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'You can't I Repeated stays in Freeman execution result of hopes of action by voters The state of Oregon solemnly transported Jeannace June Freeman from the women's quarters at the . Oregon State Penitentiary to Madras the other day. There she heard, for the fifth time, a date set for her execution in the state's gas cham ber. A few days later Federal Dis trict Judge Kilkenny granted a stay of execution, the fifth time one court or another has ordered her " appearance in the gas chamber de- layed. The Freeman case has been the subject of more legal maneuvering than any capital case in Oregon in ; recent years. Because Oregon court - dockets are pretty well up-to-date - the maneuvers are fairly close to-"-. gether. It won't be too long, at this " rate, before the Freeman woman has .been the subject of as much court - activity as was the late Caryl Chess-man In California. Because action His faster here, final determination of ""the case, one way or the other, is likely to come in a shorter time " than was Involved In the dragged--out Chessman affair. !T- It's not hard to figure out what's going on. Attorneys for Free man are hopeful they can delay her 'execution beyond the date set (this .'coming November) for a vote of the .people on the whole question of -capital punishment If the people T?shouId vote to abandon capital pun .'.Jshment in Oregon, the pressure - then will be put upon Governor Hat- field to grant executive clemency .Xo the Fr' 'an woman. If the delay is succc a period of more than three yc vlll have elapsed since the time u Jefferson county jury ; . made a death sentence mandatory. No one who sat through the trial and heard the evidence will argue very much that Freeman de serves the stiff est sentence the state ' will allow. At the time the Jury con sidered the case, and now, that was " a death sentence. Our judicial sys- Poor aim A candidate for public office who lives in Hermlston has been uttering sounds of protest recently against a contract providing for sale of McNary Townsite to a California-based manufacturing firm. In volved In the beef is the Confeder ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Answers have been given by the owner of the manufac turing company, and by his attor ney. Still, no one has been satisfied. This is not the first time a fuss has been raised. The same questions came up two years ago, during the Second District Congressional cam paign. At that time one candidate, the ultimate loser, told questioners in the Hermlston area the entire contract should be examined by some Impartial person or agency. Ho suggested the General Account ing Office, and said the report of the agency should be made public. Within a few days the same questions were asked of the other candidate for the office, who later won re-election, lie, too, said an Impartial Investigation should be 'made, and the report publicized. Such an Investigation has been do this to mel' tern allows her to continue to make attempts to escape the sentence, through legal means, as long as she is able. To her good fortune, three able attorneys have been willing to con tinue efforts to have the sentence reduced, while awaiting the vote of the people. Three years ago this newspaper, in commenting upon the Freeman case, noted the defendant might well be the cause of the state's abandoning the death penalty. At that time we thought it probable Freeman's execution would have occurred prior to the upcoming vote. This would, we felt at the time, have the effect of persuading the people to vote against the death penalty In the future. Now, it is beginning to appear, the long delays and the frequent legal maneuvers may have the op posite effect. A relatively large number of the persons who have fol lowed the case have expressed im patience with the whole business. Some who two or three years ago were not certain in their feelings on capital punishment now want to "finish this business up," as they put it. Freeman's conduct In prison, or as much of It as has been reported, has been about what one would have expected from her after listen ing to psychiatric testimony offered at her trial. Her half-hearted suicide attempts fit the pattern predicted for her, as do her attempts to make unusual contacts with fellow prison ers. It Just may be, the way things are going, that Freeman will be a major cause In the voting of Ore gonians to retain capital punish ment. This is a gamble she had to take, and she is likely to be the person most Immediately affected by Its results. made, although not by someone as impartial as GAO. But, it has not been made public. The man asking the questions in Hermlston now is shooting at the wrong persons. What he should do Is ask his questions of Congress man Ullman and other members of the Oregon delegation, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and of the Secre tary of the Interior. Shooting at the manufacturer will accomplish noth ing at this stage. Quotable quotes We do not believe that loan, hungry Communists are better to have around than fat, confident Communists. On the contrary, when you grow fat and confident you stop being a Communist. The British argument in the Anglo-American dispute over trade with the Com munist bloc, especially Cuba. They have a deleterious effect on young minds. A member of SWAT the Students War Against Trash picketing the Carnegie Hall concert of the Beatles. World Communism (EDITOR'S NOTE: The United States faces great de cisions in its foreign policy around the globe. This and subsequent dispatches, pre pared by veteran United Press International reporters and writers, will deal with eight of these major prob lems. The opening dispatch examines the overall ques tion: "World Communism How Great the Danger?") By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst The fragmentation of world communism has presented new problems to U.S. policy makers, but cannot be said to have eased the Communist threat. Nikita Khrushchev's policy of co-existence as opposed to Red China's determined support of violent revolution, and the vio lent propaganda war between the two, could tempt either into new adventures upsetting to the West. Further, recent events in Zan zibar, taken over by a leftist regime in January, prove that Moscow and Peking can work together when it comes to achieving the ultimate goal of each, which is the victory of world communism. It even demonstrates that the two can employ their differ ences to mutual advantage. Where violent revolution fails, then infiltration and economic penetration might do the trick. In either event it would be a victory for world communism, now estimated to have 40 mil lion card-carrying members. Foot In Africa Zanzibar provides commun ism with a valuable bridgehead to East Africa. Fidel Castro's take-over of Cuba on New Year's Day, 1959, was a major Communist victory. Air of confidence is noted around De Gaulle's palace By United Press International The air of jubilation and con fidence emanating from Presi dent Charles de Gaulle's Ely see Palace was taking on an almost physical force. The breaks were going his way, and his cup was running over. Within the six - nation Euro pean Common Market he suc cessfully had beaten down West German objections and forced agreement on a farm policy which promised to bene fit French farmers and relieve the pressure of agricultural surpluses. As for the world and France's place in it, especially as it concerned the United States, he had moved back in to a place of prominence In Asia without the firing of a shot or the use of a soldier by the simple expedient of grant ing diplomatic recognition to Red China. The Nationalist Chinese gov ernment of Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-shek then removed a situation which might have caused some embarrassment by breaking relations with France. Ahead lay the rosy vista of De Gaulle visits to Mexico next month and later visits to Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia in the fall. Might Welcome Attention A possible portent of things to come was a sugge- -n from Panama, deeply eml.Jled in a quarrel with the United States, that that nation might also welcome attention from De Gaulle in the form of French economic assistance. De Gaulle's operating base was France's great prosperity and the suggestion that French aid, previously channeled al most exclusively to former French possessions, might now also be extended elsewhere. In Asia, for example, he pursued twin goals. One was De Gaulle's avowed intent to restore the glory of France. The other, somewhat lower on the idealistic scale, was to open up Asian markets to French industrial goods faced with Increasing competition and problems ol over-production. Red China had little that France could use and less money. But she could sell to the under-developed nations of the French African commu nity and thereby earn the francs which could be spent in France on industrial products. In Southeast Asia, the twin goals became one. Part Of Long Plan Despite the shock with which the United States greeted De Gaulle's decision to recognize Red China, it was part of a plan long In the making and one which began to take form Inst August when De Gaulle CONTRACT AWARDED PORTLAND (UPl)-A Denver firm has been awarded a $45. 000 contract to clear 75 acres of land in Blue River Reservoir cast of Eugene, the Army Corps of Engineers announced here. Hubner & Michncr, Inc., is the contracting firm. wiwMwwmrmni Great Decisions But otherwise it also must be said that in some areas of the world the Communist drive either has been blunted or turned back. No nation ever has voted itself into communism voluntarily, suggesting that even among the poorest and least developed peoples Commu nist promises of instant riches have not been entirely effec tive. A new prosperity practically has eliminated the threat of communism in Western Europe. Castro not yet has been able to export his violent revolution to other nations of Latin America. American men and money are battling to turn back com munism In Southeast Asia, with the outcome admittedly still in the balance. And among the Communist nations themselves, a rising na tionalism seems to guarantee that world communism never can return to the monolithic state that it was in the time of Lenin and Stalin. Rooted In Economics Whatever their ideological dif ferences, it is probable that the Sino-Sovlet quarrel has its real roots in economics and the dif ferences in the relative develop ment of the two countries. The relatively highly devel oped Soviet Union has more to lose in the flames of an atomic war than does Red China. On her side, Red China deeply re sents both Soviet refusal to assist her in construction of her own atomic weapons and the fact that Soviet aid has gone to other than Communist nations. In this way, then, it may be said that the quarrel between the two is real indeed, not even ruling out eventual armed con flict. In the years immediately fol lowing World War II, with Eur called for a neutral and uni fied Viet Nam. The Idea quickly gained adherents. North Viet Nam, under se vere economic strain and des perately in need of rice from the south, reacted enthusiasti cally. Cambodia, when it de cided to reject U.S. aid, turned to France and received a warm reception. "We are convinced that only France can build a bridge be tween east ana west," de clared Cambodia's Prince Si hanouk, . who has proposed a union between Cambodia and a unified Viet Nam. In Laos, French representa tives have been equally active, promoting a state visit of the king to Paris and a long-term program of economic aid. De Gaulle, premising his ideas on a belief the United States eventually must with draw militarily from Southeast Asia, describes Red China as a force in being. So, undoubtedly, Is De Gaul le. Mrs. Oswald fails to sway Warren group WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, who appar ently failed to sway the War ren commission, set out on her own today to try to prove her slain son innocent of the assas sination of John F. Kennedy. "I still believe Lee Harvey Oswald is innocent," she told newsmen after her final session with the seven-man commission investigating the assassination. "Yes, I'm saying that Lee was not the Killer and was set up to take the blame. I believe my son is a scapegoat." Mrs. Oswald said she be lieved that her son was an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Although she refused to re veal any of It, she c 1 a I m e d she has "as much circumstan tial evidence that Lee was a CIA agent as the Dallas police have that he was a murderer." "But who can prove who is a CIA agent?" Mrs. Oswald said. "If Lee was an agent he wouldn't have told me and the government isn't going to say so." She said she planned to "make public appearances and Investigate if It takes another year to find the President's as sassin because I believe he is still at large." She told a Dallas radio newsman in a telephone interview later that she planned to speak in New York Tuesday. The Bulletin Thursday, February 13, 1964 An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chendler, Editor Glenn Cuihmen, Gen. Manager Jack McDermotf, Adv. Manager Phil P. Brogen, Associate Editor Del Utselman, Clrc. Manager Loren I. Dyer, Mech. Supt. Wllliem A. Yates, Mantling Ed. Kntered aa Second Claw Matter. January S WIT. at the Poat Office at Band. Or. ! undar Art vt March 3. 1ST), fubuahed cUUUr ax CP Sunday ana cartaia eoudeje by Ttit Band Bulletin, inc. How great is the ope still economically weak and the threat of armed Soviet ag gression seemingly greater than it is now, Western solidarity against Communist encroach ment reached a peak. The U. S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) came into being. The dream of a politically and economically united Western Europe as an anti-Communist bulwark of 300 million people seemed to have a chance of reality. But as Europe recovered its economic strength and as tens ions receded, Western solidar ity also declined. Europe, as exemplified by French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle, no long er felt obligated to follow U. S. leadership. Present Problems And these, too, present prob lems to U. S. policy planners. On the one side, these plan ners must decide to the U. S. advantage how best to deal with the Communist rift, wheth er it is best to side with one against the other, whether it is best to attempt to widen the rift still farther, and the U.S. position toward trade with the Communist nations. On the other, are the prob lems such as those posed by De Gaulle and his determina tion not only to recognize Red China but also to restore French influence in Southeast Asia and to enhance it in Latin America. Will, for example, a French presence In Peking provide a valuable listening post for the West, or will it negate all U.S. military and financial aid to Southeast Asia and at best pro duce a questionable neutrality? Will it finally open the doors of the United Nations to Red China? And if it does, what does the United States' position toward Demos prepare for convention on platform By Zan Stark UPI Staff Writer SALEM (UPI)-Oregon Dem ocrats will gather in the Repub lican stronghold of Corvallis Feb. 28-March 1 for a pre-pri-mary platform convention. Democrats have been holding county conventions to elect del egates and draft platform reso lutions to be submitted to the convention. An estimated 629 delegates and 250 alternates will be eligi ble to participate in the party convention, said State Chairman Mrs. Martha Ann Adelsheim. The affair will begin Feb. 28 with registration and committee meetings. Work sessions and a banquet will highlight activities Feb. 29. On March 1 the party delegates will adopt the plat form on which the state's 1964 candidates will run. Convention committees on 11 subjects already have been an nounced: Agriculture, economic development, health and wel fare, education, civil rights, la bor, power, natural resources, taxation, government organiza tion and foreign affairs. Headquarters will be in the Benton Hotel. This is the first time the Democrats have not held their platform convention in Salem. Democrats voted to hold the sessions in Corvallis, tradition ally a Republican stronghold, as a sign of strength and party vitality. Oregon's Republicans do not have a state pre-primary plat form convention. The state's fiscal crisis is ex pected to capture attention. Democrats have in the past re jected sales tax proposals. This year at least one county, Lin coln, will push for licensed legalized gambling as a new source of state revenue. This issue could become one of the most explosive at the conven tion. Another key issue will be con trol of the state legislature. Democrats are certain to main tain their control of the Senate, but they have only a 31-29 edge in the House. Oregon's Republicans are ex pected to concentrate on gain ing control of the House. The Democrats want to increase their margin. The Corvallis meeting will spark a political contest that will not end until November. isshs185318 the U. N. become? Vast changes have swept the world since the close of World War II, and still others are coming. As one of the world's two super powers, the United States is involved in nearly all. Here is a thumbnail rundown: Latin America The $20 billion Alliance for Progress program designed to lift the living standards of 200 million Latin Americans has yet to produce any real impact af ter nearly three years of effort. Venezuela managed to turn back a Castro - inspired cam paign of terrorism, held free elections last December and seems likely to achieve an or derly transfer of government this year. Elsewhere, strong leftist movements threaten hemispher ic stability, notably in Bolivia and Brazil, less so in Chile and Colombia. In the last year mili tary governments have taken over in Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras and Salvador. A separate problem is posed by Panama where U. S. per petuity rights to the Panama Canal are challenged and the problem complicated by nation alism, an approaching election and Castro-type agitators ready to exploit the differences with violence. The war to turn back com munism in South Viet Nam is costing the United States an estimated $1 million per day and mounting casualties among American military advisers there. U.S. forces in South Viet Nam total more than 15,000 and the military government which took over from the slain Presi dent Ngo Dinh Diem and its recent successor so far have failed either to turn the tide or to win the full support of the people. The problem presented by Leave park alone, is plea of writer To the Editor: I have just learned that Hon eyman State Park, a memorial to Jessie M. Honeyman, pioneer Oregon conservationist, will be absorbed by the federal govern ment if a dunes seashore is created. I would hate to see this hap pen for it is my experience that Honeyman park, south of Flor ence, is one of the best ad ministered parks anywhere and is a credit to the State of Ore gon. I can't say much for the na tional parks I have camped in. The National Park Service, which would get Honeyman if the dunes bill is passed by Con gress, doesn't seem to care for campers. It wants to preserve an area and that is about all. The dunes area along the Coast is already in public own ership of the U.S. Forest Serv- 3tEEB3 Barbs Sometimes it's as hard for parents to do with their youngsters as it is to do with out them. Don't feel toe proud of your self if you get ahead only on New Year's eve. In winter autos, like people, don't get anywhere just stall ing around. A Georgia girl was arrested for driving under the influence of liquor. A brandied peach. Variety ACROSS 1 Vehicle 4 Appear 8 Stuff 12 Follower 13 Brazilian state 14 Chert rattle 15 Parent 16 Gullet 18 Bombarded 80 Entries la ledgers 31 Nothing 22 Gaelic 24 Butter bits 20 EgypUaa oddess 27 Harden, as cement 90 Kind of type (print.) 32 Judicial writ 34 Unruffled 35 Aphrodite's, beloved unjtb-) 36 At all 37 lndlite 39 Frosts 40Geraint'iwUe In Arthurian legend 41 Mariner's dlrecUoa 42 Go 45 Penetrated 49 Amuae 51 Before U Famous British school S3 Spanish Jar 54n (dial.) 55 Social unit 56 Chemical tuffUes 87 Hitherto DOWJt 1 Offers 2 Western state 3 Settled 4 Incantation 6 Comfort 6 Eats away 1 Cartograph 6 Container 9 Frenzy 10 Chemicat substance It Disorder 17 Greeted t villain 19 Kind of lace 23 Opponent 24 Italian community 25 Solar disk 25 Ancient tribe of Britons 27 HonesUy 28Iroquoian Dasiger? French recognition of Red China already has been discussed, but also involved is the question of "two Chinas" with the United States strongly supporting the Formosa regime of Generalissi mo Chiang Kai-shek, both mili tarily and in the United Na tions where Chiang's represent ative occupies a place on the Security Council. Africa The revolt in Zanzibar In creased the Communist threat to East Africa. Scarcely mora than a week after the Zanzibar uprising, Communist-abetted vi olence broke out among the troops of Tanganyika. There were troop mutinies also in Uganda and Kenya. Communist arms soon will reach Somalia which is pressing territorial de mands against both Kenya and Ethiopia. Border skirmishes al ready are daily occurences. Communist arms also are reaching African guerrillas fighting Portugese rule of Mo zambique, Angola and Portu gese Guinea. Europe Despite general prosperity, there are areas of uncertainty which make long-range deci sions difficult. Great Britainis approaching a general election. Italy has a left-of-center gov ernment based on an uneasy alliance with left-wing socialists who at best are neutral toward NATO. Among the decisions hanging fire is European par ticipation in the multi-nation nuclear naval force which has been proposed by the United States. Enthusiastic endorse ment so far has come only from West Germany. And there is the continuing problem of a divided Germany, an inheritance from World War II and a major continuing threat to world peace. TOSS Ice which has 272 good camp sites. But if the federal govern ment insists on changing own ership it should leave Honey man State Park out of the deat Anyone who likes good park facilities and has prida in the fact that Honeyman is recog nized as one of the best stats parks in the U.S. should write Senator Wayne Morse and Con gressman Robert B. Duncan, local newspapers and state of ficials and express his desire that this famous bit of Oregon be left alone. Rolf G. Jansen Eugene, Oregon, Feb. 12, 1964 Island for ducks in river proposed To the Editor: I see by my favorite newtps per that we are worried about the Mirror Pond mud. Lets make a buck for a duck project out of it. Take equipment suited to the job and pile the silt in an acre island. Then ask the Girl and Boy Scouts to cut willow shoots and stick them in the mud. They will grow. That island will never move. Grass will grow. You will have a place of natur al beauty and a sanctuary for the ducks and geese to nest. Then build a fence if need be to keep the human Idiots out or make an ordinance with teeth in it. The fence (and it doesn't have to be high) will stop Mr. Killer Swan. The ducks and geese can "up and over" but Mr. Swan needs a longer take off. Make some small mounds with rocks and mud for the swans. My buck is ready. Dean Harris Bend, Oregon, Feb. 12, 1964 Answer to Previous Punte IP!Ai JIA'MlAl 29 Hardv heroine 31 More trilling 33 Din 3d Utopian standards 42Df(Wf 43 Grafted (DsS) 44 Above 4eEmtin 47 Great Lata 40 Happening 48 Deprcsaioa 41 Healing device! 50 Also I II II I U ji k I) I U 9 Il4 HP rj rj r, re is T re 9 5-t-L si rsa-sr B 1. 33 to l g ;i 13 u 51 si 53 B gj rs bT ot N s.
