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Measures, Candidates Bring Letters From Voters To the Editor: In reply to Mr. Van Houte's letter, may I first protest that no one supposes that ALL teachers or administrators are so prejudiced or partisan as to force their views upon the susceptible minus or students. Second, no inference was made to students conducting a political rallv. al though his letter attempted to maue it appear otherwise. Third, although Mr. Van Houte had a lull week s notice of the Govern or's intended visit, he made no effort to secure his appearance neiore any scnool in this county. The responsibility for such prac tices remains lust, last, and al ways with the administrator. Now, accepting Mr. Van Houte's denials that neither he nor any one else has made or is making any attempt to seek federal con trol over our public schools, I would still point out that it was more than mere coincidence when, in 19G0, the Oregon Edu cation Association named former socialist Monroe Sweetland "Ed ucation Man of the Year," in an all-out effort to secure his elec tion over Howell Appling, Jr., for the office of Secretary of State. Absolute state control must come before federal con trol, and if Sweetland had been elected Secretary of State he might well have become gover nor four years later. Then with the aid of a pliable legislature, the OEA would have accom plished its objective, destruction of the local school board system, with no difficulty. Election of men like Gaylord Madison to the legislature will go far to ward slowing the OEA. Inciden tally, would Mr. Van Houte like to deny that he is a very in fluential member of the OEA and has taken more than a pass ing interest in formulating its policies? Also, would he like to explain who was responsible for selecting "Federal Aid to Edu cation" as the debate topic for Oregon High School students last year? Further, I think it's fair to point out that the national Edu cation Association has placed its powerful lobby behind every ef fort of the far left to gain fed eral aid to education, including teachers salaries. Every thinking voter in the country knows that such legislationn will lead to federal control. In driving for such legislation, the OEA has supported "deserving" left-wing senators and congressmen, in cluding Morse and Ullman, whose voting records clearly in dicate they're pushing the fed eral aid idea, without reserva tion and completely oblivious to the probably doubling ot pri mary and secondary education costs to taxpayers. The addition of Sig Unander to the senate and Bob Chandler to the house would be a great help in putting the brakes on the ambitious program of the nat ional Education Association. Without casting any reflection on his other many fine past ac complishments or present abil ities, I would ask Mr. Van Houte if he would deny that he is not only an influential member, out wholly in accord with tne poi icies of the NEA? In these times of constant crises, when it is becoming in creasingly difficult to distinguish between liberalism and social ism, and when, as the result of the fuzzy-minded ineptness of these liberals and appeasers our nation is forced to the brink of another, and perhaps final war, it is well worth re-examining the real motives of some office-seekers. Glowing promises of today can well lead to ec onomic and political slavery to morrow, including loss of local control over the public school system. Don lurner To the Editor: Re: your editorial of the Oc tober 18 issue on Measure No. 10. We are Quite aware that for years local school boards have been able to do anything they wanted to in any school dis trict in Oregon as long as they did what the State Department of Education wanted them to. We are also aware the repeal of the school reorganization Jaw would not completely eliminate state control over school dis tricts. However a person has to start somewhere. Prior to 1957 control over district boundaries, and thus control over where and how far a child had to go to school, was in the hands of the local people in most cases. At least where more than 10 child ren were involved. This was the last local con trol left, regardless of size of district. The 1957 reorganization law gave that control into the hands of the State Board of Ed ucation. A YES vote on ballot measure No. 10 will give that control back to the people. It is a first step. All policy making power should be in the hands of local NOTICE We are no longer associated with Case Furniture Co. and wish to thank everyone with whom we have done business during the past years. We will welcome calls at our homes for service work. Matt Hughes, Ph. 676-9419 Ray Ayers, Ph. 676-9108 people through their school board. And that school board should be close enough to home so that it is responsive to the wishes of the people. The trouble with the State De partment of Education is that it has a swelled head. It has grown enormously these last years.. It is subject to no control. Its nom inal head, the State Board of Education is just that the nom inal head. Most of the people staffing the state department at the top level are NEA or OEA people. Thus the teachers, ad ministrators etc. that should be the experts hired to carry out the policies of their employers (the people) have become the policy makers themselves. If you build a house, you pick out tne site, decide on the size general shape, cost etc. and then hire expert carpenters to build it for you. Would you be willing to let the carpenters pick the site, decide the size, number of rooms, decor, and cost and then say you have to pay for it and ave in it no matter how un happy you might be with it? But that is exactly what the school district reorganization law does to the people of every school district in Oregon. The sponsors of repeal have been accused, and are in your editorial accused by implication, of wanting to put all schools back into one room schools. Non sense. At no time have we ever expressed any desire to do such a thing. We take no stand on size of schools. We merely be lieve tnat tne people who live in each district must decide that for themselves. Big Brother in Salem (the state board) just isn't that smart. And the school reorganization law is not confined to affecting just small districts. Districts of 17,000 pupils have been changed to administrative districts. Why? Districts with 4 and 5 thousand pupils are being pushed into re organization with other equally large districts. Why? The answer has nothing to do with efficiency of education but with control. Bureaucrats like to work with big projects. It gives them a sense of' importance. You complain that Repeal will cause confusion. No confusion can match that made by the re organization law itself. Districts, since 1957, have not dared to build needed schools, add buses, do many other needful things. Why? Because they are subject to reorganization at anv time. They might be committing their tax money lor years to pay for something that they will not use. Their local school can be closed and their children carted off 40 miles away. There is one ex ample after another of that verv tning around tne state. And all this fuss about re creating districts. If an Admin istrative (reorganized) district is doing the good job that the re organization fans are saying it does, then there is not the slight est possibility of the district be ing dissolved. A hearing must be held before any such election and all the points pro and con brought out. The people will not vote blindly. Remember they pay the bill. But if the district is doing a poor job the people have a right to express their opinions of it. Your worrying about splitting high school buildings etc. Half of the 30 districts eligible to re creat were Union Highs to be gin with. Under repeal they could only revert to Union Highs. They would still use the build ings. Of the rest of the 30 a great many were made up of only two districts. Now we come to Morrow coun ty in your editorial. You say the measure is un democratic when it gives the state-wide vote the power to make Morrow a county unit. Do you think it was democratic to make Morrow county an Ad ministrative (reorganized) dis trict by simple declaration of the State Board of Education. No one had any vote on it at all. It was the same in Hood River. Morrow county voted in 1958 t ho a rnuntv unit system, it did not vote to be Administra tive. The county unit law, says "Whenever any county adopt! the county unit system, no elec ti,n sli.nll h held in such coun ty to discontinue the county unit system for a period of six years irom me aaie ui uk elec tion at which the county unit svstem was adopted." Thf fintp of the election at which Morrow county adopted the county unit system was four years ago. It did not vote to discontinue the system. In two years it should be entitled to a vote to re-create local districts if it wants to. This kIy vpar nerinrl flint vnn are fussing about as being "an abyss oi uncertainly ior six years is in the county unit law, nnt rpnpal. The Deonlo of Mnr- row county voted for that type of school district. Finally, Mr. Editor, you can not unite rteoDle in snirit hv putting a gun at their head. They win oniy nate you ior it. usetui unity is only brought about by voluntary association of people in the kind of community thev want. A YES vote on No. 10 will give the people of Oregon the oppor tunity to start back on the road of self government in their school districts. Mrs. Mary L. Ilmtz, Legislative Chairman, SOS To the Editor: This is not time to send back to the Senate anyone who was wrong on Castro and wrong on Communist China. It is possible to read through the Congressional record, page by page, and see how Senator Wayne Morse defended Castro; denied that Castro was a Com munist; and argued against taking any action on Cuba. This hardly seems a performance that should be rewarded. As we watch the Chinese Com munist hoards over-run India and threaten other parts of Asia; we should keep in mind that Senator Morse has long been one of the chief apollsts for Com munist China, and even favors giving them Quemoy and Mat-su. We can further see in the Congressional record how Sen ator Morse attacked Eisenhower and Dulles so viciously for their policies against Commu n i s t China, that we could wonder whom he considers the enemy. Knowing senator. Morses rec ord; leftwing groups in New York City are urging their mem bers to support his re-election. In these perilous times, how ever, America cannot afford an other six years of Wayne Morse in the Senate, Couldn't the good people of Oregon spare us this? Very truly yours, Eric Tarnley New York 24, N.Y. 25 West 90 Street Monument 4 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 1. 1962 To the Editor: It is not too often that the press endorses Democratic can didates, but we would like to report that the Redmond, Oregon Spokesman has come out In sup port of Al Ullman for reelection as Congressman for the Second District. The Spokesman, a 52-year-old publication, is owned and edited by a registered Re publican. This paper is publish ed in Deschutes county, the home county of Al Ullman's GOP opponent. The editorial, is written by Publisher Mary Brown, was headlined: "Ullman Responds to Needs of His Dis trict." She pointed out that she did not always agree with the way that Congressman Ullman cast his votes, or his political philosophy, but she said, "one must recognize the fact that he has been responsive to the needs of his district and to the wants JACK L SMITH FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE 28th District Experienced Administrator Farmer Businessman Veteran To Give Our Area Vigorous and Effective Representation (Pd. Adv. by Smith for Representative Com., Bruce Mercer, Condon, Sec.) a ' -'"aMitifi'HpM))f" I j I By MARTHA MATTESON MONUMENT Frank turned home Thursday noon from Ontario where he had spent the nast twn urotner and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Bill Elder. Mr. and Mrs. I.vnn Yrrct to. turned Saturday after spending me wra in rortiana on business ana visiting their two daughters and their families. Bruce Fleming of Jacksonville spent the week-end hunting at uie iniqui ty rancn. bammy Howell and Mabel Howell drove to Heppner Wed nesday after sppH Mabel visited her brother, Oren jvicuaniei wno is a patient in rioneer Memorial hospital. Judy Martin and two sons of riuievme were v sinner tnn Tnhn. SOU. Noland and Martin fnmilioc Sunday. Mella Mccarty drove to La Grande FH1 Dixie Stubblefield home from college for the week-end. Mrs. Josephine of Jacksonville spent five days here at the homes of her riinoitpro Stella McCarty, Mrs. Darrell Du- Mr. and Mrs. filpnn wmiamc and two dauehtnrs this week to Post, where he will uu employed. Mrs. Oma Cox of visited the first of the week with Heien Brown. Johnnv Loverla of Canvnn ritv was in town Monrtav mill friends here. Harold Lippert, Lilburn and Charlie Hunt were in town Sun day from their work of fence ounaing near Dutch Creek. Mrs. Brvan and Wnvo .Tnnlrcnn made a triD tn Portl and nftnr flip big Storm to lnnlf afror Uro Bryan's real estate. She is one or the high school teachers. The Eldon Deerdolf fnmiiv spent the week-end hunting near uaKer. Mrs. Tim Lovaren nnrl Mn Fern Graves spent the week-end in Madras seeing nhnnt an nnnrK ment for Mrs. Graves who is transferring to the First National Bank in Madras. They were roUSegUCStS of Mr. and Mrs .Tnhn Vernard and also visited Mr. and mrs. uon Hattield and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Erickson. of its citizens. He has worked tirelessly and well, without shouting about It from the house tops." She then outlined a fpw of the many projects that Con gressman unman has obtained for the 18-county Second district, and called for his rpplppt inn nn November 6. Al Weeks, Secretary Democratic Party of Oregon 631 East 12th, Bend, Oregon Hardman and Rhea Creek News By ALTA STEVENS HARDMAN, RHEA CREEK - Mrs. Lena Bartmess of Roseville, Calif., and Mrs. Louis Peterson and daughter of Sacramento, Calif., visited the past week with mr. ana Mrs. Ij. H. Knhlnsnn nnrl Mr. and Mrs. Kinnrri Mr-rianlol sisters and brothers-in-law of Mrs. Bartmess. They also called at the hnmp nf Mrs Ppfprsnn's mint Mre 7llo Bleakman in Heppner and with several cousins in the area. While here Mrs. Peterson tnnlr Mrs. Bartmess. Mrs. Rnhinsnn Mrs. McDaniel and Mrs. Bleak- man to Walla Walla, Wn., for several davs to visit with rpln. tives there. Mr. and Mrs. PhlliD Andrus and daughter Linda of Portland were visitors last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Les ley, parents of Mrs. Andrus. Also from Portland were Nick Eckle- burger and Sam Phillips who visited at the Lesley home and joined the others in some bird hunting. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Munnick and son Larry of West Linn visited witn aunts and uncles of Mrs. Munick, Mr. and Mrs. Kinard McDaniel and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Robinson the past week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel spent several days visiting their daughter, Mrs. Maxine Mahon and family at Elgin. Mrs. Ivan McDaniel and son Sammy and Mrs. Larry Angel of Heppner were In Hardman last week getting some furniture of Mrs. McDaniel that had been in storage. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel are in Portland where Mr. Chapel is under medical care at the Port land Clinic. Their daughter, Cassy, is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Batty so that she can attend school. Ricky McDaniel, son of Cecil McDaniel, was injured in a fall from his bicycle Saturday and Burglars Enter 2 County Schools Burglars entered schools at Lexineton and Inno nrnhnhlv some time Sunday night, Oct. 2i. coining was tound to be missing, but damage to doors and glass panes was estimated at $75 bv Robert Van Houte, county school superintendent. At lone they entered the cat etorium and the grade school building, breaking in through doors in each case. It appeared that they were in quest for money in the cafetorium but none was found by the prow lers. At Lexington they used a jimy to break through double doors. Here some food was dis turbed, and it appeared that they ate a meal. Nothing else had been touched, Van Houte said. Mrs. Ella Bleakman left Sat urday to visit a sister in Spok ane. Mrs. Frank E. Parker former resident for many years, spent a week visiting friends here from her home in Walla Walla. BUSINESS MACHINE SERVICE Office Supplies. Office Equip ment. Business Machines. IN HEPPNER 1st & 3rd Week oi Every Month DON BALL, Serr. Dept 120 Main St., Hennlston Phone JO 7-5114 has been under care at Pioneer Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Collins re ceived word that Mr rnillno' sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rossin of Portland were in a car wreck recently. Mr. nussin. received serious bruises and Mrs. Rossi n hnrl piprnl rlho broken. Mr. and Mrs riauo Plfnhl,. nf Richland are the parents of a babv dauphfpr hnrn rvnrnlmi- 01 at Pendleton. Mrs. Ritchie will be remembered as the former Hazel McDaniel. Friends at TTnrdmnrt ovo onrrv to hear Oren McDaniel is still ill ana in tne nospitai. VOTE NO. 10 YES Repeal The Reorgan ization Law. Gain Control of You r School. Pd. Ad By Lloyd Morgan, IONE, OREGON TO MY FELLOW VOTERS OF MORROW COUNTY Senator Wayne Morse was one of the four dissenting votes in the passage of the Keogh Bill which allows similar pension rights for Income tax purposes, to farmers, self-employed people, and small professional men, as are now granted to employees of large corporations. Yet, Senator Morse would like us to be lieve that he is for the "little" man. Senator Morse has also held up important business in the U. S. Senate talking uselessly against the Telstar Bill which was recommended by President Kennedy until cloture was invoked in order that the Senate could continue to operate. Now is the time to remove Senator Morse, the obstructionist, from office. He has accomplished little for our state and has in curred the wrath of his fellow members of Congress. Because of his irresponsible actions, it is next to impossible to obtain legislation helping Oregon. While pretending to be the champion of the "little" man, Senator Morse has actually been supporting Big Labor; there fore, I say vote for SIG UNANDER for U. S. Senator. P. W. Mahoney (Signed) Paid Adv. by P. W. Mahoney
