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FACES ” 7 THU RSD AY, A UC . 18, 196« CENTRAL POINT TIMES CINTMl POINT TIMES ■ Published weekly every Thursday by CENTRAL POINT TIM ES, IN C . P. O. Bos 84« 216 E. Pina St. Central Point, Ore Entered a* second class m ail matter at the post office at Central Point, Ore. 97501, under act of Congress Mar. 3, 1897/ Subscription $3 .0 0 per year in Jackson C o ., $3. 50 la the State of Oregon and $4.00 outside the state. N iW S P A P I R PUBLISHERS A S S O r-a tlO N EDITORIALS FREE PALAVER By Paul Hornbeck POLITICAL CONSERVATISM Readers of this column don't have to be remmo«.- ..ait we are unflinchingly conservative in our political views. Indeed, we are and have been for a long tim e proud to be referred to as conservative. We like the word. It is dignified, meaningful, denotes responsibility and, to use an idiom, backbone. We only regret that so many basically sound-thinking democrats and re publicans in Oregon have the false feeling that the term is just a wee bit degrading because the higher-ups look down their noses at us. Most prominent among our "regrets" in Oregon is Governor M ark, who by conviction and training is basically a conserva tive, but a man who has permitted unprincipled and conforming influences (mostly from the East, including the presently consti tuted G .O . P. National Committee) to swerve him and his most ardent supporters into the position of being almost parasitic hangers-on to the Great Society movement. Their devotion to what they considered political expediency has blinded them to the latent conservatism of Oregon voters— a latency which we believe has just about run its course. Idaho took off its dark glasses couple weeks ago and threw Smylie out the back door. California has demonstrated its resurgent conservatism several times in the last few years and our believing hope is that they w ill repeat in a most large way for Ronald Reagan in November. Two weeks ago, in conversation with a very w ell known and ardent republican of Southern Oregon, we came to the mutually rueful conclusion that Bob Duncan had pulled ahead of H atfield in the race for the Senate. Sunday's news stories of a political poll verified our thinking. But it is still not too late for Mark. If he would forget his unholy alliances, come out flatfooted for the conservative cause and back his words with conservative ac tion from the governor's chair, Oregon would send him to Wash ington in November, where he could be a valuable representa tive of Oregon Americans and help the Senate retain the Consti tution of a free people. Bob couldn't do that, because he is too dedicated to the Society which believes Oregon people do not have the intelligence to run their own business; so he wants to give the Washington intelligentsia a free rein to manipulate the affair* of our state while we pour our votes down their funnel-- bowing our knees to their whims. He and his society no longer recognize that our nation is made up of fifty United STATES. So happy are we for the many signs of returning ballot box responsibility a ll over the country that we wish to give our .read ers herewith some of the comments of HUM A N EVENTS of Aug ust 13. This weekly periodical is tops in the national field and carries the finest stable of competent, intelligently informed writers in the country, a group most v ita lly concerned for the conservation of free Americanism. T o -w lt: Labor’s Assault on Reagan The big guns of organized labor, paying off pre vious debts to California's Edmund G. “ Pat" Brown, A c now mobilizing a frantic effort to salvage the gover nor’ s re-election c h a n c e s . Aware of his desperate uphill struggle to beat conservative GOP candidate Ronald Rea gan, labor's moguls are amass ing a giant slush fund of S3 million to use on Brown's be half. California labor leaders say they’ re prepared to- wage S t AG AM as massive a campaign as they did in 1958 when the unions buried Big Bill Know- land and right-to-work under an avalanche of money and propaganda. The bosses of organized labor are fairly reeling at the prospects of a Reagan victory. Not only is their privileged s|atus with the Brown Administration hang ing in the balance, but a Reagan win would break the tight grip the Democrats and the A FL-C IO have had on the most populous state in the nation. Reagan, as former head of the Screen Actors Guild, is no anti-union man, but the labor leaders know thai unlike Brown, Reagan won’ t bow to irrespon sible union demands. But there’s more at stake for labor than just who controls California. The persistent fear that haunts union chieftains is that politicians across the countrv might sec the advantage of turning conservative if Reagan can win in the biggest population state in the nation. If this should be the impact of a Reagan triumph, the AEL-C IO would see it> Socialistic spending pro grams fall by the wayside in Washington as well as in the Golden State. Hence, the frenzied campaign to block the GOP gubernatorial candidate. The AFL-C IO , headquartered in Washington, has already turned on the steamroller. The Memo of labor s Committee on Political Education, which is circulated to nearly one million union members in California, has devoted an entire issue to Reagan, maliciously attempting to link him to anti-Negro, anti-Semitic hate groups. Several wpeks ago five union bigwigs, representing millions of dollars, huddled with California A FL-C IO leader Thomas Pitts in the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco to plot their anti-Reagan strategy. Meeting with Pitts were A l Barkan, national director of COPE, the A FL-C IO 's political action arm; Roy Siemiller, president of the International Association of M a chinists; Paul Jennings, head of the International Union of Electricians; Paul Hall, he.d of the Seafarer’s International Union, and Joseph Keenan, head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. W A S H IN G T O N AND "S M A LL B U S IN E S S " B y C W I l,S O N 420 HARDER It is doubtful that anyone, ter how the reason for such following a heuted argument Infringement Is rationalised, with the wife at the breakfast chaos and anarchy results table, rushes out and throws • • • rocks through the windows of One of the grave manifesta- all the houses down the block | tions of the times is the report • • • ed fact that in the localities This would be considered as around Watts. Rochester, and quite an unwarranted action, other places where riots have and would lead to some grave occurred there has been a phe nomenal jump in the sale of consequences. firearms T h e ju d g e w o u ld u s • • a d o u b t e d ly No one can blame any person hold that your for taking such precautions for d o m e s tic protecting life and property. p ro b le m Is But It Is quite significant, and not one that not pleasantly so, that hundreds Is shared by and perhaps thousands of peo th e n e ig h ple who would not normaT'y bors. have a gun In the house now • * • feel it Is essential. In essence, C. W . H a rd e r • 0 0 this explains Thus, the Great Society is the resolution before the Cong ress by Rep Craig Hosmer of transforming into the Shaky California which is supported Society, where decent, law by the nation's independent abiding citizens feel they can business proprietors by a ma no longer depend PR uwveS of jority of 72 per cent in a poll law and order .to protect then.. • oo by the National Federation of Independent Business. This Is. without doubt, one • * • of the most serious problems, Congressman Hosmer’s reso If not the most serious, to ever lution would pul the Congress face the American Republic. on record as asserting that the • • • right of society In general, and In the storied old West, the the individual in particular, has principle of every man for him a right to protection of proper ty and life that Is paramount to self was the law. One only has to visit the "Boot H ill" ceme all other rights. tery in Tucson, Arizona, where * • • there w»s buried the losers in Unless this basic right is re countless altercations, to note affirmed. the Great Society that justice depended on who could well turn into the Disas could draw fastest and shoot the straightest. trous Society. • * • • • • So far. mankind has found no substitute for law and order, and it has been the experience of history that whenever law and order breaks down, no mat- It seems high time that the Congress recognise Congress man Hosmer’s effort to estab lish that there are no excuses for violating law and order. Joining them were the leaders of many California A F L-C IO unions and representatives o f local labor councils throughout the state. Pitts branded Reagan “ a real danger to la b o r" and said the “ prim e” goal was the election of Brown. What emerged from this meeting were plans to “ unleash the most sweeping registration drive in the state's history." The anti-Reagan campaign, moreover, is to be topped by a statewide full-tim e political action direc tor, with a northern and southern assistant. In each congressional district, there w ill be at least one fu ll time “ coordinator.” The state AFL-C IO , meeting this week in San Diego, plans to accelerate this anti-Reagan drive. e Pin. ECONOMY market 8 lo 9 DAILY IEÏÎERS EDITOR T O THE EDITOR Another opportunity for the young people of central Point ha* fallen by the w ay- side, thank* to the complete COMPLETE BEVERAGE LINE FRUITS & PRODUCE DELICATESSEN apathy of the adult* of this com m unity. The FYlday ni night dance« held In the The Chicago Tribune, however, sounded an oppo site note: " I f Smylie’s formula and philosophy for successful Republicanism were so infallible, why is it that he could not win in a primary in his own party in his own state? Why, if conservatism is dead, was he beaten by conservatives?. . . . " N o matter what volume o f propaganda the ‘ liberals' launch, conservatism is still what animates the Republican rank-and-file." Here were the results of other contests: • Kansas: Republican Sen. James Pearson handily rebuffed a primary challenge by Rep. Robert Ells worth, who has rapidly been transforming himself into a Lindsav-type liberal. Ellsworth had been part of Lindsay's ‘ ‘ Wednesday C lu b ,” a group of liberal Republican lawmakers that tried to push the House Republican leadership to the left. • Missouri: By more than 2 to I Rep. Durward G. Hall (R) trounced Aurora attorney J. Hal Moore, who had attacked Hall for his staunch conservatism. H a ll’ s healthy victory margin in the primary stunned political observers in the state. the swimming pool commit te e . What excuse do the parent* of the 150 teen* who 6th grade; M s . Laura Patterson, 5th • grade; Lawrence Shearer, 5th grade and Charles W il son, 5th grad^^. , New teacher* at Richard son a re i- M s . Jean Barn hart, 3rd grade; M r*. Donna Coleman, 3rd grade; Tom Fryback, 4th gradei Mr*. Jill Gairow, 5th grade and Allen Reltzenstein, counsel Isn't it about tim e we change ? Carole L. Van Voorde 447 N. 5th Central Pointe, Ore. To the Editori Our C ity Park 1* just a - cross the street from my lor. Teacher* returning at Rich ardson arei First grade - . fr i. Ruby Bradshaw,. M t . Rhoda Haskins, Mia* Ila Mae Hlginbodiam, M r*. Eleanor McDonald,Second grade - home and the home of my sitter, Lu Elll* Bodin. In open view where we can tee who 1* using it and how they enjoy the privilege of It* use. At this tim e thert are 7 can parked, with th< passenger* seated at a row of table* enjoying the park. The last few week* of my late wife "Petie's" life , the enjoyed sitting where she could look out our front Mrs. Janey Harbour, M s . N ile Johnson, Mis* Oljvia Ryerson, M i . Betty von der H ellen; Third grade - M s . Susan Ambrose, M s . Cara N e ill; Fourth fpade - M s . Olive Manley, M s . JoAnn Settler, M s . Lois Sullivan windows and see the c h il dren playing, romping on the lawn, running through the sprinkler spray enjoying and 5th grade, Wesley C la flii New teacher* at Jewett arei M s . JoAnn Anderson, 1st grade; M s . Marjorie Cowling 1st grade; M s . Joyce Tlnketh, 2nd grade; M s . Dorothv W olfe, 2nd grade and M s . Leota Larisa, 3rd grade. T e a c h e r* returning at Jewett the life that a ll children are entitled to. And the can wondering how many of our residents, tax payers, c lti- LBJ’s Union Bias noticed Just what a wonder ful place our park Is? Legislators on Capitol H ill have expressed disgust at LBJ’s blatant pro-union bias in the handling of both the airline strike and the steel industry’s de cision to raise prices on sheet and strip steel. Lodges, Churches, Civic Organizations, our Good Fire Department, C ity Em with tra ile n , camp e n , e tc ., from every state in the un plus Canada, stopping long enough to eat their meal tre t First grsJe - Mr*. Oakley Bowers, M * . Mary Gardner and enjoy the coolness of the shade. The workmen, Pow and M s . Vera Steele Second er C o ., telephone company, Hlway workers, carpenters aad e - M s . Helen Dressier, M s . Ethel Morrison, M s . and men from a ll walks of labor and life , coming here to enjoy the few min utes they were allowed for their lunch hour. Viola Schwab; Third grade - M s . Ruth Brewster, Mias 1 Mabel Dodson, M s . M Udrid Elkins, M s . Auilrey Wingfielc^ Fourth grade - M s . Margue rite Black, M s . Catherine McDonald, M s . Ruth UHe, M s . Gleason remarked on several occasion* the pest year, how beautiful and w e ll kept the Park 1*. Raymond M ile r , M s . Lois Webb. And what a wonderful shrine It is in the c ity . These word* I have ported on to the City New teachers at Gold H ill School* arei M s . Elsie Re- neau, Ho me ma king; M s . Louise Ryn, Language Arts; MU* Dorothy Burgess, M u le grade* 1 - 8 ; M s . Ann Cra mer, 3rd grade; M s . Agatha Larson, 3 - 4 grades and M s . Ann Stubs, 2nd grade. Administration at various times, and I am sure that they a* a group appreciated the compliments. But I am t a u and so on have ever In the case of the onc-month-old airline dispute, it is pointed out, the President refused to act for weeks until Congress and public pressures finally forced him to. And when he finally tried coaxing a settlement from both industry and labor, he did it When the striker* rejected this plush deal, LBJ said he was use of our Park, unhappy, but, once again, refused to do anything to end the I have made It a point to strike and threw no temper tantrums at the unions for their out- visit w ith any and every rageou* demand*. fa m ily that drive up with a But when the steel companies jacked up their prices last camper air tra ile r. I have week, the Administration im m ediately let out a howl. talked with people from The head of U. S Steel, the largest steel company, said h Maine, Vermont concern's price boosts were w e ll under the 3 .2 per cent prio Delaware, Florida, two from guidelines. Yet w ithin hours after U .S . Steel had announc. Canada, Utah, Idaho, Mo, it* decision, Gardner A ckley, head of the Council of Econc- docens from C a lif ., Advlsers, released an LBJ-approved statement declaring the. .ti Ore. and Wash. Each tim e tE price hikes were "irresponsible." the people have payed com- Ackley impugned the patriotism of U .S . Steel by saying thh lpllm ent* to the Park, and was not the tim e to raise price* when "American* are fighting the hospitality of the C ity, overseas." Yet nowhere did Ackley declare that the price rise Very few have le ft a mess was inflationary, as the demand* by the striking airline unions from their lucnhes, meal* clearly are by Ackley's own standards. and play activities. Ackley, moreover, indicated that the Administration was I kw ” .• that you have a seriously thinking of trying to roll back the price hikes as it hai small paper and cannot successfully done with the copper, aluminum and steel Indus- print a ll that I would like to trie* in the past. gay in regard* to oui Park. In short, LBJ refuses to take reprisal* against labor union* Teacher* returning at Gold H ill School* arei W alter ' Dohertv. vice principal, M s . Muriel Battalia, Dean . of C irl*^ Norman Holden, Sth grade; James Holiojvay, M a th .; M s . Jest Jacobson, Sth grade; Paul McBeth, 6th ployees a* a group, use this perk many tim e* during the year for their picnics, rec reates periods, Lodge Cere monials. Children Guidance on the basis of a proposal which exceeded his own wage guide- hour etc, Our FI— y — ntgry line* by some 34 percent. School Classes make much But Please print what you which react in a far more "irresponsible" manner than industry, can and IN V IT E EVERYONE, i Ronald Me Kenna, 6th grade; M s . f Erma T aylo r , 6th grade; £• them Into Medford a ll the tim e . • In Tennessee, former Gov. Buford Ellington triumphed in the Democratic gubernatorial primary over John Jay Hooker Jr., a 35-year-old Nashville attorney who was considered a Kennedy liberal. E. W illiam Henry, a close friend of the Kennedys' and former chief of the Federal Communications Commission, was Hooker’ s campaign manager. The Tennessee contest also saw Sen. Ross Bass (D.-Tcnn.) lose to Gov. Frank Clement in the senatorial pri mary. One reason for the Bass’ defeat: his oppo sition to right-to-work. The most notable victory chalked up by conserva tives occurred in Idaho where thrcc-term Gov. Robert E. Smylie, who has spent much of his time baiting Goldwater and his allies, was overwhelmingly repudi ated in the GOP gubernatorial primary by State Sen. Don Samuelson, a staunch conservative. According to the latest returns, Samuelson clobbered Smylie, the actual favorite, by a vote of 52,832 to 33,619, sweeping all but six of the state’ s 44 counties. Gov. Smylie’s long tenure in office (he has served 12 years as governor) was definitely a factor in the race, but politicos say he would not have received such a thumping defeat save for his noisy support of Republican liberals. Smylie, a darling of the Ripon Society, backed Nelson Rockefeller against Goldwater in 1964, only lukewarmly backed the senator after he won the nomination and then demanded the scalp of Dean Burch, Goldwater's pick as GOP party chairman, when the Arizonan lost to Johnson. Following G old water’ s defeat, Smylie lined himself up even more closely with the party's liberals and took after the Goldwater supporters in Idaho. Maureen Shore, .Math Harvey Tonn, Boy* M s . Grace Brownlee, 6th grade; Mrs. Barbara Jaquei 6th grade; Mr*. V io la Lair 6th grade; Donald McCoy, game* and activities such at skating and dancing, they only have parent* who com plain about having to run Can labor turn the tide against Reagan? Unlike the Knowland campaign in 1958, Reagan is going into this fight with a united party behind him. Nearly every major official who worked for George Christo pher, Reagan’ s primary opponent, has now pitched in to work for Reagan himself. Five state primaries and a local election in the South last week have again revealed the growing conservative sentiment among voters across the country. from Page 1 ; octal S ‘ miles; Mr* give? Our children do not have a movie theater, they do not have a swimming pool, they do not have a building for • Democratic results in both Michigan and Tennes see can be considered setbacks for Bobby Kennedy. In the Michigan senatorial primary, G. Menncn W illiams defeated Detroit M ayor Jerome Cavanagh, who had taken the line of the “ peaceniks" on Viet Nam. W illiams generally supported the Adminis tration position. Cavanagh had help from two pub lic relations men, W illiam Haddad and Robert C lam pitt, both considered very close to Bobby. THANK YOU Merv Gleason 632 Manzanita ST. SCHOOL STORY eont'df attend the«e dance* have to Many union members revolted, however, and this attempted transfer of funds has been temporarily blocked by a Los Angeles court injunction. The injunction was obtained on behalf o f the union membership by Rollie Vernon Peterson, a registered Democrat and a union member in good standing. Whatever the final disposition of the case, it reveals the extent to which both Brown and the unions are willing to go tc block Reagan’s campaign bid. Voters Frown on Smylio SHRINE. M s . Taylor ha* five c h il- ren of her own and a heavy work load. She 1* active on • Georgia: In a local election in Savannah, Gold- water Republican J. Curtis Lewis Jr. was elected as mayor, the first Republican ever to hold this post. Georgia oldtimers say they do not remember any Republican having ever run for mayor before. Lewis, moreover, swept in an entire Republican city council with him. The outcome, say the pros, bodes well for the GOP in Georgia this year, particularly for Rep. Howard (Bo) Callaway, a Goldwater Re publican who is running for governor. But party unity, in a state which is 3-to-2 Demo cratic, will nol produce an automatic win. In spite of the polls, the pro-Rcagan forces w ill be unable to coast to any victories in the face of the massive assault by labor's big battalions. YOUNG AND OLD T O COME AND .V IS IT O U T C IT Y for chaperones, and round Legion H a ll for the teen* have been cancelled. Theae dance* were made possible almost solely through the hard work of one person, KBs. Eleanor T aylo r. She ha* had to clean the hall, find the band, lite ra lly beg I Smylie’ s loss has sent more than a few shivers down the spines o f liberal Republicans who view Samuelson’ s victory, along with Reagan's primary win in Cal ifornia, as part o f a conser vative trend in the GOP. The panicky reactions o f the East ern Establishment press illus trate the liberal apprehension. Weeping for the Idaho gover nor, the New York Times lamented his defeat as "a vic tory for the die-hard Gold- SAMUELSON waterites.” The Washington Evening Star, a long-time proponent of "m oderate" Republicans, warns that this "upset should be taken seriously . . . It should double the determination of the moderates to make certain that 1964 can never happen again.” 9 to 9 SUNDA Y up the refreshment* every week a ll by h e n e lf. The zeal o f Big Labor is apparent from a re cent move of the leaders of Local 12 of the Operating Engineers in Los Angeles. W ithout the slightest nod to union members wishes, the executive officers tried to transfer 550,000 of general union dues into Brown’s campaign. Brown had sought to get this union’s backing by permitting the union to “ recruit” 3,500 non union state employes now protected by civil service. Arch Monson, Christopher's statewide chairman, is now actively supporting Reagan; Tom Pike, Chris topher’s Southern California chairman, is now Rea gan's Southern California co-chairman; Marco Heilman, Christopher’s state finance chairman, has become a member o f Reagan's finance executive com mittee. And this touches on only a few of the pro-Christopher people who have joined the Reagan bandwagon. Central Point • grade; M a . Yvonne M illa r, 6th p a d e , Jack ParkarT* 7 — Science; Marvin T h ro n e ,, Band; First p ade - M s . W llda Frank*, M s . Barbara Toner; Second grade - Mrs. Mary Howell; Third grade - M s . Mlkfred M ic k , Fourth grade - M s . Rebecca Ertremado, M s . Ida v o u , Buskirk. New teachers a t Sams V a l ley Schools arei M s . Suoan H endison, 1st grade, M s . Nina Huffman, 2nd . 3rd .grades, other Richey, 4th • r a d e , M s . Jean DaArmood, 7th grade; rlchard Thelral, 7th - Sth grades, M s . Mar lene Gunn, M a le and S h a - Lynch, 4th - 5th grade*. Tcachets returning to Sana V a lle y arei M s . Rudella Anderson, 2nd grade, M s . Althea fttrrcson, 3rd grade, M s . Zalda Acker, Sth r ^ i Philip Lynch, 6th grade and PWlUp Sweat, 8 th g r.d e . '
