pioneer gun, wagon
wheel or other objects that
might be of historical interest.
That old sun-blued bottle, or a
bit of broken glass could be con
traband. The forest goblins will
get you if you don't watch
out.
In my old - fashioned Ameri
can opinion, I still believe the
right of the individual is of
prime importance. It may well
be that the public will placidly
accept a police-slate type of gov
ernment, issuing orders from
or through some knot-headed,
bureaucratic department head
in Washington, D.C. These bird
brained, wooden headed puppets
should have their strings cut.
These same people will tell you
that expanding populations de
mand the sacrifice of individual
rights to satisfy the masses.
Maybe the "Wave of the Fu
ture," is communism? If this be
so, then let us bow our heads
at each sunrise and thank our
benevolent dictatorship issuing
orders from the capitol; let us
join in the true comradeship
and obey the will of our Mas
ter. Under such a system it
would be unwise to write to
your congressman, or to criti
cize our commune. Even today,
the powers of our people in
elected positions are limited, so
why write? Let John do your
writing, you haven't time to de
fend your rights while you still
have them.
In another year or two, you
will be stuck with a seven dol
lar sticker, and without one,
you will be subject to trespass,
anytime you might stop on Pub
lic Domain even to eat a picnic
lunch. Well my friends, smile
while you can, for soon the smile
may well be on the face of the
forest tiger. Remember, do
nothing, have nothing!
Sincerely,
Rex Trowbridge
Sislers, Oregon,
Jan. 9, 1964
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