Porter Will Test Convictions
At Eniwetok Atomic Test Site
By CHARLES O. PORTER
U. S. Congressman
Washington It may be
that a first-term Congressman
from southwestern Oregon
can't do much to change the
Administration's nuclear wea
pons policies, but I intend to
keep trying.
Tomorrow at 7 asa. (EST)
I board a plane here with a
group of observers to fly to
the Eniwetok atoll in the Gil
bert Islands of the South Pa
cific. The trip each way takes
two and a half days. I intend
to stay three or four days,
then return whether or not
a bomb has been exploded.
Why am I going? I'm not
on the Joint Committee on At
omic Energy and I'm certain
ly no expert in nuclear phys
ics or tactics. Here are my
reasons:
Wants First-Hand Lesson
First, I want to learn first
hand about these nuclear
weapons tests and the men in
charge of them, and present
for discussion to these men
certain convictions of mine.
Second, even though I have
been and am sharply critical
of its policies and methods
including its insistence on
holdng these tests, the Atom
ic Energy commission' wants
me to go.
, Third, my able friend and
respected colleague, Chet Hol
ifield of California, Chairman
of the Radiation subcommit
tee of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy, and an ex
perienced nuclear test obser
ver, assures me that I will
learn much of great value to
me as a legislator in the at
omic age.
Fourth, I believe mankind
today teeters on the brink of
doom thanks to the nuclear
weapons inventions and I be
lieve that, as a U. S. Repre
sentative, I have both the
duty and the opportunity to
do whatever I can, however
little, to help us survive as a
free nation in a free world.
Chance to Talk to Experts
- As I have an opportunity on
the way to and at Eniweteok
to talk with experts in nu
clear weapons, I intend to see
how these firmly-held convic
tions of mine stand up:
(A) We don't need any
more or better nuclear war
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cause we have more than
enough now to deter inten
tional attack.
(B) Why go to a lot of
trouble to develop a "clean''
bomb when we have no as
surance the Soviets would
use such a weapon in war and
the concept of a "limited"
atomic war is a delusion bas
ed on wishful thinking.
(C) The 20 megaton bomb,
for example, fits easily into
our supersonic bombers and
has an explosive power equal
to all the explosions in World
War II, so why be concerned
about a smaller bomb, espe
cially when we have maxi
mum deterrence now?
(D) Peacetime uses for at
omic explosions, the final rea
son for the tests after devel
opment of "clean" and small
er bombs, should be done un
derground to avoid fall - out
and should be carried out
under international supervis-
Seles Tax Killed
By Youthful Solons
Salem OP) A controversial
2 per cent sales tax bill was
killed in the House of Repre
sentatives at ' the annual
YMCA Youth Legislature here
Saturday.
A bill abolishing the closed
shop in Oregon sailed through
both houses unanimously with
little discussion. However, the
bill was amended to exclude
the union shop from being
abolished along with the
closed shop.
Among late bills through the
Legislature was one regulating
billboards on freeways. They
would not be built within 600
feet of freeways so the state
would qualify for approxi
mately $38 million in addi
tional federal aid.
The mofe than 200 delegates
also turned down a proposal
for a vote of the people on
capital punishment abolition
in Oregon.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes ad
dressed the closing session.
On an average day, some
100,000,000 Americans (12
years old and over) read a
daily newspaper.
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(E) Fall-out from these
tests, however small and in
nocent, and there is a real
dispute among scientists
about this, is both a trespass
on other countries and an as
sault on all people, under
Anglo-Saxon Common Law
doctrines. We have no right
to infringe on another's per
son and property even a little
bit.
Accidental War Possible
(F) The real danger today
is from an accidental or un
authorized nuclear explosion
triggering the all - out war.
Thousands vf nuclear war
heads exist, most ready for
instant detonation and all in
the hands of frail, error-prone
human beings such as you and
I. It would be extremely dif
ficult, in these tense times,
to distinguish between an au
thorized and an unauthorized
nuclear explosion and to de
termine the nature of the
other nation's alert following
such an explosion whether
it was defensive or offensive.
(G) Stopping the tests
is only a first step toward
effective disarmament ind
real peace. The mutual in
spection procedures should
be expanded as soon as pos
sible to include conversion of
nuclear warheads to peace
ful uses and to the cut-back
of nuclear weapons produc
tion. Hard to do? Yes, but a
lot easier than rebuilding the
world after a "massive ex
change" of nuclear warheads!
Trust the Soviets? Of course
not, but recognize their seif
interest in survival.
Experts Concerned, Too
My companions and hosts
on this trip will be military
men and scientists. They have
had much to do wth out nu
clear weapons policies, too
much in my opinion. How
ever, like me and like you,
they are sincerely concerned
with their country's welfare
in a tense and troubled world.
Like me and like you, these
men would like to have more
assurance that their children
will have a chance to grow
up and to look "upon nuclear
energy as a shining promise
for a better life for all instead
of a black threat of universal
destruction and death.
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Space Project
Priority Hit
By Scientist
Washington (IPI Space
scientist William H. Picker
ing charges that giving mili
tary space projects priority
over civilian development is
putting "the cart before the
horse."
Pickering, director of the
Army's jet propulsion labora
tory at Berkeley, Calif.
said man does not know
enough about- space yet for
development of military space
weapons.
"You've got to find out
what you're dealing with
first," he said to the United
Press. "Otherwise you're just
guessing."
Pickering's statement Fri
day came after the House
Space Committee heard:
Lee A. Dubridge, Presi
dent of California Institute of
Technology, warned that the
"military capture of the
moon" by any nation could
lead to nuclear war. He urged
the internationalization of
space for peaceful purposes.
Committee members
make clear they favored cre
ation of a strong ciyilian
space agency . with broad
powers. House Democratic
leader John M. McCormack
(D-Mass.), said he favors "as
strong a bill and as strong
an agency as possible" con
sistent with military needs.
Pickering openly clashed
with military leaders who
contend the Pentagon's space
development projects must
have priority over purely
scientific exploration of space.
At present, all of the na
tion's space programs are un
der the direction of the
Pentagon's Advanced Re
search Projects Agency. How
ever, President Eisenhower
has proposed creation of a
civilian space agency to di
rect space programs not pri
marily military.
Logger Loses
Fails To Grow
Narragansett, R. L (IP)
Failure to grow a peck of
johnnycorn each year has cost
an Oregon logger ownership
of the old homestead farm
here.
Instead, the 24-acre farm
and two and one-half story
house became the property
of the University of Rhode
Island.
"That was the interpreeta
tion given Friday by the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
to the will of Harry Knowles
of Brooklyn and Narragan
sett. Knowles died in 1955 at
the age of 75.
Knowles stipulated in the
will that his nephew, Earl
J. Knowles of Rfist, Ore., be
required among other things
to:
". . . Reside on Homestead
farm for not less than three
months of each year and grow
or have grown at least a peck
of Indian maize or Rhode Is
land johnnycake corn each
year."
' Knowles, 44, has come east
Allies To Debate
On Attack Threat
. United Nations, N. Y. (IP)
The Western allies will
challenge Russian to debate
measures against a surprise
Arctic attack in the United
Nations Security council next
week, informed sources said.
The decision was taken by
ambassadors of Britain, Can
ada and France in, a meeting
with U. S. Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles in Wash
ington Friday, the sources
said. .
The move marks a change
from previous Western insis
tence on keeping all disarma
ment proposals in a single
package. Russia rejected the
package last year.
It was understood the new
proposal would call for the
Security Council to set up a
study group to discuss mea
sures to guard against sur
prise attack in the Arctic area
alone.
The Western powers plan
ned to use Russia's own
charge that U. -S. . nuclear
bombers over the Arctic pose
the threat of war as the basis
for reopening disarmament
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Berlitz Gets Medals
As Language Coach
By DOC QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York OP) How's
your Urdu?
If you're going to Pakistan,
you'd better brush up on it,
because that's the national
language. On the other hand,
if you're going to Africa, a
little Zulu, or maybe Afri
kaans, would come in handy.
Down the Pacific coast of
South America, you can get
along famously with the na
tives if you sidle up to them
and babble a bit of Quecha,
the old imperial language of
the Inca empire.
These and a gaudy variety
of other languages can be had
in the handy package form
from an outfit that is getting
ready for an anniversary.
Three weeks from Monday,
it will be exactly 80 years
since grandpa Maximilian
Delphinius Berlitz opened his
first school in Providence,
R. I., and started giving the
world the gift of tongues. And
on the upcoming four-score
Dirtnaay tne celebration m
the famous school system
bearing his name will be
world-wide.
Maintain 175 Schools
The Berlitz "method," 30
years later, is giving the right
word to students in 175
schools scattered over 34
countries. On an average,
there are around 125,000 Ber
litz students yakking away
Officers Halt Search
For Oak Grove Boy
Oak Grove, Ore. (IP)
Sheriff's officers Sunday
night halted the search for
the body of Steven Phillips,
5, after dragging operations
in the Willamette river fail
ed to disclose a trace of the
lad. The boy has been miss
ing since last Tuesday after
noon' and was presumed
drowned. He had been play
ing along the river.
Homestead;
Johnnycorn
to the farm a couple of times
since his uncle died. But he
never came for more than
two months at a time.
And he has not grown one
kernel of Indian maize.
Neither, he admitted, did
he pay taxes and insurance
or keep the Homestead in re
pair, v which were other pro
visions in the will.
Under the will, failure to
comply with the terms would
result in the property revert
ing to the state and being be
quested to the University of
Rhode Island.
Prisoner Causes
Space Problem
LaGrange, Ind. (IP) There
is a space problem at the
LaGrange county jail, all be
cause of one prisoner.
The prisoner, Robert Park,
33, of Baltimore, is 5 feet, 6
inches tall and weighs 580
pounds.
Sheriff Myron Walker said
his troubles began when Park
was arrested Thursday. Park,
who is wanted in Madison,
Wis., on a bad check charge,
offered ho resistance when ar
rested on a bus. He didn't
have to.
Officers had to sweat and
strain, however, to squeeze
him down the bus aisle and
out the door.
....Park was then taken to the
county jail where, Walker
said, his assigned bunk is
straining under the load. The
sheriff said he is considering
"bedding" his prisoner on tne
floor to ease the strain.
Servicemen's Rates
Under Fire By CAB
Washington (IPI The 1 0
per cent discount the airlines
give servicemen for official
trips came under fire from a
Civil Aeronautics board hear
ing examiner Friday as 'un
justly discriminatory" and il
legal. Examiner Edward T. Stod
ola advised the CAB to elim
inate the discount. It would
cost the government an addi
tional five million dollars : a
year in increased fares.
The American public
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every day at learning a new
language.
The 80 years have been
studded with adventure and
big names. Among Berlitz
teachers, there has been no
less a literary light than
James Joyce and no less a
revolutionary brain than
Leon Trotsky.
. Trotsky taught right here
in New York back in 1916 un
der his real name, Bronstein.
One of the earliest memories
of Charles Berlitz, grandson
of the founder and now a vice
president of the organization,
is of his uncle Victory Berlitz
opening the paper in 1920
and saying:
"This Trotsky who's caus
ing all the trouble, he looks
a lot like Bronstein, our old
teacher."
Decorated by Royalty
Grandpa Berlitz was dec
orated by many royal stu
dents: King Alfonso XIII of
Spain (he studied German),
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Ger
many (French, naturally),
Czar Nicholas of Russia (Ital
ian), the Sultan of Morocco
(advanced French). Woodrow
Wilson studied French but
gave no medals.
Other students have includ
ed the Duke of Windsor (10
years of Spanish), Mrs. Elean
or Roosevelt (Spanish), Clare
Boothe Luce (a crash program
of Italian), and right now, a
platoon of chefs from a big
American soup company who
are going to Italy to study
cooking methods.
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London (IP) Puzzled rail
officials wondered today howj
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Christmas parcels got onto a
remote siding last December
and stayed there four months.
The car was part of a train
that left Manchester Dec. 23
It was found recently on a
siding at Leeds, after the Post
Office paid out hundreds of
claims on lost packages.
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Hearings Start on
Humane Slaughter Bill
Washington The Senate
committee on agriculture to
day begins four days of hear
ings on a Humane Slaughter
bill. The measure, which
would encourage meat pack
ing firms to use humane
methods of killing meat ani-
Oregon, Monday, April 28, 1958 5
Fifty years ago, 15,000,000
newspapers were purchased
daily. Today, people buy 58,
000,000 newspapers on an
average day.
mals, has already been passed
by the house.
The bill (S-1497) was spon
sored by Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (O-Ore.) among others.
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